hello, i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where a three day ceasefire between two rival military groups has come into effect to allow people to be evacuated, but there are concerns that it may not hold. hundreds of people have died since fighting started between the sudanese army and rsf paramilitary force. in recent days, more countries have attempted to evacuate their diplomats and citizens. this is a member of the dutch military handing out earplugs as they get ready to take off. and this was the scene as the spanish defence ministry helped diplomats and citizens on to their plane. live now to kalkidan yibetal who s in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. who has the latest. as far as you are hearing at the moment, is the ceasefire holding? it looks that way. reports indicate that on monday khatoum had a relatively quiet date which helped the evacuation of many people. many foreign nationals by different countries. but, you know, if t
seven! seven! tributes pour in for the former head judge of strictly and king of the catchphrase, len goodman, who s died aged 78. he had no understanding ofjust how big he was, how much people loved him. in my own house we still never use the word seven, we say seven differently. he changed a whole number for so many of us. how a third of government money for extra school tutoring after the covid lockdown still hasn t been spent. and with just under two weeks until the coronation, a bbc poll suggests less than a third of18 21i year olds want the monarchy to continue. and coming up on bbc news: the draw for the sixth round of rugby league s challenge cup will take place shortly on the bbc. 16 teams go into the hat to see who will play whom in the ties in may. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the head of the un has called on the security council to do all it can to pull sudan back from what he called a catastrophic conflagration which could engulf the whole re
the violence must stop. it risks a catastrophic conflagration within sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond. we ll have the latest on the rescue efforts, amid reports that the military factions in sudan have agreed a temporary ceasefire. also on the programme. as nurses in england prepare to strike next week, the government says it will go to the high court to try to limit the action. good evening and welcome to tucker carlson. america s most watched cable news anchor, tucker carlson, one of donald trump s most loyal supporters, is leaving fox news. a growing list of companies decide to leave the cbi, as the business organisation admits it employed staff who spread a toxic culture. and the barrow boy who became a ballroom star len goodman of strictly has died at the age of 78. and coming up on bbc news. interim manager, cristian stellini, has been sacked by tottenham afterjust 4 matches in charge. ryan mason now has the job until the end of the season. good eve
support nearly a year after russians full scale invasion of ukraine. tennis top diplomat is expected in moscow, over fears that baiting might send lethal aid to support russia s war. then a massive 6.2 magnitude aftershock hits turkey, just two weeks after the devastating quake that left tens of thousands dead. so, it is just after eight in the morning, and in warsaw poland, where u.s. president, joe, biden is set to begin a two-day visit following a symbolic and highly secretive trip to ukraine. in the hours ahead, mr. biden will be meeting with the polish president in warsaw castle, as he marks nearly one year since russia s invasion of ukraine. and that falls a surprise trip to kyiv, on monday. a unprecedented presidential visit to an active war zone with no significant u.s. military presence. think about. that air raid sirens, in, fact could be near kyiv as he arrived. mr. biden walked alongside mr. zelenskyy, outside st. michael scott pedro and some winter sunshine was a
the lead starts right now. president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, how did the white house pull it off? plus the new promise the president is making while some republicans chastise him for growing. russian families on the run from the brutal war and ending up at the u.s. southern border. what one family went through to escape. and the murder of a bishop found dead in his california home. new details just coming in in this case. welcome to the lead. i am john berman in for jake tapper. moments ago president biden arrived back in poland after his unannounced trip to ukraine and stood side by side with president zelenskyy where biden declared putin is failing as the war nears its one year mark. biden said his trip was important to reaffirm unwavering u.s. support. one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. america stands with you, and the world stands with you. as part of the trip, biden announced another half million-dollars in assistance for ukrain