live from london, this is bbc news. western countries evacuate diplomats from sudan as the fighting continues, but some citizens remain stranded. two weeks before the coronation, a new bbc poll suggests less than a third of young adults in the uk want the monarchy to continue. spain exhumes the remains of a far right leader as part of a plan to combat nostalgia for the franco regime. thousands of migrants march through southern mexico to demand their requests for asylum in the united states be sped up. evacuations from the sudanese capital are continuing

as fighting between the army and a paramilitary group shows no signs of ending. the violence has been happening for more than a week, worsening the country's already desperate humanitarian crisis. these are pictures of a spanish diplomatic personnel and citizens being evacuated overnight. a number of other countries have also moved their diplomatic staff to safety, but foreign civilians have been reporting difficulties trying to leave the country. some have been travelling by road in convoys heading to port sudan on the red sea, as well as north to the border with egypt. we can get the thoughts now of a sudanese born writer and broadcaster based here in london with family still in the country, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. how are yourfamily right taking the time to talk to us. how are your family right now, what are they telling you? it’s are your family right now, what are they telling you?— they telling you? it's an incredibly dire situation. _ they telling you? it's an incredibly

dire situation. and _ they telling you? it's an incredibly dire situation. and even _ they telling you? it's an incredibly dire situation. and even though i l dire situation. and even though i have some family that have been able to get on a bus to port sudan, and we heard from them when they left yesterday afternoon, and they were able to get in touch with us and say they were about halfway through, so that was quite a relief, there a large number of other parts of the family we haven't heard from for at least 2a hours, likely because there is no electricity and they haven't been able to charge their phones and there's quite a lot of challenges with internet connectivity at the moment as well. however it is quite terrifying because they are still in khartoum, were quite a lot of the clashes are, and extended periods without water and electricity, regardless of whether or not we are able to be in touch with them, is quite terrifying. and even though outside, we on the outside, the family have been encouraging them to leave, it's also very difficult ask people to leave their homes, and different generations have different opinions. i think the younger people in my family have sort of set, let's get on a bus, and some of the older family members are saying, what kind

of life will we have if we leave? so it's been incredibly stressful. there were reports of different errors when they were meant to be ceasefires in place, —— difference hours have your family said there was any peace at all where they were able to go out and get things or leave? �* , ., able to go out and get things or leave? �* , . . ., , ., , leave? any time a ceasefire was announced _ leave? any time a ceasefire was announced and _ leave? any time a ceasefire was announced and we _ leave? any time a ceasefire was announced and we heard - leave? any time a ceasefire was announced and we heard from i leave? any time a ceasefire was - announced and we heard from family, it was almost with dark humour say, what ceasefire? sometimes as soon as the ceasefire was meant to start, that's when they would hear the shelling begin. so the idea that there was any sort of ceasefire that was maintained, i think the only time there was, was when the foreign diplomats started to leave, that was the last we heard from the family to say there's been some pam and when we checked the news, that was when the time was made for foreign diplomats and some foreign nationals to leave —— the only time there was calm. generally shelling, especially in the capital city, has continued. how do yourfamily, in the capital city, has continued. how do your family, when they speak about an end state, how did they see it ending?

about an end state, how did they see it endin: ? , , about an end state, how did they see it endinu? , , ., , , about an end state, how did they see itendina? , , ., , , it ending? this is honestly the most heartbreaking _ it ending? this is honestly the most heartbreaking part _ it ending? this is honestly the most heartbreaking part of _ it ending? this is honestly the most heartbreaking part of it _ it ending? this is honestly the most heartbreaking part of it because - it ending? this is honestly the most heartbreaking part of it because i i heartbreaking part of it because i don't know that anybody has the answer to this. sudan is no stranger to, you know, revolution and military coup, but at no point has a sever which the capital in the way it has. i think a lot of people were saying, without something like this might happen because the tensions in the military, between the military and the militia, had been boiling and the militia, had been boiling and were going to come to a head for and were going to come to a head for a while. but quite honestly, i think this is why you're seeing the exodus you're seeing, because people don't know when this will end. of course you have some optimistic people that want this to, that hope this will end as quickly as possible. this is, these are not people that are interested in sitting at a table and negotiating. these are people who seem to be convinced the only way to end this is through violent action and the civilians see themselves just stuck in the middle, and hoping and praying it will be over soon.

