river aiming to reroute the flow of water sudan's military says one of its officers was killed and 6 others soldiers wounded in fighting during the incursion let's bring in our correspondent in khartoum heba morgan hill what more can you tell us about this fighting between a sudanese any theon soldiers what sparked it exactly. well folly the dispute between sudanese and if you've been soldiers along the sudanese if you've been border in the state of godard has been going on for months now and we've heard repeated statements from the sudanese side about how if you've been militias bad to buy the ethiopian army have been raiding territories that belong to sudan now the border between sudan and if you hear is disputed much of it remains to be demarcated and that's the reason why in april a meeting between a joint meeting between the chief of staffs of if you here and sudan happened here in the sudanese capital how to where the 2 sides discussed border security including demarcating the borders between the 2 areas they said that they have agreed for soldiers to withdraw to the north side

another obstacle for the largest hydroelectric dam in africa sudan rejects ethiopia's plans to stop filling the reservoir with water and why it's been a bitter sweet year for tamarinds traders in northern syria. to. we begin in the us where president donald trump has criticized his top infectious disease experts warning against reopening the economy too quickly it follows wednesday's testimony by the leading cause in 1000 task force member dr anthony fauci who said that rushing to open up could have serious consequences including needless deaths the u.s. is by far the worst hit country by the pandemic with more than 83000 deaths and more than 1300000 infections present trump has again urged states to lift coronavirus restrictions. when the cause is clear that it's just not going to produce over these rivers versions are actually because you know. it's just to me it's not an acceptable if you're. that speak to mike hanna in washington about this mike the president making it seem. that his top and infectious disease expert is being too anonymous. indeed yes or the president saying that that i

there was a refugee trouble then which affected sudan. and we are south sudan.ost people do not differentiate. and that time i was like, wow. and i came back home and threw down my computer. i was crying. and my mother saw me and she was like, what's going on. i was like, this is what happens. and i got the biggest opportunity in my life to be able to connect with more game designers and learn more about the game industry. and for me to speak over like 30,000 people and like this is the best industry in the world. and because of what i did, that's why i was invited. i threw down my computer because i said i'm not going to do anything because nothing will ever come out good with -- from what i did because this is the talent. this is something i want to share with the world. and then this thing happened. and i also remember the days we applied to leave the refugee camp and it couldn't happen. it was the 11th time for me to be rejected. in 2017. i'm like, i'm not going to do anything again. i'm not going to code. i'm not going to do anything. and my mother looked a

escalated last week with civilians among the casualties morgan has more details from sudan's capital khartoum. well sudan has always been saying that it wants to make sure that it maintains good relationship good diplomatic relationships between ethiopia and itself now over the past few weeks we've seen sudan and if you holding several talks some of them in person here in khartoum or in ethiopia of this via videoconference because of the virus pandemic but they've both been stressing on the fact that their diplomatic relationship should stay on good terms and that they should be able to work out their issues diplomatically and unfortunately over the past few days what happened on the ground on the state in the state of qatar of which borders sudan and ethiopia does not seem to show that there is what is happening with taking place between the 2 leaders or between top officials between the 2 countries is actually being relayed to those on the ground and sudan is saying that if the fighting continues and if the militias do come back to attack backed by the theory an army then they will

sudan has accused the ethiopian army of backing militias crossing into territory and raiding farmland and resources a sudanese army spokesman says if the opium fighters reach the eastern bank of the bar river aiming to reroute the flow of water sudan's military says one of its officers was killed during an incursion if the o.p.'s in a military delegation to khartoum to discuss demarcation of the borders fighting and got a state and in eastern sudan escalated last week with civilians among the casualties it more going to stay tales from sudan's capital khartoum well sudan has always been saying that it wants to make sure that it maintains good relationship good diplomatic relationships between ethiopia and itself and now over the past few weeks we've seen sudan and if you holding several talks some of them in person here in khartoum or in ethiopia of this via videoconference because of the virus pandemic but the both been stressing on the fact that their diplomatic relationship should stay on good terms and that they should be able to work out their issues diplomatically and unfortunat

