live from london, this is bbc news. the headlines — gunfire. the un secretary—general calls for an immediate ceasefire in sudan after at least 56 people were killed in clashes between rival military factions. china reduces its self—imposed no—fly zone to the north of taiwan, shutting down its airspace for 27 minutes as taiwan launches a rocket after days of military drills in the region. a sacred, ancient symbol of scotland's monarchy known as the stone of destiny will make the journey from edinburgh castle to westminster abbey for the king's coronation.

hello, i'm luxmy gopal. welcome to the programme. a power struggle between sudan's army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country with at least 56 dead and almost 600 injured. among the dead were three un workers who were shot after the two sides exchanged gunfire at a military base. gunfire. the united nations secretary—general has condemned the fighting amid fears it will derail the transition to civilian rule. 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. 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. zeinab salih is a journalist based in khartoum. she has more on what's been happening. we've been hearing heavy gunfire all around the city, in the western part of the city in and remand. we saw military jets flying over us, heading to the southern part of the city. what we've understood is they are going to hit a military base for the rfs or the rapid support forces so it's been like these clashes over between

the rfs and saddam armed forces —— sedan. it started at 9am in the southern part of khartoum and then quickly spread towards strategic places like the international airport, all of them are in khartoum city. this is a moment from state tv in sudan. the newsreader briefly appears, talking about the clashes. but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. speaks arabic. distant gunfire. as you see, the picture then froze and a short while later,

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

seen that he is going to feed me could foresee that the rfs is disbanded and will not negotiate with them but his second—in—command who is fighting for power with him dagalo has seen the leader of sudan is a criminal —— al—burhan. so these make it difficult to see how they will be any escalation and we expect the conflicts will go on for some time despite the international pressure coming international pressure coming in for them to cease the fighting and come to the negotiation table to continue the talks that have stalled. the focus is very much on khartoum but the fighting is across the country, isn't it? how has this spilt over elsewhere? what is the impact outside of the capital? this has been — outside of the capital? this has been the _ outside of the capital? this has been the concern - outside of the capital? ti 3 has been the concern for many people that the fighting did start in the capital and it was

mainly in the residential areas but overnight, we heard reports that it has spread to other parts in the northern city of mara weight where the rapid support forces have had a very big stronghold, they have been ongoing fighting there, there are claims of controls, one of the vital places in the northern city there but also in the duffill region, it's a region that has known so many years of conflict and we understand fighting has been ongoing there and with no signs of parties seemingly wanting to have negotiations to end the conflict but also return the country to civilian rule —— northern city of meroe. it will seem that this will continue to escalate. ~ �* ., ., escalate. we've heard from the ressure escalate. we've heard from the pressure internationally - escalate. we've heard from the pressure internationally to - escalate. we've heard from the pressure internationally to try l pressure internationally to try to lead towards deescalating this but is there any response from both parties to that

request, to that emerging from the international parties? 50 the international parties? so far, we the international parties? sr far, we have not heard from both the military leaders on whether there will be talks to end the fighting. we know the african union and un particularly have said they are willing to mediate. there are other local leaders from sudan itself, those who are within the civilian factions which have been negotiating with the army to try and bring the country to civilian rule and they've said they want to talk to these two leaders to try to de—escalate and try to bring them back to the table before before the former prime minister was ousted —— the former premise was out of the 2021 and al—burhan says he is happy to mediate but so far we have not heard from the leaders whether they will be agreeing to these offers or mediation to stop the fighting and continue

the talks for civilian rule. thank you for bringing us the latest. emmanuel igunza. let's get some analysis of what's happening. jonas horner is an expert on sudan and formerly at international crisis group. thank you forjoining us. our correspondent mentioned the pleas for de—escalation from the international community have so far fallen on deaf ears so what can we expect to happen next? where do we go from here, if, at the first hurdle, there is not much hope of both parties listening to right, i think both parties are currently locked into the prospect of a military win here and one of them is likely to be wrong. and one of them is likely to be wronu. �* ., and one of them is likely to be wronu. ~ ., , and one of them is likely to be wron~.~ ., , ., wrong. and, of course, you have the sudanese _ wrong. and, of course, you have the sudanese population - wrong. and, of course, you have the sudanese population and - the sudanese population and economy and all of the countries infrastructure swept up countries infrastructure swept up in this very damaging fight —— country's. i think the focus of the international community

