they have to put conditions, people have to be rsf and have — conditions, people have to be rsf and, otherwise they will starve to — access to aid, otherwise they will starve to death, and that is a question— starve to death, and that is a question of also the access to aid and all— question of also the access to aid and all of— question of also the access to aid and all of those, it is very difficult _ and all of those, it is very difficult. i would say there are very— difficult. i would say there are very good _ difficult. i would say there are very good i sensed a call al fashir to stop _ very good i sensed a call al fashir to stop the — very good i sensed a call al fashir to stop the war, coming from the state _ to stop the war, coming from the state department and again from the un, trut— state department and again from the un, but it _ state department and again from the un, but it is good for the cause to be directly— un, but it is good for the cause to be directly directed to the commander of rsf, as a person responsible and has a power to stop the attack, — responsible and

over the past few days we have seen images of rsf forces encircling al fashir. the nature of the conflicts there? i have been speaking with a person who is residing in al fashir and they have described the situation as calm in the city but tense. they have said that surrounding the city there has been fighting and because of that many people have been arriving into the city in the past few days as well, particularly the west of al fashir. because of that there is a displaced population which has been growing even in the past few days. the city itself is home to 800,000 people the city itself is home to 800,000 people, the displaced people is much higher, for example in one of the camps the number of people displaced is triple that of the number of people it had before the war began. now there is concern that there is a possibility that the rsf might arrive there and with that, all the fears that they have been fleeing from. kalkidan yibeltal in addis ababa. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with what could prove

and they have to obey the rsf rules to get access to aid.aid, it is very difficult. it is — there are good support with regard to al—fashir to stop the war coming from the same department, from the secretary general of the un, but this is very much personal. it is very good for those calls to be directly directed to the commander of rsf, mohamed hamdan dagalo, the person responsible who has the power to stop this attack, and also let him know if any genocide and mass atrocity happens again like happened before, he will be personally responsible, because he has the power to stop it not to happen. i think it is good that this message is made but i feel it is very much generalised than being directly tailored to those actors who have the power to stop the violence. quscondy abdulshafi, senior regional advisor at freedom house, thank you. south africa is celebrating a landmark moment in its history. it's 30 years since the first free and fair elections in the country, which for decades was ruled by a white minority. under the violent apartheid r

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rsf dr deepmala mahla, thank _ acceptable. clashes between coastguard ships from china and the philippines in the south china sea. the filipino government, led by president marcoer, has authorised increasingly aggressive patrols to challenge the dominant chinese presence in areas both countries claim as their own. our correspondentjonathan head witnessed a confrontation this morning near the disputed scarborough shoal. i'm on board the philippines coastguard vessel the chinese media are saying they expelled, we are being shadowed you can see over there one chinese coastguard ship on that side, three orfour behind us, in fact so many chinese ships in this area, they dominate it and kept the philippines out of here 12 years ago, part of a mission to re—establish a philippines presence. i would not say they have kept the philippines out they have corralled some of the filipino votes but this one is going back to help one vessel we are in scarborough shoal and it tends to come back to show support filipino fishermen who traditiona

war between the sudanese army and the rsf erupted last year.2023, in what is the world's largest displacement crisis. on friday, the un's human rights office expressed grave concern about the recent escalation of violence in north darfur. this dire situation is compounded by a severe shortage of supplies, delivery of commercial goods and humanitarian aid has been constrained by the fighting. the commissioner calls for a cease to this situation and end to the conflict that has been in country and end violations of humanitarian law. for more on the situation, i spoke to quscondy abdulshafi, senior regional adviser at freedom house. freedom house is a nonprofit dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world. i know you have been closely monitoring the situation on the ground and speaking with people where possible in al fashir. what are they bracing for? thank you for having me, helena, iappreciate it. the attack on al fashir has the far—reaching and devastating consequence, and it would really be a new story of the storyline of the sudan

war between the sudanese army and the rsf erupted last year.ict since april 2023 in what is the world's largest displacement crisis. for more on the situation, i spoke to quscondy abdulshafi, senior regional advisor at freedom house, a non profit dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world. i know that you've been closely monitoring the situation on the ground, speaking with people, where possible, in al—fashir. what are they bracing for, basically? thank you helena, and thank you for having me. i appreciate it. an attack on al—fashir would have a far—reaching and devastating consequence and it would really be a new story of the storyline of sudan conflict, harsher, potentially harsher than al junaynah. in the past few days there have been an increase in ethnic targeting and rhetoric. this time it is minority ethnic groups that are stationed at, that exist in al—fashir. this attack on al—fashir will have that aspect of ethnic cleansing. the saf army in al—fashir are under the command of former rebel movement leaders that made the pea

