that's before we've even mentioned how tech is changing kids' lives or bringing new challenges for parents. i wonder if what goes on in the classroom and the staff room might rise up the political charts. live from london — this is bbc news. france starts evacuating citizens from sudan as us presidentjoe biden confirms american embassy staff and theirfamilies have also been evacuated from the country. beeping. an alarm will go off on all smartphones in the uk later today as a new emergency alert is tested. ethnic—serb parties are boycotting an election in north kosovo because authorities refuse to grant limited autonomy to kosovo serbs. sir mo farah is competing in his final marathon this morning in london — and with more than 16,000 runners taking part, it's expected to be the largest ever.

hello and welcome to the programme — i'm lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. a couple of updates on international efforts to get citizens out. the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. let's look

at some of the other rescue operations that may not have already taken place. this is saudi arabia in the port of cheddar and we understand around 150 people have been evacuated to safety, mostly citizens of gulf countries. he chipped and canada. the canadian government has urged remaining canadian city scenes in sedan to shelter in a safe place. in khartoum, air strikes and shelling have been going on for over a week. we can listen to someone there who can tell us what life is like. we are suffering — can tell us what life is like. we are suffering from lack of food. lack_ are suffering from lack of food. lack of— are suffering from lack of food. lack of energy, lack of water. we have _ lack of energy, lack of water. we have not— lack of energy, lack of water. we have not had electricity for three days _ have not had electricity for three days we —

have not had electricity for three days. we do not have access to water since _ days. we do not have access to water since saturday. but we are drinking from _ since saturday. but we are drinking from wealth. and the situation is still bad~ — from wealth. and the situation is still bad~ fi— from wealth. and the situation is still bad. �* ., ., ., still bad. a little flavour there of the difficulties _ still bad. a little flavour there of the difficulties in _ still bad. a little flavour there of the difficulties in the _ still bad. a little flavour there of the difficulties in the capital. - the difficulties in the capital. let's remind you for it this is happening. let's take a look. taking place in sudan but the focus of the fighting is there in the capital khartoum. and in the surrounding areas. fighting under way since last weekend, reports so far of around 400 people killed. the background to all of this is fighting, effectively between these two men, on the left, the general who was head of the army and on the right, the generalfrom the sf, a paramilitary force and both men effectively were running the country. they have had a significant disagreement about the

future and help the country should be governed and that descended into violence last weekend. the fighting is ongoing. let's speak to our correspondent merchuma — who is following developments from the kenyan capital nairobi. bring us up to date with the latest. it has just turned known in bring us up to date with the latest. it hasjust turned known in nairobi and we are following developments in sudan and we are hearing reports of rapid gunfire. there are reports of people trying to evacuate but the biggest challenge for most of the missions is that that window of getting people from what they are sheltering and work they are hiding into the aircraft and most of the people in sudan have been told to wait for information. there are others trying to move towards the borders, trying to get out of khartoum and this has been taken at their own risk because as much as there is a choice and a ceasefire

about both generals have talked about, it has not held for long and we are having pockets of calm and peace but also amidst that, there is violence erupting, gunfire going off, bombs going off and right now there is a lot of smoke and gunfire being reported especially near the presidential palace near the airport in khartoum and also army headquarters.— in khartoum and also army headquarters. in khartoum and also army headuuarters. , ., , ., ., headquarters. just 24 hours ago the date an interview _ headquarters. just 24 hours ago the date an interview with _ headquarters. just 24 hours ago the date an interview with a _ headquarters. just 24 hours ago the date an interview with a woman - headquarters. just 24 hours ago the j date an interview with a woman who was trapped and as we were talking on the phone she was in khartoum, was gunfire around her and she could not tell which direction it was from, men in uniform on the streets and she said she was struggling now with electricity and water and power and i suppose when you think about the medicalfacilities, hospitals, the medicalfacilities, hospitals, the difficulty getting the right kind of supplies in, now that this fighting has been going on for a

