this is bbc news. the uk government starts their operation to get british nationals out of sudan. two more will follow overnight. joe biden confirms he will stand for a second term as us president. it is likely he will oppose donald trump. we have the latest in the phone hacking claims. and it described as the king of calypso, the legendary singer and campaigner harry belafonte has died at the age of 96. more on those stories in a

moment but now we can head to the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. 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. he is hoping thatjamie vardy, harvey barnes and james maddison will be available. 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. arsenalface arsenal face manchester city tomorrow in a match that could have huge implications on the title race, and the arsenal manager mikael arteta thinks the game will not be the deciding factor at the end of the deciding factor at the end of the season. we the deciding factor at the end of the season-— the deciding factor at the end of the season. ~ ~' . ., the deciding factor at the end of the season. ~ ~' ., ., ., the season. we knew that we had to no to the the season. we knew that we had to go to the etihad _ the season. we knew that we had to go to the etihad but _ the season. we knew that we had to go to the etihad but after— the season. we knew that we had to go to the etihad but after that - the season. we knew that we had to go to the etihad but after that we i go to the etihad but after that we have another five very difficult games. that game will be important, but is it going to define the season? the answer is no. it is season? the answer is no. it is important _ season? the answer is no. it is important but _ season? the answer is no. it is important but not _ season? the answer is no. it is important but not decisive because there _ important but not decisive because there are _ important but not decisive because there are still many tough games for both teams and we have more games to

play but _ both teams and we have more games to play but we _ both teams and we have more games to play but we cannot deny how important it is.— play but we cannot deny how important it is. the tottenham -la ers important it is. the tottenham players have — important it is. the tottenham players have said _ important it is. the tottenham players have said they - important it is. the tottenham players have said they will- important it is. the tottenham i players have said they will refund supporters who travelled to the north—east after the 6—1 defeat against newcastle. christian stellini, the interim coach, was sacked after the game. wimbledon will donate more than half £1 million to ukraine relief and find accommodation for ukrainian players, after the decision to lift its ban on russian and belarusian players who were not allowed to play last year. wimbledon and british tennis�*s governing body the lta were punished for their stance and overturned the ban last month. ronnie o'sullivan will take a 6—2 lead into the second

session against the belgian luca —— brecel this evening. it was the belgian who took the lead. but o'sullivan fought back. it is for— fourin o'sullivan fought back. it is for— four in the other game involving jak jones —— 4—4. the highly anticipated rematch between liam smith and chris eubankjr will take place on 17june at the manchester arena. liverpudlian smith beat eubank in january via fourth—round stoppage in a bitterly—contested middleweight fight. eubank is keen for revenge though and activated the rematch clause shortly after the third loss of his career. you can keep across the snooker on bbc two and the bbc sport website but that is all of the sport for

now. we will go back to sudan now. as we've been hearing throughout the day the evacuation of british citizens is underway. the foreign secretary james cleverly said british citizens should get to the airport themselves because there is no chance of them being escorted to the airfield. one of our open source analysts, daniele palumbo, has been looking at flight data and is in our newsroom with more. thank you. the fragile ceasefire still holds after 72 hours. right now evacuation plans are in place. in this map we can see the commercialflights in in this map we can see the commercial flights in the in this map we can see the

commercialflights in the region. right now sudan's airspace is closed to commercial airlines but this does not apply to military aircraft. there are a number of planes in this area. in terms of the uk operations, most of the evacuees will actually reach an airfield north of khartoum and they will board the military planes. maybe they will contain around 100 people, or 150. these are military planes and they are more secure than any other air bus that we would have in this kind of situation and they will fly to cyprus where they will be

reprocessed again and then flight from cyprus to the uk. the situation is changing rapidly, despite the ceasefire. many countries together with the uk are actually working together and the uk itself had to wait for the beginning of its evacuation programme because this is why it is onlyjust beginning out and also there are other airports in the region. there is a big french military base and also an airport in yemen. we have been tracking other charter flights from countries who are also taking their nationals back to safety. we will keep tracking these flights. for the very latest,

go to the live page on the bbc website. . ., ., , website. thanks for “oining us. there is that h website. thanks for “oining us. there is that live _ website. thanks forjoining us. there is that live page - website. thanks forjoining us. there is that live page as - website. thanks forjoining us. there is that live page as we . website. thanks forjoining us. - there is that live page as we heard and there is a lot of updated information on their coming in all of the time. now to the us. president biden has announced he's running for a second term in office next year. we were expecting this news. what is your assessment of what we have heard today? we what is your assessment of what we have heard today?— what is your assessment of what we have heard today? we expected that joe biden would _ have heard today? we expected that joe biden would run _ have heard today? we expected that joe biden would run and _ have heard today? we expected that joe biden would run and i'm - have heard today? we expected that joe biden would run and i'm glad - joe biden would run and i'm glad that he is because there isn't an alternative at this point. there is alternative at this point. there is a great democratic bench but no one is in a position right now to step

