her also joins us from nairobi. we've been hearing a lot about this internet in federal government, her dialogue, a group. we also been hearing a lot about the african union. do you think of those 2 organizations? those 2 are the, the real players here? or is it going to be something like the united nations or, and even broader international coalition to actually kind of bring peace to sit on . i think you very much for having me in this conversation and indeed, i think those 2 actors were been brought in. i some of the key actors in the conversation, of course led by a sound sedan. i meant the previous because spoke about the strategic position of subsidy. but also the fact that fuzzy them depends on sudan for oil to finding in a beetle or some of their trade. so they're squarely pleased to be able to have it the interest of ending the conflict. and also the interest of driving as a damned was at some form of resolution and africa union initially as the will you hadn't known interference policy. but now as, as the

imran: let me bring in stella agara, from nairobi.have been hearing a lot about this internal government dialogue group, we have also been hearing a lot about the african union. do you think those two organizations are the real players here, or is it going to be something like the united nations, or an even broader international coalition to actually kind of bring peace to sudan? guest: thank you very much for having me in this conversation. indeed i think those two actors who have been brought in some of the key actors in the conversation, of course, led by south sudan. the previous speaker spoke about the strategic position of south sudan, but also the fact that south sudan depends on sudan for oil refining and a bit of of some of their trade. so they are squarely placed to be able to have the interest of ending the conflict and also the interest of driving sudan towards some form of a resolution. the african union initially had a non-interference policy. but now as the african union, it has a policy to interfere in nations anytime

martin griffith, the un special envoy is here in nairobi. here in nairobi and he has been charged with trying to organise this international response because you can feel now the international attention is shifting from the question of foreign nationals and getting them out of the country to the more urgent business of addressing the humanitarian situation in sudan. he tweeted in the last hour that his message to the parties is unequivocal, protect civilians and infrastructure and ensure safe passage for those fleeing and ensure humanitarian workers and their assets, and more. a big agenda because none of that is happening at the moment. medical supplies and facilities have been targeted. we have had reports of rapid support forces fighters holed up in hospitals in khartoum and looting on the streets of khartoum. there is a lot that needs to be addressed, not just in the capital, although that will be a major focus, but also just in the capital, although that will be a majorfocus, but also in the west. you heard the situation in darfur is ac

from nairobi. we are watching what is _ developments. from nairobi. happening in - developments. from nairobi. we are watching what is happening in sudan| watching what is happening in sudan and the latest ceasefire, it is an extension of a 70 ceasefire that was already in effect but unfortunately even through the ceasefire there were a lot of reports of gunfire, of air strikes, were a lot of reports of gunfire, of airstrikes, of were a lot of reports of gunfire, of air strikes, of battles and fighting on the ground. as much as in the last seven days, we have seen a little bit of aid and medical assistance getting into hospitals in khartoum, it is not much and there are millions of people, especially in places in darfur where there have been heavy fighting, that really need aid, really need attention but this has not been able to get to them because despite all these talks of a ceasefire, a humanitarian corridor has not been established yet. we do not know whether this will lead to a complete secession at least for five days because that has not happe

hey, also joins us from nairobi. we've been hearing a lot about this into an internal government's a dialogue, a group. and we've also been hearing a lot about the african union. do you think of those 2 organizations, those to the, the real players hit? or is it going to be something like the united nations or, and even broad international coalition to actually kind of bring peace to sit on. and thank you very much for helping me with this conversation. indeed, i think those 2 up to a little bit brought team some of the key up to the conversation, of course led by a sounds of done. i meant to do this because spoke about the strategic position was obviously done. but also the fact that folks have done convince onto done the full blind or finding individual or some of them sheet. so this quality piece to be able to have in the interest of end of the conflict and also the interest of driving things best done was some form of isolation. diagnostic tell you when you, initially i think where you had the money to parents bo

on the wrong does there for you special representative for the whole of africa . joining us from nairobi, thank you very much. the thank you or does have looked at some of the other stories making headlines in russia and at least 4 people have died and was five's raging and the euro mountains. thousands of homes were destroyed and several villages were evacuated. the pfizer being fined by strong winds authorities of open an investigation into possible negligence. in india, 3 people were killed in an asshole. a 5 digit crushed into a house. the pilot detected to safety before the soviet airplane went down to the northern states of roger stopped in the eyes, reportedly about 2 round. it's in time state of the big jets by 2025. after a series of pressure on the rental range in eastern china falls, tens of thousands of people to evacuate type of range vantage young seat province, over the weekends, triggering land, slice neighboring to nonprofit, and supposed also hit by heavy downfalls, prompting emotions, feedback, and that's it. from me for an hour i have an update for you at the top of t