week, it must be acute? it is terrible and _ week, it must be acute? it is terrible and the _ week, it must be acute? it is terrible and the united - week, it must be acute? it 3 terrible and the united nations say they are now looking at health care thatis they are now looking at health care that is completely going to fail, a humanitarian crisis that is really coming up fast and almost 70% of hospitals now in sudan according to the doctor's union or not an opera operation because they have been sheued operation because they have been shelled or looted or the doctors have moved away because the conditions are not optimum for them to operate from and that aside, major humanitarian agencies have closed shop in some of the areas in sudan where people need them the most and people hope there will be a passage, especially for people to get access to medical help or go out and get food, that has not happened and get food, that has not happened and now we are waking up to news that there is a near total internet outage in the whole of sudan so

communication between the people in the country and outside and within themselves in sudan is minimal and slim and the anxiety is really going off. h0 slim and the anxiety is really going off. ., ., , ., ., ., off. no doubt about that. if that ha ens, off. no doubt about that. if that happens. getting _ off. no doubt about that. if that happens, getting reliable - happens, getting reliable information in and out will be even trickier. thank you for that and we will come back to you later. but for the moment, thank you. let's take a look at the issue of ceasefire and trips and the more permanent stoppage of his still it is. on the ground, it does not look likely but key players including the african union will already be in negotiations to try to broker some kind try to broker some kind of a peace deal to end this conflict but as our correspondent, andrew harding, explains it might be other countries who intervene. i think it is probably likely that countries like saudi arabia and the united states who have more money and pressure that they can bring to bear are the key players for now but

a lot of african countries, very worried about this because as we said before, sudan border seven countries, many of them with their own huge security challenges, places like libya, the central african republic and chad and ethiopia. find republic and chad and ethiopia. and the republic and chad and ethiopia. fific they all have a republic and chad and ethiopia. fific they all have a lot to republic and chad and ethiopia. e"ic they all have a lot to win republic and chad and ethiopia. el"ic they all have a lot to win or lose depending on what happens inside sudan. we have seen over decades, frankly, in sudan, the fighting men do not put any priority on humanitarian situation, the impact on civilians. mostly we have seen that in the fringes of sudan and south sudan over many years, in places like doorfor, on south sudan over many years, in places like door for, on the border areas, we have seen horrific numbers of civilian casualties and we continue to see that, grim reports from north and south darfur, the western edges of sudan, close to chad but as you can see now, they

have brought that conflict to the streets of this huge city of khartoum and the fact they are not willing to implement it humanitarian ceasefire so far shows you how far down their list of priorities the fate of civilians really is. fiur fate of civilians really is. our thanks to — fate of civilians really is. our thanks to andrew _ fate of civilians really is. our thanks to andrew harding. well, countries around the world are watching the crisis unfold and are making decisions over whether to evacuate their diplomatic staff. the uk's new deputy prime minister 0liver dowden spoke to the bbc a short while ago about the situation. clearly, it is a complex and fluid situation. it is the case that the ministry of defence is acting in support of the foreign and commonwealth office. now, you would not expect me right now for security reasons to comment on ongoing movements on the ground. but that is the current situation. what i would say to british nationals who are in that country, they should follow the advice which is to stay

indoors, to make the foreign office aware through their website of their location. what i would say is, the situation in sudan is very different to, for example, what you saw in afghanistan. clearly, we don't kind of have the level of personnel and so on there that we had in that situation. the current advice for british nationals is to stay at home, to make the foreign office aware of their situation. as i say, the foreign office are being operationally supported by the ministry of defence actively. i can't give you any further comment. that was 0liver dowden. we believe sudan for the moment but we are getting plenty of updates and we will of course bring those to you as soon as we get them. a loud alarm will be heard on smartphones across the uk at 3pm on sunday afternoon.

the government is testing a new emergency alert which could be used in the future to warn people about life threatening situations such as fires, flooding or terror attacks. more details from danjohnson. loud beep. brace yourself for the 3 o'clock alert! beeping. up and down the country this afternoon, almost every smart phone will make this noise. loud beep. tell me what you think? beeping. something different. new sound coming out of your telephone. loud beep. 0k, not that bad, i thought it was going to be worse. it's not too bad? not too bad. you think that is all right? do you think it'll take people by surprise, though? yes, for sure. so every phone in the uk will...? pretty much. what do you think that's going to be like? a bit annoying because i'll be at work on sunday. - always makes you a little bit suspicious why it's coming out now, you know. you see what's going on in the world today and you think, hmmm...

