the rsf answered directly to bashir.in speeches and public speeches, "this is my protection." and there is one speech where bashir said that the best decision he made was forming the rapid support forces. in time, he may have revised that assessment because in 2019, bashir�*s fear became real. the army deposed him with the support of the rsf. civilian protests had applied pressure too. a power—sharing agreement between civilian and military leaders was supposed to lead to civilian rule — but it didn't. in 2021, the army seized power, "to avoid civil war," it said. but in april this year, a civil war arrived. because tensions between the army and the rsf boiled over. and by this point the rsf was much more than a militia. this is alex de waal, an expert on sudanese politics. they control sudan's most lucrative gold mines and they export gold to dubai. they're a mercenary outfit. they've rented out their fighters to fight in yemen, more recently in libya. they are looting machine and they get support from russia, formerly

we looted and damaged in the advance of rsf. ~ ., ~ ., ., rsf. 5 million _ rsf. we talked about some of the basics, 5 million people _ rsf. we talked about some of the basics, 5 million people are - rsf. we talked about some of the basics, 5 million people are at - rsf. we talked about some of thej basics, 5 million people are at risk of extreme hunger at the moment, are you able to get any kind of aid or food aid into these areas to help them? ., .,. them? the nature we face in the country is _ them? the nature we face in the country is getting _ them? the nature we face in the country is getting supplies - them? the nature we face in the| country is getting supplies across lines. we tend to be prevented by the area where we have huge logistical issues. we do also have... the cost of the conflict in the ground that has become very challenging for us to be able to operate in those conflict areas. indie operate in those conflict areas. we had heard reports that the rss overstepping people from leaving the area, and they trapped there? indie area,

after rsf forces captured wad madani earlier this week, we have been hearing reports of an exodus ofthousands have fled already. many of them on foot, and without much on their backs. after the city was captured, there were reports of killings, a cessation of medical provision, and doctor said that hundreds might have been killed in the city. there were also reports of looting is in health care centres like hospitals and other abuse as well. so, this had been, until the fighting came to the doorstep, it had been the humanitarian help, many humanitarian organisations are working from there, because it was a safe haven for hundreds of thousands who fled the war from other areas. now people are finding themselves on the move again, fleeing again, the violence, and trying to decide how to navigate the situation. the world food programme said they are suspending, temporarily, the operations in the city in the region, because the capture of the city by the rsf has made their work difficult. . , ., ., city by the rsf has made their work difficult. ., , ., ., ., ., difficult. really good to

now, after the rsf forces raided this week, things were turning from bad to worse.out homes and are now finding themselves on the move again. many are scattered out of the city and they are fleeing the violence on foot without much on their backs. and in the past few days, reports of summary executions, sexual violence and looting of property have been reported. health facilities, including hospitals, have been attacked. relief agencies are announcing that they're suspending their operations in the city of wad madani because they find it difficult to operate after the city was captured by the rsf. this could only mean bad news for the millions who are desperately dependant on aid. rights organisations and western countries have been sounding the alarm bells, and calling for the protection of civilians as this war drags on. but civilians continue to pay a heavy prays. the latest drone images from iceland are showing a calmer scene, after monday's volcanic eruption. officials say the flows of lava have diminished, but smoke is still surfacing from the ground. resident

the paramilitary rapid support forces — or rsf has taken it.the rsf. in the first six months of the conflict, the un estimates that more than 9,000 people were killed. six point seven million people are believed to have been displaced, both internally and externally. four point nine million people are at risk of extreme hunger. and twenty five million are in need of humanitarian assistance. i'm joined now byjames dorsey, an expert on north africa at nanyang technological university, thank you for your time in the programme today and not a lot of knowledge about this conflict but he tells more about the rs f? yeah the civil war between _ tells more about the rs f? yeah the civil war between the _ tells more about the rs f? yeah the civil war between the sudanese - tells more about the rs f? yeah the i civil war between the sudanese armed forces and the rapid support forces which were the shock troops in the war and since the sudanese army in october of 2021 is actually staged a coup overthrowing the government as a result of a popular protest an