live now to our diplomatic correspoondent paul adams in nairobi.from the united nations talking about the importance of protecting and getting aid in. where are we? that is right. martin griffiths the top humanitarian official is in the region in nairobi today to try to get a grip on this humanitarian situation. as you heard, there are so many complications, issues that need addressing. he has come to the region to try to get coherence in terms of the international community response because we have not had that so far with so much emphasis on getting foreign nationals out and trying to put together ceasefires. all the while, the needs of people trapped in this violence has been growing. hisjob is to trapped in this violence has been growing. his job is to try to coordinate the relief effort. we have seen signs of the red cross bringing eight tonnes of medical supplies to port sudan. it is likely of port sudan stays stable will become a major hub for importing humanitarian supplies. and then the question of getting them to where they are needed in

the secretary general who is here in nairobi today, his senior humanitarian envoy arrived a short time in portadown to oversee the situation mayor. port sudan is obviously illogical hub for aid to come in by the public is, unless are security guarantees for the aid agencies, the aid that comes in simply cannot get to the places where it is needed. we also heard this morning from the world food programme that some of their warehouses inside the country had been looted over the past few weeks. so the international community face a real challenge as they try to address not only the 100,000 or so people who have fled across sudan the�*s borders but the 300,000 or so civilians who are displaced within sudan and need help. a big fire has broken out at a fuel storage facility in southern russia, close to the bridge leading to occupied crimea. it happened in the the krasnodar region. officials haven't said what caused the blaze, but it comes days after they blamed a ukrainian drone attack for a similarfire in the crimean port of sevastopol. for a third night in a week. i wasjoined earlier by o

so you here visiting can use capital nairobi to launch a paper, a the trade between african countries, which says the if in traffic control it can be boosted then up to 50000000 people in this confident could be lifted out of probity. but this comes at a time when the world is suffering from economic shocks, coated 19 rushes, invasion of ukraine, and those who a holiday stuff here in africa, economies, and people. what is it that you're going to be saying to policy makers and others on this trip? to try and make those gains from trade become a realistic outcome. exactly, because the global economic environment is challenging and that affects africa. significantly. policy makers need to own these to potential a trait. we know that the global growth is slowing down. i think the growth is slowing down. it was 4.8 percent. the 21 went down to 3.9. this year it would be 3.6 percent. and i think uh, needs to grow twice as fast to meet the aspiration of its people. trade has proven to be a great easter event to create jobs, opportunities, and increase incomes. and africa has a long way to go

he was in nairobi during the course of the day.is trying to organise and co—ordinate a relief effort to get aid, which is going to start to arrive in places like port sudan, to where it is badly needed. that means primarily to khartoum. in order for that to happen successfully, there does need to be a proper cessation of hostilities, and we are still not seeing ceasefires holding properly. a lot of shelling and gunfire in khartoum, parts of the city have had significant blackouts, while other parts seem to still be ok. the un and the international community as a whole need the warring parties to allow this aid in, food, medical supplies, water, if it's to avert this looming humanitarian disaster. the french interior minister has called for severe punishments for may day protesters who attacked police and public property over a recent law that raises the pension age. more than a hundred police were injured in clashes in paris and elsewhere, with 300 protesters arrested. nick beake sent this update from paris. this day of protest is

we caught up with the i'm asked managing director while she was in nairobi to endorse the a u initiative. crystelina yoga talks to, i'll just say around the, the managing director of the international monetary fund, crystelina yoga, thank you for talking to out to 0. thank you. for heading me to you here, visiting tenuous capital nairobi to launch a paper about trade between african countries, which says that if in traffic and trade can be boosted, then up to 50000000 people in this continent could be lifted out of probity. but this comes at a time when the world is suffering from economic shocks, covered 19 russians, invasion of ukraine, and those who hit holidays here in africa, economies, and people. what is it that you're going to be saying to policy makers and others on this trip to try and make those gains from trade become a realistic outcome? exactly, because the global economic environment is challenging and that affects africa significantly. policy makers need to own these to potential a trait. we know that global growth is slowing down. our fee couldn't grow to slowing down. i

