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Sudan’s army and its rival paramilitary said on Sunday they will extend a humanitarian ceasefire a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid but the shaky truce has not so far stopped the clashes. In statements, both sides accused the other of violations. The agreement has de-escalated the fighting in some areas but violence continues to push civilians to flee.

The Health Secretary must take urgent action to end the “betrayal” of long Covid sufferers started by his predecessor, Scottish Labour has said. The party’s health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said thousands of sufferers are living a “precarious existence” and risk being forgotten about by the Scottish Government if action is not taken. An estimated 172,000 people in Scotland are reported to be living with long Covid and many are unable

Back To The Future film series star Michael J Fox has said that “optimism is sustainable” in the face of Parkinson’s despite the disease becoming “harder and tougher” to live with. The 61-year-old activist and former Hollywood actor – who was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease a year after Back To The Future Part III was released in 1990 – is also known for the films Teen Wolf and Doc Hollywood along with the series Spin City. Fox told CBS Sunday Morning: “It sucks, having Parkinson’s… for some families, some

Liz Truss is contesting a Government bill relating to her use of the grace-and-favour country house she had access to as foreign secretary. The former prime minister has been asked to pay about £12,000 for costs incurred while she spent time at the Chevening estate, the Mail on Sunday reported. The invoice covers the period last summer when she was preparing for her short-lived premiership and is understood to have

Sergio Perez breathed fresh life into this season’s world championship by beating Max Verstappen to victory in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Perez took advantage of an early safety car to stop for new tyres and leapfrog Verstappen in the other Red Bull. The Mexican controlled the remainder of the race to take the chequered flag 2.1 seconds clear of Verstappen. Charles Leclerc, who started on pole position, finished third for

The public watching at home will be invited to play an active role in the ceremony for the first time ever Millions watching the coronation around the world are to be asked to cry out and swear allegiance to the King, with the public given an active role in the ancient ceremony for the first time in history. Charles’s coronation has been modernised to include the first ever Homage of the People. Lambeth Palace said it

Royal College of Nursing members will walk out from 8pm tonight NHS organisations across the country are braced for significant disruption as nurses prepare to stage a 28-hour strike over pay. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will hold industrial action from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday night after voting to reject the latest Government offer. The union initially said it would not agree to derogations – broad areas of