hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news fron sudan: the paramilitary rapid support forces say they have agreed to a three day pause in the fighting on humanitarian grounds, starting about now. so far, there s been no comment from the sudanese army. clashes in the capital khartoum continued overnight, with bombing and artillery shelling. many people have been trapped by the fighting for days. there s been growing diplomatic pressure on the warring factions to agree to a ceasefire. the un, the us and a number of other countries have been trying to persuade the two sides to agree to a truce to mark the muslim holiday of eid. more than 300 people have been killed in the past week. so the breaking news reports of a 72 hour ceasefire and when we have more news we will be bringing it to you. the politcal future of dominic raab, the ukjustice secretary, still hangs in the balance as the prime minister considers the findings of an inquiry into bullying allegati
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