live from london, this is bbc news. fighting between rival armed factions in sudan intensifies, with nearly a hundred people killed and hundreds more injured this weekend. russian opposition activist vladimir kara—murza is sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason and other offences linked to his criticism of the kremlin. vigils are held for four people killed in a mass shooting at a sixteenth birthday party in the southern us state of alabama. elon musk�*s spacex gets the all—clear to launch its mammoth rocket starship as early as today. hello. we begin in east africa, where fighting between rival groups

in sudan is entering a third day, with doctors warning of increasingly desperate conditions in hospitals in the capital, khartoum. so far, 97 people have been reported killed and hundreds injured in the violence. fighting is between the sudanese army and the country's biggest paramilitary group, known as the rapid support forces, or rsf with these two men at the heart of it. the head of army is general abdel fattah al—burhan. the leader of the rsf is mohamed hamdan dagalo. they're both vying for dominance, after leading the two main factions in the ruling military regime. but, caught in the middle, is sudan's population of around 50 million people. many are displaced and millions need humanitarian help. the sudanese doctors�* union says almost 100 civilians have been killed since the clashes erupted on saturday. we've been hearing a range of different voices from inside sudan. katharina von schroeder, from save the children, has been sheltering with her eight—year—old son in a school in khartoum since the fighting began.

we arrived to the school saturday morning and we heard the fighting noises. so we were hoping things calmed down. but unfortunately the situation escalated further. we were getting reports about fighting spreading throughout the city and then later through the states. so we just decided to stay put here in the school. there around ten adults with us and some of the staff of the school as well. we are really in somehow better situation, if you can call that, than many other people across the city.

so there's sufficient water supply here and food for now from the school cafeteria. but what i've heard from colleagues, from friends across the city, that in many locations, they don't have access to water, that's the biggest concern right now. and they're also really running low on food supplies. there has been a three—hour humanitarian truce, but former foreign minister mariam al—sadiq—mahdi, says that unless there is another truce, looting could happen as people are desperate for food. i personally, as a former minister of foreign affairs, contacted the icrc here and the sudanese red cross. and through theirjoint effort, we contacted mr. volker and some of the mediators of my colleagues, like mr.

we could establish yesterday that truce. but the escalation, especially with this morning. up till now, we are trying to establish our contacts for this day because today people really run out of food and a very day because today people really run out of food. unless there is a immediate humanitarian truce for the people to get their needs, i think the people will be compelled to do some looting. and this is very serious. and it will be sponsored and started by these warring parties. live now to james copnall, presenter of newsday on bbc world service radio and a former bbc sudan correspondent. what have you been hearing? i know you have been in close contact with friends, colleagues, people you know notjust in khartoum but other places. the picture we are hearing is it's a desperately worrying and frightening time for

people. what have they've been telling you?— telling you? frightening is absolutely _ telling you? frightening is absolutely right. - telling you? frightening is absolutely right. in - telling you? frightening is absolutely right. in the . telling you? frightening is - absolutely right. in the capital khartoum where there had been airborne by, clashes between the rapid support forces and the sudanese armed forces and so many different neighbourhoods. i have spoken to people without food and had to venture out to get food even in those incredibly dangerous circumstances. others without water or electricity really praying in this holy month of ramadan for this fighting to stop. flan this holy month of ramadan for this fighting to step-— fighting to stop. can i get you to take us through _ fighting to stop. can i get you to take us through some _ fighting to stop. can i get you to take us through some of- fighting to stop. can i get you to take us through some of the - fighting to stop. can i get you to - take us through some of the basics? when you look online at what people are searching for there is a huge amount of interest globally, one of the first questions people are asking is where is sudan. indie the first questions people are asking is where is sudan. we can deal with that _ asking is where is sudan. we can deal with that one _ asking is where is sudan. we can deal with that one relatively - deal with that one relatively straightforwardly. this is the north—east of africa, sudan here, very often described as the gateway between the arab and african world.

seen also for its agricultural potential as a breadbasket for the arab world and when there have been problems in sudan, in the past, history of civil wars, you had refugee outflows to other countries. what is happening, the violence right now in sudan is being watched incredibly closely in the whole region. incredibly closely in the whole re . ion. ~ . incredibly closely in the whole reuion. ~ . , incredibly closely in the whole reaion.~ . , ., ,, incredibly closely in the whole reion.. . , ., region. what is happening on the dilomatic region. what is happening on the diplomatic front? _ region. what is happening on the diplomatic front? there - region. what is happening on the diplomatic front? there are - region. what is happening on the i diplomatic front? there are efforts, the regional— diplomatic front? there are efforts, the regional body _ diplomatic front? there are efforts, the regional body eager _ diplomatic front? there are efforts, the regional body eager is - diplomatic front? there are efforts, the regional body eager is trying . diplomatic front? there are efforts, the regional body eager is trying to | the regional body eager is trying to send the presidents of tenure, djibouti and south sudan to mediate. there are calls from the us, uk, eu foreign ceasefire. so far it has rested without response essentially, both sightseeing we will keep fighting until we win. if i take you through the background of that you have to start with omar al—bashir, president of sudan for 30 years, a

