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Images show Khartoum International Airport in a state of seeming calm as the fragile 72-hour ceasefire agreed by Sudan's warring parties holds. The halt in fighting was brokered by the United States, and has provided the opportunity for many countries to conduct the evacuation of nationals. Since April 15, deadly fighting has pitted the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (FSR) against the regular army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, with UN agencies reporting that at least 459 people have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded so far. IMAGES
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir pledges he would not return the country to war, in a speech marking 10 troubled years of independence. The world's newest nation, South Sudan declared independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. Just two years later it was plunged into a devastating civil war that claimed almost 400,000 lives and displaced four million people. SOUNDBITE
South Sudan President Salva Kiir replaces his vice president and rival Riek Machar, a move that could potentially undermine last year's peace deal and reignite war in Africa's youngest nation.
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Alex Garland, the visionary writer/director behind groundbreaking science fiction hits like “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation,” is back with his new film “Civil War.” Watch our own Sean O’Connell sit down with Garland and the star-studded cast (Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura) as they discuss the grueling difficulty of shooting a film with such tension, cinematic childhood influences and what the film taught them about the political divide. 0:00 - Intro. 0:25 - Alex Garland Gushes About Cailee Spaeny 1:05 - Kirsten Dunst Names Her Childhood Cinematic Mentors 1:50 - Alex Garland On His Inspiration For Making A Film About Journalists 2:30 - Alex Garland Describes The Toughest Scenes To Shoot In ‘Civil War’ 3:35 - The ‘Civil War’ Cast Never Had A Rest Day 4:10 - Why Alex Garland Starts Writing At The End 4:50 - What Wagner Moura Learned While Shooting ‘Civil War’ #CivilWar #AlexGarland #KirstenDunst SUBSCRIBE to CinemaBlend's channel HERE - https://www.youtube.com/cinemablend For the latest entertainment news and analysis go here: Movie News: http://www.cinemablend.com/news.php/ Movie Reviews: http://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/ TV News: http://www.cinemablend.com/television/ Celebrity News: http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/ Superheroes: http://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/ Movie Trailers & Film Clips: http://www.cinemablend.com/trailers/
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, says that a projected imminent famine in war-torn Gaza "can and must be prevented". In a recorded statement, he warns that Israel's restrictions on the entry of aid and its ongoing attacks "may amount to the use of starvation as a method of war, which is a war crime". SOUNDBITE