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Exclusive: Charities and civil groups say FO pursued an over-optimistic agenda of ‘democracy first’ in Sudan
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
The UK Foreign Office has been accused of ignoring repeated warnings from Sudanese groups and western experts that Sudan was teetering on the brink of a conflict that would lead to mass atrocities and identity-based crimes.… Read the rest
German Marshall Fund says oligarchs biding their time until after war ends to reassert their influence
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Western powers will only protect Ukraine’s multibillion-dollar postwar recovery if they agree a unified strategy to make aid conditional on clear progress on combating judicial corruption, reinstating the obligation on Ukrainian public officials to declare assets and ensuring all recovery finds can be digitally traced, according to an authoritative report from the German Marshall Fund.… Read the rest
Authorities warn of landslides after conducting several thousand flood rescues in two days
At least 11 people were killed in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul after an extra-tropical cyclone struck the region, according to the state’s authorities.
Mediators from the US and Saudi Arabia broker pause after airstrikes on Khartoum kill 17 civilians including five children
Sudan’s warring generals agreed to a new 72-hour truce to take place from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly airstrikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.
Deputy defence minister tells Guardian that Ukrainian forces are making progress, with far fewer deaths than Russia
Daniel Boffey in Kyiv
The centre of the fighting in Ukraine has switched to the road to Mariupol, where the Ukrainian offensive is slowly pushing back Russian forces, and British Challenger tanks are ready to join battle, a minister in Kyiv has said.… Read the rest