live from washington, this is bbc news. both sides in the conflict in sudan agree to extend a ceasefire for another three days despite reports of heavy fighting in the capital, khartoum. former vice president of the united states mike pence appears before a grand jury examining attempts by donald trump to hang onto power after losing the 2020 election. and the biden administration announces new plans to curb migration at the border. hello. i'm sumi somaskanda. in sudan, rival military groups say they have agreed to extend a fragile ceasefire for another three days. the sudanese army and the paramilitary group

the rapid support forces came to that agreementjust hours before a previous ceasefire was due to expire. despite these agreements, clashes have been reported, with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country. as for those who've managed to escape, many are still coming to terms with what they've witnessed. thousands more sudanese and foreign nationals have managed to flee to sudan by boat to saudi arabia, others by road to the borders with egypt and djibouti, and many british nations have been flying to cyprus. from there, caroline hawley has this report. 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 life. i see myself, too many people die in front of me, so, yeah, yeah, yeah. even 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. 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. — yeah, hamdullah. hamdullah. others also spoke of 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." former us vice president mike pence has testified before a grand jury investigating donald trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. pence appeared at a federal courthouse in washington earlier today. he received a subpoena back in february from the special counsel leading the probe into the january 6 attack on the capitol and any interference in the 2020 election results. trump tried to block pence from having to answer questions under oath, arguing that their interactions were covered by executive privilege, but an appeals court rejected that argument. the former vice president appeared in front of the grand jury for more than seven hours according to sources following the case. earlier, i spoke to cbs news correspondent bob costa. bob, thanks so much forjoining us. what do you make of the fact that pence appeared in front ofa grandjury for seven hours? this is a significant development because special counsel

jack smith has been investigating january 6 for months, but now, he has the opportunity to listen to a key witness — former vice president mike pence — who was present at the creation of all of these schemes to try to get him to stop the biden presidency. he was under pressure day in, day out in the weeks after the november 2020 election to try to do the bidding of trump, to try to stop the certification, so he is able to provide a prism, a real window into what was happening and who was telling him what in those crucial days. do we know specifically what federal prosecutors wanted to hearfrom pence about his conversations with the former president? we know, based on cbs news's reporting on this investigation, that prosecutors have been asking witnesses for weeks about what people like rudy giuliani were saying behind the scenes. what were they trying to do to convince pence and others to try to stop congress from certifying the election? they're looking over calendars, they're looking over memos, e—mails, phone messages. they want to compile

all of this evidence to try to understand was there a conspiracy afoot to try to stop the american presidency from having that peaceful transition of power? and so many in trump's inner circle, they saw pence as the fulcrum of this operation, the piece of the whole puzzle that needed to be really controlled and put into motion. the biden administration has announced its opening new processing centres outside the us to screen migrants seeking asylum at the southern border. they will first open in colombia and guatemala. officials expect to quickly deport those with failed claims. secretary of state antony blinken explained the decision. it is an approach focused on making migration more safe, orderly and humane, and on advancing the interests of the american people. if you step back, and it is really important to do that,

globally, there are more than 100 million people on the move today, compelled to leave their homes in search of security and better lives. live now to mimi swaby, the bbc�*s latin america regional editor. covering regional editor. this story for us. how are covering this story for us. how are these processing centres actually going to work? the? actually going to work? they will work with _ actually going to work? they will work with the _ actually going to work? they will work with the support i actually going to work? tie: will work with the support of international organisation partners such as the united nations. really focusing on accelerating this preselection of migrants who are eligible to enter through legal channels. legal channels are going to be expanded as well as the extension of family reunification programmes. the us is really encouraging applicants to try and put in their application to enter at one of these two new processing centres rather than travelling to the us and mexico border. the us also pledged more spots to open for those looking for safety, for protection in the western hemisphere, and this is already a longtime canada and

spain, saying will also expect some people who have been approved for immigration. mit? approved for immigration. why are we seeing _ approved for immigration. why are we seeing the _ approved for immigration. why are we seeing the biden administration take this step now? ~ . , administration take this step now? ~ ., , ., , administration take this step now? ~ ., , , now? we are seeing it as they are bracing — now? we are seeing it as they are bracing for— now? we are seeing it as they are bracing for a _ now? we are seeing it as they are bracing for a possible - are bracing for a possible spike illegal migrants trying to cross from mexico to the us, and this comes as title 42 is about to expire on may 11. this is a measure put in place under the administration of former president donald trump, an emergency put in place for health reasons at the start of the covid—19 pandemic back in march 2020, and it basically means that legal —— illegal migrants can be removed immediately without many questions asked. it is also worth pointing out that this new policy as well as pushing forward more legal options, is also going to ramp up deportation of illegal migrants, it will triple in some places some life back to countries, that is alongside

