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welcome to the programme. the first of the british transport planes has taken off from sudan and landed in cyprus. it is the beginning of a mammoth operation it s the beginning of what is a mammoth operation as there are thought there may be up to 4,000 britons in sudan. also tonight it s round 2 forjoe biden. the us president has finally announced that he will run for re election in 202a. we ll have all the reaction, and what that means for his biggest rival donald trump. and we will bring you the latest shocking revelation on iran s crackdown on protesters the bbc has seen leaked documents that show iran formed a secret committee to punish celebrities who backed protesters. but first, let s go to sudan. the latest evacuations by the uk and other countries have been possible today because of a ceasefire in the capital, that seems to be holding out just. some gunfire can still be heard, but people have been able to make their way out onto the streets for the first ....
motorways in england, is being cancelled over safety concerns and costs. hello and welcome to bbc news. our breaking news this hour, four people have been killed in a shooting at a 16th birthday party in the us state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville, at around 10:30pm local time on saturday evening. at least 20 people were shot and wounded most of them teenagers. these are pictures of the scene. at this stage, there is no official confirmation about what led to the shooting, but there seems to have been some sort of altercation that then escalated. we don t know if any suspects have been arrested. we are keeping a close eye on developments, as is our correspondent in washington, jessica parker. what more can you add to the story? as you say, we have not had many official details through yet, but what we do know looking at local media reports is that there appears to have been a shooting at around 10:30pm local time last night in dadeville, a small tow ....
hello and welcome to the programme. the us military has evacuated american diplomats and their families from sudan. six aircraft were used in sunday s early morning mission. president biden issued a statement a short time ago. he said: more than 150 people were evacuated by sea to the saudi arabian port ofjeddah on saturday, mostly citizens of gulf countries, but also from egypt, canada and others. it came as clashes continued between the rsf and sudan s army. the near constant shooting and bombardment in khartoum and elsewhere has cut electricity and safe access to food and water for much of the population. several ceasefires that had seemingly been agreed by both sides were ignored, including a 3 day pause to mark the muslim holiday of eid al fitr, which started on friday. bbc news understands that the government is drawing up plans to evacuate british embassy staff from sudan, uk citizens are being urged to tell the foreign office where they are, either online or by ....
it is it is being reported the army in sudan is ready to extend the cease fire 72 hours. we ll try and confirm that in the next hour. the british government says the evacuation is dependent on whether it holds. we will talk to those who have got out and to those still waiting. a shareholders revolt at bp. some of the uk s biggest pension funds are expressing deep frustration with the company s revised climate strategy. and after 2000 years, women finally get the vote. hope francis is women and laypeople will be given greater responsibility in the running of the catholic church, starting in october. we will hear from catholic church, starting in october. we will hearfrom one catholic church, starting in october. we will hear from one of 0ctober. we will hear from one of those who campaigned pope francis says women. we are going to start with gambling. the british government has set out today a much delayed review of the rules governing its $18 billion gambling indust ....
hello and welcome to the programme. i m lewis vaughan jones. we start in sudan, where gunfire has been sounding across the capital, khartoum. in the past hour, we re hearing from the sudan s army that they will facilitate evacuations of diplomats and nationals from the united states, the uk, france, china and saudi arabia, as another temporary truce between warring army factions fails. the latest development it seems that international pressure from those countries, could potentially, come to fruition and those nationals could now be leaving with the assistance of the army in sudan. you will remember that they were supposed to be a truce between the two sides, but so far that truce hasn t existed at all. let s take a quick look now and show you where this is all happening. the fighting is mainly around the capital of khartoum, we have so far a death toll of around 400 people are the latest estimates. it is a struggle for many people. you can hear gunshots ringing out, t ....