welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines: thousands flee sudan as fighting between rival military factions shows no signs of abating. authorities in yemen are investigating a cross in the capital that killed nearly 80 people. criminal charges are dropped against the actor alec baldwin over a fatal movie set shooting. ignition. two, one. and the most powerful _ ignition. two, one. and the most powerful space - ignition. two, one. and the most powerful space rocketi ignition. two, one. and the - most powerful space rocket ever built takes of and explodes minutes later.

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where thousands continue to flee the worsening violence between rival military factions. the fighting started nearly a week ago and so far it's claimed at least 350 lives. civilians in the capital khartoum who are trapped between the factions are running low on food and water. efforts are under way to secure a three—day truce to mark the muslim holiday of eid al—fitr. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest. 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 are the victims of a power struggle between two rival armies, a war that has been waged in crowded cities with no regard for civilian life. doctors can't even reach many of the wounded. our volunteers live in fields and 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. it's hard forjournalists to get into sudan right now but my colleague, mohammed osman, lives in khartoum and for the first time in a week ventured out of his house today. i am here at a bus station in khartoum.

it's where people are trying to leave the city. the fighting hasn't stopped for six days. they are running for water and food. new footage here of two army helicopters flying low over the river nile. these images filmed by a british businessman who's still trapped in the city centre. the buildings have been obliterated and pounded continuously. how far away? just metres away? yeah. is that ongoing? because we hear talk of a ceasefire or attempts to get a humanitarian ceasefire. there is no ceasefire. this 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, johannesburg. the us military is preparing for a possible evacuation of american embassy staff from the sudanese capital. our correspondent barbara plett—usher has more. the pentagon says that it is deploying these extra troops and equipment in the region near sudan. it doesn't say where. according to reports they are being sent to the us base in djibouti, and that is where they will be put into position to secure and facilitate any evacuation of us personnel if circumstances require, as is the and are gone. now, the circumstances become more and more alarming, especially since monday when a us embassy convoy became under attack in khartoum. the state

department as confirmed separately a us citizen has been killed in sudan. hasn't given any more information about that. it has intensified efforts to try to figure out how to get its people out, saying it has been too dangerous so far to do so, but checking into all of the options. the airport in khartoum is closed. if the americans were to attempt an air evacuation they would have to find a secure land—based somewhere in or near khartoum. the other options —— options would be overland, so they could possibly drive their people to put sudan on the red sea, but that is a 12 hour trip are not secure, to say the least. they could possibly try to drive to the nearest country, which is eritrea, but the leader of eritrea is not friendly to the us, not friendly to the us, not friendly to the west in general, actually. so in the meantime the americans have been gathering their personnel from their homes and bringing them to a secure centralised spot so that they could be

prepared to evacuate should it become possible. there have also been pushing for a three—day ceasefire, along with un and others, this would be a ceasefire for the muslim holiday of eid al—fitr which begins on friday. and that would allow notjust foreigners but also sudanese to be able to leave conflict zones where they are trapped. some usejust in, some use just in, japan some usejust in, japan is also planning to evacuate citizens from sudan as close as they continue. the country's defence minister told a press conference, according to local media, that the government is getting ready to lift —— airlift around 60 japanese nationals from sudan this afternoon. let us move onto yemen. 0fficials afternoon. let us move onto yemen. officials are investigating a deadly crash that killed nearly 80 people. it started when hundreds of people crowded into a narrow street to get cash handouts

from a local merchant. it happened in yemen's rebel held capital, so now, during a charity event for ramadan and the people in charge of that operation have now been detained. caroline hawley has more. and they warning you may find things in her report distressing. desperate ever to save people, pull them from the cross. there were calls for people to get back, but there is nowhere to go. images from the school show the horror of last night's events. terrorism 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 crash 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 an equivalent of about £8 lost for the chance to receive an equivalent of about e8 in a country where the un says

two—thirds of the population need to manage the who the authorities say the begun an investigation and rested those who organise the distribution without co—ordinating with them. dozens of people were also wounded, some in critical condition. 0ne also wounded, some in critical condition. one report the distraught families had rushed to hospital, but senior officials were visiting, saying they won't allowed in. translation: they won't allowed in. tuna/mom- they won't allowed in. translation: ~ , , translation: we were firstly checkinu translation: we were firstly checking on — translation: we were firstly checking on the _ translation: we were firstly checking on the injured - translation: we were firstly checking on the injured and . 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. this stampede is a huge tragedy. after years of war, yemen is suffering one of the world's was humanitarian crisis. the conflict between a military coalition led by saudi arabia against the houthis backed by iran as was millions of people into hunger. this deadly disaster comes just into hunger. this deadly disaster comesjust as into hunger. this deadly disaster comes just as these talk earlier this month had finally given yemenis a glimmer