he was in nairobi during the course of the day.e and co—ordinate a relief effort to get aid, which is going to start to arrive in places like port sudan, to where it is badly needed. that means primarily to khartoum. in order for that to happen successfully, there does need to be a proper cessation of hostilities, and we are still not seeing ceasefires holding properly. a lot of shelling and gunfire in khartoum, parts of the city have had significant blackouts, while other parts seem to still be ok. the un and the international community as a whole need the warring parties to allow this aid in, food, medical supplies, water, if it's to avert this looming humanitarian disaster. turning the war in ukraine, the white house estimates that more than twenty thousand russian troops, half of them wagner mercenaries, have been killed in the battle for bakhmut in eastern ukraine over the past five months. national security council spokesman, john kirby, said another 80,000 russians were wounded in attempt to make significant gains in the don

paul adams in nairobi. security guard at his school in the capital, belgrade, had planned the attack in detailfor a month. the 13—year—old suspect has been detained, along with his parents. last night thousands of people attended a candlelit vigil at the school. from belgrade, bethany bell reports. all morning people have been coming to the school lighting candles and laying flowers, paying their respects to the victims of the shootings here at this elite state school in belgrade, one of the best schools in belgrade, it is said. there is a deep, deep sense of shock here. people are struggling to understand how a normal day at school turned into a nightmare. police officials say the 13—year—old suspect entered the school, he shot a security guard and then entered a classroom, where he shot a teacher and then turned the gun on his classmates. the boy is 13 years old, police say, that means he is under the age of criminal responsibility here in serbia. he is, we understand, being placed in a secure psychiatric

dorcas wangira, our africa health correpsondent, is in nairobi and joins us now: tell us what happened. ., tell us what happened in court toda . ., ., today. today was quite an interesting _ today. today was quite an interesting and _ today. today was quite an interesting and eventful i today. today was quite an i interesting and eventful day. today. today was quite an - interesting and eventful day. paul mckenzie nthenge appeared before the magistrate and the magistrate ordered he be released because he had really been detained for more than ten days on the state still did not have a strong case against him. he was not charged, but after he was released he was arrested again and he has been taken to the neighbouring county to be charged for what was terrorism. did neighbouring county to be charged for what was terrorism.— neighbouring county to be charged for what was terrorism. did he have an hint for what was terrorism. did he have anything to — for what was terrorism. did he have anything to say _ for what was terrorism. did he have anything to say in — for what was terrorism. did

so there is a wider community, the us, eu, un and aid you are talking here in nairobi partly becauset in a delegation that will bring the two sides together in a real ceasefire and start a process of negotiation which will bring a new civilian government to place. but we are a little way yet.- but we are a little way yet. given what ou but we are a little way yet. given what you had _ but we are a little way yet. given what you had said, _ but we are a little way yet. given what you had said, looking - but we are a little way yet. given what you had said, looking ahead at what you had said, looking ahead at what potentially this could end up becoming, the humanitarian crisis almost seems like a tiny bit of what could potentially befall this country? could potentially befall this count ? ., , ., ., country? there was a nightmare scenario, country? there was a nightmare scenario. it _ country? there was a nightmare scenario, it is _ country? there was a nightmare scenario, it is not _ country? there was a nightmare scenario, it is not the _ country? there was a nightmare scenario, it i

knew they wanted to put together their families and friends, well, they took a bit of convincing. nairobi is east of protest, melton port of trust in residents from across the continent and beyond. but a kingdom, capitals, acceptance of diversity does not always extend to motus hope. your heart means was very difficult when my life go to places and in georgia is amazing. and yet it was really low. they used to be a very which stereotype by dancing oh, you've come to can to steal our room on from aust kula and get to a cross cultural relationship. maybe unusual. but like many young people to love, how familiar applicants we manage what else to i think yeah, i'll send it to you is how is this fresh from school? he's sweet. talk to me and you know how we started d t and talking and yeah, i like she's via p like by vibe. he actually upfront, he told me you're going to be the mother of my, came from a best friends and family. the new couple was bought in love, connection was difficult to accept. i was now telling my friend to know these, that dating, you know, you know, telling a lot of people