really should be to engage with these two leaders to point out how they are perhaps disqualifying themselves from future leadership in the country through their actions. it would be great to see the arab league meet, i believe they will meet today, egypt and saudi arabia have called for the meeting, but i think the other important, pressing need for the international community to take action on is really to appeal to tribal and ethnic groups further down the line to not get caught up in this to turnit not get caught up in this to turn it into a civil war. currently, this is a battle between the two sides of sedan�*s military but you would see a very different and much more worrying and nationalised and ethnic sized conflict were other groups from the states, from the periphery to join one side of the other. from the periphery to 'oin one side of the omenh side of the other. how easy would it be _ side of the other. how easy would it be for— side of the other. how easy would it be for them - side of the other. how easy would it be for them not. side of the other. how easy would it be for them not to | side of the other. how easy . would it be for them not to get caught up in his power struggle, given that this is spilling way beyond the capital? spilling way beyond the caital? , ,

capital? yes, well, my understanding - capital? yes, well, my understanding is - capital? yes, well, my understanding is it's i capital? yes, well, my- understanding is it's really just the rapid supports of forces and sydney support forces and sydney support forces were doing the fighting. the worry is sedan is full of malicious at an ethnic or tribal level or what is to be the popular defence forces which is a large group that have fealty to islamist groups and bringing them in with expand things dramatically and i think was, it would be a much uglier version of the war. currently you can speak about it in terms of it being an intra— military conflict but i think the next hurdle, the next thing to avoid, really, is to make this less ugly and personal and social, you know, that would be far harder to put a stop in and put a stop to. just briefly, give us the context. what has prompted this escalation? i context. what has prompted this escalation?— escalation? i think it's hard to overestimate _ escalation? i think it's hard to overestimate just - escalation? i think it's hard to overestimate just how . to overestimate just how existential this all is for both sides, the principles of

al—burhan who is head of the armed forces and delgado who is head of the rapid support forces. but also we are talking about deep—rooted issues within sudanese society. the armed forces have on the whole represented the centre of the country where they are composed of a large subsection of sudanese society that commanded by a large section of islamist who were formally with the ousted bashir and they represent the centre. on the other side, you have the rapid support forces who are really a construction of the peripheries who have been marginalised throughout sedan�*s history since 1956 independence, so in the wake of vescio's removal about four ago is the battle for control of sudan —— sudan's.. these groups represent large constituencies within the country and for them personally and collectively, it is an existential battle. bath is an existential battle. both sides are — is an existential battle. both sides are currently _

is an existential battle. both sides are currently claiming | is an existential battle. both sides are currently claiming to have control over the airport and other strategic locations. of course, it's very hard to have an accurate picture of what is going on but from what you understand, do you think it's more likely that one side or the other realistically has control in the situation? there has been _ control in the situation? there has been an — control in the situation? there has been an ongoing - control in the situation? there has been an ongoing debate . has been an ongoing debate within sudan, i came out of there myself, but an ongoing debate for years about which of the forces is in fact stronger, better positioned, because the threat of this conflict has been held over the country's transitions and is basically the beginning. it's hard to say. there is no real conclusion on this. what i would say is the rapid support forces have historically been better equipped at fighting in the countryside and peripheries and in many ways and the sudanese armed forces have greater capacity in urban areas and that could be how this ultimately falls whether the

sudanese armed forces are sitting in urban areas and the rapid support forces attacking them from urban centres. sorry, from rural areas. so, we are about to see exactly how this pans out. the last thing i would say on this though is the prospect of a regional intervention here, both of these gentlemen and forces have backers from the region, talking about egypt, south sudan, chad, centralafrican sudan, chad, central african republic, sudan, chad, centralafrican republic, libya and potentially ethiopian, but this is the real concern also beyond a wider ethnic citation and civil war component here is a regionalisation of this conflict because again both leaders really have strong connections with key leaders across the region.— connections with key leaders across the region. thank you so much for _ across the region. thank you so much for your— across the region. thank you so much for your analysis - across the region. thank you so much for your analysis on - across the region. thank you so much for your analysis on this l much for your analysis on this subject. jonas horner. we will bring you the latest on this developing situation as we get it. let's get some of the day's other news now. gunmen in central mexico have killed seven people, including a child, in an attack in a water park and spa in cortazar.

