live from london. this is bbc news sudan's army says the evacuation of some foreign nationals has begun, as fighting in the capital, khartoum, continues for a second week. the uk government says it's "doing everything possible" to support british nationals trapped in sudan. the australian entertainer, barry humphries has died at the age of 89. he was best known for performances of his alter egos dame edna everage and sir les patterson. the australian prime minister anthony albanese has taken to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him �*one—of—a—kind' and �*gifted'. australian actorjason donovan said the country had �*lost one of its greatest�*. two people have died and at least ten others injured in madrid

after a fire started in a restaurant. hello and welcome to the programme. i'm luxmy gopal. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk — as well as the united states, france and china — are to be evacuated "in the coming hours". the head of the military agreed to facilitate the operation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. saudi state tv is reporting that planes carrying evacuees have begun arriving injeddah the un estimates that at least 400 people have been killed across sudan since the fighting began a week ago, the most intense taking place in the capital khartoum. explosions and gunfire have been heard across the city in the past few hours. that's despite the sudanese army

announcing a three—day halt to fighting — from friday. the conflict is the result of a power struggle between the national army led by general abdel fattah al—burhan and the rsf para—military group led by general mohamed hamdan dagalo. the two men had been sharing power since leading a coup in 2021, but recently disagreed with how sudan should be ruled moving forward. bbc africa's ferdinand 0mondi has been following this story for us from nairobi. the latest info that we have, the military and the rsf confirming that they're willing to offer a pathway for foreign nationals to be evacuated from sudan.

the response from the international community is to try to scramble their military and all the evacuation offices, the british foreign office are confirming that it is about to start the process to evacuate its people, although it is warning against any suggestion that it is an immediate thing. we have seen a confirmation from the government of saudi arabia that it has indeed put in place plans to evacuate its citizens in fact, the sudanese military had earlier indicated that some of them had already evacuated by road to sudan where they will either leave by ship or by air and that port towards sudan is a 12 hour drive. and governments like france have also spoken the leader of the rsf, hemedti, and discussed the possibility of opening humanitarian pathways so it seems things are moving previously as we have seen and there is a guided optimism. is there any indication of how the fighting may develop from here? that is difficult to tell because there's also been lots of propaganda coming out from both sides. they've been showing

videos on social media, rsf showing how it has conquered and shot down some strategic positions of the military, the military showing how it has made some supposedly rsf soldiers surrender and also shut down their military equipment and artillery but what we do know is that both leaders are fighting to be the leader, the conquerer, and the military leader indicated he did not see any way out of this process other than a military solution, as he called it, so from the military side we do know they are not entertaining the military side we do know the idea of a truth, but what they're doing right now is opening a small window for the foreign countries to release their citizens but it does not seem they do want to end their confrontation with the rsf. earlier we heard from arshad malik — country director for sudan

with save the children charity. he talked about the impact that the conflict in sudan is having on children and what support is in place for those who need it. at the moment, we still are trying to keep our staff safe as much as we can. like, the city of khartoum has been under a kind of lockdown since the 15th of this month because of the ongoing crisis. and we are at the moment monitoring the situation and our staff have reported safe but we are that the situation children are facing. we have reports of internal displacement within khartoum states but also within other states and this is because of fighting but also because there is lack of water, electricity cuts in the city, and lack of commodities and lack

of safe drinking water is one of the biggest concerns because this is one of the most widely reported issues at the moment in the areas which are affected because of the crisis, and this will increase the risk of waterborne diseases, including cholera. infective control, for example, mosquito nets and other things, are not available at the moment. we are in contact to see what the gaps are and they have reported a shortage of key medical supplies including blood bags, oxygen and ivs, and i think we are also at the moment is planning to bring in supplies from wherever we can. we have teams on standby. we are constantly in touch to give help to understand number one, the needs, but also we are trying to assess the situation from a perspective of child protection and what is the impact of this crisis for children. that is arshad malik was country

