live from london. this is bbc news. fighting in sudan rages on, as the militia group leader tells the bbc he won't negotiate until the violence ends. russian authorities say a massive blaze at an oil terminal in russian—occupied crimea was triggered by a drone attack. all four teaching unions in england say they will co—ordinate strikes over pay, if their members vote for industrial action. and how the city of liverpool is preparing to welcome the lgbt+ community during eurovision. it's become increasingly clear the ceasefire

in sudan is not holding. there are reports of fighterjets, and drones, targeting positions held by the powerful paramilitary, rapid support forces, or rsf. there's also shelling in the country's capital, khartoum. hundreds have now been killed, and tens of thousands have fled the conflict which is de—stabilising the entire region. one of the gernerals leading the rsf in the fight against sudan's army, has told the bbc he will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo, also known as hemedti, was speaking to zeinab badawi. i want to put it to you that the people particularly in khartoum are living in an ordeal, what would it take for you to allow humanitarian corridors? translation: first of all i would like to thank the bbc for the interview regarding the truce. we have been asking for it

from the first day of the war, we started a humanitarian corridor straightaway. we have opened these corridors within the areas controlled by our forces. we started the truce from our site. we are working for the sake of the civilians and our fight is on behalf of the civilians. we have no problems with these corridors and we are helping the diplomatic missions. we are working hands and feet to help others. we have no problem with these corridors whatsoever. a convoy of buses carrying 300 american civilians has left the sudanese capital bound for the coastal city of port sudan — 800 kilometres to the east. meanwhile, saudi arabia is coordinating its evacuations out of port sudan from jeddah. our chief international

correspondent lyse doucet has been on one of the saudi vessels. we are getting ready to leavejeddah airport for what is about to be about a 12 hour crossing across the red sea. we are told it will take about 12 hours before we reach port sudan, the main port in sudan which has become one of the main evacuation ports. in recent days we are told about 3000 people have already reached the saudi shore from some 77 nationalities. this vote that we are now on is heading to sudan to bring even more people. hundreds more people, we understand, back to safety here. saudi arabia is one of many regional powers deeply concerned about the fighting. they have long been engaged in sudan in

their own interest but right now, countries of the region and far beyond, the main interest is trying to stop this fighting between the two rival military powers but also to protect the civilians and this is what this warship is about to do today. time is running out for british nationals to get out of sudan — let's get more with david wallace lockhart in the newsroom. there was a deadline being said, wasn't there? a flight out of 6pm this evening but we're hearing that that may have changed. tell us more. final flights scheduled take off from that airstrip just outside of sudan at 6pm. the logic for the uk government of winding down this project as they are saying that they are simply not seeing the demand, really, for people to get out of sudan and get to the uk. those uk passport holders, whitehall has described it as a trickle of people

who are now coming forward to try to get out. now, there is going to be a meeting of the government's cobra committee. that is its emergency response committee chaired by the deputy prime minister this afternoon. and they'll be talking about both the evacuation and the security situation that is currently in sudan. the opposition labour party are saying that the demand for people to get on these flights out of sudan to the uk is not really there at the moment and the criteria for who gets on these flights should be expanded. they say uk residents, notjust uk passport holder should be considered as well. the uk government really generally seeing what they have done in this operation as a success. they had faced criticism for some aspects like the fact that people had to make their own way to the airstrip during that ceasefire even though we knew there were problems with how

well that ceasefire was holding but they are saying they have got over 1500 people out. there are 2000 that registered for the foreign office evacuation process so they gave them that last 24—hour window to get on a final flight that runs out 6pm this evening. final flight that runs out 6pm this evenina. �* . ., final flight that runs out 6pm this evenina.�* . ., ., final flight that runs out 6pm this evenin.�* . ., ., evening. and criticism also about the way they _ evening. and criticism also about the way they have _ evening. and criticism also about the way they have been - evening. and criticism also about the way they have been treating l evening. and criticism also about - the way they have been treating nhs doctors who are in sudan but who did not have a british passport. they've done a bit of a u—turn on that, haven't they? done a bit of a u-turn on that, haven't they?— done a bit of a u-turn on that, haven't they? done a bit of a u-turn on that, haven't the ? , . . ., ., , haven't they? they have and that was somethin: haven't they? they have and that was something they _ haven't they? they have and that was something they came _ haven't they? they have and that was something they came under- haven't they? they have and that was something they came under quite - haven't they? they have and that was something they came under quite a l something they came under quite a lot of pressure under. the idea that there were nhs doctors who had gone to sudan perhaps to see family, perhaps on holiday, he did not have uk passports but had the right to work in the uk and perhaps, next week on monday are expected to do shifts in nhs hospitals and there was around 20 people who fell into that category and the uk government eventually changing eligibility criteria to say that they could get on these flights which of course flying to cyprus and then make their onward travel to the uk for anyone

