this is bbc news, the headlines: the uk government starts their operation to get british nationals out of sudan — after growing critiscm at the speed of the response. sudan's warring factions agree a 72 hour ceasefire. the british government tells people to make their own way to the airport. if you have local knowledge you may be able to find a safe route, but the roots where i am up to the north and beyond the north, is a very difficult one. —— the routes. joe biden confirms he will stand for a second term as us president.

at the age of 80, mr biden is already the oldest holder of the office in history. we will have more reaction to that announcement. and described as the king of calypso — the legendary singer and campaigner— harry belafonte has died aged 96. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with snooker — and ronnie 0'sullivan made his 100th appearance at the crucible this morning as he continues his bid for a record eighth title — he's playing belgian luca brecel in the quarterfinals. it was brecel who took the first frame — but 0'sullivan responded in style, taking six of the next seven frames to lead at the end of the first session. 0n the other table, mark allen has fought back from 3—1 down againstjakjones to pull the scores level — it's four frames each at the interval.

so let's cross live to the crucible now. a battle between two four—time champions. they've met at the crucible five times before — this is a repeat of the 2007 and 2017 finals. john higgins is leading 2—0 in this one at the moment. interestingly, they're staying next door to each other during the tournament this year. anthony mcgill is also facing sijiahui. you can follow the coverage on bbc two and across the bbc sport website. there's a big game at the bottom of the premier league this evening as leicester city travel to elland road to take on leeds united. javi gracia's side have lost their last three games and conceded 13 goals in the process sliding down the table and now sitting just a point above tonight's opponents. leicester picked up their first win

under new manager dean smith at the weekend and know that three points here will ease any fear of relegation. they have had a struggle so far, a bit like us, they have been on the back of a couple of heavy defeats at home. but i'm sure they will see this game as a big one to try and pull away from the position they are in, like ourselves. all of the remaining games are important and you never know where you will be able to get points. but of course playing at home is the next game and we have to be focused on this game, knowing we are playing against leicester, and that they are coming off a win and it will be a demanding game for us. former tottenham manager harry redknapp says he thinks the club's decision to appoint christian stellini as interim manager was a mistake. stellini was sacked on monday following a 6—1 loss to newcastle at st james park — the players have now said on social media they will refund fans

who travelled to the north east. spurs now face a battle to finish in the top four and redknapp says they should have made big changes when former boss antonio conte left. it seemed a strange appointment in the first place, to be honest. the interim manager came with conte and after conte went you would have thought they would have got rid of him as well but they put him in charge. a strange decision. when you think tottenham still have a great chance, not as good as it was before the weekend, but still a chance of making the top four and getting into the champions league next season. in rugby union — the new owners of worcester warriors have just seven days left to complete the sale of the club. the administrators begbies traynor have issued a progress report about what they've been working on since being appointed last september. it confirms a 90—day completion clause which runs out on tuesday. the rematch between liam smith and

chris eubankjunior will take place on the 17th ofjune at manchester arena. smith beat chris eubank in january after a fourth—round stoppage in a bitterly contested middleweight fight. chris eubank junior is keen for revenge and he activated the rematch clause shortly after the defeat. and that's all the sport for now. thanks forjoining us. we are going to go back to the situation in sudan. so much fighting around khartoum airport and it is important to state that this is not the location where the british will be starting their evacuation in the coming hours. that is to the north of the city but the crucial line

from the foreign secretary that we heard earlier that british nationals will be asked to make their own way to that airport to the north of the capital. this is the scene from the international airport in the centre. 0ver international airport in the centre. over the last 12 days, so much fighting around that location. these are the latest pictures from the british effort because these are the departure pictures from cyprus as 120 military personneljoin those aircraft. the defence secretary giving some details earlier and he said that as of 11.5 hours ago the processing centre at that airport in the sudanese capital is up and running. british forces are there and they have secured the area and they are now waiting to start processing british nationals and dual nationals through that airport.

