live from washington. this is bbc news. the us presidents confirms that us embassy staff have been evacuated from sudan. wrexham fc�*s return to the football league earth day is marked with protests across the world, calling for more action on climate change. we start with some news in from sudan — the us military has completed the evacuation of us embassy staff and families from

the capital khartoum. the presidentjoe biden has just issued a statement saying :. there are sf, one of the two army groups at the centre of the conflict are fighting for the conflict are fighting for the sudan army for control. they released a separate statement saying they are co—ordinating with you with evacuations but the us has not confirmed whether or not is true. earlier, attempts to get people out were put on hold with one of the most intense days of fighting since violence broke out more than a week ago. it is not clear how the evacuations happen, considering khartoum is badly damaged by shelling and the sudanese airspace is closed. the new york times is reporting the pentagon positioned more troops in recent days in the nearby nation of djibouti where the military has a base to prepare for a rescue. military has a base to prepare fora rescue. — — military has a base to prepare for a rescue. — — the us military. the us state

department releasing a statement saying the us embassy in khartoum has now suspended operations. forthe in khartoum has now suspended operations. for the sudanese people themselves, the humanitarian situation on the ground is dire. this right here is a water delivery on the edge of khartoum. it is a0 celsius or more during the day and the city's basic infrastructure has collapsed. no ceasefire has held and the situation is bleak. this is the former minister. there are bodies in the streets, some being eaten by dogs. we have more on the conditions in khartoum. we we have more on the conditions in khartoum-— in khartoum. we are showing more reports _ in khartoum. we are showing more reports of _ in khartoum. we are showing more reports of the - more reports of the deterioration of the sector in which many of the hospitals are not functioning properly or operating to theirfull

operating to their full capacity and so operating to theirfull capacity and so aid agencies have been unable to operate as well so some of them are suspending operations entirely. they are also working with minimal capacity and the residents do not have access to basic supplies like water and electricity and their food stocks are depleting. in addition to this, fighting is happening in urban centres. in crowded residential areas and there are fears the casualties could grow. with that, things look bleak for the ordinary sudanese people. to cuba, venezuela have been visited and it comes after the brazilian president visited the us and sergei lavrov talked

about ukraine's position. we . reatl about ukraine's position. - greatly appreciate the fact that from the very beginning of the military operation, our cuban friends, and outlined their position and full assessment of their positions that for the reasons that led to these conditions, the expansion of nato to the borders. expansion of nato to the borders— expansion of nato to the borders. ~ ., �* ., �* , borders. we mentioned brazil's - resident borders. we mentioned brazil's president earlier _ borders. we mentioned brazil's president earlier and _ borders. we mentioned brazil's president earlier and he - borders. we mentioned brazil's president earlier and he is - borders. we mentioned brazil's president earlier and he is now| president earlier and he is now in lisbon, portugal warry signed a declaration with the portuguese parameter minister condemning russian violation of ukraine's territorial integrity. it also caught for lasting peace as he seeks to downplay differences with europe and the us over russians invasion. wrexham football club are celebrating their return to the english football league after 15 years. hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney bought the small welsh club

in november 2020. their plan, they said, was for wrexham to win games. and now they've won the national league title here's the team are celebrating after beating boreham wood 3—1. this was straight after that win — you can see wexham fans running onto the pitch as well as ryan reynolds and rob mcilhenny. this was their reactions. what a win! what a win! boom! how proud are you?— what a win! what a win! boom! how proud are you? very proud. lost my husband _ how proud are you? very proud. lost my husband just _ how proud are you? very proud. lost my husband just before - lost my husband just before christmas and i have a picture of him and this is for him. love you, geoff. love you. the whole town _ love you, geoff. love you. the whole town is _ love you, geoff. love you. the whole town is wanted this for 15 years— whole town is wanted this for 15 years and for ryan and rob to buy— 15 years and for ryan and rob to buy the club and give them what — to buy the club and give them what we — to buy the club and give them what we want to, cannot thank you enough. what we want to, cannot thank you enough-— what we want to, cannot thank you enough. makes you want to c l you enough. makes you want to c , and you enough. makes you want to cry. and may — you enough. makes you want to cry. and may cry _ you enough. makes you want to cry, and may cry now! - you enough. makes you want to cry, and may cry now! this -