the paramilitary rapid support forces, or rsf, has taken it.sexual violence and other abuses by the rsf. in the first six months of the conflict, the un estimates that more than 9,000 people were killed. 6.7 million people are believed to have been displaced, both internally and externally. 4.9 million people are at risk of extreme hunger. and 25 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. james dorsey is an expert on north africa at nanyang technological university and can tell us more on this. essentially a civil war between the sudanese armed forces and the rapid support forces which were the shock troops in the war and since the sudanese army in october of 2021 essentially staged a coup overthrowing the government as a result of a popular protest you had this ongoing civil war. and the rise significantly enhances the humanitarian crisis that sudan is always suffering and because of fighting in khartoum in which humanitarian aid was flowing into the country and with the rsf in control, that's going to become a lot more difficult. since y

the paramilitary rapid support forces — or rsf has taken it.r abuses by the rsf. in the first six months of the conflict, the un estimates that more than 9,000 people were killed. six point seven million people are believed to have been displaced, both internally and externally. four point nine million people are at risk of extreme hunger. and twenty five million are in need of humanitarian assistance. james dorsey is an expert on north africa at nanyang technological university and can tell us more on this. essentially, you have the civil war between the sudanese armed forces led by the general and the rapid support forces which really were the shock troops in the war. and since the sudanese army in october 2021 essentially staged a coup d'etat overthrowing the government that i come as a result of a popular protest, you've have this ongoing civil war and the rise of the rs and thence the humanitarian crisis that sudan is 30 suffering due to the fighting in khartoum, this was the main hub with which humanitarian aid was flowing to the country

the paramilitary rapid support forces — or rsf — have advanced into the east—central city of wad madhanig in the capital, khartoum. the rsf has been accused of looting homes, raping women, and arbitrary killings and detentions in khartoum. in the first seven months of the conflict, the un estimates that more than 9,000 people have been killed. to get a better idea of the toll that the civil war is taking on sudan, i spoke to william spindler, spokesperson for the united nations high commissioner for refugees. william, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. of course, since the civil war broke out in april in sudan is been a great deal of suffering. but i wonder what your colleagues now see on the ground in sudan and the neighbouring countries as well when people have been forced to flee to? the impact of ei . ht forced to flee to? the impact of eight months _ forced to flee to? the impact of eight months of _ forced to flee to? the impact of eight months of civil - forced to flee to? the impact of eight months of civil war l forced to flee to? the impact| of eight months of civil war in su

the head of the sudanese paramilitary force, the rsf, is on his first foreign tour since fighting brokeudan's army. lieutenant general mohammed hamdan dagalo — popularly known as hemedti — visited ethiopia on thursday to meet ethiopian prime minister abiy ahmed. he also visited uganda as part of his tour for diplomatic talks with the country's president, yoweri museveni. on both visits, the general spoke of the need for a swift end to the war. but diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire between the warring sides has made little progress. the intergovernmental authority on development regional bloc tried to bring the generals together for peace talks injedda but the meeting was postponed for technical reasons. meanwhile, the rsf is making military gains, having recently taken control of one of sudan's major cities and the last remaining sanctuary for civilians, wad madani. the conflict has so far killed 12,000 people and caused one of the world's largest displacement crisis. the international organization for migration says that over 7.1—million people have been internally displaced wit

chief, lieutenant abdel fattah al—burhan has reportedly agreed to a "face—to—face meeting" with the rsflitary group agrees to "cease fighting" the fighting erupted in april this year after growing tensions between the two sides. for more on the situation, i spoke to analyst and former nonresident fellow at the tahrir institute for middle east policy, hamid khalafallah. the paramilitary forces capturing wide madani, what you make of that and do you think this could be a turning point now in this conflict? 0bviously turning point now in this conflict? obviously the significance of it stems from what madani south of khartoum have not been part of the violence in the past eight months, around half a million citizens from khartoum sought refuge in wad madani actually after the conflict erupted in khartoum in april. so it is a city that hosts a lot of displaced people, but also a large population of who have thought for quite some time there in a safe place, and it wasn't part of the conflict in any way. 0bviously khartoum, the capital for two militaries struggling fighting over power, it mak

