hello and welcome to the programme. i am lucy gray. there have been gunfire and explosions in sudan s capital khartoum as the sudanese army clashes with paramilitary forces. witnesses report the fighting is close to the army headquaters in the centre of the city. smoke has been seen rising from khartoum airport and there are reports of clashes near the presidential palace. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged the two sides to return to talks aimed at returning the country to civilian rule. the us secretary of state anthony blinken described the latest fighting as a tragic situation , and suggested forces opposed to a return to civilian rule may be responsible. we want to play you now what happened on sudanese state tv. the newsreader briefly appeared talking about clashes, but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. as you see the pict
hello, i m lukwesa burak. there have been gunfire and explosions in sudan s capital khartoum, as the sudanese army clashes with paramilitary forces. witnesses report the fighting is close to the army headquarters in the centre of the city. smoke has been seen rising from khartoum airport and there are reports of clashes near the presidential palace. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged the two sides to return to talks aimed at returning the country to civilian rule. the us secretary of state antony blinken described the latest fighting as a tragic situation , and suggested forces opposed to a return to civilian rule may be responsible. we want to just play you what happened on sudanese state tv. the newsreader briefly appeared talking about clashes, but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. repeated gunshots as you can see, the pictu
hello, i m lukwesa burak. sudan s army has claimed it s in control of the airport and presidential palace in khartoum after a day of fighting with paramilitary forces. at least 3 people are reported to have died in the clashes. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged a return to talks which are meant to restore civilian rule. the us secretary of state antony blinken has described the situation as fragile. we want to just play you what happened on sudanese state tv. the newsreader briefly appeared talking about clashes, but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. gunshots as you see, the picture then froze and a short while the broadcast suddenly cut off. so what s causing the tensions in sudan? at the centre of the dispute are the rapid support forces, a paramilitary group, headed by general mohamed hamdan dagalo, effectively the country
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more will watch on television. there will be those, though, demanding that this annual spectacle comes to a finish. john maguire, bbc news, liverpool. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. hello, thank you, good afternoon. much, than it was this time yesterday on the south bank of england, the wind is much lighter, beautiful scene from a weather watcher on the coast in dorset. but that s not the whole story. while we do have some sunshine will also have some showers and some of those are on the heavy aside, and if you haven t seen one today there may still be one and it could even contain some hail and thunder. the shower is widespread across parts of scotland and into northern england. a little breezy for some of us but not as windy as it was yesterday. still feeling really rather cool for this time of year at a 9 13 c. it will get quite chilly overnight tonight with clearing skies and light winds. still some showers around particularly across scotland, northern i