this is bbc news. the headlines — the head of the un warns the sudan conflict could engulf the wider region as the scramble to get foreign nationals out of the country continues. the british government defends its response to the situation. the american news anchor tucker carlson is leaving the fox network. a statement says he and fox have "agreed to part ways". 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. and the former strictly head judge len goodman has died at the age of 78.

the head of the un has called on the security council to do these on the security council to do are live pictures of ita citizens these are live pictures of italian citizens arriving in rome, the italian capital. as we have been saying here on bbc news, it's been difficult for many countries to evacuate their citizens with a growing list of countries having chartered flights, brought on ships to evacuate diplomats and citizens from the sudan capital khartoum as the fighting continues there, into its second week in fact. there has been some criticism of the uk government response to uk citizens in particular the fact that the uk government evacuated diplomats and their families government evacuated diplomats and theirfamilies but government evacuated diplomats and their families but has yet to start

to properly evacuating british citizens from khartoum. bbc understands a small british military team has landed in sudan to assess potential evacuation options. what we are seeing now are pictures coming into what's life of the italian capital rome with this plane chartered by the attained government to carry italian and italian— sudanese citizens from the capital khartoum to italy. the head of the un has called on the security council to do all it can to pull sudan back from what he called a "catastrophic conflagration which could engulf the whole region and beyond". a number of countries are rushing to get their people out, aided by a lull in the fighting today. as shortages of food and water worsen and hospitals come under fire, thousands of sudanese civilians are also making desperate attempts to flee. earlier, ourseniorjournalist

nicky schillerjoined me from the newsroom to give us the very latest on evacuations from sudan. what we can say is that the uk government successfully evacuated its diplomats and their families over the weekend. however, as you've been hearing, there are still people trapped. around 4000 british citizens are thought to still be in sudan. and as we've heard, as you've heard there, they are not too happy about what the british government has been doing to try and get them out. well, earlier, andrew mitchell, who is the one of the ministers in the british government, appeared before the house of commons to answer questions from the opposition. now he said it was a really awful situation there at the moment, but they were doing what they could. he also defended the british military operation that got the diplomats out over the weekend. she is entirely right about the both the bravery and the incredible difficulty with which they executed this operation so well.

she asked me about the british nationals who are trapped in khartoum and more widely in sudan, and i can tell her that we are looking at every single possible option for extracting them. and she acknowledged that this was a very complex area. i can only say to her that it certainly was. well, nicky, let's bring you back in now and ask you what exactly we know about how other countries are dealing with this. yes, well, there is an operation by lots of foreign governments to try and get their citizens out. i want to show you some photos. first one is of a spanish military plane. you can see dozens of people packed into that plane to get out. similar case here with an italian military aircraft. that one made it out successfully to neighbouring djibouti with 150 people on board. now, the eu's top diplomat says that 1000 eu citizens have been successfully evacuated out of sudan, but there are still thousands left inside.

let me give you an idea of how many, first of all, americans. some 16,000 are estimated to be in there. some of those are dual citizens. meanwhile, nigerians, 5000 of them in sudan. a lot of those are students who are trapped there at the moment. the government says that they will try and get them out by road. one of the latest to try and get their citizens out is south africa. here's a tweet from one of their ministers saying that embassy staff are on their way out of khartoum, but i can't disclose the security and logistics of the operation, but they are moving out. and maryam, that is what a lot of governments are trying to do, trying to move people out as quickly as they can. and, nicky, tell me a bit more about what other routes there are for people wanting to leave the country. yeah, well, let me show you a map of the surrounding area. so you've got sudan. a lot of people are trying to get out of the capital, khartoum. some are, as we have seen, being flown out, but a lot of others are trying to get out by road.

now, where are they going? well, they're going north to egypt or they're also trying to get out through ethiopia. south sudan. and chad. i want to show you these foreigners. they have made it to port sudan, which is one of the areas where they are trying to get to. but it has been a horrendous journey for a lot of them. take a look on the map where port sudan is. now, if i highlight this route from khartoum up to port sudan, that is over 800 kilometres. and we heard earlier the un saying that it had taken some of their people over 30 hours to get there. we understand that there are some british royal navy vessels heading there to try and get people out. but all the time, maryam, the conflict going on and as you can imagine, people are getting desperate and some of those people are taking risks to try and get out of the country. let's ta ke let's take you back to rome now and that plane we were watching a few minutes ago carrying citizens of italy... minutes ago carrying citizens of ital ,, . , minutes ago carrying citizens of ital ,, ., , ., ., . , italy... sudanese- italian citizens who were living _ italy... sudanese- italian citizens who were living in _ italy... sudanese- italian citizens who were living in khartoum - italy... sudanese- italian citizens who were living in khartoum and | italy... sudanese- italian citizens. who were living in khartoum and 11