the rsf had carried out what it called a "significant operation" in the twin city of 0mdurman.he us and saudi arabia have so farfailed. rights groups accuse the rsf, of committing atrocities, including mass killings in the western region of darfur. they warn that civilians in khartoum might face more violence. the united nations say more than six million people have been forced from their homes. we can now speak to moe faddoul and his wife rasha saeed, who are residents of khartoum. thank you very much forjoining us. of course, reading that introduction of course, reading that introduction as a reminder that the tensions still continue. just bring us up—to—date on what is happening at the moment. up-to-date on what is happening at the moment-— up-to-date on what is happening at the moment. ., ,, , ., ., ., , the moment. thank you for having us here. to the moment. thank you for having us here- to start — the moment. thank you for having us here. to start with. _ the moment. thank you for having us here. to start with. what _ the moment. thank you for having us here. to start wi

russian film director nikita mikhalkov gave an exclusive interview to bel-tv: the people's artist of the rsf received journalists from the project “tell me not to be silent” in moscow, and answered the most pressing questions: how did the famous director manage to outshine fashion bloggers, because everyone the release of his project besagon gathers an audience of millions, we are the only ones in the world: you and i, who stood up to our full height, disdain for leaders, people who risked everything, and their careers, against the huge conglomerate of the west, just because they are faithful to their tradition, my history, my culture, my people, i’m not teaching anyone, and i’m not calling anyone to do anything, i’m listening, but have you actually seen the performance? what is this for everyone and about everyone i was confused this friday the theater and cinema center is coming to minsk under the direction of nikita mikhalkov for 2 days status stage of the palace of the republic, the legendary performance 12 directed by mikhalkov and with his participation, how does a theatrical productio

heading the national army... ..and another, its former sidekick, the now powerful paramilitary force rsfcivilians have been caught in the middle of what critics have called a senseless war. it's now one of the world's biggest displacement crises. but many are trapped... hi, what's your name? ..like rasha amin and herfamily. he's so shy. are you taking pictures? her husband and children are british citizens. when foreign nationals were pulled out, they were eligible for evacuation, but she wasn't. even though the rules were relaxed later, the family remains stuck in the war zone. you can see my baby's bed over there. her house in khartoum, the capital, was hit by a missile strike. shrapnel flew across her bedroom where her baby was sleeping. all the windows and some doors were blown off. luckily, no—one was hurt. we're still scared because we have to put our mattresses on the floor, away from the windows. we hear their cars around us. we hear their machine guns around us. so we have to stay as safe as possible, away from the windows, maybe in the corner of the house, because the corners a

the rsf's takeover of wad madani has marked a new turn in sudan's eight-month-old conflict that brokeout in april. the u.n. has warned hunger in sudan's conflict zones is headed toward famine-like conditions, while nearly 7 million people have been internally displaced or forced to flee sudan. in the democratic republic of the congo, nationwide polls for president and local leaders have opened after a three-hour delay. in eastern drc, voters and observers complained of poorly organized election sites and missing names from voting rolls. >> there were quite a few people who did not end up on the list. people are wondering how they're going to vote if they can't find their way around. amy: ongoing violence in the war-torn east has displaced millions and prevented an estimated 1.5 million people from registering to vote. incumbent president felix tshisekedi is seeking a second five-year term and is running in a packed field of nearly 20 hopefuls. other candidates include moÏse katumbi, a former governor and mining magnate, former oil executive martin fayulu, and nobel peace prize-winner

the rsf has since been accused of carrying out a genocide in west darfur, 7 million people are displacedand almost two thirds of sudan's population, or about 30 million people, are in need of humanitarian assistance. an associated press investigation has found russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the number of people killed by severe flooding that followed the catastrophic explosion last june at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnipro river, the southern kherson region. ukraine blames russian forces for blowing up the dam to counter ukraine's planned counter-offensive. russia claims 59 people died in the disaster, but an ap puts the true number far higher with hundreds dead in the russian-occupied town of oleshky alone. on wednesday, the biden administration announced a military aid package to ukraine worth $250 million, including air defense systems, rockets for mobile launchers, anti-armor munitions, and millions of rounds of ammunition. it's the last aid package to ukraine the u.s. will provide unless congress approves the biden administration's request for

