live from london, this is bbc news. presidents from three african nations are planning to travel to sudan to try to broker a ceasefire in the fighting between rival branches of the armed forces. around 70 people have been reportedly killed in the clashes. four people have been killed and others injured in a shooting at a teenage birthday party in alabama. appeals for calm after a former indian politician convicted of kidnapping is shot dead on live tv along with his brother. the leader of the nurses�* union in england says they're prepared to hold strikes until christmas unless more money is offered.

hello. fighting has continued between the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces, with witnesses describing deafening explosions and intense gunfire in the capital khartoum. earlier, a three—hour temporary humanitarian pause was meant to have allowed civilians to escape, but it's not clear how well it was observed. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan after three of its members were among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed. international efforts to end the fighting are ramping up with the head of the african union commission planning to go on a ceasefire mission and the presidents of kenya, south sudan and djibouti also trying to mediate. anne soy reports. this is what the sudanese

woke up to yesterday. the sound of heavy artillery, gunfire and relentless fighting. a fragile political situation just got worse. translation: they are fighting over authority and looting _ of the country and the people, but we are here fighting for food, drink, education and health services, which they haven't provided for us. tensions between two forces that have been running the country have boiled over, and civilians are caught in the middle. the strongest explosions were this morning when we also saw some aircraft being deployed, fighter jets, and we decided to go to the basement for around an hour. we in total nine adults and kids. the fighting is a setback to sudan's transition to democracy. talks have been going on to bring it back on track after a 2021 coup, but the notorious paramilitary unit rsf has resisted

a proposal to have it join the army during the new arrangement. the rsf grew out of a militia accused of committing atrocities in western darfur region two decades ago. about 300,000 people died. but global leaders remain optimistic about the transition to democracy. it's a fragile situation. there are other actors that may be pushing against that progress, but this is a real opportunity to finally carry forward the civilian—led transition. the path to democracy from decades of military rule was never going to be easy. anne soy, bbc news. i'm joined now by our security correspondent frank gardner. i , thank you forjoining us. this all stems from a power struggle between the military leadership, but how did get to this point? how did it get

quite so violent?— get to this point? how did it get quite so violent? essentially, the war has been _ quite so violent? essentially, the war has been going _ quite so violent? essentially, the war has been going on _ quite so violent? essentially, the war has been going on for - quite so violent? essentially, the war has been going on for quite l quite so violent? essentially, the - war has been going on for quite some time between the top two people in the military leadership. 0ne general command is pretty much most of the respect of the army. the other command the loyalty of these, as you heard in the report, the rapid support forces, which is a nice way of speaking about a very unpleasant militia that has carried out allegedly atrocities in darfur. there was a real opportunity for a couple of years for sudan to make the transition from military dictatorship to democracy, but they blew it. and they blew it because of this rivalry. essentially what has triggered this off most recently is that in the discussions as to how to move sudan from a military leadership to a civilian rule there were plans to incorporate this militia, the rss, into the army. but they didn't really like it, the two

generals couldn't agree on how it was going to happen and the rss wanted to spread itself around the country, occupy certain areas, and so there has been fighting to try to dislodge them from places like port sudan and the airport up in the north. it is incredibly sad for the sudanese people. they have never really had the experience of democracy. there were huge protests in 2019, that overthrew the rule of general bashir, who was the president and wanted by the international criminal court. there was a lot of optimism that sudan could then move to a democracy, but because of this into a military squabbling, the sudanese people are still being delighted chances of peace and democracy. let’s still being delighted chances of peace and democracy. let's talk about the impact _ peace and democracy. let's talk about the impact of _ peace and democracy. let's talk about the impact of people - peace and democracy. let's talk about the impact of people in i peace and democracy. let's talk - about the impact of people in sudan. many thousands are already reliant

