british people, who want to leave, have been told to make their own way to an airfield near the capital. it is a potentially perilous journey in the middle of a precarious ceasefire, leaving many britons thinking hard about what to do. earlier, i spoke to the daughter of a retired british doctor shot in the leg in sudan who told the bbc of the moment that bullets hit her father's car as he tried to move his mother to safety. aisha, not her real name, to protect herfamily, wants to get her father back to the uk to receive urgent medical attention. he is in khartoum with her sister — both are british citizens — but their elderly grandmother who is also with them is not, which has made the process to get an evacuation flight back to the uk difficult for the family. aisha is in london and we spoke to her a short while ago. my family is in a bit of a critical situation in sudan.

my father is a highly respected nhs doctor of more than 30 years. he travelled to sudan to celebrate eid with our extended family, but he was caught off guard by the war. and on thursday, the 20th of april, the day before, my dad's car was ambushed and my father sustained a bullet injury while trying to move my sister and our vulnerable grandmother to a safer location. his mobility is limited and he is currently being cared for by my sister. and if you saw the car where the gunshots were made, it's a miracle that actually he's still alive and he urgently needs medical attention and his wound care is suboptimal. my sister has been using pillowcases as pressure on his wounds because they cannot access hospitals and so on. what has the foreign office said to you about supporting your family and bringing them home? i have been in contact with the foreign office and they've stated that they can only evacuate british citizens and their immediate family members. this policy doesn't take

into account the needs of vulnerable individuals like my grandmother, who's 86 years old. and requires assistance with activities of daily living. my father is in an incredibly difficult position because he cannot leave his mother behind, but also wants to ensure his own safety as well as my sister's. and we plead for the government to demonstrate a little bit of flexibility and compassion in these extreme circumstances. what do you ideally want to happen now to try and keep your family safe? my family's safety is at risk and we urgently need the government's help to bring them back home safely. i urge the authorities to consider my father's long standing service as a doctor in the nhs. his dedication to saving lives should count in this time of crisis. while the government website states that non—british nationals can board evacuation flights if they have entry clearance such as a visa, this is not practical given the fast pace of the war and evacuation planning. there is no guidance on how this

process will be done and how long it will take. and we cannot wait for these processes while their lives are in danger. we need a way to evacuate my family, including my vulnerable grandmother, to a place of safety. all i'm really asking for is for the uk home office to grant a temporary visa to her to allow her to enter into the uk. and once she is safe and my father's condition allows, we can actually arrange her travel to cairo where she can be cared for and receive the attention she needs by ourfamily. and what message do you have for the foreign secretary, james cleverly? my message to foreign ministerjames cleverley is urgent and emotional. ourfamily is in distress and we need your assistance to bring them back home. please demonstrate compassion and flexibility in your policies allowing vulnerable individuals like my grandmother to be evacuated to a place of safety. my father has devoted his life to saving lives in the nhs

and he deserves to be rescued from this situation. we urgently ask him to take swift action to bring them back to the uk. when�*s the last time you managed to speak to your father? what's he saying to you about his condition? i spoke to my father this morning and his medical condition is critical. he is at risk of sepsis. sepsis can kill and he urgently needs medical attention. it's heartbreaking to be separated from my family during this time, but we believe prayer changes things and we have been praying every day for their safe return. my father is a pillar of strength for our family, and it's devastating to see him facing such danger. but we maintain strong faith and hope that the authorities can act quickly to bring them back to the uk. more now on the news that conservative mp andrew bridgen has been expelled from the party after comparing covid vaccines to the holocaust. naomi wells is in westminster. explain the background and what has happened today. we

already and what has happened today. fie already knew that and what has happened today. fi-fi'e already knew that andrew and what has happened today. fififie already knew that andrew bridgen and what has happened today. fie already knew that andrew bridgen had lost the conservative whip over this tweet that he posted, and we now know he has been expelled from the conservative party flip losing the whip admit he was ready sitting as an independent mp. the fact he has now been expelled from the party suggests it would be very hard for him to stand again as a conservative mp at any future general election. he has the opportunity to appeal this decision by the party but, if he were to lose that, it would be pretty impossible for him to stand again as a conservative mp in his seatin again as a conservative mp in his seat in north—west leicestershire. a reminder of how he ended up in this situation. he had been posting anti—vaccine conspiracy theories on his social media pages for quite some time, but the tweet in particular that led to him losing the conservative whip when he described covid vaccines is the biggest crime against humanity since the holocaust and these comments were widely condemned at the time the tip of the prime called them

utterly unacceptable. the chief whip of the conservative party also responded at the time, saying that covid vaccine misinformation cost lives. and that the vaccines have been incredibly important in helping the uk out of the pandemic. they were widely condemned at the time. he denied that his comments were anti—semitic, and there was also a backlash from various jewish groups and communities across the uk, but he apologised at the time for any offence caused. plan, and he apologised at the time for any offence caused. plan,— offence caused. plan, and he has released a _ offence caused. plan, and he has released a statement _ offence caused. plan, and he has released a statement saying - offence caused. plan, and he has released a statement saying he l released a statement saying he intends to stand against the that his intention _ intends to stand against the ii�*ué�*ii his intention but this will depend on whether he can win appeal against the party, because as it stands the conservative party, prospective conservative party, prospective conservative mps would need to have the backing of their local association to get selected to be a candidate at the next election. if he loses this appeal, and is firmly booted out of the party, i think

