of newcastle in fourth. they play tottenham later. newcastle play spur later today. shall we go straight to the london marathon? fix, shall we go straight to the london marathon? �* ., ., shall we go straight to the london marathon? ., ., ., . ., shall we go straight to the london marathon?_ it marathon? a lot of anticipation. it is u- to marathon? a lot of anticipation. it is up to 40.000 — marathon? a lot of anticipation. it is up to 40,000 since _ marathon? a lot of anticipation. it is up to 40,000 since last - marathon? a lot of anticipation. it is up to 40,000 since last year. it is up to 40,000 since last year. it is back in the spring since the pandemic. charlotte is that for us. is it the crowd starting to build? they are. people run this for a number of reasons, to raise money, for someone, to break world records. let's look at two of the people who are going to try to break a world record. we have sam hammond and becky lapid. sam has a fridge on his

back. you are going to be running the marathon with a fridge structure. how are you feeling? excited, nervous.— structure. how are you feeling? excited, nervous. this is the first time ou excited, nervous. this is the first time you have — excited, nervous. this is the first time you have run _ excited, nervous. this is the first time you have run a _ excited, nervous. this is the first time you have run a marathon i excited, nervous. this is the first time you have run a marathon on excited, nervous. this is the first - time you have run a marathon on and you are doing it with a fridge strapped to you. i you are doing it with a fridge strapped to you.— you are doing it with a fridge strapped to you. i thought no half measures. _ strapped to you. i thought no half measures, straight _ strapped to you. i thought no half measures, straight in _ strapped to you. i thought no half measures, straight in with - strapped to you. i thought no half measures, straight in with a - strapped to you. i thought no half. measures, straight in with a fridge. you are _ measures, straight in with a fridge. you are a _ measures, straight in with a fridge. you are a royal marine commando, i imagine yourtraining is you are a royal marine commando, i imagine your training is quite hard and strenuous. have you ever done anything like this? fix, and strenuous. have you ever done anything like this?— anything like this? a lot of strenuous _ anything like this? a lot of strenuous training - anything like this? a lot of strenuous training in - anything like this? a lot of strenuous training in the l anything like this? a lot of- strenuous training in the mountains but i think_ strenuous training in the mountains but i think this is a different kettle — but i think this is a different kettle of— but i think this is a different kettle of fish for me today. do you have to be — kettle of fish for me today. do you have to be careful— kettle of fish for me today. do you have to be careful running - kettle of fish for me today. do you have to be careful running the - have to be careful running the course not to take people out with a fridge on your back?— fridge on your back? usually people ave me a fridge on your back? usually people gave me a wide _ fridge on your back? usually people gave me a wide berth _ fridge on your back? usually people gave me a wide berth but _ fridge on your back? usually people gave me a wide berth but when - fridge on your back? usually people. gave me a wide berth but when there is a turner— gave me a wide berth but when there is a turner have to check my flanks. the worst _ is a turner have to check my flanks. the worst thing is i don't even think they could lift that fridge let alone if it was strapped to me. i was struggle. what an amazing achievement. you are doing it for a special achievement. achievement. you are doing it for a specialachievement. i achievement. you are doing it for a special achievement. i am achievement. you are doing it for a special achievement.— special achievement. i am doing it for the armed _ special achievement. i am doing it for the armed services _ special achievement. i am doing it for the armed services charity, - for the armed services charity, full—service veterans and our families_ full—service veterans and our families that we leave at home.

