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

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

the 29th of April, these are our main stories.

The leader of the paramilitary force fighting Sudan's army has told the BBC

he'll take part in peace talks if there's a pause in hostilities.

The European Union has averted a crisis over Ukraine's crop exports

with a deal that will allow them to continue passing through Eastern Europe.

Andy Ranz says it will reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia within days.

Also in this podcast, the therapy that's using some of the healthy and good good bacteria

that obviously come out when you do a poo, but it's taking those so that when you take the poo,

you're taking tens of millions of these healthy gut bacteria.

FDA approval for a pill derived from human waste bacteria to fight dangerous gut infections.

Since hostilities broke out in Sudan on April 15th,

hundreds of people have died, thousands have fled and declared ceasefires have been only

sporadically observed. Now though, the leader of the paramilitary group fighting the army,

General Muhammad Hamdan Dagelow, known as Hamedi, says he is ready for peace talks

if there is a cessation of hostilities.

We agreed to another truce last night and made a commitment.

Unfortunately, the government continues bombing us from their airplanes relentlessly since the morning.

These people are not committed to the ceasefire. I have no problems with the truce.

It's for the Sudanese people. We sacrifice our souls for the Sudanese people and democratic transition.

The current agreed ceasefire which began on Thursday night, just as the previous equally shaky one

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