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- United Nations chief Antonio Guterres calls warring sides in Sudan to implement a three-day ceasefire marking the Eid al-Fitr holiday to allow trapped civilians to escape and access medical treatment, food and other essential supplies.
- In separate interviews earlier with Al Jazeera, the leaders of the rival forces refused to negotiate with each other, as fighting continued for a sixth day.
- The comments by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his chief rival, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader General Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo, dimmed hopes of a ceasefire.
- The death toll has surpassed 300, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
- UNICEF says the fighting in Sudan has taken a “devastating toll” on children. Amnesty International says the spread of the conflict is exacerbating the plight of civilians in the Darfur region.
- As many as 70 percent of hospitals in the capital, Khartoum, and neighbouring states are “out of service”, according to the doctors’ union.