on humanitarian organisations. what impact will this escalation of violence have on them? the impact will this escalation of violence have on them? . violence have on them? the immediate im act is violence have on them? the immediate impact is the — violence have on them? the immediate impact is the suspension _ violence have on them? the immediate impact is the suspension of _ impact is the suspension of operations by the world food programme which has lost three of its members who work in difficult conditions in often dangerous circumstances. they are reviewing their operations. at least one airline, we are told, qatar airways, has suspended its flies into khartoum airport, which is hardly surprising. if you look at the pictures and satellite maps you can see smoke billowing around the capital khartoum, including close to the airport. it will settle down eventually, but there is a risk that the country which, remember is already fragmented from being this huge country sudan that stretched all the way down from the egyptian border in the north to the ugandan border in the north to the ugandan border in the north to the ugandan border in a cell, it is already split in south to create south sudan, one of the newest countries in the world. there is now a risk thatis in the world. there is now a risk that is what is left of sudan could further disintegrate. there are big powers at play here. although sudan

is relatively poor per capita, it has got natural resources and a lot of these have been plundered. gold is being illicitly slipped out of the country and there is a lot of corruption going on. there are outside forces interested in sudan. russia wants to have a naval base on the red sea. the united states is very keen that sudan does not go back to its tearaways, which it did in the 1990s. up until 1996 it was the base where 0sama bin laden and the base where 0sama bin laden and the al-qaeda group before they moved to afghanistan were based. egypt has a vested interest in sudan being stable. they are allies against ethiopia. whatever happens in sudan will inevitably spill out, or risk spilling out, into neighbouring countries. that is why the african union and the arab league are trying really hard right now to try and dampen down this fire and find a compromise to stop the violence.

frank, thank you. the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner. in the us at least four people have been killed in a shooting at a teenage birthday party in the american state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville. at least 20 people were shot and wounded, most of them teenagers. 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. the us presidentjoe biden has been briefed on the shooting. phil dowdell has been named by local media as one of the victims. phil was a senior in high school and was going to jacksonville state university on an american football scholarship. the authorities in alabama gave this update earlier. this incident occurred at approximately 1034pm here in dadeville. there were four lives — not fatalities, lives —

there were four lives tragically lost in this incident. and there has been a multitude of injuries. as they said, this is going to be a long, complicated process. we are thankful to the sheriff, to the chief, to everyone, to the district attorney, for all of the support, and we're going to continue to work in a very methodical way to go through this scene, to look at the facts and ensure that justice is brought to bear for the families. we will do that. we can also confirm that it was tied to a birthday party. we are able to confirm that, it was tied to a birthday celebration. we can't share anything further at this time with regard to that, as it is an ongoing investigation. nomia iqbal is in washington for us.

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rights like kate iv are likely to become more entrenched in their views. _, , . views. our correspondence in washington. _ views. our correspondence in washington, thank _ views. our correspondence in washington, thank you - views. our correspondence in washington, thank you very l views. our correspondence in - washington, thank you very much. the chief minister of the indian state of uttar pradesh has appealed for calm after a former politician was shot dead while under police escort. atiq ahmed — who had been convicted of kidnapping — was shot dead live on tv along with his brother. they were answering questions from journalists when they were killed in prayagraj. nurses in england could carry out rolling strikes until christmas if they fail to reach a deal with the government over their current pay dispute, according to a union leader. the head of the royal college of nursing, pat cullen, called for the government to put more money on the table. but ministers have insisted the offer is "fair and reasonable". damian grammaticas reports. claps don't pay the bills! in an already stretched health

service, months more strikes are now a real prospect. the royal college of nursing's leadership had recommended the pay deal. now, taking its cue from its members, escalating action is coming, with the government's call for strikes to be put on hold rejected. we'll absolutely not do that. we've strike action for the end of this month, beginning of may, and then we will move immediately to ballot our members. if that ballot is successful it will mean further strike action right up until christmas. chanting: what do we want? fair pay! junior doctors have also been striking. 0ne concern — that they and the rcn might coordinate action. there are no plans in place from the royal college of nursing to coordinate strikes with doctors. the offer the government made to help staff was a 5% pay increase plus a one—off payment. members of one union, unison, have accepted it. staff from two more unions will deliver their verdicts in the next fortnight. let's wait and see what the other unions have to say first.

