welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. hopes the fragile ceasefire in sudan may be extended, as thousands try to escape. for those who make it out, enormous relief. terrifying. made us lie on the ground. there were so many children and everything. they shot two people. on a state visit to washington a warning from south korea's president that his country will respond firmly to provocations by north korea. as thousands of us and philippine troops take part in one of the largest ever military exercises carried out by both countries we'll take a look at how china's influence is growing in south east asia.

marquis says he's scared the truth will get him in big trouble. and the controversial american tv talk show hostjerry springer, has died, at the age of 79. it's 7 in the morning in singapore, and 1 in the morning in sudan, where in the last hour a 3—day truce expired and a new one lasting a further 72 hours has been agreed by the sudanese army and the rival rapid support forces.

almost two weeks of clashes between the two factions have left hundreds of people dead and forced tens of thousands from their homes. thousands of people are still trying to flee the country. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley reports now from cyprus, where some evacuees, are still arriving. at the airfield in khartoum, desperate crowds with just one hope, to escape. everyone here has made a dangerous journey. a military operation described as even more complex than the evacuation from afghanistan. and no one knows when the last flight out will go. follow me through. larnaca airport, first stop to safety. hundreds of british nationals airlifted out of sudan have now arrived here forflights back to the uk. just a very sad and very ugly war. we lose everything there. so we escape for our life. i see myself too many people die in front of me, so, yeah, yeah. too many guns. they took the hotel over. we went to one hotel that was set on fire, i the second one, they put us at gunpoint. - terrifying, they made us lie on the ground. |

women, and children and everything. - they shot two people. in front of you? yeah, in front of me. thank goodness you're safe. yeah, alhamdulillah. others also spoke of the looting and attacks by rsf fighters. old and young, traumatised by what they've been through. "it's better here," this ten—year—old told me, "here is safe, there is not. there, there's war." everybody here has a story of the absolute terror that they've lived through over the past few days. and obviously, they're happy to be out and to be safe, but many british nationals have had to leave people they love behind because they don't have uk visas. these children made it to the airfield with their aunt, who pleaded with the british official to allow them on the raf flight. only the british citizens who hold a passport where allowed, and i was begging him, this is immediate family. this is war, this is war. those vulnerable kids,

they should be allowed to come in with me. they were already 12 metres away from the aeroplane. this is where their family are now stranded. the scars are everywhere of ten days of a vicious power struggle between two sudanese generals. a city where food, drinking water and medical supplies are all precious commodities, but where fighters have made life cheap. and so, from various points in sudan, an ever—growing exodus. this is a call from port sudan. we spoke to a british man, gary. he's managed to get to port sudan airport, where he says several countries are flying their nationals out. standing outside here, and it'sjust mayhem. mayhem. people just want to get out of here. at midnight tonight, the ceasefire ends. nobody exactly knows what the outcome will be after midnight tonight. a british warship has arrived in port sudan, but the government says it's for command and control

and won't be used to evacuate british nationals. there are people here from many countries propelled by fear that once the ceasefire ends, the conflict will only intensify. caroline hawley, bbc news, larnaca. alex vines has led the africa programme at chatham house since 2002. he says the three day ceasefire that's just expired was precarious, but an improvement. it allowed for evacuation of british nationals and others eligible to come to the uk as you've been reporting.

we've got another 72 hours now on the clock. we'll have to see. both forces, the sudan armed forces and the militia group the rcf, seem to have agreed to. to extend this cease fire for 72 hours, mediated from my understanding, by saudi arabia and the united states. so i think it will probably hold. but the clock is ticking. and the and i have no idea after the next 72 hours whether whether it be extended again after that. indeed. and as you point out, you know, people have been trying to flee foreign nationals. but the situation on the ground for people who have nowhere to go, do you have a sense of what that's like, what the options are like for them? well, a lot of people,

if they can and they have fuel, they've been going northwards to to the egyptian border and commercialfirms and others that have a duty of care for their employees have also been trying to evacuate staff that way. the port sudan is a place that there are evacuations going. both gulf states, saudi arabia has evacuated by sea. there is there are aeroplanes flying people out from port sudan. the united kingdom doesn't seem to be doing that from port sudan, although i think they may need to consider on how to try and get british nationals onto other evacuation routes through there. there clearly is an there's clearly a concentration of uk nationals in port sudan from what you're reporting. and then i think it's really important for the the regional mediation efforts to really start kicking in. the regional body egad is calling for a cessation de—escalation and a return to the negotiating table. the president of south sudan, salva kiir, has been kind of leading on that for egad. i think that's the best route to try and get more lasting cessation of hostilities is good offices and mediation also now.