translator: however, on the negotiating table today are the very reasons behind the war, such as the rsf. and we cannot accept to be sitting with them at the same table. we do not acknowledge them and we do not wish for them to be part of the future government of sudan. >> secretary clinton, i'm going to give you the first student question. this is from a master of science and foreign service program student. what do you see as the biggest challenge for women, peace, and security over the next ten years? what is the next milestone we our all -- we are all aiming for? hillary: well, i think the biggest challenge is men starting wars. [laughter] [applause] you know, i don't think they have enough to do. [laughing] and it is really troubling that here we are in 2023 and, you know, there's war breaking out everywhere. some of it has already been spoken to, like what's happening in yemen and what's happening in sudan, but there's so many other places. and all of our efforts, especially on the multilateral level, to try to end wars are, you know, not as successful as we would like because ther

the presenter brought from belarus to nikita mikhalkov, exclusive interview with folk artist of the rsfa renowned director and actor is already available for viewing on all internet platforms of bill-television, to show their best performance in the current season, this is the task facing the athletes of the belarusian figure skating team, the head of the national team said this in an exclusive interview with the telelenova agency oleg vasiliev. the day before , the international friendship cup tournament started at the chezhovka arena. representatives of all age categories, boys, juniors and seniors will have time to compete in five competition days. except belarusians are scheduled to participate in the program of single and pair skating, as well as ice dancing, athletes from russia, kazakhstan and uzbekistan. to conclude. cup day, spectators expect goals, performances of the best skaters, almost the peak of the season, december, january and february, this is the month when skaters should show their best results, the first club tournament, we made it international, open to everyone, o

state apartment said both the rsf and sudanese armed forces are committing international war crimes includinghunity. get more from the food emergency court nadir for the area. >> mostf the people trapped there now are really having their situation where now as the harvest season is in sudan, and the state is known as the breadbasket of sudan and some regional areas, so what we need is the parties to the conflict to open humanitarian access to the aid agency to provide food assistance to the people who are trapped there. i had to, like why some other police, had to move again from zero to safer places because the security situation there is spreading. this is kind of a secondary displacement for the humanitarian aid agencies also. so the challenges are immense. accessibility is impossible so far. the fighting is ongoing. caitrÍona: our correspondent sent this update. reporter: hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled the city in the past few days. this is sudan's second largest city, described as a safe haven for people who flee violence since fighting broke out. many people have come from

wad madani was considered one of the few remaining safe areas in the country before the rsf seized control fled from the capital khartoum. the un reports that 300,000 people have been displaced in the fighting in wad madani mostly by foot and overall, more than 7 million have been uprooted from their homes by the conflict. a un spokesperson described it as the world's largest displacement crisis. for more on the situation, i spoke to analyst and former nonresident fellow at the tahrir institute for middle east policy, hamid khalafallah. we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us. i want to start with some of the events of this week. the paramilitary forces capturing wad madani, what did you make of that and do you think this could be a turning point now in this conflict? it is definitely a turning point. obviously, the significance of it stems from wad madani, south of khartoum, have not been part of the violence in the past eight months, around 500,000 citizens from khartoum sought refuge in wad madani actually after the conflict erupted in khartoum in april. so it is a city that h

hierarchy, it is a fundamental irreconcilability, political ideas and visions of the south and the rsfent sudan and they are irreconcilable and until that is something addresses, we will not see any mediation platforms offer anything in terms of, not even a sort of end to the war, the fighting itself, even to cause a ceasefire. kholood, thank you so much for sharing your analysis and we hope your family stays safe. thank you very much. in manchester, england, storm gerrit is being blamed for widespread damage. fiona trott reports. the eye of the storm. so strong that some homes couldn't even keep the residents safe. they'll evacuate us now. this tree smashed through a roof just metres from where maisie pilkington slept. if you was to get a wrecking ball and go through the house, it was like, because i opened the door and i thought, "oh, my god". in daylight, the damage was clearer to see. metal and glass not strong enough, lead not heavy enough to withstand the force of this tornado on her street. what seems to have happened is the tree's hit the roof, gone through my bathroom, so the

