of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp. thank of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp. thank you of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp, thank you so of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp, thank you so much - of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp, thank you so much for- of sudan itself. the panel richard | kemp, thank you so much for your insight on bbc news just met colonel richard kemp. we are going to continue the story. so many developments. british diplomats have been evacuated from sudan. more coming up shortly. this is bbc news. so, let s continue their corresponding caroline hawley, who can us more detail and more context. caroline, i would just like to pose and remind viewers if they are just joining us what has taken place. to pause. 0bviously, joining us what has taken place. to pause. obviously, a lot more people will now be thinking if our diplomatic staff detail have been evacuated from a foreign country something has gone very wrong, so let s
the fundamental differences between the two sides, the fundamental demands they are making, don t seem reconcilable at the moment. an israel gaza peace deal hangs in the balance after hamas proposes changes to the us backed plan for a ceasefire. also tonight three russian warships and a submarine arrive in cuba, just 90 miles off the us coast. officials call the military drills non threatening . questions but do the leaders have the answers? the prime minister and his rival vying for the job face a grilling on key policy issues ahead of the uk general election. and could you go cold turkey in a digital detox? we have a special report as ten teenagers swap their smartphones for basic devices. we ll show you how they got on. we begin tonight in the middle east. us secretary of state antony blinken is back in qatar, as talks continue over the latest gaza ceasefire proposal. mr blinken says hamas has proposed a number of changes to the latest proposal some are workable,
Welcome to bbc news. Polls have closed in two parliamentary by elections in staffordshire and cumbria, following the resignations of the labour mps in stoke on Trent Central and copeland. The polls closed just over an hour ago with the results expected ataround 3am. In a moment well get the latest from tom bateman at the copeland count in whitehaven. First, lets cross to chris mason in stoke. The challenge from labour perhaps comes from ukip . It does. Good evening from stoke, where the verification of the Ballot Papers is already under. About a dozen ballot boxes have already been brought here to The Camp Centre at the start of the law night. On nights like this the law night. On nights like this the word imminent gets used frequently, but you have to define that by every hour. This is a tussle between labour, a party that has held his seat or is it very similar to it since 1930, and ukip, which hopes the breakthrough in town and city that is seen as the capital of brexit. A large maj