who were living in khartoum and ii evacuated from the capital due to the ongoing crisis there. i want to bring you a few lines that we have been given from our defence correspondent paul adams from the ministry of defence with regards to sudan and we have had a few comments. first of all the military defence source has said a frigate is in the region and its positioning itself towards the area to keep options open because we do want to do all we can to support the posture and i suppose that means supporting the efforts that will be ongoing to get british citizens out of the country. also the minister of defence briefing on sudan has talked about the very different way that the challenge is in sudan compared to what it was in kabul in afghanistan where they had troops on the ground, good intelligence and

relationships with afghan national security forces and i suppose in a way to the ministry is now trying to tell us exactly why it is that there's been this delay in getting people out of the country. of course you can see there twice the aeroplane and i can assure you there is only one plane but we are showing it to you twice because value for money here at bbc. it is in rome and in citizens of italy who have been evacuated from the capital of sudan. let's move away from this story now and come back to the uk. with less than two weeks to go until the coronation of king charles, a new poll suggests public opinion about the british royals is changing, with less than a third of18—21i—year—olds in the uk wanting the monarchy to continue. commissioned by the bbc�*s panorama programme, the yougov poll also revealed that almost half of those asked who were from ethnic minority

backgrounds believe the royal family has a problem with race and diversity. jane corbin reports. as preparations gear up for the coronation, crowds have turned out for a royal engagement in york. it's exciting. the atmosphere's lovely. i think they make a lovely couple, 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. i we're basically wanting to raise i 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 a600 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 i7% 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'd 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 z. 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. the uk's biggest business lobby group says it hired "culturally toxic" staff and failed to deal properly with people who sexually harassed female colleagues. the cbi says it has now dismissed a number of people and that it must change its culture. the group has been engulfed in scandal since allegations of misconduct, even rape, have emerged and many key businesses have deserted it. here's our business editor simonjack. the cbi describes itself as the most effective voice of business in the uk. but some of the uk's biggest firms have either cut ties completely, or have suspended their engagement with the crisis hit lobbying group. leaving many to question whether it has a future after the city of london police confirmed last week it was investigating a second allegation of rape. news of which accelerated the exodus.

today, the cbi started its attempt to redeem itself. for us, it's about rebuilding the trust that we obviously lost with the members who left us on friday, it's rebuilding trust with the political stakeholders. because what i do know is that in every major economy in europe, they have a cbi equivalent. business needs one voice to be able to talk to the government. responding to the report today, the cbi conceded major shortcomings, including not having preventative measures to protect staff from harm and not reacting properly when issues arose, a failure to filter out culturally toxic people during the hiring process and also said some managers were promoted too quickly without the right training. it also said its most grievous error was to try and resolve sexual harassment cases rather than remove the offenders, which led to a reluctance on the part of those complaining, emboldening those with abhorrent attitudes. now, in response, the cbi said it would take the following action.

adopt a zero tolerance to sexual harassment and bullying. compulsory training for all cbi staff and board members on harassment and bullying prevention. a new director general and a chief people officer with a seat on a reconstructed board. and an independent and external whistleblowing channel for complaints. the cbi said it will suspend all lobbying activities until an emergency meeting of its members injune, some of whom remain unconvinced. i think as a former member, i'm underwhelmed by what i heard today. i applaud them for recognising that they have a toxic culture behind the scenes. but there's nothing that persuades me that i need to rejoin the cbi any time soon. applause. meanwhile, the prime minister this morning assured business leaders the government was behind them, with or without the cbi. now, if there's one overarching message that i want all of you.

and everyone watching to take away from today it is this. _ we want businesses smalll and large to know that this government has got your back. business and government acknowledge they need each other. but whether they need the cbi is not so clear. simon jack, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. spike the king penguin is now king of the world, voted most popular penguin in an international online voting competition, and that's despite his past misdemeanors. he pooed on sir david attenborough nearly ten years ago filming a programme with him as well, and he's on christmas and birthday cards every year. so he's a local celebrity, definitely. 32 penguins competed for the title. the contest was organised by penguin international, a lobby group aiming to raise awareness of the bird's plight. you're going to be sent a paper crown as a prize. will you be putting it on spike? no, he wouldn't tolerate that at all.