director for sudan with the charity save the children who were speaking to earlier. i commercialism live pictures of khartoum, the city where the intense fighting has been taking place in the past few hours explosions and gunfire have been taking place across the city despite being a three—day ceasefire. i don't if you can listen then we can see what we can listen then we can see what we can listen then we can see what we can listen in there. it is hard to detect what sounds like a little bit of gunfire if we just listen in for a moment. now, you may be able to hear that or it may be a little bit too faint to hear but that is the sound coming from khartoum, the capital city live at the moment and this is following reports that explosions and gunfire were being heard over the past few hours

there.. three—day halt to fighting was announced by the sudanese army but despite that have been gunshots, gunfire heard and if you listen in their it's hard to tell and it may well not be. that is the scene live at khartoum at the moment. we can bring you any confirmed reports of what is happening there when we get it but the reason we're showing either those live pictures from casting their because that is where over the last few hours explosion and gunfire were being heard. of course, we will bring you more on that as we get it. two people have died and 12 have been injured after a fire broke out at a resturant in the spanish capital, madrid, sparked by a waiterflambeeing a dish. plastic plants are reported to have caught fire as the waiter walked through the restaurant with a blow torch.

the flames then spead rapidly throughout the venue, which contained around 30 diners and staff members at the time. according to the authorities, the deceased include two young men — one of them a worker at the venue. police have launched an investigation into the incident. the australian comedian barry humphries — best known for his character dame edna everage — has died at the age of 89. he'd been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. 0ur arts correspondent, david silitto, looks back at his life. dame edna everage! hello, possums! dame edna always said she was born with a priceless gift — the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

i am weightless and you could do with losing a little. success has gone to yourjowls, russell harty! oh, you're being very, very cruel! for more than 50 years, she took pleasure in saying the unsayable. i've had a little work done, but... have you? not quite as much as some of us! laughter and applause no... no, but the thing is, you are still recognisable, that's what i like. laughter she was so familiar it was easy to forget that behind the glasses and frocks was a man called barry humphries. that's me standing outside. oh, one of the big clocks they've got over there. he arrived in britain in 1959, an australian comedian with a devilish delight in satirising the people he'd grown up with.

most of us who go to england try to get rid of our australian accents if we can. because we've always felt, with our accents, rather inferior, you see, to our english cousins. as indeed we are. the real barry humphries was an art lover, a painter, a collector of rare books, polite, a loyalfriend. the opposite of another of his characters. and i have the honour to be the australian cultural attache. how are you, sirjohn? les patterson. barry. g'day. but he and sir les did have one thing in common — drink. it took a divorce and a spell in hospital to convince him to give up the booze in 1971. i had such a wonderful trip overseas, you know. but throughout his life he always had edna. from her beginnings as a mousy parody of the suburban melbourne values he'd escaped... still, i dare say in a week or so i will have my australian accent back again! what is it, a little

choker, darling? ..to the brash housewife superstar. gorgeous, darling. did it all come off the one chandelier? # it's my niceness # i pride myself on my niceness #. for many, edna was so real, so engaging, it was easy to forget that the wit, the charm, the sheer audacity was all down to the brilliant comic mind of a man called barry humphries. i've been draped! # my wonderful, wonderful niceness with you. # the comedian barry humphries who's died at the age of 89. 0ur correspondent in sydney, phil mercer, told us he'll be best remembered there for dame edna everage: he really took the world by storm, didn't he, barry humphries as dame edna everage

having audiences with royalty and millions of fans, i think it's that particular role that will define the life of a man whose career spanned so many generations. he was awarded many honours in the world of acting and also in civic society as well. the national treasure i think here in australia. and there will be an enormous amount of sadness at his passing at the age of 89. he was admitted into hospital in february after a fall at his apartment here in sydney. he was treated at st vincent's hospital and we have heard from his family saying that he was himself until the bitter end, never losing his brilliant mind and also making light of his condition and planning new shows. so that's a measure of the man fighting until the very end. but barry humphries has died here in sydney. he was 89 years of age.

