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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 helpe...

to test a new alert system. ireland secured an historic grand slam title in dublin. a convincing 13—point victory over england saw them win the six nations in front of a huge home crowd on st patrick's weekend. you on st patrick's weekend. may have dodged the sho yesterday you may have dodged the showers yesterday but today it will be drier and brighterfor many yesterday but today it will be drier and brighter for many with sunny spells. the full forecast throughout the morning. it's sunday 19th march. our main story: lawyers for donald trump say the former president was merely spe...

the financial times is reporting that the swiss bank ubs has offered to buy its rival, credit suisse, for more than $2 billion. the swiss government is due to hold a press conference in about half an hour's time in bern. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america's silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland's central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. let's get more on this with our business correspondent, marc ashdown....

donald trump fans the flames of resentment in a message to his supporters, telling them he expects to be arrested within days. vladimir putin makes a surprise appearance in occupied ukraine. this coming just a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president for alleged war crimes. chinese leader xi jinping headed to moscow in the coming days to meet with putin. we'll break down what the two leaders are expected to discuss. former u.s. president donald trump is responding to a potential indictment in new york with the same angry rhetor...

protests. we'll look at the security preparations that might go into such an unprecedented moment. plus -- vladimir putin makes a surprise visit to ukraine, his first since the war began just a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for his war crimes. and another upset in march madness, officially sets countless hopes and dreams of a perfect bracket on fire. cnn sports' coy wire joins me live to break down the ncaa tournament. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour in the u.s. where former ...