really trying to process illegal migrants in a matter of days. the us or the us administration, biden administration has said that it is not opening the border, title 42 may be ending but that does not mean this border will now open. it is really, really emphasising that. just quickly, this doesn't mean that there will be migrants or there will be migrants rather who will still try to cross the border illegally? no, of course not, and people are becoming increasingly desperate. we are seeing a bottleneck at the southern border of the states are people making their ways through various means, from many pathways and reaching often their final stage at that border. it is going to be a hard solution to find, but mr biden is hoping this mix of deterrence and also legal pathways are more options will help really reduce that number

of illegal crossings from mexico and other self and central american countries into the united states. very interesting. ourat the united states. very interesting. our at an american regional editor, thank you. south korean president yoon suk—yeol has delivered an historic address to us congress. he received a warm welcome by bipartisan lawmakers in the chamber. the speech also marks the 70th anniversary of the us—south korean alliance. yoon�*s address urged the congress to stand united with seoul in the face of north korea's aggression. our reporter carl nasman was watching. a historic speech to a packed bipartisan chamber. ..and open a new era of the alliance. it's the first speech by a south korean president to congress in over a decade at a time of heightened tensions with its northern neighbour. yoon emphasised the us alliance and deeply criticised north korea, but said he's still open to talks. my government will respond

firmly to provocations but at the same time, we will keep the door open for dialogue on north korea's denuclearisation. congressman mike lawler, who visited south korea this month, says the us needs to take any security threat seriously. we need to continue to have peace through strength, and the only way to do that is to have these strong alliances. and, yes, you know, they continue to provocate, but if we are going to fully deter, there needs to stronger economic ties and military ties in the region. signs of those ties still visible in the capital. yoon played a tribute to korean war veterans and thanked the us for its support over their 70—year partnership, which began in the wake

of world war ii. ini950, in 1950, they thought of sides from the north. many koreans died. in his speech, he thanked the us, thank you knows that no matter what, the us, thank you knows that no matterwhat, us the us, thank you knows that no matter what, us stands with korea. he also touched on deepening cultural ties with the us. netflix, which produced squid game, has announced a multibillion—dollar investment in south korean productions. but the speech comes in the wake of intelligence leaks, showing the us spying on its ally and questions about america's commitment to korean security. the us has rolled out the red carpet in an effort to reassure the koreans, and president biden gave a stark warning to kimjong—un. nuclear attack by north korea against the united states, or its allies or partners is unacceptable and will result in the end of whatever regime would take such an action. biden also announcing a new agreement, giving more

access to shared intelligence while keeping south korea from developing its own nuclear arsenal. the us will also send a nuclear—armed submarine to south korea — a move china quickly condemned as a potential threat to the region. by by the us is looking to shore up by the us is looking to shore up its allies in the region to counter growing chinese influence.— counter growing chinese influence. , ., influence. our message to both north korea _ influence. our message to both north korea and _ influence. our message to both north korea and china - influence. our message to both north korea and china is - influence. our message to both north korea and china is we - north korea and china is we would like to maintain the status quo. we in the united states are not looking for confrontation, but what we are looking for is a reduction in the aggressiveness that we see out of north korea, a reduction in the aggressiveness that we see out of the prc, and let's find ways to work together. # a long, long time ago... and now, with yoon�*s six—day trip wrapping up soon, it's clear he will be leaving on a high note. # music used to make me smile... applause

we have some breaking news from the ukraine. we are hearing that explosions have been sounding in the region surrounding the capital of kyiv. that is according to local telegram channels weather has some activity stop currently there are no details yet on which targets have been struck or which damage there has been, if there have possibly been any casualties, the city's military administration in kyiv �*s had anti—aircraft units are in operation. there have been earlier reports as well of other cities being targeted in central ukraine and also in the south, and another online source was reporting again those reports of targets in the capital, kyiv, as well. we are working to verify this information but we have a cause been hearing over the last few weeks that russia has been ramping up its forces for an offensive, that ukraine has

been doing the same thing, but again, these air raid alerts were sounding throughout ukraine early on friday, and as we mentioned, ukraine and telegram channels reporting that these targets appear to be across the country stop we will try to get more information from our correspondence on the ground and to get some pictures for you as well as unused develops. but we will bring you more details as soon as they come into us. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this is a simple and not entirely free from pain. it is hoped a blood test can speed up the diagnosis of lung cancer. a far cry from the current option. it far cry from the current option-— far cry from the current otion. ., , , ., option. it goes inside of your lunas option. it goes inside of your lungs and — option. it goes inside of your lungs and tries _ option. it goes inside of your lungs and tries to _ option. it goes inside of your lungs and tries to take - option. it goes inside of your lungs and tries to take a - lungs and tries to take a picture _ lungs and tries to take a picture of that, of the lump,