interesting to see if other nationals try to get on those flights. the german foreign ministry said that german nationals remaining in sudan will be evacuated by partner nations in coming days. we are expecting more in the next little while linked to the british operation but that is only one way out of sudan and we have seen people spilling over the borders and land journeys and we spoke to one person who made the journey to egypt at the start of the programme. live now to cairo and the bbc�*s sally nabil. just broadly, what kind of numbers are they seeing at the egyptian border? , ., . , ., border? hundreds have crossed into e: -t over border? hundreds have crossed into egypt over the _ border? hundreds have crossed into egypt over the past _ border? hundreds have crossed into egypt over the past few _ border? hundreds have crossed into egypt over the past few hours - border? hundreds have crossed into egypt over the past few hours and i border? hundreds have crossed into egypt over the past few hours and itj egypt over the past few hours and it might go up to thousands. we don't have exact figures yet but we know

that dozens have been crossing into the egyptian territories since yesterday and many sudanese families will spend a few days on a very hectic road trip and have made it to the egyptian side of the border and we know that they are finding difficulties to find places to stay in hotels which are fully booked. trains that can take them from the borders into a city like cairo, for example, they have no places, so there are some logistic hurdles facing these families who have already been suffering on the sudanese side of the border. the egyptian government did not say what plans it will put in place to try and resolve any of the problems facing those who have fled the war but it is worth mentioning that there is a large sudanese community, more than 4 million people living in

egypt, so many of those who have crossed into egypt will have family members or relatives or friends who can help them settle. so it may be the government has that in mind. it has not yet announced how it is going to handle this influx of refugees. going to handle this influx of refu~ees. w , going to handle this influx of refugees-_ going to handle this influx of refu~ees. , ., ., ., refugees. sally, thanks for “oining us. let's get the latest from bbc africa's merchuma in nairobi. in terms of the 72 hour ceasefire, it is broadly holding, is that right? it is broadly holding, is that riuht? ., , , ., right? now, it is very, we cannot really say — right? now, it is very, we cannot really say as _ right? now, it is very, we cannot really say as to _ right? now, it is very, we cannot really say as to whether - right? now, it is very, we cannot really say as to whether it - right? now, it is very, we cannot really say as to whether it is - really say as to whether it is holding because it isjust really say as to whether it is holding because it is just under 2a hours and even in this period we have seen pockets of violence in khartoum and in other parts of sudan and as always, accusations on both

sides as to who is doing the attacks. but it is safe to say that the intensity of fighting and the intensity of gunfire that we are hearing being reported is not as much as we have seen in the last couple of days but still the ceasefire is not 100% holding and if there is anything happening it is in khartoum but there are other places where fighting has been reported. places like dar for which where fighting has been reported. places like darfor which people where fighting has been reported. places like dar for which people are not really talking about because the fighting is now shifting out of khartoum so that is another place that... the agencies who are doing evacuations need to focus on, but apart from that we are witnessing a lot of evacuations as you have heard, people going to other countries outside sudan. people are giving a picturesque idea of what khartoum is like and somebody has been locked in a house for eight

hours, sorry, eight days, nine days, they have now reported seeing a city with cars abandoned, houses brought down. 0ne with cars abandoned, houses brought down. one person said when they left their house to head to the evacuation site they sought the watchman lying down dead —— they saw. so very volatile and grave discussions are happening in sudan now. ~ , ., ., ., now. mercy in nairobi, thanks for “oininu now. mercy in nairobi, thanks for joining us- _ the focus is on the people trapped in the conflict but people trapped in the conflict but people that run the khartoum animals actually got in touch with us to highlight what is happening around them. their sanctuary is on the outskirts of the capital close to a military base and they say unless the situation changes they may have to put the animals down. the