there's a lot of other staff out there. unison voted by 74%, as i said, to accept the offer, which represents a third of the agenda for change staff, so there's a lot of people accepting what i think... but what the other unions say doesn't change... the government may be hoping if those other unions accept the deal the rcn will end up looking isolated and the resolve among nurses to continue striking will weaken. but the problems in the health service run deep and the pressure is real on the government to try to sort them out. rishi sunak has put the health service among his five priorities, specifically cutting waiting lists. they are at a record high — 7 million people waiting to start routine treatment. more strikes will mean more cancelled operations. sorting all this out is the challenge. this was the prime minister's own constituency today. i absolutely support them striking. it's not about the money, it's about the conditions, the 24—hour shifts, the fact they're not getting a rest.

get round the table and sort it out. get together, the government, and sort it out, otherwise it'll go on forever and they'll be striking all the time. complicating thing is deals have to be reached in each part of the country. while in england the offer from the government has been rejected, in scotland a higher pay settlement was accepted. in wales one offer was made and rejected and a higher one may be coming. in northern ireland there are talks but no offers yet. pressure from other political parties is growing as well. the liberal democrats said today ministers need to "urgently get round the negotiating table instead of sitting on the sidelines." and labour also say the government should engage. we don't want to see an escalation. what i do want to see is the government recognising that their approach to these strikes, their refusal to negotiate for months... the question here is whether the labour party supports the royal college of nurses. do you back this strike action or not? no, and how could i? there's a risk to patient safety. it wouldn't be the right thing to do.

but that risk to patient safety could escalate sharply as the strikes escalate. police in iran say that more than 150 commercial premises have been shut down in the past 2a hours for not ensuring that female employees wear the compulsory hijab. as the iranian authorities step up measures to enforce the regulation, the police have also said that several hundred cases of women not wearing the headscarf as required inside cars have been recorded by speed cameras. with more on this, bbc persian's parham ghobadi joins us now. she is a newsroom. this crackdown has been going on for months, hasn't it? ., , . ., . has been going on for months, hasn't it? ., . it? that is correct. iran's police chief vowed _ it? that is correct. iran's police chief vowed to _ it? that is correct. iran's police chief vowed to prosecute - it? that is correct. iran's police chief vowed to prosecute any . it? that is correct. iran's police - chief vowed to prosecute any women in iran who defies the strict hijab rules starting from saturday. however, this has not stopped

iranian women from going about their business without the compulsory hijab. 0n business without the compulsory hijab. on a daily basis they post videos and photographs of themselves walking without hijab on the streets of not only the capital tehran, but across the country, in conservative cities. we need to keep in mind this was a totally spontaneous move that happened after months of protests in iran that was called women, life, freedom movement. iran has adopted a new tactic instead of direct confrontation. the new tactic is to enforce this mandatory hijab. 0ne confrontation. the new tactic is to enforce this mandatory hijab. one is toissue enforce this mandatory hijab. one is to issue warnings to business owners. today they issued 3500 warnings to businesses and they shut down 150 of them. another tactic is using cctv and speed cameras to detect cars who carry women without hijab. another one is to refuse

entry and give services to women without the hijab. in the northern city many iranian female students were barred from entering the campus because they were wearing make up or, quote, unquote, the hijab was inappropriate. but has it been successful? it has not been successful? it has not been successful so far. the iranian regime is doing it to avoid direct confrontation but this has proven costly them. it led to an september the death of someone in police custody. they want to avoid it by using different techniques. the way women are being targeted on different fronts, we know iranian schoolgirls have been poisoned across the country and one father who was filming his poisoned daughter in a hospital bed today was asking the iranian authorities that how come you can use cctv cameras to detect women without the hijab but not to use them to find the perpetrators of the school

