welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines — warring factions in sudan agree to extend the fragile ceasefire is,000 try to restrict the conflict. ——as thousands. 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. marquise says he is scared the truth will get him in big

trouble. and the controversial american tv talk show host jerry springer has died at the age of 79. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the latest in the crisis in sudan. the national army and rapid support forces have agreed to extend a three day ceasefire shortly before it was due to expire. almost two weeks of clashes between the 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. larnaca airport — first stop to safety. hundreds of british nationals airlifted out of sudan have now arrived here for flights back to the uk. just a very sad and very ugly war. we lose everything there. i'm really sorry. so, we escaped for our lives. i see myself too many people die in front of me, so, yeah, yeah. too many guns. they took our hotel over. we went to one hotel. they set it on fire. 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. 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 asma 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 a british official to allow them on an raf light. only british citizen with passport were allowed and i was begging him, this is immediate family. this is war. this is war done. those vulnerable kids should be allowed to come here with me. they were 200 metres

away from the air plane. 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, who says several countries they are flying up a national. it countries they are flying up a national. , . , . , national. it is mayhem, mayhem. -- are flying _ national. it is mayhem, mayhem. -- are flying their— national. it is mayhem, mayhem. -- are flying their nationals - —— are flying their nationals out. -- are flying their nationals out. �* ., ., -- are flying their nationals out. �* , ., -- are flying their nationals out. �* ., ., , ., ., out. blood trying to get out before the _ out. blood trying to get out before the ceasefire - out. blood trying to get out before the ceasefire ends. l out. blood trying to get out l before the ceasefire ends. -- before the ceasefire ends. —— people are trying. 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. 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 rsf - seem to have agreed to extend this ceasefire 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 i have no idea after the next 72 hours

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 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 on to other evacuation routes through there. there clearly a concentration of uk nationals in port sudan, from what you're reporting. and then, i think it's really important for the regional mediation efforts to really start kicking in. the regional body egadd 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 egadd. i think that's the best route to try and get more lasting cessation of hostilities is good offices and mediation also now. alex vines, he has left foot lead to the africa programme at chatham house. —— alex vines, he has led to the africa programme at chatham house. 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. all pyongyang has to do is to stop the nuclear programme and begin a substantive the asian process. once again, north korea has to cease there provocations and take the right path we will continue to work for north korea's 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 and president yoon delivering those remarks at a speech just behind me on capitol hill earlier today. in that second half of his speech, which lasted about 30

minutes, he mentioned north korea several times, specifically calling out the threat, saying that north korea poses a, quote, "serious threat" to south korea's security and he also said that north korea is determined to pursue a wrong path, ao clearly top of mind. and one of the reasons why south korea's president is here is to try to reaffirm that security alliance with the united states. the us has had that 70—year—long partnership with south korea. a big part of that has had to do with the protection of south korea and the promise that it would come to its aid if there were some sort of threat from north korea, and it does feel to many as if that threat is growing. a record number of missile tests coming from north korea last year, a growing and strengthening nuclear programme. so i believe that the feeling is that even if north korea were to have that door open to it, it may not necessarily want to walk through that door, given the recent success that it's had. yeah, absolutely. karl, it's interesting

as well, the growing ties, the closer ties, i think it's fair to say, between washington and seoul, particularly under the biden administration. what's your sense of how that relationship is playing out, what form it might take in the future? well, 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 this alliance is as strong as ever. the carpet was really rolled out for president yoon over this six—day visit here. you heard huge applause during that speech on capitol hill, and many of the lawmakers that i spoke to also with great lengths to say that, hey, look, south korea is a very important partner of the united states and that that alliance remains very strong. but still, there are some nerves in south korea when it comes to its own protection. there's been some questions recently about whether or not that 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 koreans

saying that they would actually support the country developing its own nuclear programme to help protect itself from north korea. so, thatjust shows you a little bit of the feeling from inside the country. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines today. police have arrested another kenyan pastor accused of leaving a death cult. he is facing criminal charges for the deaths of 98 people linked to his church. the rest of the well—known pentecostal evangelist at the new life press enter church. it comes as investigations continue into a religious cult linked to the deaths of at least 95 people. brittany greiner got emotional during herfirst press during her first press conference during herfirst press conference since the return from russia when she was detained for nearly one year. when asked about her