not everyone is sold on the idea was another obstacle for the notches hydroelectric dam in africa sudan rejects ethiopia sponsors stop funding the reservoir with water and. i robot brought in south korea with the school reforms looking ahead to a smart future in the post virus world. i am the end thank you very much for joining us we begin in the u.s. where president donald trump has criticized his top infectious disease experts warning against reopening the economy too quickly it follows wednesday's testimony by the leading cove in 1000 task force member dr anthony fauci who said that rushing to open up could have serious consequences including needless deaths the u.s. has by far the worst hit country by the pandemic with more than 83000 deaths and more than 1300000 infections donald trump has again states to lift coronavirus restrictions. when they don't want is for you to give them a very obviously. because you know. it's just to me it's not an acceptable murder. on i speak to my canon in washington about this mike a clear division between the president and his top infectious disease

i controversial mega dam project in ethiopia hits a wall sudan says no to an agreement to fill the barriers with water. about conclude and. we hit the road with one of the contact tracing teams up in south africa flashed on the cover of infection despite the risk to his own health. now the european union is urging leaders to reopen borders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic now under that proposal regions which have contains the virus would open up while others would keep restrictions in place germany and switzerland are among the countries partially relaxing their controls as early as this weekend our correspondent is in paris she explains that not all countries are on board with this plan. well we just heard from the vice president of the european commission you outlined the commission's rescue plan for the tourism industry now what she said was that many countries have to of course close the e.u. to close its borders in march at the beginning really of the current virus pandemic in the european union but the some countries should now look at reopening their borders lifting those

raiders in south sudan killed more than 100 people the latest violence in a centuries old dispute between cattle farming tribes. the changing color of antarctica how global warming is giving us a green a tinge. now a powerful fight has slammed ashore in eastern india and bangladesh forcing more than 3000000 people to seek shelter cyclon on point as the region's fiercest storm ever recorded and we can still play before making landfall that is still packing winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour elizabeth bronner reports from new delhi are . sounding the alarm india's national disaster response force ward people of the state of west bank gold ahead of cycling making landfall the storm brought heavy rain and strong winds are pushing trees. more than half a 1000000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters in west bengal and another 150000 to the state of disarray bond with their issues of actuating around 2000000 people. many people have come to the shelters since morning because the rivers banks have broken down here most of the houses made of concrete and bricks people here live in b

those guarantees are yet to be given but south sudan's government is saying that it is working to try to respond and to try to end the violence so that no more lives are lost in these tensions. palestinian president mahmoud abbas says palestine will not be bound by agreements with israel and the u.s. because of israel's planned an exception of 30 percent of the occupied west bank addressing an emergency meeting abbas described the u.s. as israel's partner in crime and he called for countries that have rejected president donald trump's middle east peace plan to recognize the state of palestine and impose sanctions on israel under trying to deal israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu could begin palestinian land as soon as july it is able him has the latest from ramallah while he said the p.l.o. is no longer bound by agreements signed with israel and he said that he did not say that he's dissolving the palestinian authority and the palestinian authority itself is the through it of the agreements that has been signed between israel and the palestinian authority in 1980 so we need a co

and sudan held a video conference to discuss the issues between them as sudan and egypt fear the 4 point $6000000000.00 nile river project will trap their essential water supply ethiopia says the dam will bring economic benefits to all 3 countries the discussions are set to continue here morgan joins us live from the sudanese capital of khartoum inhibit the set of sydney's prime minister was in talks with egypt on tuesday now with the theo pins so they clearly some kind of go between was the latest. well this all started when if you propose that sudan if you and egypt sign an initial agreement because it wants to start filling the dam by july now that is something that sudan last week has rejected and said that all 3 sides should come to the negotiating table but because of the global pandemic the coronavirus they are going to have to do it virtually and that is what has happened over the past few days now today in the state of the prime minister of sudan and the prime minister of if your health talks along with the ministers of irrigation and national security and intelligence from the