numerous families had been enjoying themselves at the park when about 20 armed men approached a group of people and opened fire. the area has seen a surge in drug—related violence in recent years. environmental campaigners in germany are celebrating the end of 60 years of nuclear energy production with the closure of the country's three remaining nuclear power stations, but opinion polls suggest that most germans see nuclear energy as cleaner alternative to fossil fuels. japan's prime minister fumio kishida says his country must do everything to ensure safety as foreign dignitaries gather for meetings of the g7 and prepare for a summit next month. the japanese leader was evacuated unhurt on saturday following a suspected smoke bomb attack. at least 12 inmates have been killed in renewed violence at one of ecuador�*s most dangerous prisons. clashes between rival gangs broke out on friday

at the litoral penitentiary. on thursday, three female guards were killed by armed attackers outside the jail. well, let's go to taiwan, where tensions with china continue to escalate. launch of a weather satellite has briefly stopped flies between china and taiwan. china enforced a no—fly zone to the north of taiwan near a group of disputed islands called senkaku byjapan and diaoyu by china. the no—fly zone was initially planned to last two days but china has scaled it back. it follows days of intense chinese military drills around taiwan, which have been seen as a response to taiwan's president meeting with the us house speaker in california last week. for more, i'm joined by oriana skylar mastro from stanford university. her research focuses on chinese military and security policy.

let's just get your reaction to the latest development on this. i think right now it is really to mathematics soon to tell what has happened. a lot of people are saying that it was the international pressure that caused china to reduce this no—fly zone down from the three days, and it is standard chinese fare to deny the no—fly zone ever existed. but it really highlights that from the outside it is very hard for us as analysis to know what has happened in the decision—making process. it's also perfectly possible that they change their plans for other reasons besides international pressure. hob? plans for other reasons besides international pressure.- international pressure. how is this gene _ international pressure. how is this gone down _ international pressure. how is this gone down at _ international pressure. how is this gone down at the - international pressure. how is this gone down at the white i this gone down at the white house because i imagine this is perhaps welcome news to the united states?— united states? generally speaking. _ united states? generally speaking, the _ united states? generally speaking, the white - united states? generally l speaking, the white house united states? generally - speaking, the white house was trying to play down president tsai's transit. a lot of the messaging coming out was the

fact that this was nothing new, this was president tsai's seventh time this happened, almost two or three dozen times before in history with other taiwan presidents. so china did launch these major military exercises in response to president tsai transit and her visit with the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy, so i think the hope was to keep this survey did not escalate to the degree that the exercises and crisis did after speaker pelosi's visit to taiwan last august. pelosi's visit to taiwan last au . ust. �* ., pelosi's visit to taiwan last au~ust. �* ., ., , , pelosi's visit to taiwan last au~ust. ., ., , august. and what does this say about what _ august. and what does this say about what we _ august. and what does this say about what we can _ august. and what does this say about what we can potentially l about what we can potentially expect in terms of relations between the united states and china? of course it is too early to tell anything long—term, as you say, it's an early stage of development, but if you were to speculate on what this shows, what would your thoughts be? i what this shows, what would your thoughts be?— what this shows, what would your thoughts be? i would say of course _ your thoughts be? i would say of course there _ your thoughts be? i would say

of course there are _ your thoughts be? i would say of course there are some - your thoughts be? i would say i of course there are some things that we are more than others, and one is the chinese military has become so much more capable. over the past two decades. and the chinese government has become more reliant on the military, not only to pursue its own foreign policy goals as a signalling device. the party has oppositely said after august that we should expect a higher tempo of these types of exercise around the island of taiwan. i think their main goal is to normalise this type of behaviour, located in the south china sea, the first couple of times a chinese harassed ships there, these were major news stories. now this happens almost weekly and no—one covers it. so the normalise this type of behaviour and to have it seen as more routine for the chinese military to be constantly in close contact and circling and violating the air defence identification zone of taiwan. such but if the chinese government does decide to use force, it might be even more

difficult for us to tell the difference between a major exercise and an actual invasion. exercise and an actual invasion-— exercise and an actual invasion. ., ., invasion. thank you for your thoughts- — invasion. thank you for your thoughts. good _ invasion. thank you for your thoughts. good to _ invasion. thank you for your thoughts. good to talk - invasion. thank you for your thoughts. good to talk to i invasion. thank you for your l thoughts. good to talk to you. thank you for having me. a sacred, ancient symbol of scotland's monarchy known as the stone of destiny is to make the journey from edinburgh castle to westminster abbey for the coronation of king charles. the exact details of when and how are a closely guarded secret, but new techniques are being used to find out more about the stone's history. our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, reports. the stone of destiny or stone obscuring was legally transported from westminster abbey to edinburgh castle on st andrews day in 1996. intricate preparations including digital scans and 3—d—printed out are now in the final stages for its return to london for the coronation of king charles iii.