of hope of better and safer lives. carolyn hawley, bbc news. yemen has long been one of the poorest countries in the middle east. the fighting their rating since 2015 has devastated its economy and has also led to severe food shortages and destroyed critical infrastructure. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has more. ., y correspondent lyse doucet has more. ., , ., more. the holy month of fasting. _ more. the holy month of fasting, even _ more. the holy month of fasting, even in - more. the holy month of fasting, even in a - more. the holy month of| fasting, even in a country where people around them are, as they say, one step away from starvation, it is a holy month blessings, the holiest month in the islamic calendar. and eid is meant to ease some of the suffering and yet we have seen now in yemen and notjust yemen, since we are speaking about yemen, how this is making people even more desperate. but eid or not, 365 days of the accommodation, they are, yemenis have been living with

this, one of the poorest countries in the region, and what would be regarded as the world's was humanitarian crisis. ., , lawyers for alec baldwin have confirmed to the bbc that all charges against the actor stemming from the fatal shooting of cinematographer halina hutchins on the set of his western movie rust have been dropped. a reminder of what happened. in october 2021, baldwin was rehearsing scene on the set at a ranch in new mexico, when the prop gun he was holding fired. it resulted in the death of the 42—year—old ukrainian—born cinematographer. charges of involuntary manslaughter were brought against him and the film's weapons handler hannah gutierrez—reed, who you see here. lawyers for both denied any wrongdoing.

sophie long has more on the charges. we have a statement from his lawyers who say they were pleased about that and they now encourage what they call a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic accident. we have been trying to make contact with the special prosecutor's office, with the district attorney's office in new mexico and also hannah gutierrez—reed's lawyer, she was the armourer who was responsible for weapons on that that day. we haven't had a statement from any of those people. what we do know now is that hannah gutierrez—reed's lawyers have given a statement to deadline, an online publication are specialises in entertainment news and they have confirmed that the changes —— judges again so, she was facing similarjudges of involuntary manslaughter, have been dropped as well. we only have alec baldwin's lawyers who have alec baldwin's lawyers who have confirmed directly to the bbc. we have spoken to the office of the special brew prosecutor is when our prosecuting this case and they have declined to comment at

this stage. they say as soon as a statement is available they will make us aware. at this stage we have no reason for these charges being dropped. these are the criminal charges being faced by both alec baldwin and the armourer hannah gutierrez—reed. he, alec baldwin, and the producers of the film rust of which he is one, pay several civil suits including one from lena hutchens' family in ukraine, her mother and sister, who are suing them. there has been an 18th month hiatus with several civil lawsuits have been filed. one came from a husband and young son, that was settled in october 2022 and matthew hutchins, husband, is now an executive producer on the film of rust —— rust, etc resume in montana today. a number of the civil cases, one was filmed also —— given by the script supervisor who made the initial call to the emergency services,

another comes from halyna hutchins' family in ukraine, there is a civil case, what is important about the criminal charges he was waiting until today as they could have resulted in a prison term. there were two chargers, one was under a firearm statute, alec baldwin's lawyers are for these charges from the outset, they said they were wrong, they represented a gross miscarriage ofjustice, they sat represented a gross miscarriage of justice, they sat at the time they were filed in january this year and that they would fight them and they would win. sophie long reporting there. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. gearing up for one last training session for this year's london marathon. for adam lever this month a huge milestone in his life of a marathon is something they always wanted to do, pre— cancer diagnosis, and then after cancer diagnosis i thought it was no longer possible with the operation i had. 50 possible with the operation i

had. possible with the operation i had, , ., possible with the operation i had. , ., had. so it is doing something they always _ had. so it is doing something they always dreamt - had. so it is doing something they always dreamt of - had. so it is doing something they always dreamt of doing. j had. so it is doing something i they always dreamt of doing. in january this year i'd got the news got ten years cancer free, which is amazing and definitely something to celebrate. and, yeah, i've wanted it to be a challenge, so i have said the ambitious challenge of raising £10,000 for the bone cancer research trust.— £10,000 for the bone cancer research trust. what makes this a creater research trust. what makes this a greater feat — research trust. what makes this a greater feat of _ research trust. what makes this a greater feat of endurance - research trust. what makes this a greater feat of endurance is i a greater feat of endurance is adam is doing all 26.2 miles on crutches. adam has exceeded his £10,000 fundraising target. and not want to do things by halves, he is now focused on completing the marathon on in under six hours, which will be a new world record. you're live with bbc news. the head of nato is said the

