live from washington, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers on pbs in america. residents flee the sudanese capital as the death toll from violence between amy and paramilitary forces climbs. the us supreme court delays a decision on access to a widely used abortion medication. and germany's president draws parallels between the nazi crackdown of the warsaw ghetto uprising and president putin's invasion of ukraine. hello. i'm sumi somaskanda. we're going to start with some developing news out of yemen. officials say up to 80 people have been killed and more

than 100 others injured in a stampede at a school in the yemeni capital sanaa during distribution of charity for ramadan. there is some footage emerging allegedly from the incident. a warning — some viewers may find it distressing. this is video footage from al masirah, a tv station linked to the houthi rebel group, which controls sanaa. the video was picked up by the reuters news agency and it purports to show the incident in the bab—al—yemen area of the city. as you can see, it's an apparent crush of people, many of whom look to be in distress. we will have more on this story as it updates. now to sudan where the latest ceasefire has failed. these are pictures from the capital, khartoum. witnesses say gunfire was still being heard across the city. both sudan's army and the paramilitary group it's fighting, the rsf, had agreed to the ceasefire, and it's not clear which side or both has broken it.

civilians like these are fleeing khartoum. over the past five days, more than 270 people have died in the fighting. and it's worsened sudan's humanitarian crisis. people have limited food, water and medical supplies. the un says 16 hospitals across sudan have been forced to shut down completely, nine of them, in the capital. let's hear from them. the humanitarian response in sudan remains severely hampered. attacks against aid workers, looting of humanitarian facilities must stop now. humanitarians must be able to safely carry out their work, aid agencies must be able to safely move staff and replenish critical suppliers. meanwhile, we are worried that sudan's healthcare system could completely collapse. joining us now is bbc africa's ferdinand 0mondi. it is just about daybreak in khartoum, what is the latest you are hearing about what is

happening? fix, you are hearing about what is happening?— happening? a ceasefire has failed, this— happening? a ceasefire has failed, this was _ happening? a ceasefire has failed, this was very - happening? a ceasefire has i failed, this was very important to save the people who are being injured, who are now, at least in thousands of numbers. you look at the situation in recent days, we are getting stories of hospitals not operational those that are, handful of doctors walking through the threat of getting shot when they treat patients, reports of cancer patients on ventilators which had to be turned off, one child died and one was taken away. most of the people have been wanting to flee at home, a lot are being held back, if you have been able to run away on vehicles and also on foot, it's not quite clear what is the safest measure because the fight is spreading out of khartoum to other regions and now there's a

real threat of militia, ethnic militia also realising.- militia also realising. we're lookinu militia also realising. we're looking at _ militia also realising. we're looking at images - militia also realising. we're looking at images of- militia also realising. we're| looking at images of people packing belongings, on the move trying to the situation, where are they going and are they receiving care? at are they going and are they receiving care?— are they going and are they receiving care? at least you had on the _ receiving care? at least you had on the west _ receiving care? at least you had on the west of- receiving care? at least you had on the west of sudan i receiving care? at least you . had on the west of sudan there are government soldiers running away, the government announced it had 300 soldiers were fleeing from the west of the region. many would like to leave the country but roads, bridges and railways have been attacked, even foreign nationals who wanted to leave have not been able to leave the country, japan, have been wanting to evacuate citizens but it is impossible to fly into sudan which means it is impossible to fly out would like to leave the country. for those unable _ like to leave the country. for those unable to _ like to leave the country. for those unable to flee what is the situation facing those in

khartoum right now? the biggest threat as direct _ khartoum right now? the biggest threat as direct attacks, - khartoum right now? the biggest threat as direct attacks, the - threat as direct attacks, the president of kenya criticised both sides for attacking civilians and civilian interest, and even nonmilitary operations like schools and hotels, he now mentions there is a real threat and accusing them of borderline committing crimes against humanity, under the international communities are watching closely, people have been caught in the crossfire and now there are a lot of reports a lot of them credible civilians are being used to targets. humanitarian organisations complaining they are being attacked, diplomats attacked and medical workers being killed.— being killed. thank you very much. here in the us, there's been another delay in the battle over access to a widely used abortion medication. the us supreme court is allowing the pill to remain on the market through friday,