the head of the army, has vowed to hold his commanders accountable, after the rsf captured wad madanimonday. war between the two sides erupted in april, following disagreement over an internationally backed political transition plan. the conflict has displaced more than seven million people, it has left the capital khartoum in ruins, and has unleashed a devastating humanitarian crisis. alain w'uattara is the deputy head of the sudan office at the united nations office for the co—ordination of humanitarian affairs. he told me about the suffering of civilians there — and the urgent need for aid. what comes to mind now is when is all this going to stop? when is the warring party going to abide by the commitment to protect civilians by international military law? the situation now in the state is worrisome. the current situation, as we are hearing coming through, is that looting happening despite the fact we have been able to communicate some of our assets of humanitarian locations, civilians have been forced to flee for the second time in wad madani, which was hosting half a million peop

the saf and the rsf. as recently as a week ago, we helped get an agreement that the two leaders would meet and commit to a cease-fire. we are pressing to make sure that happens, but this is the product of day in and day out work. by our diplomats as well as many others around the world, including the african union and other partners. we have talked about israel and gaza. let me say this. we believe, as we said from the outset, israel has not only a right but an obligation to defend itself and make sure october 7 never happens again. any of the world faced with what israel suffered on october 7 would do the same thing. we have also said, and we have been very clear, that how israel does it and it matters tremendously. we have been deeply engaged with them to maximize protections for civilians, to maximize humanitarian assistance, to minimize harm. one of the things that is striking to me understandably, everyone would like to see this conflict end as quick as possible but if it ends with hamas remaining in

since the rsf took control of wad madani, hundreds of thousands of people have fled, many for a secondbe very difficult indeed. we can speak to leni kinzli, spokesperson for the world food programme, whojoins me from nairobi: it is good to talk to you. give me an idea of what we are looking at here. i have been reading about this, the situation sounds catastrophic.— this, the situation sounds catastrophic. this, the situation sounds catastrohic. , , catastrophic. indeed. it is very catastrophic. _ catastrophic. indeed. it is very catastrophic. as _ catastrophic. indeed. it is very catastrophic. as we _ catastrophic. indeed. it is very catastrophic. as we have - catastrophic. indeed. it is very catastrophic. as we have beenj catastrophic. as we have been hearing, there is a tragedy unfolding in prague which is horrific, but what the sudanese people have been facing is that kind of horror at eight months on end. now, because the conflict has spilled over into wad madani, people who have already left their homes, left everything behind in khartoum, they are moving again. the families who

20 years later, and 30 years later, and 40 years later, and 50 years later, people's artist of the rsf of the most important people in my life, after my mother. tell me, you didn’t intend to be an actor at all. you went to sea as an electrician, as far as i remember , no, at the beginning i was an apprentice motor mechanic, yeah, i went to brazil, the japanese, okhotsk, berengo sea, czech ocean, bristol bay , our fishing fleet became very powerful, i found a whaling fleet, i found a crab fleet, a flotilla, so very powerful, so we went there, went there, there i had an overload, transport a ship with refrigeration units, these are refrigeration units, and we came there, and there was srtt, this is the average rybolavets trawl, large rybolavets trawls, so they caught fish, then they reloaded them onto our ship, the fish was frozen, and we then went from there from bristol to yuzhnosakhaliensk, petropavlovsk, amchatskie, kholmsk, nakhodka, vladivostok, then deviation, then back through trimorye, ocean, we went there again to the lovlya region. and i started out as a motor mechanic, i came

