live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where thousands continue to flee the worsening violence between rival military factions. the fighting started nearly a week ago and so far it s claimed at least 350 lives. civilians in the capital khartoum who are trapped between the factions are running low on food and water. efforts are under way to secure a three day truce to mark the muslim holiday of eid al fitr. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest. another sunrise over khartoum. but still no sign of the promised ceasefire in sudan s shell shocked capital. across this vast country, hospitals are increasingly overwhelmed. these are the victims of a power struggle between two rival armies, a war that has been waged in crowded cities with no regard for civilian life. doctors can t even reach many of the wounded. our volunteers live in fields and provide service apart from hospitals, very close to thei
in history to achieve it at the crucible and it could earn him nearly $70,000. hello there. welcome along to the program. now let s start with the champions league, because we now know the semi final line up. manchester city will play real madrid after completing thejob in germany against bayern munich in their quarterfinal. while it s inter against ac milan in the other semi after inter held off benfica while joe lynskey watched all the action unfold and joins us now. joe, good to see you. manchester city had a commanding lead to take to munich, didn t they? and they they got the job done. yeah, professionaljob from manchester city paul in an intimidating place at the allianz arena. they drew one one with bayern munich on the night. but that three nil lead they built up in manchester in the first leg more than enough to see them through this quarterfinal and into the semifinals to play real madrid, the same team who beat them at the same stage in this competition last year.
i ve got a purpose in life out there. you didn t have any military experience previously? 100% civilian. from those who d never held a weapon to experienced soldiers, british volunteers are fighting and dying alongside the people of ukraine. i didn t find out till the day before he was going. a lot of people are like, why you are here and why are you doing this? is there a kind of war tourism? as i tracked down the people who didn t have to be in this war, we find stories of bravery. get me a chest seal, open the bag. ..and friendship. everyone 0k? i am proud of what i ve achieved, i m proud of the guys who i m out there with. ..of a search for adventure and of sacrifice. i wish we could ve kept him here. we re on our way to the ukrainian border to meet up with a medical team that are helping evacuate an injured british fighter. but their ambulance has broken down and they ve had to get another one, so fingers crossed they ll make it out. thousands of volunteers have made
meanwhile, the us house select committee on china is preparing for a potential conflict between china and taiwan. axios reported that bipartisan members from conducted a war game scenario on wednesday in which china invaded taiwan. axios reported that bipartisan members conducted a war game scenario on wednesday in which china invaded taiwan. it came just over a week after china s military conducted live fire drills around taiwan in response to taiwanese president tsai ing wen s transit through the us this month. we can discuss that now with congressman jake auchincloss from massachusetts. he is part of that house select committee on china. congressman, good evening to you. thank you forjoining us. let s start with what we heard from the treasury secretary janet yellen there, saying the us and china need a constructive and fair relationship. is she right? yes. there s1.4 billion people in china. they are a huge trading partner notjust to the united states but to our alli
dismissed the possibility of negotiations with the paramilitary rsf. the violence is now thought to have killed at least 330 people with thousands more injured. many khartoum residents have been trapped inside their homes. dalia abdelmoniem ventured outside for the first time in almost a week ahead of the upcoming eid holiday. no one is celebrating. what these men have done to us, i don t think there s no words to describe if you know, the ramifications of what they ve done. i don t know how we as a people or as a country can recover. in light of the worsening situation, us officials say they are readying for a possible evacuation of staff from the american embassy in khartoum, moving more us troops to a base in nearby djibouti. bbc s barbara plett usher has more from washington. the pentagon says that it s deploying these extra troops and equipment in the region near sudan it doesn t say where. but according to reports they re being sent to the us base in djibouti, and