poisonings. it is a question that the iranian authorities have not answered yet. the iranian authorities have not answered yet-— the iranian authorities have not answered yet. from our central london newsroom, _ answered yet. from our central london newsroom, thank - answered yet. from our central london newsroom, thank you l answered yet. from our central i london newsroom, thank you very much. time for some sports news. we start with a big result in the premier league where arsenal dropped points in the title race — bakayo saka missed a penalty as arsenal let slip a two goal lead to draw 2—2 at west ham. the result leaves arsenal four points clear of manchester city, who have a game in hand. the two meet later this month, and arsenal now probably need to win that game to take the title. ticki i don't know what is going to happen because i have no clue what is going to happen. but what we can do mathematically is to give ourselves the best chance by winning matches and today we play for 30 or 35 minutes and that is not enough. better fortunes for

manchester united — they've moved up to third after beating nottingham forest 2—0. antony opened the scoring and then turned provider for the second as diogo dalot tucked in his first premier league goal in a united shirt. erik ten hag's side have put themselves in a great position for a top fourfinish, now six points clear of tottenham in fifth. you have to get the second goal and life gets more easy. we created a lot, but we didn't score. first late on in the game and we should have closed earlier because you make one mistake and you get an equaliser and you have to avoid that. the situation — you have to avoid that. the situation is _ you have to avoid that. the situation is the _ you have to avoid that. the situation is the situation. the fans realty— situation is the situation. the fans really got — situation is the situation. the fans really got behind us right until the end. really got behind us right until the end it _ really got behind us right until the end it is — really got behind us right until the end. it is another tough one to take, _ end. it is another tough one to take, another tough day, but we can only keep _ take, another tough day, but we can only keep going, but we have to do hetter~ _ in spain, barcelona failed to beat getafe and extend their lead

at the top of la liga. it finished goalless, the 21st clean sheet of the season for xavi's side but also a third straight game without a goal. elsewhere, girona beat bottom of the table elche, and atletico madrid beat almeria 2—1. valencia and sevilla are currently in action, it's goalless. union berlin are up to third in the bundesliga despite drawing 1—1 with bochum, and freiburg aren't far behind having boosted their champions league hopes with a 2—1win away at werder bremen. approaching the closing stages of the game between wolfsburg and bayer leverkusen, where it is 0—0. in italy, roma have the chance to take control of the race for champions league football after rivals ac milan and inter dropped points on saturday — they're playing udinese now. seventh place juventus lost 1—0 to sassuolo, both the other games on sunday finished 1—1. staying with serie a and italy striker ciro immobile is being treated for back and rib injuries in hospital in rome after his car was involved in an accident with a tram.

the 33—year—old scored in lazio's 3—0 serie a win at spezia on friday. the club say he suffered "trauma of the spine" and a "fracture" of his right rib, but that his "condition are currently good". russia's andrey rublev has won the monte carlo tennis — his first masters 1000 title. the fifth seed fought back from four games to one down in the final set to beat the danish teenager holger rune with an ace. rublev said winning his first masters 1000 trophy was like a "fairy tale", it's his 13th career title. finally i did it. it is a pleasure to be part of it and to win a match like this, using 4—1, up 30 point break point and to be able to come back and to win a match like this is a fairy tale today. there's been another gold medal for great britain'sjessica gadirova

at the european gymnastics championships. the 18—year—old secured victory in the women's floor final for the third time in a row. british champion alice kinsella claimed silver. gadirova also won the all—around title and helped gb secure theirfirst european women's team gold. and that's all the sport for now. lizzie greenwood hughes with all our sport. we lizzie greenwood hughes with all our sort. ~ ., lizzie greenwood hughes with all our sort. . ., , ., ., lizzie greenwood hughes with all our sort. ., , ., ., , ., sport. we have 'ust had a statement from joe sport. we have 'ust had a statement fromloe biden — sport. we have just had a statement from joe biden on _ sport. we have just had a statement from joe biden on last _ sport. we have just had a statement from joe biden on last night's - sport. we have just had a statement from joe biden on last night's gun i from joe biden on last night's gun violence in alabama. i am going to read it from my screen. he says, this morning our nation is once again grieving for at least four americans tragically killed at a teen birthday party in dave hill, alabama, as well as two others killed last night in a crowded public park in louisville. jill and i are praying for their families and for the many others injured and fighting for their lives in the wake of this weekend was my gun violence. what has our nation come to when

