Have town hall meeting ands try to include public opinion. at the end of the day though, the mayor still gets to make a decision if they want to take the selections or not rom emmanuel discarded those and went back to the drawing board till they discard what had he wanted. rachel: might not be such a great plan. let s get over to lori lightfoot, the former mayor. why is she all of a sudden like i m for victim rights and if she was doing this far, maybe she wouldn t have lost the election. she blames everything on kim fox and on judge evans so john, what is she up to? synergy home is she on stage and
Military government on the left and his deputy, mohamed hamdan dagalo, who leads the country s biggest paramilitary group the rsf on the right. the united nations has now described sudan s humanitarian situation as catastrophic with mass displacement of people. the red cross has echoed that concern let s hearfrom them. the truth is that at the moment, it is almost impossible to provide any material services in and around khartoum. there are calls from various organisations and people trapped for evacuation. for the past four days, people have been out of water and food, electricity has been rationed in some places, totally disconnected. earlier i spoke with emmanuel igunza, the bbc s senior africa reporter in nairobi. i asked emmanuel why the ceasefire in sudan has failed. take a listen. well, that is the scene that many people will be waking up
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Welcome to the programme. yes, worldwide condemnation today of the 25 year sentence handed to kremlin critic vladimir kara murza. extraordinary courage from a man who had already been poisoned twice and still refused to relent. also tonight, we ll head to france to get reaction to emmanuel macron s speech to the nation on those controversial pension reforms. the president s approval ratings at rock bottom. and freezing on the big stage elon musk s spacex postponing this afternoon the launch their biggest ever rocket, the starship, over problems with a pressure valve. jonathan amos will be here to tell you all about it. but we are going to start tonight with the problems piling up for rishi sunak. there was news today than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctors strike in england last week, with more nursing strikes now scheduled for the may bank holiday.
Both the army and its opponents, the rapid support forces, claimed they had control of the airport and other key sites in khartoum, where fighting continued overnight. the foreign ministers of saudi arabia, the uae and the united states, who ve been backing the civilian transition process, have issued a joint statement calling for a halt to military escalation and a return to the framework agreement. the sudanese telecom provider mtn says it s blocked internet services, following orders from the authorities. violence was reported around the country, with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base belonging to the rsf paramilitary group north east of the capital, khartoum. earlier, we werejoined by the bbc s emmanuel igunza from nairobi. this is the second day of heavy fighting between the national army and the paramilitary group, the rapid support forces. we do understand from witnesses,
The broadcast suddenly cuts off. let s get the very latest from the bbc s emmanuel igunza. what s the outcome of the fighting from the latest fighting? fighting from the latest fiuuhtin?~ . , fighting? we have seen the death toll fighting? we have seen the death toll rising fighting? we have seen the death toll rising very - fighting? we have seen the | death toll rising very sharply now, more than 50 people confirmed to have died following the clashes that happened yesterday. the situation remains very confusing, especially about just who controls what following these claims and counterclaims that have been made by the sudanese army and also the rapid support forces, both claim to be in control of the main airport in the capital and other airports across the country. also, the presidential palace and the chief s residents, they have been giving contradictory statements but then again, the de facto leader of sudan albira home has
By the us in 2018 for buying russian made combat aircraft and equipment, so certainly a very closely watched visit, he will be set to arrive. in moscow this sunday. and clear. in a separate development, the ukrainian president vladimir zelensky, and french president emmanuel spoke on the phone. yeah they spoke on saturday. leila this the context for this is that it comes off the back of microbes, much criticized visit to china, where he made comments in an interview afterwards talking about european strategic autonomy on taiwan, saying that europeans must just become followers of the u. s agenda. comments that raised serious concerns about undermining nato unity at a time when it is needed the most. so i think this call with zelensky partly designed to reassure ukraine france s commitment, and i think you can see from zelinsky is comments on it that he made it known pretty clearly
Calling for a halt to military escalation and a return to the framework agreement. the sudanese telecom provider mtn says it s blocked internet services following orders from the authorities. violence was reported around the country, with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base belonging to the rsf paramilitary group, north east of the capital khartoum. the bbc s emmanuel igunza from nairobi gave me this update. this is the second day of heavy fighting between the national army and the paramilitary group the rapid support forces. we do understand from people we have been talking to since early morning that they have been hearing these fighterjets, heavy gunfire and explosions, particularly in the capital, khartoum, and we have seen footage coming in from the area showing
French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law Saturday, defying three months of protests and pleas from unions not to implement the legislation.
To continue to protest against this legislation. we know that president emmanuel macron has invited union heads to the elysee next tuesday for talks. we ve seen attempts in the past by the government hold talks with the union heads. they have failed on all fronts. the government refusing to move from its position we ve heard from the head of one of france s largest unions say that they would not participate in these talks next tuesday. unless there is the potential for this to not go into law. of course, that ship has well and truly sailed. of course, president emmanuel macron wasting no time signing this legislation into law in the early hours of today. of course, we are expecting those further demonstrations on may 1st. this is labor day. traditionally we would see the union s taking to the streets in large scale. protests the head of the larger unions here in france are calling for a historic day of protest, and many of the demonstrators that we ve been speaking to on the streets have told us they will continue to fight against this legislation. kim alright appreciate it. none of us here in paris thanks so