the people's artist of the rsf received journalists from the project “tell me not to be silent” in moscowdirector manage to outshine fashion bloggers? after all, each release of his project bisagon attracts an audience of millions. we are the only one. in the world we are with you, who stood up to their full height, disdain for the leaders, people who risked everything, and their careers, against the huge conglomerate of the west, just because they are faithful to their tradition, their history, their culture, their people, i am not teaching anyone, and to no one i’m not calling for anything, i’m listening, in general the performance, we saw it. that this is for everyone and about everyone. and by the way, this friday the theater and cinema center under the direction of nikita mikhalkov is coming to minsk and for 2 days the legendary play 12 will be staged on the stage of the palace of the republic , directed by mikhalkov and with his participation. how a theatrical production differs from a famous film, is the modern viewer ready for a tough conversation about current problems in society

the rsf has also been accused of looting in areas under its control. court in senegal has ordered jailed opposition leader ousmane sonko to be reinstated on the electoral roll, paving the way for him to stand in next year's presidential election. sonko, who is expected to be a key challenger of president macky sall, was sentenced in june to a two-year prison term over an alleged sexual assault, charges he has accused the government of manufacturing to derail his candidacy. in late july, senegalese officials dissolved sonko's patriots of senegal party -- the first time a political party has been banned in the west african nation since its independence from france in 1960. the european union has agreed to open membership talks with ukraine and moldova. leaders of 26 e.u. member states unanimously approved the accession talks thursday after hungary's far-right prime minister viktor orban left the room just before votes were cast. orban, who is widely viewed as an ally of russian president vladimir putin, had threatened to veto ukraine's bid to join the e.

it took 4 years to appeal the complaint and only the supreme court of the rsf changed the verdict.avior he is transferred to a settlement colony, he remains sit for 2 years, suddenly a message comes, the convict escaped, what he was up to, where he was going, and then the detectives realize that the next anniversary of the death of the people is approaching, an ambush is set up in the cemetery. but several days pass and no one appears. silin never showed up and it became clear why, he just didn’t know where yatsenko was buried. investigators are interviewing silin’s acquaintances and relatives, as well as relatives of the deceased lyudmila yasenko. her friend svetlana evanteeva attracts attention. she's clearly nervous. for women. establish secret surveillance soon they understand that she is behaving suspiciously , is she really hiding a fugitive, a new love, svetlana, he understood that he could not run for long, he only wanted one thing, to be in the cemetery, but vadim did not know where luda was buried, i am beautiful, then kiss me. i decided to go to her friend svetlana. to h

there as well in trying to end the horror of the civil war between two military groups, the saf and the rsfd, including the african union, and other partners. we have talked about israel and gaza. let me say this. we believe that, as we said from the outset, israel has not only a right and to defend itself and to try and make sure that october the 7th never happens again any other country in the world, faced with what israel suffered on october the 7th, would do the same thing. we have also said that we have been very clear that how israel does it matters tremendously. and there, too, we have been deeply engaged with them to maximise protection for civilians and maximise humanitarian assistance and minimise harm. one of the things that's striking to me is that, understandably, everyone would like to see this conflict and as quickly as possible, but, if it ends with hamas remaining in place and having the capacity and stated intent to repeat october the 7th again and again, that's not in the interest of israel, its not in the interests of the region, it's not in the interests of the world. a

the people's artist of the rsf received journalists from the say don't be silent project in moscow and answered the most pressing questions. how the famous director managed outshine fashion bloggers? for the release of his project besagon gathers an audience of millions, we are the only ones in the world, you and i, who stand up to our full height, disdain for leaders, people who risk everything, and their careers, against a huge conglomerate of the west, just because they are faithful to their tradition , my history, my culture , my people, i don’t teach anyone, and i don’t encourage anyone to do anything, listen, but in general the performance, they saw it, that it’s for everyone and about everyone, i was embarrassed, he’s coming to minsk this friday theater and cinema center, under the direction of nikita mikhalkov and 2 days on the status stage of the palace of the republic, the legendary performance 12 directed by mikhalkov and with his participation, how does the theatrical production differ from the famous film 12, is the modern one ready... i wanted to convey that in any case s