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live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan, where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co—ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency's humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a "full—blown catastrophe" — warning that more than 800,000 people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port ...

on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen says the us could run out of cash byjune 1st, prompting president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week. in a letter to the leaders today, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying... the republican—controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the bankin...

in northern uganda. it was very tough because some of these things i had not experienced. a father having sexual intercourse with a daughter. granddaughter. there's nobody who can really support the person who has been raped. to me, i look at thisjustice, it's a weakjustice. this region suffered a 20—year hideous insurgency. about 55 dead bodies myself. i describe it as the war was fought in the body of the woman and the woman became the battlefield. the war ended about 15 years ago. but is the post—conflict legacyjust as horrific as the war itself? i was born in uganda, and most...

to fly out of washington, d.c. until the 6:00 p.m. tonight. instead, they very quietly gathered a press pool and left yesterday about 4:15. the president appeared in kyiv, not on his original itinerary. we were told he was just coming to poland to commemorate the one year anniversary of the russian invasion instead he droons into an active war zone. the "new york times" is reporting that he took an hour's long train ride from poland into the ukrainian capital that is besieged by the russians right now and while there he announced an extra half a billion dollars in new u.s. security a...

says the bank is ready to start cutting rates. musicians cope with stage fright. welcome to business today, i'm mark lobel. is on the second day of a state visit. he's there to meet chancellor olaf scholz for talks aimed with the us and china. the two european heavyweights want to advance plans for an eu capital markets union. that's to get investments and savings flowing across member states. however negotiations have stalled for nearly a decade because eu members do not want to relinquish control of national financial rules. so how close is the so—called single market for capital...