Earlier on Tuesday, fighting had broken out between the warring groups in the city of Omdurman - which is also in Khartoum state and part of the capital region.
Nicusor Dan didn't only win because he was not Simion.His voters liked what he stood for, including a future firmly within Europe.
When thousands surrounded his campaign headquarters last night to wait for him to claim victory, many brought EU flags. There was relief as well as excitement.Before the election, young voters had told me they planned radical action if Simion won."So many friends say that they will leave Romania because our values do not align with him at all," politics graduate Sergiana told me in central Bucharest. "I feel like in a year or two he would completely mess up our chances to stay in the EU."
By contrast, Dan put relations with Europe at the heart of his campaign."It's better for the European way, for younger people and for Romania – because we get more EU funds, more development," another young voter, Catalin Petrosanu, approved.
"Also Nicusor is the smartest guy since the revolution. He knows how to do things."
In the end, Dan's win was emphatic. But millions of Romanian voters chose a different way, different values. While hopes for the 'change' candidate are high, the challenges are huge and patience may be limited."The House of Lords did a vote, and it was more than two to one in our favour," he said. "The government just looked at it as if to say, 'Hmm, well the old people ... like me can afford it.'"
On Monday, the House of Lords voted by a 147 majority to amend the Data (Use and Access) Bill to add transparency requirements, which aim to ensure copyright holders have to give permission for their work to be used.But on Wednesday MPs in the House of Commons voted to reject this change, meaning the bill will continue to go back and forth between the two Houses until they reach an agreement on it.
Sir Elton warned the government was on course to "rob young people of their legacy and their income", adding that he thought the government was "just being absolute losers, and I'm very angry about it".The singer said that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer needed to "wise up" and described Technology Secretary Peter Kyle as "a bit of a moron".