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

I'm Paul Moss and at 13 hours GMT on Monday 8th May, these are our main stories.

While fighting continues in Sudan, it's confirmed that face-to-face talks have begun between the two sides,

but with what chance of success?

The Ukrainian capital Kiev has suffered its fourth night of Russian air strikes in just over a week.

Also in this podcast, the United Nations has called on the Taliban to stop public stoning,

flogging and execution.

And the BBC has a new way of broadcasting live from a bicycle.

Welcome to the Bike Bureau.

This is like a Swiss Army knife for mobile broadcasting.

We start in Sudan where increased fighting's been reported in the southern parts of the capital Khartoum,

and we're no longer talking about a straightforward battle between two sides, government and insurgents.

There are reports of armed gangs now marauding and looting supplies.

Hundreds of people have been killed since the conflict began.

More than 100,000 have fled the country.

There have been several ceasefires called, but none apparently achieving very much.

Formal talks have now begun involving the two main antagonists, the Army,

and the insurgent group known as the Rapid Support Force more of that later.

But first, we hear from the neighbouring country South Sudan,

which many refugees have fled to.

South Sudan is a relatively new country, which won formal independence from Sudan in 2011.

And it's had plenty of troubles of its own.

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