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 was an evacuation ship arriving injeddah. wrexham secure a fairy tale return to the english football league, watched on by their hollywood owners. the australian comedian 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 pays tribute, describing barry humphries as �*one—of—a—kind' and �*gifted'. a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and at least

12 others are injured. wrexham football club — whose takeover by hollywood stars gained worldwide attention — are celebrating their return to the english football league. in the last half—an—hour, the owners ryan wendell sandblom mcaleny watched the club beating boreham wood 3—1 to win the national league title. prince william has tweeted his congratulations on the official twitter page.

let us get more on this and talk to our sports presenter who has been watching all of the action. for those of us who don't know the story behind this, i think the first thing to do is explain to us why we are giving this relatively small club in wales such huge attention. the s-aotliht wales such huge attention. the spotlight has — wales such huge attention. tue: spotlight has never wales such huge attention. tte: spotlight has never been on the national league in the way that it has been over the last few and that's because of the two names you mentioned. ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney, the two hollywood actors who took over wrexham three years ago now. and the difference between that time and now is obviously some money but also the fact that they had a television show on the did —— of the disney channel following the ups and downs of the last few seasons of wrexham in non—league football. that's what they've been

trying to do, get into the english football league. the money and the profile and the change of atmosphere in wrexham. a huge influx of fan interest and finances has changed the fortunes of the club and that's how they've won the national league title with 108 points, which is a huge total. anything over 100 points is extraordinary. they've been pushed all the way by notjust behind them, i think on 96 points. the fact that wrexham have beaten boreham wood today 3—1 means that they have an unassailable lead at they have an unassailable lead at the top of the division meaning they go into the english football league, four tiers of football before they get to the premier league but they are out of the non—league part of football which is why it's such a big deal but it's also the hollywood factor. having two actors coming to

this part of the country which has become a centre of attention in america which is fascinating and also for the football world today. 0k, thank you. a lot of excited fans in wrexham. we'll have more sport a bit later on. 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 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 on how sudan should be ruled going forward. bbc�*s kalkidan yibeltal, has been following developments from addis ababa in ethiopia. the fighting has continued and we have heard reports from residents that the area has been inundated with sounds of explosions and gunfire and also air strikes. so, what we understand is that the ceasefire, the much needed ceasefire, the three—day ceasefire,

is again being broken. this is not the first time that a truce that agreed by both parties has been broken. both parties, the army and rapid support forces, the rsf, are blaming each other and accusing each other of using the truce, the ceasefire, for reinforcing themselves. now this means that many people are trapped in the city of khartoum. they are unlikely to get safe passage out of the conflict zones. yes, because governments were hoping to be able to evacuate their foreign nationals, weren't they? yes, indeed. evacuation plans were not going to be an easy task to begin with but there were moments of hope earlier today when the army said they are willing to facilitate and coordinate evacuation plans forforeign nationals, foreign diplomats, but that doesn't materialise as was hoped.

the fighting has a nature of fluidity which is to say there are moments of silence, moments of pause which can be misconstrued as a lull in the violence but moments later, as i've said, the gunfire sounds again which makes it very difficult for any citizens to move around the city or to leave these conflict zones. and also for foreign countries to plan and execute their evacuation plans. and what about the humanitarian situation? because there are many people who are struggling to get hold of food and water. yes, indeed. we are entering into the second week of this violence and the humanitarian situation is deteriorating as each day goes. we understand that a large portion of health facilities and hospitals

are not functioning properly, they're not operating properly and many people are not getting enough access to food, to water and electricity. so with the fighting continuing for days, many people's food stocks are depleting and they aren't getting any chance to increase their stocks and also people who need medical support, who need medical supplies are, you know, in short of these supplies. so the humanitarian situation is, you know, increasingly worsening and many humanitarian agencies are either suspending operations there or they're operating in a very limited fashion. two people have died and 12 people have been injured in a fire at a restaurant in the spanish capital, madrid. guy hedgecoe is in city and told us more about what happened. well, i'm standing in front of the restaurant, the burro canaglia, an italian restaurant,

where last night at around 11:00 local time, around 30 people dining. according to eyewitness reports, a waiter was carrying a dish which had been set on fire on purpose for a flambe effect to one of the tables of the customers. and while he was delivering this dish, the flames from the dish he was taking set fire to some of the decor on the wall of 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, but two people died of their injuries. two men, one an employee of the restaurant, another a customer. another 12, as you say, were injured. and the fire services did arrive on the spot very quickly because there's a fire station just around the corner from here. and eyewitnesses have

praised the way that they reacted to this tragedy. translation: they pulled out a burning chair. - there was a lot of smoke coming out. the truth is 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 really horrific incident, what more do we know of the victims of this fire? there are those 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's what we've been told by the city hall authorities. but i think this has shocked people to see a fire

like this in central madrid. people just aren't used to that, and certainly not used to seeing a fire in a restaurant like this. yeah, and i guess obviously there is an investigation ongoing and we don't know what happened, but i think people might be surprised that people died in a fire like this, that it could happen so quickly that it would take people's lives? well, i think the irony of this is, you know, spain is used to fires, but it's used to rural fires, wildfires. just at the moment, we've been seeing fires in some areas of the country, in rural areas. and that's been a huge problem for the country over recent years in particular. but again, we're not used to seeing them in the middle of the city. this is the beginning of the sort of fire season, if you like. and the temperatures have been pretty high recently, and are expected to rise further. but i think people are in shockjust at the sheer speed with which this particular fire spread through what was a very very small restaurant here in the middle of the capital.

