UNITED NATIONS WANTS SUDAN SIDES HELD TO ACCOUNT AS THREE MILLION FLEE.

Nearly three months of war in Sudan have uprooted more than three million people.

This is according to the United Nations which called for the warring sides to face “accountability”.

Britain said it was taking action, announcing sanctions on businesses associated with Sudanese military groups on both sides of the conflict.

Fighting has raged in the northeast African country since mid-April, when army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, turned on each other.

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OVER FIFTY KENYAN CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL AFTER NAIROBI TEAR-GAS.

Fifty-three children have been rushed to hospital in Nairobi after tear gas was thrown into their class by police during protests.

Dr Aron Shikuku from Eagle Nursing Home hospital said they have now stabilised the unconscious children.

There have been demonstrations around the country called by the opposition over the rising cost of living, but they’ve turned deadly.

Authorities said six people have been killed.

Human rights bodies however put the number of those dead at 12, with many more injured.

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LAWYERS SUE SPAIN OVER SENEGAL MIGRANT DEATHS.

Prosecutors in the Canary Islands have filed a lawsuit alleging that negligence by the Spanish authorities may have led to the deaths of 36 migrants who tried to reach the territory in an inflatable boat last month.

The vessel sank after waiting 10 hours for help.

Prosecutors say crimes such as failure to provide assistance may have been committed.

Spain’s coastal rescue service has defended itself against accusations of negligence after it was reported that one of its boats was just one hour away from the migrant vessel.

A Moroccan boat picked up the 24 survivors.

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DEADLY HEATWAVE SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTHERN EUROPE.

A heatwave is sweeping across parts of southern Europe and north-west Africa, with potential record-breaking temperatures in the coming days.

Temperatures are expected to surpass 40C (104F) in parts of Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Turkey.

In Italy, temperatures could reach as high as 48.8C (119.8F).

A red alert warning has been issued for 10 cities, including Florence and Rome.

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SUDAN’S RSF DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN WEST DARFUR VIOLENCE.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias deny any role in recent violence in West Darfur, slamming allegations by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that they waged a massacre.

According to HRW, 28 members of the Masalit tribe were killed and dozens of civilians were injured by the RSF and allies who then destroyed the town of Misterei in May.

But Mustafa Ibrahim, who’s an advisor to the RSF top brass, tells the BBC the clashes there were part of an ongoing civil war between local tribes and the Masalit tribes “which is old and renewed”.

Rights groups have documented numerous abuses in the region, where Arab militias have been targeting non-Arabs.

People in El Geneina and surrounding areas have suffered some of the worst violence since this conflict began.

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NORTH KOREA FIRES LONG-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE.

North Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile, the South Korean military said Wednesday, days after Pyongyang threatened to down US spy planes that violated its airspace.

Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points ever, with diplomacy stalled and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling for increased weapons development, including tactical nukes.

In response, Seoul and Washington have ramped up security cooperation, vowing that Pyongyang would face a nuclear response and the “end” of its current government were it to ever use its nuclear weapons against the allies.

South Korea’s military said it had detected the launch of a long-range ballistic missile from the Pyongyang area.

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UNITED KINGDOM MINISTER WARNS WEST NOT AMAZON FOR UKRAINE WEAPONS.

United Kingdom Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace sounded an off note in London’s normally harmonious relationship with Kyiv on Wednesday, suggesting Ukraine should show more gratitude to its allies and griping Britain is not an “Amazon” for military supplies.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak moved quickly to head off the suggestion that London was annoyed by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s fierce lobbying at the NATO summit for more Western support in his battle against the Russian invasion.

And Zelensky himself brushed off any suggestions of tension in the relationship.

But, against a background of Ukrainian frustration that the two-day NATO summit in Vilnius had not produced an invitation for Kyiv to join the alliance on a clear timeframe, Wallace’s comments triggered embarrassing headlines and suggestions of discord.

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