general who seized power and was there until 2019, he was overthrown by a popular revolution. brave sudanese citizens taking to the streets, people power until he was overthrown. when he was replaced, it was not by the people, civilians, but by these two men. abdel fattah al—burhan and mohamed hamdan dagalo who were at the heart of his regime and essentially replaced him. , he became in essence head of state. his rival and ally was the deputy. the two of them carried out a coup against a joint military civilian administration in 21. the military alone ruling but how the forces could integrate built until in the last three days we have seen this terrible fighting. as you point out,

it's notjust in khartoum it is in other places. in the west, port sudan and in the east. in the north and other places where the armed forces are rubbing up against each other. but this is a shot from the centre of khartoum. smoke and fire, thatis centre of khartoum. smoke and fire, that is the daily reality for many in the capital. i want to show you one more image, quite extraordinary, this is an aerial map of the sudanese capital khartoum. the blue nile coming from ethiopia, the white sudan, this is where it meets and becomes the nile. this black mark in a city of millions people is smoke from the fighting, right by the international airport, right by the main military bases and that i think is going to be the reality of so many unless some solution is found. i heard you say this morning you don't think the negotiated solution

to the conflict is likely to happen short—term. why is that? if to the conflict is likely to happen short-term. why is that?- short-term. why is that? if you listen to the _ short-term. why is that? if you listen to the rhetoric _ short-term. why is that? if you listen to the rhetoric of - short-term. why is that? if you listen to the rhetoric of the - listen to the rhetoric of the leaders, one of the rsf has said essentially his rival from the sudanese military should be captured like a dog. he has called him a criminal. the sudanese army which seems to have the upper hand said it will not negotiate with rsf, it will dissolve it. we seem to have reached a point where at least in the short—term conflict seems the most likely. there will be high—level diplomatic initiatives. there will be pressure from countries in the arab region as well have interests here. but right now as it looks at this point i would guess for the next few days conflict seems the most likely next step.— most likely next step. thanks so much for that _ most likely next step. thanks so much for that and _ most likely next step. thanks so much for that and terrifying - most likely next step. thanks so much for that and terrifying for l much for that and terrifying for people who live in khartoum. we will take you live there in 20 minutes to talk to a correspondence on the ground. i have the bbc live page

which is up and running. bringing you the very latest news lines, what is happening with the fighting, humanitarian situation, diplomatic situation, that's worth logging on and keeping on throughout the day to keep up—to—date with what's happening in sudan. one of president putin's most prominent critics has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason in russia. vladimir kara—murza was also convicted of spreading false information about the russian armed forces and co—operation with an "undesirable organisation". he played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. he had denied the charges and been vocally critical of his trial. our russia editor steve rosenberg has been following this story in moscow from mr kara—murza's arrest. he says that russian oppositioner compared his trial to the stalin—era proceedings. kara—murza who is one of the most prominent kremlin critics, he was arrested just over a year ago. mr kara—murza was instrumental in persuading western governments

to impose targeted sanctions on russian officials for corruption and human rights violations. and that sparked a lot of anger in the corridors of power here, towards the end of his trial, vladimir kara—murza said that he is being tried for political reasons. he sees himself as a political prisoner and the case is widely viewed and condemned as politically motivated. he compared the proceedings to a stalin—era show trial of the 1930s. let's speak now to vitaliy shevchenko, the bbc monitoring russia editor. good to see you. how is this being reported in russia? if good to see you. how is this being reported in russia?— reported in russia? if you look at state tv, reported in russia? if you look at state tv, it _ reported in russia? if you look at state tv, it is _ reported in russia? if you look at state tv, it is not _ reported in russia? if you look at state tv, it is not being - reported in russia? if you look at state tv, it is not being reported | state tv, it is not being reported at all because it is a very sensitive subject for russia, especially for those in charge of the government in russia. the verdict is extremely important because it is the harshest sentence

handed to an opposition figure in vladimir putin's russia. this is what prosecutors requested, this is what prosecutors requested, this is what they got. vladimir kara—murza is one of the most prominent and most important critics of the government. he survived two poisonings. it was really bad, he nearly died both times, then he led this campaign to impose sanctions on rights abuses in russia. he also had a few of his friends jailed or killed for example his personal friend was shot dead outside of the kremlin in 2015. this is part of a trend of human rights being eroded in russia where critics of the kremlin are being jailed or worse.