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 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 here! 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. he was, offstage, a cultured, art loving collector of rare books. that's me standing outside... oh, one of the big clocks they've got out there! edna was a character from his student days in australia. when he moved to britain, he began to develop the character on shows such as late night line—up, with joan bakewell. he came on to television on late night line—up, and we didn't know what to make of him. we thought he was a very dear man, a very brilliant man, quite clearly. we knew that if you give him a chance, he would make it. it was the beginning of a long friendship. edna became ever more

brash and outrageous, but the man behind the wig was urbane, cultured and loyal. it's joan ba kewell. hello, darling! what the dickens are you doing here? the world in which i don't have the friendship of barry humphries is really painful. he was so resilient and energetic and loving. and direct, there was a huge personality. once you're exposed to it and enveloped by it, it was wonderful. so, that is a great absence in my life now. barry humphries was the absolute opposite of another of his characters, the profoundly uncouth sir les patterson. but sir les and dame edna were both a testament to an extraordinary comic brain... what is it, a little choker, darling? to the brash housewife superstar. gorgeous, darling. did it all come off the one chandelier? laughter and applause #

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. among those paying tribute to barry humphries is australian—british author kathy lette. she tweeted this picture of them together. and kathy spoke to me earlier. he's been my dearfriend for over 40 years. his house backs onto minejust over there, so whenever he gets home from some overseas trip he would e—mail me and say, "kathy, dear, iam poised at your rear entrance,"

or something suitably risque and wicked, because it was just such a rascal. we are going to miss his mischievous wit so very much. tell us about your friendship and how it influenced your own writing. first of all, i think one of the things that made barry such a brilliant comedian was his australian sensibilities. he didn't sufferfrom an irony deficiency, he was very caustic and sceptical, chronic scepticemia, but he wasn't a pessimist, he was actually an optimist. we didn't think optimism was an eye disease. it is that lovely mix, all mixed in with the australian sense of humour, which is drier than an aa clinic, that created this genius that is barry humphries. barry was many people. there was his wonderful creation, dame edna, and he would say to me when dame edna was on stage, as her manager, barry humphries, he would be saying, i felt like i was standing in the wings looking at her on stage, thinking, oh, that was a very clever line,

aren't you brilliant? of course, it was him. so, there was dame edna, who had that incredible ability to elevate and annihilate at the same time. for example, when she had michael bolton on the programme and she said to michael bolton, well, aren't you a success? you had nine hits this year. and michael wasjust puffing himself up, and she added, on your website! she good kind of give and slap at the same time. then her was her cultural attache, sir les, and then there was her cultural attache, sir les, who was brilliant at naming all the elephants, the herds of elephants in the room. then there was sandy stone, very poignant character, and then there was the real barry, the man behind the mask, who was so erudite. les patterson thought erudite was some kind of glue, but barry was such an intellectual. he collected books, he has over 50,000 books. his shelves are just groaning. he was an art collector,

incredibly intellectual. but also, as a friend, the most loving, loyal, kind person. his charm is more disarming than a un peacekeeping force. and so witty, when he'd come round for dinner it was the wimbledon of wit, with one—liners just bouncing back and forth. guests reeling from quick flash, and he had what i call a black belt in tongue—fu, one of life's great gifts. 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. our africa editor grant ferrett told me what else we know about the case.

paul mackenzie was first detained last month, when two children were found to have starved to death. he then appeared in court a week ago after four bodies were found. he said at the time that he had done nothing wrong, and 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 mr 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 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, mr mackenzie himself, he has not been asked to enter a plea, but has said he has done nothing wrong, and his church was closed down some time ago.

it's the oldest football competition in the world, and manchester city have ensured their place in the fa cup final with a dominant 3—nil victory over championship side, sheffield united. a hat—trick from riyad mahrez, the first hat—trick in a semi—final since 1958, sent pep guardiola's side through to the final as their hopes of a treble of trophies this season remain alive. we cannot forget three days ago we were in munich, everyone was involved. it was our fourth time in a row, semifinals and we were not here to compete, to reach the final and finally, the first week ofjune we will come back here to play the final in the fa cup, one of the nicest trophies.

