welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines: thousands of people have been fleeing sudan on the first day of a shaky ceasefire. led's finish thisjob. led's finish this job. i know we can. biden announces he'll run again for the white house — at 81 he will be the oldest us president to seek re—election. accused of breaching sanctions against north korea, british american tobacco pays $600 million to us authorities. # island in the sun #

and tributes to the legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who's died at the age of 96. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening.

the rescue mission had begun early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan's capital, khartoum, not knowing if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force aircraft and a great number of military personnel, who've been flown in from the uk over the last few days. sudan's ceasefire came into force in khartoum overnight. look how dark it is. after 10 days of war, there's no power, and precious little food or water left. by dawn, many sudanese were already on the move, hoping to use the intermittent pause in fighting to catch buses heading out of the city. british evacuees soon began making their own way to the airport. including this woman,

mightily relieved. at some point, i started to feel that we have been abandoned by the government, especially watching other countries evacuate their people — until this morning, when we receive the email about getting to wadi saeedna as soon as possible for the evacuation. i am on the bus right now, and i pray we will be safe there and i get back and am able to see my kids again. across this vast country, many foreigners and locals have been making their own risky journeys to safety. some driving to the red sea coast, a british navy frigate is already heading to a port here. others have headed in the opposite direction, here to neighbouring chad, one of many poor conflict ridden nations bordering sudan. this is our second evacuation.

meanwhile, amar osman, from dunfermline, in scotland, has alreadyjoined the crowds heading north to egypt. before he left, he told the bbc he felt he had no choice but to make his own way. i'm just going there myself, i'm not waiting. because i don't know, even if they got in touch, i don't know how — how they were going to go about it, and where they're going to meet and... so i'm going to do it myself. ithink, well, i hope i've done the right decision. britain has faced some criticism for the way it has handled these evacuations. too little information, too slow. but this afternoon, the prime minister gave an update. we now have over 100 people on the ground in sudan. the first flight has already left with british nationals, and we have more flight this evening we will have many more into tomorrow. that is down to the hard work of a lot of people we have already contacted over 1,000

people in sudan and spoken to hundreds, that's what the people here have been doing, making their way to the airfield, and we will safely evacuate them as quickly as we can. but look at what's left of khartoum today — destroyed by days of fighting, by looting, by two rival armies that still threaten, ceasefire or not, to tear this african nation apart. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. 0ur middle east correspondent, tom bateman, is on egypt's border with sudan. tonight we have just witnessed hundreds of this region's newest refugees passing from northern sudan, here, into southern egypt. we have just been at the border crossing where the egyptians have allowed thousands of people to pass. they're mostly sudanese, but we also saw foreign nationals, including british citizens who were crossing, there.

i'vejust been speaking to one family — a man who is a cardiac surgeon in khartoum — and spoke about days of terror, in his words, before the family made the arduous two—day journey to this border crossing. he said that they were trapped in the city for nine days without power and, he said, with no clean water. but the worst, he said, was the sound of bombing, which was leaving his family in fear of their lives. now, they made the decision to leave before the military evacuation by the uk was announced in put into place today, and so they arrived crossing over that border. but behind them are many, many thousands more, mostly sudanese desperately trying to escape and while the egyptians are allowing the elderly and women and children to pass — we are hearing stories of some men who are being turned back for the visas to be processed in the nearest sudanese city. the queues are growing longer.

the conditions by day are baking and cold and we have had a sandstorm here at night. this crisis is only deepening for the refugees trying to cross into egypt. tom bateman reporting there. us officials say the isis leader responsible for the planning of the 2021 attack at kabul airport has been killed by the taliban. the attack left 170 civilians and 13 us service members dead. the white house is witholding the name of the man, but described him as the "mastermind" of the attack. the airport was busy with people trying to evacuate as the us withdrew from afghanistan. now, president biden has announced that he's running for a second term in office next year. he confirmed the news in a video message focusing on protecting personal freedoms, and drew a clear line between his party and certain members of the republican party, who he called "maga extremists".

that's why am running for re—election. that's why am running for re-election._ that's why am running for re-election. joe biden has reset the _ re-election. joe biden has reset the tone _ with a slickly produced video. it starts out not with a fond look back onjoe biden�*s first term in office, but with a dire warning of political conflict and division, featuring riders from 2016, abortion rights processes, and maga extremists. freedom. it processes, and maga extremists. freedom. , freedom. it is something republicans _ freedom. it is something republicans in _ freedom. it is something republicans in the - freedom. it is something republicans in the past i freedom. it is something i republicans in the past have claimed he threatens. around the country — claimed he threatens. around the country extremists - claimed he threatens. around the country extremists are . the country extremists are taking on bedrock freedoms. re—election campaigns usually focus of the person trying to stay in office. butjoe biden is trying to make it about his opposition. i is trying to make it about his opposition-— opposition. i said is that a battle for _ opposition. i said is that a battle for the _ opposition. i said is that a battle for the soul- opposition. i said is that a battle for the soul of - opposition. i said is that a - battle for the soul of america. it presents the eight—year—old as energetic, making a nod to his folksy charm. it concludes with a montage of ordinary americans, the diverse