into the situation and run against donald trump because that is what i expect we will see, a rerun of the 2020 election in 2024 and i think joe biden is well equipped to take the challenge of defeating donald trump a second time. is the challenge of defeating donald trump a second time.— trump a second time. is that the best reason _ trump a second time. is that the best reason that _ trump a second time. is that the best reason that it _ trump a second time. is that the best reason that it should - trump a second time. is that the best reason that it should be - trump a second time. is that the best reason that it should be joe | best reason that it should bejoe biden, that he has experience of taking on donald trump and defeating him? it taking on donald trump and defeating him? , ., , taking on donald trump and defeating him? , . , , , him? it is what it is. this is the situation we _ him? it is what it is. this is the situation we have, _ him? it is what it is. this is the situation we have, donald - him? it is what it is. this is the i situation we have, donald trump, him? it is what it is. this is the - situation we have, donald trump, i can't see anyone beating him, and if they do beat him, they will be so wounded from the viciousness of the campaign that he will run against them, that they will not be in a position to win the presidency, but joe biden is the president and he is running for election and their is a nervousness, we see that in the polling, about his age, about kamala harris succeeding him, but while there is a great bench out there, and i met with the governor of

pennsylvania yesterday, a remarkable young man who i think would make a tremendous presidential candidate. there are others, people all over the place. christine in michigan. but i don't think the democrat party is prepared for a succession as much as they had been expecting a joe biden re—election campaign. when thatis biden re—election campaign. when that is the situation and we are already in april, i don't think we are in a position to change horses right now and so people are comfortable with joe right now and so people are comfortable withjoe biden's record and while they may be nervous about age issues, they are comfortable with his record and his team and i think that is the situation we have got. it will be donald trump versus joe biden and there is no choice at all, the us voters will go forjoe biden as president in 2024. hot

all, the us voters will go forjoe biden as president in 2024. not as much work — biden as president in 2024. not as much work on _ biden as president in 2024. not as much work on succession - biden as president in 2024. not as much work on succession as - biden as president in 2024. not as much work on succession as you i biden as president in 2024. not as - much work on succession as you would have assumed, you said, but so many people assumed it would be a one term presidency because of his age and the things that were said four years ago but in terms of going forward, your honest assessment of his strengths and his weaknesses going into a campaign? weakness will be ace and going into a campaign? weakness will be age and that _ going into a campaign? weakness will be age and that is _ going into a campaign? weakness will be age and that is a _ going into a campaign? weakness will be age and that is a question, - going into a campaign? weakness will be age and that is a question, the - be age and that is a question, the new york times editorial, and look, i'm 77, i could not run for president or be president given the challenges involved, butjoe biden has done an arable job in the first couple of years —— admirable. everybody expects him to continue and they expect his team to continue and they expect his team to continue and they expect his team to continue and the presidency is really about the captain, he's the captain of the team, it is a team that runs the government, notjust one person. he sets the tone and the stage but they are the actors on the stage. [30

sets the tone and the stage but they are the actors on the stage.- are the actors on the stage. do the democrats — are the actors on the stage. do the democrats fear _ are the actors on the stage. do the democrats fear donald _ are the actors on the stage. do the democrats fear donald trump? - are the actors on the stage. do the - democrats fear donald trump? despite everything we have seen, is there a nervousness that he could pull it off? ., ., �* 4' nervousness that he could pull it off? ., ., �* ~' , ., off? no, i don't think so. i disagreed _ off? no, i don't think so. i disagreed with _ off? no, i don't think so. i disagreed with those - off? no, i don't think so. i. disagreed with those pundits off? no, i don't think so. i- disagreed with those pundits who thought there would be a red wave in 2022 and there was never going to be a red wave and what we have got is a 50-50 a red wave and what we have got is a 50—50 electorate with elections being decided on the margins and i think the margins favour a joe biden re—election and maybe even more so than 50—50, more than a marginal action. donald trump scares the living daylights out of people, and joe biden's strength is that he reaches white working class voters in a way that most of the democrats don't and he does continue to bejoe from scranton who speaks to the economic issues of working class families and the economic issues of those factory towns that have closed

down is, the mining towns that have closed down, that need to be revitalised, and his programme economically so far has spoken to them and address their concerns and even republicans who voted against the recovery act thatjoe biden post are now cutting ribbons and celebrating the money coming into their districts —— thatjoe biden post. i thinkjoe biden has a great programme to run on. me post. ithinkjoe biden has a great programme to run on.— post. i thinkjoe biden has a great programme to run on. we have got to leave it there _ programme to run on. we have got to leave it there but _ programme to run on. we have got to leave it there but thanks _ programme to run on. we have got to leave it there but thanks for _ leave it there but thanks for joining us. we have business coming up joining us. we have business coming up in a moment. you are watching bbc news. they are having fun and making music at st pauls community hall in grangetown but this choir also has a serious message, aiming to empower homeless and marginalised people to achieve change in their lives. one of the first members tells me his

