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The United States calls on Sudan's army to join US-brokered ceasefire talks that get underway in Switzerland with only one side in the brutal war, the rival Rapid Support Forces. "We have stressed that they have a responsibility to be there, and we'll continue to make that clear," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United Nations Security Council calls for a ceasefire in Sudan to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as conditions in the country deteriorate. Fourteen countries backed the resolution, proposed by Britain, with only Russia abstaining on the vote that called on "all parties to the conflict to seek a sustainable resolution to the conflict through dialogue." IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for warring parties in Sudan to agree to a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "I call on all parties in Sudan to honor the values of Ramadan by honoring a Ramadan cessation of hostilities," he tells a Security Council meeting. SOUNDBITE
Images show destruction and charred vehicles at the departure hall of Khartoum airport following months of fighting between Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary RSF, which has raged since April 15. IMAGES
Smoke billows and gunshots ring out during clashes in Khartoum between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army. For the fourth straight day, Sudanese paramilitaries fought the regular army for control of a key armoured corps base in the capital's south. IMAGES
Smoke billows over Khartoum as fighting between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces intensifies. The United States and Saudi Arabia made a renewed push for truce talks between Sudan's warring generals as deadly fighting has raged into its eighth week. IMAGES
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