western governments have been very quick to criticise this verdict. but mr kara—murza is a russian and british citizen, he has both passports, more specifically, what has the reaction been from london? this has been criticised harshly from officials in london who have demanded his immediate release. vladimir kara—murza is a uk citizen, he was educated in cambridge, he spent a number of years living in the united states and he strictly speaking did not have to come back to russia, but he did last year, knowing full well what is likely to happen to him because shortly before returning to russia, he gave a speech in the united states where he harshly criticised vladimir putin's war against ukraine and before the

verdict, mr kara—murza compared his own trial to what was happening in stalin's soviet union. so he knew what was going to happen to him and he returned to russia to face the consequences.— now to the us where president biden has condemned the killing of four people at a birthday party in alabama this weekend as outrageous and unacceptable. these are images from the country's latest mass shooting that happened on saturday at a 16th birthday party in the town of dadeville, about 70 kilometres north—east of the state capital montgomery. 28 other people were injured, several critically. live now to dadeville, in alabama, with cbs news correspondent omar villafranca. good to see you. what information

has been released by the police about the shooter? that has been released by the police about the shooter?— has been released by the police about the shooter? at this point, very little- _ about the shooter? at this point, very little- you — about the shooter? at this point, very little. you said _ about the shooter? at this point, very little. you said it _ about the shooter? at this point, very little. you said it shooter, i about the shooter? at this point, | very little. you said it shooter, we do not know if it is singular or multiple, witnesses told us they believe they saw multiple people shooting inside. we don't have a motive, we don't know what kind of gun was used, there is still a lot of unanswered questions when it comes to the investigation and we hope to find out more as it trickles out. . . ., , , hope to find out more as it trickles out. . .. hope to find out more as it trickles out. . . . , , . ' ., out. that uncertainty is awful for those who _ out. that uncertainty is awful for those who are _ out. that uncertainty is awful for those who are caught _ out. that uncertainty is awful for those who are caught out. - out. that uncertainty is awful for those who are caught out. how i out. that uncertainty is awful for. those who are caught out. how has the community responded? there those who are caught out. how has the community responded? there was a vitil the community responded? there was a viail and the community responded? there was a vigil and hundreds _ the community responded? there was a vigil and hundreds of— the community responded? there was a vigil and hundreds of people _ the community responded? there was a vigil and hundreds of people turned - vigil and hundreds of people turned up. this is small—town usa, this is dadeville, alabama, the population isjust dadeville, alabama, the population is just over 3000 people. dadeville, alabama, the population isjust over 3000 people. it is not big. this is the type of town that on the water tower, they taint the name of a high score on there. a very small—town, very small community, it was a sweet 16

birthday party, teenagers were probably looking forward all week to going to this party on saturday night and on saturday night the unthinkable happens, again. president biden said what has our nation come to when people cannot attend a birthday party without fear. what else has he said? the resident fear. what else has he said? the president has — fear. what else has he said? tie: president has been fear. what else has he said? tue: president has been pushing after fear. what else has he said? tue president has been pushing after the several mass shootings we have had in nashville, louisville, stricter background checks on guns, he has also been pushing for an assault weapons ban but keep in mind we are in the state of alabama, a very red state controlled by republicans. they will not push for any gun control legislation here in the state of alabama and i'm pretty sure the federal delegation if they want to get re—elected will not push for any federal regulations in washington, dc. while the rhetoric might be coming from around and other states, what happens here in the state, alabama does not support

gun control. the state, alabama does not support tun control. :, ~ the state, alabama does not support tun control. . ~ , :, the state, alabama does not support tun control. . ~ i. the state, alabama does not support gun control-— gun control. thank you so much for “oinint gun control. thank you so much for joining us- — gun control. thank you so much for joining us. striking _ gun control. thank you so much for joining us. striking right _ gun control. thank you so much for joining us. striking right now, - gun control. thank you so much for joining us. striking right now, very| joining us. striking right now, very unusual how little we know about a possible suspect or suspects. as soon as we have an update we will bring it straight to you. when the diaster unite together its important to support each other. to give some hugs, to give some presents for children, eggs or something. and it is nice piece because some people have mental problems because of war and when we unite together, we are getting

