live from london. this is bbc news. the evacuation of foreign nationals from sudan gets under way, as fighting in the capital, khartoum, continues for a second week, this a ship arriving injeddah. kenyan police say they have so far exhumed 21 bodies following an investigation into a religious group. its followers were allegedly urged to fast themselves to death. the australian entertainer, barry humphries dies 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 takes to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him �*one—of—a—kind' and �*gifted'. a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and 12 others are injured. we and 12 others are injured. will be live at the scenei very we will be live at the scene for the very latest. and eyes are on hollywood star—owned wrexham, which hopes to return to the english football league for the first time in 15 years. 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". these are saudi state tv pictures

of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan's military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadcaster says the evacuees were carried in a convoy of vehicles to port sudan from where they boarded ships tojeddah. the most intense fighting in sudan has been taking place in the capital khartoum, where explosions and gunfire have been heard in the past few hours. the un estimates that at least 400 people have been killed across sudan since the fighting began a week ago. the conflict is the result of a power struggle between the national army led by general abdel fattah al—burhan and the rsf paramilitary group led by general mohamed hamdan dagalo. the two men had been sharing power since leading a coup in 2021,

but recently disagreed on how sudan should be ruled going forward. our africa correspondent, andrew harding has the latest. it is still very unstable in khartoum. early this morning, there were some positive signs. people said dawn had been unusually quiet, been unusually quiet, then we heard the announcement from the head of the army, essentially the head of sudan, general al burhan, who said that as you are mentioning there, french, german, others, they said they could bring their planes into the airport immediately to evacuate diplomats and others into the city. very quickly after that, we were talking to people in khartoum who were describing intense, perhaps the most intense bombardments right in the city centre, and of course the airport in khartoum is itself in the city centre. that seems to have continued all day. i was speaking to a businessmen just

half an hour or so ago, and he was describing massive explosions close to where he was sheltering in the city. he said it felt like russian roulette. he was just waiting for the next bomb to land on him. very, very tense, very worried communities in the centre of khartoum. of course, millions of people still trapped, notjust the diplomats and foreign nationals waiting to be evacuated, but many sudanese who found it too dangerous still to leave the city. police in kenya have found 21 bodies during an investigation into a cult which allegedly urged followers to starve themselves to death. police say their search in this forested area near the coastal town of malindi will continue. the leader of the religious group known as good news international church, paul mackenzie, has been refused bail since he was detained a week ago. he has denied wrongdoing, and says the church was shut down several years ago. more now from our africa editor grant ferrett.

over to you, what more do we know? paul mackenzie was first detained last month, when two children were found to have start to death. —— starve to death. he then appeared in court two weeks ago after four bodies were found. he said he had done nothing wrong, the church had been shut down several years ago. since then, about a dozen people have been taken to hospital, some of them severely emaciated, and what police are doing now is checking land owned by paul mackenzie, the leader of the church, where they have so far uncovered 21 bodies. they have been exhumed. it is not clear in what circumstances they have died, and that is what police forces will continue to investigate. the police called off their search today because of bad weather. there was heavy rain. they do say they expect to continue, and they expect to find more bodies. as i say, paul mackenzie himself, although he has

not been asked to enter a police directly —— enter a plea, has not been given bail. 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. our 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 your jowls, russell harty! oh, you're being very, very crude. for more than 50 years, she took pleasure in saying the unsayable. i've had a little work done,

but not quite as much as some. i've had a little work done, but not quite as much as some! 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, the world in which i don't have the friendship of barry humphries is very painful, because it was so energetic and loving. he was a huge personality. once you are exposed to it and enveloped by it, it was wonderful. that is a great absence of my life, now. wonderful. that is a great absence of my life. "ow-— wonderful. that is a great absence of my life, now. barry humphries is the absolute _ of my life, now. barry humphries is the absolute opposite _ of my life, now. barry humphries is the absolute opposite of _ of my life, now. barry humphries is the absolute opposite of a - of my life, now. barry humphries is the absolute opposite of a numberl of my life, now. barry humphries is. the absolute opposite of a number of his characters —— another of his characters, the profoundly uncouth surmise patterson. they were both a testament to an extraordinary comic brain. at testament to an extraordinary comic brain. �* . ., ~' testament to an extraordinary comic brain. �* . ., ~ .,

