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 vt. a clash of forces. the sudanese army using its military might to crash a rival paramilitary unit. the fighting was sparked by political fallout among the generals running the two units and governing the country. they
that visit was accompanied by a media interview by the french president in which he seemed to suggest divisions over the taiwan issue, seeming to suggest that that was more of an asian issue rather than one for europe. that was directly against what japan wants to hear. 0ne against what japan wants to hear. one of the main reasons why japan has been hear. one of the main reasons whyjapan has been so hear. one of the main reasons why japan has been so forceful in supporting ukraine is that they want reciprocity. they want european countries to show similar commitment when it comes to taiwan issues. so i think this is an opportunity here for the members to show that these divisions are not deep and actually it was just, in a sense, a one off that, overall, they are united on these very important issues. how successful do you think japan will be in trying to achieve those goals of getting everybody at the table, so to speak, to move forward with a united view? i speak, to move forward w
opposition has said that, when 0pposition has said that, when a person who has been under police protection has been killed like this, then what would happen to us normal people who are struggling or commuting in the state? to japan now, where the foreign ministers of the g7 nations are meeting to come up with an agenda for their bosses at the g7 summit that s happening next month hiroshima. they are likely to reiterate calls for russia to immediately end its war against ukraine, and to issue a tacit warning against china over attempts to change the status quo by force. for g7 chairjapan, the only member in asia, for more, we can speak to james brown, professor of political science and international affairs at temple university japan. hejoins me now from tokyo. this is very much about putting the pieces in place so it will be a successful summit next month in hiroshima. so the priorities, i think three stand out in particular.
the first one is actually to do with nuclear weapons. that s why the summit next month is taking place in hiroshima it s something very crucial to the japanese prime minister. i think emphasis on nonproliferation issues, on denuclearisation, is one. then also you have the ukraine and china issues. and japan sees those as linked, showing that changes to the status quo by force whether in europe or in asia are unacceptable. professor, just tojump asia are unacceptable. professor, just to jump in there my sense, of course, is that both the war in ukraine and the issue of china there is some division on this, right? are we sort of expecting a united front, a united approach to these issues? 0r a united front, a united approach to these issues? or do you see some splintering in opinion amongst members? that s riuht. opinion amongst members? that s right- that s opinion amongst members? that s right. that s going opinion amongst members? that s right. that s going to opinio