today also, i wonder, feel a sense of powerlessness? because civilians had had huge political clout in the last few years in the sudan, they had made a difference. at the moment, how are they feeling they can influence anything? {iii moment, how are they feeling they can influence anything?— can influence anything? of course the revolution _ can influence anything? of course the revolution in _ can influence anything? of course the revolution in 2018 _ can influence anything? of course the revolution in 2018 and - can influence anything? of course the revolution in 2018 and 19 - can influence anything? of course the revolution in 2018 and 19 was| the revolution in 2018 and 19 was something people were very proud of, the civilians were finally able to push, you know, bashir and the old military regiment out, but i think the focus was always, we might have been able to get bashir out but we weren't able to fully get the military regime out, so there's this kind of resignation, i think, from the civilians' perspective, because neither side here, it's not the army by the rapid support forces, representing the civilians, despite the rapid support forces saying that we represent the civilians. i think there's a real sense of frustration and powerlessness, that we did all of this work, we were able to get bashir out, dictator of 30 years, we were able to do all this and quite a

lot of disappointment in the international community, to be honest, because folks felt like the international community didn't believe the civilians could leave their own country, so the support was given to military leaders. —— didn't believe the civilians could lead to their own country foot of this is a massive source of conversation, lots of people have different positions on this, but a lot of civilian say, if we were entrusted with our own country, maybe we would have gotten the different outcome.— maybe we would have gotten the different outcome. yassmin are great to net our different outcome. yassmin are great to get your thoughts, _ different outcome. yassmin are great to get your thoughts, thank - different outcome. yassmin are great to get your thoughts, thank you - different outcome. yassmin are great to get your thoughts, thank you so i to get your thoughts, thank you so much forjoining us. live to lagos for the latest with our correspondent mayeni jones. we have been hearing about things on the ground in khartoum, but we are also focusing on the foreign nationals and diplomats who are trying to get out, those who have not been able to leave, i know you're speaking to some people there, but are they telling you? yes, it's been incredibly difficult to reach people in sudan, both yesterday and today, but because the internet is down and that's come to's ability to get to safety —— complicating people's ability to get

to safety, they could get information from their embassy, could decide whether to set out on their own by road, can't find out how safe certain roads are, it's a really difficult situation and that made a lot of people i've spoken to quite anxious. 0ne made a lot of people i've spoken to quite anxious. one man in the twin city across the nile from khartoum was speaking to me whilst it was heavy gunfire right outside his door on his street. he visited the country with family when the conflict started and he said he hasn't heard back from the foreign office. he registered, as they office. he registered, as they required for stop you got an automated response. but he hasn't heard anything back and has found that incredibly frustrating, he felt abandoned by the authorities. find abandoned by the authorities. and yassmin was _ abandoned by the authorities. and yassmin was saying her family, and you will have heard this too, living in khartoum, feel completely powerless at the moment but also don't see an end to this. what's happening in terms of the bigger picture diplomatically to try to bring some end, actually, to the

fighting initially to get some of the ceasefire that actually holds in place, and then the bigger picture, to bring an end to the situation? both britain and the us have said they continue to communicate with both sides of the conflict to try to get them to come together and come to some sort of agreement to a ceasefire. britain says it actually can't evacuate any of its nationals as long as the fighting continues, so it has a real vested interest in seeing an end to the fighting to stop the problem is that we haven't seen any indication the two generals fighting each other that they want to come to some sort of agreement to end this conflict, even this eid we can, which is still a public holiday in many muslim countries, including here in nigeria, fighting was still going on, and any talk of ceasefire is being met with disbelief, really, by sydney's people on the ground, who feel it's pie in the sky, these