becky, — families that we leave at home. becky, you are going to try to break the record in wellington boots. let's have a look at your shoes. how are you feeling?— are you feeling? really excited. lookin: are you feeling? really excited. looking forward _ are you feeling? really excited. looking forward to _ are you feeling? really excited. looking forward to get - are you feeling? really excited. looking forward to get going. i l are you feeling? really excited. i looking forward to get going. i will say wellington _ looking forward to get going. i will say wellington boots _ looking forward to get going. say wellington boots are some of looking forward to get going.“ say wellington boots are some of the most uncomfortable shoes anyone could wear and you are running a marathon in them. are you prepared, are you worried about blisters? ugh marathon in them. are you prepared, are you worried about blisters? a little marathon in them. are you prepared, are you worried about blisters? a little bit. marathon in them. are you prepared, are you worried about blisters? a little bit. i marathon in them. are you prepared, are you worried about blisters? a little bit. i have marathon in them. are you prepared, are you worried about blisters? a little bit. i have done marathon in them. are you prepared, are you worried about blisters? a little bit. i have done ten kilometres— little bit. i have done ten kilometres but— little bit. i have done ten kilometres but i'm - little bit. i have done ten. kilometres but i'm worried little bit. i have done ten - kilometres but i'm worried about what _ kilometres but i'm worried about what happens _ kilometres but i'm worried about what happens next. _ kilometres but i'm worried about what happens next. i'm - kilometres but i'm worried about what happens next. i'm hoping l kilometres but i'm worried about what happens next. i'm hoping it will carry— what happens next. i'm hoping it will carry me _ what happens next. i'm hoping it will carry me through. _ what happens next. i'm hoping it will carry me through. the - what happens next. i'm hoping it will carry me through. the boots| what happens next. i'm hoping it. will carry me through. the boots are really _ will carry me through. the boots are really comfortable. _ will carry me through. the boots are really comfortable. so _ will carry me through. the boots are really comfortable. so i'm _ will carry me through. the boots are really comfortable. so i'm hopeful. really comfortable. so i'm hopeful it wont— really comfortable. so i'm hopeful it won't cause _ really comfortable. so i'm hopeful it won't cause too _ really comfortable. so i'm hopeful it won't cause too much _ really comfortable. so i'm hopeful it won't cause too much trouble. l it won't cause too much trouble. what _ it won't cause too much trouble. what is — it won't cause too much trouble. what is the _ it won't cause too much trouble. what is the world _ it won't cause too much trouble. what is the world record - it won't cause too much trouble. i what is the world record currently, what are you trying to be?- what are you trying to be? music plays. what are you trying to be? music plays- there _ what are you trying to be? music plays. there is _ what are you trying to be? music plays. there is currently - what are you trying to be? music plays. there is currently a - what are you trying to be? music plays. there is currently a lady's record, a need _ plays. there is currently a lady's record, a need to _ plays. there is currently a lady's record, a need to .30 _ plays. there is currently a lady's record, a need to .30 to - plays. there is currently a lady's record, a need to .30 to get - plays. there is currently a lady's record, a need to .30 to get a - record, a need to .30 to get a guinness _ record, a need to .30 to get a guinness record. _ record, a need to .30 to get a guinness record.— record, a need to .30 to get a guinness record. what are you ho-iin ? guinness record. what are you hoping? five _ guinness record. what are you hoping? five hours— guinness record. what are you hoping? five hours 49 - guinness record. what are you hoping? five hours 49 is - guinness record. what are you hoping? five hours 49 is the i guinness record. what are you - hoping? five hours 49 is the record. a ho-iin hoping? five hours 49 is the record. a hoping to — hoping? five hours 49 is the record. a hoping to get _ hoping? five hours 49 is the record. a hoping to get that. _ hoping? five hours 49 is the record. a hoping to get that. you _ hoping? five hours 49 is the record. a hoping to get that. you have - a hoping to get that. you have an hini a hoping to get that. you have anything in _ a hoping to get that. you have anything in the _ a hoping to get that. you have anything in the fridge? - a hoping to get that. you have anything in the fridge? using l a hoping to get that. you have i anything in the fridge? using very bad. nothing to celebrate? i anything in the fridge? using very bad. nothing to celebrate?- bad. nothing to celebrate? i have beers waiting _ bad. nothing to celebrate? i have beers waiting for _ bad. nothing to celebrate? 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bad. nothing to celebrate? i have beers waiting for me at the end. | bad. nothing to celebrate? i have i beers waiting for me at the end. you both deserve — beers waiting for me at the end. both deserve a beers waiting for me at the end. ym. both deserve a beer after this. you can probably hear them testing out the pa system, the music that will get everyone going as they are running the race. loads of people, so many inspiring stories. a ukrainian soldier who was wounded, he will be running, a 19—year—old and the cast of eastenders. they will be running in memory of dame barbara windsorfor will be running in memory of dame barbara windsor for alzheimer's research uk, they are calling themselves babs armee. there will be so most of if you're watching on tv. if you are on the course today cheer them on, sam and becky, give them away, they have trained so hard and are taking on a huge challenge was brilliant. thank ou so huge challenge was brilliant. thank you so much- _ huge challenge was brilliant. thank you so much- l _ huge challenge was brilliant. thank you so much. i know— huge challenge was brilliant. thank you so much. i know you _ huge challenge was brilliant. thank you so much. i know you will - huge challenge was brilliant. thank you so much. i know you will bring | you so much. i know you will bring us more of those stories. i'm slightly worried about becky. charlotte asking all the questions we wanted to know, was there beer in the fridge? mas we wanted to know, was there beer in the fridie? ~ .,, , ~ ., the fridge? was there beer! and how loni have the fridge? was there beer! and how long have you — the fridge? was there beer! and how long have you run — the fridge? was there beer! and how long have you run already _ the fridge? was there beer! and how long have you run already in - the fridge? was there beer! and how long have you run already in your- long have you run already in your wellingtons?— long have you run already in your wellinatons? �* ., ., ., wellingtons? about a quarter of the marathon. she _ wellingtons? about a quarter of the marathon. she will— wellingtons? about a quarter of the marathon. she will be _ wellingtons? about a quarter of the marathon. she will be fine. - wellingtons? about a quarter of the marathon. she will be fine. the - marathon. she will be fine. the adrenaline _ marathon. she will be fine. the adrenaline and _ marathon. she will be fine. the adrenaline and the _ marathon. she will be fine. the adrenaline and the crowd - marathon. she will be fine. the adrenaline and the crowd will. marathon. she will be fine. the | adrenaline and the crowd will get them through. it is the joy of the

