at least 28 people have been killed in two bomb blasts in pakistan. the explosions took place at political offices in the baluchistan province on the eve of the country s general election. the united nation s humanitarian coordinator has warned that the crisis in sudan is being forgotten by the international community. martin griffiths said at least 25 million people were in urgent need of aid because of the civil war. the un is appealing forjust over four billion dollars to fund aid operations. the british dental association has called the government s plans to give bonuses to dentists who take on new nhs patients in england rearranging the deckchairs . the measures include one off payments to those who practice in under served areas, incentives to take on new patients and more help for children. labour says the plans don t go far enough. prince william has returned to royal duties, after taking some time to be with his wife, the princess of wales, as she recovers from s
hello from the bbc sport centre. hello i m chetan pathak with your latest sports news we start at afcon the 34th edition of the africa cup of nations has reached the semi final stage with both matches on wednesday. the hosts ivory coast play the democratic republic of congo but before that it s the other heavyweights nigeria. who play south africa. and they ve been given a massive boost with striker victor osimhen declared fit to play who had been a doubt with an abdominal problem. it s a rematch of the 2000 afcon semi final which nigeria won and was the last time south africa reached the last four. this time their coach is hoping they can go one step further: i think for many people it was unexpected. but we did it, and that means that south africa became a good team. it s also more than 20 years ago that south africa played the semifinal, even more that we play the final. that means that we ve got a lot of motivation. meanwhile, ivory coast have never won the competit
hello and welcome to bbc world news. western leaders have put forward a unified front in their support for ukraine, days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion. a meeting in germany of foreign ministers from the g 7 richest countries agreed to tighten sanctions against moscow and quickly provide more weapons to kyiv. the uk prime minister rishi sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield to win the war and a political strategy to win the peace. to win the war ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence. so now is the moment to double down on our military support. when putin started this war he gambled that our resolve would falter. even now, he is betting that we will lose our nerve, but we proved him wrong then and we will prove him wrong again. together we are delivering as much equipment in the next few months a
western leaders have put forward a unified front in their support for ukraine, days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion. a meeting in germany of foreign ministers from the g 7 richest countries agreed to tighten sanctions against moscow and quickly provide more weapons to kyiv. the uk prime minister rishi sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, to win the war and a political strategy to win the peace. to win the war ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence. so now is the moment to double down on our military support. when putin started this war, he gambled that our resolve would falter. even now, he is betting that we will lose our nerve, but we proved him wrong then, and we will prove him wrong again. together we are delivering as much equipment in the next few months as in the whole of 2022. and togeth