to have been killed. international efforts to end the fighting are ramping up with the head of the african union commission planning to go on a ceasefire mission and the presidents of kenya, south sudan and djibouti also trying to mediate. frank gardner gave more details. there was a window of opportunity for a couple of years for sudan to make the transition from military dictatorship to democracy, but they blew it. and they blew it because of this rivalry and essentially what has triggered this most recently is that in the discussions as to how to move sudan from a military leadership to civilian rule there were plans to incorporate this militia, the rsf, into the army, but they didn t really like it, the two general could not agree on how this was going to happen and the rsf went and spread itself around the country, occupied certain areas, and has been fighting to try and dislodge them from port sudan and the airport in the north. it is incredibly sad for the sudanese peo
it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in sudan where rival military factions are fighting for control of the capital khartoum. fighting has continued into the night, with dozens killed. earlier, the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces announced a temporary humanitarian pause but it s not clear how well it was observed. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan, after three of its members were among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed. international efforts to end the fighting are ramping up, with the head of the african union commission planning to go on a ceasefire mission and the presidents of kenya, south sudan and djibouti also trying to mediate. anne soy reports. a clash of forces. the sudanese army using its military might to crash a rival paramilitary unit. this fighting was sparked by political followed among the generals running the two units and governing th
it s newsday. it s 6am morning in singapore, and midnight in khartoum where fighting has continued between the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces. these are the latest pictures of sunday night from the capital, khartoum. earlier, a three hour temporary humanitarian pause was meant to have allowed civilians to escape, but it s not clear how well it was observed. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan after three of its members were among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed. international efforts to end the fighting we will continue with sue don in the moment, but let s take you to breaking news in alabama. authorities are giving an update following a deadly shooting at a teenage birthday party. from the fbi as well as the office of prosecutorial services in montgomery, they ll be assisting our victim service officers in serving these victims. our thoughts and prayers are with all the families. there are no words to describe the
notre dame cathedral as restoration continues, four years since a fire destroyed significant parts of the world heritage landmark. hello, i m lucy gray. the man arrested on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb at japan s prime minister fumio kishida has been identified by the authorities as 24 year old ryuji kimura. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. pm kishida made a speech in another location later, where he said the incident should not be allowed to disrupt the electoral process. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has been giving us the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screa
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