and tributes to barry humphries have been pouring in from around the world. 0ur newsroom reporter naomi choy smith has been looking at all the latest messages on social media. those tributes, as you say, pouring in from around the world, especially in australia. and we only have to look at this aussie legend jason donovan's tweet here, saying, "australia has lost "one of its greatest — funny, literate and fiercely intelligent," and posting this picture ofjason donovan — who, of course, is the neighbours star — with dame edna there. he said barry humphries was quite simply an entertaining genius and those words echoed, really, across social media. we have another aussie icon there, danni minogue, tweeting, "a legacy of laughter he will leave". "vale barry humphries," with a hashtag there. we've even gone into the world of politicians, as we were reporting earlier. the prime minister of australia anthony albanese posted this tribute to barry humphries and the premier of new south wales,

as well, chris minns, posting this tribute saying, "the all—time most successful solo theatrical performer anywhere in the world — barry was a legend." notjust in australia, though — we're also seeing reaction from the uk, including another comedy legend, ricky gervais tweeting, "farewell, barry humphries, you comedy genius." so, of course, striking a chord in australia, the uk and beyond. 0ur reporter naomi choy smith there looking at tributes to barry humphries, who's died at the age of 89. let's get a round—up of the day's sports news now. over to chetan pathak. hello. all eyes on the bottom of the premier league with most of saturday's games involving sides fighting to avoid relegation. leeds united remain in trouble, just outside the bottom three after a 2—1 defeat at fulham. all the goals came in the second half. another disappointing result

for leeds who have a huge game at home to leicester on tuesday. talking of leicester — they are second from bottom and hoping to avoid a fifth successive defeat — they were behind to an early wolves goal but are level thanks to an iheanacho penalty...both everton and nottingham forest could be out of the bottom three with wins. at the top of the table aston villa could move within three points of the top four with a victory at brentford. injust under half an hour — manchester city face sheffield united in the first of the fa cup semi finals. city are chasing a premier league, champions league and fa cup treble. but championship side sheffield united stand in their way at wembley stadium — our correspondent natalie pirks is there for us: the signs. sheffield united are

ominous. city are yet to concede a goal in this fa cup campaign. they are unbeaten in 15 matches in the blades haven't won anything cup semifinal the last five times and asking. make no mistake, if they were to meet city here today would be huge mistake. there is no—one on the planet here today that thinks they could do it but as we saw last night between southampton and arsenal nothing is in football. —— nothing is certain in football. well, it could be a treble winning season for manchester city if they win the fa cup, the premier league and the champions league. but history is against them, particularly in europe, so pep guardiola is not getting too distracted. really start to talk the treble when you won the premier league and after we won the fa cup, before the final of the champions league. look how far away to start to talk about that. i said many times, how many times in this amazing country, travels, i've done. how many years? that's why we get so excited. how many games?

is one. wrexham's hollywood season could get its fairy tale ending with promotion back to the football league for the first time in 15 years. it's the moment their film star owners rob mcelhenney and ryan reynolds have been waiting for since they took over in north wales a couple of years ago. it will happen if they beat boreham wood this evening. chelsea are 1—0 down in their champions league semifinal tie against barcelona following a loss at stamford bridge earlier today. caroline graham hansen put the visitors ahead afterjust four minutes with a curling effort from outside the box. an effort from chelsea's guro reiten was earlier ruled out for offside, she had another shot cleared off the line. barcelona controlled the game well in the second half to see out the win. the second leg is on thursday. the afternoon sessions at the world snooker championship are under way, with ronnie 0'sullivan dominating in his game against hossein vafaei. these are live pictures from the crucible in sheffield with defending champion 0'sullivan12—2 up —

he needs just one more frame to win this match with a session to spare. yesterday, of couse, saw vafaei produce an unconventional break off shot as the feud between the two players continues. over on the other table, australia's neil robertson is hoping to make a big comeback againstjakjones of wales. the 2010 world champion started the afternoon four frames behind after a disappointing day yesterday, he's now 7—12 down, so jakjones could seal qualification this afternoon too. mark allen secured his place in the quarterfinals earlier. next to the women's six nations where top of the table england continued their dominant form as they seek a fifth successive title. now stay with sporty matters, let's talk about cricket

