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world chess champion, with china now holding both the men's and women's world titles. it's six in the morning in singapore, and midnight in the sudanese capital, khartoum where the two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing no sign whatsoever of stopping their fighting in the capital khartoum. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. thousands of people are still trying to get out of the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of them. we ar...

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Finally some big chess news — china now holds both the men's and women's world titles after ding liren became china's first world chess champion. ding takes over as winner of the world chess championship from norway's magnus carlsen, who chose not to defend his title after a 10—year reign. 30—year—old ding won the rapid chess playoff against russian—born ian nepomniachtchi in astana, in kazakhstan. well, to discuss this further, i'm nowjoined by shohreh bayat who is an arbiter for the international chess federation. it's great to get you on the programme. some really exciting news in...