The Red Crescent crews in Jerusalem were able, at dawn on Tuesday, to resuscitate the heart and lungs of a worshiper in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque .

The Red Crescent clarified that the worshiper, of a foreign nationality, was celebrating the night of the twenty-seventh of the month of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

She indicated that all urgent medical first aid was provided to him and he was transferred to the hospital to complete treatment.

Real Madrid, Spain, and Manchester City, England, appear to be the closest candidates for a fiery confrontation in the semi-finals of the European Champions League football competition, when they visit Chelsea, England, and Bayern Munich, Germany, on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, in the second leg of the quarter-finals.

The two royal clubs, the holder of the title and record in the prestigious continental competition, and Al-Samawi, won the second leg matches at home, with the first defeating its London guest 2-0, and the second beating its Bavarian giants, 3-0.

The draw had drawn the winner from the Real and Chelsea confrontation with the winner from the Bayern and City confrontation, provided that the second semi-final match brought together the winner in the Italian confrontation with Napoli and Milan with the winner with the confrontation of their compatriot Inter and Benfica of Portugal.

What raises the shares of Real Madrid and Manchester City is the shaky morale of their opponents. Chelsea lost the third match in a row, led by its interim coach Frank Lampard, successor to Graham Potter, who was dismissed from his post due to the negative results when he fell to his guest Brighton 1-2 in the domestic league on Saturday.

It seems that the dismissal was not feasible, but rather exacerbated the situation. Chelsea did not win in the last six matches in various competitions, and its last victory dates back to March 11, when it beat its host Leicester City 3-1.

The boos at the final whistle, something that has become almost familiar at the end of Blues' home matches, were directed at the players, management and even Lampard who had been greeted by the fans with banners two hours earlier "Welcome back Super Frankie".
Lampard said after the match, "I will not try to embellish anything. There must be a sense of pride when you defend the colors of Chelsea. In order to restore our reputation and our balance, we need new energy. You must restore it."

However, the task will not be easy tomorrow against Real Madrid, who consider winning the competition title a main goal for him this season, especially after his chances of defending the La Liga title faded.

The Royal Club prepared well for tomorrow's match, with a deserved victory over its host, Cadiz, 2-0, on Saturday, in a meeting in which Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti rested his main pillars, most notably Brazilian Vinicius Junior and German Toni Kroos.

When Lampard took over the Chelsea training mission for the second time, Chelsea fans dreamed of the story of his former player, Roberto Di Matteo, who took over the team’s training at the end of the 2011-2012 season and led him to overturn his loss by two goals (1-3) against Napoli, Italy, in the first leg of the final price, to his victory 4- 1 after the extension back, and then to the first title in its history in the prestigious continental competition.

Lampard remembers it well as he scored that evening. "In football, we can change history very quickly," Saturday said. "We will need a lot of desire to achieve (this feat) and it will be a different game. We have to ignite the atmosphere in the stands."

In turn, Bayern Munich, led by its new coach Thomas Tuchel, successor to Julian Nagelsmann, is suddenly dismissed from his post.
The Bavarian giants achieved two wins against two losses and drew once in five matches, with the last of them stumbling in front of modest Hoffenheim 1-1 in a rehearsal for its upcoming summit against City, during which it needs a miracle to dissolve the three-goal difference.
Tuchel said he was surprised by Bayern's poor performance against Hoffenheim and his neglect of "a great opportunity to create an atmosphere for us and our fans and raise their confidence in our ability to turn the tables" on Manchester City.

"There is obvious disappointment for us in the result and in the way we played. We only had very rare moments of good play. In some moments we made six or seven passing errors in 60 seconds in the first half."

He continued, "We played with little energy, little spirit, a slight change in rhythm, lack of conviction, and little confidence," noting that he was "very surprised" compared to what his team showed in Freiburg last week in the league and for 70 minutes in Manchester in the first leg of the quarter-finals.

On the other hand, City enters the match with high spirits after narrowing the gap to four points from Premier League leaders Arsenal by beating Leicester City 3-1, including a brace for Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who was relieved by Spanish coach Josep Guardiola after the end of the first half.

It is certain that Haaland will be among the deadly weapons that Guardiola possesses and relies on in the face of his former team to continue his career with City in the hope of fulfilling the dream of his Emirati owners to win the title for the first time in the club’s history.
But Guardiola was careful after the first leg, and said, "I expect anything (forth). The players on and off the field saw Bayern's performance, so there is no need to alert them. They are good and performed wonderfully from the group stage to here..." referring to his lead in the role. The groups scored the full mark, and then the star-studded French Paris Saint-Germain was eliminated from the final price.

Inter Milan is seeking to turn the page on its disappointments in the domestic league and focus on hosting Benfica on Wednesday to confirm its 2-0 win outside its home bases and book its ticket to the semi-finals for the first time in 13 years, specifically since 2010 when it won the third title in its history after 1964 and 1965.

Inter has been suffering recently and achieved one victory in its last eight matches in various competitions, and it was at the expense of Benfica (2-0) last Tuesday, when it fell to a draw three times compared to four defeats, the last of which was against its guest Montsa (0-1) Saturday in the league.

Inter coach Simone Inzaghi expressed his dissatisfaction, especially since his team "did everything in the match: control, possession and chances, but we failed to score."

He added, "It is no coincidence that the goalkeepers of our rival teams are chosen as the best in matches. We must be more effective in attack and this is what we talk about every day, and I am confident that we will succeed in that."

On Tuesday, all eyes will be on the "Diego Maradona" stadium in Naples, where the third summit between the owner of the land and Milan in three weeks.
This is the first Italian confrontation in the knockout stages since the Milan Derby in the 2005 semi-finals.

Milan came out victorious in the previous two confrontations, 4-0 in Naples in the league, and 1-0 in San Siro in the first leg of the Champions League.
Napoli and Milan prepared for the upcoming confrontation, with two disappointing draws on Saturday against Hellas Verona, 0-0, and Bologna 1-1, respectively, in the thirtieth stage of the league.

Napoli restored the services of its Nigerian top scorer, Victor Osimhen, after recovering from an injury during his participation with his country in the international match window at the end of last month, which kept him out of the last three matches, and he will be a lethal weapon in tomorrow's match.