and the indian premier league that is in full swing. the bbc are broadcasting each game on the radio with millions of fans following. we are nowjoined by two of them to find out why the ipl is the biggest cricket league in the world. sanchit desai is a superfan from mumbai and kiran tallapragada is from in hyderabad. i spoke to him earlir today. to talk about the ipl brings me back to all those days back in 2008 when it all started and that was the time when cricket was actually getting into a whole different place and the invention of ipl actually paved the way for bringing the younger generation into the games. previously, it was all about the older generation and very few younger people were actually taking an interest in cricket so ipl actually brought a whole different level to that and i since then i think it does

continue to keep on evolving and to talk about its impact right now we can just visit india in the month of april and may and watch each and every young kid ageing from 15 to 25 or even 25 and above talking about ipl only, and that goes on from day to night. so ipl�*s impact has been tremendous in the nation and i believe that it's going to continue to keep getting bigger in the years to come. why do you think it is able to attract viewers from all around the world ? because of course it is not just india, is it? it is not a global appeal and that is probably because it attracts the absolute top talent from all around the world and for good reason. it is probably one of the most competitive leagues, the highest grade of cricket, franchise cricket that you can see all over the world and on top of that ijust don't think anybody else quite does cricket like india and the kind of fervour and the kind of matches that the crowd goes into every single game on the kind of viewership, the kind of rivalries, the affects all of us every single day, i think that just produces a spectacle that the rest

of the world would also love to watch and consume. and it'sjust the pure drama of it — the ipl isjust box office. superfans kiran tallapragada and sanchit desai speaking to me earlier. the welsh club wrexham could be promoted back into the english football league for the first time in 15 years this evening, and get the hollywood storyline, theirfilm star owners, have been aiming for, since they took over, a couple of years ago. the club could escape non—league football tonight, with a victory over boreham wood at the racecourse ground. hollywood stars, rob mcelhenney and ryan reynolds have pumped in millions of pounds into the club and theirjourney has been turned into a global tv series, meaning this game will be followed by new fans all over the world. let's speak to thomas lewis — who's sports reporter with north wales live. their football club went from oblivion a couple of years ago is

enough possibly facing promotion back to the football league is all thanks to two hollywood stars, ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney. they bought the club into thousands and spent millions on it and our club is just one match away from that promotion. the landlady here is joined by herfamily and also her mascot. it brings of luck. what did you think when you heard that two hollywood stars were going to take over the club? i hollywood stars were going to take over the club?— over the club? i didn't believe it to beain over the club? i didn't believe it to begin with. _ over the club? i didn't believe it to begin with. it _ over the club? i didn't believe it to begin with. it was _ over the club? i didn't believe it to begin with. it wasjust - over the club? i didn't believe it to begin with. it wasjust so - to begin with. it was just so surreal. it has happened. what they've done that he is fantastic. they have notjust urban kept a connection with the club. they've adopted the town. we connection with the club. they've adopted the town.— connection with the club. they've adopted the town. we have always been close knit _ adopted the town. we have always been close knit community - adopted the town. we have always been close knit community anyway adopted the town. we have always - been close knit community anyway but it is just that little bit extra

excitement and community spirit. you are a player — excitement and community spirit. you are a player and manager. would you think is up in the last couple of yearslast couple of think is up in the last couple of yea rslast couple of years if think is up in the last couple of yearslast couple of years if you look back of the last 15 years where it has been non—league football. suddenly we're going to get back into the — suddenly we're going to get back into the football league and i think everybody— into the football league and i think everybody so elated it's untrue but for all _ everybody so elated it's untrue but for all the — everybody so elated it's untrue but for all the fans that are then going to that _ for all the fans that are then going to that club for a number of years it is brilliant they are going to .et it is brilliant they are going to get success at last into the football league. 22 get success at last into the football league. get success at last into the football leaaue. . , , ._ football league. 22 games played this season. _ football league. 22 games played this season, 22 _ football league. 22 games played this season, 22 wins, _ football league. 22 games played this season, 22 wins, one - football league. 22 games played this season, 22 wins, one draw. . football league. 22 games played . this season, 22 wins, one draw. what is your predictive scoreline for today? is your predictive scoreline for toda ? ., , ~ , is your predictive scoreline for toda ? ., , ~ today? logically i think they are winnin: today? logically i think they are winning 2-0- — today? logically i think they are winning 2-0. they _ today? logically i think they are winning 2-0. they are - today? logically i think they are winning 2-0. they are not - today? logically i think they are winning 2-0. they are not big i today? logically i think they are - winning 2-0. they are not big goals winning 2—0. they are not big goals goal was to strike and scoring lots of goals and as i said 10,000 fans behind me not holding back and will go for it. taste behind me not holding back and will no for it. ~ ., .., ., go for it. we are confident of success? _ go for it. we are confident of success? yes! _ go for it. we are confident of