children cannot attend a birthday party without fear? when parents have to worry every time the kids walk out the door to school, to the movie theatre or to a park? guns are the leading killer of children in america and the numbers are rising, not declining. this is outrageous and unacceptable. americans agree and unacceptable. americans agree and want lawmakers to act on common—sense gun safety reforms. instead this past week americans saw national republican elected leaders stand alongside the nra in a race to the bottom on dangerous laws that further erode gun safety. 0ur communities need and deserve better. i commend tennessee governor bill lee for signing an executive order to expand background checks and calling on the tennessee state house to pass a red flag law. i hope more republican officials will follow suit and take action. i stand ready, as i always have been, to work across the aisle in good faith on

federal legislation that will save lives. it is within congress was my power to require safe storage of firearms, require background checks, eliminate gun manufacturers from liability. they should happen without delay. joe biden's statement. you are watching bbc news. hello. pressure has been building through the weekend but also with it a much moister airflow bringing a lot of cloud across the uk today. that cloud has been thick enough for patchy light rain and drizzle, and we will keep some of that going through this evening and overnight, initially across parts of southern scotland into northern england as the night wears on, the midlands, maybe east anglia by the end of the night. could see some clearer skies across kent for a time but for most a generally cloudy night, but not as cold as last night. temperatures generally between 5—10 celsius, perhaps two or three if we see clearer skies developing for long enough across parts of kent. this is how we start the new week, with high pressure firmly in charge and we will keep that area of high

pressure close by for much of the week. unlike the weekjust gone, the week ahead is looking much drierfor many, some spells of sunshine and a little warmer at first before we start to develop an easterly wind which will gradually turn things cooler as the week wears on. a lot of cloud to start the day through monday, some outbreaks of rain initially across southern and central england, that will soon clear and we will see spells of sunshine develop for many. keep an eye on this bank of mist and low cloud on the north sea, perhaps pushing into the coast of east anglia and south east england. monday is likely to be the warmest day of the week, temperatures potentially up to 16, maybe even 17 celsius, and once again that mist and low cloud could push its way a little bit further westwards as we head through monday evening but some clearer skies further west. here is an area of high pressure as we head into tuesday, it changes its orientation slightly, so this is where we start to pick up that easterly wind. should be a good deal of sunshine for many on tuesday, perhaps more cloud drifting into parts of east anglia and south east england

through the afternoon but for many, dry, fine and plenty of sunshine. the winds do start to strengthen, particularly for eastern coasts, temperatures here may struggle to get above 12 or 13 celsius. elsewhere, in the sunshine, it should be pleasant enough with temperatures getting up to 1a or 15 celsius, but those easterly winds do start to strengthen further as we head through wednesday and thursday. keep an eye on what is happening to the east and south—east of us, could potentially see some areas of rain pushing in later on thursday and into friday, but for most the week ahead is looking much drier, some spells of sunshine, warmer to start, but then turning cooler through the week.

this is bbc news. the headlines presidents from three african nations are planning to travel to sudan, to try to broker a ceasefire, in the fighting between rival branches of the armed forces. around 70 people have been reportedly killed in the clashes. at least four people have been killed in a mass shooting in the us state of alabama. several others were injured in the incident at a teenage birthday party. the leader of the nurses�* union says they're prepared to continue strikes in england right up to christmas unless the government puts more money on the table for a pay deal. the chief minister of the indian state of uttar pradesh appeals for calm after a former politician convicted of kidnapping is shot dead live on tv along with his brother.