another obstacle for the launches hydroelectric dam in africa sudan rejects ethiopia's francis stop filling the reservoir with water and parts of a chinese rocket crashed to earth in the most significant uncontrolled descent a space debris in decades. we begin in the us where president donald trump has criticized his top infectious disease experts warning against reopening the economy too quickly it follows wednesday's testimony by the leading cove in 1000 task force member dr anthony found that rushing to open up could have serious consequences including need less deaths the us is by far the worst hit country by the pandemic with more than 83000 deaths and more than 1300000 infections stomach as again states to lift coronavirus restrictions when it is. just know when it's obviously of a surprise but as it's actually because you know. it's just to me it's not an acceptable the. let's bring in mike hanna in washington force president trump mike saying that he's surprised by dr fox his remarks i guess the distance between the president and his top infectious disease expert is much more then s

in ethiopia meds via video conference sudan and egypt fear the $4600000000.00 of a project will trump their essential water supply if european says the dam will bring economic benefits to all 3 countries even morgan has more from the sudanese capital khartoum this all started when if you propose that sudan if you and egypt sign an initial agreement because it wants to start filling the dam by july now that is something that sudan last week has rejected and said that all 3 sides should come to the negotiating table but because of the global pandemic the coronavirus they are going to have to do it virtually and that is what has happened over the past few days now today in the state the prime minister of sudan and the prime minister of if you have your health talks along with the ministers of irrigation and national security and intelligence from the 2 countries and it follows talks between say ministers from from egypt and sudan on tuesday and they've all agreed that they will go back to the negotiating table now the question is when will they do that that is yet to be decided that the

what sudan has rejected is not signing a complete agreement because that was not what was proposed by ethiopia if you appear proposed signing a partial agreement that would pave the way for rates to start filling the dam and said that they could negotiate the rest of the feeling as they go on that something sudan says is not going to be possible because to start filling the dam there should be a cooperation agreement between the 3 countries as well as other legal agreements several rounds of talks between the 3 parties have been held here in harlem last year all of them resulted in deadlocks which was why the talks were moved to the united states in late december early january now the 3 sides met along with the u.s. counterparts there in the us in washington and they have agreed on a schedule to fill the dam but they were not were able to work out many details such as how to operate during drought season and they said that they were not able to identify or determine how to identify what the drought season would be to each and every country and sudan is concerned that the dam if it's b

those guarantees are yet to be given but south sudan's government is saying that it is working to try to respond and to try to end the violence so that no more lives are lost in these tensions while still the cold sort of. a successor to prime minister thomas or to have to step down but his resignation as. a month long crisis spot but accusations of involvement in the murder of a strange wife her killing in 2017 cents shock waves through the nation prompting calls for the 80 year old leader to leave office reports. addressing the nation on state t.v. thomas to say he was finally stepping down as prime minister my fellow countrymen and women period for you to do to announce that they were there do it assigned me may not yet be over by the time to retire from the grade here to all the action and take leave from public life the north is has finally arrived his resignation puts an end to months of political uncertainty and instability to bobby was under pressure to resign over a case in which he and his current wife my c.-a are suspected of conspiring to murder his former wife nearly 3 ye

those guarantees are yet to be given but south sudan's government is saying that it is working to try to respond and to try to end the violence so that no more lives are lost in these tensions. at least 12 legendary and soldiers have been killed during an attack on a military outpost by boko haram 20 soldiers were also injured during the raid which took place in the blubbering base about 20 kilometers northeast of different town he shares army said it killed several of the attackers last week at $75.00 but our fighters were killed by nigerian and allied forces or less so those prime minister told us that by law has resigned ending a months long crisis sparked by accusations that he played a conspiratorial role in the murder of his a strange wife or 2017 killing sent shock waves through the southern african nation leading to calls for to ban an hour 80 to step down how do not pass or has the latest. addressing the nation on state t.v. thomas to see if he was finally stepping down as prime minister my fellow countrymen and remain period for you today to announce that doing that you woul

