live from london, this is bbc news. tens of thousands of people flee sudan's capital, as the number of dead from violence between amy and paramilitary forces climbs. the deputy prime minister's little future is in the balance as the perimeter is held a report on the bullying allegations against dominic raab. almost 80 people are crushed to death in the capital of yemen, where hundreds had gathered to receive aid. space—x's first on crude test flight exploded minutes after its maiden voyage. total blackout: thousands descend on a small australian town to witness a rare solar eclipse.

welcome to bbc news. muslims around the world are preparing for eid al fitr, a religious festival which marks the end of the holy month of ramdan. but in some countries, conflict and poverty have made that celebration all but impossible. some of the images we are about to show you are distressing. in yemen, at least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in yemen's rebel—held capital, sanaa, after hundreds crowded into a narrow street on wednesday night to get hand—outs of around $9 from a merchant during a charity event for ramadam.

i'll be speaking to a yemeni journalist and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. but first, another muslim majority nation, sudan — where people have been desperately trying to leave the capital, khartoum, amid another day of fighting, fearful about dwindling food supplies and the collapse of medical services. nearly a week of fighting between rival military factions in sudan is now thought to have killed at least 330 people. in the last few hours, the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, appealed for an immediate, three—day truce to mark the muslim holiday of eid al fitr. two previous attempted ceasefires failed to take effect. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. this is the white house press secretary and john kirby from the national security council, both saying that presidentjoe biden is closely following developments in the suit on. we've also heard from the suit on. we've also heard from the us department of state, saying they are also calling for a 2k hour cease—fire, saying it has mostly

held and that the urge sedan�*s warring parties to extend the cease—fire through the holiday evita. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. another sunrise over khartoum, but still no sign of the promised ceasefire in sudan's shell—shocked capital. across this vast country, hospitals are increasingly overwhelmed. these, the victims of a power struggle between two rival armies, a war that's being waged in crowded cities with no regard for civilian life. doctors can't even reach many of the wounded. our volunteers didn't feel safe to go and to provide service apart from hospitals very close to their home area so far. but we are waiting for a situation to allow us to go there to provide service to all needy people, including wounded people. many families are trying to escape from khartoum, but the airport remains closed

and there are growing reports of marauding soldiers, of looting. here, two army helicopters fly low over the river nile. these images filmed by a british businessman still trapped in the city center. the buildings have been obliterated and pounded continuously. how far away? just metres away. yeah. and is that ongoing? because we hear talk of a ceasefire or attempts to get a humanitarian ceasefire. there is no ceasefire. it's talk, it's all talk. on the edges of khartoum, the occasional hint of normal life. for years, people here have been hoping and pushing for democracy. instead, two generals staged a coup,

then turned on each other — and now they risk plunging a huge and unstable corner of africa into deeper turmoil. andrew harding, bbc news. i spoke to dallia abdelmoniem, who lives in khartoum, and she started off by telling me what's happening there at the moment. today we finally managed to get out of our house and go find a safe place, and we are staying with family. and it was devastating because since saturday, we haven't left our home. so today when we were out, it was the most dead i've ever seen khartoum. i mean, even during ramadan or holidays, or whatever, there's always lines, there's always a business or a shop open. —— there's always life. but today, there was absolute nothing — even the stray dogs that are usually all over the city,

there were none, there was nothing. it was just a shock, it was very painful to see because this is my hometown, and to see it in such a state is... i don't know how we can ever recover from this, because, like you've said, this is the first time a conflict like this has been brought to the centre, to our capital. you know, wars or conflicts usually happen outside, on the periphery. but this is right at our homes. that was a resident of khartoum speaking to me earlier. i also spoke to dr mohamed abdalla. listen to what he had to say. the situation is very grave. the icu has no staff, they almost didn't show up. now we've effectuated the

hospital, if any are working. yes. hospital, if any are working. yes, we've been _ hospital, if any are working. yes, we've been getting _ hospital, if any are working. yes, we've been getting reports that, of the 59 hospitals across khartoum, only five remain open. are you saying most of those five are now closed as well? because when i spoke to the other day, yours was one of the few hospitals still operating. my the few hospitals still operating. my hospital is working about 10% at capacity. the last time we talked, my hospital was already in a dire situation, now it's catastrophic because the staff didn't show up, the supplies ran out. there's no emergency services. so it's no longer operational to be in hospital, we have some here and there, but we can do nothing. even food, we can't...— food, we can't... where are people