brain. a little choker, darling? gorgeous. _ brain. a little choker, darling? gorgeous, did _ brain. a little choker, darling? gorgeous, did it _ brain. a little choker, darling? gorgeous, did it all— brain. a little choker, darling? gorgeous, did it all come - brain. a little choker, darling? gorgeous, did it all come off l brain. a little choker, darling? l gorgeous, did it all come off the one chandelier? laughter # 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. we will shortly be speaking to the author cathy light with her memories of the man. two people have died and 12 people have been injured after a fire at a restaurant in the spanish capital, madrid. it was sparked by a waiter

flambeeing a dish as it was being served at the italian restaurant burro canaglia in the city's salamanca area. the flames then set decorations and artificial flowers on the walls and ceiling alight. one person is in a critical condition and five of the others hurt are described as seriously injured. it's believed around 30 people were in the venue on friday evening when it happened. joining us now is our correspondent guy hedgecoe who's in madrid for us. there are around 30 people dining, and according to eyewitness reports, and according to eyewitness reports, a waiter was carrying a dish switch had been set on fire deliberately for a form they affect and carrying it to the customers. while he was delivering this dish, the flames from the day she was taking set fire to some of the decor in the restaurant, and from there the fire spread extremely quickly across the walls of the restaurant onto the ceiling, and as a result of that, the restaurant was evacuated. two people died of their injuries. two men, an employee of the restaurant, the customer, and another 12 were

injured. the fire services arrived very quickly because there is a fire station just around the corner, and eyewitnesses of praised the way they reacted to this tragedy. translation: they put out a burning chair, - there was a lot of smoke coming out. the truth is that the work of the firemen was incredible. they didn't hesitate to go in and start pulling people out. they pulled them out one by one. it took them a long time to get the last one out. a very horrific incident. what do we know about the victims of this fire? there were 12 people who were injured. we know that one of those who was injured is in a critical condition in hospital. five others are also in hospital in a serious condition, and then there are six more who are not in a serious

condition. that's what we know at the moment, that is what we have been told by the city hall authorities. this has shocked people, to see if i like this in central madrid. people are just not used to that. they're certainly not used to that. they're certainly not used to that. they're certainly not used to seeing a fire in a like this. i used to seeing a fire in a like this. , , , used to seeing a fire in a like this. ,, , ., _ used to seeing a fire in a like this. ,, , ., ,_, this. i guess there is obviously an investigation _ this. i guess there is obviously an investigation ongoing, _ this. i guess there is obviously an investigation ongoing, and - this. i guess there is obviously an investigation ongoing, and we - this. i guess there is obviously an l investigation ongoing, and we don't know what happened, but i think people might be surprised that people might be surprised that people died in a fire like this, that it could happen so quickly that it would take people's lights? the iron of it would take people's lights? the irony of this _ it would take people's lights? tue: irony of this is it would take people's lights? tte: irony of this is that it would take people's lights? tt2 irony of this is that spain is used to fires, but it is used to rural fires, wildfires. at the moment, we have been seeing fires in some areas of the country, it has been a huge problem in rural areas in particular. again, we are not used to seeing them in the middle of the city. this is the beginning of fire season, if you like, and temperatures have been pretty high recently, expected to rise further. i think people are in shock at the

sheer speed with which this particular fire spread through what is a very small restaurant here in the middle of the capital.- is a very small restaurant here in the middle of the capital. thank you for the the middle of the capital. thank you forthe undate- _ a memorial service has been held here in london for a murdered british teenager, to mark the 30th anniversary of his death. stephen lawrence was just 18 when he was killed by a gang in an unprovoked racist attack at a bus stop in south—east london. the metropolitan police commissioner, has apologised for failings in aftermath of the murder, which led to the force's response being called "institutionally racist." here's ashitha nagesh. the family and friends of stephen lawrence met at the church of st martin in the field on the edge of trafalgar square. they'd gathered to remember a life that was unfulfilled. the 18—year—old was killed in an unprovoked racist attack. stephen lawrence had ambitions to be an architect.

his brother stuart said stephen would have used his income as an architect to help his mother. she doesn't have someone else in our realm, in our family to look after her, because stephen would have been an amazing, world—renowned architect. but his architecture that he's now orchestrating is of a different nature. a report on the police investigation of stephen's murder concluded that scotland yard was institutionally racist. two of stephen's five suspected killers were jailed nearly 20 years after his death. the former archbishop of york, john sentamu, addressing the congregation, expressed his outrage. stephen lawrence's murder was simply and solely, unequivocally motivated by racism. it was a deepest tragedy for his family. it was an affront to british society. and the skewing and the stymieing of the murder investigation

