The country's doctors trade union said the deaths came during sustained fighting on Saturday, with UK and US embassies in the city both urging their citizens to stay indoors. Clashes between Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) raged around the presidential palace and Khartoum International Airport as both sides fought for control of symbolic sites. Isma'il Kushkush, an independent journalist in Khartoum, told Sky News the conflict was a "worst case scenario" - particularly if, as many fear, it signalled the start of a civil war