situation is critical we were told. we have been cut off from supplies and electricity and water in the last ten days we have a large number of animals, over 200 animals, 30 different types, most of them are wild animals like lions and hyenas, wildcats, and we have a huge number of lines, 25 in the facility. the situation is extremely critical. regarding electricity, we cannot pump water into our tanks and we cannot distribute water into the cages and we cannot reach the sanctuary every day because of the fuel shortage and the insecurity and also our staff cannot spend the night inside the century because it is very close to a military base. the situation is extremely difficult and we are going through a lot of stress but we are trying our best to

provide for our own family and children and also provide care for the animals and our responsibility but it is a real struggle, a daily struggle. me and the team are putting our lives at risk every day to try to give as much water and food to the on —— to the animals... just tell me, how close is the century to the fighting and when we were last able to get a food delivery into the animal sanctuary? the last time i was able to do a food delivery was the day before yesterday so we have been working hard today to make sure safe package to drop off some food and manually water each of the enclosures at the park. but is a real risk and there is no fuel and no petrol stations that are working and the only fuel available is on the black market and it is very expensive. it is a really

big risk to travel outside and every day we are being stopped at checkpoints. we have our money stolen from us and we have already had a vehicle stolen and yesterday another vehicle almost got stolen, so it is a real disaster. we are working under extremely difficult circumstances. a lot of bullets and shells have been falling inside the sanctuary. it has damaged a lot of things. some of the small animals have broken loose after the shelling but the worrying thing is that the day before yesterday, a bomb fell neara day before yesterday, a bomb fell near a room which housed six of the big lines and thankfully we were able to fix it but it is such a big risk being so close to these critical areas —— big lions. i5

critical areas —— big lions. is anyone actually helping you? so much focus on people and not animals? yes, for that reason we have no help from any organisations and government institutions and nobody has sent any help. we are on our own. people are trying to make sure their own survival. we are working a difficult balance in trying to take care of our children and families and also to provide for the animals. what do you think is the window of opportunity because you have painted a bleak picture. the opportunity because you have painted a bleak picture-— a bleak picture. the only opportunity _ a bleak picture. the only opportunity i _ a bleak picture. the only opportunity i see - a bleak picture. the only opportunity i see is - a bleak picture. the only opportunity i see is if. a bleak picture. the only i opportunity i see is if both a bleak picture. the only - opportunity i see is if both sides sit down and do a ceasefire and try to negotiate a peaceful resolve to this civil war, because i see no winners, only losers. the citizens

are the most at loss right now and we just want to end this war and for safety to return to the city.- safety to return to the city. some ofthe safety to return to the city. some of the latest _ safety to return to the city. some of the latest air _ safety to return to the city. some of the latest air from _ safety to return to the city. some of the latest air from the - safety to return to the city. some i of the latest air from the sudanese capital. that story is moving all the time, especially the british operation. we will bring you any updates as soon as we get them. it is low tide and a good time to get a glimpse of this incredible colony. this is the only place you will find grey seals in cumbria. conservationist are keeping a close eye on them. it is conservationist are keeping a close eye on them-— conservationist are keeping a close eye on them. it is a large group out on the beach. _ eye on them. it is a large group out on the beach, they _ eye on them. it is a large group out on the beach, they are _ eye on them. it is a large group out on the beach, they are just - eye on them. it is a large group out on the beach, they are just resting, j on the beach, they are just resting, pulled out onto the beach. having a relaxing time. this is a special

place and really great for the grey seals because there's not much disturbance so the around the reserve are not accessible to people so it is a safe haven and a peaceful spot for the grey seals and the nesting birds. we encourage people to come and look at the seals and you can see them from the hide, playing in the sea, but they need to stick to the foot paths not go onto the beaches and legal dogs at home because they will disturb the wildlife —— leave your dogs at home. important to remain a peaceful place for wildlife. you important to remain a peaceful place for wildlife. ., ., ., ~ ~ for wildlife. you are alive with bbc news and we _ for wildlife. you are alive with bbc news and we are _ for wildlife. you are alive with bbc news and we are juggling - for wildlife. you are alive with bbc news and we are juggling two - for wildlife. you are alive with bbc news and we are juggling two or. news and we are juggling two or three big stories during the course of the programme and we can now head back to washington. president biden has announced he's running for a second term next year. this makes him the oldest us presidential candidate to ever seek re—election. confirming the news in a video message —

