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>> this is dw news live from berlin. violence in sudan. international aid groups are warning civilians are running low on crucial supplies while foreign nationals are being evacuated. speeding up ammunition supplies to ukraine. foreign ministers are discussing how to replenish depleting stocks. a big boost for wind power.
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a plan that would make the north sea europe's biggest green power plant. to all of you around the world, welcome. food and water supplies in sudan are running low as classes -- classes spread and two rival generals class for a second week. civilians are paying a heavy price. >> the city has become a battleground, bombings, gunfights have killed hundreds and wounded thousands. as armed groups battle for the
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control of the streets. finding food, water and you'll as well as the basics is becoming increasingly difficult for those left behind. communications are being disrupted. >> the home network is down and calls work intermittently. the other two networks are only working sporadically. >> hospitals are struggling with supplies and some injured are stranded, unable to get medical help. >> they have been shut down and people are unable to access and
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there are no services being provided. >> a convoy reached sudan on the east coast as the secretary-general said they would not abandon the country. >> the violence must stop. in risks catastrophe that could involve the whole region and beyond. i strongly condemn the bombardment. >> countries are scrambling to evacuate citizens, mainly by air. for the many sudanese living under fire, they can only had for buses in the hope of finding safety. >> earlier i asked a journalist
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to update us on the progress of the evacuations. quick's we have seen many countries, nigerians who are trapped and granting safe passage, we also saw that the italians are working on italian citizens for trap, thousands of left the capital fleeing towards other states and they have made it across the border and the situation on the ground is dire.
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no access to food or medical care, hospitals are being shut down due to the conflict and lack of basic needs, we have seen hundreds of people lining up to be able to get water for families. >> is weird, hundreds of foreign diplomats have been evacuated. foreign officers have rushed to get back home. germany has airlifted 300 people out of sudan and that includes german citizens and other foreign nationals. evacuees have been flown out on three planes, the first of which touched down earlier today.
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i spoke with a german lawmaker, a spokesperson for the greens who are partnered with the governing coalition. he told me who the evacuations bring to safety. >> not only germany, all europeans. of course, we're looking more thoroughly to gain security to stay with a cease-fire. >> let's have a look at the other stories making headlines around the world. five people were wounded when a man drove his car into a crowd in jerusalem. police shot and killed the driver. he said the driver came from a palestinian neighborhood.
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three protesters were arrested in spain after clashes with police after the burial of a fascist leader. his remains were exhumed where the dictator was once very. a blogger is accused of injuring 50 other people earlier this month. according to russian media, she says she did not know what was inside the statuette and was only delivering it. the top diplomat of the european union associate is close to a
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deal that will buy munitions for ukraine. he said the situation in ukraine is one of extreme urgency. leaders agree on a deal last month to purchase ammo but that has been stalled due to disagreements within europe. >> ministers are debating a 1 billion joint procurement to boost supply, but it is not an easy deal to make. there is disagreement over how much of the business will stay within the eu. >> why offer this legal agreement? what whole world is going on.
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>> the plan as part of a multitrack deal to get artillery shells and missiles within the next year. track one is to reimburse one billion euros to eu countries for sending munitions to ukraine. track two involves increasing production. many governments agreed to by the munitions. france, with a substantial arms industry of its own has in system production should take place only within the european union. allies insist -- >> therefore, speed is the main
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factor should be looking for. >> for ukraine, any delay more soldiers losing lives on the front lines. >> we asked will be able to meet needs moving forward. >> ukraine will keep pushing. the minister joined these talks virtually, i heard it was a virtual dressing down. i am told he used harsh language .
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he expects an agreement in the coming days. they are welcoming and ukrainian refugees into the european union, ukraine wants to see if the table to join and they are supporting, ukraine assured. >> ukraine allies have slammed russia, a charter violated by russia when it invaded you in. sir jay lavrov said the world is reaching a dangerous threshold but he is blamed the west for
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this state of affairs, he said that u.n. is facing a profound crisis and blamed the u.s. and made accusations of economic aggression by washington. >> the same of scholarship reached a threshold more dangerous than the cold war. the financial and economic aggression of the west destroys the benefits of globalization when the u.s. and allies have been a diplomacy and demand relations be clarified on the battlefield in the halls of the united nations to prevent the horrors of war. >> our correspondent followed the russian's speech at the u.n. and they asked him what audience was he addressing? >> that's a good question.
