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ever april day. hello, a very warm welcome. i m samantha simmonds. efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce brokered by the us is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three day extension to it. the sudanese army says it s approved the idea of discussing the proposal but its rival, the rapid support forces, has not yet responded. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, with the latest. there is an invitation from salva kiir, south sudan s president, to both the warring generals to try and get them to go to the south sudanese capital to sit down and talk about another three day ceasefire, to carry on when the current one expires later today. and also to talk about humanitarian corridors within khartoum and perhap ....
Listen to the foreign secretary, james cleverly. . . listen to the foreign secretary, james cleverly. we are monitoring the kind of grassroots james cleverly. we are monitoring. the kind of grassroots communication channels the kind of grassroots communication channels and what we know is that as of last channels and what we know is that as of last night channels and what we know is that as of last night it was possible to navigate of last night it was possible to navigate directly from khartoum to the airlift navigate directly from khartoum to the airlift. the feedback we have been the airlift. the feedback we have been getting, whilst it is not a pleasant been getting, whilst it is not a pleasant journey been getting, whilst it is not a pleasantjourney or been getting, whilst it is not a pleasant journey or necessarily an easy journey, pleasant journey or necessarily an easyjourney, it has been facilitated by the sudanese military on the facilitated by the sudanese m ....