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to assess the achievements of his first term. there is much to debate. sweeping economic legislation, the recovery post—pandemic, and on the foreign policy front, marshalling the western alliance to support ukraine. but there is also the withdrawal from afghanistan on his record sheet and uncomfortably high inflation that continues to undercut the efforts to stage an economic revival across the country. let's speak to michelle fleury in new york. the announcement may not have been met with surprise, but has it been met with enthusiasm? it has been a mixed bag. us president has a lot to gloat about in some measures when it comes to thejobs market when he is on his way to becoming the greatestjob is producing president in us history. if i can show you this chart, it will show you what i am talking about and if you go back to 2016,

when donald trump was president, employment was actually going up nicely, untilthe employment was actually going up nicely, until the pandemic. that is when thejobs nicely, until the pandemic. that is when the jobs market in america had issues and unemployment reached 13% but since joe biden issues and unemployment reached 13% but sincejoe biden took office the jobs market has steadily recovered and increased under his watch creating over 12 point —— 12.5 millionjobs but you have creating over 12 point —— 12.5 million jobs but you have to remember the context of some of thesejobs, it remember the context of some of these jobs, it was the middle of the pandemic. policies in his administration put in place to seal the economy from the worst of the pandemic and helped it bounce back but that recovery has not been altogether smooth. hat but that recovery has not been altogether smooth. not altogether smooth and _ altogether smooth. not altogether smooth and since _ altogether smooth. not altogether smooth and since then _ altogether smooth. not altogether smooth and since then we - altogether smooth. not altogether smooth and since then we have i altogether smooth. not altogether| smooth and since then we have had inflation across the world to deal with and the us has not been immune? across the board that is the worst economic metric onjoe biden's watch, inflation, and i have another

chart which shows the last seven years and it shows that inflation was pretty steady until you get to 2022. that was when the us economy was emerging from the pandemic and it was struggling with supply chain issues which pushed up prices and you add to that strong jobs growth and that contributed to further price pressures and that led to a year on year inflation maxing at around 9% over the summer of 2022, far above the target of about 2% by the federal reserve. recently inflation has started to come down but it is still high at around 5% but it is still high at around 5% but going in the right direction. that remains one of the issues americans talk about a lot, high inflation which is still unresolved and they talk about prices at the pump, some of the key gripes on the economy.

pump, some of the key gripes on the econom . ~ . ., ., economy. michelle, thanks for “oininu economy. michelle, thanks for joining us- _ let's take a look at netflix now, because the streaming giant has announced it will invest $2.5 billion into south korean content over the next four years. this is twice the total amount netflix has invested in the korean market since it started its service in the country seven years ago. in recent times, netflix has seen huge successes with south korean productions, including the hugely popular show squid game. i spoke to tom harrington, who's head of television for enders analysis. i asked him how k—content as it's known has come to be so powerful? there has been one big hit, squid game, but where that south korea is really the zeitgeist at the moment, thatis really the zeitgeist at the moment, that is part of the narrative of netflix and we have to be a bit sceptical of that, but what netflix is trying to do is highlight that they are spending more in regions where there is greater growth potential for netflix, spending where there is greater growth potentialfor netflix, spending more in these regions, more than their competitors, and they are getting

efficiency on content, so the content they are spending, the money they are spending in regions like south korea, it travels so they are getting more value for what they are spending. 600 million peryear getting more value for what they are spending. 600 million per year is basically what they are spending, as a proportion of 17 billion which is their total content spend which is pretty much proportionate with what south korea gives netflix as a whole, so it is not really above and beyond what you would expect them to beyond what you would expect them to be doing anyway. mina; beyond what you would expect them to be doing anyway-— be doing anyway. why is it so popular? _ be doing anyway. why is it so popular? we _ be doing anyway. why is it so popular? we know— be doing anyway. why is it so popular? we know that - be doing anyway. why is it so j popular? we know that apple be doing anyway. why is it so - popular? we know that apple and disney plus have also gone into this area. it appears to travel better than other content,

and language has always been the thing which binds content with other regions, so spanish—language content has always done well in america with a big spanish—language population. but netflix has done a lot of good work on subtitling and dubbing. if you watch anything dubbed on netflix now, compared to what you would have expected in the 80s, for example, the experience is much better, so where there are universal stories coming out of places like south korea, it is understandable that people are watching them because it is a lot easier to watch that content. in other news... european union member states have approved widescale changes designed to help the bloc reach legally binding targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. the measures will see road transport, shipping and buildings included in carbon trading schemes — the main tool for cutting emissions.