how the pandemic is leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table. and though there may be a few showers all the way through will central and eastern areas of home she can see this massive cloud here most of the rain will actually stay off the coast as you can see but it will bring maybe some showers across into tokyo a sock a festival and also some heavy rain working its way across into the go through monday but the rain is back in the fore call st central as a china town which is absolutely come down in the north to a much better levels for this time of year 22 in beijing as that's a system sweeps its way south was in effect by choose the time it is back up again so 27 degrees celsius but as you can see really choose day the story will be about the rain some very heavy downpours particularly the dark blue on the yellow areas you can see there so it could lead to some localized flooding and then down across into indonesia a dry day generally on monday be a night is our low pressure to sitting off the coast of western sumatra that is pulling a lot of

controversial magadan project in ethiopia it hits a wall sudan says no to an agreement to fill about with water. the european union is urging leaders to reopen borders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic tourism makes up 10 percent of the blocks economy and the e.u. says industry is now at risk of collapse unless urgent measures taken the tasha buffet reports from paris. a glimpse of war going on holiday in some parts of europe will look like this summer barriers separating sun loungers on the greek island of santorini not the beach experience that most holiday makers a used to but one that complies with new social distancing rules we hope these barriers won't be the future for beaches we don't want this but if this is necessary and if people safety depends on this sort of device then so be it we just want to work we want to get going in march borders in the european union were shot and nearly all travel stopped because the coronavirus pandemic a huge blow to the tourism industry one of the blocks main economic sectors as some countries begin to ease their lock downs the europ

also we look at how the pandemic and the economic crisis are leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table. bought into the program got us dollars braced for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the $4000000.00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border allegations that iran has denied the warning that alexia brian's report contains some disturbing images from the beginning. they left their homes in search of opportunity in iran instead witnesses say they were killed their final moments terrifying. the iranian border guards 1st beat us then made us do hard work then they took us by minibus near the river and when we got there they threw us into the river some afghan migrants are said to have drowned in the river that flows between iran and afghanistan the distraught relatives and the afghan government want says about a lot of my brothers went to iran 30

a border battle ethiopia and sudan face off after a sudanese army captain is killed. at a school football returns in austria but the players fighting themselves in plenty of space. the european union is calling on the u.s. president to reconsider his decision to cut ties with the world health organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic donald trump is accusing it of being overly influenced by beijing the president also confirmed an end to washington special treatment of hong kong to china approved a new security law for the territory officer as alan fischer reports. unusually for a news conference at the white house president will trump opted to use a teleprompter and stuck to the script but in the week where the number of 1000 deaths in the u.s. went through the 100000 mark the president used the occasion to cut ties with the world health organization and returned to calling it the virus china has total control over the world health organization we have detailed the reforms that it must make and engage with them directly but they have refused to act th

live from doha also coming up a look at how the pandemic and an economic crisis and leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table. they made a deal but was it legal israel supremum court begins hearing a case challenging the new coalition government. the u.n. warns of the dangers of misinformation as countries fight coronavirus and on world press day press freedom day insists the journalists are crucial to battling. so they've officially recorded less than $3000.00 coronavirus cases but afghan officials are worried about just how bad the rate may really be random tests on several 100 people in the capital kabul but it's painting a disturbing picture it suggests that a 3rd of the city with a population of over $4000000.00 could be infected russia's numbers there on the rise it's reported a 50 percent jump in the rate of infections over the past 3 days with more than 10600 new cases recorded on sunday but the government says the mortality rate has slowed just as spaniards are enjoying the outdoors the country is reporting a decline in coated 19 deaths with 164 fatalities the hea

