ever april day. hello, a very warm welcome. i m samantha simmonds. efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce brokered by the us is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three day extension to it. the sudanese army says it s approved the idea of discussing the proposal but its rival, the rapid support forces, has not yet responded. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, with the latest. there is an invitation from salva kiir, south sudan s president, to both the warring generals to try and get them to go to the south sudanese capital to sit down and talk about another three day ceasefire, to carry on when the current one expires later today. and also to talk about humanitarian corridors within khartoum and perhaps to t
individual neutral athletes, no flags, no anthems to connect them to those countries of the olympics. they have the support of the sports federations and the athletes but this would be a huge controversial decision in ukraine has been adamant that no russian or belarusian to compete in along with those countries that support ukraine against russian and belarusian participants in the olympics and includes the usa and great britain. they re very unhappy with the conditions with which left to compete and they said the restrictions were humiliating and as for those sports, some who have not supported the ioc, the biggest sport in the athletics has been absolutely firm that they will not move or allow any russians belarusians to compete while the war in ukraine continues. the women s super league returns to england this weekend after the international break and ahead of their match against arsenal on sunday, the chelsea manager, emma hayes, has said women in football are routine
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