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on mark selby and anthony mcgill also in action against si and these are the live pictures. this is a battle between two four—time champions. this is a repeat of the 2017 and 2007 finals and at the momentjohn higgins is holding the frame, but it is the first frame. you can keep across the coverage on bbc two and across the bbc sport website. a big game at the bottom of the premier league this evening as leicester city travel to elland road to take on leeds united. leeds have lost the...

and the singer harry belafonte has died. welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan — and developments in the last hour or so — with the uk government urging british passport holders to head to an airfield to the north of khartoum, tojoin evacuation flights. previous advice — to wait until they are contacted — has been dropped. the foreign secretary, james cleverly, said uk nationals would have to make the riskyjourney to the airbase �*without a military escort�* — and warned...

at the age of 80, mr biden is already the oldest holder of the office in history. we will have more reaction to that announcement. and described as the king of calypso — the legendary singer and campaigner— harry belafonte has died aged 96. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with snooker — and ronnie 0sullivan made his 100th appearance at the crucible this morning as he continues his bid for a record eighth title —...

emerged prince william was paid a long sum by the owners of the sun newspaper to the north and beyond is a very difficult route. joe biden confirms he will stand for a second term as us president. and it has emerged prince william was paid a long sum by the owners of the sun newspaper to settle historic phone hacking claims. and described as the king of calypso, harry belafonte has died at the age of 96. welcome to bbc news. lets start in sudan, with the uk government urging british pa...

welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan. the first british evacuation flight from sudan has departed and two more are expected overnight, prime minister rishi sunak�*s spokesperson has said. the spokesperson added that the government was examining alternative evacuation routes including looking at using the port of sudan. a shaky ceasefire is holding in the sudanese capital, khartoum, allowing civilians out on to the streets for the first time in days. some gunfire can still be heard,...

moment but now we can head to the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. theres a big game at the bottom of the premier league this evening as leicester city travel to elland road to take on leeds united. javi gracias side have lost their last three games and conceded 13 goals in the process sliding down the table and now sitting just a point above tonights opponents. leicester picked up their first win under new manager dean smith at the weekend. he is hoping thatjamie vardy, harvey ...

and raindrops keep falling on my head, has died at the age of 94. just crucial, he has influenced so many people. i think its amazing that he could see people as diverse as elvis costello and the hip—hop producer, dr. dre. ukraines president volodymyr zelensky takes his plea for fighter jets to european union leaders after his surprise visit to the uk yesterday. planned strike action by firefighters is postponed after employers make a new pay offer to be considered by union members. ...

Again, its going to be breezy across the north. Weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. And were into a milder air mass, i think, on friday. Ourairsource coming in off the atlantic. So a lot of cloud around, it starts off sunny and cold in the south, but i think cloud may build up through the afternoon. So im thinking, i think friday afternoon looks cloudier than what we had through today. Some splashes of rain across the north, double figure values for most of us. Could be up to around 8 9 c...

also in the programme... president zelensky addresses the european parliament — saying ukraine is fighting to protect europes way of life president zelensky pleas for. we start with the devastation following mondays earthquakes in turkey and syria, where mass graves are being dug, as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have lost their lives. rescuers are continuing desperate attempts to find and free survivors, four days after the quakes hit. the world health or...

welcome to the programme. the updates from turkey and syria are relentlessly grim. the deathtoll has now passed 20,000 — but only a fraction of the devastated areas have been searched, with hope fading for those still trapped. though there are still miracles. these pictures have recently come in from diyarbakir — and they show a little boy, six—year—old basir yildiz, being rescued. crews had been digging for him for 80 hours. but even for the lucky ones like basir, there are ch...