alex finds their speaking to me a little earlier. south korea's president has told a joint meeting of the us congress that his country will respond firmly to provocations by north korea. but yoon suk yeol who's on a state visit to washington said the door was still open for dialogue with pyongyang on stopping its nuclear programme. he described seoul's alliance with washington as greater than ever. all pyongyang has students to stop its nuclear projects and begin a denuclearisation process. once again, north korea must cease its provocations in take the right path. korea, with the us will continue to work for north korean denuclearisation. the bbc�*s carl nasman is at capitol hill he told me more

what the south korean president had to say. it was an interesting comment, delivering those remarks behind me on capitol hill earlier today and the second half of his speech which lasted around 30 minutes, he mentioned north korea several times specifically calling out the threats saying that north korea poses a, quote, series start to the south korean security and also said that north korea is determined to pursue a wrong path. so clearly top of mind. one of the reasons why south korean president is here is to try and reconfirm that security alliance with the united states. the us has had that 70 year long partnership with south korea and has had to deal with the production of south korea, the promise that it would come to the aid if there were some sort of threat from north korea. it does feel to many as if that that threat is growing, a record number of missile tests coming from north korea last year, a growing and strengthening nuclear programme. i believe the feeling is that even if north korea were to have that door

open to it, it may not necessarily want to walk through the door, given the recent success that it has had. absolutely. it is interesting as well, the growing ties, closer ties, fair to say, between washington and the south korean capital. particularly under the biden administration what is your sense of that relationship and what form it may take in the future? , ., ., ,., what form it may take in the future? ., , , future? everyone on both sides of the aisle _ future? everyone on both sides of the aisle from _ future? everyone on both sides of the aisle from south - future? everyone on both sides| of the aisle from south koreans as well to the american politicians here going to great lengths to emphasise that this relationship and the alliance is a strong as ever. the carpet was really rolled out for president yoon suk yeol over the six—day visit here. you heard huge applause during that speech on capitol hill and many lawmakers that i spoke to also went to great lengths to say, south korea is a very important partner of the united states and that that alliance remains very strong. still, there are

some nerves in south korea when it comes to its own protection. there has been some questions recently about whether or not an alliance with the us was still as strong as it once was. in fact, some polling data coming from south korea points to a majority of south korean saying that they would actually support the country developing its own nuclear programme to help protect itself from north korea. that shows just a bit of the feeling from inside of the country. let's take a look at some of the stories some of the stories in yhe in the headlines in the uk.... four care workers in the uk have been found guilty of mistreating patients at a specialist hospital for people with learning disabilities and autism in county durham. the case resulted from a 2019 undercover investigation by bbc panorama which showed some staff mocking, taunting and swearing at patients at whorlton hall hospital. five care staff were cleared of wrongdoing. teachers in england have been on strike for the fourth time

this year, as the pay dispute between the national education union and the government continues. today's industrial action affected thousands of schools. meanwhile, the fa cup final and the eurovision song contest could both be affected by new strike dates announced by two rail unions. elsewhere, a judge has ruled that the next strike in england by nurses over the bank holiday weekend has to be cut short by a day. ajudge is to decide whether phone hacking claims brought by hugh grant and prince harry against a newspaper publisher can go to trial after a three day hearing concluded. news group newspapers is trying to have their claims thrown out. if it were to go ahead, it's likely to be next year. spain has recorded its hottest ever temperature for april,

hitting 38,8 degrees celsius on thursday. that's about 102 degrees fehrenheit. the record figure was reached in cordoba airport in southern spain. a blistering heatwave has hit the country with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees warmer than usualfor april. it's been driven by a mass of very hot air from africa, coupled with a slow moving weather system. spain's meteorological office told the bbc quote �*this is not normal�*. the us tv host tucker carlson has made his first statement since being sacked with apparently, no notice by the broadcaster fox news. he was one of the network's most popular presenters and no specific reason was given for his departure. that led to speculation but in a pre recorded statement released on social media tucker chose to speak out about the media in general rather than outline how he felt about being sacked, or why. take a listen... one of the first things you realise when you step outside the noise for a few days is how many genuinely nice people there are in this country. kind and decent people, people who really care