london marathon. there will be live coverage on bbc one from 8:30am. good luck if you are running the marathon. louise told us the weather looks ok. a, marathon. louise told us the weather looks 0k. �* , ., marathon. louise told us the weather looks 0k-_ not _ marathon. louise told us the weather looks 0k._ not too - marathon. louise told us the weather looks 0k._ not too hot. i looks 0k. a bit down. not too hot. good luck- — looks 0k. a bit down. not too hot. good luck- it _ looks 0k. a bit down. not too hot. good luck. it is _ looks 0k. a bit down. not too hot. good luck. it is 7:34am. _ the un is warning the global supply of cocaine is at record levels, with europe now surpassing the us for seizures of the drug, sparking a rise in violence between gangs fighting for control of the expanding market. nick beake reports from the new frontlines of the battle against the cocaine flooding into europe. the coke is everywhere. europe is battling a cocaine crisis, and one port in belgium is on the front line. everybody knows in europe that this is the port to do something. antwerp is now the main gateway to the continent. customs are intercepting record amounts. they found this, also cocaine. but international gangs are going to new depths to get their drugs through, even steering submarines packed with cocaine across

the atlantic to spain. we discover how cocaine users are finding it easier than ever to feed their habit. it's actually faster than food delivery. authorities across the continent face an almighty struggle. we'll never win this battle. go, go, go, go, go, go, go. we're at the port of antwerp, in belgium. this place is said to be the number one choice for cocaine smugglers trying to get their drugs into europe. antwerp port has grown massively over the decades. there are now 160 kilometres of quayside where ships can be unloaded.

millions of containers arrive each year from around the world, and it's a smuggler�*s dream. paul meyer was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2007 for trafficking drugs. antwerp was his number one route into europe. when i think back now on that time and i say, "no, it was completely wrong what i did." 100%. now my punishment is done, and i show you that the port is very open. he can understand why this port has become the gateway to europe for cocaine. i tried also in hamburg, and we tried also in marseille. everything is much easier in antwerp, and everybody who is doing this kind of business, they know antwerp is easy and that's the place to do something. and i know people, they try also other places, but they always come back to antwerp. he takes us for a ride around the sprawling port to show us how open it is. we drive around the container terminalfor two hours without being stopped

or questioned. the port is open, like what we did now. you go inside, and all the information that you need to start something, you can see yourself. you have the truck drivers, you have the people who are working there. you have the name of the boat. and paying dockers for information to help his drugs get through was a vital part of the operation. there's so much money involved and so much profit. so there's enough money to pay people and, be honest, we are human. don't say and don't think that nobody is taking money. cocaine that's getting through the port of antwerp is now flooding the streets of the rest of europe. and we're off to meet one user who says it's easier than ever to get hold of the drug. this man, who we're calling matt, has been using cocaine for the past eight years.

he says it's made his addiction worse. matt has already decided he will buy cocaine today and says he wants to show us just how easy and fast it is. at the promised time,

matt's delivery arrives. so, you got it? and these deliveries are designed not to attract the attention of the police. and when you're buying cocaine, you're giving your money to gangs involved in other crime, maybe prostitution, luring young women in. do you think about that?

