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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that Sudan's military must show "restraint" toward protesters, following deadly clashes between security forces and demonstrators in recent days. SOUNDBITE
Sudanese take part in a demonstration in Khartoum marking a key civilian rule anniversary, in the decades-old struggle against the military. IMAGES
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok signs a 14-point deal with top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to restore the transition to civilian rule, nearly a month after a military coup, at the presidential palace in Khartoum. The 14-point deal provides for the reinstatement of Hamdok as prime minister and the release of civilian leaders. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Theresa May urges all sides to show restraint after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians during clashes along the Gaza border. SOUNDBITE
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
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a "standing army" of police will combat far-right riots that have flared across England, calling for ramped up criminal justice to ensure arrested offenders feel "the full force of the law". Starmer was speaking after an emergency response meeting bringing together ministers and the police to discuss how to quell the violence that first broke out in Southport, northwest England, on July 29 over the murder of three children. SOUNDBITE