about what's true, and a bunch of hilarious people also. a lot of those. it's got to be the majority of the population, even now. so that's heartening. the other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. they�* re completely irrelevant. they mean nothing. in five years, we won't even remember that we had them. trust me, as someone who's participated. and yet at the same time, and this is the amazing thing, the undeniably big topics, the ones that will define our future, get virtually no discussion at all. war, civil liberties, emerging science, demographic change, corporate power, natural resources. when was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues? it's been a long time. debates like that are not permitted in american media. where can you still find americans saying true things? there are many places left but there are some, and that's enough. as long as you can hear the words, there is hope.

see you soon. tucker carlson speaking there. he was lauded on the right but his show frequently drew condemnation for misinformation experts fact checks and active of developing racist talking points and promoting conspiracy theories the anchor was also hugely infirmed toronto with an average of 3 million americans tuning into his programme every night. —— influential. if you want to get in touch with me i'm on twitter @bbckarishma. around the world and across the uk you are watching bbc news. keen for a bit of freedom and a beautiful day for it. time for liquorice, turmeric, sage to return to wild after months of

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out by both countries. the exercises follow a deal announced earlier this year for us forces to use an increased number of bases in the philippines, including one near taiwan. laura bicker sent this report. life is fragile in this northern frontier of the philippines. impenetrable limestone cliffs and frequent storms can cut the island off for weeks. but people here face a new threat, caught between two superpowers, trying to gain supremacy over these seas. cyrus is out to catch flying fish, the islanders' favourite. but on his days out at sea, fishing and the philippine waters just south of taiwan, he spotted chinese ships getting ever closer. the chinese fishermen used to harass us. even chinese coastguard used to roam around the island. chinese coastguard? yes.

the native islanders have forged a living, fishing and farming on this island for centuries taking only what they need. it's very fresh air. we live here in peace. but their proximity to taiwan has made them both a strategic us ally and a vulnerable foe. the us and the philippines held combat drills here to practice defending an island from aggressors. part of the largest military exercises the two allies have ever staged. this is about more than a show of arms. this is about washington building an arc of alliances across asia. south korea, japan, the philippines, australia. the idea is to build a reliable coalition, just in case there is conflict with china.

but some fear an increasing us presence will provoke the people's republic of china. we don't want a war with prc. we do not want that, we do not desire that, we are not provoking that. a war with the prc is good for nobody, including the prc. our method of operation here, and a goal of our campaign in the region is to deter conflict from ever occurring. this sleepy town in the far north of the filipino mainland is now part of that deterrent. santa ana is home to a tiny naval base, one of four new naval sites the us can access. but some fear it could make the area a target. it's really difficult. that's why we try to provide some input about it, the feelings of our people, so that more superpowers will see, you know, how hard it is for us to choose between the two.

between a neighbour who had never been our enemy, and between a long ally with so many difficulties too. but distance from the politics and the rhetoric, the people of these islands try not to dwell on what could be and enjoy what they have. an island life is a simple life, they tell me. with a close eye to the north, they pray daily that it will stay that way. well as laura's report shows china's influence is growing in south east asia and a new report looking at data over the last five years in the asean region has concluded the same thing. the report has been produced by the lowy institute — an independent think tank based in sydney. it concludes that beijing is more influential in all ten countries in the bloc but especially so in two of them in its economic relationships.

i heard from the lead author of the report susannah patton, director, southeast asia programme at the lowy institute. we look at four different measures of influence including economic relationships which is the most important. defence networks, so the deployments, combined exercises, defence dialogues between countries in the region. we look at diplomatic influence, so the size of the diplomatic networks, the extent of diplomatic contact between the foreign ministers and leaders of the countries in the region and china and the united states and we also look at cultural influence. consider things like media influence, people to people connections and so forth. in many ways the economic relationships talking on trade, investment, economic diplomacy like free trade agreements

is really the critical factor. i think that underlines that money really does talk in some parts of this region, certainly when it comes to chinese funds. what is your sense of how the us is doing? the clear trend from the past five years is that in almost every country the united states has become a relatively less important economic partner. that is both in terms of two—way trade, but also increasingly in terms of investment. where china's investment to the region has grown quite rapidly. the exception is in vietnam where many us companies who were looking to diversify away from china actually increased their investment. that is a bit of an outlier. in some countries especially those countries that