Spalletti confirmed that Osimhen, who entered in the last quarter of an hour, will start Tuesday. enthusiasm for it."

Liverpool ended a series of five matches, during which it did not taste victory, by dropping its host Leeds United 6-1, on Monday, at the end of the 31st stage of the England Football Championship .

And he took turns scoring Liverpool's six, Dutchman Cody Khakpo (35), Egyptian Mohamed Salah (39 and 64), Portuguese Diogo Jota (52 and 73), and Uruguayan substitute Darwin Nunes (90).

He scored for the Colombian loser, Luis Fernando Sinistera (47).

And the eighth Reds, with 47 points, no longer have the luxury of wasting points if they want to reserve a seat in the Champions League competition next season, as they are 9 points behind Newcastle, who finished fourth and last, qualifying for the main continental competition.

Liverpool broke its fast from winning against Leeds after its last five sterile matches in various competitions, as it drew 0-0 against Chelsea and Arsenal 2-2 and lost to Bournemouth and Real Madrid with the same result, 0-1, and Manchester City 1-4.

Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp renewed confidence in the squad that drew against Arsenal in the last stage.

"It's the best game we've played this season in every aspect," said Klopp after the win.

He continued, "My favorite part was in the 92nd minute when we continued our pressure on Leeds. The counter-press was the best, I want to say, in decades!"

On the other hand, Spanish Leeds coach Javier Garcia made two changes to the squad that lost to Crystal Palace 1-5 in the last stage, after he had won twice and tied once.
Liverpool had 75 percent possession of the ball in the first half, but it opened the scoring with two quick attacks within 5 minutes, beginning with Dutch Khakpo, who followed a ball into the empty net after a pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold (35), then Salah with a shot from his left foot ( 39).
And Liverpool almost fell into the trap after Leeds narrowed the difference in the second half through Sinistera after a mistake by French defender Ibrahima Konate, so the Colombian pounced on him and confronted Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson and deceived him by putting the ball into the net (47).
However, Liverpool quickly restored the difference to two goals, thanks to Jota, who followed a pass from Curtis Jones with a shot from a touch past French goalkeeper Ilan Millier (52).
Salah added the fourth goal for his team and the second personal for him from the fourth shot at the opponent's goal, after a joint game between Jota and Scotsman Andrew Robertson, the ball reached Khakpo at the edge of the penalty area to pass it to the Egyptian international striker without any control on the right side, to shoot into the net (64) .
Jota continued the offensive show for the Reds, scoring his second personal and fifth for his team, after a cross from captain Jordan Henderson that Salah missed to reach the Portuguese, who hit it with his right foot from outside the area into the net (73).
Salah came out after in the 81st minute, and Nunes replaced him, who scored sixth after a deep pass from Alexander-Arnold, so that the Uruguayan striker broke the offside trap, entered the area and fired into the net (90).
Leeds, whose balance is frozen at 29 points in the sixteenth place, is only two points ahead of Nottingham Forest, the first to go down, while 4 points separate it from the nineteenth Leicester City.

Atalanta returned to the sixth Italian Football League, with a disappointing 1-1 draw from the backyard of Fiorentina, on Monday, at the end of the thirtieth stage competitions.

Although he ranked ninth in the standings with 42 points, the stubborn Fiorentina did not taste defeat this season in 14 matches in various competitions.

Fiorentina has not lost since February 12, as its last fall against Juventus, zero-1, in the league.

Atalanta opened the scoring through Danish Joachim Miley in the first half (37), before Brazilian Arthur Cabral equalized from a penalty kick for Fiorentina in the second (56).

Atalanta, who lost to Bologna 0-2 in the last stage, wasted a golden opportunity to narrow the screws on Milan, who finished fourth and last, qualifying for the Champions League competition, as it is behind in sixth place, 4 points behind the defending champion (53 vs. 49).

FIFA agreed on Monday to transfer the Under-20 World Cup, scheduled for May 20 to June 11, to Argentina instead of Indonesia , after it was stripped of the honor of hosting it after refusing to welcome the Israeli national team.

"FIFA" said after a meeting of its board office that the tournament will bring together 24 teams, "and Argentina will replace Indonesia as the host country."

Argentina won the title six times, which is a record in the history of the tournament that it had previously organized in 2001.

The authority added that the draw for the Under-20 World Cup will take place on Friday at FIFA headquarters in Zurich.

Hours before the approval decision, Argentina officially confirmed that it was ready to host the U-20 Men's World Cup, after Indonesia was stripped of the honor of hosting, following its objection to the participation of the Israeli national team.

Economy Minister Sergio Massa and Argentine Football Association President Claudio Tapia have signed the financial and administrative guarantees "asked by FIFA so that we can host" the U-20 World Cup, Tapia said.

And the head of the local association for the game added, in a brief video issued by the Ministry of Economy, that a “technical visit” by the committee from the International Federation was scheduled to end on Monday to supervise the stadiums in which the matches will be held, as well as the training camps.

Several cities in Indonesia were scheduled to host the Under-20 World Cup, but at the end of March, FIFA stripped Indonesia of the honor of hosting due to a political dilemma that prevented the draw. FIFA did not initially provide a more precise explanation than the "current context" and mentioned possible "sanctions" against the Indonesian Football Association.

The announcement came after the decision to cancel the lottery, due to a call from two district referees to exclude Israel from the tournament. Israel qualified for the Under-20 World Cup for the first time. There is no official diplomatic relationship between the two countries, and support for the Palestinian cause in the largest Muslim-majority country has raised tensions over hosting Israel.

In the days after Indonesia was stripped of hosting, Argentina applied to organize the finals, and Swiss-Italian FIFA President Gianni Infantino spoke of a "very strong candidacy" for the South American country. He commented at the time, "It is the country that won the World Cup."

Ironically, the Argentina under-20 national team, coached by former "Albi Celeste" star Javier Mascherano, failed to qualify for the finals, but will now participate as a host country after FIFA agreed to organize the World Cup in Argentina.

The international referee, Amani Darwazah, obtained the international blue badge in table tennis arbitration, after her success in the exam for the International Federation of the game, which was held on the sidelines of the French International Championship.

