criminal charges are dropped against the hollywood actor alec baldwin for his involvement in the fatal shooting of a colleague on set. in sudan, people flee the endless violence as military factions battle for overall control. violence as military factions battle ignition. violence as military factions battle ignition. violence as military factions battle two, wm violence as military factions battle two, one. in texas, the most powerful space rocket every built takes off, but minutes later, the unmanned craft explodes into pieces. and manchester united press the self distruct and coming up on bbc news, can west ham get past gent and booked their ticket for a second consecutive european semifinal? good evening. dominic raab s future as deputy prime minister hangs in the balance tonight, as number ten considers a report on his conduct. complaints from within government about mr raab s alleged bullying have been investigated independently by a senior barrister. the prime m
History is laid to rest. An isil suicide bomber killed at least 60 in iraq. Police say a truck packed with explosives was driven into a security checkpoint 90 kilometers south of baghdad. Ninety were killed, many civilians. Another explosion killed several people near rimadi where iraqi soldiers are trying to advance with the help that coalition fighter jets. Lets take you go to the iraqi capital and jane in baghdad. What more do we know about the explosion . You can see from those images how devastating that impact was. Thats because theres always a long line of cars there. Its the major checkpoint which is very closing to the ancient city of babylon that you have to drive to to get to pretty much any point south. Many would have been there and at that major checkpoint staffed by iraqi soldiers and federal police, they would routinely be pulled over and made to wait while cars and other vehicles were checked for explosives. Thats where the blast went off. Thats where the suicide bombe
into deeper turmoil. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. as andrew was saying there, the focus of this latest phase of sudan s troubles is the conflict between two military leaders, battling for outright control. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is here to tell us what s at stake. huw. what do we know about the two military men at the centre of this crisis, general abdel fattah al burhan and mohamed hamdan dagalo, a former warlord known as hemeti? both served under the previous president, omaral bashir, until they tuned on him in 2019, after months of pro democracy protests. they have large numbers of troops at their disposal. general al burhan has the regular military around 120,000 strong. while hemeti has the rapid support forces, as many as 150,000, with a fearsome reputation for violence. why are they fighting now?
and is no longer attacking protesters. they ve been on the ground about 48 hours. their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league ober force is a sudden and east commander. not only a commander but also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omaral bashir, a man wanted for genocide in crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team told reuters that things were calm and there were no clashes which has seen some of the deadliest violence. he said the situation seems reassuring. he said some places looked a bit of a mess but there was nothing frightening. nothing frightening. that is not what we have been hearing from people in and around homes for months and not what you will hear from a reporter that snuck into that city and returned. the footage he took is very disturbing. we re going to show you that in a moment as well. there s other video from homes to show you, but before