sudan has accused the ethiopian army of backing militias crossing into sudanese territory and raiding farmland and resources a sudanese army spokesman says ethiopian fight has reached the eastern bank of the act by a river aiming to reroute the flow of water there sudan's military says one of its officers was killed and 6 other soldiers wounded in fighting during that incursion well our correspondent had been morgan is in khartoum for us here but this isn't the 1st tense incident we've seen what sparked this by saying. well muscles here tensions between the sudanese and if you can troops along the so in is specifically in the state of qatar it has been going on and off for the past few months and we've heard from sovereign government officials think that if you troops and if you can militias backed by the if you can army have been overstepping from their territories into sudanese territories and attacking its population now we've heard from the army spokesperson that on may 26th and 28th. if you can militias backed by the philippine army attacked some of its camps some of its military

to sudan. we want to support that, whether it is there ambassadors being credentialed and accepted here, or is being prepared to send an ambassador there. we will get it done as quickly as we can. i don't have any travel to confirm, but in the upcoming hours and days, we will see an announcement. we are hoping to be on the ground. we are hoping we can get that started up before too long. we are hoping we can get the economy back open all across the world as well. i don't have anything that i can add with respect to israeli defense, but we have been very clear to the assad regime and to the russians and syria, the iranians need to leave, not only the southwest corner that has a direct and real impact on israel, but more broadly through the country. the very terror regime that we talk about in the iran republic, supportsn that is s what assad has done, that caused six or 7 million people to have to flee syria, we hope that they will rethink that and get back to doing what iran needs to do, to tak

to sudan now when nearly 8000000 people in the capital khartoum are marking the fasting month of ramadan under lockdown but with the country facing an economic crisis stocking up for the month has been very hard for many especially for families who rely on day to day income heba morgan reports it's time to prepare the evening if star meal but so odd and her daughters are in no rush there's not a lot to be cooked so i've said she wasn't able to stock up on food before sudan's capital her tomb went into lockdown 2 weeks ago and when people are allowed to shop or essential needs during a 7 hour window she says she doesn't have enough money to buy everything she needs but the little things have become very expensive the prices of oil flour and sugar have all gone up under it expensive to even get to the marcus we can't afford many things especially in bulk these days we managed to have food to break our fast food sometimes we go to bed with those of fulton or before the next day's fast and so on and this hike in market prices has been more difficult to bear since her husband stopped working

ethiopia has expressed dismay by the cross border fighting with sudan that targeted a military camp a sudanese army captain was killed and several others were injured in the eastern city of get a phone thursday in a statement the european foreign ministry extended its sympathy and condolences to the victims' families and it's called for a joint investigation into the incident to avoid further escalation the sudanese military is blaming armed groups supported by ethiopia. let's talk jonas horner he's the deputy project director covering the horn of africa and senior analyst covering sudan for the international crisis group he joins us on skype from melbourne jonas horner welcome back to the news hour what's really going on here it seems like a very complex crisis evolving on the ground. yes thank you peter. the main thing to i think to highlight here is that in some ways the dynamic that's playing out on the border between sudan and ethiopia is not entirely new. groups of have used lands and pressure on the sudanese sides of the border project case friends and bashir the government the

sudan has accused the ethiopian army of backing militias crossing into sudanese territory and raiding farmland resources a sudanese army spokesman says ethiopian fighters reached the eastern bank of the bar river aiming to redirect the flow of water sudan's military says one of its officers was killed during the incursion although the sudanese region where the attacks are happening is not contested there's been no formal demarcation of the border area but morgan has details now from khartoum. well sudan has always been saying that it wants to make sure that it maintains good relationship good diplomatic relationships between ethiopia and itself and now over the past few weeks we've seen sudan and ethiopia holding several talks some of them in person here in khartoum or in ethiopia others via videoconference because of the virus pandemic but they've always been stressing on the fact that their diplomatic relationship should stay on good terms and that they should be able to work out their issues diplomatically and cordially unfortunately over the past few days what happened on the grou