that was journalist out in nairobi, police in london have arrested a man outside buckingham palace on suspicion of possessing a weapon. he was taken into custody after approaching the palace gate and throwing items believe to be shot, gun caught cartridges into the palace grounds. the area has been cordoned off and an investigation has been launched. vishal said a controlled explosion was carried out as brit caution king charles and his wife were not believe to be at palace at time of the incident. and this incident comes as britain prepares to crown its new king. of course, the coronation of king charles. the 3rd takes place this saturday. some royal fans have already secured their front row seat to witness the historic event. excitement for the king's coronation is ramping up around buckingham palace and these die hard fans of the royal family want to secure the best spot to witness the kinks procession. this is a big historic event and the coronation. it's something that we as a group of never witnessed before. we've only seen it in black and white on television am sort of a here.

protests across the us and the police are fight tear gas to dispose of us lawmakers and processes in nairobi. lawmakers with marching to the office of president william router to present a petition opposition leader rather again goes calling for action to tackle the cost of living and reforms to the electoral commission. uganda's parliament was approved one of the world's harshest anti l. g. b t q bills, even after revisions requested by the president. it includes a death penalty for some same sex at and 20 years in jail. the so called promotion of homosexuality, bill now goes back to the president for signature legislation has been widely condemned around the world. a russian state media play a crucial role in maintaining public support for russia's war against ukraine. what could the kremlin eventually lose its grip on its tightly control? narrative w's, maria, cat madison looks at how russian tv fashioned alternative reality of a deadly missile strike on the city of yuma. russell sas, its army, uses precision weapons only aimed at military targets. so how's the propaganda spinning this na

pauladams in nairobi. our top story this lunchtime...l ten others, tells the jury she only wanted to help and care for the babies she was looking after. she denies all charges against her. and coming up... iam i am alive in wrexham as preparations are under way for a celebratory parade through the city centre to celebrate the club's promotion. coming up on bbc news... mikel arteta still believes the title race is on, his arsenal side can return back to the top of the table with a win over chelsea later on. the gunners were overtaken by manchester city this weekend. with just a few days to go until the coronation, princess anne has dismissed calls for a "slimmed down" monarchy, saying it doesn't seem like a good idea to her. in an interview with canada's cbc, she says the royal family has to discuss how it will stay relevant, but insists the monarchy still has a lot to offer the country. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. in the potteries and other places in the souvenir business they've been gearing up for this moment for

mercy, as always thank you for keeping us - always thank you for keeping us up—to—date front nairobi.aris very briefly. these clashes between police and rioters and police and protesters are continuing and this is the 1st of may and these are demonstrations that are held every year but this year they are particularly bad. mainly because of the fact that tensions are extremely high in the country because of those pension reforms that president macron pushed through parliament without a vote. so it has been two weeks since he signed that law changing the pension age from 62 and tensions are still very high in paris. first republic has become the second major bank in the united to crash. shares in the californian bank plunged after customers took out $100 million in march. more details have been released about the carnation plans. furniture has been reused. preparations for the biggest match of their lives. sailors, soldiers, aviators and musicians from all the services set to take part in processions accompanying their majesties to and from westminster abbey where the coronation ceremon

i asked cash cambrai, a regional advisor with an a widget refugee council in nairobi. well, it depends largely which country they go to, a weird looking get jobs out. sedona t o p are pretty harsh conditions there, and some of the contributors to the refugee population and south saddam so far as up to 1000000 refugees where seeking shelter in sudan before this happened. no. do you? when is telling us that as many people are a 100000, might be fleeing over the next days and the name. but in countries that, that gives a bit of, of an idea of people being forced to flee the company. they had to flee from at 2 to return back to some kind of safety chart. so, so done at the o, p r. they have pretty much their own crises to deal with and they need all the support and to where people arriving that are exhausted. they've taken days, as you've rightly reported just to reach across the board. there's similarly it's taking days to also cross into egypt. more stable reality over there, across the board there, but still extremely exhausted. people sleeping outside, sleeping on the

the you are a refugee agencies or principles situation coordinator for dar 4 and he joins us from nairobi, having been evacuated from sudan just a few days ago. welcome to d. w. a project could start with you. just telling us about the situation you left behind. oh, thank you very much for this invite. i mean, i was fortunate i was, i have actuated on thursday night from the french military military forces, along with 102 other humanitarian personnel, un humanitarian personnel. many of my other colleagues had to take very hazardous journeys over land towards chad into south dawn. many of the same journeys that others sit in these are having to take now in response to the white scale fighting situation is catastrophic. in many areas of food, in a fashion where i was based, there was full blown conflict between the 2 sides for 2 or 3 days before an uneasy fragile truce was put into place by the local authorities. unfortunately, that truce has, has more or less held, allowing the civilians to resume very, very basic normal normal lives. but unfortunately, there has been huge damage done by c

