the cities of al geneina and nyala. let s start by looking at al geneina, because that s been the hotspot. this is before the war, and this is in late april, after a first flare up of violence. then there was a second wave of violence in mid may. markets were destroyed, health services looted, hundreds of people killed. aid workers who had to flee say it s been pretty much a scorched earth approach to civilian infrastructure. nyala is darfur s largest city and part of the main market there has also been destroyed. a resident has confirmed that this is a video of the nyala market. it s a huge loss because it supplies the region and some neighbouring countries. and we managed to get this message from a localjournalist. translation: the rsf attacked the city with dozens of pick-up i trucks mounted with guns. ngo offices and shops were looted. most of the pharmacies were looted. all of the residential areas in nyala have been completely sealed off with barricades and digging ditc
hello and welcome to the programme. i m victoria valentine. we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine, dame melinda simmons, has tweeted: and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, apparently show an apartment building ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet independently verified the pictures, but they are being widely shared. both sides in the conflict in sudan have agreed to extend their ceasefire for another three days. the ceasefire had only been partly effective with heavy fighting taking place in parts of the capital, khartoum. almost two weeks of clashes between the two factio