he focused on protecting personal freedoms, he drew a clear line between his party and members of the republican party who he called "extremists". live now to washington where we are joined by cristina antelo, democratic strategist and principal ferox strategies. thanks forjoining us. no surprise because he has talked about his intention to run for quite a long time but is it the right decision for democrats? i time but is it the right decision for democrats?— time but is it the right decision for democrats? ., , , ~ for democrats? i absolutely think it is. the for democrats? i absolutely think it is- the age — for democrats? i absolutely think it is- the age is _ for democrats? i absolutely think it is. the age is an _ for democrats? i absolutely think it is. the age is an issue _ for democrats? i absolutely think it is. the age is an issue but - for democrats? i absolutely think it is. the age is an issue but if- for democrats? i absolutely think it is. the age is an issue but if you . is. the age is an issue but if you look at the success the president has had in the last couple of years, he has created a lot of momentum for the democratic party and got a lot of initiatives over the finish line and he is the only person who has beaten donald trump and i think he is well positioned to do so again. with that part of the equation that more and more it looks like donald trump will be the republican candidate, so do you think that was part of the mix in terms ofjoe

biden's thinking that he somehow has the measure of donald trump? i think so, and the measure of donald trump? i think so. and part — the measure of donald trump? i think so. and part of— the measure of donald trump? i think so, and part of that _ the measure of donald trump? i think so, and part of that is _ the measure of donald trump? i think so, and part of that is the _ the measure of donald trump? i think so, and part of that is the time - the measure of donald trump? i think so, and part of that is the time and i so, and part of that is the time and come up with donald trump announcing so early, and making sure that democrats, there is no bigger motivating factor for democratic voters than voting against donald trump, so the morejoe biden let time go by and let them think about how they will go through on the republican primary site, with the former president, and not get any traction, even ron desantis, who has not officially declared, donald trump has swatted him away pretty effectively, leaving it clearfor democratic voters that donald trump is still the bogeyman that they are fearful of and that they need to combine our efforts and make sure that he is defeated. that is why you seejoe that he is defeated. that is why you see joe biden that he is defeated. that is why you seejoe biden talking about not being complacent and making sure that he is compared to his opponent,

that he is compared to his opponent, thatis that he is compared to his opponent, that is a big part of the decision, i think. �* ., ., ., i. ., , i think. i'm going to ask you to be honest, i think. i'm going to ask you to be honest. your _ i think. i'm going to ask you to be honest, your assessment - i think. i'm going to ask you to be honest, your assessment of - i think. i'm going to ask you to be honest, your assessment of his i honest, your assessment of his strengths and where there may be weaknesses that the republicans can exploit. ihis weaknesses that the republicans can exloit. , , , ., ., , exploit. his strength is going to be the fact that _ exploit. his strength is going to be the fact that the _ exploit. his strength is going to be the fact that the party _ exploit. his strength is going to be the fact that the party is _ exploit. his strength is going to be the fact that the party is united - the fact that the party is united behind him and while some may have preferred a younger candidate or somebody else, we will be united behind him quickly and throughout the process, that is a strength, and his other strength is a lot of successes from the last couple of years as well as a 30 year career in politics with a lot of experience. on the weakness side, a big 0n the weakness side, a big component of the democratic base are voters of colour and we lost some of those at the last election, either we lost them or they were not motivated to turn out, but what if donald trump gets scott as his vice