auoin ? food, we can't... where are people going? are — food, we can't... where are people going? are you _ food, we can't... where are people going? are you getting _ food, we can't... where are people going? are you getting reports - food, we can't... where are people going? are you getting reports of. going? are you getting reports of where people are going to seek a medical assistance?— medical assistance? we've heard multi - le medical assistance? we've heard multiple reports _ medical assistance? we've heard multiple reports that _ medical assistance? we've heard multiple reports that they - medical assistance? we've heard multiple reports that they are - medical assistance? we've heard i multiple reports that they are dying — some of my patients, we couldn't give them the help they needed. so we lost some of them. the icu told me, i checked earlier, there's no staff in the icu. so we can't do anything but evacuate the hospital right now. we still have some er going on for the injured, for the gunshot, but we also lack other departments. we cannot do surgical operations any more because the staff are not here.—

operations any more because the staff are not here. there have been continued calls _ staff are not here. there have been continued calls for _ staff are not here. there have been continued calls for a _ staff are not here. there have been continued calls for a cease-fire - continued calls for a cease—fire over the past few days, and today the un secretary—general has called for some kind of cease—fire at least for some kind of cease—fire at least for the three days of ede. do you think a cease—fire will take place? i don't think so. it didn't work then, it won't work now. without some actual pressure being felt on both sides, the violence will continue, and khartoum is a ticking bomb. . . , . continue, and khartoum is a ticking bomb. . ., . , continue, and khartoum is a ticking bomb. . . , ., , ., continue, and khartoum is a ticking bomb. . ., , ., ., bomb. that was a resident and doctor in khartoum — bomb. that was a resident and doctor in khartoum who _ bomb. that was a resident and doctor in khartoum who i _ bomb. that was a resident and doctor in khartoum who i had _ bomb. that was a resident and doctor in khartoum who i had spoken - bomb. that was a resident and doctor in khartoum who i had spoken to - in khartoum who i had spoken to a few days ago, and he gave me a general sense of the situation on the ground. here in the uk, the results of an investigation into bullying allegations pointed at the country's deputy prime minister, dominic raab, have been delivered to the prime minister, rishi sunak.

he is said to be carefully considering the findings before deciding whether mr raab broke ministerial rules. mr raab, who is also justice secretary, denies bullying staff and says he always "behaved professionally". with more on this, i'm joined now by political correspondent rob watson. good to see you, we've been waiting for the outcome of this report all day, and we were told a couple of hours ago we needed to keep waiting. yes, and we are still waiting, and we don't even know whether there will be a decision on friday. we don't know what the reason is for the hold up, so one can only speculate along the lines of this is clearly a very difficult decision for the prime minister, rishi sunak, because on one hand if you her to have to fire dominic raab, that would be difficult. mr raab was one of his most loyal supporters when he was seeking to take over boris johnson. on the other hand, if the

report does suggest, as was found that mr raab was found guilty of bullying staff, it would be difficult to keep hold of him and defend him. x�*t�*et difficult to keep hold of him and defend him-— difficult to keep hold of him and defend him. . defend him. yet at the same time, he set the bar so — defend him. yet at the same time, he set the bar so high _ defend him. yet at the same time, he set the bar so high in _ defend him. yet at the same time, he set the bar so high in terms _ defend him. yet at the same time, he set the bar so high in terms of what i set the bar so high in terms of what he wants from ministers and what his expectations are that perhaps he finds himself between a rock and a hard place?— finds himself between a rock and a hard lace? ., �* ., , , hard place? you're absolutely right, one of the things _ hard place? you're absolutely right, one of the things that _ hard place? you're absolutely right, one of the things that rishi - hard place? you're absolutely right, one of the things that rishi sunak . one of the things that rishi sunak promised after the turbulence, if one could describe that, of the turbulent months of liz truss and borisjohnson, was a steady government of integrity where people were held to high standards. so he's absolutely made this commitment, and if anything were untoward, the minister would have to go, no two ways about it. just minister would have to go, no two ways about it— ways about it. just tell us a little bit about the _ ways about it. just tell us a little bit about the accusations? - ways about it. just tell us a little bit about the accusations? i - ways about it. just tell us a little i bit about the accusations? i believe there seven different cases here. so i there seven different cases here. sr i think it's eight cases, but it may