future of ukraine lies in the alliance. future of ukraine lies in the alliance-— future of ukraine lies in the alliance. ,, ., , ., , alliance. yen stoltenberg was talkinu alliance. yen stoltenberg was talking about _ alliance. yen stoltenberg was talking about it. _ alliance. yen stoltenberg was talking about it. well, - alliance. yen stoltenberg was talking about it. well, this . talking about it. well, this was a symbolic meeting. the first time since the full—scale invasion, you have the head of nato, the alliance which binds all of ukraine's western allies together, in kyiv meeting volodymyr zelenskyy. what did the ukrainian leader want from this? he called for a timeline for ukraine to be officially invited by nato, something it dearly wants, by the alliance. yen is stoltenberg wouldn't be drawn on that. he said they'd be high up on the agenda at a coming nato summit injuly which mr zielinski is invited to butjens stoltenberg was keen to point out the billions of euros that have been saliva supplied. —— zelenskyy. but with western allies themselves there is some division over whether ukraine should be allowed on some specific timeline on whether ukraine

should be invited tojoin timeline on whether ukraine should be invited to join the alliance. before the full—scale invasion, it was worried it would provoke russia into an escalation. without that escalation. without that escalation in the form of this invasion in finland has currentlyjoined the alliance and sweden is set to follow suit. jens stoltenberg said ukraine's place would be within nato but we didn't get any idea on when we stop we saw similar comments when the eu representative was here. full of sentiment but still lacking a bit on specifics. janet yellen has said the us and china should seek a constructive and fair economic relationship. tensions between the two superpowers over taiwan, technology and espionage among other things remain high but she said that both could benefit from the relationship. tensions between the two superpowers... . healthy economic relationship with china, one that fosters growth and innovation in both

countries. a growing china that plays by international rules in the united states world. both countries can benefit from healthy competition in the economic sphere but healthy economic sphere but healthy economic competition where both sides benefit is only sustainable because the competition is fair. buzzfeed has announced its clodown its news site and cutting 15% of its workforce. the company's chief executive, jonah peretti, blamed the decision on financial challenges, a slowdown in digital adverti and the coronavirus pandemic. he said the firm would concentrate its news output on the huffpost website, which it took over in 2021. fans around the world are mourning the death of a south korean k—pop star moonbin, who has died at the age of 25. moonbin was an entertainer

for his entire short life. as a child he was first an actor, beforejoining the k—pop band astro when he was 18. the star was discovered unresponsive at his home in seoul by his manager last night. police are investigating the cause of his death, but say it appears he has taken his life. moonbin is the latest of a series of south korean celebrities who have died young in recent years. so—yeon yoon, a reporter at the korea she discussed that the industry has a dark side. kapok is really famous for its very disciplined dance moves, fancy choreography. —— k—pop. high—quality dance moves while people are singing live. they always appear friendly on camera, they never do anything

wrong and the reason they are so disciplined is because once they make a mistake on camera, it goes viral everywhere. the fans get disappointed and they actually lead to a decrease in album sales and ticket sales of their concerts, so it's safe to say that these k—pop stars are always under pressure to look perfect. so they are not called stars or celebrities much in korea, they are called idols and they are treated as idols and they are treated as idols and always expected to look their best and behave their best. . , ., ., ., , best. that is an enormous pressure _ best. that is an enormous pressure on _ best. that is an enormous pressure on those - best. that is an enormous pressure on those young | best. that is an enormous - pressure on those young people. but moonbin isn't the first to possibly have taken his own life. there's been a lot of discussion on the industry and how it should change. there have been some changes in the last few years. have been some changes in the last few years-— have been some changes in the last few years. there have been definite changes, _ last few years. there have been definite changes, yes, - last few years. there have been definite changes, yes, because | definite changes, yes, because just ten years ago, it wasn't

allowed for a k—pop star or an idol to talk about how they are feeling. they could talk about the pressure on the fact they do feel a bit burdened but it couldn't lead to their actual mental health status so they could say, yes, ifeel mental health status so they could say, yes, i feel burdened but i will take this burden and try and make it something to be a cause of my doing better but recently, agencies have been publicly announcing that a member of a publicly announcing that a member ofa group, publicly announcing that a member of a group, they are suffering from anxiety or that he or she has been having nervous breakdowns or they've been having issues on continuing those activities so quite a number of idols have been trying to take some time off, whether that be a few months or a few years if necessary, until they recover and they can fully come back