extending an earlier deadline. mifepristone was first approved by the us food and drug administration two decades ago, and is used in more than half of all abortions in the us. let's take a look at how we got here. this month, a judge in texas invalidated the fda's approval of the drug, which would have see it taken off shelves. but shortly after, a judge in washington state issued an opposing ruling. the federal government then stepped in. it appealed the texas court's decision, and asked for the drug to be kept on shelves until the case was resolved. that was agreed to, but with additional restrictions. there were disagreements about those additional restrictions, escalating it to the supreme court. and last friday, justice samuel alito ordered at temporary block on those restrictions. the drug was kept on market, now without limits. which brings us to today, when a decision was due from the supreme court. that's now been delayed again until friday. we don't know why. staying in the us. gun violence continues to plague several states this

week. let's look at the latest. in missouri, the 84—year—old man charged with shooting 16—year—old ralph yarl on his doorstep pleaded not guilty to felony charges in his first court appearance in the case. yarl, a black teenager, is still recovering after he was attacked when he went to the wrong house to pick up his brothers. and in alabama, a third person, a 20—year—old man, has been arrested and charged with four counts of murder after a shooting at a birthday party on saturday in a dance studio. the other two charged were teenager brothers. here's the district attorney earlier today. the message that i want to send is i know some of these victims personally, some of these kids are kids of friends of mine, people i went to school with, people i played ball with and in the community back in high school, and these are my kids. these are our kids. don't mess with our kids. do not mess with our kids.

we have our north american correspondent who has been following the this for us. tell us what you found out about this case?— this case? this shooting occurred _ this case? this shooting occurred on _ this case? this shooting occurred on saturday i this case? this shooting - occurred on saturday evening at a sweet 16 birthday parting in jade phil alabama, smalltown, and as a of that shooting, for people sadly died, or young, or between the ages of 17 and 23, 30 people were injured, many teenagers it was the birthday party of a teenager. an investigation follow described is quite complicated, as you were just saying we have had news over the course of the day, of three arrests now in relation to the case, and authorities continue to say they are still investigating and urging people to come forward with information if they haven't already. it seems cuite they haven't already. it seems quite unusual— they haven't already. it seems quite unusual we _ they haven't already. it seems quite unusualwe have - they haven't already. it seems quite unusualwe have so - they haven't already. it seemsj quite unusual we have so little information on the shooting?

more information has emerged, you are correct, on sunday morning the news of what had happened the night before started to emerge. media, ourselves and other media i've spoken to because i was in the town reporting on the street were finding it difficult to find out information, to a degree that did seem quite unusual. something the police were saying today was they wanted to make sure any information they do release is correct and accurate they have been resistant to any pressure to come forward with information before they say they are ready. i information before they say they are ready.— information before they say they are ready. i can imagine that is massively _ they are ready. i can imagine that is massively frustrating l that is massively frustrating to friends and family on the ground you have spoken to question mac it's a max, when are. �* , ., ~ ., question mac it's a max, when are. �*, ., ., question mac it's a max, when are. h . ., ., question mac it's a max, when are. ., ., ., are. it's a max, a lot of people _ are. it's a max, a lot of people said _ are. it's a max, a lot of people said everyone i are. it's a max, a lot of - people said everyone knows everyone and that makes it especially difficult because a lot of people knew the victims. some people were frustrated and surprised about the lack of a

—— information initially coming up, others i spoke to said they were prepared to let the authorities get on with the investigation, and that they sympathise to some degree to the idea they didn't want to see the information released before was certain it was accurate, it was mixed in that regard but there was a general discussion going on about how little detail was initially coming out from the case. we mentioned — coming out from the case. we mentioned three other shootings that occur this week as a result of a mistake, how has that impact of the debate around gun control in the us? this is a debate that has been had many times, there have been other devastating, very tragic shootings in the united states. in terms of the alabama shooting the discussion i've seen so far doesn't seem to necessarily have moved the debate on, orforward, everyone agrees they want to reduce gun violence but the question then goes as to how and there are still divisions on them.