army has blocked access across conflict lines and it does not want to allow the paramilitary group the rsfanitarian assistance and there is not that much assistance to begin with with the un asking for $3 billion in donorfunds and it has 6% of that. there is a conference today in paris to try and move sudan towards the top of the agenda especially in humanitarian terms to get more money. aside from the efforts to get more money for aid, what is happening on the diplomatic front to try and end the conflict? the us has recently renewed efforts to try and organise ceasefire talks, previous talks have failed. the new us envoy for sudan had hoped to get some sort of negotiations going this week but that has not happened so it's extremely difficult to get there, the rapid support forces had previously said they were open to negotiations and the army had said says it sees the rsf as the aggressor and wants to pull out of the areas it occupied before the talks begin but you also have a real problem in terms of the nature of the conflict, especially international actors and regional actors who are

war between the sudanese army and the rsf erupted last year.ld's largest displacement crisis. on friday, the un's human rights office expressed grave concern about the recent escalation of violence in north darfur. civilians are trapped in the city. those in darfur, afraid of being killed by the srs, flee. it is compounded by a shortage of supply as imported goods and humanitarian aid have been suppressed by the fighting. and enter the conflict that has ravaged the country for more than a year now. and it investigation of all alleged violations of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law. for more on the situation, i spoke to quscondy abdulshafi, senior regional advisor at freedom house — a nonprofit dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world. i know that you've been closely monitoring the situation on the ground, speaking with people, where possible, in al—fashir. what are they bracing for, basically? thank you helena, and thank you for having me. i appreciate it. an attack on al—fashir would

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the l situation already deteriorated two weeks ago so on sunday it started with air strikes on rsf.n announcement of the next step and we see lots of groups moving. so of course we are quite worried that the situation and the deterioration will go one step forward. so there is a lot of tension around al—fashir, lots of rumours. and because of the reality of this region, it will be devastating for the population there. �* . . devastating for the population there. ~ . . . ., , there. and what are the challenges for our there. and what are the challenges for your work— there. and what are the challenges for your work getting _ there. and what are the challenges for your work getting the _ there. and what are the challenges for your work getting the medical l for your work getting the medical care that people need?— for your work getting the medical care that people need? already we are very much _ care that people need? already we are very much behind _ care that people need? already we are very much behind in _ care that people need? already we are very much behind in terms - care tha

conflict started when the head of the sudanese army, and the leader of a powerful rebel group, the rsft and began fighting for control of the country. almost 25 million people — around half sudan's population — are in need of humanitarian aidand more than 8 million people have been displaced within sudan and to other countries the bbc�*s mercyjuma has visited neighbouring chad to speak to some of the victims of sudan's violent conflict. on a street in sudan five unarmed civilians are threatened by an arab militia at gunpoint. what happens next is too graphic to show. gunshots ahmad is one of the men in the video. incredibly, he survived the street execution. the 30—year—old shows us this exit wound where a bullet ripped through his body after they were shot at point—blank range. translation: l was hit. in the shoulder and i also have some other wounds. three of us survived. we laid down as if we were dead, then someone told us, "anyone who is just injured should get up and run away." like so many survivors of the darfur violence, ahmad now lives here in one of the camps across the bord

but one thing we are doing, rsf is supporting a number ofjournalists and media outlets who are in exileich is russian language journalism that serves the russian people because there's still a great need for independent journalism that provides authentic information and powerful. and, pavel, i'lljust returned to you for a final thought. we've discussed, haven't we, the possibility that also might be the possibility that alsu might be used in some kind of prisoner swap. have you had any conversations with the authorities, with the us government, anyone, in fact, who might have given you some information about what their plans are to try to secure her release? i�* not aware of any prisoner swaps that may or may swaps that may or may not include alsu. the us government will not discuss these situations for understandable reasons. however, i refuse to think of alsu, my wife and the mother of my two young daughters, as a pawn in a political game, and not even in a political game, and not evan for that matter, either. there are human beings i don't want to think of alsu some kind of token in

it's and egregious abuse as both the saff and rsf have carried out war crimes, including rapes, torture extrajudicial killings, and other human rights abuses. >> commanders for the saff and the rsf have previously denied such allegations with the world, seemingly powerless to stop it amnesty international warns the warrants a dan is likely to continue and cause more civilian suffering if these strong statements and condemnation from the us and the un and the african union have not worked in sudan. so what's the fastest way to resolve the conflict? >> exert pressure on the wedding parties to end violations against civilians to end indiscriminate attacks against civilians, to allow humanitarian access and to ensure they are held accountable for violations there, for meeting into them. >> larry madowo, cnn bureviy and our thanks to larry madowo for that report. also on our worldly today among the pro protests across the country this week, this image from yale caught our eye it's a poster honoring walid daqqa walid daqqa was the longest-serving palestinian prisoner in an israeli jail. he di