stronger. unite together, we are getting stronter. :, , :, ., unite together, we are getting stronter. :, ,, ., i. stronger. can you tell me about your headdress? — stronger. can you tell me about your headdress? usually _ stronger. can you tell me about your headdress? usually ukrainian - stronger. can you tell me about your headdress? usually ukrainian girls . headdress? usually ukrainian girls waited in some _ headdress? usually ukrainian girls waited in some celebration, - headdress? usually ukrainian girls waited in some celebration, in - headdress? usually ukrainian girls l waited in some celebration, in some very important days, and we wear it here because many people in the uk have never seen something like that. you're live with bbc news. human rights watch says control of the compensation scheme for victims of the windrush scandal should be taken away from the home office and given to an independent body. the group has warned many people are facing unreasonable demands as part of attempts to access money. the home office said it was "committed to righting the wrongs of windrush." jaqueline mckenzie is a human rights lawyer representing 200 victims of the windrush scandal. good to see you. can you give us an

example of the unreasonable demands? it is just that people have been here 70 years, in fact longer than that this year celebrates the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the windrush boat. some of the evidence actually goes back to that era and evenif actually goes back to that era and even if it goes back 20, 30 years, people just don't have it, so they are being put through considerable hoops to find evidence they don't have, that is one thing. the other big problem is i don't think the case working fully understands the cultural nuances of the cohort of people. for instance what is an impact on your life? that is the biggest tariff or head of claim under the compensation scheme. very often it seems the caseworkers simply don't understand how people's lives have been impacted upon as a result of something that the british government or home office did to

them. it's really problematic at the moment. :, , :, , :, moment. can you shed some light on that issue and — moment. can you shed some light on that issue and how— moment. can you shed some light on that issue and how you _ moment. can you shed some light on that issue and how you quantify - moment. can you shed some light on that issue and how you quantify the l that issue and how you quantify the impact on someone's life?- that issue and how you quantify the impact on someone's life? there are tariffs so you — impact on someone's life? there are tariffs so you cannot _ impact on someone's life? there are tariffs so you cannot put _ impact on someone's life? there are tariffs so you cannot put a _ impact on someone's life? there are tariffs so you cannot put a figure - tariffs so you cannot put a figure on someone's life or someone's loss from impact or an opportunity. there isjudicial from impact or an opportunity. there is judicial guidance from impact or an opportunity. there isjudicial guidance on from impact or an opportunity. there is judicial guidance on this from impact or an opportunity. there isjudicial guidance on this in court and the home office set their own tariffs, 10,000, 40, 70 and hundred thousand. if you think of some of the issues arising, i have a client who was stuck out of the country, missed one daughter, the first person ever in his family going to university, which is a big thing in all communities but certainly a big thing in communities that are traditionally deprived, he also missed his eldest daughter's wedding. evidence about all of that and the home office still don't think that has been any impact on his life. that's an example of the sort of thing that is happening. there are a number of recommendations. if there was one you would want them to take up that

could be easily actioned that could happen quickly and would make a real difference, what would that be? this scheme really _ difference, what would that be? tu 3 scheme really needs to be independently processed or managed now. i have not always been a fan of saying take the scheme away from the home office because i thought that would lead to considerable delays and people are already traumatised and people are already traumatised and things have been going on long enough but i think over the past two years, seeing the sort of results we are getting, the delays, the poor case working, given the home office is marking its own homework given the problems with caseworkers making the problems with caseworkers making the initial decisions because we are seeing considerable overturns after reviews, i think even if the is going to be delayed has to come away from the home office.— 25 women are being honoured by former us secretary of state hillary clinton for their role

in bringing peace to northern ireland. mrs clinton's giving the awards in her role as the chancellor of queen's university in belfast, they include honorary degrees and some posthumous honours. it comes as events marking the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement continue, that's the deal that largely ended secretarian violence there. live now to belfast where we can speak to dr clare rice who is a politics researcher at liverpool university, specialising in northern irish politics. good to see you again. president biden's visit as well, we talked about this last week but i'm interested to see how important an event like this is today at two really highlight the role women played in the process. absolutely, it's one of those _ played in the process. absolutely, it's one of those things, _ played in the process. absolutely, it's one of those things, women'sl it's one of those things, women's role within the peace process is

something that in 1998 was downplayed and in the time since that has been a lot of effort to rectify that situation. it is fair to say they were not a lot of women in the remit i'm of the negotiations and this is something that is pretty common whenever you look across peace processes and negotiation processes in conflict settings across the world. but the women that were present were very powerful in their voices, they made sure they took forward agendas that would more based on equality, that extended beyond the nationalist and religious divides, to try and expand the range of topics being discussed as opposed to trying to dominate the talks in a particular direction so they held a key role ensuring women's voices were heard in the negotiation processes but that women's interests and more diverse interests were fed into the peace process going