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including £600 million in grants but produces here say far more needs to be done to help them grow more of our food locally. you're alive with bbc news. now to the 80th anniversary of the warsaw ghetto uprising. at a ceremony in warsaw, the german president asked for forgiveness for german crimes during the holocaust. frank—walter steinmeier said he was humbled to be the first german head of state to be invited to the commemorations. he also drew parallels between the nazi crackdown of the uprising, and president putin's invasion of ukraine. more than 10,000 jews were killed by the nazis during the ghetto uprising. the bbc�*s adam easton has more. air raid sirens sounded through grey skies as the ceremony began. 0n the site of the former warsaw ghetto, three leaders bowed their heads before the monument to the victims. it's hard to imagine now, but in 1939, warsaw was home

to the largestjewish community in the world outside new york. a bustling life between the courtyards of red brick tenement buildings echoing to the sound of yiddish, and destroyed by warsaw's german occupiers. singing ajewish partisan song was brought back to life by a youth choir. for the first time, a german head of state was invited to speak at the anniversary. translation: here at this| square, near the monument to the heroes of the ghetto uprising, i stand before you in deep sorrow, i feel our responsibility for the crimes of the past and the responsibility for our common future. applause by april of 1943, the nazis had already murdered 300,000 ghetto inhabitants in the treblinka death camp. those remaining

knew what fate lay before them as the germans prepared the final deportations. armed only with pistols and grenades, they chose to fight. the germans would not take away their right to choose the manner of their deaths. 80 years on, warsaw'sjewish community numbers just a few thousand, but even such brutal history may in time be followed by reconciliation. adam easton, bbc news, warsaw. earlier, i spoke to richard hirschhaut, regional director of the americanjewish committee in los angeles. richard, thank you forjoining us on our programme. why was it important for the german president to issue an apology now, so many years later? it was an extraordinary moment of penance on behalf of the german nation,

and it was important that the terminology of nazi—occupied poland was replaced by the term �*german' and that the german nation owned up to these terrible atrocities. this is all part of a decades—long process of healing and atonement, that certainly the global jewish community welcomes. what you think, richard, it says, that this was the first time a german president has been invited to these commemorations? well, i think it speaks to the relevance of this moment, with the rise in anti—semitism globally, that we ought to heed the clarion call that has come from germany

and other nations who understand where unchecked hatred and bigotry can lead, and that while 80 years may seem like a long time, it is merely a drop in the bucket in the pantheon of human history. it comes at a time where we are seeing the number of holocaust survivors or witnesses dwindling, shrinking. we also have seen a rise of holocaust denial as well. how do you continue to carry forward the history and the lessons of the holocaust? well, it is so important that centres of learning and memory exist, and that we cannot have enough of them in the world. but in the united states, in european capitals, there are opportunities each and every day for young people, people of all backgrounds to explore and experience the lessons of history,

and to understand that while millions suffered and millions were lost at the hands of this evil run amok, ultimately, this is a personal story, this is a personal narrative. each individual victim is to be remembered, memorialised, and their good name carried forward, and that's an opportunity for all of us to embrace as we think about the kind of world in which we want to live. richard, as you said, there's been a documented rise in anti—semitism in europe, and also here in the us. what does that look like? well, it has played out in the most base and vile and grotesque fashion. it has as its roots some of the social media culminations, from the likes of kanye west and others. it finds its way, seeps

into our popular culture with a growing incivility and lack of regard for people of colour, gays and lesbians, the gay community, and latino community, most certainly the asian american community with respect to some of just the grotesque accusations that came from the highest pulpit in the land with respect to the covid pandemic. all of that has found its way as well into anti—jewish hatred. this is, as you said, a really troubling trend. we've seen a rise, essentially, in hatred towards many communities, including jewish communities. the ajc did convene a meeting at the white house in february. how do you combat this

kind of anti—semitism? well, it really takes sitting down and the meeting that we were so pleased to be able to convene with the biden administration, and that was led by the second gentleman, douglas emhoff, and was intended to create an interagency, multi—agency strategy, a whole—of—government response to anti—semitism because, ultimately, this is a societal problem that we all must embrace, and that meeting was led off in fact by visits from six european special envoys on anti—semitism, and in many, respects the paradigm has shifted. 10 or 15 years ago, it was the united states that was exhorting european capitals to deal with the troubling percolating of rising anti—semitism. the tables have turned and there are lessons that we, in the united states, can learn from our european allies. 0k, very interesting point there. richard hirschhaut,