men just want power and will stop at anything until they get it —— sudanese people on the ground. what sudanese people on the ground. what about the rest — sudanese people on the ground. what about the rest of _ sudanese people on the ground. what about the rest of the country? we've been talking about khartoum, but what's happening elsewhere? we are heafina what's happening elsewhere? we are hearin: of what's happening elsewhere? we are hearing of the — what's happening elsewhere? we are hearing of the deteriorating - hearing of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in western darfur, particularly, ispoke humanitarian situation in western darfur, particularly, i spoke to a humanitarian worker there a few days ago who said some old tensions around ethnicity are arising, he described himself as somebody who was arabic looking and said during the eid players, when it came time to break his fast on friday, he wasn't able to go to the mosque with his colleagues who look more african because there already tension between the local arabic and non—arabic population around darfur. there are lots of reports of instability there, of looting, rsf supporters taking advantage of the fact that forces are battling the sudanese military to target people. so it's very worrying picture, particularly at a time when humanitarian agencies aren't able to work as that usually would in the country. work as that usually would in the count . ., ,., work as that usually would in the

count . ., . ~ work as that usually would in the count. ., . ~ country. thanks so much. and as he was reflecting _ country. thanks so much. and as he was reflecting on, _ country. thanks so much. and as he was reflecting on, foreign _ was reflecting on, foreign governments are working very hard to get their citizens out of khartoum, many people are still trapped there, though. 0ur reporters in the newsroom with more. getting a clear picture ofjust how many foreign nationals are still stuck in sudan isn't easy. governments have been working over the weekend to safely evacuate their citizens. let me show you this image from inside a spanish military flight. there you can see dozens of people on board. it is a similar picture on board this italian military flight. 150 of their nationals were safely evacuated to neighbouring djibouti, and what the italian media described as complex operation. this is a picture from a military base injordan, where around 300 people were safely evacuated. they included jordanians, iraqis, syrians and germans. the eu's top diplomat says around 1000 people were safely evacuated over

the weekend. but we are hearing increasingly desperate tales from inside sudan, for example, one british businessman described it as a nightmare to the bbc. the uk government says around 2000 of its citizens have registered with embassies there but the actual number of britons in the country could be nearer 4000. it's notjust britons. take, for example, nigeria. there are around 5000 of their citizens, most of them students. its government says it's working to get them out by road. meanwhile kenya has around 3000 citizens in the country. this image is of indonesian's on a bus out of khartoum. getting out of the country isn't easy, as we know. some options via road, by ethiopia, chad and egypt. another option is port sudan, which you can see here on the map. a lot of people are trying to get in on cars under the vehicles from khartoum up to port sudan. —— cars and other vehicles. at thatjourney

is 800 kilometres. at the weekend in saudi arabia did manage to get around 100 of its citizens on a naval vessel out of port sudan. the us safely evacuated its diplomats but i want to show you this tweet from the us embassy in khartoum. it says, due to the uncertain security situation, it is not currently safe to undertake a us government coordinated evacuation of private us citizens. i think that gives you a sense ofjust how hard it will be to get foreign nationals out of sudan. and we havejust get foreign nationals out of sudan. and we have just heard that france is closing its sudan embassy until further notice was that we will also take you life to the us and about 20 minutes' time to bring you more on the american reaction. what's more for you on the website, live pages up for you on the website, live pages up and running, taking you through all the latest developments from sudan. and around the world as well as foreign governments evacuate their citizens. just the background, too, to remind you of what is happening there with the fighting.