it's going to be a really momentous occasion. if they want a generation event, really. and it's really significant that the macro well will continue its historic role in the coronation of monarchs of britain. in the coronation of monarchs of britain-— of britain. until it was seen b kin: of britain. until it was seen by king edward _ of britain. until it was seen by king edward i _ of britain. until it was seen i by king edward i amendment of britain. until it was seen - by king edward i amendment in 1926 and enclosed in the coronation chair, the stone was used in the of scottish monarchs. at westminster abbey the chair is being prepared for the chair is being prepared for the new king and the stone of destiny will again be placed in it. as it was for many coronations, including that of the late queen elizabeth ii. 50 the late queen elizabeth ii. so here the late queen elizabeth ii. sr here you can see three different chilmark stock market a traditional treaty model of the stone has been created for the stone has been created for the first time. it the stone has been created for the first time.— the first time. it can now be viewed and _ the first time. it can now be viewed and in _ the first time. it can now be viewed and in greater- the first time. it can now be viewed and in greater detailj viewed and in greater detail than ever before. the 3—d—printed replica of the stone will also help in preparations for the

coronation. in preparations for the coronation. in terms of planning _ coronation. in terms of planning on _ coronation. in terms of planning on how- coronation. in terms of planning on how to - coronation. in terms of i planning on how to insert coronation. in terms of - planning on how to insert the stone into the chat, the 3d printers have been used to get the choreography done right, it's a very precious object and very happy, so to be able to utilise the print physically in the first had means the actual stone is in the best of hands on its way temporarily down south. ., , , , south. for scottish students stole the — south. for scottish students stole the stone _ south. for scottish students stole the stone from - stole the stone from westminster abbey on christmas day in 1950. months later it was found. some say the stone of destiny should not be taken to london for the crowning of king charles iii. but there is an agreement that the stone should only leave scotland for a coronation and then be returned here to andrew castle. now this don't sit alongside the crown jewels now this don't sit alongside the crownjewels of scotland but will soon be returned to its original home in perth. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news,

edinburgh. israelis opposed to government plans for a radical overhaul of the judicial system are holding a fifteenth week of protests across the country. police closed roads in tel aviv and haifa, where the biggest demonstrations have regularly been held. a counter—protest in favour of the government plans has been held in netanya. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has put the proposal on hold for now, so that talks can be held on reaching a compromise. mr netanyahu said that recent events would not harm israel's democracy or economy. thousands of christians filled jerusalem's old city on saturday for an important orthodox easter ritual, despite restrictions by israeli police. the holy fire ceremony drew huge crowds to the church of the holy sepulchre, in occupied eastjerusalem, where israeli police control security. it sits on the site where christians believejesus was crucified and buried. police had limited attendance to 1,800 people inside and 1,200 outside.

church leaders urged christians to ignore restrictions and criticised the police presence at the event. it's 20—years since one of the first efforts to reintroduce beavers into the wild in the uk began in kent. during that time, the creatures have been sinking their teeth into trees, plants and soil — and have transformed the landscape in the process. chrissie reidy can tell us more. beaver really put their feet up and that's my 20 years ago they were reintroduced here at ham fan to transform the land back to wetland. it fan to transform the land back to wetland-— to wetland. it was drying out, it almost _ to wetland. it was drying out, it almost had _ to wetland. it was drying out, it almost had dried _ to wetland. it was drying out, it almost had dried up. - to wetland. it was drying out, it almost had dried up. the i it almost had dried up. the treaties in the background, that small bridge that was just over there used to be able to be able to be walked across. you can't do that anymore. that is a wetland site now. we can see reefs are bad but it is crisscrossed with all sorts of beaver channels and paul's and

