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hello and welcome to the programme. im lewis vaughan jones. we start in sudan, where gunfire has been sounding across the capital, khartoum. in the past hour, were hearing from the sudans army that they will facilitate evacuations of diplomats and nationals from the united states, the uk, france, china and saudi arabia, as another temporary truce between warring army factions fails. the latest development it seems that international pressure from those countries, could potentially, com...

we start with the news that the australian comedian barry humphries — best known for his character dame edna everage — has died at the age of 89. hed been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david silitto, looks back at his life. dame edna everage! hello, possums! ...

laboratories, yesterday. they paused the court ruling that would have restricted access to the nationwide abortion pill, mifepristone. for, now at least until next week access to mifepristone ha been preserved the matter is far from resolved and the future of abortion pills remains uncertain. the order merely maintains the status quo for a few more days to allow the justices time t consider the issue the white house, on the othe hand, is doubling down o defending reproductive rights. o...

wrexham football club, whose takeover by hollywood stars gained worldwide attention, are celebrating their return to the english football league. the owners ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney watched the club beat boreham wood 3—1 to win the national league title. the club posting this video of the team celebrating on their twitter page — with the caption: "fearless in devotion, rising t0 promotion!" prince william has tweeted his congratulations. our correspondent, tomos dafydd, joi...

examining spending cuts needed to. balance americas budget. west virginia senator joe manchin on what hes willing to support to unleash americas energy assets. plus, the people of east palestine, ohio, are still reeling after pete buttigieg showed up three weeks after the train derailment. and then claimed to be on private time as president biden jetted off to ukraine and poland. >> are you going down will? >> whats that? >> are you going down there at all? >> yes, i am. >> when are yo...

as another cease fire fails. here now a reminder of why this has all taken place. sudans army general is fighting the leader of a paramilitary group which is led by general mohammed dagalo. they had been showing karas they led a coup in 2021. now they disagree on how sudan should be governed. with multiple ceasefires broken and fighting entering its second week, there are questions about how and when this conflict will end. a former us assistant secretary former us assistant secretary ...

chinese by flight over the carolina coast. now china is threatening retaliation. the foreign ministry says there is another aircraft flying over the skies of latin america. in the meantime u.s. navy divers working to recover degree to recover until you are the aircraft spotted by residents from montana a week ago, which was days after it first enter the u.s. airspace from mainland china. that leads to questions about when the biden administration and why it waited so long to shoot it d...

so now heres what we know. the balloon is about 200 feet high, the pay load, which you saw suspended beneath it to gather intelligence was about the size of a jetliner. that debris, which is expected to include glass solar panels was spread out over the size of 15 football fields. may have included battery material, explosives that would detonate that vehicle. the pieces now on their way, some of them, to the fbi lab at quantico for analysis. so theres a lot of discussion about how thi...

this hour about these missing americans? >> alison, a source familiar with this investigation tells me that it appears as though this was the case of mistaken identity. these four americans who had traveled from texas into mexico in order to what the source says obtain a medical procedure were targeted by this cartel who thought that they were attacking a haitian drug smuggling groups. of course weve seen rival gangs and rival factionss. mexie in violence. it appears as though these am...

continue throughout sudan live in nairobi with a look at where the 72 hour ceasefire stands. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. abortion rights supporters across the united states are celebrating a victory, at least for now. the supreme court has moved to protect access to a commonly used drug for abortions and miscarriages. but its not clear how long this protection will last. cnns emily schmidt has details on the courts ruling and the next steps in the legal...