are geographically close to china, like say myanmar, laos or cambodia, the discrepancy between us and chinese influences very much large. a history textbook for chinese schoolchildren has mentioned the country's covid pandemic response for the first time. chinese communist party leaders declared a "decisive victory" over the virus earlier this year. however, the country has also been accused of not being transparent in sharing coronavirus data. a short clip showing a paragraph of a history textbook for grade eight students on douyin, china's domestic version of tiktok, started trending on wednesday. the controversial american talk show host, jerry springer, has died at the age of 79. his tv show became cult viewing and ran for almost 30 years. here's david sillito. audience: jerry! jerry! when it began, thejerry springer show had

aspirations to tackle... ..the serious issues. they soon realised where the ratings were though. who are you? mayweather, boo. marquis says he's scared the truth will get him in big trouble. and there in the middle, urbane, witty, the ringmaster. jerry springer. well, she does now, she's watching backstage. calm, confident and completely relaxed about the madness. the show is stupid but i've always thought the show is stupid. most of the people on my show i really kind of like. not everyone, but most of them. theyjust didn't get the breaks in life that i get. the luck he'd had, the son ofjewish refugees who had been born during an air raid in london's highgate tube station, had taken him to america. i'm jerry springer and i want to be your governor. and a political career which wasn't helped by this revelation in a campaign ad.

some nine years ago, i spent time with a woman i shouldn't have and i paid her with a cheque. i wish i hadn't done that. so, a failed politician who became a tv star and to some, a symbol of moral decay. audience: jerry! jerry! but he brought to the chaos wit, warmth and always a jerry final thought. know this, there's never been a moment in the 25 years of doing this show that i ever thought i was better than the people who appear on our stage. i'm not better only lucky. till next time, take care of yourself and each other. jerry springer, who's died at the age, of 79.

thank you so much forjoining me to stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines and analysis. hello. well, it's a very damp picture out there at the moment, a lot of cloud shrouding the uk. but if we have a look at the satellite picture, you can see some big gaps in the clouds to the west and south—west of us. that is heading our way, so there will be some sunshine on friday. let's have a look at the outlook, though, for the next few days. so, yes, sunny spells to come on friday, particularly by the time we get to the afternoon. but overall, the bank holiday weekend is actually going to be quite warmer compared to what we've been used to in the last few days. having said that, showers are also expected. so the forecast then, for early friday, a lot of cloud, you can see where it's still raining across parts of scotland, the north of england. but by this stage, it's already starting to dry out, particularly across wales

and the south—west. and as we go through the morning, into the afternoon, we'll see sunny spells developing widely, first across the southern half of the uk and then eventually a little bit further north too. but one or two showers certainly on the cards for friday. temperatures at best around 19 or even 20 celsius, in the south—east, about ia celsius expected in glasgow and not far off that in belfast. now, as we go through the weekend, we'll continue to see relatively mild air coming in from the south, not as hot, anywhere near as hot as it has been in spain, the south of spain and portugal. now, our air is coming all the way from the azores, so, yes, the mild direction, but we're not going to be getting the heat you may have heard about across iberia. so saturday, then, a scattering of showers on the cards but sunny spells, too, and here are the temperatures, around 19 celsius again in london, but quite chilly across parts of scotland. aberdeen, for example, no higher than around 8 celsius. and here's a look at sunday, again, a real mixed bag on the way.

some of the showers could turn out to be really heavy on sunday, perhaps even with some cracks of thunder on the way. now, the temperatures around the mid teens across the northern part of england and into the lowlands, warmest spots, again, in the south. and then as we go into monday, bank holiday monday. high pressure is expected to build across the uk, but isn't going to be completely dry, because, again, in the north, especially in scotland, we are anticipating some showers. so here's the outlook from saturday onwards, it is a bit of a mixed bag, especially through the weekend, and actually into next week, you can see those temperatures easing once again. bye— bye.

big tech's stellar performance — amazon joins fellow technology giants delivering surprisingly strong quarterly results. and is the world's largest economy headed for a recession? we break down the latest economic growth data from the us. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm karishma vaswani. we begin with amazon because the us tech giant has just reported results confirming that the technology sector is firing on all cylinders. shares in the the e—commerce and cloud computing giant