but cocaine is so lucrative for so many gangs, there is violence within that. and a lot of innocent people can be caught up with it. and this is something you're fuelling through buying this, you and lots of other people. back at antwerp port, customs officers are seizing more cocaine than ever. this was a route from ecuador. they saw that the pile against doors was ok, but then the pile at the back of the truck was not homogeneous.

so, darker edges and just and lighter in the middle. and then they found this, also cocaine. most of the drugs were destined for the netherlands to then be distributed to the uk as well as other parts of europe. tsunami, avalanche, how you will, it's coming to us and we are trying to stop the most. belgium customs intercepted so much cocaine in 2022, they can't destroy it fast enough. but some estimate only 10% of the cocaine arriving in antwerp is being detected. every way to smuggle cocaine as possible just invented, think of it, and they will do it. every year, it's growing

and growing and we are doing more and more controls and still we seize more cocaine. does it feel like you're fighting an impossible battle? we will never win this battle. we do the best we can, and we will do every year better and better. around 2% of containers are physically checked. much of the goods are food, which will rot if not shifted quickly. more scanners are coming, but not fast enough. antwerp is now the number one port in europe for cocaine seizures, with the dutch city of rotterdam second. another entry point is galicia in spain, where traffickers are increasingly using another strategy. this is the first submarine known to have been used to bring cocaine from south america to europe. it's home—made and it travelled 4,000 miles across the atlantic ocean.

the voyage in 2019 took 27 days and only ended when the three men on board tried to sink the vessel, but they'd been tracked and were arrested. the submarine, which is 20 metres long and made of carbon fibre, set off from brazil and first travelled along the amazon river. the captain they initially recruited took one look at it and said there's no way he'd be involved. he said it was like a suicide mission. head down inside and it's easy to see why. and this is where they lived for nearly a month. it's so cramped and claustrophobic in here. forfood, they had energy bars, cans of sardines. the toilet was a bag in the corner, and that was it. they had nothing else, apart from three tonnes of cocaine in the front worth more than £100 million. this so—called narco sub is now

on display at the spanish police academy, an hour outside the capital, madrid, far from the sea. it's a symbol of a successful operation. but this submarine attempt wasn't a one—off. law enforcement agencies from europe and the americas, including here in colombia, say semi—submersible vessels have been used for more than 20 years and that, after being built in the quiet of thejungle, hundreds have been launched across the ocean. in fact, police suspect that in the middle of the atlantic, around the canary islands and the azores, there is a mass graveyard of cocaine submarines, deliberately sunk after successful voyages. any cargo or secrets they still hold on the bottom of the ocean.

and gangs are now said to be developing automated subs to get their cocaine to europe. no skipper or crew needed. in march, off the coast of galicia in spain again, another submarine was found, although this one was empty. for the national police force, it's making theirjobs even tougher. but on the day we visit, the police are celebrating a big success. not far from where both the narco subs were found, they've just discovered a cocaine factory. they say it was the biggest of its kind ever found in europe. the spanish police have recreated the drugs factory and the assembly line, starting with this —

raw coca paste. it's got a really strong vinegar smell. it would then be cooked up using lots of chemicals. it would then be pressed over here. they'd weigh the products that they have. and take a look at this. this is 150 kilos worth of cocaine, a purity of 95%. what you see here on this table has a street value of around nine million euros. that's about £8 million. if there was one thing you as a senior police officer could have, which would change everything, which would make it so much easier for you, what would that be? just one thing.

for now, it is regular boats that carry the vast majority of the cocaine coming to europe, and it's arriving in ever bigger quantities. raids have been taking place across the country. stashes of drugs seized. millions of euros confiscated. a deluge of coke and cash. and the top—of—the—range cars, spoils of the lifestyle enjoyed by the super rich criminals. many have been arrested, but others not. and stemming the flow coming into europe can feel like an impossible task, like holding back the tide. the united nations says global production of cocaine jumped

dramatically over the past two years. it's up a third after a slowdown due to the covid pandemic. the un says the increase is because there's more raw coca being made, and there have been improvements in converting the plants to the finished drug that then floods the streets. back in belgium, chief inspector geoffrey charlier and team are preparing for saturday night on patrol in the capital, brussels. looking for cocaine dealers has become a bigger part of their work. go, go, go, go!