by the met because of institutional racism was a severe blow to the lawrences and the rest of the nation. the message here today was clear that although it's been 30 years since stephen lawrence's death, the wounds that were inflicted then are still very raw. this morning the head of the metropolitan police, sir mark rowley, apologised to the lawrence family for the way it had failed stephen. there's been some progress, but baroness lawrence, stephen's mother, told the bbc the force had failed to change in the 30 years since her son's murder. ashitha nagesh, bbc news. there are thousands of people on the streets of tel aviv for the 16th

week in a row. many protesting against the government's plan judicial overhaul. the mass crowds have been out for many weekends, as i have said, and a peaceful protest, waving the israel flag, and they're playing the israel national anthem. people in the crowds have been chanting democracy and shame, and they were out on the streets yesterday as well. among those paying tribute to barry humphries is australian—british author kathy lette. welcome to you, thank you for being with us. you tweeted this picture of the two of you a little earlier with the two of you a little earlier with the caption, farewell to my favourite person. heartbroken, rest in peace dear as darling. we appreciate you being on bbc news today. tell us about how you two met. t

today. tell us about how you two met. �* ., , today. tell us about how you two met. �* . , ., , ., met. i met barry when i was a teenager. — met. i met barry when i was a teenager. and — met. i met barry when i was a teenager, and i— met. i met barry when i was a teenager, and i was _ met. i met barry when i was a teenager, and i was at - met. i met barry when i was a teenager, and i was at the - met. i met barry when i was a - teenager, and i was at the melbourne comedy festival. i went up to him and i said, i think you might have invented me. he said, why? you said, you know how dame edna has are doctor called thelma, and i said,... and he said, how spooky, possum. he has been my dearfriend and he said, how spooky, possum. he has been my dear friend for over 40 years. his house backs onto mine, just over there. whenever he got home from some overseas trip he would say, cathy, and poise that your rear entrance, or something risque! your rear entrance, or something ris: ue! , your rear entrance, or something risaue! , ., , . risque! tell us about his influence on how it influenced _ risque! tell us about his influence on how it influenced your- risque! tell us about his influence on how it influenced your own - on how it influenced your own writings? on how it influenced your own writin . s? ., , on how it influenced your own writinus? ., , ., writings? one of the things that made barry _

writings? one of the things that made barry such _ writings? one of the things that made barry such a _ writings? one of the things that made barry such a brilliant - writings? one of the things that - made barry such a brilliant comedian was his australian sensibilities. he he didn't suffer from an irony deficiency will stop he was very caustic and sceptical, and he was an optimist. he didn't think optimism was an eye disease. it was all mixed in with his sense of humour which is drier than an in with his sense of humour which is drierthan an aa in with his sense of humour which is drier than an aa clinic that created the genius that was barry humphries. barry was many people. there was his wonderful creation, dame edna, and he would say as dame edna's manager, ifelt like i was he would say as dame edna's manager, i felt like i was looking at her in the wings, saying that was a clever line, aren't you brilliant? of course, it was him! it was dame edna who had the incredible ability to elevate and annihilate at the same time. for example, when she had michael bolton on the programme, and

she said, well, aren't you a success, you had had nine hits this year? and then she said, on your website! then there was her cultural cachet, sir les, who was brilliant at naming the herds of elephants in the room. then there was sandy stone, a very poignant character, and then the real barry, the man behind the mask, who was so erudite. les patterson spot erudite to some kind of glue, but barry was such an intellectual. he collected books, he has over 50,000 books, his shelves were always growing. he was an art collector, incredibly intellectual. also, as a friend, the most loving, loyal, kind person. his charm was more disarming than a un peacekeeping force. so witty. when he could come round for dinner it was the wimbledon of wit with

one—liners bouncing back and forth. guests were reeling from quip lash. he had what i call a black belt in tongue fu. he he had what i call a black belt in tongue fn— he had what i call a black belt in tongue fu— he had what i call a black belt in tonaue fu. .,, . ., ., tongue fu. he was so charming. you could easily — tongue fu. he was so charming. you could easily be _ tongue fu. he was so charming. you could easily be intimidated - tongue fu. he was so charming. you could easily be intimidated by - could easily be intimidated by someone like him, he was a colossal comedian, wit, brain. you could take anyone down if he wanted to, but he didn't choose to do that. he was so lovely and warm. if anyone was lucky enough to meet him, they would say the same thing, wouldn't they? he was a the same thing, wouldn't they? h2 was a true performer. he told me once that he had been so busy, running around london all day doing pr, and he got on stage at the palladium with 2000 people in the audience and walked out there and just said, sigh, alone at last. barry found the pandemic lockdown is incredibly hard. for me as a writer,