success? yes! yes! - go for it. we are confident of success? yes! yes! our - go for it. we are confident of. success? yes! yes! our reporter go for it. we are confident of - success? yes! yes! our reporter dave guest success? yes! yes! 0ur reporter dave guest speaking to fans earlier. just to recap our top story i want to ta ke take back the lysine from khartoum, the capital city of sudan. that is where the army says foreign nationals in the uk is one of the nationally —— the live scene, for the nationals from the united states, uk and china and france are being evacuated in the next couple of hours. the past few hours gunfire was heard across the city and explosions despite the sudanese army announcing a three—day halt to fighting from friday so this is the scene live there now. and you can probably hear the sounds coming from the city there. just to recap, the conflict is the struggle, the result of a power struggle between the national army led by general abdel fattah al—burhan ran and the avocet paramilitary group led by general mohammed hand and the galley —— the

rsf paramilitary group. general mohammed darlow. —— general de gallo. monasteries will it. —— general mohamed hamdan dagalo. hello. it's felt positively springlike across the uk in the weekjust gone. temperatures widely in the mid—teens, low twenties in western scotland. north sea coast always somewhat chillier, but for all of us, some colder prospects in the days ahead. low pressure rolls across the uk through the remainder of the weekend, bringing outbreaks of rain, setting up some quite strong winds across northern scotland by the end of sunday. and they are northerly winds, and they will advance arctic air all the way south across the uk for the early part of the new week. so, a big change to come.

for the rest of today, some showery rain moving across england and wales, perhaps something heavier and more persistent moving into the south coast by the end of the night. some rain for northern ireland, southern and central scotland. to the north, i think the skies somewhat clearer. we're looking at a mild night, frost—free with temperatures in the mid range of single figures. 0n into sunday, quite a spell of wet weather targeting the south east of england and east anglia. it is the london marathon. not the nicest conditions for spectators and quite a keen wind picking up later on in the day i think will add to the cooler feel. but the really cold winds are starting to dig down into northern scotland by the end of the day on sunday. temperatures already down on the figures we've seen through the last week. but as we look at monday and that arctic air sinks south, the northerly wind really picks up everywhere. the colder feeling will be much more pronounced. and you can see what that northerly wind is ushering into scotland and across the higher ground of northern england — snow showers possible down even to lower levels across scotland. it's rain that we're looking at, though, still hugging southern england, perhaps affecting parts of south wales, and our temperatures sliding down widely into single figures. we've got to factor in that northerly wind, and then you can see for the likes of aberdeen,

it's going to feel only a couple of degrees above freezing through monday daytime. and then monday night into tuesday, gardeners, watch out. if you've put any tender plants out, it's time to get the fleece out because we are looking at quite a widespread frost. colder still i think monday night in to tuesday. we continue with that chillier feel into the middle part of the week. but current thinking has us picking up a more south—westerly atlantic influence to our weather for thursday and friday and the temperatures coming up. but it does look like we could see some quite wet prospects to end this week. but in the short term, it's the chillier weather that we have to look out for.

this is bbc news. the headlines... sudan's army says the evacuation of some foreign nationals has begun, as fighting in the capital khartoum continues for a second week. the uk government says it's doing everything possible to support british nationals trapped in sudan. the australian entertainer barry humphries has died at the age of 89.

he was best known for performances of his alter egos dame edna everage and sir les patterson.