who is on them.— onward travel to the uk for anyone who is on them. russia says a massive blaze in the crimean port of sevastopol has been caused by a drone strike. the city's moscow—appointed governor says a fuel tank had been hit. video on social media shows smoke and flames billowing from an oil terminal. sevastopol is on the crimean peninsula which was annexed by russia in 2014, and home to moscow's black sea naval fleet. meanwhile, ukraine is still reeling from a wave of russian airstrikes on friday which killed at least 25 people including children. this was the scene in the central city of uman — after a nine—storey apartment building was hit. 0ur correspondent — hugo bachega — is in uman, with the latest from there. this is the building that was hit yesterday and you can see a lot of

activity happening behind me. more than 30 hours after the attack happened. a missile hit the top section of these blocks of flats after 4am in the morning so residents were still sleeping here. this section collapsed and residents were trapped under the rubble. and the authorities here, the emergency workers are saying that there is still a search and rescue operation under way and we have seen some families here this morning waiting to hear about their missing loved ones. now, the authorities working here say that they still don't know how many people are still missing but this gives you an idea of the scale of the destruction caused by these missile attacks yesterday. 23 people have been killed here and just a minute ago the authorities confirmed that a fifth child was one of the victims. now, this attack

happened yesterday. and this morning the ministry of defence in the uk said that there was a realistic possibility that russia was attempting to intercept ukrainian reserve units and military supplies that have been provided by western countries to ukraine and there is a military airfield in that direction here so that perhaps was the target of this attack that was carried out yesterday here in this town. and obviously, this is happening as the ukrainians are preparing a counter offensive to try to take back territory that is now under occupation so perhaps this is an indication of how russia is likely to respond to any ukrainian advance. we werejust seeing to respond to any ukrainian advance. we were just seeing the pictures before we came to you about what has been going on. that plume of smoke going into the sky inspired an oil field. can you tell us a bit more about what has been said about what

is happening there?— is happening there? yeah, and i think these _ is happening there? yeah, and i think these are _ is happening there? yeah, and i think these are dramatic - is happening there? yeah, and il think these are dramatic images, really, this massive blaze an oil depot in a port city. the russian appointed governor is saying this was caused by an enemy drone attack. he did not say who was behind this attack but obviously this was the peninsular that russia annexed in 2014. the ukrainians have vowed to retake it and a number of explosions and attacks have happened in crimea since russia launched the full—scale invasion of ukraine last year so again, lots of questions there about what happened in crimea. firefighters have been sent to this oil depot the in the city and again, the russian appointed governor saying this was the result of a drone attack. all four teaching unions in the uk say they will co—ordinate strikes over pay, if their members vote for industrial action. the move could lead to widespread school closures. the government says more strikes would be �*unreasonable', adding that its pay offer

to unions is fair. 0ur education editor branwenjeffreys is at a national conference of headteachers, and says more ballots need to be held on further strike action we have one union representing classroom teachers already on strike. their next day of action is our next tuesday when many classroom teachers will then not be in work because of that. but the other three unions all have to carry out postal ballots of their members. they have to get under uk law, they have to get at least 50% turnout and a majority of those voting in favour

of strike action. but in an unprecedented move, all four unions representing teachers and head teachers in england are saying that, if they get a yes vote, they will coordinate their industrial action. that raises the prospect of further disruption in schools in england stretching into the autumn term. and on the days that any potential strikes might take place. the first time, head teachers are saying that they are considering voting for industrial action for strikes. that could mean complete school closures. and just talk as to what the government had offered and what all four unions rejected. 50. government had offered and what all four unions rejected.— four unions re'ected. so, the offer for the four unions rejected. so, the offer for the school _ four unions rejected. so, the offer for the school year _ four unions rejected. so, the offer for the school year in _ four unions rejected. so, the offer for the school year in england - four unions rejected. so, the offer for the school year in england wasj for the school year in england was 5%. that award has been made for most teachers. the government, after some intensive negotiations, offered a further one of £1000 uk sterling for teachers. so that would not be consolidated into their future salaries or pensions. for next year,