to kenya now, where police have recovered 58 but is believed to be members of a cult hero told they would go to heaven if they starve themselves to death. the bodies have been found in a forest near a coastal town. the death toll, which has been rising steadily over the next few days as excavations have been carried out, has been rising steadily. —— could rise further. we spoke to the red cross, who said 100 people are missing. the cult�*s leader was arrested following a tip—off that suggested the existence of shallow graves containing the bodies of at least 31 followers. he is now in custody, though he denies any wrongdoing. president biden is expected to formerly announce his bid for re—election on tuesday. if he does announce it, he would be the oldest president to do so. mr biden is currently 80 years old and would be 86 at the end of a potential second term.

so far, mr biden does not face any major challengers for the democratic nomination. but there are several republican candidates officially vying to take on mr biden, including ambassador nikki haley and of course former president donald trump. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. for dame sharon white as chair of thejohn lewis partnership, she is normally focused on profit but at this blood donation centre in stratford, the focus was on giving blood and the pressing need for more black donors. i blood and the pressing need for more black denom— black donors. i am so happy, it's been a long _ black donors. i am so happy, it's been a long time _ black donors. i am so happy, it's been a long time since _ black donors. i am so happy, it's been a long time since i - black donors. i am so happy, it's been a long time since i last - black donors. i am so happy, it's| been a long time since i last gave blood, but 20 years ago. and ijust feel really happy and very lucky. sickle cell anaemia is the fastest growing genetic condition in the uk. and far more prevalent in black people. 0ver and far more prevalent in black people. over the last five years the numbers of blood donations needed to treat it has increased by 66%. i’m treat it has increased by 66%. i'm here giving _ treat it has increased by 66%. i'm here giving blood. this _ treat it has increased by 66%. i'm here giving blood. this is - treat it has increased by 66%. i'm here giving blood. this is your -

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and i think they're very dignified. there�*s a small but noisy protest here, too. across the country, there are millions of people who want the monarchy abolished. they spend so much of our money on their lives and their homes and their travel. we�*re basically wanting to raise awareness of the growing movement against the monarchy, and to object to the succession. panorama wanted to test attitudes to the monarchy, and commissioned an online poll from yougov. the poll of nearly 4,600 uk adults suggests 58% want the monarchy to continue, and 26% want an elected head of state instead. when yougov asked the same question injuly 2013 — a year after the queen�*s diamond jubilee — 75% of people polled said the monarchy should continue, and only 17% wanted an elected head of state. for young people, decline

in support appears starker. in the new poll, less than a third of 18—to—24—year—olds said the monarchy should continue — compared to 64% back in 2013. do you care about the monarchy, is it something you support? no. i wouldn�*t say i don�*t care, but i�*d say it�*s not necessarily something that i�*m invested in. i say i wasn�*t invested in it. the only person i know who does support the monarchy— is my gran, and she loves it. charles has a problem with gen 2. the future of the monarchy for charles and for william, and the popular support — which they need — is really in the balance when it comes to the younger people. but those who know the king say he can connect. he has an amazing ability to reach teenagers, which a lot of people don�*t have. and i�*ve literally been with him in prisons, in youth—offending institutes, injob centres, and he can make that connection.

it is quite extraordinary. the poll also asked whether the royal family has a problem with race and diversity. it suggests nearly half of those from an ethnic—minority background think the royal family do — compared with a third of the population as a whole. tonight, for the first time, they tell their story. two years ago, in an interview with oprah winfrey, the duchess of sussex described remarks she claims were made by a royal about her unborn child. concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he�*s born. what? the royal family denied any racism. no, we're very much not a racist family. l there�*s not a racist drop of blood in the king. ijust don�*t think it�*s a problem. it�*s made into a problem by those who wish to make it a problem. buckingham palace says his majesty and the royal household treat all matters of race and diversity with great seriousness.