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he was addressing countries around the world that were critical of its use as a status superpower to force its western-style democracy in all areas of the world. there is brazil which is a rotating member and has recently made headlines for refusing to support ukraine with weapons, arguing for peace. i believe russia hopes to bring in these countries that are sitting on the fence between u.s. and russian power and create an alliance. in that regard, his attempt failed, brazil used the opportunity to criticize u.s. power but the brazilian representative also condemned russia's invasion of ukraine, pointing out and suggesting it was more of a violation of the u.n. charter than any kind of
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protocol violations with respect to negotiations. most countries sat at the table and then after his speech said russia is the one that broke the u.n. charter. >> what type of low back did he get from western allies? >> it was surprisingly so -- civil within the meeting, this open debate, you had many countries thinking russia, nobody walked out in protest as some people had hoped and ukraine had alluded to as a possible member -- measure to show russia. everybody sat there and
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participated, multilateralism is a founding principle of the u.n.. that could show a rebuke of attempts to hijack the debate and claim multilateralism as its own principal. it showed russia that they are following the principles and that does not change our opinion. >> the latest from u.n. headquarters in new york. thank you. tonight, a new report says worldwide military spending jumped almost 4% last year, a new record. that's according to the stockholm international peace institute. overall, world military spending came to $2.2 trillion last year led by the united states, china and russia. the biggest jump came in europe which spent 13% more than the year before led by russia and
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ukraine. finland increased its own spending by 36%, many other countries pumped up their spending following the invasion of ukraine, spending was also pumped by rising inflation in many of the worlds biggest military powers. i'm going to bring in a research assistant. he tries tonight from stockholm. it's good to have you with us. these are big numbers, 2 trillion euros your -- worldwide. how much spending went into hardware? >> we do not have the exact breakdown, but country spent one third of them on weapons.
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yes, one third goes into weapons. >> we know that europe saw a 13% rise in military spending, is that an example of europe catching up after many years it saw its budgets shrinking? >> when you say europe, we include russia and ukraine. western and central europe saw an increase much lower. we can see expenditures being high relative to the cold war. we have seen >> if we take out the war, what other drivers do we see behind the spending increase?
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>> inflation. countries are spending more but inflation is dampening the effect. technically the security situation is driving increases. we seen countries in asia increase in the near term. the fact inflation brought it down does not mean you don't put money in the military. >> that's about how much you can get for the money or spending. if you look at the significant spending hikes we have seen in asia, china, india, japan. does the increase signal a looming military conflict in the region? >> there is a threat perception, we have seen japan move away
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from him for some policy and aiming to increase that. yes, it does increase. whether that converts into conflict remains to be seen. >> we appreciate your time and insights. thank you. >> european leaders meeting at a summit in belgium have signed off on a plan to ramp-up wind power. there aiming to boost current capacity of wind farms. this is part of a plan to reduce carbon emissions. >> nations including norway, the netherlands, germany, denmark and the u.k. are all betting on
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this shallow arm of the atlantic to shore up energy, that means ramping up wind turbines and connecting energy supply sites. >> we wanted to show the success of renewable energy including offshore power. >> last year, leaders laid out an ambitious plan. they will look at how to keep energy operations and data cables safe after cases of sabotage against the gas pipelines and reports russian spy ships or mapping infrastructure. >> it is about having awareness about the threats and a common
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analysis about the strengths and weaknesses into develop together different solutions. >> environmental campaigners argue boosting and safeguarding power sources must be balanced with protecting marine life so efforts to go green don't damage the precious blue resources. >> a bureau chief told us if the initiative can transform the power grid. >> there is a huge potential in according to experts, no doubt about that when it comes to wind power. this is one of the windiest places on earth, however
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stressing how important it is to reach goals and those goals are ambitious and some doubt whether they can be reached within a few years. we have to say, nonsense like that on a smaller scale have been made last year, for instance the european union was not able to reach goals or were able only to reach them halfway through area and remains to be seen whether these huge amounts of wind energy can be produced in the next years. >> that was the dw brussels bureau chief. police in kenya have exhumed 73 bodies, it's believe they were
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followers of a christian cult whose members were encouraged to starve themselves in order to get to heaven. the suspected cult leader has turned himself in. rescue workers are continuing to search for more bodies. >> dw has in following the story and they gave us an update. >> the leader of this group was not known in the country because he has been doing his activities under little scrutiny because nobody thought he was doing something to this magnitude. today, three bodies were discovered. 29 people were rescued after
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fasting to death. some kids removed from school, he has been teaching that if you are sick you do not need to go to hospital. some of these teachings got members so hooked that they agreed to fast to that. >> moto gp is the premier class of motorcycle road racing. popularity is a normal's with races taking place around the world. somehow, there has never been a black racer. one young south african has the dream of changing that. >> a 14-year-old as one goal in mind, to one day be the first black person to race in moto gp.
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>> i want to be the first black person to be racing overseas, i want to get their and champion. i want to be one of the first south african champions as well. >> he has been racing in local competitions since he was four thanks to an interest ignited by his father. >> sometimes you think he is good at this and when you hear other people tell you the same thing, especially people who are very good and have been doing it for years, then you know that your son, he makes my eyes swell up with pride. i can't put it into words. he makes me so proud. >> brett bender is the first and
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only south african to win a race in moto gp which is always and dominated by european razors. they got to race together on the track in johannesburg. >> i look up to brad bender. they are my heroes, role models. they inspire me. the youngster has the potential and determination to one day become the first black moto gp racer. >> here's a reminder of the top stories we are following. international aid groups could soon run low on food.
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anchor: welcome to live from paris. these are the headlines. fighting in sudan, france among those evacuating citizens from the capital. at least 420 people dead since the hostilities began april 15, most of them civilians. for millions of sudanese, no way out. sergey lavrov cheering a you and meeting in new york. moscow's prime minister is
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