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it is the first daytrip by a leader since 2011 from south korea and marks on anniversary of the alliance. north korea's growing capable capabilities are a top of the agenda but the russian minister, sergei lavrov will head to new york to discuss the ukraine black sea. the question is whether the deal will continue. to discuss these important events, my colleague spoke to a washington post reporter. how do you think this visit will unfold?— how do you think this visit will unfold? .,, , ., will unfold? those things have been deeply — will unfold? those things have been deeply embarrassing - will unfold? those things have been deeply embarrassing for| been deeply embarrassing for the south korean president and they have created a domestic incident in seoul and his position on the left are

hammering him for paying into a construct where the us called so many shots but also he has this regime of surveillance in the country but at the same time the south korean president is desperate for more assurances from the us over north korea. north korea will figure significantly in the discussions and the messaging that will, out of the summit with president biden and he wants also certain statements to surround the us reinforcing and updating perhaps its commitment to north korea to maintain specifically a nuclear determinant in south korea as he faces a constant fable at rattling bite north korea. fin rattling bite north korea. on that point —— sabre rattling. in terms north korea upping its arsenal, how far will the us go in terms of statements,

accords, reassurances, to south korea and the global community? us officials have been briefing reporters in dc have not been particularly clear or elaborating on what this new page means. it's a bit unclear at the moment. it certainly given the steady drumbeat of what we have seen, it will have to involve some sort of meaningful commitment that the us fully articulates. 0f us fully articulates. of course, the previous administration, the trump administration, sowed doubts over the longevity and endurance of the us commitment to north and south korea. you have seen within south korea that a majority of south koreans, polls show, consider it wise to start cultivating their own nuclear arsenal because obviously the united states obviously does not want to see. so we will see what

kind of expansion the us will offer. i kind of expansion the us will offer. ., ., ., . ., offer. i want to touch on talkin: offer. i want to touch on talking visits _ offer. i want to touch on talking visits and - offer. i want to touch on talking visits and the - offer. i want to touch on | talking visits and the fact offer. i want to touch on - talking visits and the fact we have the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov in new york next week. what kind of reception do you anticipate there and also keeping in mind this is a time that russia is in charge of the security council?— in charge of the security council? ., , council? that is right. it will be ruite council? that is right. it will be quite feisty. _ council? that is right. it will be quite feisty. you - council? that is right. it will be quite feisty. you have . be quite feisty. you have already had eu and us officials referred to russia, assuming what is the rotating presidency of the un security council as an april fools joke because there are members of the security council that use russia as a nation currently waging a war, illegal war of aggression, and carrying out war crimes and potentially a whole number of violations of the un charter. at the same time, this is how the un security council works. there is a rotating system and sergei lavrov is coming in the bulk of his delegation we believe have

received leaders from the us. no matter what other sanctions are in place on russia. are we can expect some quite test exchanges and the russians apparently will hold a session in the security council supposedly dispelling what they believe is misinformation about ukraine second imagine what some of the responses they may be stopped by potentially, testy exchanges there in your book but at the same time we have the conversation about the ukraine grain deal. that have the conversation about the ukraine grain deal.— ukraine grain deal. that is set to exire ukraine grain deal. that is set to exoire and _ ukraine grain deal. that is set to expire and has _ ukraine grain deal. that is set to expire and has been - to expire and has been important to so many people around the world. do you think we could seize the movement on that? ,�* , we could seize the movement on that? f , , , . ., that? this'll be the sub'ect of a bi that? this'll be the sub'ect of a his meeting fl that? this'll be the subject of a big meeting between - that? this'll be the subject of| a big meeting between sergei and ant and dec are terrorists and ant and dec are terrorists and the russians have have used this moment of renewal to keep trying to extract further concessions —— antonio guterres. we suspect them to raise their own exports,

shipments are being stifled by sanctions and they will want to leverage their control in this un process to get some concessions. it is unclear whether that will happen but it will be again another source of friction next week.— friction next week. thank you. great to talk _ friction next week. thank you. great to talk to _ friction next week. thank you. great to talk to you _ friction next week. thank you. great to talk to you and - friction next week. thank you. great to talk to you and thank| great to talk to you and thank you for coming on. april 22 is earth day, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. it's a chance to focus on some of the biggest challenges and possible solutions for addressing environmental issues. it's been marked in different ways across the globe. in peru, shamans from all over the country gathered to make an offering to mother earth. the ancestral rituals, whose origins lie in the indigenous cultures there, are made to thank the earth and to build an awareness of the planet. there were also protests in cities around the globe. in southern france, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of toulouse to denounce plans

to build a new 30—mile highway they say will cause pollution, worsen global warming. and here's the scene in london, where thousands of climate activists gathered at a rally to draw attention to the climate crisis and encourage more people to act. in the us capital washington, dc, climate activists rallied to end the use of fossil fuels. the march was followed by a concert outside of the white house. and in new york city, mayor eric adams volunteered at an earth day event in queens who planting trees with the new york city department of parks and recreations. in the us state of florida, earth day was celebrated a little differently. two rehabilitated green sea turtles named larry and moe were released back to their ocean home in the florida keys. the two reptiles were rescued by a marine treatment team last year off the lower keys and diagnosed with a debilitating

