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UK Defence Minster Grant Shapps welcomes Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, the head of the Ukrainian Navy, ahead of a press conference alongside his Norwegian counterpart Bjørn Arild Gram, where they will discuss a joint defence-coalition aimed at enhancing Ukraine's ability to defend its sovereign waters and bolster security in the Black Sea. IMAGES
Images show destruction and charred vehicles at the departure hall of Khartoum airport following months of fighting between Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary RSF, which has raged since April 15. IMAGES
Images show Khartoum International Airport in a state of seeming calm as the fragile 72-hour ceasefire agreed by Sudan's warring parties holds. The halt in fighting was brokered by the United States, and has provided the opportunity for many countries to conduct the evacuation of nationals. Since April 15, deadly fighting has pitted the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces (FSR) against the regular army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, with UN agencies reporting that at least 459 people have been killed and more than 4,000 wounded so far. IMAGES
Khartoum International Airport is calm as a 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan's warring generals comes into effect after 10 days of urban combat that killed hundreds, wounded thousands and sparked a mass exodus of foreigners. IMAGES
Images of smoke rises near Khartoum International Airport, as fighting in Sudan between the forces of two rival generals showed no signs of abating. IMAGES