>> the third cease-fire in sudan, but gunfire continues to sound in the capital khartoum as warring sides refused to back down. this is al jazeera, live from london. also coming up -- >> the truth matters. lies have consequences. >> in the u.s., dominion voting systems reaches the settlement in its defamation lawsuit against fox news. a missouri homeowner is charged in the shooting of a 16-year-old black teenager who knocked on

the wrong door. in the photo that is raising questions about the role of artificial intelligence in art. ♪ gunfire has been hurt in sudan despite plans for cease fire to begin several hours ago. the fighting is now in its fourth day and has claimed 185 lives. the army of the country's largest paramilitary group say they have agreed to a 24 hour pause, but the you and says it has not received any indications there has been a halt to the violence. here is more from the capital, khartoum. >> more explosions in sudan's capital in the first minutes of what was supposed to be a cease-fire that did not take effect as sudan's army and most powerful pallet mirror terry --

paramilitary continue fighting. satellite pictures show widespread damon -- damage after days of heavy fighting. flights have been suspended, preventing international mediators from arriving. north of khartoum, and our base is still being contested by rival military forces. sudan's army claimed on tuesday that it has control of the facility. in army chief general and his deputy who lead the paramilitary rapid support forces have been in charge of the country since 2019, but they disagree on how to's recent -- how to restore civilian rule. it is unclear who has the upper hand fighting around the general military headquarters. footage was released reportedly showing troops gaining -- gaining ground. after the out -- after the army took back control of state to be on monday, it has called on the rs have to turn themselves in. >> is not in the interest of our homeland to have its own

countrymen carrying arms against one another. therefore, we call on them not to be part of this conspiracy, to lay down arms and turn themselves in and then let's see if they will consider joining the ranks of sudan's armed forces. >> khartoum and other cities are now battlefields with tanks rolling through the streets and dead bodies strewn across pavements. they cannot reach the injured because hospitals are under attack. there is not enough medicine, food, or water. generators are operating at critical levels. people in khartoum had hoped the cease-fire would hold. many have reported missing relatives and want to find them, but cannot because of the continued fighting. others say they have not been able to bury their dead. but some are venturing out to find supplies. >> we have bought six packs of noodles. there's assorted take that will expire tomorrow, so we can have it for dinner tonight. >> there is a global push to

find diplomatic result. the u.s. is urging warring parties to end hostilities. >> i made calls to the generals urging them to agree to a 24 hour cease-fire to allow sudanese to safely reunite with their families and to obtain desperately needed relief supplies. >> for now it is unclear if the two generals are willing to heed these requests is the capital city continues its descent into a war zone. >> some desperate residents have risked going out to get essential supplies. the said have no food or water and panic is setting in. >> the situation is very hard. that's not a secret to anyone. it was sudden. there is no electricity, no water. it is the fourth day in a row without water. we don't know what will happen in the coming days, but i hope for the best. >> it's a great struggle, no

water, no electricity. there is panic and fear. we haven't slept for four days. the children are terrified. >> the ongoing fighting and supply shortages have forced hospitals in khartoum to close. all patients except those in the intensive care unit have evacuated to a children's hospital. >> with the escalation of violence and security tensions, they had to evacuate all the cases except those inside the intensive care units. there's a shortage of staff, medicine, and oxidant. the hospital is witnessing a shortage in many things. these are the doctors we have left. >> shortly after the cease-fire came into force, the undersecretary for general affairs tweeted, we are receiving reports of attacks and sexual violence against aid workers. he added, this is unacceptable and must stop.

the communications core nader at the norwegian refugee council traveled to sudan before the fighting broke out in khartoum. he said he is concerned about reports of attacks on aid workers and says it is crucial for humanitarian access to be restored to help refugees. >> we need this humanitarian access to these people because these people depend on us. there a lot of emergencies happening and now it has been since april 15 we stopped working and stopped responding. for example, here alone we have about 41,500 that we are serving. we need a cease fire, and we will immediately stop our work and continue our work in the camps for those we are helping

and the displace that we are helping. but we learned there was a cease fire yesterday, but it was not fully a cease fire. today also we hear about a cease fire but it didn't happen. what happened actually is the opposite. we had now big clash, a big conflict in khartoum. we are so worried about that since we hear that you and staff got attacked. this also might happen to us. we are all humanitarian workers. this is a real concern for us. ♪ >> the united states most-watched cable news network fox news has settled its defamation suit brought by

dominion voting systems that provides the nation's electronic voting machines. fox has agreed to pay $785.5 million. fox presenters repeatedly gave voice to donald trump's complaints -- claims that the election was stolen at the dominion voting machines were responsible. >> today's settlement of 787 million $500,000 represents vindication and accountability. lies have consequences. the truth does not know red or blue. people across the political spectrum can and should disagree on issues, even of the most profound importance. but for our democracy to endure for another 250 years, and hopefully much longer, we must