Darwazah participated in the exam along with 12 international referees, and succeeded in passing the exam requirements to be the first Palestinian international referee to receive the blue badge, which qualifies her in the future to obtain the golden badge to become a general international referee.

Yesterday, Monday, the Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the United Nations , Minister Riyad Mansour , sent three identical messages to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the Security Council for this month (Russia), and the President of the United Nations General Assembly.

The messages dealt with the occasion of the Palestinian Prisoner's Day , which is celebrated by the Palestinian people on April 17 of each year, noting that Israel, the occupying power, has arrested more than 800,000 Palestinians since its aggressive military occupation of the Palestinian land in 1967, and that to this day, there are Approximately 5,000 Palestinians, including 31 women and 170 children, are arbitrarily and illegally detained in Israeli prisons and subjected to the worst forms of inhumane treatment, including violent interrogation, administrative detention, physical and psychological ill-treatment, and solitary confinement, in addition to unsanitary conditions, medical neglect, collective punishment, and torture. .

In this context, Mansour stressed the need for urgent attention to the plight of Palestinian prisoners, including those on hunger strike and the sick, calling on the international community, especially the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, to assume their responsibilities to ensure that Israel, the occupying power, respects its obligations in this regard. connection, reiterating his call for the release of all Palestinian prisoners held by the Israeli occupation.

Mansour also indicated that Israel continued to suppress Palestinian worshipers and violate freedom of religion, as the Israeli occupation forces obstructed the peaceful celebrations of Easter in occupied Palestine, and brutally beat Palestinian worshipers and Christian believers while they were trying to reach the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied East Jerusalem to celebrate the Holy Saturday, violating Once again the historical and legal status quo in the Holy Places of Jerusalem. In addition to revoking the permits granted to 700 Palestinian Christians from Gaza to attend the Easter celebrations in Jerusalem, and imposing access restrictions that church leaders considered "unreasonable and unprecedented", in addition to vandalizing and damaging the property of churches and Christian cemeteries, and insulting nuns, clergy and worshipers. Christians by extremist Israeli groups.

Mansour also referred to the continuation of the Israeli occupation forces’ attacks on Muslim worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Noble Sanctuary, noting that the escalation of attacks and repression against Palestinian Muslims and Christians in the city reveals Israel’s agenda to Judaize the city, exclude other religions, and change the demographic composition, status and character of occupied East Jerusalem, with the aim of imposing its sovereignty by force over the city it illegally occupies.

Mansour also noted that extremist settlers continue to raid Palestinian cities and villages, intimidate and attack Palestinian civilians, including children, and destroy Palestinian property, agricultural crops and orchards.

In conclusion, Mansour stressed that the international community must demand that Israel stop its attacks and assaults on Palestinian civilians, including worshipers, and stop its military raids, including on our holy places, and stop settler violence and terror, and renewed his call to the Security Council and all countries to work urgently to protect The Palestinian people and take effective accountability measures to press for an end to this illegal colonial occupation and apartheid regime, and to ensure the Palestinian people realize their right to self-determination and all their inalienable rights.

On Monday night, a woman was injured after the vehicle she was traveling in was attacked with stones by settlers south of Nablus .

The official in charge of the settlement file in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, said that settlers attacked citizens’ vehicles with stones on the road linking Ramallah and Nablus, near the town of Turmusaya , which resulted in the injury of Areen Haj Muhammad from the town of Awarta, south of Nablus, and she was taken to the hospital.

Last night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his government will not allow Iran to acquire any nuclear weapons, and will continue vigorously to fight its proxies around the borders of "Israel".

"Those who threaten us will face a crushing response, and our enemies will find that we stand together, side by side, and they will discover the strength of our unity," Netanyahu added, in a speech during the " Holocaust " commemoration ceremony attended by the son of the Iranian Shah, Reza Pahlavi .

He accused Iran of seeking to destroy Israel, stressing the need to "rein in the forces of evil" and for the Jewish state to ensure that it has the strength to defend itself by itself against any enemy and against any threat... The victory of the past alone does not guarantee the victory of the future, which requires continuous determination and war without relentless against anyone who threatens us.” According to him.

The Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates , Faisal Mekdad, began today (Monday) an official three-day working visit to Tunisia , which is the first for a high-ranking Syrian official since relations between the two countries were severed in 2012.

The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a brief statement published this evening on its official Facebook page that Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar "received today Faisal Mekdad, the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, who is on a working visit to our country during the period from 17 to 19 April 2023." ".

Faisal Al-Miqdad arrived this evening in Tunis from the Algerian capital, his second stop as part of an official working visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries. He was received at Tunis-Carthage International Airport by his Tunisian counterpart, Nabil Ammar, and a number of senior officials in the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During this visit, the Syrian foreign minister will meet "within the framework of keenness to restore bilateral relations between Syria and Tunisia," according to a previous statement by the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tunisian President Kais Saied, during which he will also hold talks with his Tunisian counterpart, Nabil Ammar.

Tunisian Parliament Speaker Ibrahim Bouderbala welcomed this visit, as he said in a statement broadcast earlier today by the local Tunisian radio station, Shams FM, that "the visit of Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad to Tunisia is a positive step."

He stressed that Syria is one of the founding Arab countries of the League of Arab States, and it is a country that confronts Israel and cannot be outside the Arab ranks.

Faisal al-Miqdad's visit to Tunisia, which is part of a tour that also included visits to Saudi Arabia and Algeria, comes amid extensive political and diplomatic movements in preparation for Syria's return to the Arab embrace.

Tunisia severed its diplomatic relations with Syria in February of 2012 by a decision of former President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, which sparked at that time widespread political controversy in the country.

On Monday, US forces announced that they had killed a leader of the Islamic State in northern Syria , who was responsible for planning attacks in the Middle East and Europe .

The Central Command of the US Army, "Centcom", said in a statement that it "killed at dawn on the seventeenth of April Abd al-Hadi Mahmoud al-Haj Ali," noting that he was "responsible for planning terrorist attacks in the Middle East and Europe."

In its statement, the Central Command confirmed that it launched the operation by helicopters in northern Syria, noting that the operation left "two other armed men dead" at the site.