hollows, and all filled with water. �* , ., ., water. by turning to nature this thread _ water. by turning to nature this thread footage - water. by turning to nature this thread footage shows | water. by turning to nature i this thread footage shows how the beaver has created meanders in the stream, allowing other habitats to develop. taste in the stream, allowing other habitats to develop. we don't say beavering _ habitats to develop. we don't say beavering away _ habitats to develop. we don't say beavering away for - habitats to develop. we don't l say beavering away for nothing. the beaver really is a grafter from building dams to digging canals, transporting water, even slowing water down. the beaver is _ even slowing water down. the beaver is supersmart. the - beaver is supersmart. the beaver is supersmart. the beaver have _ beaver is supersmart. the beaver have credit - beaver is supersmart. tue: beaver have credit canals, beaver is supersmart. tte: beaver have credit canals, the beaver have credit canals, the beaver have credit canals, the beaver have made dams, they have felled trees and they are brought water all around the site. and in doing so, a lot of the victories that were sucking on the moisture out of the site, dried up, have started die off. but they have credit habitats in their own right, standing dead, it's been over 20 years, but what's taken its place is lots lots of willow. willowjust happens to be the beaver�*s favourite foodstuffs, especially in winter when times

are tough, and also what they build dams from.— build dams from. build their lodaes build dams from. build their lodges from. _ build dams from. build their lodges from. it _ build dams from. build their lodges from. it is _ build dams from. build their lodges from. it is hoped - build dams from. build their lodges from. it is hoped the| lodges from. it is hoped the success of this project in this part of kent will go some way to help restore other wetlands around the country with beavers doing what they do best. chrissie reidy, bbc news. government airstrikes were reported to have been carried out on positions of the paramilitary rapid support forces the city of undermine mark, across the nile from the capital of khartoum. rival forces were extending artillery fires. at least 60, 56 people have died and hundreds more wounded. the un secretary general antonio guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire and a return to talks. we will have more on the developing situation across the

programme so stay with us for the brief on that. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @luxmy?g. hello there. most of us got to see some sunshine on saturday. i suspect that sunday will be a slightly cloudier affair. that cloud rolling its way in from the west. that said, if you do get some sunshine, it will feel relatively warm. but those cloudier conditions, courtesy of this frontal system pushing its way in from the west, even bringing some splashes of rain. high pressure still holding firm just about, so we're looking at mainly dry weather and where we are closest to the centre of the high across parts eastern england, a sunny but rather chilly start with some early fog patches. further west, though, a lot of cloud, spots of rain and drizzle. through the afternoon, northern ireland could well brighten up but that could spawn some pretty sharp showers. north—east scotland,

also seeing some spells of sunshine, lifting temperatures here to around 17 degrees. generally values between 12 and 16 degrees. as we move through sunday night, we keep some quite large areas of cloud. the cloud will break in places but if you do see clear spells for any length of time, they could fill in with some patches of mist and fog. and if it stays cloudy where you are, it will remain relatively mild but in the clearer spots, temperatures could drop relatively close to freezing. into monday, still this patchwork of clear spells and cloudy areas. it could well be that we see quite a lot of cloud rolling its way in from the north sea and that, coupled with a bit of a breeze from the north sea, will make it feel really rather chilly for some of our eastern coasts. so temperatures in hull, for example, around 13 degrees, same sort of temperature for aberdeen but further west, glasgow, 17 degrees, in some spots up to 18 and as as we head deeper into the week, this area of high pressure stays with us, meaning it will be largely dry but with this high building to the north—east of us, this easterly wind will tend

to strengthen a little. so that breeze, quite noticeable coming in off the chilly north sea will make it feel rather cool for some of these eastern coasts. we could see more cloud in the south developing on tuesday, maybe even giving rise to the odd shower. some spells of sunshine elsewhere. once again, the highest temperatures likely to be across the north and west of the uk. and that is a theme that will continue as we head deeper into the week. always a little bit chilly the further east you are. could turn quite cloudy around the middle parts of the week. but there will always be some spells of sunshine and generally warmest in the west. on saturday following a suspected smoke bomb attack.

this is bbc news. the headlines — the un secretary—general calls for an immediate ceasefire in sudan after at least 56 people were killed in clashes between rival military factions. around 600 people have been injured in the violence. the military launched air strikes on a paramilitary force's base in the capital khartoum to reassert control over the country. a chinese rocket launching a weather satellite briefly forces planes flying to and from northern taiwan to alter their routes. taiwan says some rocket debris did fall into the warning zone in the seas but had not affected the safety of the island's territory. it comes after days of military drills in the region. a sacred, ancient symbol of scotland's monarchy known covid

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