those guarantees are yet to be given but south sudan's government is saying that it is working to try to respond and to try to end the violence so that no more lives are lost in these tensions. at least 12 nigerian soldiers have been killed during an attack on a military outpost by boko haram 20 soldiers were also injured during the raid which took place at a glaring base about 20 kilometers northeast of different town measure us army said it killed several of the attackers last week a $75.00 fighters were killed by name jerry n and allied forces the suitors prime minister told us the ballot has resigned then during a months long crisis sparked by accusations that he played a cold spare authorial role in the murder of his a strange wife or 2017 killing sense shock waves through the southern african nation leading to calls forth a ban in now 80 the stepdown had a more tasa has the latest. addressing the nation on state t.v. thomas to vanity he was finally stepping down as prime minister move through countrymen in remain period for you to do to announce that doing their duty has signed

more now from the capital of sudan.ays the government believes the final death toll will be much higher. reporter: tensions have been high among the ethnic groups over the past weeks since february, when one group was accused of burning down villages and killing at least 10 people. now, that cycle has been going on but has escalated over the weekend. accused ofsome were attacking villages and killing over 100 people and wounding 100 more. now, the final death toll is not clear, but the government says from two counted 120 villages and that the accounting is ongoing and that they expect the death toll to be going higher. this has been going on for decades if not centuries but has taken an escalation over the past years, especially with war fordan with civil five years which ended in 2018. big government was formed in february, but governors have yet to be appointed. they are saying that is the reason why these tensions have taken some time to respond to, because there is not authority on the ground to coordinate between

sudan refuses to sign a deal allowing water to fill up a controversial mega dam in ethiopia. and why it's been a bittersweet if a tamarin trade is in northern syria. and i'm signing how much now have all the sporting puting top level school continues its with in north america with the ultimate fighting championship getting up up for the 2nd of 3 events in just 8 days . now the european union wants people to start planning their summer holidays and get the economy of nations moving again it's urging leaders to reopen borders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic some within days now from austria and switzerland have already said they will start relaxing controls as early as this weekend germany and some other e.u. members aim to completely end border restrictions by june. 15th is convinced spain has the world's highest number of cases and they're still rising and it will keep its borders shot until at least july just how to reopen safely is a 160000000000 dollar question for the e.u. it makes up 10 percent of g.d.p. providing more than 15000000 jobs shortly would walk dow

sudan has accused if army of backing militias of crossing into its territory and rating resources.esman says fighters reached the eastern bank of the river, aiming to reroute the flow of water. one of its officers were killed during the incursion. although the sudanese region where the attacks are happening is not contested, there's no formal demarcation of the border area. we have the reality on the ground that has tarnished different medic hopes. reporter: sudan has always been saying it wants to maintain good relationships, diplomatic relationships between ethiopia and itself. over the past few weeks, we have seen sudan and ethiopia holding several talks, some of them in person here. others by videoconference because of the coronavirus pandemic. they have both been stressing that the diplomatic relationship should stay on good terms and they should be able to work out their issues diplomatically and cordially. unfortunately, what happened on whichound in the state borders sudan and ethiopia does not seem to show what is taking place between the two leaders or between top officia

among the stories still to come this hour on doctors under attack in sudan say they'll stay on strike until the government protects them. and getting back to basics the people in lebanon growing their own groceries so they don't go hungry. gaza's health ministry is reported to territories 1st coronavirus death officials say the 77 year old woman had beyond quarantine after returning through egypt on tuesday united nations has warned that a corona virus outbreak could be disastrous given the high poverty rates and weak health system in the coastal strip which has been under israeli blockade since 2007 . brazil is edging closer to overtaking russia have the world's 2nd highest number of confirmed infections there almost 331000 cases and its death toll has passed 21000 still president also not of continues to downplay the seriousness of the pandemic and as latin america editor saying human reports the release of a recording has deepened a political scandal. this videotape is with those accusing president jade bosso nytol of interference in brazil's justice system consider it the smoking