president candidate, so what might that do to some of our voters of colour? that is something i am looking at. b, colour? that is something i am looking at— looking at. a large ma'ority of americans. * looking at. a large majority of americans, democrats - looking at. a large majority of americans, democrats and i americans, democrats and republicans, do not think he should stand, but 51% of democrats do not think he should stand. does he have to acknowledge that, how does he get around numbers like that there are working against him at this stage? you already see him acknowledging it in some ways, with the campaign video, so three minutes and you see the imagery talking to a lot of the voters that he needs to convince to make sure they turn out for him in two years, so in the campaign video it is not a mistake that you see certain things being focused on. you see a lot of voters of colour but you also see the donald —— maga

point of view with the attacks on abortion and other things. and not just on a dumb, but making sure that democratic voters know that this is part of the conversation, and the youth vote, how do we inspire young voters? there is a visit from the voters? there is a visit from the voters in tennessee, sorry, the lawmakers in tennessee that were expeued lawmakers in tennessee that were expelled from the tennessee state house, and i would expect to see more engagement with the white house with young policymakers like that. this christina, great to talk to you but we have got to leave it there. we have an important story now. scientists say they are alarmed by recent, rapid heating of the world's oceans which they say will add to global warming.

experts fear that, combined with other weather events, the world's temperature could reach a concerning new level by the end of next year. this is how much warmer average sea temperatures were in the period 2011 — 2020 when compared with the average temperature between 1951 and 1980. live now to cardiff in wales where we can speak to our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. the world has been significant warming all over the planet over the past three decades — why are scientists so worried over the oceans right now? we have seen a great deal of heat in the world in the last couple of decades going into the oceans and the earth and into the ice and 90% of the extra heat has gone into the oceans and over the last few months we have seen record temperatures all over the world. the sea surface temperature has reached record levels which is concerning scientists and concerning them or is that down the line they are expecting to see a weather event which will add even more heat to the atmosphere in the water and

eventually to the atmosphere and push us towards those record heat levels. eli push us towards those record heat levels. ., , ., ., ., levels. el nino is not guaranteed but is it likely _ levels. el nino is not guaranteed but is it likely to _ levels. el nino is not guaranteed but is it likely to happen? - levels. el nino is not guaranteed but is it likely to happen? it - levels. el nino is not guaranteed but is it likely to happen? it is i but is it likely to happen? it is not guaranteed _ but is it likely to happen? it is not guaranteed but _ but is it likely to happen? it 3 not guaranteed but it is likely i'm told between 80—90% likely to happen this year and it could add significant amounts of warming to the oceans and influence weather events all over the world, many of them extreme.— events all over the world, many of them extreme. that is the data and it is clearly — them extreme. that is the data and it is clearly worrying _ them extreme. that is the data and it is clearly worrying people - them extreme. that is the data and it is clearly worrying people but - them extreme. that is the data and it is clearly worrying people but in l it is clearly worrying people but in terms of what can be done to actually bring sea temperatures down, what can be done? trier? actually bring sea temperatures down, what can be done? very little that can be — down, what can be done? very little that can be done, _ down, what can be done? very little that can be done, but _ down, what can be done? very little that can be done, but one _ down, what can be done? very little that can be done, but one of- down, what can be done? very little that can be done, but one of the - that can be done, but one of the things that has made things worse is the cleaning up of shipping by using cleaner fuel. the cleaning up of shipping by using cleanerfuel. they have the cleaning up of shipping by using cleaner fuel. they have removed some of the dirty fuel which has removed some of the aerosols from the atmosphere and trying to get the heat out of the oceans is a much