coalitionjoe biden will need to ——in orderto coalitionjoe biden will need to ——in order to win re—election. i've been speaking with associate professor ian chong from the political science department of the university of singapore. i asked him whether we were expecting any reaction from america's regional allies. certainly is again for everybody if he is older. there is a question of energy, whether they are able to connect with younger voters, and represent a generation that is coming up who have experiences that are different from what they have ever seen, actually. from what they have ever seen, actuall . ~ from what they have ever seen, actuall . ., actually. indeed. ithinkjoe biden's actually. indeed. i thinkjoe biden's candidacy _ actually. indeed. ithinkjoe biden's candidacy or- actually. indeed. ithinkjoe biden's candidacy or the - biden�*s candidacy or the announcement of recollection, seeking re—election, is not a surprise, but do you expect much reaction from asian countries, most notably china? i don't think china will respond very much right now. i think if they seem to be too active it would appear like they are interfering, and they might want to avoid that. they may have some criticism forjoe

biden because they are very critical — they do disagree a lot with his policies. xi jinping didn't want to meet withjoe biden, i think i recently, it seemed the conditions are not right. there is a lot of space between beijing and washington. maybe they are hoping for a reshuffle but i don't think they will be too forward in trying to have their voice in on the us elections at this point. perhaps later on as things heat up perhaps later on as things heat up and more points of friction appear. up and more points of friction a- ear. ~ ., ., up and more points of friction auearr ., �* appear. what about america's artners appear. what about america's partners in — appear. what about america's partners in this _ appear. what about america's partners in this part _ appear. what about america's partners in this part of - appear. what about america's partners in this part of the - partners in this part of the world, japan, south korea, australia, and, of course, singapore, expecting any reaction? i singapore, expecting any reaction?— singapore, expecting any reaction? ~ ., ,, ., ,, reaction? i think for us for us allies, us _ reaction? i think for us for us allies, us allies _ reaction? i think for us for us allies, us allies have - reaction? i think for us for us allies, us allies have worked l allies, us allies have worked closely with the us for a long time. there is a lot more comfort with — with joe time. there is a lot more comfort with — withjoe biden�*s presidency. they saw the time of the cam with president trump wasn't presidency and they like the fact thatjoe biden

represents consistency, a certain degree of order, i suppose. it also support against what they see as mounting pressure from the prc. this would be japan, korea, and australia. singapore is in a different position as it is not a us ally. electors with a relationship with the us. it appreciates joe relationship with the us. it appreciatesjoe biden�*s more stable politics as opposed to that of donald trump. there is some concern about this perhaps mounting intensity of competition between the us and china. i think for singapore in the middle man position, they are wary of a biden administration for pushing further on competition with the us. they are just as concerned with the prc in case anybody mistakes what i am trying to say. mistakes what i am trying to sa . , , ., ., say. interesting you mention tensions between _ say. interesting you mention | tensions between washington say. interesting you mention - tensions between washington and beijing. underthe tensions between washington and beijing. under the 0bama administration, there was very much a policy of pivot to asia.

how do you ratejoe biden�*s policy towards asia for his first term? i policy towards asia for his first term?— policy towards asia for his first term? i think president biden's policy _ first term? i think president biden's policy in _ first term? i think president biden's policy in asia - first term? i think president biden's policy in asia has i first term? i think president i biden's policy in asia has been biden�*s policy in asia has been pretty consistent. he has had his people show up. he has been trying to put a strong face of the us in asia to show that this is ——it is a resident actor in asia, as opposed to claims it shouldn't be here. i think that voters is appreciated. but i think there is also a degree of maybe frustration, may be of confusion over what to do about us— china competition. this would be less among us allies and more amongst neutrals and partners that feel that they don't have as much at stake. it is a mixed picture but more appreciated that the us is present and active than when it isn't, right? in this sense to have the consistency ofjoe biden, to have a relationship thatis biden, to have a relationship that is — that people are confident that the us is here

and present is something that i think is appreciated. one of the world's largest tobacco companies, british american tobacco, has agreed to pay more than $600 million after being accused of selling cigarette materials to north korea. it's the most severe action ever taken by us authorities against a company for breaking sanctions on north korea. my colleague simi jolaoso has more. this $635 million fine relate to british american tobacco activities in north korea between the years 2007 and 2017. it's after subsidiary admitted to selling cigarettes there where they made approximately $428 million. now, the issue is this was in violation of sanctions that the us put on the country, particularly over its nuclear and ballistic missile activities. last year the us even attempted to get the un security council to ban exports of tobacco products to north korea. however, russia and china vetoed this. now the usjustice department has said the settlement is the single largest north korean sanctions