diplomat has held talks with barone, these foreign minister on monday, he was in the canyon capital of nairobi to meet with the nations leader there and discuss a range of issues out of media conference. afterwards, the foreign ministry are for administer rather has claimed that by insisting on zelinski is peace formula. the west directly supports genocide against russians, pushing the setting about them go ideally, we talked about this in great detail today. there is no doubt that the key of regime has long since switched to ultimately terrorist methods. to do this, they use weapons that the west is pumping into the key of regime the west statement that the weapon supplied should not be used on the territory of the russian federation is another light. the conclusion is very simple. since the west insist that there is no other basis for resolving the ukrainian situation except for the new tory is the landscapes formula piece, as well as the landscape steam threatens to be seach, brian media and the eastern regents of ukraine as they booted to start killing russians and destroying everything ru

so it has more now from nairobi. he is expected to be arranged in court on friday, and it's also expected that he could eventually be taken to you in a court that is based in times. and he has that specifically deals with issues to the to do with the genocide your mind is being addressed to dr. call across into the gates of dining street in london. please say that with no injuries in the collision at the entrance to the street, but contains that u. k. prime ministers, residents, official figures, show annual net to migration to the united kingdom, reached a record high of 606000 last year. the fragmented service you see like so the numbers are too high. they're supposed to bring down as part of its efforts to reduce net migration, the british government to stop many, for an ice graduate students from bringing relatives into the country. fresh, i signed a deal to station type school, nuclear weapons and batteries defense. i'm going to say i show who says the decision was taken off to what he called a shop escalation o

and on monday he was actually in the canyon capital of nairobi to meet with the nation's leader there as well. and discuss a range of issues at a media conference afterwards. the foreign minister claimed that by insisting on zaleski is peace formula. the west directly supports genocide against rush pushing the setting about them. good evening. we talked about this in great detail today. there is no doubt that the key of regime has long since this wish to ultimately sell risk. the method is to do this. so for us, they use weapons of the west, us bumping into the key of regina or the west statement that the weapon supplied. should not be used on the territory of the russian federation is another lies which the conclusion is very simple. since the west insist that there is no other basis for resolving the ukrainian situation except for the notorious the landscapes, formula beast as well as the land that is deemed presence to be seen by me which ends eastern regions of ukraine as they floated to start gilding russians and destroying everything russian of school. this means that your west

and on monday he was actually in the canyon capital of nairobi to meet with the nations leader there as well. and to discuss a range of issues at a media conference. afterwards, the foreign minister claims that by insisting on zillow and skis piece formula, the west directly supports genocide against russia. pushing the thing about them good evening. we talked about this in great detail today. there is no doubt that the key of regime has long since this, which to ultimately sell risk method is to do this. so for stage is what the west is bumping into the key of regime of the west statement that the weapon supplied should not be used on the territory of the russian federation is another lies which the conclusion is very simple. since the west insist that there is no other basis for resolving the ukrainian situation except for the notorious the landscapes formula piece as well as the land that is deemed threatens to be siege. brian me to reach them. these to regents of ukraine as they booted to start killing russians and destroying everything russian of school. this means that your wes

and on monday, he was in the canyon capital of nairobi to meet with the nations leader and discussed a range of issues at of media conference that followed afterwards. and that's all for this, our stick around for more news and just about 30 minutes here on our to international the . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy on foundation, let it be an arms race and it is often very dramatic. the only personally i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time. time to sit down and talk the russian states never as, as tight as i'm sort of the most sense community. most all sense enough in the 65 to 5 and speed. what else? suppose question about this. even though we will then in the european union, the kremlin machine, the state on rush has proved inc and split the r t smooth neck. even our video agency, roughly all the band on youtube, the payment services for the question, did you say stephen twist, which is the in 2022. the attorney and government approved a package of me that we a gordon nation with the you a