al—fashir is the last big city in the darfur region, where sudan's army is still holding out against the rsfn—arab ethnic groups. residents in al—fashir are said to be afraid for their lives should they attempt to flee. civilians are trapped in the city, the only one in darfur still in the hands of the saf, afraid of being killed should they attempt to flee. this dire situation is compounded by a severe shortage of essential supplies, as deliveries of commercial goods and humanitarian aid have been heavily constrained by the fighting. the commissioner calls for an immediate de—escalation of this catastrophic situation, an end to the conflict that has ravished the country for more than a year now, and an investigation of all aleged violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law. let's get some of the day's other news now. officials in kenya have warned people to brace themselves for even heavier rainfall, as severe downpours continue to batter parts of east africa. at least 76 people have been killed by flooding in recent weeks — and m

the conflict started when the head of the sudanese army and the leader of a powerful rebel group, the rsfopulation — are in need of humanitarian help, and more than eight million people have been displaced within sudan and to other countries. the bbc�*s merchuma has visited neighbouring chad to speak to some of the victims of sudan's violent conflict. you may find some of the details in her report distressing. on a street in sudan five unarmed civilians are threatened by an arab militia at gunpoint. what happens next is too graphic to show. gunshots ahmad is one of the men in the video. ahmad is one of the men in the video. incredibly, he survived the street execution. the 30—year—old shows us this exit wound where a bullet ripped through his body after they were shot at point—blank range. translation: l was hit| in the shoulder and i also have some other wounds. three of us survived. we laid down as if we were dead, then someone told us, "anyone who is just injured should get up and run away." like so many survivors of the darfur violence, ahmad now lives here in one of the camps across

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. -- rsf. now comes this proposal. it takes a bit of time for the membership to absolve. because they are thinking, are we now doing too much into many places, do we need to slow down and first as all of we have decided before we move forward? i don't think it is a matter of specifically hybrid capital being riskier. hybrid capital is not something we have supported with. as long as there is enough members that want to do it, who wants to do it, i think we will find a pathway forward. thank you for asking. amazingly, we are exceeding all our commitments to our board. when we went with the gender strategy we said we are going to do that many countries in which we would put the gender lens in our surveillance. are we 50% above what we promised? quite a bit above. what does it mean? it means that teens are interested in doing it. they recognize that labor markets participation of women, ability of women to grow up in the ranks take more responsibility. this is really significant from a productivity standpoint. and if you look at what is the difference between our analysis of

projections at 90.3, or sunset and golden gate actuals are exactly as projected, and at a 91% or while rsfned a small profit of 500,000 and an 89, or. rsfsr is driven by less revenue as projected as a result of a lower than projected volume. the lower tonnage resulted in less weekend and sought line work combined with the timing of expense of expenditures. as i mentioned, our projections were set for the entire year resulted in 1.8 million less in or eligible expenses than projected. we expect the year end results to be very close to projections, as wages and other expenses increase later in the year. now, i want to direct you to the table on the bottom left. jay kind of went over this in one of his previous slides, but recology earned a net profit of $8.4 million in the first quarter, a 91, or on 8.4 million, means that our target profit should have been at 7.8 million, a difference of approximately 650,000, with the balancing account mechanism, 50% of the 650,000 or 324,000 profit surplus is contributed to the balancing account for the first quarter. under the new rate order, we have 22

fueled by key actors more and more that are coming in, including foreign fighters being counted on the rsfot a good outcome for anyone who cares about stability in the region. >> is that the risk, a more factionalized conflict, one that produces even more refugees and threatens the stability of the region? >> it is a certainty if we don't change course. we hope we are building some momentum with some of the initiatives in egypt and others. we hope that will come together with talks. the sudanese people deserve their future back, and we don't have much time to get to the outcome. >> special envoy for sudan, thank you so much. tom: thank you. ♪ geoff: the benefit of america's petrochemical production is concentrated on a stretch of land along the mississippi river in southeastern louisiana. those facilities provide many of the essentials of modern life. plastics, fertilizer, and even medical equipment. but that production also comes with serious risks. this area has also long been known as cancer alley, because of the high rates of cancer among people who live near those plants. as william b

just this week, the rolenberg center for human rights released a report concluding that the rsf is committing genocide in sudan. the evidence is clear and overwhelming. we must take action now. at this week's humanitarian conference in paris, the united states announced an additional $100 million in aid to respond to the conflict. the united states has been the largest donor to date. the french are also saying that they'll raise more than 2 billion euros. money pledged is not money in hand, however, and we need all to do more. i am pleased that when the senate passed the security funding supplemental it included more than $9 billion in additional humanitarian aid. part of that humanitarian aid would go to help the people of sudan. i know there is bipartisan support for humanitarian aid in congress. yet, despite the heroic efforts of my colleagues on the appropriations committee, the foreign assistance budget for this year declined, in some parts of the usaid, by as much as 10%. we need to expand the pie, not shrink it. otherwise, when we try to address one crisis, we have to take money from a