penalty in the history of the department. and the head of the british american tobacco has apologised for the compa ny�*s misconduct. for years, north korea has faced tough sanctions over its nuclear and ballistic missiles programmes and launches and tests. and while the leader, kim jong—un himself is a heavy smoker, it's not certain the settlement nor sanctions will deter him from continuing the country's weapons programme. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says sudan has the right to use the russian private military company wagner. last week wagner group denied it was operating in sudan. western diplomats in khartoum had previously accused the group of being involved in illicit gold mining in the country, alongside military activities. russian missiles have hit a museum in eastern ukraine,

killing two women. ten other civillians were injured. local authorities confirmed the ukrainian museum of history in the city of kupyansk in kharkiv region had been hit. president volodymyr zelenskiy condemned the strike. the south african of brazil, president cyril ramaphosa is his governing party committee african national congress, has decidedly country should leave international criminal court, coming after the icc issued an arrest warrant for president vladimir putin. a number of the icc south africa will be obliged to arrest putin icc south africa will be obliged to arrest putin if icc south africa will be obliged to arrest putin if he arrived in the country. south africa is set to host the russian president later this yearfor russian president later this year for the russian president later this yearfor the bric summit. year for the bric summit. around yearfor the bric summit. around the world but year for the bric summit. around the world but across the uk, this is bbc news.

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you will live with bbc news. it would have been the first private venture to land a rover on the moon, but the misson by a japanese company appears to have failed at the last moment. ispace says it lost contact with the unmanned spacecraftjust before it was due to touch down. the company says it will move ahead with new missions. according to prince harry's witness statement, his brother william privately settled with news group newspapers three years ago for a very large sum. the payment was revealed in papers from lawyers

acting for prince harry, in his legal action against rupert murdoch's uk news operation. 0ur media editor katie razzall has been following the case. more than 1,000 people have settled phone hacking cases with the publishers of the sun. and what was the news of the world in recent years. today we learnt a new, very high profile name. according to prince harry's witness statement, his brother william privately settled with news group newspapers three years ago for a very large sum. of course, prince william isn't part of this case, and he's made no comment. prince harry has chosen the public route and with the actor hugh grant is going to court instead. a trial is planned injanuary, but today news group tried to have that thrown out, arguing allegations of unlawful information gathering are legally out of time. these are just some of the headlines from the news of the world and the sun that prince harry says were based on illegal activity. many relate to his relationship with chelsy davis, including allegations of listening into voicemails, blagging to get private information and the use of private investigators. but harry says unlawful information gathering began when he was a child and it felt like being under 24—hour surveillance. in his witness statement, he says it created a huge amount of paranoia in my relationships.

0ur circle of friends became smaller and smaller as we naturally began to suspect people. also revealed in prince harry's witness statement, what he claims was a secret agreement between the royals and news group executives, that the royals wouldn't take any legal action over phone hacking until the other damages claims were nearing an end. so avoiding having to give evidence in court, that's one reason, he says, he didn't bring this case sooner. that's denied by news group, which says there was no such secret agreement. it's admitted phone hacking at the news of the world, which it shut down and has paid out many millions but has always denied wrongdoing at the sun. in another at his family, harry also says they appeared to block his legal action in order to keep the papers on side. he claims to smooth the way for camilla and charles to be accepted by the british public as queen's consort and king. buckingham palace has been approached for a response. now prince harry has made reforming the press his life's work, and he's also suing associated newspapers and the mirror group. the risks and costs of going to court are huge, and lawyers often encourage a settlement that doesn't appear to be harry's intention.

it's up to the judge to decide whether this case can proceed. american singer, actor and human rights activist, harry belafonte, has died at the age of 96. his success with calypso—inspired pop music helped to break down racial barriers, at a time when segregation was widespread in the united states. 0ur arts correspondent david silitto looks back on his life. # day—o, day—o # daylight come and me want go home... harry belafonte — the king of calypso. # me say day, me say day, me say day, me say day—o # daylight come and me want go home... and now it says here tonight that we're going to have the fabulous harry belafonte. here he comes! he was born in new york,

but his sound was caribbean. from the calypso of trinidad to the folk songs of his childhood home, jamaica. # but i'm sad to say i'm on my way... it was a career that took him from the clubs of new york to recording the first ever album to sell1 million copies. the first performer to sell over a million copies of a single album, ladies and gentlemen... # when your lover decides to fly... he also landed major roles in movies such as carmenjones. but there should have been more. # shake, shake, shake, senora, shake your body line... this was the era of the battle for civil rights. inspired by his hero paul robeson, he was there at the heart of it, shoulder to shoulder with martin luther king, and he paid a price. i wound up on mccarthy's blacklist, i was being called a communist. for a long time, i couldn't work or get employed. looking back, he described himself essentially as an activist who just happened to become a singer. but what a singer he was.