the team still try to swoop in for an arrest. n0 audio translation available it seems the suspect, only 16, was dealing marijuana. another young male, suspected of selling cocaine, has got away. and children are playing crucial roles for the drugs gangs. that boy, they think, is only 13 years old. they've just been talking to him because they think he's a spotter and he works for some of the gangs here, they reckon, and he gives information to them and also keeps a lookout if the officers are here. as night falls, cocaine continues to be distributed across the city. this neighbourhood, peterbos, one of so many where the drug

is an increasingly important commodity being bought and sold out in the open. n0 audio translation available this is the dealing point for cocaine? yes. for cocaine? this specific area? oui. so, this is cocaine corner? voila. is this a new thing? and it's in the entrances and stairwells of the tower blocks where business is done. the menu of drugs for sale scribbled on this wall, as well as the licence plates of suspected undercover police cars that have been seen in the area.

that's the plate of our car. in the port of antwerp, they've been seizing lots more cocaine. have you seen an impact here on the streets?

well, for this police team, their shift is coming to an end now. tomorrow, though, they'll do it all again because the amount of cocaine coming into this country is alarming for lots of people, the amount of cocaine coming into europe. this is a problem that's getting worse. because while europe's cocaine crisis may well be hidden from view in many places with most users undetected, it is fuelling violence which is exploding onto the streets with devastating effect.

this morning at 5:00, some people arrived here and they shot at the door because they think here lived a family — or here lives a family — which is related to a drugs gang. we've met up with the antwerp—based crime reporter patrick lefelon. they shoot on your door with guns, with kalashnikovs, or they throw grenades or heavy fireworks and then, you get this as a result. they try to get their cocaine out of the port in antwerp, so to sell it in the rest of europe, and they have corrupt contacts in the harbour. they pay them a lot. but when they don't get the result — when the cocaine cargo is missing, for example — they say, "yeah, you have

"to pay us back," or they take some revenge. so, since summer, i think every week, we have two, three assaults in the drug scene. that's an incredible amount. and quite often they're getting the wrong address, like here. quite often, it's, yeah — they — the guys who do the assaults are recruited in — mainly in holland. so, theyjust get an address, they put it in their waze or i don't know what. but, for example, we have the same streets in different districts in antwerp. patrick says there is a growing fear in this community about the fallout from this surge in violence. everyone is afraid that one day or another, an innocent people could get hurt, maybe killed by a mistake.

and just a few weeks later, an 11—year—old girl is shot dead in antwerp. an innocent life lost in this growing spiral of violence. for those trying to bring the drugs gangs to justice, it is a huge challenge to secure evidence and witnesses in this world where so much money is being made so quickly. michel claise, belgium's top investigative magistrate, says the cocaine market is now out of control.

the united nations is warning that international drug gangs are working together like never before and now eyeing up markets in africa and asia as europe's cocaine crisis deepens and expands.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and sarah campbell. our headlines today. the government is drawing up plans to evacuate british embassy staff from sudan, as fighting between rival military groups continues. beeping. a sound that could save your life. an alarm will go off

on all smartphones in the uk this afternoon as a new emergency alert is tested. tears all round as wrexham, and their hollywood owners, are promoted back to the football league after 15 years away. well, you can see for what it means, it's well, you can see for what it means, its huge _ well, you can see for what it means, its huge you — well, you can see for what it means, it's huge. you can see what it means — manchester city take another step towards the treble. a mahrez hattrick helps them see off sheffield united and reach the fa cup final iamat i am at the start line at the london marathon, just under 49,000 people taking on the course today including a wounded ukrainian soldier, a man carrying a fridge, and a 19—year—old! good morning, under cloudy started today and there will be showers around. if you get sunshine in the south it will be warmer but further north, with a strong wind, noticeably colder in

comparison to the last few days. all the details coming up shortly. it's sunday 23rd april. our main story. the government is looking at ways of evacuating british embassy staff in sudan, as fighting between rival military groups continues in the east african country. the united states says it has temporarily suspended operations at its embassy in khartoum and safely evacuated all us personnel. ministers here are expected to hold further meetings today about the situation. andrew harding reports. escaping from sudan, saudi arabia and diplomats made it home safely. they've made a journey across the red sea. this is what they left behind. more frenzied bombardments in the capital khartoum.

huge explosions across the city centre.