be seven, it may be eight, and it involves something like two does in accusers. there were also lots of other witnesses who took part in this inquiry, this investigation. it started in november, and essentially its charges from people saying that mr raab belittled people who were civil servants, humiliated them, mr raab belittled people who were civilservants, humiliated them, it was very difficult to civil servants, humiliated them, it was very difficult to work with him and he was very demanding. now it's really important to state that mr raab's defence says he was just very robust as a government minister, you expect high standards. so those are the allegations and that's the rebuttal, if you like. in the allegations and that's the rebuttal, if you like.- the allegations and that's the rebuttal, if you like. in today from downin: rebuttal, if you like. in today from downing street, _ rebuttal, if you like. in today from downing street, we _ rebuttal, if you like. in today from downing street, we heard - rebuttal, if you like. in today from downing street, we heard that. rebuttal, if you like. in today from downing street, we heard that we j downing street, we heard that we will have some kind of response to this report, this inquiry as swiftly as possible. it’s this report, this inquiry as swiftly as possible-— as possible. it's one of those interesting — as possible. it's one of those interesting things _ as possible. it's one of those interesting things that - as possible. it's one of those i interesting things that downing street said the prime ministers that he wanted to consider it very carefully and act quickly. those are tricky adjectives to meet together, to be both swift and careful, so i

guess he can't sit on it for much longer because the longer the speculation goes on, the worse it is for everybody. speculation goes on, the worse it is for everybody-— for everybody. indeed, and we may find ourselves _ for everybody. indeed, and we may find ourselves having _ for everybody. indeed, and we may find ourselves having this _ for everybody. indeed, and we may find ourselves having this chat - find ourselves having this chat again tomorrow. rob, thanks so much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. gearing up for one last training session for this weekend's london marathon. for adam lever, this marks a huge milestone in his life. a marathon is something i always wanted to do, pre—cancer diagnosis. and then, after the cancer diagnosis, i thought it was no longer possible with the operation i had. so it's doing something that i've always dreamed of doing. injanuary this year, i got the news that i was ten years cancer—free, which is amazing and definitely something to celebrate. and yeah, i wanted it to be a challenge — so i've set the ambitious challenge of raising £10,000 for bone cancer research trust. what makes this such a greater feat

of endurance is adam's doing all 26.2 miles on crutches. adam has exceeded his £10,000 fundraising target — and, not want to do things by halves, he's now focused on completing the marathon in under six hours, which will be a new world record. you're live with bbc news. the authorities in yemen say that about 80 people have been killed in a stampede at a school, during a distribution of charity ahead of the muslim holiday of eid ul fitr. reports say houthi guards fired shots, causing a crowd in the capital sanaa to panic and rush for the exit. two local businessmen who arranged the event have been detained. there are some images that you may find upsetting in this report from our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley. shouting desperate efforts here to save people, pull them from the crush.

there were calls for people to get back, but there's nowhere to go. images from the school show the horror of last night's events. terror written on the faces of those trying to escape. hundreds of impoverished yemenis, including some children, had gathered to receive cash donations, often distributed in the holy month of ramadan. a medic said the crush had been caused by a rush to get into the school yard of a narrow street. so many lives lost for the chance to receive the equivalent of about e8 in a country where the un says two thirds of the population need humanitarian aid. the houthi authorities say they've begun an investigation and arrested those who'd organised the distribution without coordinating with them. dozens of people were also wounded, some are in critical condition. one report said distraught families had rushed to hospitals, but because senior officials were visiting, they weren't allowed in. translation: we are firstly checking

on the injured and those who died. . all the relevant officials have proceeded with their legal duties to examine this unfortunate event and to find a serious solution for this to never happen again. the stampede is a huge tragedy. after years of war, yemen is suffering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. the conflict between a military coalition led by saudi arabia against the houthis backed by iran has pushed millions of people into hunger. this deadly disaster comes just as peace talks earlier this month had finally given yemenis hope of better and safer lives. caroline hawley, bbc news. well, to discuss this further, i'm nowjoined by thejournalist youra yousri, who is in sanaa. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. it is another sad day for that yet many people — we've seen ongoing war and humanitarian