# and man will live forever more because of christmas day.# pioneering singer and campaigner harry belafonte who has died at the age of stop i spoke tojoan walsh, producer of the documentary the sit in: harry belafonte hosts the tonight show. i asked why it was important for him to host the programme in 1968. it was 1968, as you know, our country was just ramped by riots and the anti—war movement was turning people apart and even the civil rights movement was coming apart between a younger generation that was ready for black power and an older generation that was still pushing for non—violence, integration. harry straddled the two factions in a crucial way that kept people

talking to each other. people would go talk to each other at his upper west side apartment in new york here. hejust did... he was the glue for so much that mattered in that period. and also when i found out about that week, i was like, how do people not know about that? so i think those two things, knowing that he was such, he was a civil rights hero to me more than an entertainer. but also that he really bridged all of these gaps, it was a story that we had to tell. what was he like in person? is there anything you think will surprise viewers to know about harry belafonte? i don't know what your viewers

know, but i feel surprised by myself, not surprised because it was my experience. what i am finding today is all of the stories of people who ran into him in an elevator, you know, he's a dirty worker, i'm sorry, he got dirty, he is not dirty, he is doing manual labour and he's in this fancy elevator and harry is the only one who shakes his hand. other people who were like, we ran into him in a pharmacy or at a party and he talked to my 14—year—old son. there's the sense of humility about him, that was my experience, quite honestly. i met him at the msnbc green room, i guess you guys probably have those as well.

and he was like, thank you so much for what you've done on civil rights and i almost cried. my dad loved him. and i was like i have done nothing, thank you. he was always reaching out like that and making people feel really good about themselves, their contributions, but also just their daily lives. he was a citizen of new york who just made an impression on so many people because he stayed open in his daily life. and i really think that is something that i did not know until today, to be honest. toymaker mattel has introduced its first barbie doll with down syndrome. it is trying to make its dolls more inclusive and the company said it had worked with the national down syndrome society in the united states to make the doll which has a shorterframe and a make the doll which has a shorter frame and a longer torso, compared to other models. the doll is addressed with butterflies and flowers and other parties include a

doll in a wheelchair and also a transgender model. that's it for the programme. thank you for the programme. thank you for watching newsday. hello there. here in the uk, spring warmth is in short supply at the moment. another rather chilly day lies ahead, but it's a very different story in spain and portugal. in fact, a concerning early season heatwave building here, temperatures over the next couple of days could well climb to 38, maybe 39 celsius. that heat has been building to the south of the jet stream. we find ourselves to the north of the jet stream, and so we remain in this rather chilly air mass, at least for the time being. and a really cold start to the day, particularly in the north of scotland, not as cold further south, because here, there is more cloud in the mix. and for many of us, it is going to be a rather cloudy day, particularly across the south of england, into southern wales and also northern ireland.

extensive cloud producing some bits and pieces of rain at times. now, through north wales, the north midlands, northern england, southern scotland, it's a mix of patchy cloud, some sunny spells and the odd shower. the best of the sunshine will be found in northern scotland. but, again, the odd shower here, temperatures of 7—13 celsius, so a little disappointing for the time of year. now, through wednesday night, we'll tend to keep large amounts of cloud. we'll see some rain getting close to northern ireland, into the western side of scotland, some pushing towards the south west of england as well. another rather chilly night, particularly in the north of the uk, not as cold further south. but as we head into thursday, well, this is a rather messy weather chart. there are a couple of different weather systems, one here, one here, likely to bring some outbreaks of rain. this first band of rain is likely to be pushing northwards across scotland. could be some snow over the highest ground for a time, and then outbreaks of rain pushing northwards across parts of england and wales. there may be a drier slot in between those two rain bands. temperatures, if anything,

starting to climb a little. a sign of things to come, because as we head towards the end of the week, we will start to pull in some slightly warmer air. now, we're not talking about spanish or portuguese heatwave here, but we are talking about something a little bit less chilly. and, actually, on friday, while there will be some showers around and perhaps some more persistent rain in northern scotland, we should actually start to see a little bit more in the way of sunshine for many of us. and those temperatures climbing just a touch, and into the weekend, it is going to feeljust a little bit warmer. there will be some dry spells, a bit of sunshine around, but still some showers.

is the worst over four big tech? alphabet and microsoft beat expectations despite the downturn in the tech sector. and we delve deep intojoe biden�*s economics no guard as a present asks for more time to finish thejob. does —— scorecard. high. welcome to asia business report with me, mariko 0i. we begin with the financial result of two us tech giants, google's parent company, alphabet, and