they'll also phase in a levy on high—carbon goods produced outside the eu to ensure manufacturers abroad don't have a competitive advantage. nestle has reported slightly better—than—expected sales for the first quarter of the year, as the world's biggest packaged food company increased prices to offset weak sales volumes. the swiss company, which makes kitkat chocolate bars, nescafe coffee and maggi stock cubes, said sales rose 5.6% to $26.5 billion. that's the latest from business. you're watching bbc news. we can about biden, who is announcing that he had a second term as president. he drew a clear line between his party and members of the republican party who he called extremists.

live now tojulie norman. what is your assessment of what we have heard today? this is expected although it now puts away the suspense, and it was interesting to see how he is coming out and framing the election campaign, and it is clearly going to be a battle for the future of american democracy as he says in the video. that worked as a message in 2020 and four democrats in 2022 and joe biden thinks it is going to work this time as well —— for democrats in 2022. he will be framing this as a election about the future of american politics.— a election about the future of american politics. what are the strenrths american politics. what are the strengths and _ american politics. what are the strengths and what _ american politics. what are the strengths and what are - american politics. what are the strengths and what are the - strengths and what are the weaknesses?— strengths and what are the weaknesses? . , ., , , , weaknesses? age is obviously the big drawback for — weaknesses? age is obviously the big drawback for joe _ weaknesses? age is obviously the big drawback forjoe biden _ weaknesses? age is obviously the big drawback forjoe biden and _ weaknesses? age is obviously the big drawback forjoe biden and he - weaknesses? age is obviously the big drawback forjoe biden and he will. drawback forjoe biden and he will be the oldest president, as many

have said, and many democrats did not want him to run largely because of that factor. it is important for him to address that a bit more head—on. the white house dodging the question a bit but he will need to address this a bit more on the campaign trail. the republicans will come out on other traditional issues to hitjoe biden with, immigration, crime, cultural, afghanistan, so there are things that they will be focusing on —— culture wars. butjoe biden will focus on what he has got done, measures including climate change, infrastructure, health care, things that speak to the working class, middle class america that he is trying to win over. we class, middle class america that he is trying to win over.— class, middle class america that he is trying to win over. we have heard him attempting _ is trying to win over. we have heard him attempting to _ is trying to win over. we have heard him attempting to do _ is trying to win over. we have heard him attempting to do that _ is trying to win over. we have heard him attempting to do that before, l him attempting to do that before, listing what he has actually pushed through and remember the state of the union address but when you look at the economy, the imf report a little while ago saying the us faces a rocky recovery and that is likely

to play big in any election anywhere, frankly, the state of the economy. it anywhere, frankly, the state of the econom . , , economy. it is so true. it is the x factor going _ economy. it is so true. it is the x factor going into _ economy. it is so true. it is the x factor going into the _ economy. it is so true. it is the x factor going into the next - economy. it is so true. it is the x factor going into the next year i factor going into the next year because right now there are a couple of different stories from the economy, you can say, look at the low unemployment and the bounce back after covid but as we know that is coupled with very high inflation and very high prices for consumers so i do think it depends what happens with that in this next year and how strong joe biden goes into 2024 stop what kind of campaign do you think it will be, how dirty do you in —— anticipated to be if it will be against donald trump as we imagine? i will say that, starting from a year from i will say that, starting from a yearfrom now, we have the republican primaries to get through so a lot of the focus will be on that going through next spring. joe

biden will be trying to have some champagne events by doing a lot of campaigning where he is the incumbent and he has the advantage. he will show that he is leading the way that is appealing to most americans and trying to double down on that the next election. i think things will be pretty intense from that point. we things will be pretty intense from that oint. ~ ., ., things will be pretty intense from that oint. . ., ., ., . that point. we have got to leave it there but thanks _ that point. we have got to leave it there but thanks for _ that point. we have got to leave it there but thanks forjoining - that point. we have got to leave it there but thanks forjoining us. i that point. we have got to leave it| there but thanks forjoining us. we will be talking to a professor of history who has predicted the winner of every us presidential election since 1984. alan willjoin me later. now we have got the weather forecast. 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. in the past hour, the first british evacuation flight has left sudan. two more are expected to leave overnight according it comes as sudan's warring factions agree a 72 hour ceasefire that appears to be holding. joe biden confirms he will stand for a second term as us president setting up a potential rematch with donald trump. singing. and described as the king of calypso the legendary singer and campaigner harry belafonte dies aged 96.