imprisonment, she said no—one should be in those conditions. she said her management has beenin she said her management has been in touch with wall street journalist evan gershkovich who is currently facing detainment in russia. thejudges to decide whether phone hacking claims brought by hugh grant and prince harry against a newspaper publisher can go to trial after three—day hearing concluded. —— 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. 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 aren't 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. while lauded on the right, mr carlson and his show frequently drew condemnation from misinformation experts, fact—checkers and activists. he was accused of elevating racist and nativist talking points and promoting conspiracy theories. the anchor was also hugely influential with an average of three million americans tuning in to his programme every night. spain has recorded its hottest ever temperature for april, hitting 38.8 degrees celsius on thursday — that's about 102 degrees fahrenheit. the record figure was reached in cordoba airport in southern spain. a blistering heatwave has hit the country with temperatures 10—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".

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cyrus is out to catch flying fish, the islanders' favourite. but on his days out at sea, fishing in the philippine waters just south of taiwan, he spotted chinese ships getting ever closer. the chinese fishermen used to harass us. even the chinese coastguard used to roam around the island. chinese coastguard? yes. cock crows the native ivatans 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 the 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 filipino 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, and the feelings of our people, so that more superpowers will see, you know, how hard it is for us to choose between the two of them. between a neighbour who has 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. laura bicker, bbc news.

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 but two countries that make up the ten nations in the asean block and it's china's economic relationships with the region that are growing the most. earlier i heard from the lead author of the report, susannah patton, director of the south east asia program at the lowy institute. i asked her how she went about measuring chinese influence in these countries. so we look at four different measures of influence, including economic relationships which is the most important, defence network, so, the deployment, combined exercises and dialogues between

countries in the region. we look at diplomatic influence, so the size of the diplomatic network, 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 influences so considering things like media influence, people to people connections and so forth but in many ways the economic relationships, talking about trade, investment, economic diplomacy like free trade agreements, is really the critical factor. i think that underlines that money really does talk, doesn't it in some parts of this region, certainly when it comes to chinese funds. what is your sense of how the us is doing? well, the clear trend from the past five years is that in almost every country, the us has become relatively less important in economic partner and that is both in terms of 2—way trade but also

increasingly in terms of investment, where china's investment to the region has grown quite rapidly. the exception to that is vietnam, where many us companies who are looking to diversify away from china, actually increases their investment but that is a little bit of an outlier and in some countries, especially those countries that are geographically close to china, like say myanmar, laos and cambodia, the discrepancy between us and chinese economic influence is very large. susannah patton, director of the south east asian programme at the lowy institute, speaking to me a little earlier. 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. ed sheeran has been in court in new york over a copyright claim. he sang a few of the words of the song in question. there is a claim thated sheeran ripped off i hit written for marvin gaye. the trial resumes on monday. the controversial american talkshow 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. when it began, thejerry springer show had aspirations to tackle serious issues and they soon realised where the ratings were. who are you?

marquise says he is scared of the truth will get him in big trouble. and in the middle, the ringmaster, jerry springer. she does now, she's watching backstage. calm and confident and completely relaxed about the madness. the show is stupid but i always thought it was 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 i get. the luck he had come at the centre ofjewish refugees who had been born during an air raid in london's at highgate tube station took him to america. i amjerry 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 should not have. paid her with a cheque. i wish i hadn't done that.

a failed politician who became a tv star and to some a symbol of moral decay. but there was always warmth and joy here and everyone has flaws, evenjerry. and all was forgiven by the time of the final thought. know this, i never thought i was better of the people who appeared on the stage. i am not better, only luckier. until next time, take care of yourself and each other. jerry springer, who has died at the age of 79. before we go of royal delivery in the form of peter. another surprise football rugby club by the royal couple.—

the royal couple. they clearly fi . ured the royal couple. they clearly figured the — the royal couple. they clearly figured the players _ the royal couple. they clearly figured the players needed . the royal couple. they clearly i figured the players needed some pizzas. this is ahead of the coronation of king charles. thank you forjoining us. 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 southwest 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 southwest. 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 southeast, 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 actually 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 it's not 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.

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