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The crisis in Sudan  

Fighting in Sudan after calm day: "Dream went up in smoke" 

 

In Sudan, fighting flared up again on Sunday after the 24-hour ceasefire expired, writes AFP. Just ten minutes after the ceasefire ended, new shooting and explosions were heard in the capital Khartoum, witnesses say.  

 

Saturday's truce appears to have been more widely observed than previous attempts and gave residents of war-torn Khartoum a rare opportunity to stockpile food and medicine in relative safety. 

 

- It was like a dream that has now gone up in smoke, says Khartumbon Nasreddin Ahmed, who was woken up again on Sunday by the sound of shell fire.

 

Milojko Spajic, leader of Europe now. Risto Bozovic / AP  

 

Political situation in Montenegro  

EU-friendly PES biggest in Montenegro's new elections  

 

The pro-EU party "Europe Now" (PES) looks set to become the largest party in Sunday's new elections in Montenegro, writes Reuters. PES looks set to get just over 35 percent of the vote. The second largest is the socialist party DPS, which ruled the country between 1990 and 2020 with just under 24 percent.  

 

A conservative alliance led by the pro-Serbian and pro-Russian Democratic Front got just under 15 percent. 

 

However, PES does not look like it will get its own majority and will have to form a coalition to govern.  

The election is the first since DPS leader Milo Djukanovic stepped down as president after 30 years in April this year. The hope is that the election will be able to break a political deadlock that has caused two governments to collapse since 2020.

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AI race Microsoft moves 

AI researchers from China in 'Vancouver plan'  

 

The American tech giant Microsoft is moving some of its best researchers in artificial intelligence from China to Canada, due to increased political tensions between the United States and China, writes the Financial Times.  

 

Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) in Beijing has started applying for visas to move top experts in AI to its institute in Canada. The information comes from four sources, who describe the move as the "Vancouver Plan".  

 

However, Microsoft denies that there is such a plan. The company says instead that the aim is to establish a new research center in Vancouver that will be linked to MSRA.