wrexham's hollywood season has had its fairytale ending, with a 3—1 victory over boreham wood that confirms their promotion back to the football league. fans celebrated inside the racecourse ground and all around wrexham after 15 years of trying to return to the top four leagues of the english football league. hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney took over at wrexham three years ago — their finances and a television show about the club has changed their fortunes. they have scored an astonishing 108 points, an unassailable lead to take the national league title in the english premier league, leicester city were the only team in the bottom half of the table to win today after they came from behind to beat wolves and move out of the relegtion zone. it was an important 2—1 win in dean smith's first home game in charge. a goal from timothy

castagne's goal 15 minutes from time secured the three points which clearly meant a lot to the squad and leicester's fans. well, leicester are out of the relegation zone but they were replaced by everton, who drew nil—nil away at crystal palace. nottingham forest are in 19th place in the table after a 3—2 defeat to liverpool, while leeds are in 16th — they lost 2—1 to fulham. in the top half of the table, aston villa missed a chance to get within three points of the top four after they drew 1—0 with brentford. chelsea will have to come from behind to win their champions league semi—final against barcelona after losing the first 1—0. an early strike from caroline graham hansen on four minutes was the difference between the two sides in what was a repeat of the 2021 champions league final. the return leg is on thursday. the other semi—final between wolfsburg and arsenal takes place on sunday. there was a surprise in the german bundesliga as bayern munich lost 3—1 away to mainz.

bayern took the lead in the first half but three goals in 11! minutes from mainz meant bayern suffered just their fourth defeat this season. it's also means there's a change at the top of the table as borussia dortmund are now the league leaders after their 4—0 win over eintracht frankfurt. 25 people have been arrested after animal rights protesters tried to disrupt the scottish grand national. officers intervened after animal rising activists rushed onto ayr racecourse before the 15:35 race, which was won by kitty's light. the protest failed to delay the event. security at the course had been increased after protests delayed the start of the grand national at aintree last weekend. ronnie o'sullivan cruised through to the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship with a session to spare. the seven time world champion had a 6 frames to 2 lead overnight and he went on to win all of the day's seven frames against hossein vafaei to win

the match 13 frames to 2. the two players shared a lengthy, friendly exhange afterwards following a couple of days of tension between them. o'sullivan will play luca brecel in the quarter—finals, which start on tuesday. and that's all the sport for now. the club released this footage in the last few minutes. scenes of celebration on their twitter page. i think we've got some video to show you as well.

well, the team are back in the english football league after a 15 year absence following their 3—1 win over boreham wood. prince william tweeted his congratulations. that is it from me for the moment. 20 more details on the great night for wrexham on our website. i'll be back later.

hello. in the last week, many of us have had a taste of spring from the weather temperatures in the mid—teens, even the low 20s across western scotland. in the next few days though, spring taking something of a back—seat as colder arctic air returns to the uk. through sunday, low pressure drifting eastwards across the uk. some outbreaks of rain, some cloud. but later on in the day, on the rear of that area of low pressure, we pick up gale force winds across northern scotland, northerly winds, arctic air being ushered in that sinks all the way south across the uk through the early part of the new week. as we move into the small hours of sunday, some cloud drifting across the uk, some further rain for scotland, for northern ireland and some heavier, more persistent,

rain working its way in to the south coast as the night comes to a close. but with a lot of cloud around and the breeze, it will be a mild enough night. through sunday daytime, some quite persistent rain setting in across the south east of england and east anglia. showers elsewhere across england and wales. a brighter day for northern ireland in comparison to saturday. cloudy with some outbreaks of rain across the north east of scotland. and you can already see the temperatures coming down here. but the most dramatic effects will be felt through the earliest part of the new week with those particularly strong winds on into monday. and then the winds ease a little bit perhaps for tuesday and wednesday, but the colder air sits right the way across the uk. on monday, showers pushing down into scotland, northern england falling snow to low levels i think across parts of scotland. a hill feature i think for northern england. further south it's rain but it will feel chillier for all. these are the temperatures that you'd read on a thermometer, so you can already see they're down on the figures from last week. but if we factor in the wind for somewhere like aberdeen,

the daytime high, when you step outside, will feel closer to around the two degree mark. the wind easing, i think a little for tuesday and wednesday, but with easing winds monday night into tuesday, clear skies and cold air look out for a pretty widespread frost developing. gardeners with tender plants out definitely something to watch out for. and then looking further ahead into the week, tuesday and wednesday, quite a lot of fine weather around. but on the chillier side, more unsettled to end the week. but then it looks like we'll see some milder air returning once again.

this is bbc news. the headlines... whacked some security fairy tale returned — whacked some security fairy tale returned to the football league, by their hollywood owners. the evacuation _ their hollywood owners. the evacuation of _ their hollywood owners. tte: evacuation of foreign nationals from sue don is under way as fighting in the capital continues for a second week. this was an evacuation ship arriving earlier. kenyan police say they have exhumed 21 bodies following an investigation into a religious group whose followers were allegedly urged to fast for themselves to death. the deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and at least 12

others have been injured. the australian entertainer barry humphries has died at the age of 89.