the dutch sifan hassan and the kenyan kelvin kiptum have won the race for female and male categories in the london marathon. you re watching bbc news. here s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. the second fa cup semifinal remains undecided. brighton against manchester united goes to extra time. 5 0 up in the blink of an eye. newcastle smash spurs at st james. and blackstenius has arsenal back in it as they fight for a first leg draw in the champions league semifinals. also coming up on sportsday. running in the rain is supposed to slow you down. not for kelvin kiptum, who wins the london marathon with a course record. hello again. manchester city are still waiting to find out who they ll be playing in the fa cup final. the second semi has gone to extra time, with the 90 minutes between brighton and manchester united finishing goalless. brighton had the better of the first half, but united had the best chance of it. bruno fer
diane abbott, has been suspended pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for the british newspaper the observer. a growing number of foreign diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rivalfactions of the army enters a second week. here in the uk, the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the us and france have carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet, on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and their families. over 1200 people contributed to this operation. it was dangerous and precarious but never the less we managed to use both c 130s and aaoo aircraft to go in,
i had to put my scarf on earlier today, and i think many others might have to dig out the thick coats in the coming days. it will turn chilly, even wintry showers across northern parts of the uk, but today, we have a tale of two halves. beautiful weather across scotland and northern ireland, but across england and way is, this sneaky weather front has been pushed england and way is, this sneaky weatherfront has been pushed in by quite a strong easterly wind. you can see on the radar where it has rained in the last few hours across parts of england, into wales as well, but the cloudless skies in place across scotland and northern ireland. it is also very gusty across the pennines in the north of england all the way from merseyside towards particularly cumbria, gusts of wind up to gale force. here is that tale of two halves. today in some parts of western scotland, high teens, perhaps nudging up to 20. by sunday, i was talking about coats and scarves, and the northerly wind, an
this live from london. this is bbc news. the uk s deputy prime minister resigns following an inquiry into bullying allegations. over 400 now killed in fighting between rival military factions in sudan as the international community pushes again for a ceasefire. allies meet in germany to discuss further backing for ukraine. two months on from the deadly earthquakes in turkey and syria, our correspondent visits survivors. and why you do not need to be fit to climb everest. now we can go to the sport headlines. hello from the bbc sport centre. a blow for the lionesses ahead of the women s world cup later this year england captain leah williamson has ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament. the arsenal midfielder fell awkwardly during their wsl defeat against manchester united on wednesday and the club have confirmed she s set for an extended period on the sidelines . our sports reporter jane dougall has more. we have confirmation from her club arsenal a short time ago confi
keeping temperatures up. ahead of that we could have a frost again in scotland. clear skies in southern england and south wales and it will be chilly here. we have got the rain grinding to a halt in southern and central scotland and northern ireland and there will be some showers and a little bit of sunshine, but we could see wetter weather arriving in the far south of england and south wales. temperatures are deepening out a bit, but they are below par. ahead of that rain in scotland the temperatures could reach 16 degrees. on the second half of the weekend, broadly speaking, it is a mess. sunshine and showers in the east, we have got a north wind setting in across scotland, so that is why it is getting much colder here. it could still reach 13 or 1a in southern cold air all the way from the arctic on that northerly wind will be swooping down across the whole of the country and temperatures will be lower everywhere. and that is today s bbc news at six. you can keep up with a