times have changed since the last coronation 70 years ago... ..so will the king adapt the monarchy? if the monarchy is going to be the thing that makes britain great, it�*s going to have to redefine what it is for the 21st century, because it�*s... it�*s living off the position it had over the past few centuries. the monarchy has been part of the fabric of british life for hundreds of years. as it�*s done throughout the ages, the crown will have to adapt to survive. jane corbin, bbc news. you can read more on that story on the bbc website and for viewers here in the uk, you can watch a full documentary on panorama tonight at 8pm. in spain, nearly four years after general francisco franco�*s remains were removed from the valley of the fallen mausoleum outside madrid, those ofjose antonio primo de rivera, the founder

of the falangist party, are now being exhumed from the same site. he will be reburied in a cemetery in the spanish capital. it�*s all part of the socialist led government�*s historical memory law, which aims to bring justice, reparation and dignity to the victims of the spanish civil war and subsequent dictatorship. live to madrid with our correspondent guy hedgecoe. we were just seeing a picture of mr primo de rivera, tell us more about him. he primo de rivera, tell us more about him. . , primo de rivera, tell us more about him. ., , ., primo de rivera, tell us more about him. .,, ., .., ., ., him. he was a co-founder and the leader of the _ him. he was a co-founder and the leader of the falangist _ him. he was a co-founder and the leader of the falangist party, - him. he was a co-founder and the leader of the falangist party, a . leader of the falangist party, a far—right party which supported general francisco franco throughout the civil war, 1936 to 1939, and that was the main political support, that was the main political support, that party come of general franco throughout his four decade dictatorship, which followed the civil war. so in that sense primo de rivera was a very important figure

for spain and 20th century politics. and the fact he died very young, he was 33 when he was killed, executed by firing squad, at the start of the civil war, that turned him into a sort of icon for many on the far right, who saw him as this hero. for many people on the far right, a hero comparable or superior to franco himself. so he is a very divisive figure but a very significant figure in spanish politics in spanish history. 50 in spanish politics in spanish histo . ., . in spanish politics in spanish histo ., . , , history. so how much support is there today _ history. so how much support is there today for _ history. so how much support is there today for removing - history. so how much support is there today for removing his - history. so how much support is - there today for removing his remains in this way and re—burying him? this in this way and re-burying him? this initiative, like _ in this way and re—burying him? try 3 initiative, like most initiatives linked to historical memory in spain, is very divisive. you tend to see that divide along left right lines. so speaking very generally, if you speak to someone on the political left, there are likely to be much more in favour of the exhibition of primo de rivera, if

you speak to someone on the political right, they�*re likely to be more opposed to it. certainly thatis be more opposed to it. certainly that is what we have seen from the political parties, from what they�*ve been saying over the last few days foot of there�*s been a lot of criticism of this move by parties on the right. they�*ve said this is a political ploy, an electoral ploy by prime minister pedro sanchez to try to mobilise voters ahead of local elections next month. the far right vox has used very strong language, saying the exhumation is driven by hate, for the political right, on the part of sanchez and his socialist party. so it�*s a very divisive issue. socialist party. so it's a very divisive issue.— socialist party. so it's a very divisive issue. �* , ., ., ., , divisive issue. it's extraordinary, as we talk _ divisive issue. it's extraordinary, as we talk to _ divisive issue. it's extraordinary, as we talk to you, _ divisive issue. it's extraordinary, as we talk to you, watching - divisive issue. it's extraordinary, | as we talk to you, watching some divisive issue. it's extraordinary, i as we talk to you, watching some of the archival pictures we have from that period of spanish history. in terms of this historical memory law, what other actions are being taken? a lot of it does focus on the valley

of the fallen, this great big muslim that was built by franco. the idea being to strip it of its religious significance and its close association with the franco regime. we still don�*t know exactly what that will entail. —— this great big mausole. we believe it will be turned into some kind of museum. it is also provided support to people whose loved ones were killed during the civil war and the dictatorship of that support didn�*t exist on a state—wide level previously, is now because of this law, it does. state-wide level previously, is now because of this law, it does. thanks for “oininu because of this law, it does. thanks forjoining us— because of this law, it does. thanks forjoining us from _ because of this law, it does. thanks forjoining us from madrid. - thousands of migrants in southern mexico have started a march to the capital. they are calling for an end to the use of detention centres and want the united states to speed up their asylum