makes you think. you think there could be a threat? that's what. .. why bring it out now? bravo rescue is on scene... the initial focus is extreme weather, warning communities about intense flooding or the risk of the sort of wildfires we saw last summer, but it could also alert us to terror attacks or criminals on the loose. the government says it will only be used in life—threatening emergencies. what i'd say to people is please put up with the inconvenience for ten seconds because it is a test of a system that, in future, could save your life. voice on clip: the emergency alert system is now live and will be - used to warn people... the government has been letting people know what to expect but there are still concerns about confusion, the potential distraction for drivers and the risk of secret, hidden phones being exposed, especially those relied on by domestic abuse victims.

one in four women will experience domestic abuse in her lifetime. 7% of women in england and wales experienced domestic abuse in the last year, so it's safe to assume there are significant numbers of people that need to know that their safety may be at risk from these alerts and they can opt out and turn them off. even phones on silent will make the noise. 0nly aeroplane mode or actually switching it off will stop it but then, apparently when you turn the phone back on, it will receive the alert and make the sound. there is a way to opt out though. on an iphone, go into settings, notifications, and switch off "extreme and severe alerts". my god...! it is the same sort of system that warns americans about tornados. other countries use it for earthquakes or tsunami alerts. loud beeping. the netherlands have something similar. you cannot miss it. that's for sure. i bumped intojoni from amsterdam.

i think it is good that you know, that if there's something you need to be warned, you will be warned. still, some people won't necessarily respond — like baby rex. it hasn't alerted him, so, yeah. that is your review, i suppose. you need to test it on him. next time, it will be for real. dan johnson, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now in ukraine, the governor of kharkiv says at least five russian missiles hit the city and surrounding areas on saturday night. he says one missile damaged residential buildings and set off a majorfire in the city, while another hit a house in a nearby village the president of brazil — luiz inacio lula da silva — is now in lisbon. he signed a declaration with portugal's prime minister condemning russia's violation of ukraine's territorial integrity. the brazilian president is hoping to downplay differences with europe over russia's invasion. in kenya, police say

they've exhumed 21 bodies during an investigation into a religious cult — whose followers were allegedly urged to starve themselves in order to meetjesus. the remains were found on a plot of land outside the coastal town of malindi. police in india say they've arrested a fugitive preacher and supporter of a sikh separatist movement in the state of punjab. they say amritpal singh surrendered at a sikh place of worship in the city of moga after evading arrest last month. the 30—year—old had been on the run for more than a month after police launched a crackdown against his group which calls for independence. voters in north kosovo are choosing new mayors in four regions where serbs are in the majority. ethnic—serb parties are boycotting the election, because authorities refuse to grant limited autonomy to kosovo serbs. let's get more on this from our balkans correspondent, guy de launey. just explain what is going on. you

said the peeple — just explain what is going on. i'm, said the people of voting, they are not really. reports from the four municipalities in north kosovo is the turnout you could probably count it on the fingers of one hand. in one area, there's been suggestions that one person is churned out and that one person is churned out and that was a candidate to beat the mayor in that particular municipality. the reason behind this is that ethnic serb parties are boycotting the votes, majority serb areas, so called ethnic serb people in the areas are not going to go out and vote so there is a bizarre situation, the majority of the candidates are ethnic albanian, the only people likely to go out and vote are ethnic albanian, easily in the minority in these areas and the president of serbia says it is shameful these elections are going ahead without the participation of serb candidates or voters. talk us

throu~h serb candidates or voters. talk us through the _ serb candidates or voters. talk us through the background _ serb candidates or voters. talk us through the background to - serb candidates or voters. talk us through the background to all - serb candidates or voters. talk us through the background to all of l through the background to all of this? mil through the background to all of this? �* ., , , ., ., this? all of this is down to the identity of _ this? all of this is down to the identity of these _ this? all of this is down to the identity of these areas - this? all of this is down to the identity of these areas of - this? all of this is down to the | identity of these areas of north kosovo. serbia and most serbian people do not recognise kosovo unilateral declaration of independence from serbia which had made in 2008, you have the municipalities in north kosovo and there is an agreement made ten years ago between serbia and kosovo under the auspices of the european union that these areas and other parts of kosovo which there are a majority of serbs could get a limited degree of autonomy but that has never been implemented and thus boycott today is primarily all about that. we also sought last month yet another agreement between the leaders of serbia and kosovo, the causes of which says the sites will implement all previously agreed agreements and clearly, this is an extension of that but frankly, that agreement