regional director of the americanjewish committee in los angeles. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. russia has been accused of planning a campaign of sabotage against energy infrastructure in the north sea to be activated in the case of war with the west. that claim was made in a documentary, produced jointly by the public broadcasters in scandinavia and finland. nicky schiller has more. these allegations come in an investigation by public broadcasters in norway, denmark, sweden and finland. the first is called putin's shadow water minister they allege russia has a rate of vessels that are disguised as fishing controllers and research vessels that are actually underwater surveillance equipment used to map possible sites for sabotage if the conflict with the midwest increases. 0ne if the conflict with the midwest increases. one of the vessels they tracked was this one. they allege that it is a russian spy ship, officially it is a research vessel, but they

tracked a route in red where they sailed past sally seven offshore wind farms, both in the uk and of denmark. when they caught up with a vessel in a small boat, this is what happened. this a small boat, this is what happened-— a small boat, this is what hauened. r . , ., happened. as we have been told b the happened. as we have been told by the source. — happened. as we have been told by the source, i _ happened. as we have been told by the source, i can _ happened. as we have been told by the source, i can see - by the source, i can see crewmembers walking around on the deck. i think they are watching us. there are two men staring at us. well, they are looking at us. this is really a strange situation, almost intense situation, they are looking at us. he intense situation, they are looking at us.— intense situation, they are looking at us. intense situation, they are lookin: at us. ., looking at us. he then went on to see this _ looking at us. he then went on to see this masked _ looking at us. he then went on to see this masked individual l to see this masked individual carrying what appears to be a military assault rifle. the whole documentary uses claims by and anonymous royal navy x port. here is what he told the investigation team.— port. here is what he told the investigation team. they don't normally running _ investigation team. they don't normally running cryptic - normally running cryptic communications, and that can only be something they don't want people to know. this tells me this vessel is engaged in

something other than hydrographic research. find something other than h drou-rahic research. �* ., hydrographic research. and what could that be? _ could that be? underwater surveillance. _ could that be? underwater surveillance. cables, - surveillance. cables, pipelines, topography as well, mapping the seabed. not only are they able to map the infrastructure, but they have built a fleet specifically to attack that infrastructure. in norway, thisjournalist has norway, this journalist has been tracking the roots of civilian vessels, and in one case he says a russian trawler crossed 130 times this couple before it was damaged. we know that signals from this, one of the world's bigger satellite stations, to pass down the fibre—optic cables. the bbc understands uk officials are aware of russian vessels moving around uk waters as part of the programme. it is worth noting that reconnaissance of secretive sites isn't that uncommon, and indeed, western nations may be doing similar things in russia.

i want to take you live to western australia now. what you're looking at here is the early stages of a solar eclipse. the whole of australia is able to see at least part of this solar eclipse, but in the country's northwest — like the towns of exmouth, that you're watching here — a total eclipse will be visible in a short time from now. a total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun, completely blocking out the light. we have phil mercer outside the sydney observatory joining sydney observatoryjoining us now. what are you seeing now in sydney? it what are you seeing now in s dne ? , . sydney? it is raining here in s dne , sydney? it is raining here in sydney. an _ sydney? it is raining here in sydney, an appalling - sydney? it is raining here in sydney, an appalling day i sydney? it is raining here in| sydney, an appalling day for this cosmic phenomenon. 0n the other side of the continent, there is one of nature's most spectacular show is under way. the eclipse began near the town of exmouth around an hour ago in totality. that is when the sun is completely obscured by the moon will occur in the next

few minutes, so thousands of people have descended onto that remote part of north—western australia to watch this cosmic coincidence, when the sun, the moon and the earth all align, and astronomers say that this very special event is proof of the universe's power and our place in it. so people have come from an awful long way to witness this spectacular show from exmouth, it will move into part of east timor, the eclipse, and parts of the islands in the indonesian archipelago. but in sydney, there is a 10% chance of seeing there is a 10% chance of seeing the eclipse. but it is raining and cloudy, and not too many people are sparing the time. but in exmouth, it is very, very different story. despite it bein: very different story. despite it being raining _ very different story. despite it being raining and - very different story. despite it being raining and cloudy l very different story. despite | it being raining and cloudy in sydney, how rare and exciting