tumour—causing disease. 2022 showed a year of extremes. here are some findings from a recent report. the planet continues to heat up. in the last eight years, they were the warmest since reliable records began and extreme climate events from drought to flood have left is 90 million 95 million people being displaced around the globe. i spoke to jay inslee, governor of the state of washington and long—time leader on climate issues in the us. i want to start with the new report coming from the world meteorological organization. it is essentially a report card which, it seems,

the world is failing as populations around the world are, quote, "gravely impacted by extreme weather, "among other things." what is the most urgent change that the us should make right now that it is not doing? well, on a great, beautiful earth day, maybe i'd like to focus on some of the things that are going on and then, i will answer your question. i think america is in the game now. i am so delighted we have a vigorous federal response. we have $360 billion of clean energy investment. 0ur states are moving forward. i lead a group of 23 states who are even going faster than the federal government, so there is a lot going on. but we have to put pedal to the metal. the meteorological report is very clear. the world, as a whole, has to dramatically accelerate this transition to a non—fossilied, non—fossil fuel—based economy and that is a massive transition. the whole world needs to go faster and there are many places we need to go faster, starting with the

electrification of our transport system. thankfully, many of our states are going faster, mine included, which have made a commitment to ween ourselves off of fossil fuel—based automobile and buses and we are moving in that direction very rapidly. but there is the question. but we have to move faster in every regard. in residential heating, industrial heating, in transportation infrastructure — all of those things need to go faster because there is no other option here. it is a beautiful earth day. i'd like to keep it that way. i want to get to some of the things that can be done on a state level, especially on what you've done as governor, but first on the national level. presidentjoe biden announcing a $1 billion pledge, requesting another $500 million to protect the amazon ra i nfo rest. however, he has also, of course, recently approved a couple of big fossil fuel projects as well. is the president living up to his campaign promises on climate change?

well, i — again, i'm going to focus on the positive becadse under the president's leadership, our nation is finally in the game under this presidency. i mean finally — i've been working on this for over a quarter of a century. and for the first time, the united states really is leading the world in my view on decarbonisation and i point to the act which has $360 million of investment which will translate to millions ofjobs in new industries from electric cars, to solar farms, to batteries. my state now has two of the leading battery manufacturing companies in the world. with silicon anode galleries. —— with silicon anode batteries. we have just flown the first battery—powered commercial air plane in world history in my state. what we're doing this built

federally is accelerating dramatically that transition all across our platforms... governor, you mentioned that bill. sorry to interrupt. you mentioned the inflation reduction act but is that enough to get the us to these very lofty goals about having emissions and cutting them by 50% by the end of the decade? no, we need to be faster. but the good news is we have 23 states that are moving faster. i started withjerry brown — governorjerry brown — some time ago, a thing called the us climate alliance. it's 23 states moving faster than the federal government requires. so we have the beautiful thing about democracy that we can have states that other laboratory of democracy and each one of us is moving faster. our state, for instance, has a much more rapid decarbonisation in our transportation package. we have a clean cap and invest bill. it is not in the federal law

but it is in my state. we are generating billions of dollars of money through our investment system which is going to help people, create jobs and help people get electric heat pumps, electric cars, electric charging stations. over 60% of the us economy is going faster. now, you get a lot of news out of washington, dc but there is better news coming out of washington state. so, yes, our nation needs to move faster but we have states leading the way and i am proud to say my state is in the van in this regard. you mentioned some of these massive changes in order to move the us in that direction in terms of cutting emissions. critics however, would say as we push electric vehicles, those vehicles are more expensive for many people. some of these changes are bringing out a big change in our economy. people are losing their jobs if they are working in coal mining, for example. what would you say to those critics who say that part of the country could be left behind by these changes?

i think the whole nation has economic opportunities in this regard. look at what is happening in the south we have huge new investment in manufacturing plants for electric vehicles, wind power across the united states in a lot of rural areas. in my state, i cannot turn over a rock, whether it's in my urban or my rural areas, without finding a newjob that's been developed in clean energy. i was in yakima, a rural area east of seattle. previously — great place, yakima, of the world's best apples producers. we are putting people to work with a new solar farm. in moses lake, washington — another small community — we have the leading silicone battery companies going in.