more difficult, almost impossible task, but the hope is we are seeing high—temperature is because of climate change and also a high natural variability and the hope is, over the next couple of years, the natural variability eases off and the temperatures come down a little bit. that is the upside if you like, but otherwise it is a difficult scenario with temperatures running at high for decades if not centuries to come in the oceans. matt mcgrath, thanks forjoining _ to come in the oceans. matt mcgrath, thanks forjoining us. _ to come in the oceans. matt mcgrath, thanks forjoining us. we _ to come in the oceans. matt mcgrath, thanks forjoining us. we are - to come in the oceans. matt mcgrath, thanks forjoining us. we are about i thanks forjoining us. we are about to take a break but when we come back we will have the latest on those two big stories we are covering on the programme, the latest from sudan. we know the british operation is ready at the airport north of the capital so at some stage the first of those evacuations will take place. we will monitor that story and we will also be looking at the announcement from joe biden that he will run again to

be the next us president. much more reaction and analysis to that major announcement which has been made in washington. all of that is coming up in the next few minutes. hello there. it's been a very cold and frosty start for many of us, but dry with plenty of sunshine around away from the north of scotland, which has seen wintry showers. as we move through the second half of today it will remain quite chilly and it looks like the blue skies will be replaced by quite a lot of cloud. this cloud infilling across many areas. there will still be some sunny spells around, but it could be quite chilly and grey for some. we'll continue to see showers peppering northern and eastern scotland, eastern parts of england. these will be wintry, certainly over the high ground across scotland. temperature—wise, after that cold start, i think generally 7—11 or 12 degrees in the warmest spots in the south. as we move through tonight, it looks like many places will stay dry. a few wintry showers continuing

across northern scotland, the northern isles. we'll see thicker cloud rolling into central and southern and western areas bringing some spots of light rain, so here less cold than it was the previous night, but still another cold night to come in northern england and certainly across scotland under the clear skies. temperatures below minus—five celsius in a few spots. so another cold, frosty start across northern scotland for wednesday. sunny spells, a few wintry showers continuing, but elsewhere it's less cold. there will be more cloud around, limited sunshine, a few spots of rain here and there, as well. again, temperatures range around seven to perhaps 12 degrees across more southern areas. but then we start to see some changes taking place as we move out of wednesday into thursday. this low pressure system with its weather fronts working its way in across the country brings thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. more crucially, it's going to change the feel of the weather as milder air starts to push northwards across many areas, but still you can see northern scotland in the blue colours there. with weather fronts pushing into the cold air, we could see a spell of rain, sleet and snow, certainly over the mountains through thursday across scotland. further south, more weather fronts pushing in, bringing showery bursts of rain,

some of which will be quite heavy in places later in the day. but those temperatures rising generally in the south, where we're up to 13 to 15 degrees. still another cold day, though, for northern scotland. as we move into friday that heavy rain clears into the near continent. then it's a day of rather cloudy weather, benign weather, i think, with one or two spots of rain or showers around. very mild airfor england, wales and also northern ireland. we're up to the mid—teens there, perhaps 16 degrees. still cold for northern scotland. it turns milder still into the weekend, but it's quite a mixed picture. quite a lot of cloud around. some heavy showers perhaps on saturday. given some sunshine, it will feel very mild indeed.

live from london, this is bbc news. the uk government starts the operation to get british nationals out of sudan, after growing criticism at the speed of the response. sudan's warring factions agree a ceasefire. she response. sudan's warring factions agree a ceasefire.— response. sudan's warring factions agree a ceasefire. she had very good local knowledge _ agree a ceasefire. she had very good local knowledge and _ agree a ceasefire. she had very good local knowledge and may _ agree a ceasefire. she had very good local knowledge and may be - agree a ceasefire. she had very good local knowledge and may be able i agree a ceasefire. she had very good local knowledge and may be able to l local knowledge and may be able to find a safe route, the routes from where i was in the south of the si city to the north and beyond is a very difficult route. joe city to the north and beyond is a very difficult route.— very difficult route. joe biden confirms he _ very difficult route. joe biden confirms he will— very difficult route. joe biden confirms he will stand - very difficult route. joe biden confirms he will stand for i very difficult route. joe biden confirms he will stand for a i very difficult route. joe biden i confirms he will stand for a second term as us president. and it has

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