how serious it is all of this? that would sleaze gets thrown around a lot at westminster. i think on the richter scale of these things, it feels like a fairly minor tremor. 0ne added twist of this is that a place where these kind of things tend to get declared, the register of ministerial interest, has not seen the light of day for the best part of the year, a symptom of the chaos there has been in politics. 0ne chaos there has been in politics. one other thing worth mentioning, labour leader keir starmer had a run in with the previous commissioner last summer and was found to have breached the mps code of conduct eight times, albeit in what were described as a relatively minor inadvertent weight and the whole thing blew over pretty quickly. rishi sunak will hope it does for him as well. chris, many thanks, chris mason, our political editor. the head of the united nations has called for an immediate ceasefire in sudan as intense fighting continues for a third day. more than 180 people
and in a city like khartoum, which is the. the projector is already fragile in the situation is going to be worse in the coming days the infrastructure is already fragile any situations going to be worse. let mejust read any situations going to be worse. let me just read a statement that we have had from the us ambassador to the united nations, who says that there is now an ability for humanitarian to safely operate, including those displaced by the ongoing fighting. she says this, there will and must be accountability for anyone, including military or political actors, who attempts to undermine ordinal delay sudan s democrat in progress. you cannot quite mistake that. there will be consequences for those involved. does that sort of threat, that sort of warning, have any impact on the two generals who are leading this? it is
of yet another airport. civilians are bearing the brunt of the fighting. there s nowhere safe to go. sudan is a majority muslim nation. ramadan is a time to travel and meet friends and family, but not now. we ve seen bloodshed from both sides. we re just caught in the middle. you know, it s like, just. explosion listen, this is our new normal now. millions who depend on humanitarian aid are not receiving any. the un says a four hour pause to allow for humanitarian access last week was breached. aid workers have been caught up in the clashes and the world food programme has pulled out after three of its workers were killed yesterday. unless there is a very immediate humanitarian truce for the people to get their needs, i think the people will be
died in the latest violence many of them civilians and the un says the humanitarian situation is now a full blown crisis. the fighting was triggered at the weekend by the struggle between these two men to control sudan s military the head of the armed forces, general abdel fattah al burhan, and his deputy, mohamed hamdan dagalo, who s in charge of the paramilitary group the rsf the rapid support forces. the two men disagree on sudan s future and its journey towards civilian rule. one of the main obstacles is the role of paramilitaries in sudan s army and who should be in charge. in the capital khartoum, there are reports of heavy gun battles and air strikes in crowded residential neighbourhoods. 0ur senior africa correspondent anne soy sent this report.
country s president. and this is his deputy, mohamed hamdan dagalo, better known as hemedti. he is the leader of rsf, the country s biggest paramilitary group, the rapid support forces. the two men disagree on the direction sudan is going in as it moves towards civilian rule. one of the main sticking points is the role of the paramilitaries in sudan s army and who would lead it. people in the capital khartoum say there are heavy gun battles and air strikes in crowded residential neighbourhoods. our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports. after three days of fighting, airports are still a flashpoint. these satellite images show the damage that has been done in the capital. and these soldiers from rapid support forces claim to have taken control of yet another airport. civilians are bearing the