we look at how the pandemic and an economic crisis are leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table. they made a deal but was it legal israel supremes called begins hearing a case challenging the new coalition government. the u.n. warns of the dangers of misinformation his country's fight coronavirus and on world press freedom day insists that journalistic crucial to battling it. a leading voice in the fight against corruption says corona virus has created a perfect storm of opportunity for criminals a lack of action and income is making athletes more vulnerable to illegal approaches. it is just after 10 g.m.t. and afghanistan's health ministry is raising an alarm over the spread of the corona virus outbreak random tests in kabul suggest that a 3rd of the population in the capital could be infected russia meanwhile has reported a 50 percent rise in the rate of infections over the past 3 days with more than $10600.00 new cases on sunday but the government says that mortality rate had slowed and iran is set to reopen some of its mosques the day after it reported its lowest n

still ahead on the al-jazeera news why many muslims in sudan are struggling to put food on the table join the holy month of ramadan. was in school the icelandic strongman who's more than living up to his reputation. was. hello it's not by a draw in the arabian peninsula in particular least not in yemen in fact in the capital has been some pretty big showers recently more flooding in santa and that's likely to be in the forecast and the western side of saudi as well there is cloud elsewhere others a fairly dry picture temps is of course a rising this time of year and the humidity depends on the wind direction in places like there has red to here about 37 degrees which is high side but not unusual for the time of year dry up in the levant until you get to later on today then those showers run in again from the eastern med cut the catch northern egypt as well temperatures in the low twenty's fairly dry picture for most places obviously it is certainly africa now you don't see much cloud in morocco robots temperatures dropping about 10 degrees monday 24 is rather more normal $32.00 is no

in bogota thank you well nearly 8000000 people in sudan's capital call to the fasting month of ramadan and along with the country facing an economic crisis stocking up for the month has been hard for many especially who rely on a day to day income a bit more good as well. it's time to prepare the evening if star me but so odd and her daughters are in no rush there's not a lot to be corked so i says she wasn't able to stock up on food before sudan's capital how to tune went into lockdown 2 weeks ago and while people are allowed to shop for essential needs during a 7 hour window she says she doesn't have enough money to buy everything she needs but. things have become very expensive the prices of oil flour and sugar have all gone up under it's expensive to even get to the marcus we can't afford many things especially in bulk these days we managed our food to break our fast food sometimes we go to bed without a full dinner before the next day's fast so this hike in market prices has been more difficult to bear since her husband stopped working a day to labor he says since the lockdown was

still hasn't face trial thank you very much for that matter but my life forests in paris in south sudan at least 120 people have been killed since friday in what authorities are calling cattle raids more than 100 people were injured during the attacks which took place in or county state a staff member from doctors without borders was also killed at the weekend forcing the organization to suspend operations in the region david shearer is the u.n. special representative for south sudan he says the violence has its roots in a political vacuum in parts of the country. the really sad thing about what's been what's happened is that up until the outbreak of code that there was quite a lot of reconciliation between the 2 sides we actually really had real hope that they might bring reconciliation and we might be in a woodsy basin area. private and drop that and i think. the political violence is as has come down and the 2 rivals president kiran the vice president reacted shower now with the one government together but the intercommunal fighting has continued on and there's a couple of reasons in

well sudan has always been saying that it wants to make sure that it maintains good relationship good diplomatic relationships between ethiopia and itself and now over the past few weeks we've seen sudan and ethiopia holding several talks some of them in person here in khartoum or in ethiopia of this via video conference because of the virus pandemic but they're both been stressing on the fact that their diplomatic relationship should stay on good terms and that they should be able to work out their issues diplomatically and cordially unfortunately over the past few days what happened on the ground on the state in the state of qatar of which borders sudan and ethiopia does not seem to show that what is happening with taking place between the 2 leaders or between top officials between the 2 countries is actually being relayed to those on the ground and saddam is saying that if the fighting continues and if the militias do come back to attack backed by the theory an army then they will fight back and this may turn into further violence between the 2 sides massive swarms of desert locust