In a previous statement, the commander of the Central Command, Michael Korella, suggested that the targeted person had been killed.
Kurella said in the statement that the jihadist organization "is still capable of launching operations in the region" and also has a desire to launch attacks "outside the Middle East."

The operation did not result in the death or injury of any American soldier or civilians, according to Centcom.
The operation took place, according to an AFP correspondent and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in the village of As-Suwayda, near the border city of Jarabulus, in an area controlled by Syrian factions loyal to Ankara.

The Observatory reported that clashes broke out in the area during the operation, during which the building in which the leader was residing was targeted with two missiles.

Residents of the area and the Observatory told AFP that the targeted jihadi leader, who was previously detained by Kurdish fighters, moved to the village of As-Suwayda six months ago. They reported that he was killed and his body was handed over to his brother.

The Observatory stated that the operation also resulted in the death of two members of the "Suqur al-Shamal" faction during the clashes during the operation, referring to information about a fourth person who was "taken with them by the American forces," and it is not clear whether he was killed. The Observatory had previously suggested his death.
The Northern Falcons faction confirmed the killing of two of its fighters, indicating that they were killed while they were inspecting what was happening.

"Many of the organization's former fighters have joined the ranks of pro-Ankara factions" in northern Syria, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.

Since the announcement of the elimination of the "Islamic Caliphate" in 2019, US forces and the international coalition led by Washington have pursued the organization's leaders. From time to time, raids, raids, or airdrops are launched against suspected members of the organization.

These operations are repeated in areas where the organization's members hide in Deir ez-Zor Governorate (east), areas controlled by the Ankara-loyal factions (north), and Idlib Governorate, which is controlled by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Al-Nusra).

And on April 4, Centcom announced the death of a senior ISIS leader who was responsible for planning attacks in Europe and Turkey in an airstrike in Idlib.

The US forces succeeded in liquidating or arresting leaders in several operations, the most prominent of which was the killing of the leaders of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in October 2019, and then Abu Ibrahim Al-Qurashi in February 2022 in Idlib Governorate.

At the end of November, the extremist organization announced the killing of its leader, Abi al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi, in battles whose date was not specified, and it later became clear that they took place in Daraa Governorate in the south in October, in which local fighters participated with the support of the Syrian regime forces.

Despite the strikes targeting its leaders, movements, and locations, the organization is still able to launch attacks and carry out sporadic attacks, especially in eastern and northeastern Syria, and in the vast Syrian desert.

On Sunday, more than 40 people were killed in two separate attacks in the center and east of the country, launched by gunmen believed to belong to the Islamic State.

The Tunisian opposition movement, 'class='highlighted-tag'>, announced that its president , Rashid Ghannouchi , was arrested on Monday evening by a security unit that raided his house in the capital and took him to an "unknown destination."

The party said in a statement on its Facebook page that "a security squad raided the home of Professor Rashid Ghannouchi, head of the Ennahda Movement, and took him to an unknown destination without respecting the most basic legal procedures."

Ghannouchi is one of the most prominent opponents of President Qais Saied , who has monopolized power in the country since 2021. The leader of Ennahda was the speaker of Parliament, which Saied dissolved in 2022.

The judicial authorities in Tunisia did not comment on the reasons for this arrest, which comes after statements attributed to Ghannouchi by local media at the end of last week, in which he said that "Tunisia without political Islam is a civil war project."

In its statement, Ennahda described the arrest of its leader as a "very dangerous development," calling for "the immediate release of Professor Rashid Ghannouchi, and an end to the permissiveness of opposition political activists."
It called on the movement to "stand together in the face of these repressive practices that violate rights, freedoms, and honor of opposition politicians."

Ghannouchi, 82, was repeatedly brought before the judicial pole to combat terrorism as part of his investigations in several cases related to terrorism and corruption.

In previous statements, Ghannouchi said, "Our opponents were unable to confront us through democratic means, so they resorted to using the judiciary."

He added, "There is political targeting of the opposition and it is done with empty files. Fabricated trials and files... targeting the opposition with empty files... to camouflage and divert attention from the real problems of Tunisia."

In November 2022, Ghannouchi was brought before an investigative judge specializing in terrorism cases for interrogation in a case related to charges of "traveling jihadists" from Tunisia to Syria and Iraq.
Ghannouchi was also summoned last July 19 for interrogation in a case related to money laundering and corruption, on charges that Ennahda denied.

Since the beginning of February, at least ten personalities, most of them opposition figures belonging to the Ennahda Party and its allies, have been arrested, in addition to Noureddine Boutar, director of a large private radio station and an influential businessman.

President Saeed described the detainees as "terrorists" and accused them of "conspiring against the internal and external security of the state."

The non-governmental organization Amnesty International considered that this campaign of arrests is "a deliberate attempt to stifle the opposition, especially criticism of the president," and urged Saeed to "stop this campaign, which has political considerations."

Since July 25, 2021, Saied has seized power and amended the constitution to establish a presidential system at the expense of Parliament, which no longer has actual powers.

About a hundred civilians were killed in Sudan , where battles continued, especially in Khartoum, on Monday, in the third day of fighting between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

At least two hospitals in the capital were evacuated after "bullets and shells penetrated their walls," according to doctors who said they also no longer had blood bags or medical supplies to treat the injured.

The smell of gunpowder has spread since Saturday in the capital, and columns of thick black smoke rise in the sky. Residents stayed in their homes, amid power and water cuts in a large number of homes.

On Monday, the independent and pro-democracy Sudan Doctors Syndicate announced the killing of at least 97 civilians, 56 of whom were killed on Saturday and 41 on Sunday, about half of them in the capital.
The union said in a statement that "365 people were wounded."

The Syndicate had previously indicated that the death toll among the fighters was "dozens", but neither side had announced its human losses.
Fighters in military uniforms, heavily armed, are deployed in the streets of the capital, which are also filled with military vehicles.

Tension had been lurking for weeks between al-Burhan and Daglo, known as "Hemedti", who together removed civilians from power during a coup in October 2021, before their political dispute over power in particular turned into confrontations on Saturday.