speaking at the news conference in nairobi, the to lead us cold for an immediate cease fire incidence. they also on the lines the deep corporation between the 2 countries, including on green technology. she also said that renewable energy sources could help to a nation's boost livingstone, that we should really understand that our biggest a must be that there was a grove girls of growth in many countries after world. but they are looking for having a similar standard of living as we have it in the north of america, for instance, a doing so it means that we give the chance that this is happening not using for us our resources. but with using the possibility is coming from renewable energy is for instance, a new technologies by called the experiment all by is group a is with a, a german delegation on shawn specials trip to east africa. and early up my aust, benjamin to unpack the statements for us or so they show that they definitely have appreciation for each other. they started naming the pretty strong bi lateral ties . the canyon president william good wasn't balloon only a few weeks

barbara plett usher in nairobi there. has said the world is at a turning point — he has been speaking at moscow's annual victory day parade. he told dignitaries that war was being waged against russia. but the parade has been scaled back this year, due to fears of sabotage attacks linked to the war in ukraine. some events have been cancelled — there hasn't been a military flypast and 3,000 fewer soldiers have taken part. let's get more on this with 0lga robinson, from bbc monitoring. we heard a lot from president putin but what is clear here as there was very little talk about what is actually happening on the ground in ukraine. ~ ,,., , actually happening on the ground in ukraine. ~ , , ~ ., actually happening on the ground in ukraine. ~ , , . ., ., ukraine. absolutely. what we have heard today _ ukraine. absolutely. what we have heard today from _ ukraine. absolutely. what we have heard today from vladimir - ukraine. absolutely. what we have heard today from vladimir putin i ukraine. absolutely. what we have heard today

he environment assembly scheduled for february 2024 in nairobi kenya on the theme of effective inclusivetainable multilateral action to combat climate change biodiversity loss pollution. six simple goal. offer effective inclusive solutions that can accelerate the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment wednesday. it's just not compatible or people and planets the question is whether we want to be flipped alive and if so you should make our life compatible with the life of other substances beings on earth thanks to science we understand where we went wrong and know how we can fix it . community cooperation must achieve many environmental goals and targets through the specific actions of each ministry of each branch of the pro some household investment project. what is the key to development of world health and progression will be actively supported by the state in the fight against the triple planetary crisis. i hope that the nevsky congress will help to establish close interaction between its participan

. >> in nairobi, kenya, 103 nations agreed the world must get the plastic problem under control. >> weill have a strong global international and comprehensive framework on plastic pollution. >> the u.n. released this report laying out concrete steps needed to do it. turning off the tap, how the world could end plastic aleutian and create a circular economy it aims to/plastic pollution by 80% by 2040. how to realize the goal is the task of delegates meeting in paris to work on a legally binding agreement. the head of the united nations environment program will lead the negotiations. i spoke with her recently. >> thank you for being here. before we get to the solutions you are talking about, talk about the problem. especially in the u.s. but worldwide, we've heard the phrase reduce, reuse, and recycle for what feels like a generation. yet we have not gotten our hands around this problem. why is that? >> it is hard, this recycle story is not a simple as it sounds. i can put my plastic toothpaste tube in my recycling bin. it does not always make its way. globally, we produce about 430 mill

let's bring in our correspondent following the situation, joining us live from nairobi.hat can you tell us about the situation? reporter: i can tell you my contacts did not report any gunshots since the beginning of this cease fire at 9:45 local time but it is still early to say a cease-fire is implemented. among the civilians, many do not believe it will hold. they say the fighting has been so violent in the previous days and hours that they do not believe the army and rebel forces can stop fighting. they say they heard many bombardments this afternoon and they could see fighter jets in the sky. that forces memories are still coming into neighborhoods and rating houses and raping women. -- raping women. even if they both assigned a commitment, it seems both the army and rapid support forces are not trying to protect civilians at all for the moment. let's also mention the situation in another city where it is worse. the last three days, they have been fighting in the cities. very intense fighting. in another city, a few killer maters -- kilometers from the border, hundre

a reporter has more on this from nairobi.eporter: it's very difficult for civilians living in khartoum and many places in sudan to believe that there will be a cease-fire coming anytime soon. say they cannot trust the military anymore. it is not the first cease-fire in the past two weeks. a local, east african organization is trying to implement peace and to develop the countries of the region. three of the regional presidents were going to khartoum to have talks with the head of the army. it has failed until now, so we know the army said last week that it was ready to go to south sudan to talk, but it is difficult to understand if there will be any improvement of the situation anytime soon. and the general said yesterday during an interview that he believes he can win this war and there is no reason for him to negotiate. these civilians do not believe that a cease-fire will happen anytime soon and the only thing they're expecting for the next days is just more fighting in the region of darfur. mark: our correspondent they're