last month and never looked particularly solid and i think we are finding out how solid it is today. are finding out how solid it is toda . . , . . are finding out how solid it is toda. ., ., are finding out how solid it is toda. . ,. ., ., ., today. fascinating so if no one turns out. _ today. fascinating so if no one turns out. as _ today. fascinating so if no one turns out, as you _ today. fascinating so if no one turns out, as you suggest, - today. fascinating so if no one. turns out, as you suggest, what happens? we turns out, as you suggest, what ha ens? ~ ., ., , turns out, as you suggest, what ha ens? ~ . ., , , ., happens? we will have a very bizarre situation where _ happens? we will have a very bizarre situation where the _ happens? we will have a very bizarre situation where the majority - happens? we will have a very bizarre situation where the majority of - happens? we will have a very bizarre situation where the majority of serbl situation where the majority of serb parts of kosovo will in essence have elected ethnic albanian mayors and other municipal officials and this is clearly an untenable situation so it's going to be quite difficult in the days and weeks ahead, there will be some uncomfortable discussions about the situation and of course, so be it saying this cannot be democratic if you have the situation where the majority serb areas are governed by an ethnic albanian minority but on the other hand is the authorities in kosovo are saying it is not a democratic situation if you encourage people to boycott and not go out and vote.— not go out and vote. thank you very much for talking _ not go out and vote. thank you very much for talking us _ not go out and vote. thank you very much for talking us through - not go out and vote. thank you very much for talking us through that - not go out and vote. thank you very | much for talking us through that and i know you will keep us across that

story during the day. back in the uk now. 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. well, take a look at this. chanting. 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 mcelhenny. let's hear from some of the fans. what a win. what a win! boom! how proud are you? very proud. absolutely amazing. i lost my husband just before christmas. - i've got a picture of him, and this is for him. - love you, jeff.

love you. the whole town's wanted this for 15 years. you know what i mean? and for ryan and rob to come in and buy the club and give us what we wanted, can't thank them enough. you know what i mean? oh, it makes you want to cry. it's really... i might cry now, but, you know, this is the future generation, and theyjust want to be here and experience it. it's mega. i don't even like football, but we're just here. it's brilliant. amazing, isn't it? yeah. it means the absolute world. my dad has been a wrexham fan for his entire life. he was coming to games when there was about 500 fans, let's say. now 10,000 tonight. it is absolutely fantastic. i'm so happy! the team's owners were out on the pitch celebrating with players and fans. i don't think i have words yet. rob, how special was that? how special was that? that was one of the most

incredible moments of my life. this is not about me. this is about them. so please talk to them. they're the ones that did it. remarkable scenes! this story has been celebrated all around the world... collins nwokolo runs the football blog ' top soccer blog' from nigeria — he has been following the journey wrexham is one of the oldest clubs in the world but in 201! it was grossly mismanaged. but ryan and rob they came here with a lot of money but in football it is not about bringing money, sometimes you had to do the right thing and what they did was respected the fans what they put the club first and that has paid off and the club has gained promotion for the first time in 15 years so the excitement, i am so happy for

them! ~ , ~ ., , the excitement, i am so happy for them! y~ . , ,, ., them! why wrexham? is it because of them! why wrexham? is it because of the hollywood — them! why wrexham? is it because of the hollywood owners, _ them! why wrexham? is it because of the hollywood owners, because - them! why wrexham? is it because of the hollywood owners, because of - them! why wrexham? is it because of the hollywood owners, because of the tv show, why are people like you in nigeria and many fans across america under the price of the world following this club? i under the price of the world following this club?- under the price of the world following this club? i think it is because of— following this club? i think it is because of the _ following this club? i think it is because of the story _ following this club? i think it is because of the story behind . following this club? i think it is because of the story behind it, | following this club? i think it is - because of the story behind it, ryan reynolds and his partner are loved actors and they came into the club and to know how it was, and against the odds, getting the club to where it is today, it is notjust for the fans who love the story but movie funds as well because it seems like a good news story. find funds as well because it seems like a good news story.— a good news story. and so many followin: a good news story. and so many following that _ a good news story. and so many following that story _ a good news story. and so many following that story right - a good news story. and so many following that story right around j following that story right around the world. continuing with the sporting theme now. the london marathon — one of the world's biggest mass—participation sporting events — has just got underway. plenty of elite athletes are taking part — plus thousands of members of the public —