crises for the last eight years, and to think over $9, so many people lost their lives.— lost their lives. exactly, it should have been _ lost their lives. exactly, it should have been a _ lost their lives. exactly, it should have been a happy _ lost their lives. exactly, it should have been a happy time - lost their lives. exactly, it should have been a happy time because| lost their lives. exactly, it should i have been a happy time because we are always looking for ways to celebrate eid, but it was a tragedy last night. we were not —— we are not planning to celebrate eid at this time. ., �* , , this time. you've spent the day talkin: this time. you've spent the day talking to _ this time. you've spent the day talking to family _ this time. you've spent the day talking to family members - this time. you've spent the day talking to family members of. this time. you've spent the day - talking to family members of those who've been affected, but have they been saying?— been saying? actually not only the families, been saying? actually not only the families. but _ been saying? actually not only the families, but a _ been saying? actually not only the families, but a lot _ been saying? actually not only the families, but a lot of _ been saying? actually not only the families, but a lot of people - been saying? actually not only the families, but a lot of people who l families, but a lot of people who have nothing to do with these families are very devastated and furious at the same time because it's not an easy event that happens, especially... a lot of people are questioning what's happening, and it's not only what happened last night, there's always a fundamental problem that yemen faces, especially

the worsening humanitarian crisis where families are getting very limited donations, very generously from the distributions, but they were fighting with their lives over it, so it's not an easy time, sanna is very sad. it it, so it's not an easy time, sanna is very sad-— it, so it's not an easy time, sanna is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen. — is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen, doesn't _ is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen, doesn't it, _ is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen, doesn't it, that - is very sad. it sums up the tragedy of yemen, doesn't it, that the - of yemen, doesn't it, that the desperation of people who are hungry, who are starving, who have spent the last month fasting because of ramadan, a period of time they feel is extremely holy, and waiting for eid, which is tomorrow, and to be burying their dead — itjust sums up be burying their dead — itjust sums up the devastation of this country. yes, exactly. and it's been an escalating situation since the beginning of the war in 2015, and up

to now what happened last night took it to a very different level where this should not be happening, and we have to take into consideration that this is and i think that passes by, we need to take serious steps... there is some hope, isn't there? in the last few days, we've been talking about prisoner exchanges between the two warring sides, the saudis are talking about finding some kind of peaceful resolution to the conflict that's raged for the last eight years, that's left millions of people displaced, that's left over 10,000 people dead. yes. left over 10,000 people dead. yes, exactl , left over 10,000 people dead. yes, exactly. there _ left over 10,000 people dead. yes, exactly, there are _ left over 10,000 people dead. yes, exactly, there are some _ left over 10,000 people dead. 1a: exactly, there are some hopes and discussions about that. but it's always about fundamentals to the contrary. we are worse off than 2015, the misery and poverty have

been present for a long time now. what's happened especially with the exchanges with prisoners have given us some hope, and we were hopeful that this would continue, but after what happened last night we just need to recalculate everything, and we have to take more precautions about what happens next. the finger of blame is being _ about what happens next. the finger of blame is being pointed _ about what happens next. the finger of blame is being pointed to - about what happens next. the finger of blame is being pointed to all - of blame is being pointed to all sides — some are saying that those who arranged to give out this charity hadn't coordinated with the authorities, others are saying the authorities, others are saying the authorities started to shoot in the air and that created some kind of panic. so really, all sides are blaming the otherfor panic. so really, all sides are blaming the other for how chaotic these scenes were.— blaming the other for how chaotic these scenes were. yes, i think from what i these scenes were. yes, i think from what i know — these scenes were. yes, i think from what i know that _ these scenes were. yes, i think from what i know that this _ these scenes were. yes, i think from what i know that this company - these scenes were. yes, i think from what i know that this company has i what i know that this company has been generously giving donations every year at ramadan in a very organised manner and process. they have a list of people that they give

these donations, so people take the donations and go away. but because last night was the last day of ramadan, this company was planning on giving more donations to people, and this is where things got uncoordinated. all we know is they've been sending organisations in a organised manner during ramadan — either this year of the previous years, as well. - either this year of the previous years. as well-— years, as well. joining us from sanaa, years, as well. joining us from sanaa. a _ years, as well. joining us from sanaa, a continued _ years, as well. joining us from sanaa, a continued difficult. sanaa, a continued difficult situation on the ground, thank you so much forjoining us.— so much forjoining us. thank you so much for “oining us. thank you very much. — i spoke to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet earlier about the situation in yemen. people are living right on the edge, which is why this rare moment of hope, of optimism —

