This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson and at 13 hours GMT on Thursday 4 May, these are our main stories.

Gunfire and explosions in the Sudanese capital Khartoum despite hopes of a seven-day ceasefire

between the two warring generals. Russia blames the United States for Wednesday's alleged

drone attack on the Kremlin. Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Zelensky tells the

International Criminal Court he believes it will soon host Vladimir Putin.

Also in this podcast we speak to the man taking on President Erdogan

and scientists get their hands on human DNA from 20,000 years ago.

This rate of around 20,000 years ago was the peak of the last I say, so it would have been very cold.

Despite all the demonstrations and supposed ceasefires and despite the international outcry

and huge evacuation effort, the sound of fighting continues to resound across the Sudanese capital

Khartoum. There has also been intensive bombardment in the adjoining cities of Omduraman and Bari.

The army has again said it was ready to abide by a ceasefire, but there's been no response

from the rival paramilitary, the rapid support forces. The United Nations' aid chief has said

it will be difficult to secure an end to the fighting as the warring parties seem keen to keep it

going. Martin Griffiths was speaking to our chief international correspondent, Least Do Set,

after a visit to Port Sudan. It's a shocking crisis first because as you have heard and as I have

now heard, the tales of traumatic atrocity that we have seen, they have seen in Khartoum and of

course Daffour is lighting up, are pretty unparalleled. That's appalling and as people say that will

lead to a generational problem of reconciliation anyway. The second I think really, really deeply

concerning aspect is the speed with which of course it's going viral and the way in which all

these efforts to get national ceasefires or local ceasefires or temporary ceasefires have all stumbled,

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