antonio guterres, who was in nairobi, said cooperation is entirely dependent on the security situationide sudan, and called on the generals to stop fighting immediately. a third of the six million people in sudan rely on humanitarian assistance. around 100,000 people have already fled across the border with little food and water available. previous cease-fire agreements between the army and the paramilitary have ranged from 24 to 72 hos, but none of them fully observed. a british citizen we have had on the program before -- this is video he filmed. it's from the zagreb. >> may 3, khartoum, a central part of khartoum. people are fighting in front of the presidential palace in central khartoum. so yeah, that is all of the action. chriian: tarek also sent us this video which is not his, from today's battle in khartoum. it shows men from the rs f, some of them shouting "god is great." there wertwo bodies in this video which we are not going to show you. it would seem to demonstrate some close quarters fighting right in the heart of the capil. what chance of a cease-fire and more eight gett

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if fighting doesn't stop or more now, i'm joined from nairobi by michael dunford. he is the regional director for eastern africa at the u. n. world food program. michael's going to have you on the program . how would you describe these humanitarian, the situation in sudan right now? the situation saddam has nothing short of a catastrophe. we're seeing the fighting got to him and elsewhere across the country. this is creating misery for the people of suda. before the conflict started, there were over 15000000 a 3rd of the entire population who were hungry. they were another 3000000 people who, who were already displaced. they were housing 1100000 refugees, full 1000000 women and children were malnourished. and this conflict, what is happening today is making a bad situation infinitely worse. the u. n. is talking about millions of people being internally displaced with in sudan, hundreds of thousands of refugees. how safe is it for people to stay in the country? with seeing considerable movements elsewhere into the country and beyond the borders because of a lack of

insight i there from my bbc africa colleague speaking from nairobi. spend ten days on board the international space station. rayyanah barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first saudi woman to voyage into space. she will be joined on the mission by fellow saudi ali al-qarni who's a fighter pilot. live now tojeddah in saudi arabia and speak to our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi with us. tell us more about mention researcher going to become go into space and this is why the they are trying to modernise the economy and move away from oil. there is a reason they have done a lot of interviews before finalising these names and it's an historic day for saudi arabia because it will be its first foray, space mission, in almost a0 years. in 1985, the half brother of the current crown prince and king, there was an arab satellite in 1985. given that saudis are now trying to re—enter space after such a long time it is pretty significant. 50 after such a long time it is pretty significant-— after such a long time it is pretty siunif

funding broke out last month she managed to make it out of the country and is currently faced in nairobi. thanks for being with us. now the fighting has entered its 3rd week. how is the humanitarian situation in sudan today? there's too many to institution in savannah, extremely critical. people do not have access to all sufficient access to food, water, electricity of the medical system. the hospitals have nearly collapse. we know that 80 percent of the hospitals are not functioning anymore, especially in the urban centers. cartoon with all the specialized hospitals were the 2 only hospitals that was specialist for children haven't been in the victoria to do to the security situation. so basically people cannot access um, or come of their basic needs anymore. many people are fleeing to neighboring countries. some are going to chad and egypt for example. what's the situation like at the borders? as we've heard reports, the boys are extremely crowded on a more than around. 40000 people have cross or trying to cross over into each of the expectation is better to be up to 550000. um the, yo

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the bbc�*s barbara plett usher is following developments in sedan because she is in nairobi looking atting to the ongoing fighting in sudan. bringing both sides to the table could prove very difficult. she has been explaining what is at stake. this is the most serious attempt to get things fixed that you could establish humanitarian quarters. that is the narrowing of this to get a humanitarian truce. it is not clear if either side is willing to go that far. they are certainly not willing to talk about a negotiated solution to the conflict and we are not getting much information at all about what is happening at these talks. they are basically being held in secrecy, hosted by the saudi arabian government. there has been criticism about that, the fact they're happening behind closed doors and also that there are no civilians. at best this would be a closed—door deal between those who carried out the coup against the civilian government in 2021. that is what not what i have been told. it is a reminder that this battle between the two generals who then turned on each other and are now figh