share a commitment to fax. >> might, it was very much a last-minute settlement, wasn't it? >> yes, indeed. it came a matter of hours after the jury had already been selected. everybody was waiting for opening arguments in the case, and then all of a sudden the judge announced that a settlement had been reached that is roughly half of what dominion had originally asked for from the fox media company. but dominion's lawyers were absolutely delighted, as you heard there. they see this very much as a massive victory for them. also the dominion chief executive officer saying that this is an acknowledgment that fox lied in their reporting, saying that dominion had suffered badly in its reputation and its employees because of what he described as fox's lies. the judge himself had been very clear earlier in the case that fox had indeed told untruths. he identified some 20 lies that

he had isolated, saying it was crystal clear that fox had not told the truth, but pointing out it was up to the jury to decide whether these untruths reached the bar for a case to go ahead. for the defamation charges to halt, but now all of that has gone away, dominion will walk away with the money. fox hopes that it walks away with something of its reputation intact. >> tell us more about fox's reaction. >> unlike the demeaning dollars, there were no fox lawyers available for comment in the wake of the case. fox did release a written statement in which it says that the settlement reveals his continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. we are hopeful that this statement continues that our decision to resolve this dispute with dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive

trial, allows a country to move forward from these issues. we heard from the dominion longer too that there was a political context of the trial. fox making very clear that at the time it supported then donald trump, and the judge upheld as well that there had been bias in fact untruths in fox's reporting. but this particular case is now over, but the problems facing fox are not, because there is another case pending from a company called smart maddock, which also produces voting machines, and that is bringing the case against fox along similar lines to the dominion case, claiming even more money, some $2.6 billion. so that is something that still lies ahead. >> we are joined now by a professor of media ethics and law at the university of minnesota. i was briefed earlier that you were saying prepared to be surprised.

this was quite a surprise, wasn't it? >> it sort of was a surprise. i think it was surprising because they really came down to the wire. it's not unusual for libel suits against the news media to settle at the 11th hour. this was really quite beyond the 11th hour. in that sense, it was surprising. but in the scheme of things, i think this is not that unusual. libel cases typically do settle against the news media. what will be very interesting is seeing the ramifications for fox going forward. >> what will it mean for fox's reputation? they said we acknowledge the court's finding certain claims about me knew to be false, which is essentially admitting that they lied. >> well, they sort of did. they acknowledge the judge's finding. certainly in the summary judgment ruling of a few weeks ago the judge categorically said that fox had lied. but i think their statement is

kind of a weaselly kind of statement, suggesting that, yes, this is what the judge found, but of course you know the truth, our loyal viewers, we are still telling you the truth and maintaining our high journalistic standards. as is often the case with these post settlement statements, each side has tried very hard to spin the outcome here to the greatest advantage. >> especially not going ahead with the trial avoids the need for some of the high-profile cop -- fox presenters to appear in court. was that a risk for fox? >> no question about that. i think the spectacle of rupert murdoch and others in fox management having to testify in open court before jury that might well have been hostile was nightmarish for fox, to be avoided at any cost. having their credibility tested in open court under the pressure of cross-examination had to be a matter of great concern.

so not going to trial, they have avoided all that. that has not kept their news practices from being scrutinized because the pretrial discovery revealed so much about their internal deliberations and decision-making. that is going to be on the public record forever. >> we heard the truth matters from dominion's lawyers and a statement from fox that there hopeful it will allow the country to move forward from the issues. do you think the settlement might in some ways change a climate in which people think they could say essentially what they wanted even if it wasn't true, and do you think that can still carry on? >> i don't think anything has happened to the actual malice standard as a result of this case. to make mistakes in good faith, but i think we have seen the curtain parted on how these

kinds of decisions are made by fox and some other news organizations, given the public distrust for the media in general, this certainly doesn't bolster the opinion that journalists have high standards and are very careful. i'm not saying that fox is never -- necessarily representative, but in many of the public size, it is. i would love to say that this will launch a new era of truth telling and accuracy, but i think that is probably unrealistic. responsible news organizations will continue to do their jobs with the protection of new york times versus sullivan when they needed. other news organizations can say fox does it on this one. >> u.s. president joe biden is once again calling for more gun control after two separate shootings involving homeowners

this past week. in the state of missouri, and 84-year-old man has been charged with first-degree assault in the shooting of a teenager. another homeowner in new york state is also facing charges for the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old woman. alan fisher has more from washington dc. >> there's a sense of frustration and anger. 16-year-old ralph yarl knocked on the wrong door in missouri, looking for his brothers. he was shot twice, once in the head. the 84-year-old man who fired the shot not initially charge, but facing court after multiple rights. president biden has pushed for new gun legislation. vice president harris tweeting out, let's be clear, no child should ever live in fear of being shot for ringing the wrong

doorbell. as people were trying to absorb how such a thing could happen, halfway across the country a 20-year-old woman shot dead, the car she was in turned around in a driveway in new york state, her companion was looking for a friend's house. she was shot in the back. the homeowner now facing murder charges. >> while they were leaving the residence once they determined they were at the wrong house, the subject came out on his porch for whatever reason and fired two shots, one of which struck the vehicle that she was in. >> and in new mexico, bodycam footage has been released of a man shot and killed by police officers. he had no idea who would be at his door in the middle of the night, so he took his gun, a fatal decision. the police were at a wrong house -- at the wrong house.