it was easy, i could just keep writing, but he so craved the audience. on thursday nights where he had the clap for carers when we have been hiding in a houses all week, and of those days we would applaud the front line workers, barry told me he would go to the top balcony of his house, put a silk smoking jacket on, and then he would just pretend the applause was for him, and the thank you, thank you! he was so desperate for the sound of appreciation. he was such a great performer. ijust cannot believe that we are not going to have an encore. ijust can't believe he is not meant to wander through my garden with that mischievous —looking in his eye, come in for a cup of tea, and just have me hospitalised from hilarity in 3.6 seconds. it is a great loss to the world, but he has left us a wonderful legacy. at least we have all the dame edna clips, we have all the les patterson clips to feast

upon forever. he was a one—off, and he will be dearly missed. taste upon forever. he was a one-off, and he will be dearly missed.— he will be dearly missed. we really a- reciate he will be dearly missed. we really appreciate you _ he will be dearly missed. we really appreciate you being _ he will be dearly missed. we really appreciate you being with - he will be dearly missed. we really appreciate you being with us - he will be dearly missed. we really appreciate you being with us and l appreciate you being with us and your recollections. we are sorry for your recollections. we are sorry for your loss, you will miss him so much personally. sorry for your loss. really great to talk to her. now to a football match which kicks off in just a few minutes, with fans following from across the globe — the welsh club wrexham, could be promoted back into the english league for the first time in 15 years. it would mean the hollywood storyline the club's film—star owners have been aiming for, since they took over a couple of years ago. the club will escape non—league football, with a victory over borehamwood, at the racecourse ground. hollywood stars rob mcelhenney and ryan reynolds have pumped millions of pounds into the club and theirjourney has been turned into a global tv series.

our reporter dave guest is in the city for us with fans getting ready for the match. well, here at the fairfield tavern in wrexham, excitement is starting to build, slowly at first, they are only on teas and coffees at the moment because of the time of day but wrexham is a city in the mood to celebrate today because their football club went from virtual oblivion a couple of years ago to now possibly facing maybe promotion back to the english football league. it is all thanks to two hollywood stars, ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney. they bought the club and spent millions on it and now the club is one match away from that possible promotion. alice is the landlady here at the fairfield tavern. she isjoined by her family and also ducky. pub mascot ducky, yes. he brings lots of luck? it does. it's going to fetch us lots of luck today as well. what did you think when you heard that two hollywood stars were going to take over the club? i didn't believe it to begin with. it was so surreal but it's happened and they have been here, is it, two years now?

and what they have done in those two years is fantastic. they have notjust kept a connection with the club, they have been doing loads about the town as well? yeah, they have just like adopted the town. it's not just about the club. they fetched everyone together. we have always been a close knit community, but it has given that extra excitement and community spirit. dixie mcneil, you were a player and a manager at wrexham in the past, what do you think about what has happened over the past couple of years? the last couple of years, if you look back at the last 15 years when we have been doing non—league football, suddenly we're going to get back in the football league. i think everybody is so elated, it's untrue, but for all the fans that have been going to the club for that number of years, i think it is brilliant that they will get success at last and go into the football league. 22 games played this season, 21 wins, 1 draw. what is your predicted scoreline for today? logically, i think we will win 2—0. if you look at their goals for, they are not big goal—scorers. we have two strikers that

are scoring lots of goals, and, as i said, 10,000 fans behind you, you won't hold back. you're going to go for it. talking about fans behind you, are we all confident, guys, of success? cheers a really exciting few hours in wrexham. we will keep you up—to—date with that result of course, and any hollywood goings—on as well. just a quick reminder of the scene in tel aviv this evening, where there is thousands of people out on the streets protesting for the 16th consecutive week in a row. this is against the government's planned judicial overhaul, which is on hold for the time being. the crowds are protesting against the changes to the judicial system, protesting against the changes to thejudicial system, and protesting against the changes to the judicial system, and they want them repealed completely. this is

bbc news. for all the latest, head to our website, bbc dot—com. hello. it's felt positively springlike across the uk in the weekjust gone. temperatures widely in the mid—teens, low 20s 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.

on 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 the evacuation of foreign nationals from sudan gets under way, as fighting in the capital, khartoum, continues for a second week, this a ship arriving injeddah. kenyan police have said to have so far exhumed 21 bodies following an investigation into a religious group which followers were allegedly urged to fast themselves to death. the australian entertainer, barry humphries dies 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 takes to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him �*one—of—a—kind' and �*gifted'.