Battles with heavy weapons continue in several regions of the country, while the Air Force regularly intervened even inside Khartoum to bomb the headquarters of the Rapid Support Forces, the force that was known as the "Janjaweed" during the era of Omar al-Bashir and fought alongside his forces in the Darfur region.

Later, the Janjaweed militias turned into a regular paramilitary force under the name of the Rapid Support Forces. After the overthrow of al-Bashir, they participated in power-sharing between the military and civilians.

On Twitter, Hemedti's forces wrote in English, "Al-Burhan is bombing civilians from the air, and we are continuing to fight and we will bring him to justice."

It is difficult to diagnose the situation on the ground. The Rapid Support Forces announced that they had taken control of Khartoum International Airport on Saturday, which the army denied. She said that she entered the presidential palace, but the army also denies this and confirms that it controls the general headquarters of its general command, one of the largest complexes of power in Khartoum.

As for state television, each of the two parties asserts control over it. However, residents in the vicinity of the TV headquarters confirmed on Monday that the fighting continues in the area, while the station broadcasts only patriotic songs, as happened during the 2021 coup.

With no ceasefire in sight, doctors and humanitarian workers sounded the alarm. Some neighborhoods in Khartoum have been without electricity and water since Saturday.

And the few grocery stores still open warned that they would not last more than a few days if the supply trucks did not enter the capital.

Doctors confirmed that the power was cut off in the surgical departments, while the World Health Organization stated that "a number of the nine Khartoum hospitals that receive injured civilians suffer from depletion of blood units, blood transfusion equipment, intravenous fluids and other vital supplies."

The Sudan Doctors Syndicate said that the patients, including children and their relatives, do not have access to water or food, noting that the wounded who were treated cannot be removed from the hospital due to the security situation, which leads to overcrowding that hinders the provision of care to all.

Two Greeks were injured in Khartoum, while there are about 15 others inside the Orthodox Church in Al-Kudaima, and they cannot leave it because of the fighting.

The "humanitarian corridors" announced by the warring parties for three hours on Sunday afternoon failed to change the situation, as gunfire and explosions continued to be heard in Khartoum.

On Monday, the UN envoy to Sudan, Volker Berthes, expressed his "extreme disappointment" at the violations of the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces of the humanitarian truce they had agreed to.

"The cessation of hostilities for humanitarian purposes, which the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces committed to, was only partially fulfilled yesterday (Sunday), and the clashes intensified this morning (Monday)," he said in a statement.

And the World Food Program decided to suspend its work in Sudan after the killing of three workers in the program in the Darfur region of western Sudan on Saturday, while more than a third of the country's population of 45 million needs humanitarian assistance.

On Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an "immediate cessation of hostilities, re-establishment of calm, and engagement in dialogue to resolve the crisis" in Sudan.
"I strongly condemn the outbreak of fighting in Sudan," Guterres said, warning that "any further escalation" of the conflict between the army and paramilitary forces "could be devastating for the country and the region."

The Secretary-General called on "all those who have influence over the situation to use it in the path of peace."
He added, "The humanitarian situation in Sudan was already fragile and has now become catastrophic."

"It is the first time in Sudan's history since independence (1956) that this level of violence has been recorded in the center, in Khartoum," Kholoud Khair, who founded the Confluence Advisory think tank in Khartoum, told AFP.

The expert added, "Khartoum is the historical center of power and has always been the safest region in Sudan during the wars against the rebels" in Darfur and other regions at the turn of the millennium.

"Today, battles are taking place all over the city," and in densely populated areas, "because each of the two sides thought that the high human cost might deter the other. We now realize that the struggle for power at any cost prevailed."

Calls have intensified since Saturday for a halt to the fighting.

The US and British foreign ministers called on Japan on Monday for an "immediate halt" to the violence.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after a meeting with his British counterpart James Cleverly that there was agreement on the need for "an immediate ceasefire and a return to talks".

The League of Arab States and the African Union held emergency meetings to demand a cease-fire and a return to a political solution.

The UN Security Council will hold a closed meeting on the situation in Sudan on Monday.

280 thousand worshipers revived Laylat al-Qadr (the twenty-seventh night of the month of Ramadan ), in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque .

And the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem reported that about 280,000 worshipers flocked to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque to celebrate the Night of Power, amid strict measures imposed by the Israeli occupation authorities on the holy city.

The courtyards and chapels of Al-Aqsa Mosque were crowded with worshipers who came from the West Bank and the city of Jerusalem, and from the 48 territories, despite the restrictions and barriers of the occupation.

It is noteworthy that the Israeli occupation forces have tightened their procedures around the city of Jerusalem and set up many barriers, as well as their procedures in the Old City, in an attempt to impede the arrival of worshipers to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Russia confirmed on Monday that it had thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to infiltrate its territory through the Bryansk border region, ten days after announcing a similar incident.

"The infiltrator exploded at a mined defensive line established by the Russian armed forces to prevent infiltration into Russian territory and ensure the safety of residents of the border areas," said the region's governor, Alexander Bogomaz , via Telegram.

He denounced Ukraine 's "illegal attempt" to "penetrate" Russia's borders.
In recent weeks, the Russian authorities have announced several attempts by "terrorists" to infiltrate from Ukraine to the border areas, which are also regularly subjected to artillery shelling and drone attacks.

On April 6, Bogomaz confirmed that border guards had "thwarted" an attempt to infiltrate "20 men" from Ukraine by "shooting at the enemy."

For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the security forces to "do everything possible to ensure the safety of the population" both in Russia and in the Ukrainian territories it controls, where several pro-Moscow officials have been assassinated in the past months.

Ukraine does not officially acknowledge carrying out "sabotage" operations on Russian soil, and it has especially denied any connection to the attack that destroyed part of the Crimean bridge last fall.

But in early March, hundreds of Ukrainians attended a funeral in Kiev for fighters from a volunteer battalion killed during a "sabotage" mission in Russia.

The Italian government announced on Monday that the arms embargo on the UAE , which it imposed in 2021 due to Abu Dhabi's participation in the Yemeni conflict, had been lifted after the situation in Yemen improved.