depending where it is. the other— depending where it is. the other option is to do it with a ct guided _ other option is to do it with a ct guided biopsies so a radiologist will go from outside with a needle to your long — outside with a needle to your long. patients in wales at an advanced _ long. patients in wales at an advanced stage, stage iii, stage _ advanced stage, stage iii, stage iv, they have good outcomes but sometimes become too unwell or die before we can .et too unwell or die before we can get the — too unwell or die before we can get the test results to them. the time _ get the test results to them. the time at the all—wales medical genomics service in cardiff are conducting trials involving patients with stage and four lung cancer with the hope that in the future a blood alone can replace invasive tissue biopsies. you're live with bbc news. we just want to bring you an update on the breaking story we brought you just before the break there. explosions heard in kyiv. just to remind you of what we heard. interfax ukraine and telegram channels have been reporting sounds of explosions in the capital of kyiv. no details on what targets might have been hit, if there are

casualties, but the city's military administration said that nti craft units were in operation. there has also been reports of explosions in other parts of ukraine, across the central part of ukraine, including mykolaiv in the south and we have just seen the uk ambassador to ukraine speaking, melinda simmons saying, "i have given up trying to sleep. added to a windowless room with a book after hearing a bang outside. thejoys of book after hearing a bang outside. the joys of dawn air raids by russia on ukraine." that again by the uk ambassador to ukraine which she treated a little bit earlier, so it does appear that they have been explosions taking place in kyiv in the capital. we will again try to get that information verified with our correspondence on the ground and try to bring you some pictures of what is happening overnight right now in ukraine. but we will move on now to some other use in atlanta. a monument has been

unveiled in honour of coretta scott king, the civil rights activist and wife of dr martin luther king junior. king was one of the most prominent black leaders of her generation. she is perhaps best known for her work to preserve her husband's legacy after his assassination in 1968, but coretta scott king was a major figure in the civil rights movement before that time. her endorsement ofjohn f kennedy in the 1960 us presidential election is said to have driven a surge in turnout among black voters. earlier i spoke with bernice king, martin luther and coretta scott king's daughter, who unveiled the memorial today. what does it mean to you personally, doctor king, to see your mother memorialised in this way?— this way? well, it means a ureat this way? well, it means a great deal. _ this way? well, it means a great deal, because - this way? well, it means a great deal, because i - this way? well, it means a great deal, because i am l this way? well, it means a - great deal, because i am always trying to ensure that people understand that coretta scott king was more than the wife of, the partner of martin luther king jr. she the partner of martin luther kinng. she is the partner of martin luther king jr. she is the the partner of martin luther kinng. she is the mother of martin yule under dexter and she is a woman who was a global

later, globalthought she is a woman who was a global later, global thought leader, strategist, coalition builder, a person who was a humanitarian warriorfor peace, a champion for peace, and, so, for me it means a great deal because people get to see, really, the truth of who my mother was, the monument itself is not an image, and thatjust really fascinates me because most times when you see monuments and memorials it will be a depiction of that person in terms of an image. this one more is a representation of the essence of who she was as a person, as a leader, as a global thought leader, in fact, and so you see words on the outside of it like empathy and change and the freedom and compassion and commitment and rights and liberty and truth — all of these things emanated from her life and on the inside

when you go inside, there is her quote, "women if the soul of the nation is to be saved, i believe that you must become its sole." and so apropos in our world because women have always been on the frontline of change but we have never been regarded such as influences. we have never been given our justin iu, and so this to me means a great deal, because now, as i said, people know that she was more than just my mum, more than the wife of martin luther king junior, but she herself was the global and human rights activist.— human rights activist. let's talk more _ human rights activist. let's talk more about _ human rights activist. let's talk more about the - human rights activist. let's. talk more about the essence human rights activist. let's - talk more about the essence of who your mother was because you have talked about the need to lead the lessons of your father. what do you think of the lessons from your mother that people need to know and you live? that people need to know and ou live? ~ ~ you live? well, i think the first thing _