a controversial make it down project in ethiopia it's a wall of sudan says no to an agreement to fill the bottle with water. and it's called all eyes will be on german football this weekend details good sign on later in the show. dozens of people across england have headed back to work for the 1st time in more than 7 weeks as part of a plan to relax restrictions which have been in place since late march people are now allowed to spend as much time as they want doors as long as they follow social distancing rules leaders in scotland wales and northern ireland have rejected the changes saying it's too early to ease restrictions as the u.k. relaxes its measures the leader of the opposition labor party has accused the government of downplaying the severity of the crisis and not acting fast enough during m.p.'s questions to the prime minister about us johnson was forced to respond to those accusations last week i showed the prime minister his own slide showing that the u.k. now has the highest total in europe and 2nd highest in the world a version of this slide has been show that the numbe

thunderstorms but not snow nic thanks very much like you still ahead here on out there why many in sudan is struggling to put food on the table during the muslim holy month of ramadan. how one of the most sophisticated delivery systems is helping to keep the world's 2nd biggest economy afloat. and it's for the icelandic strongman he's living up to his reputation. isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise you've been looking at another side of this story not some of the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact look it's reality because during the long exposing deal ticks try to manipulate their rhetoric and but they cannot manipulate the listening post your insight going to the media on al-jazeera. reporting in the field means i often get to witness not just news is breaking but also history as it's unfolding crossing from. one day i might be covering politics and the next around my covering protests. what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they are going through so that i can convey the headlines in

sudan is accuse the ethiopian army of backing militias crossing into its territory and raiding farmland and resources a sudanese army spokesman says if the opium fighters reach the eastern bank of a river aimed to reroute aiming to reroute the flow of water sudan's military says one of its officers was killed during the incursion if the o.p.'s in a military delegation to khartoum to discuss demarcation of the borders fighting in other of states and eastern sudan escalate the last week with civilians among the casualties mc international says ethiopia failed to stop human rights violations despite political reforms that the prime minister met introduced 2 years ago a report by the organization found persistent patterns of violence among police regional special forces and local fighters and 2 area areas between january and december of last year if the opus is the report ignores its peacemaking successes and prove mintz to security colombia has extended a 2 month nationwide quarantine until the end of june as coburn $1000.00 cases there continue to rise and one slum hundreds of residents w

in south sudan at least 287 people have been killed since friday in what authorities are calling cattle raids more than 100 people were injured during the attacks which took place in otoh a county enjoying these days a staff member from doctors without borders was also killed over the weekend steve mcconnell is the deputy head of mission in south sudan for doses for the police and he says the charity's facilities remain open in the region despite the continued violence. we have a primary health care center in the town sherry that. it was active at the time that fighting broke out our team left from the health care center and one of one of our colleagues who lives in metairie was killed during the incident over the weekend i think there has been some confusing communication around this in fact our activities have continued enjoying the state throughout this period m.s.f. runs a hospital in the town of lengthy and that has continued effect its activities throughout this period and indeed the interruption to our activities in the terri clinic was was very brief while the team to prep huge

rate is in south sudan kill more than 100 people the latest violence in a centuries old dispute between cattle farm and try. hello souls was it could be in japan it will take 2 days for the job breeze chilly breeze to disappear but there's no significant rain in the focus a few showers on north coast the main rain is developing back in southern china once again this is c. snow but this is one of the heaviest bursts we've seen so far this spring and it will take its time drifting slowly offshore existing through taiwan and whom waters missing in japan won't miss hong kong or even by saturday they'll still going to be thunderstorms or big showers only slowly die off through sunday and monday and temperatures on the way up actually 30 degrees again which is above average the sort of course very humid that same line more or less hong kong science which is the active line through this part of the world so you've got big showers developing in sort of way sea east and born here on probably the southern philippines on thursday or friday off the coast of sumatra the circulation it will stay in t

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