In January 2021, Italy permanently withdrew permissions to export missiles and bombs to Saudi Arabia and the UAE due to the participation of these two countries in the Yemeni conflict, pursuant to a 1990 law that prohibits the export of weapons to countries engaged in armed conflicts.

"The scenario continued to develop positively: since April 2022, military activities in Yemen have slowed down and diplomatic activity has witnessed a strong acceleration," the Italian government said in a statement issued after a government meeting.

And while the statement noted the UAE funding granted to Yemen "to achieve stability and reconstruction," it made it clear that the Italian government had decided not to consider the UAE a country involved in an armed conflict and therefore able to obtain Italian weapons.

However, the Italian government did not mention in its statement Saudi Arabia, which has been targeted by the ban since January 2021.

And Yemen, the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula, has been witnessing a war since 2014 between the Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, and forces loyal to the internationally recognized government, which is supported by a Saudi-led military coalition.

And on Monday, three planes transferred about 100 prisoners who were being held by the Riyadh-led coalition to Yemen, the day after a major prisoner exchange operation that lasted for three days and included about 900 prisoners from both sides of the Yemeni conflict, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the coalition.

The Emir of Kuwait , Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, dissolved Parliament on Monday, calling for the organization of new elections in the wealthy Gulf state, which has been witnessing recurring political crises for years.

And last March, the Constitutional Court ruled that the legislative elections that took place last year and won by the opposition were invalid, on the back of appeals that questioned the validity of the constitutional decrees related to them, and ruled in favor of restoring the previous parliament.

Kuwait's Crown Prince, Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, said in a speech delivered on behalf of the Emir of the country, "In accordance with the constitution, we have decided to dissolve the 2020 National Assembly, which was restored by the ruling of the Constitutional Court, and return to the people in new elections during the coming period."

On April 9, a new government, the seventh in three years, saw the light, headed by Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, less than four months after the resignation of the previous government following a political crisis with Parliament.

Unlike other countries in the region, Kuwait enjoys an active political life and its parliament, whose members are elected for a four-year term, enjoys wide legislative powers and often witnesses heated debates.

The country, located near Iran and Iraq, is shaken by frequent political crises related to the government, figures from the ruling family, and the parliament, which has been dissolved several times.

The reason behind these crises is often the demands of deputies to hold ministers from the princely family accountable over issues including corruption.

On Monday , Slovakia banned the import of Ukrainian grain and other food products , following the example of Poland and Hungary .

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine and the Russian forces cut off the traditional export routes across the Black Sea, Ukrainian grain is exported through the European Union to other countries.

But due to logistical problems, the grain has stocked up, driving down prices, sparking protests from local farmers who also expressed concerns about food safety.

"Today, the government approved a proposal to ban the import of agricultural products and certain foodstuffs from Ukraine," Agriculture Minister Samuel Falkan told reporters.

He said the ban, which goes into effect on Wednesday, aims to protect the local agricultural sector as well as consumer health.

Last week, the ministry said that it had analyzed a sample of Ukrainian grain, and that the results of the analysis showed "the presence of an unauthorized pesticide in the European Union that negatively affects human health."

The ban covers various products including cereals, sugar, fruits, vegetables, wine and honey.

Falkan stressed that the ban will not apply to Ukrainian products that pass through Slovakia for export to the markets of other countries.

On Saturday, Poland and Hungary, both members of the European Union, banned imports of grain and other food from Ukraine.

A young woman was injured, Monday evening, when she was shot by the occupation forces near Hebron .

The occupation army claimed that the young woman attempted to carry out a stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion junction.

The Hebrew website Ynet stated that the young woman is in moderate condition, and she is from Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem.

The website indicated that one of the settlers was slightly wounded.

Today, Monday evening, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip issued an explanation about the circumstances of the death of a premature baby in Al-Shifa Medical Complex .

The Ministry stated in a statement, that on April 12, 2023, a premature newborn was born in the (28th) week of pregnancy and weighed 850 grams, and was transferred directly to the neonatal intensive care unit to harness all equipment to keep the premature newborn alive, as the chances of life for such Cases are very low. As stated in the statement.

The ministry added: On April 16, at two o'clock in the morning, the premature newborn died despite exerting intensive care and following the protocols approved in such cases.

She indicated that the father of the premature newborn came on the same day in the evening and was informed of the death, but he refused to receive the body of the newborn.

The ministry indicated that it is reviewing the death reporting policy to ensure timely and appropriate reporting.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh discussed, today, Monday, in his office in Ramallah, with the head of the Turkish Agency for Cooperation and Coordination, Serkan Kayalar , strengthening cooperation in many sectors.

The meeting was attended by the Turkish Consul General in Jerusalem, Ambassador Ahmed Reza Demirer, and the Prime Minister's Advisor for Arab and Islamic Funds Affairs, Nasser Qatami.

From Kayalar, Shtayyeh was briefed on the projects recently implemented by the Turkish agency, and the projects being implemented, especially projects for the restoration of homes and shops in Jerusalem and the Old City in Hebron, Jenin and the Gaza Strip, and the project for the construction of housing for female students at Al-Quds University.

The Prime Minister discussed with the head of the Turkish Agency ways to support clean energy projects and electricity generation projects from solar energy in order to supply them to the Palestinian camps and marginalized areas, in addition to providing technical and technical support to Nablus University for vocational and technical education and training, the construction of dams, the programming program for youth, and the establishment of a school for students. Gifted, and the hotel school in Jericho.

Shtayyeh praised the distinguished bilateral relations between the two countries, and the continuous Turkish support for Palestine at all levels, based on the spirit of partnership and cooperation.

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China , Qin Gang, affirmed his country's support for the just cause of Palestine, and for the establishment of the State of Palestine according to the principle of the two-state solution.

This came during a call made today, Monday, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Malki, with his Chinese counterpart, which dealt with bilateral relations, especially with the approaching anniversary of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the State of Palestine, and the desire of the two countries to develop and deepen these relations.

Gang stressed that Palestine is a friend and partner country of China, and that his country supports the just cause of the Palestinian people, recalling the historic meeting that brought together Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the Arab-Chinese summit that took place last December in Riyadh, and affirming The Chinese president supported his country to grant the State of Palestine full membership in the United Nations and called for the establishment of an independent and fully sovereign Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the basis of the two-state solution.

