Morning update

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Deadly confrontations in Sudan have now entered a fourth day, as a power struggle between rival forces continues to explode into violence despite international calls for a ceasefire. 

At least 185 people have been killed and another 1,800 wounded, according to the head of the UN mission to Sudan. 

G7 foreign ministers put out a joint statement on Tuesday morning during a meeting in Japan, urging warring parties to "end hostilities immediately without pre-conditions". 

They said that the fighting "threatens the security and safety of Sudanese civilians and undermines efforts to restore Sudan's democratic transition".

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had spoken to both warring leaders: army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, known as Hemeti, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Blinken confirmed overnight that a US diplomatic convoy had been fired upon on Monday, describing it as a "reckless act". Those inside were unharmed. 

Separately on Monday evening, the EU's ambassador to Sudan was attacked in his home in Khartoum.

Fighting continues into a fourth day despite mediation efforts by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates to get both sides to agree a ceasefire. 

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