two huge companies. it's a light manufacturing base that never existed before so i think these opportunities across the state of washington and the united states... of course, governor, sorry to interject. you are a democratic governor in a very democratic state in washington. what about the south and politically across the board, as well? the inflation reduction act did not get a single republican vote. how can and how should democrats be working across the aisle to get bipartisan support because, look, as we saw, president trump, he came in and undid all kind of climate protections that president 0bama had put in place. how do you get the republicans and democrats working together? well, first off, we do it the easiest ways — by replacing republicans with democrats. that happening in the last midterm which was supposed to be this big red tide. we replaced republicans with democrats. because democrats do understand the jobcreating opportunities. we do understand there are economic opportunities as well

as an environmental imperative. and i predict that will happen again in the next election cycle, in part because other areas of the state are now seeing thejob—creating opportunities. republicans are struggling to catch up. i look forward to the day when the republican party will get on the bandwagon but until that happens, democrats are going to get elected on this issue. i got elected, one of the first governors in this regard running on climate change, and i think that is happening across the united states. so, but i also predict over time, eventually, the republican party, when they have thousands ofjobs coming in building electric cars, someday, they will figure this out. until then, we need to be replacing them with democrats who understand the economic opportunity of this. washington governorjay inslee. president biden took multiple climate—related actions this week leading up to earth day. on friday, he announced a new office of environmentaljustice while signing an executive order placing more focus on the effects of pollution and climate change

on disadvantaged communities. on thursday, he pledged $1 billion to the fight against climate change. the announcement came at a virtual meeting of the world's biggest economies and biggest polluters. the money will go to developing nations adapting to the effects of global warming. he also pledged $500 million towards protecting the amazon rainforest, pending approval by congress. for biden all of you know as well as i do, the impacts of climate change will be felt the most by those who have contributed the least to the problem, including developing nations. as large economies and large emitters, we must step up and support these economies. and the new york times reporting saturday the biden administration is set to announce stronger regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from us power plants. the proposed regulation would force plants to capture their pollution, which would be the first time the federal government has enacted such restrictions. us power plants account for about 25% of planet—warming pollution produced in

the country, according to the times. sources tell the news outlet that most coal— and gas—fired plants would have to cut or capture nearly all the carbon dioxide emissions they produce by 20a0. the new rule, if enacted, will almost certainly face legal challenges as well as opposition from republicans, the fossil fuel industry, and its allies. heatwaves, droughts, and changing weather can all have drastic impacts on farming. and as the climate crisis worsens, experts fear millions more people could face food insecurity and even famine. in response, scientists in the philippines are developing varieties of climate—resistant rice. 0ne variety would carry genes allowing rice to survive for weeks with minimal water. other types could survive floods, lasting up to two weeks longer when submerged in water. some of the crops are already being planted by farmers in india, nepal and the philippines. here's one scientist's assessment.

we don't have that interview. thank you for watching. we have lots more on our website as well. stay tuned. hello there. i think it's fair to say the weekend started on a very mixed note. now, there were some areas of rain across the uk but other places that stayed entirely dry and sunny. look at this band of rain in southern scotland. underneath that, drumalbin in lanark only got to eight degrees. while it's not that far away, in stirlingshire, basking in the sunshine, tyndrum had a high of 17 celsius, so a massively different feel to the weather on saturday over a relatively short distance. sunday's chart still has low pressure firmly in charge. there will be more rain around. that low moves eastwards and then, early next week, we'll get northerly winds. and look where those winds come from — pretty much the north pole — so, needless to say, the weather will be getting quite a bit cooler over the next few days. now, over the next few hours, we've still got a bit of rain in northern ireland.

that's turning lighter and patchier in nature. northern scotland turning wet here with some stronger north—easterly winds developing and we've got some heavier rain just skirting along the south of england. so, there are some areas of rain, other areas stay dry, but a lot of cloud around. temperatures, a—10 degrees as we start off sunday. now, we've got that fairly persistent rain that's going to be with us most of the day for northern scotland. it will feel chilly here on account of those gusty northerly winds. heavy rain across southern england extending into east anglia and then into the afternoon, we see showers break out, and i think those showers, particularly across england and wales, will turn heavy with some hail and thunder. temperatures across the board below average for the time of year, and it's set to get colder. those northerly winds really start to arrive through monday and on into tuesday as well. now, we're looking at some rain across england and wales. further north, it's a day of sunshine and showers. there'll be some hail mixed in with some of these showers, a little bit of sleet across the far north of scotland and over the higher scottish mountains,

yes, you could even see a little bit of snow, — but you have to go pretty high up for that, above a00 or 500 metres' elevation. temperatures dropping — highs of 7—11 degrees. feeling chilly, particularly for northern scotland. then monday night, we see a widespread frost develop and it's something that gardeners will certainly want to take note of. this is not a good news situation, really, for those tender plants — you might need to bring them back inside. tuesday, still cold, still a few wintry showers across northern scotland. showers with us for much of the week ahead with temperatures for the most part staying well below average. bye for now.

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