Gang affirmed his readiness to make the required efforts to implement what was agreed upon between the two presidents, to continue to assist Palestine economically and politically, to support the required development projects, and China's keenness to provide the strong support required for the embodiment of the Palestinian state, and for it to become a full member of the United Nations.

He also reaffirmed that his country supports the request of the State of Palestine to become a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and supports his country in promoting efforts to achieve national reconciliation, and in supporting negotiations efforts on the basis of a two-state solution, in order to achieve stability in the Middle East and in convening an international peace conference from For a political solution to the Palestinian issue, and the need for Israel to abide by international law and implement United Nations resolutions, foremost of which is Resolution 2334.

For his part, Al-Maliki re-congratulated his Chinese counterpart on his appointment as State Adviser and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and invited him to visit Palestine and celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, and to hold political consultations at the ministerial level.

Al-Maliki also stressed the importance of the upcoming visit of President Mahmoud Abbas to China during the month of June, in response to an invitation extended to him by his Chinese counterpart during the recent Riyadh meeting, and his willingness to coordinate bilaterally with him in order to make the visit a success and achieve its desired goals.

He thanked China for its support for Palestine in all international forums, and for its steadfastness in its principled positions on the Palestinian cause and its justice. He also called on his Chinese counterpart to work to raise the level of bilateral cooperation to the level of strategic partnership and to accelerate the signing of several agreements and memorandums of understanding between the two countries, including the completion of negotiations on a free trade agreement between them.

At the same time, Minister Malki reaffirmed the position of the State of Palestine in support of friendly China, China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Palestine's full respect for the one-China policy, support for China in its stance on issues related to the campaigns targeting it in international forums, and opposition to interference in Chinese internal affairs.

Al-Maliki also praised China's efforts to restore diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and its great involvement in supporting stability, security and development in our region and the world at large.

The two ministers exchanged invitations to visit the two countries, and agreed to continue coordination in order to maintain working relations that allow for the development of bilateral relations.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh received an official invitation from his Egyptian counterpart, Mustafa Madbouly , to visit Egypt.

This came during his reception, today, Monday, in his office in Ramallah, the Egyptian Ambassador to Palestine, Ihab Suleiman.

The Prime Minister extended his thanks and appreciation to his Egyptian counterpart for the official invitation to visit, saying: "I am honored and accepted by this invitation, as it embodies the strengthening and depth of bilateral relations, the outcomes of which will undoubtedly be positive for both sides."

Shtayyeh discussed with the Egyptian ambassador ways to enhance cooperation in many fields, praising Egypt's historical role and its supportive and steadfast position on Palestine.

The Prime Minister briefed the Egyptian Ambassador on the latest political developments and the escalating violations of the occupation forces and settlers against our people, our land and our sanctities.

The Palestinians commemorate the Palestinian Prisoner’s Day. Since 1974, the Palestinian National Council , the supreme authority of the Palestine Liberation Organization, has approved the seventeenth of April as a national day of loyalty to the prisoners and their sacrifices, as a day of their victory, support and support for their right to freedom, and to honor them and stand by them and their families.

On the other hand, since 2015, the occupying state has adopted a policy of detaining the bodies of martyrs as a systematic official policy, and since that time, the number of imprisoned martyrs whose bodies are withheld has been constantly increasing. The popular campaign to recover the bodies of the martyrs held in the refrigerators of the occupation and the graves of numbers follows the general situation of these captive martyrs, which is represented by ambiguity and inhumanity. And depriving them of the most basic human rights with a decent burial.

The fact that the universities of the occupying country host these refrigerators in their laboratories to preserve the bodies of the martyrs is a dangerous fact that must be exposed at all levels, including a violation of humanitarian laws and academic ethics and an explicit violation of the basic function of higher education institutions, especially universities, to be centers for the production of knowledge in the first place, while universities are employed Israeli to strengthen the colonial colonial system.

Returning to the living prisoners, it is unacceptable to suffice with celebrating and welcoming these patient heroes upon their release. The prisoners need to be highlighted much more than any other national file or issue. We have often called for arranging national priorities. We agree on the need for national unity and ending division, and there are dues. Democracy and the need for elections and various reforms, and this is all possible internally if the political will is available, but we have to put the prisoners’ file at the top of the pyramid, as this is the humanitarian file. About 5,000 prisoners are still in the Israeli occupation prisons, including more than 160 imprisoned children, and about 30 women. A female prisoner and 1,000 administrative detainees, and I do not forget the martyred prisoners whose bodies are kept in refrigerators, whose number exceeds 120.

The file of the prisoners is one of the most important Palestinian issues in the International Criminal Court, and instead of the international community institutions pressuring the occupying state to release the prisoners, and instead of holding Israel accountable for its crimes, the prisoners and their families face an international financial attack after the PLO and the Palestinian Authority received various criticisms for their support which it provides as salaries to prisoners and their families, in the belief of the international community that the prisoners' salaries are tantamount to feeding and inciting 'violence'.

Prisoners suffer various forms of medical neglect and systematic torture that affects their physical, psychological and mental health. Hence, the Prisoners Affairs Authority, the Prisoners’ Club, the Presidency, the PLO, the Council of Ministers, and all official institutions are required to put the prisoners’ file on top of priorities. The truth about the jailer and exposing the crimes committed by Israel against our brave prisoners, violating the Geneva Charter and what was stipulated in terms of health and medical care in Article (91) of the necessity for each detainee to have an appropriate clinic, supervised by a qualified doctor, in which the detainees receive the medical care they need, as well as a system Appropriate food, sanitary isolation, hospitals, and care that is not less than the care provided to the general population. It is preferable that the treatment of detainees be based on medical personnel of their nationality, except for child prisoners. Israel violates all these rights!

The leadership, and all of us, have a responsibility to follow up on the affairs of the prisoners, the details of their daily struggles, shed light on their human stories, and send messages and requests to representatives of the Red Cross, international humanitarian agencies, and the United Nations to demand the release of political prisoners who suffer forms of torture and Israeli crimes against them.