is is for australia? it sydney, how rare and exciting is is for australia?— is is for australia? it has been years _ is is for australia? it has been years since - is is for australia? it has l been years since australia is is for australia? it has - been years since australia has had a total eclipse. in the next 15 years or so there will be another handful of these cosmic phenomena. in 2028 in sydney, hopefully it won't be raining and cloudy as it is today. astronomers and scientists are using the opportunity in western australia to test out new telescopes and other apparatus. they will be studying the sun's atmosphere, and also learning more about distant galaxies. so a big day for many, many people. a big day for many, many --eole., , a big day for many, many people-— a big day for many, many --eole. , , ., people. just very quickly, what have ou people. just very quickly, what have you heard _ people. just very quickly, what have you heard from _ people. just very quickly, what have you heard from people i have you heard from people watching in wa?— watching in wa? they are extremely _ watching in wa? they are extremely excited, - watching in wa? they are extremely excited, many | watching in wa? they are - extremely excited, many people have come from overseas to go to that part of exmouth. this is the ningi loop coast of western australia where thousands of people have gathered —— ningaloo. phil gathered -- ningaloo. phil mercer in _ gathered -- ningaloo. phil mercer in sydney, - gathered —— ningaloo. phil mercer in sydney, thank you.

though remarkable pictures we are looking at here in western australia, exmouth, where that total solar eclipse is taking place. enjoy these pictures. we will leave you with these. hello there. high pressure is continuing to bring a lot of dry, settled, sunny weather throughout the day for most areas on thursday, but like the last few days, we've got a keen easterly wind out there. that's taking the edge off. the temperatures will be noticeably chilly along north sea coasts and there will be some rain at times and more cloud across southeast england courtesy of this weather front, which will move in off the near continent. you'll notice there's a slight blue hue to the air mass, indicating that the air is quite chilly as well. so when you factor in the strong wind and slightly cooler air, then it will be a little bit fresher across the board. however, most places starting off dry, widespread sunshine and much of the country will stay dry and sunny all day. but then we'll see that area of cloud and some splashes of rain pushing

into east anglia in the southeast during the afternoon. it's here where the winds will be quite gusty as well. so with a lack of sunshine here and the gusty winds, it'll actually feel on the cool side now. now, certainly cool along north sea coasts, 9 or 10 degrees at best, but head further inland, it's the low to mid—teens or the warmest spots again, western scotland, the high teens, maybe even more than that. and like the last few days with the dry and sunny weather, tree pollen will be high or very high for many of us. so, as we head through thursday evening and overnight that area, clouds, splashes of rain in the southeast starts to migrate westwards across much of england and also wales. whereas the northern half of the country will see clearer skies, slightly lighter winds here. so another chilly one here. less cold, though, where we have the cloud, the rain and also the stronger breeze. so for friday, some changes for england and wales. we've got a number of weather fronts bringing more cloud outbreaks of rain, whereas scotland, northern ireland poking out into the high pressure. we'll have yet another dry and sunny day. pretty decent temperatures for western scotland, but england and wales will see outbreaks of rain.

longer spells of rain, northern england, showery in nature, i think parts of wales, central and southern england, a little bit of sunshine in between. but with more cloud and showers around, that'll impact the temperatures, 10 to 13 degrees here, whereas again, anotherfairly warm one for parts of scotland. but it is all change as we head into the weekend. lower pressure starts to bring more unsettled weather for a time. and as that low clears into the north sea, it opens the floodgates to a cold arctic northerly. so a much colder spell expected, particularly towards the end of the weekend and into next week. but you can see those temperatures beginning to fall across the north of the uk.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. in a world awash with information and disinformation, who and what can we trust; facts, data points, original open sources, they're all powerful weapons in this information war and that is why my guest today, christo grozev, bases his investigative journalism in digital detective work. he is bellingcat�*s lead russia

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