hoping to raise millions for charity. the bbc�*s matt graveling is in london — not farfrom the finishing line. good morning! good morning. iam in the finishing area, and as you see the finishing area, and as you see the rain has started to come down, it would not be the marathon without rain but temperatures are around 12 degrees and it should make for some —— fast times and they will come past buckingham palace where they collect their medals, similar to last year when they ran it in october but this is where they will pick up their medals for their troubles, after 26.2 miles to the finish line in london. the majority of gunnersau on the course or at least in blackheath at the start, getting ready but we have seen a lot of pictures of the fulcher race, the men's race, getting under way and we expect them to come past us in the

next 20 minutes with myself hug dominating that, looking as if he will win for the third time in a run and they are billing the women's race is one of the best fields ever assembled in the world with last years winner coming back to try and compete but what we can say is that one of the elite runners pulled out he held the world record she pulled out within the first three minutes, we thought she might be able to beat the course record. but it is not just about the elite athletes, it's about thousands of charity runners coming here to raise millions of pounds for charity every single gear so let's look around. 0ver there you can see some of the interest that we have in the race every year, world broadcasters, some camera crews from finland and also, less turning around here, lots of camera crews

here, waiting the arrival of the men's wheelchair racers, the first coming down the mall and into the finish line and over here, all of the volunteers, people giving us a little weight, in their purple anoraks and they will need it in this weather, handing out all of these lovely medals that people will have when they come through here and of course it is all about raising money for charity and there will be lots of world record attempts as well for people doing the london marathon, some quirky ones, people running in wellington boots, as dinosaurs, aeroplanes, i'm close as well, trying to raise money for charities and trying to get a world record. come back to me here at the finishing line through the rest of the day and we will speak to some people who have been taking part. thank you so much, always a great atmosphere in central london on the day of the marathon and lovely of you to show us around and good luck to everyone just getting under way.

especially those training through the wet and miserable weather here in the uk through the winter. thank you for now. this is bbc news. it isa it is a pretty messy weather picture for the second half at the weekend, lots of cloud around and showering outbreaks of rain. this was twickenham just a few hours ago, some light patchy rain here. you can see one batch of rain moving out of lincolnshire and east yorkshire, others threatening towards wales and heavy rain potentially moving through the south—east of england. low pressure gradually moving away to the east, it is allowing this northerly component to take over, plenty of showers in scotland today and here we see cold air which gradually pushes further south throughout the week ahead. for the remainder of the afternoon there will be outbreaks of rain at times,

some showers heavy and thundery. there will be sunshine for parts of england, so of showers in northern ireland and persistent rain in north—east scotland along the northern isles and with the northerly flow, a difference to the feel of the weather, 7—12 . if you get sunshine you might see 15 by the middle of the afternoon. throughout this evening that showers in the south—east start to fade, the northerly component pushes further south. low single figures, first in sheltered rural parts of scotland and some outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and that will drift steadily southwards as we go into monday and behind that, coulter area set to arrive across the country. first thing in the morning, the rain moving out of northern ireland, pushing into wales and south—west england. northerly flow means we could see showers of a wintry nature at low level in scotland by monday

afternoon and a feel all of us, top temperatures between six and i2 temperatures between six and 12 degrees, down on her that they should be for the time of year. that is going to lead into a very cold night, you can see the blue colours denoting frost, —5 not out at the question first thing on tuesday so gardeners and growers, take note. a cold and frosty start on tuesday, a greater chance of sunshine especially first thing, clouding over into the afternoon. testing should be predominantly dry but on the cool side for late in april. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines — france starts evacuating citizens from sudan as us presidentjoe biden confirms that american embassy staff and their families have also been evacuated. more than 400 people have been killed since violence erupted last week. ethnic serb parties are boycotting an election in north kosovo because of the capital pristina's refusal to grant limited autonomy to kosovo serbs. voters are choosing new mayors in four municipalities where serbs are in the majority. a hollywood ending for wrexham fc. the welsh football club backed by stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney as it celebrates a return to the football league for the first time in 15 years. sir mo farah is expecting an emotional�* da as he competes in his final marathon

this morning in london. and with more than 45,000 people taking part,