but it has to be underlying cautious optimism — that a way can be found out of this political quagmire, a way to end the war, because as every senior humanitarian official will emphasise, that the only solution to the humanitarian crisis in yemen, the deep humanitarian crisis, is a political solution, an end to the war which has eluded the yemenis for so long now. indeed, and this is obviously the poorest country in the middle east. it was already virtually a failed state before this conflict began eight years ago. and now, we're seeing these sorts of stories, hearing about this kind of tragedy on a daily basis — and that too a day before eid. yes, as you know, first of all, eid, the holy month of fasting —

even in a country where people are on the are, as they say, one step away from starvation, it is a holy month of blessings, the holiest month in the islamic calendar. and eid is meant to bring blessings, it's meant to ease some of this suffering. and yet we've seen now in yemen — and notjust yemen, but since we're speaking about yemen — how this is making people even more even more desperate. but eid or not, 365 days of the year, day in and day out, yemenis have been living with this hardship, as you say, the poorest country in the region and what would be regarded as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. yeah, and you mentioned there the cautious optimism with this idea that that maybe, maybe after all these years, some kind of hope for peace. we saw a prisoner exchange a few days ago. the saudis are keen to extract themselves from this conflict as well, of course. there's unexpected rapprochement between two major

heavyweights in the region, saudi arabia and iran, two of the key players in what is a proxy conflict in yemen is what is fuelling this cautious optimism, the sense of a new opening in this years—old conflict. saudi arabia, of course, launched a military intervention in 2015 in neighbouring yemen — that was a year after the houthis, backed by iran, seized power in a coup and seized large swathes of yemen. so, with this rare rapprochement between saudi arabia and iran, it is taking out, at least for now, one of the main engines fuelling this war. but it will not make it any easier, though, to resolve what are the very deep, and in fact, deepening tensions and animosities between the main players in this war, the houthis, who control the capital, sanaa, and much territory

beyond what is regarded as the internationally—recognised government that they ousted, which is based in the south, and has always been backed by saudi arabia and the emiratis. they're worried about this way forward, because they see... the saudi talks were not with all of the yemenis, they were just with the houthis. that was lyse doucet. we'll be back in the next few minutes, but ijust want to show you these images from a suit on and bring you up—to—date on the situation in the ground dashes sit down. it's been more than six days of fighting, you can see the plumes of smoke there in the densely populated areas of sudan in khartoum, the capital, and people are now desperately trying to leave the capital amid another day of fighting, and people are very concerned about the dwindling food supplies and the collapse of the

medical services. nearly supplies and the collapse of the medicalservices. nearlya supplies and the collapse of the medical services. nearly a week of fighting between rival and military factions in sudan has thought to have left 330 people dead. don't go anywhere, we'll be back. hello there. it's been a very colourful day today, lots of blue skies. but over the next few days, the weather is going to start to change. this high pressure that's been dominant and bringing dry weather is moving away. as pressure falls, things will turn more unsettled. already seeing that weather front bringing some rain in from the near continent. as that rain pushes its way towards the west, the rain peters out. but we will keep more cloud for england and wales overnight. later in the night, some wetter weather could well return to the south east. further north, for scotland and northern ireland in particular, clear skies, and temperatures could be below freezing again in grampian region. let's follow the story of that rain, though, for england and wales. quite a different look to the weather compared with today. that rain could be heavy for a while. again, it pushes towards the west. following that, something a bit brighter, some sunshine,

that could trigger some heavy and thundery showers. further north, it may stay dry in the far north of england, more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. still got that easterly wind, which is likely to be stronger in southern scotland and northern england, but not quite as strong as today in the south east of england. here, temperatures could sneak up to 13—14 celsius, but the highest temperatures will be in scotland and northern ireland, with the sunshine, 16—17 celsius here. and also some high tree pollen levels across this part of the uk, whereas with the chance of some rain for england and wales, those levels will be a bit lower than they've been of late. heading into the weekend, and things are turning more unsettled with the wetter weather moving a bit further north up towards southern scotland and also northern ireland.

and that allows the wind direction to change. we draw down a northerly wind — that will bring colder air across the country as well. and that process starts really on sunday. we've still got some showers for england and wales, heavier ones driving down towards the london marathon. to the north, more cloud, the showers in northern scotland turning wintry over the hills in that northerly wind. temperatures will be ten degrees lower than we've seen over the past few days here. still could make 1a celsius in the south of england, but temperatures will be lower here for the start of next week. so things are going to be turning more unsettled, wetter, and then it gets colder.

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