Dr.. Dalal Erekat: Professor of Diplomacy and Strategic Planning, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Arab American University

On Monday, the Iraqi Foreign Minister announced his country's readiness to help for a "ceasefire" that paves the way for "negotiations" between Russia and Ukraine , during the visit of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to Baghdad .

The latter ruled out any mediation before the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.
It is the first visit of a Ukrainian foreign minister to Iraq in 11 years.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart in a joint press conference, describing the visit as "important".

"This visit is important for the future of the relationship between Iraq and Ukraine, and also for the future Iraqi role in helping Ukraine and Russia," he said.

Hussein stressed that his country is ready to "help the two parties reach a cease-fire first, and secondly start talks," within the framework of the contact group of the Arab League, in which Iraq has been participating for a year.

The Iraqi minister said, "We affirm over and over again that we are against war and believe in dialogue and negotiations. But dialogue and negotiations need two parties. When the two parties reach a conviction that it is necessary to start dialogue, Baghdad will be at the service of both parties."

For his part, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister ruled out the success of any mediation initiative at the present time.
"You cannot say that you support peace while trying to conquer more lands, commit more atrocities and destroy villages and towns," Kuleba said, referring to the ongoing Russian offensive in his country since February 2022.

"Whatever Russian officials say, Russia today wants war. It will take time to reach peace efforts," he said.

He stressed that "Russia must accept something very simple: stop the war and withdraw from Ukrainian territory. This will create space for diplomacy," noting that "restoring Ukraine's territorial integrity" is the "cornerstone" of any peace effort.

Ukraine, which enjoys the support of its Western partners for months, has been trying to strengthen its diplomatic relations with countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

In October, Koleba began the first African tour in his country's history, but he cut it off because of the war.

Today, Monday, the Military Occupation Court in Salem Camp issued a prison sentence against prisoner Majd Zahi Al-Saadi for a period of 17 months and a fine of 2,000 shekels.

The family of the captive Al-Saadi told Wafa that he has been detained since September 12, 2022, and his trial has been extended six times under pretexts.

The same court also transferred prisoner Jibril Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Zubaidi (36 years old) to administrative detention for a period of 6 months.

Al-Zubaidi was arrested two months ago and is in Megiddo prison. He is the brother of the two prisoners, Zakariya Al-Zubaidi, a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, and Yahya Al-Zubaidi, and the brother of the two martyrs, Dawood and Taha Al-Zubaidi.

Al-Zubaidi spent 12 years continuously in the occupation prisons, where he was arrested in 2004 and released in 2016, then arrested more than once, and went on a hunger strike at the end of 2020 after the occupation transferred him to administrative detention despite the end of his 10-month sentence.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived, Monday afternoon, in the city of Jeddah, at an official invitation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to meet with His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman , Crown Prince and Prime Minister, tomorrow, Tuesday, in order to discuss and consult on the latest developments in the Palestinian cause and the situation in region, and strengthening Palestinian-Saudi brotherhood relations.

The President was received at Jeddah Airport, His Royal Highness Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Governor of Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region, a number of officials, and the staff of the Embassy of the State of Palestine.

The President is accompanied on this visit by the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Hussein Al-Sheikh, the Head of the Intelligence Service, Major General Majid Faraj, the President's Diplomatic Adviser Majdi Al-Khalidi, and the Palestinian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Basem Al-Agha.

Today , the Occupation Court postponed the bail request of the prisoner Khader Adnan in the (Salem) Military Court, due to his very serious health condition, which reached him after 72 days of his strike, refusing his arrest.

The court decided to delay giving its response to the request until Thursday, despite the dangerous situation he was in.

The session was held in the presence of the prisoner Adnan via video conference.

During the session, the Public Prosecution threatened to implement forced treatment against the prisoner Adnan.

Note that the prisoner Adnan continues to refuse to take the supplies and conduct medical examinations.

The head of the German Federation of Banks, Christian Sewing, confirmed Monday that the risk of a "full-scale" banking crisis in Europe is "very low", despite the recent tensions in the sector since the bankruptcy of the "Silicon Valley Bank" (SVB) in the United States and the takeover of "Credit Suisse". .

"The risk of a comprehensive crisis similar to the one that occurred in 2008 is very low," said Siving, who is also CEO of Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest bank, during a press conference.

He explained that the banks in Germany and in the European Union are still very solid "and" are well provided with capital and liquidity.

The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which is linked to the start-up sector, and Signature Bank in the US, and then the urgent acquisition of Credit Suisse, raised fears of a broader crisis in the banking sector.

European financial institutions, especially Deutsche Bank, suffered in the stock exchanges after that, with investors fearing a repeat of these events in Europe.

Seving stressed that the crisis "did not have any impact on the situation of banks in Europe."

He added that this is due to the fact that "the regulators have done a good job in improving the capital of banks significantly since the crisis of 2008."
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Eleven people have died of heatstroke in India after a million people waited hours in the sun for a government-sponsored award ceremony, officials said Monday.

About 20 people were taken to hospital and about 300 felt unwell during the event, which was held near the city of Bombay (west) on Sunday, when the temperature approached 38 degrees Celsius with high humidity levels, according to local media.

Senior government officials attended the ceremony, including Home Minister Amit Shah, who praised the crowd for waiting hours in the sun.

In turn, the minister responsible for the state of Maharashtra, Aknat Shinde, described what happened as a "sad and disturbing incident", pledging to provide compensation to the relatives of the victims.

And the ruling Indian Bharatiya Janata Party reported that about a million people attended the event, according to the "Indian Express" newspaper.

For its part, the opposition Congress Party accused the government of negligence and said it should face criminal charges.

Heatwaves have killed more than 6,500 people in India since 2010, while last year records were recorded in several cities across the country.

Scientists report that heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent across South Asia, driven by climate change.

And the West Bengal state authorities announced the closure of all schools, colleges and universities for a week, starting from Monday, as a result of the heat, according to local media.

India suffered last year from a shortage of coal, the main source of electricity in the country of 1.4 billion people, while demand for electricity reached its peak in light of the heat.

Many parts of India depend on trains to provide water during the summer.

Scientists also believe that the annual rainy season is becoming more intense and more irregular, leading to more floods.