forward. :, ' : into the peace process going forward. :, ' . ., , :, forward. how difficult was it for them? what — forward. how difficult was it for them? what did _ forward. how difficult was it for them? what did they _ forward. how difficult was it for them? what did they face - forward. how difficult was it for i them? what did they face making forward. how difficult was it for - them? what did they face making sure they were part of the process? trier?r they were part of the process? very difficult. they were part of the process? very difficult- as — they were part of the process? very difficult. as was _ they were part of the process? very difficult. as was seen _ they were part of the process? e difficult. as was seen in northern ireland and is up pattern across the globe, conflict is quite heavily masculinised, that the effectively if i can boil it down, the combatants in any violent conflict are broadly categorised as men so when it comes to formalising peace processes or negotiations it is normally men as leaders within the conflict that prevail and come forward in that situation. that's the kind of dynamics women were trying to contend with in 1998 and we saw the northern ireland women's coalition as a key player coming forward to try and rectify that situation somewhat to ensure women's voices were heard in those processes because of course this was notjust a conflict that involve males, it involved everyone in northern ireland. women held a role supporting the peace processes, negotiating the peace process,

encouraging how people should vote in the referendum following the good friday agreement in 98 and indeed within communities and politics increasingly since 1998 as well in terms of stealing that peace processes for. they have a crucial role but one that has been overlooked in northern ireland's story. overlooked in northern ireland's sto . : overlooked in northern ireland's sto. : :, overlooked in northern ireland's sto . : overlooked in northern ireland's sto. : ., ., overlooked in northern ireland's sto. : , story. nice to see you again, i wish it were in-person _ story. nice to see you again, i wish it were in-person but _ story. nice to see you again, i wish it were in-person but lovely - story. nice to see you again, i wish it were in-person but lovely to - story. nice to see you again, i wish| it were in-person but lovely to have it were in—person but lovely to have ufs. after a record breaking 35—year run the curtain has come down on the broadway production of the phantom of the opera. the show opened injanuary 1988 and has been watched on broadway alone by 20 million people, grossing around $1.4 billion. the andrew lloyd webber musical is based on the classic novel about a 19th century aspiring opera singer. amongst the stars who appeared in the show are michael crawford and sarah brightman. after the final curtain call, sir andrewjoined the cast on stage on broadway.

stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. today could turn out to be the warmest day of this year so far. somewhere around the moray firth, we could reach temperatures of around 19, possibly 20 degrees. but as we go through the week, it's not going to be as warm. still be spells of sunshine and it's still looking dry for most. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather. the air around it moves in a clockwise direction. so we'll be pulling in more of an easterly wind at times. so it's always going to feel that bit colder along the north sea coastline. what we have today, though, is sunshine across the northeast of scotland, sunshine coming in across central and eastern parts of england. but through the day, you can see this thicker cloud coming in across east anglia. towards the west, there'll be a bit

more cloud at times. you could see just the odd isolated shower from that, but not much more than that. and widely, our temperatures 15 to 17 degrees locally around the moray firth and the glens in northwest scotland up to 19, possibly 20. now through this evening and overnight, we've got all this low cloud, some sea fret and haar, some fog, coming in from the north sea. drifting inland. in the west will have clearer skies. so here it is going to be quite a cold night. it's going to be quite a cold night for most. colder than last night. into tomorrow, then, we still have high pressure firmly in charge. this weather front coming in through the course of the afternoon, introducing thicker cloud and some stronger winds for the southeast. but the morning low cloud, mist and fog giving way to a lot of sunshine. it'll be quite slow to clear the east of scotland. and you can see how we've got all the cloud piling in with the odd shower and the wind picking up. these are the average wind speeds. so for most it's just going to be a breezy day.

but that wind coming across a cold north sea. so temperatures, especially in the east, are going to be that bit lower. we're looking at 12 and 13. we could still reach 17 degrees, for example, in glasgow tomorrow. as we move on through the week, into wednesday and thursday, we still do have high pressure in charge. here's our weather front on wednesday, tending to fizzle and isobars telling you it's not going to be particularly windy, but it will be brisk along the north sea coastline. so the outlook as we head towards the latter part of the week remains unsettled with rain or showers at times.

this is bbc news. the headlines: fighting between rival armed factions in sudan intensifies, with nearly a hundred people killed and hundreds more injured this weekend. russian opposition activist vladimir kara—murza is sentenced to 25 in prison for treason and other offences linked to his criticism of the kremlin. we have a special report from inside myanmar, where political activists tell the bbc they will never accept the country's dictatorship following a military coup two years ago. eurovision hopefuls take to the stage in london in the final pre—party before the competition next month in liverpool.