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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
Sudan's army chief warns at the United Nations that months of war could spill over in the region as he urged international pressure on the paramilitary unit he is fighting. SOUNDBITE
The extreme heat in the northern hemisphere is putting an increasing strain on healthcare systems, hitting hardest those least able to manage its consequences, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says during a weekly virtual briefing. "Extreme heat puts increased pressure on health systems. Exposure to excessive heat has wide-ranging impacts on health, often amplifying existing conditions and resulting in premature death," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells journalists. SOUNDBITE
At a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, the head of the UN's refugee agency Filippo Grandi says, "Today we pass the mark of half a million refugees from Sudan, following the beginning of the conflict." He also says that the number of people now internally displaced in the conflict torn nation is now at two million. SOUNDBITE
Sudan is descending into "death and destruction" at an unprecedented speed, UN chief Antonio Guterres tells a pledging conference in Geneva, as he stressed that attacks against civilians based on their ethnic identities "could amount to crimes against humanity." SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for an end to the conflict in Sudan, saying the country cannot afford such destruction at a desperate time. SOUNDBITE