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
so the breaking news reports of a 72 hour ceasefire and when we have more news we will be bringing it to you. rapid support forces have agreed to the halt in fighting. live now to kalkidan yibetal who is monitoring the situation from the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. what more do we know of the ceasefire? what more do we know of the ceasefire? , ., ., . ceasefire? this announcement by the raid ceasefire? this announcement by the rapid sunport ceasefire? this announcement by the rapid support forces - ceasefire? this announcement by the rapid support forces came i the rapid support forces came amid growing international pressure for at least a three day trees. earlier the african union convened with the united nations, the arab league and other countries with inflows like saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, and that they were pushing for a 72 hour ceasefire on the grounds of