applications. earlier we spoke to our latin america regional editor mimi swaby and started by asking why the migrants had taken such drastic action. so they are calling for two things. firstly, the end to these detention centres, largely coming off the back of a really tragic incident about a month ago in northern mexico in ciudad juarez, when 40 migrants died in one such centre after a fire broke out. they actually attributed a prayer and a moment of silence before starting their journey today as a collective group. and like you said, the second thing is that they want their applications to be sped up. lots of these migrants have spent months now in the centre, waiting, unsure what�*s going to happen next, unsure where they can move to next. they�*ve come over the border from guatemala, a lot of them, this is very close to that border. and now they seem to be stuck in this kind of limbo, unable to move forward, but then they can�*t really or don�*t want to go back either. conditions walking can be really tough, and when they get there, the challenges don�*t end. they will maybe apply for refugee applications. but they probably won�*t have very high chances of getting these,

especially after presidentjoe biden of the us has enforced stricter, more severe policies and now the numbers crossing that border are actually at a record low during his presidency. so if they get to mexico city, they will have to face more challenges, and these policies have really created a bottleneck in northern mexico on that frontier, creating a really challenging environment for migrants every step of the way, and that seems to be kind of the limit where most can get to. as film costumes go, john travolta�*s saturday night fever suit is iconic and it�*s now sold for 260 thousand dollars. the white polyester three piece which featured in the 1977 film as he took to the dance floor was originally bought for $100 from a small menswear shop in new york. it�*s one of two identical suits travolta wore on set and it�*s even said to still

have the sweat marks on it. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. over the next couple of days it will feel cold as we pull in a strong northerly wind. that certainly is the case today, driving in all these showers across the north and east, over the tops of the hills in eastern england, they will be wintry, but we could see some wintriness getting down to lower levels in scotland. at the same time rain coming in across wales, the midlands and into southern england, some of that will be heavy and thundery. in between, some brighter sunny skies but feeling cold in the wind. through this evening and overnight, rain clears from the south, lots of clear skies and temperatures will fall away, in the highlands as low as —5 or —6. we are looking at a widespread frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces where we have seen daytime showers.

tomorrow, a lot of sunshine to start, still some wintry showers coming in across northern scotland, still strong winds but they will tend to ease across the course of the day, cloud bubbling up and spreading out through the day, too. and a weather front coming in across the isles of scilly introducing some rain. these are our temperatures, 6—12, but still feeling cold, especially if you are exposed to that wind. then, as we move into wednesday, here is our weather front, close to the south—west. it�*s being prevented from moving too far inland by this area of high pressure so during the course of wednesday, for england and wales and northern ireland, a lot of cloud to start with, one or two showers peppering the north of england, more cloud developing across scotland, some showers getting into the south through the day, but the far north hanging on to some dry conditions with some sunny intervals. not feeling as cold because the wind won�*t be as strong. then as we head into thursday, we start pulling in a south—westerly wind from the south—west, and as you can see from the yellows

and ambers, that�*s a milder direction for us but still cold across the far north of scotland where we have some sunshine and wintry showers for a time. this forecast could well change but it looks like rain across the central swathe of the country and some rain across the south, but both of these bands could be in different positions by the time we get to thursday. 7—15 our temperatures in the south, slowly starting to climb. as we head into the latter part of the week and the weekend, what you will find is temperatures will continue to climb and eventually the weather becomes more settled.

this is bbc news, the headlines... western countries evacuate diplomats from sudan is now fighting continues. but some citizens remain stranded. two weeks before the coronation, a new bbc poll suggests less than one third of uk adults in one of the market continue. and the former strictly come dancing judge has died at the age of 78. there appears to be no end in sight forfighting between the there appears to be no end in sight for fighting between the army and paramilitary group in sudan. the violence has been taking place for more than a week now worsening the country�*s already desperate humanitarian crisis.