and they can fully come back and agencies are also, one of the things they are doing is, it wasn't so much a case about a decade ago, it's that agencies are proactively reporting on the malicious comments that stars receive in on line spaces or through their social media.— on line spaces or through their social media. briefly before we left to go. _ social media. briefly before we left to go, those _ social media. briefly before we left to go, those young - left to go, those young performers are often brought into the industry at a quite young age, aren't they? with all these, this negative news about the industry, are young children wanting tojoin about the industry, are young children wanting to join the k�*p°p children wanting to join the k—pop industry? children wanting to 'oin the k-pop industmh children wanting to 'oin the k-pop industry? yes, and it's because k-p0p. _ k-pop industry? yes, and it's because k-pop, it _ k-pop industry? yes, and it's because k-pop, it has - k-pop industry? yes, and it's because k-pop, it has its - k-pop industry? yes, and it's| because k-pop, it has its pros because k—pop, it has its pros and cons, but it's one of the most fastly growing industries in the world stopped just ten years ago, mentioning k—pop, the idea of k—pop wasn't so big

or glamorous or well—known, more people are getting exposed now to the glamorous side of it stop one of the fortunate things is the government is also taking part so there weren't any specific how much teenage trainees could work or how much they could miss school but these guidelines are becoming very specific and orderly but it's true that many teenagers are wanting to get into the industry. i wouldn't say this is a bad thing. this isn't something we should be judging but if this is happening, the government, the companies and everyone involved should be talking about ways to make this healthier and more sustainable. if you need support with issues that we've been talking about, you could speak to a health

professional or an organisation that offers support. details of help available in many countries can be found at befrienders worldwide and in the uk, you can also find a number of organisations that can help at bbc.co.uk/actionline. the most powerful space rocket ever built — the spacex starship — has blown up shortly after launch in texas. the starship exploded just minutes after liftoff from texas. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. a tense wait in the final seconds... ignition. two, one... ..as the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built gets ready to fly. we have lift—off. starship slowly pushed up into the sky. so far, so good.

a few minutes into the flight, it was time for the bottom part of the rocket to separate. starship just experienced a rapid disassembly. it is the first test flight of starship and the goal was to gather the data and as we said, clear the path and get ready to go again. despite the explosion, they were still celebrating at spacex h0. elon musk, the company's ceo, set expectations low. just getting the rocket off the ground was a major milestone. he tweeted: the plan for starship

is to land people on the moon in a joint mission with nasa and then go to mars. it is radically different from other rockets. this is the starship launch system. it stands 120 metres tall, that's nearly 400 feet. it has two main parts. at the bottom is the superheavy booster which has a huge number of engines, 33 of them. above this is a starship spacecraft. this can carry cargo or crew. spacex says up to 100 people. what's unique is both components will be fully reusable. explosions at spacex are not unusual. they say it is all part of the learning process. there has been a lot of development flyer, design and fly. that's been costly in terms of hardware failures. space x says it's been extremely valuable in terms of

what space x has learned. there have been concerns about the environmental impacts of starship lunches and damage to the local fragile ecosystem. the us authorities say it passes all of their checks. it's not yet clear exactly what went wrong, but what's won't say how much it cost, but what's certain is spacex will try again. they've got more rockets waiting that are ready to fly. rebecca morelle, bbc news. hello there. high—pressure bringing a lot of dry and unsettled weather but like the last few days, keen easterly wind, taking the edge of the temperatures. noticeably chilli along _ of the temperatures. noticeably chilli along north _ of the temperatures. noticeably chilli along north sea _ of the temperatures. noticeably chilli along north sea coast. - chilli along north sea coast. rain at times and more cloud across southeast england courtesy of this weather front

which will move in of the near continent. a slight blue hue to the ms indicating the areas chilly. slightly cooler air and a bit fresher across most places starting off dry, widespread sunshine and much of the country will stay dry and sunny all day but we will see that area of cloud and splashes of rain pushing to east anglia in the southeast during the afternoon. the wind will be quite gusty here as well so with a lack of sunshine here and the gusty wind, it will feel on the cool side. certainly cool along north sea coast, nine or 10 degrees of rest, but further inland, the low to mid—teens with warmest spots, western scotland. like the last few days, with a dry and sunny weather, tree pollen will be high or very high. as we head through thursday evening and overnight, that area of cloud, splashes of rain in the southeast starts to migrate westwards across much of england and wales for the country will see clear skies,

slightly high winds. less cold when we have a cloud in the rain and the stronger breeze. for friday, changes for england and wales, number of weather fronts bringing more cloud and outbreaks of rain were scotland, northern ireland poking out into high—pressure, yet another dry and sunny day. england and wales was the outbreaks of rain, longer spells, showery in nature. parts of wales, central and southern england, a bit of sunshine in between but with more cloud and showers around, that will impact the temperatures. 10—13, but another fairly warm one for parts of scotland. it all changes as we head into the weekend. low pressure starts to bring more unsettled weather and is that locally is into the north sea, it opens the gates to a cold northerly so much colder spell expected, particularly the end of the weekend and next week. you can see the temperature is beginning to fall across the uk

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