>> we have got an epidemic here, public health epidemic that has risen to a level in which an entire generation of people are going to come up in what is being known as the lockdown generation. we cannot feel safe from gun violence in any part of our communities. >> these most recent cases are bringing a lot of international attention as well as anguish and sympathy. but for the moment, no real change. alan fisher, al jazeera, washington. >> still to come, a setback for the wall street journalist. a crackdown on tunisia's opposition intensifies. three prominent officials are detained.

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wednesday, possibly southern borneo. significant rain is now forming in china. this rain is significant and heads toward southern japan. the breeze is picking up for beijing and might bring some dust with it and a few showers. >> cities, home to movements and a big driver of the climate crisis. >> cities have more expanse and scope to do the right thing. >> is a growing process of inequality and displacement. >> but are these promised utopias for everyone, or just a select few. episode five on al jazeera.

>> a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. gun fire still being heard in the sudanese capital, despite plans for a cease-fire to begin several hours ago. the army and the country's largest paramilitary group agree to a pause in the fighting that the you in says it has not received any indications that it has stopped. in the u.s., voting machine maker dominion and fox news have settled a defamation case for 787 million dollars. the lawsuit was over false election rigging claims reported on fox network.

and calls for more gun control in the u.s. after two shootings involving homeowners this past week. in one of them, and 84-year-old man has been charged with the shooting of a teenager who knocked on his door. cranes military says it is hoping to tie down russian troops in the ongoing battle for the city of bockman. all preparing for a counteroffensive elsewhere -- the city of bockman. bachmut. >> mortars, grenades, and automatic weapon fire. the soundtrack to a city still under siege. this footage released by remains -- the small remaining group of fighters, now largely encircled by russian forces. >> president zelenskyy meeting and greeting exhausted men with

military medals and heavy expectations. >> it is a pleasure for me to see you,'s shaker strong hands and know that you hold the future of ukraine in your hands. >>'s office also releasing this video from a hospital war, one of hundreds in ukraine. the injured here are among the tens of thousands wounded in a war that is grinding on into its 16th month. meanwhile president vladimir putin greets subordinates by security. no sign of either his defense minister or top general in this rare trip to russian occupied territory. security concerns kept them at home, the kremlin says, to avoid tempting the enemy. he tells senior officers he wants their feedback more than a year into a conflict where

russian forces have formally scaled down several strategic goals. >> it is important for me to listen to you, to compare notes. i would like to begin your report about the situation in the curse on area. -- kherson area. >> ukraine homes that counteroffensive in the coming weeks may precipitate a more permanent departure. >> the u.s. journalist has lost an appeal against his pretrial detention. the hearing in moscow was the first time the reporter had been seen since he was arrested last month by russian security sources. the white house says the reporter has been wrongfully detained. we have this report from moscow. reporter: kevin continues to remain behind bars while he waits for his trial to begin.

his bail request was denied. according to his attorney, he remains in good spirits and good health. he is spending his days reading the russian classics. his attorneys said they would continue to fight to get him any kind of bail that could be possible during this time. the russian foreign ministry has already said that evan was arrested on july 29 in a city about 1800 kilometers east of the capital. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said that they are confident he was using the cover of journalism to carry out espionage activities in russia. >> police and tunisia have arrested three prominent officials of the main opposition

party, hours after detaining its leader and rating it's headquarters. he is accused of orchestrating a power grab by suspending parliament in 2021. >> hastily announced news conference denounces his risk. he has joined forces with others in opposition to call for his release. >> it is an intensification of the policy of abuse and targeting of political opponents. this is one of the many stages that preceded it, including targeting activists and politicians. >>'s daughter says the arrest is a political witchhunt. >> my father has been evacuated nine times. nine times four --

>> he was brought in for questioning while police searched his home on the orders from the public prosecutor. several senior opposition figures have been arrested in recent weeks. the 81-year-old had been exiled during the 1920's but returned during the korean revolution of 1987. >> indonesia's military is searching for four soldiers who disappeared during the search for a kidnapped pilot. the new zealander was taken hostage in february by armed separatist rebels. essay he will not be freed until

indonesia recognizes -- >> we had received information on the whereabouts of the kidnapped pilot. we had hoped that together with the local people there, we could establish communication and negotiate for the pilots releas

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