live from washington, this is bbc news. fighting is continuing in parts of sudan despite a 72 hour ceasefire largely holding. the government, the un, and everyone, please, save sudan and save the people of sudan. the south korean and the us presidents have vowed that any north korean use of nuclear weapons will prompt an overwhelming joint response and ukraine s president zelensky holds his first phone call with his chinese counterpart since the war began. hello i m sumi somaskanda, here in washington. we start in sudan,
do you have a josh hawley and a ted cruz. but the thrust of the members in the senate who are republicans are pretty loyal to mitch mcconnell and for good reason. margaret hoover gets the last word. sorry, john. good to have you both on. it always happens that way. i m sure it is not the first time. it is not the first time. it is okay. be well. coming up, a reminder that vice president mike pence will join jake tapper for a live town hall this wednesday night at 9:00 eastern time. and this hour, president biden meets xi jinping for the first time since biden took office. he admitted it is not all kumbaya and but he had a good exchange. and a university of virginia honor student is on the run after shooting five people. he killed three of them. we ll bring you latest on the
state. also this hour, one of the all-time tennis greats state. also this hour, one of the all-time tennis greats roger- state. also this hour, one of the - all-time tennis greats roger federer all time tennis greats roger federer has announced his retirement. and president putin has admitted that china has concerns about the war in ukraine as he meets president xi jinping for the first time since the invasion of ukraine. for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, a warm welcome. welcome to the programme. tens of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster where the queue is currently stretching over some 5 km. some people waited for more than eight hours to get here inside westminster hall, where the closed coffin is being guarded by soldiers from units that serve the royal household.
satellite images about the bombing show the word children spelled out on two sides of the theater. if that is not considered a war crime by human beings, what is? the u.s. said putin shows no signs of relenting and may be growing more desperate with secretary blinken warning about his possible next steps. we believe that moscow may be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame ukraine to justify escalating the attacks on the ukrainian people. we believe russia will bring mercenaries from foreign countries to ukraine. president biden will hold a critical call tomorrow with chinese president xi jinping for the first time since november. he will assess where president xi stands. children is considering answering the request for more military equipment in ukraine. we re considering that their
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