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welcome to bbc news, i m yelled we start in sudan where paramilitary fighters battling with the sudanese army say they ve agreed a new 24 hour ceasefire. it was due to come into effect an hour ago, at 1800 local time. a similar agreement on tuesday failed to take effect. meanwhile, 15 embassies in khartoum waiting to evacuate hundreds of foreign nationals have issued a joint statement. they called on both sides to cease fire and observe international obligations to protect civilians, diplomats, and humanitarian workers. 270 people have been confirmed dead. let me show you pictures from earlier today. explosion you could hear an explosion there that was near khartoum airport and, as you can see, plumes of smoke drifting across the sky as the conflict there rages on. the latest fighting is because of a power struggle between these two men general abdel fattah al burhan, president of sudan s military government on the left, and his deputy, mohamed hamdan dagalo, who ....
We haven t seen sufficient leverage being put on the table to convince them to commit to a ceasefire even in the last ten days of ramadan and the holiest days of ramadan, and in the run up to eid. some breaking news in the us two teenage boys have been charged with four counts of murder after a deadly shooting at a birthday party in dadeville, alabama on saturday. this was the aftermath of the shooting. we know that over 30 people were wounded some critically, after shots were fired at the mahogany masterpiece dance studio. this shooting takes the us to a grim milestone of more than 160 mass shootings in which four or more people are shot so far this year. let s hear from the alabama law enforcement agency, speaking a short time ago. on tuesday, 18 april at approximately 8pm, alabama law enforcement agencies, the state bureau of investigation officially arrested and charged ty reik mccullough, 17, of tuskegee, ....