so, i mean, i've worked with him for a long time now, and the only other time i ever handle him is for vet checks like we do routinely a couple times a year. if we need to put wing tags on, he'll take them off. otherwise you get close and you try to grab them, they'll give you a good old slap with the wing. but there will be a special ceremony to honour spike. it's planned for may the 6th, the same day as the coronation. you're live with bbc news. to new york now, where russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has has been chairing a un security council meeting. russia holds the rotating presidency of the council all this month, something that has angered members but been impossible to change. in his speech, lavrov said tension with the west was possibly higher than during the cold war and blamed the us and its allies for a breakdown in multilateralism. have a listen. translation: washington and its allies are refusing l diplomacy and pressing to resolve disputes on the battlefield.

it's all happening within the un, which was created to prevent the horrors of war. the voices of responsible forces are being drowned out by those trying to undermine the principles of inter—state communication. the un secretary—general antonio guterres responded criticising russia for its war of agression and warned that tensions between superpowers were at a historic high. here he is. russia's invasion of ukraine, in violation of united nations charter and international law, is causing massive suffering and devastation to the country and its people and adding to the global economic dislocation triggered by the covid—19 pandemic. the bbc�*s nada tawfik has the latest from new york. even before the debate began, you had a really united -

front from the west. 27 ambassadors from the eu, i along with the us ambassador, linda thomas—greenfield,| made separate statements to the press, all really trying - to get ahead saying the big elephant in the room here was russia, that this was a cynical topic l for russia to choose, . trying to protect the un charter and multilateralism - when they are at the same time waging a waragainst their neighbour. - and what we heard from them was the fact that if russia - was serious about multilateralism, that they should withdraw their. troops immediately from ukraine, . because that is really the core l principle of the un charter itself. |and linda thomas—greenfield also brought the sister of paul whelan, who is an ex—marine who has been detained in russia for— more than four years. and elizabeth, paul whelan's sister, i said she wanted to go there to telll the global community that one - of the principles of multilateralism was for countries to confront anyone who uses taking hostages as part.

of its international relations. so, really, what we heard _ from western countries was just this complete shock that russia i would call this type of debate, but on the other hand, maryam, you had the likes of russia - and china saying that it's - the united states that's trying to run a unipolar world and flex its hegemony| and its special interests - on the rest of the members of the united nations. and so, they blame the united states for trying to do things like, _ they said, deter china and isolate russia, and use nato _ to expand its borders. so we have this very competing view that we've always had at the un - right and front and centre, as sergei lavrov _ was here in new york. and some people there might be questioning why russia holds this position for this month given the situation with ukraine. but of course this is something that is within the un charter and can't be changed. that's absolutely right.

i mean, you have a rotating monthly i presidency of the security council. i so, ironically, the first time russia in this war held - the presidency was right - at the start, when president putin was announcing that special military operation, as russia puts it. - the right—wing us broadcaster fox news says it's parted company with tucker carlson, one of its most popular and controversial presenters. a statement said mr carlson had made his last appearance on the network. it did not say why. the announcement comes days after fox news agreed to pay almost $800 million to settle a lawsuit over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. earlier, i wasjoined by our north america correspondent nomia iqbal, whojoined us from outside the headquarters of fox news. i asked her what more we know about this parting of ways. very little so far. so we don't know the exact reason why tucker carlson and fox news have parted company. fox news did release a statement.

it was a pretty brutally terse statement given that tucker carlson has been with the network since 2009. his show�*s been running since 2016, one of the most highly watched shows in the country. but they didn't give any reason as to why he left. what was interesting in the statement, though, was that they spent, fox spent more time writing out that fox is more than just the news network, that there's more to fox, there's audio, there's books, there's streaming and so forth, and that it's one of the most watched watched networks in the country. so almost trying to promote itself within that statement. the other thing that i should mention is that there are reports, but these are just reports, that his executive producer has also parted company with fox news. his name isjustin wells. and i suppose what we could potentially read into that if we were going to speculate, justin wells was the person that

he'd exchanged text messages with during the time that they were covering the presidential election in which tucker carlson had gone on air and said very different things to what he was texting his executive producer and that that formed part of dominion�*s case against fox news, its case of defamation. but as i say, we don't know what the reason is for the executive producer leaving. and as of yet, we still don't know what the exact reason is for tucker carlson leaving. his show has been promoted this morning by fox news. and when he signed off on friday, he didn't, there was no sign that he was leaving. so it seems like it was an abrupt decision. but who made that decision? we don't know, right? we don't know who made the decision. but what we do know is that it's potentially a huge blow for fox news. nomia, explain to viewers at home why he's so important to the network. i mean, his show gets