you live? well, i think the first thing that _ you live? well, i think the first thing that comes - you live? well, i think the first thing that comes out| you live? well, i think the l first thing that comes out of her life is just the whole notion of the respect and regard and the value for the human person, that we are all a part of this human family. we have value and we haven't worth. the second thing is that love can lead — should lead you — in every decision that you make, whatever your career, profession, whatever field of endeavour that you are in, love should lead the way. that emanated out of everything that she did in her work. the other thing is the lessons of the importance of bringing together people in coalitions from different communities to work towards those important issues that affect all people. she was a great, as i said earlier, she is a great coalition builder, and she knew how to bring

people together across different lines to really focus on whatever the important issue was at that particular time, whether she was fighting for gun rights, gun responsibility, — sorry, gun responsibility, not gun rights — whether she was fighting for a liveable wage, and so many other issues when she was fighting the issue of apartheid and stuff. she taught us that the best way to bring about change is to build coalitions of people regardless of their background to come together. i mean, there is so many other things. for me, she taught me personally the power of not letting your emotions get in the way. i remember one day i was riding down the highway here in atlanta and i was really upset about something and i was about to make a major decision and issy said, "baby, never make an

decision in your anger." and it captured my attention because at that age i was still kind of, you know... at the point where if something happened i would just, you know, respond and react in terms of how i felt, but she was saying, "yes, you can have those emotions but before you make your final decision settle yourself so that you can think it through and come to a decision that you can live with." and come to a decision that you can live with. "— can live with." that is an important _ can live with." that is an important lesson - can live with." that is an important lesson for- can live with." that is an important lesson for all| can live with." that is an l important lesson for all of can live with." that is an - important lesson for all of us, i think. now in the uk, preparations for the coronation of king charles which will take place next saturday are well under way, and in the run—up to the ceremony, the bbc�*s special us correspondent katty kay has been meeting with royal families of other nations to see what lessons they might have for britain's new king. shejoined me earlier to chat about her new documentary europe's royals revealed. it is great to see you again. so, why did you embark on this project? so, why did you embark on this ro'ect? . , , , so, why did you embark on this ro'ect? ., , , , ., project? partly because who would not — project? partly because who would not want _ project? partly because who would not want to _ project? partly because who would not want to wander i project? partly because who - would not want to wander around europe looking at lovely

palaces and prints and princesses but we have the coronation of king charles coming up and several of the world's most stable democracies are actually monarchies. it is particularly true in europe where there are a dozen royal families with phones, and i just wonder what king charles, as he started out on his reign, might be able to learn from those other royal families, many of which are his relatives. so, ithought many of which are his relatives. so, i thought it would be interesting to go and look at the issues of the press, what you do with unruly family members, how you handle the imperial past, for example, and it was just a greatjourney through europe, and looking at this question of monarchy and how in this century and ancient system of government stays relevant. take a quick look. it seems something about having a king or a queen works rather well. ., .. �* king or a queen works rather well. ., �* ., ,, ., ,, well. you can't walk past walk ast that well. you can't walk past walk past that line. _ well. you can't walk past walk past that line. then _ well. you can't walk past walk past that line. then you - well. you can't walk past walk past that line. then you will. past that line. then you will shoot me? _ past that line. then you will shoot me? yes. _ past that line. then you will shoot me? yes. i _ past that line. then you will shoot me? yes. i want - past that line. then you will shoot me? yes. i want to i past that line. then you will. shoot me? yes. i want to live here. i shoot me? yes. i want to live here- i can't _ shoot me? yes. i want to live here. i can't believe - shoot me? yes. i want to live here. i can't believe i - shoot me? yes. i want to live here. i can't believe i am - here. i can't believe i am about to meet the son of brand

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it about royals, whether they have thorns or not, and some of the mnemonics i interviewed still have torrents. some do not have throne anymore. but there is something that has an illuka for us. it is the glamour, the sense of history. maybe it is a sense of continuity. democracy can be messy and leaders come and go and maybe we like the idea that there is a sense of permanence and a ruler that is above it all, but i think it speaks to something in us about looking up something in us about looking up or do something we can revere, and maybe also be sort of want them to be fodder for gossip. i mean, honestly, if royals were really boring, would we be that interested, or do we like a little bit of drama around our royal families?— drama around our royal families? . ~ families? yeah, i think we probably _ families? yeah, i think we probably do- _ families? yeah, i think we probably do. i _ families? yeah, i think we probably do. i am - families? yeah, i think we probably do. i am looking | probably do. i am looking forward to seeing this, katty. thank you for that clip and we're looking forward to seeing you made. before we go we want to update you on the developing story. exclusions reported in cities

in central ukraine and the capital kyiv according to activity on telegram channels and interfax ukraine and the uk ambassador has confirmed that saying she was hearing explosions as well. we will bring you more on that story at the top of the next hour. thanks for watching bbc news. 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 1k 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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