world chess champion, with china now holding both the men s and women s world titles. it s six in the morning in singapore, and midnight in the sudanese capital, khartoum where the two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing no sign whatsoever of stopping their fighting in the capital khartoum. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. thousands of people are still trying to get out of the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of them. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, to the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to p
code. a hollywood comeback. the golden globes return to television screens after being dropped due to a lack of diversity. hello and welcome. western leaders are warning president putin not to annex parts of ukraine, as officials in russian held areas of the country said they would be holding referendums on becoming part of russia. there are plans for votes to take place in donetsk, luhansk, kherson and zaporizhzhia regions here in red but a chorus of leaders at the un general assembly in new york said such ballots would be a sham. more on the implications of such a move in a moment, but it does come as russia has suffered a series of setbacks on the battlefield in ukraine recently. and in areas newly liberated by ukrainian forces, disturbing accounts of torture by russian soldiers are continuing to emerge. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports now from the city of izyum. a warning orla s report contains some distressing testimony. in the centre of
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president putin has announced a partial military mobilisation to help fight the war ukraine. in a television address, president putin said the west wanted the end of russia just as it had brought the soviet union to an end. it comes a day after russian occupied territories in ukraine announced votes on joining russia. that mobilisation the first since world war ii is aimed at those with previous military experience and begins today. 300,000 reservists will also be called up to reinforce the russian military in ukraine. mr putin also said that he would support independence in areas of eastern ukraine currently controlled by russia backed separatists. here s some of what president putin said in his address on russian television. translation: | repeat, | we are talking of a partial mobilisation only. 0nly people in the military reserve will be drafted. the priority will be on people who served in the armed
passengers upset and exasperated. i was meant to leave at 8:00 a.m., you know, flight canceled. another flight was going to be 11:00 a.m., canceled. one more at 3:00, canceled. we have to get home. we have a flight. it is going to be, you know, canceled. they need to let us know now so we can know what to do. the problem a huge surge in passenger traffic. call it post-pandemic rebound. the tsa says it screened more passengers on friday than on the same day in 2019. let s talk about what s happening here. business journalist mark stewart joins me now. tsa says they screened 2 1/2 million people. that is remarkable. same number as way back in february 2019. or 2020, i guess. what is that telling us about the american economy? it tells us people are finding room in their budgets to travel. it s the notion of pent-up demand. another struggle facing the economy is labor. airlines are dealing with these pilot shortages. i heard from one pilot last night, there should be scr
as a way of communication. and now, it is like many people just want to play just to enjoy it is like many people just want to playjust to enjoy it. i have to say, chess or something i m still trying to learn but i hope i m still trying to learn but i hope i have a chance to enjoy it in the i have a chance to en oy it in the future. ., , ., ., ., future. lovely to have you on the programme. thanks future. lovely to have you on the programme. thanks for - future. lovely to have you on the programme. thanks forjoining . future. lovely to have you on the i programme. thanks forjoining us. well china s economic recovery appears to be gaining momentum after three years of covid controls. the country has seen a boost in local tourism, during what it calls the golden week , to mark labour day. sunday saw a surge of local tourism, with more than 111,000 people visiting the mutianyu section of china s great wall, north of beijing. tickets to popular sites have almost sold out during the holi