about on average 3 million viewers per night. so his show runs for an hour long. it's in the evening, 8pm to 9pm eastern time. it's an opinion show. he starts off with a monologue and the number of viewers he gets, it's way more than cnn or msnbc, which are fox's rivals, and he is more than just a talk show host. he is hugely influential in this country. i've travelled up and down parts of america for work. and when you talk to people, particularly trump supporters, they do actually quote tucker carlson as someone that they can rely on. they say he is, i guess, the way to describe him, how many people have described him. he's someone who almost sanitises and legitimises very far—right conspiracy theories. he talks about politics. he talks about politics and culture in this country in a way that's in defiance of nearly everything of mainstream media, even though he's a part of it, of liberal elites, of science, of federal government, of authority. and he taps in to this fear that many americans have in which they are suspicious of everything. and he taps into that, and he's got a huge loyal following as a result. and so, you know, if you are a politician who is seeking office, particularly for the republican

party, you go on his show, his show�*s like a proving ground for many people trying to get into politics. so, yeah, he is hugely influential. and where he goes next, i think, will also be the focus of a lot of speculation. now before we go, we had to show you these pictures from belgium which made me and the team smile. it's from the third european seagull screeching championship. yes, you heard right, humans vying to imitate the bird's distinctive shriek. imitates squawking sounds like the news room and there is a breaking story. around 50 people took part. so who, i hear you say, won? well, it was this guy, 21—year—old yarmo from the netherlands. imitates squawking happy. a bit overwhelmed, too,

but very happy to win here. fantastic. sorry. laughter. his lifelong which clearly has been fulfilled. and only we have time for anything else, do we? time for the weather. hello there. the weather's been quite mixed today. we've seen some heavy, in fact thundery rain across parts of southern england. further north, it's been brighter with sunny spells, scattered showers. some of these have been wintry in nature. tonight, the colder air advances southwards to pretty much all areas, and with light winds and clearing skies, it's going to be a perfect recipe for some frost. so, gardeners and growers, take note. we will continue with the peppering of showers, northern and eastern scotland, north sea coasts of england. and again, they will have a wintry element to them. you can see widespread blue colours indicating a widespread rural frost, down to “11 or —5 celsius across central and northern parts of the uk. so we're waking up to blue skies, but plenty of frost tomorrow morning.

early mist and fog clears away. the frost and the fog will clear very quickly as the temperatures rise, and as the temperatures rise, we'll see some fairweather cloud building through the afternoon. but still a peppering of showers northern, eastern scotland, eastern england. again, they will be wintry in nature, and a chilly day to come. temperatures of 6—11 degrees further south. now, through tuesday night, temperatures take a tumble again across northern areas. wintry showers continuing for northern scotland, but thicker cloud will be pushing into parts of england, wales, perhaps northern ireland as well. so temperatures here not as low as what we'll see tonight, but another cold one certainly across northern england, scotland. temperatures perhaps in a few spots below —5 celsius. for wednesday, then, we start to see these weather fronts trying to push into the south and the west of the uk associated with low pressure, and that will start to push some milder air in here. but it's going to be a rather cloudy, dull day, ithink. probably the best of any brightness the far north, north—east of the uk. again it's going to be another cold day here. temperatures slowly recovering across the far south

and south—west, 13—14 degrees. now that low pressure's still with these weather fronts. milder air continues to journey northwards on thursday, so it could be that much of england, wales, northern ireland will see those weather fronts. thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain, some of it heavy at times, and the milder air. whereas again, the far north of england, scotland still poking out into the high pressure and the cold air. another chilly day to come here, but we start to see those temperatures recover across the south. we could be up to 111—15 degrees thursday afternoon across some southern areas. the mild air does win out, though. friday into the weekend, it will be turning milderfor all areas, and there will be quite a lot of cloud, some rain around, too.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. the violence must stop. it risks a catastrophic conflagration within sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond. the deteriorating security conditions _ region and beyond. the deteriorating security conditions in _ region and beyond. the deteriorating security conditions in khartoum - security conditions in khartoum poses— security conditions in khartoum poses an — security conditions in khartoum poses an unacceptable risk to keeping — poses an unacceptable risk to keeping our team they are at the time _ keeping our team they are at the time |_ keeping our team they are at the time. .. ., ., ., , time. i cannot imagine that these nations have _ time. i cannot imagine that these nations have been _ time. i cannot imagine that these nations have been able _ time. i cannot imagine that these nations have been able to - time. i cannot imagine that these nations have been able to do - time. i cannot imagine that these | nations have been able to do that, that the british government, great britain, isn't able to coordinate a mission such as this. hello, welcome to the programme. foreign nationals stranded in sudan are being instructed to shelter in place as western governments

try to figure out a means to safely evacuate them.