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

I'm Jackie Leonard and in the early hours of Sunday,

the 30th of April, these are our main stories.

Sudan's army says it's launching a major assault on Khartoum

with heavy weapons to try to dislodge arrival militia force there.

Police in Texas say they believe the latest mass gun attack happened

when a family asked a man to end his shooting practice nearby

to allow their baby to get to sleep.

And a Ukrainian intelligence official says a huge fire

in the Russian occupied port of Sevastopol has destroyed 40,000 tons of oil products.

Also in this podcast.

It's really nice, but it's a little sad too.

I've seen a lot of people in the audience today in tears,

so it's obviously something that means a lot to a lot of people.

The sculpture is unveiled in Norway in memory of Freyr, the walrus.

And we begin in Sudan.

As we record this podcast, the violence seems to be escalating.

The army said on Saturday that it had launched a large-scale attack

from all directions on the Capitol Khartoum in an effort

to recapture areas held by the rival rapid support forces.

It has urged people to remain indoors and stay away from windows

as it deploys tanks and other artillery

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