As President Donald Trump presses ahead with his attempt to end the war in Ukraine, he is leaning on an old ally: Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose success in mediating an end to the conflict could deepen his already warm ties to the new American president.

Sudan's RSF have killed more than 200 people in attacks on villages around the town of al-Gitaina in White Nile state over the past three days, an activist group said.