that becomes very difficult for him. this statement has just been released. he said, my expulsion from the conservative party under full speed tenses only confirms the culture of corruption, collusion and cover—up which plague our political system for that i have been a vocal critic of the vaccine roll—out and the party have been example of me to i am grateful for the party have been example of me to i am gratefulfor a new found freedom and will continue to fight forfor freedom and will continue to fight for for those harmed, freedom and will continue to fight forfor those harmed, injured and bereaved due to government policies. we will have more on that as it comes in. the gmb says the majority of workers at amazon's warehouse in coventry have joined the union. this could mean the company recognising a trade union in the uk for the first time, and lead to negotiations with staff about their wages, holidays and sick pay. our employment correspondent, zoe conway, reports. at the amazon distribution centre in coventry, workers could be about to make history. nearly 700 of them have joined the gmb trade union.

the union says that's a majority of the workforce, and it's written to the company asking to be recognised. recognition would mean that amazon has to negotiate with the gmb over pay and working conditions. so, at the moment the workers at amazon coventry don't have any say in what happens to their terms and conditions. their employer decides how they're going to get paid, the employer decides about pay awards and what their contracts are going to look like. trade union recognition effectively gives those workers a voice in those changes. we get to negotiate on their behalf. actually, they get a stronger say in what happens to them. their voice is heard. it's workplace democracy. the coventry workers held the first ever strike at an amazon warehouse in january. since then, amazon has increased the starting rate of pay to between £11 and £12 an hour. the gmb is calling for £15 an hour.

an amazon spokesperson says... "we offer competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, "opportunities for career growth. "these benefits and opportunities come with the job, as does "the ability to communicate directly with the leadership of the company." if amazon doesn't recognise the union, the gmb could apply to an organisation called the central arbitration committee to intervene. it will grant recognition if it's persuaded that a majority of the workforce want the union to act for them. zoe conway, bbc news. and finally... ahead of the british coronation of king charles next month... check this out — a life—sized bust made out of chocolate. it contains over 17 litres of melted chocolate and the sculpture was created using almost 3,000 celebrations chocolates. otherfun facts... it took four weeks to make, weighs

more than 23 kilograms and shows charles in the same uniform he is expected to wear on 6th may. it doesn't tell you how you get your hands on it. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. if you fed up with this chilly air, things are set to turn milder by the end of the week and into the weekend as we start to pick up milder southerly winds. in the short term, though, it does stay rather chilly today with a lot of cloud around. some areas seeing the sunshine. probably the best of the sunshine across northern scotland where it will remain quite cold with a northerly wind. so some of the showers here will still have a wintry element to them. so single figures this afternoon across northern areas. further south, we've got the low teens. so not feeling too bad if you have the sunshine.

this evening and overnight, many places will be dry. still the odd wintry shower across northern scotland, but two weather fronts start to move into parts of northern ireland, western scotland and also one in towards the far southwest. so more cloud here. so less cold where we have clearer skies tonight, central northern england, parts of scotland, it will be another chilly one. this is the pressure chart. then for thursday, one weather fronts across the south bringing rain, another one across scotland. now this front across scotland, as it bumps into the cold air, we're likely to see some sleet and snow over the mountain tops. it will be mostly rain, though. and further south, this area of rain pushing to wales, central and southern england will be quite heavy and persistent in places. a dry slot in between them, temperatures lifting a little bit. particularly we get any brightness, 14 degrees or so, even low teens further south where we have the rain. but, as that rain clears away into the near continent for friday, start to draw in milder air from the south west. you can see those colours, the orange colours pushing across much of the country, but cold air still affecting the far north of scotland. friday, we're in between weather systems. i think it'll be mostly dry. the odd splash of rain here and there, variable clouds,

some sunshine coming through, particularly across wales, the southwest of england. and if that happens, then we'll see temperatures reaching 17 or 18 degrees. so feeling much milder but even milder. further north, we've got 15 degrees or so for the central belt of scotland. then for the bank holiday weekend, it does stay mild for most of us. there will be variable cloud, some sunshine and if you catch the sunshine, it could set off a few scattered, maybe heavy and thundery showers. i think that's particularly likely on sunday into monday's high pressure begins to build back in it looks like things will slowly start to dry out. but keep tuned to the weather forecast for all the details.

live from london, this is bbc news. a fragile ceasefire in sudan has onlyjust holding as the repatriation of thousands of foreign citizens continues. on their first contact since the invasion started, president zelensky has said he had a long and meaningful conversation with the chinese leader xi jinping. in the uk government plans to block microsoft's six in a billion—dollar plan to buy activision blizzard. we begin in sudan where thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals are

trying to get out of the country during a