the offerfor more salaries or pensions. for next year, the offer for more teachers in england is 4.3% and the fulfilment of a long—standing promise for starting salaries the new teachers in england to rise to £30,000. now, the government says that is a fair and reasonable offer. it is also its final offer. it is not prepared to revisit it. the unions have pointed out that inflation has been running at around 10% in the uk and that is on top of the decade in which the real values of teachers wages in england has fallen very significantly, particularly for the most experienced.— significantly, particularly for the most experienced. they've also been talkin: most experienced. they've also been talking about — most experienced. they've also been talking about the _ most experienced. they've also been talking about the ofsted _ most experienced. they've also been talking about the ofsted school- talking about the 0fsted school inspections because they have been hearing from the sister of the head teacher who killed herself after an 0fsted inspection. juiid teacher who killed herself after an ofsted inspection.— teacher who killed herself after an ofsted inspection. julia waters, the sister of ruth _ ofsted inspection. julia waters, the sister of ruth perry _ ofsted inspection. julia waters, the sister of ruth perry gave _ ofsted inspection. julia waters, the sister of ruth perry gave an - sister of ruth perry gave an incredibly powerful and emotional speech to the audience of head teachers here today. she spoke about how both of them, as children, had

attended the school by ruth perry eventually became head teacher many years later. and that waiting, the uncertainty, the need to hold the judgment and confidentiality, once ruth perry had known that her school was going to be graded inadequate, that that waiting time before the inspection was published, herfamily has said, they believe the anxiety, distress, the distress and humiliation she felt led to her taking her life. she appealed directly to head teachers to say that you should take off all the banners, all the branding, all the marketing that is associated with your inspection grade. she called for them to put down their badges, for them to put down their badges, for head teachers to no longer volunteer to work as part of the school inspection system in and she said that she would not give up until 0fsted was reformed. we have approached 0fsted for further comment and they say they have nothing further to add. they have already said that they stand by

their initial inspection and judgment of ruth perry's school. i won't give up until ofsted is radically— won't give up until ofsted is radically reformed to place the welfare — radically reformed to place the welfare of teaching staff as well as of children at its heart. so, please, _ of children at its heart. so, please, stand up for ruth. stand up for yourselves and each other. stand up for yourselves and each other. stand up to— for yourselves and each other. stand up to ofsted. speak out, take down your banners, handing your badges. ofsted _ your banners, handing your badges. ofsted must be reformed. so, there are certainly— ofsted must be reformed. so, there are certainly now _ ofsted must be reformed. so, there are certainly now a _ ofsted must be reformed. so, there are certainly now a national - ofsted must be reformed. so, there are certainly now a national debate | are certainly now a national debate about how school inspection should be conducted in england. very few would argue that school should not be open to scrutiny but you heard that the very powerful personal plea from ruth perry's sisterjulia for 0fsted to listen to the cause for debate and wider, beyond that, for

government ministers to also consider whether there should be a review. so far the education secretary in england has said that she fully supports the process and the principle of inspection because she believes it is incredibly important for parents to know that there is independent scrutiny of schools. there is independent scrutiny of schools. the health service in england has warned that a planned strike by nurses on sunday night will cause significant disruption during an already busy holiday weekend. members of the royal college of nursing are walking out from eight o'clock until midnight on monday. the union has agreed contingency plans for staff to return to work in extreme cases and major incidents. health workers represented by another union, unite, have also rejected the same pay deal and say they'll escalate industrial action. there is some good news for the uk government — the gmb union, which represents ambulance workers, nurses, porters and radiographers, have accepted an nhs pay offer,

joining members of the biggest union, unison, who accepted that deal two weeks ago. pat cullen of the royal college of nursing explains there will still be help for patients. it's important to let the public know and patients know we have agreed in the royal college of nursing a range of critical safety exemptions within those services. we have been working for two weeks now with nhs england to ensure that those exemptions are put in place. it was ourselves actually who contacted nhs england to ask for that process to be put in place. this idea that has been put in the media over the past few days that all nursing staff are going to walk out on their patients, and the patients will be left with higher levels of this than they normally face, that is not the case. we worked right through to midnight, and later last night, to ensure all exemptions that are requested

through nhs england are dealt with. let's get some of the day's other news now. a us headteacherforced to resign after parents complained about an art lesson showing one of the world's most famous sculptures, has visited the masterpiece. hope cara—skiier, pictured on the right, went to see michelangelo's david on friday at the accademia galleria in florence. the statue, which is over five metres high, depicts a completely naked david — the biblicalfigure who killed the giant goliath. the us army has grounded all flying units not involved in critical missions with immediate effect. the army chief of staff says pilots have been ordered to undergo a day's training next week after two recent helicopter crashes which killed 12 soldiers. the stand down applies only to the army. other branches of the military, such as the air force, aren't affected. and the british royal navy says it'll investigate reports that sensitive documents, containing details about a nuclear submarine, were found in a toilet cubicle at a pub in northwest england.

media reports say the files showed the workings of hms anson — one of the navy's most advanced vessels. 0n the second day of his visit to hungary, pope francis has met refugees at st elizabeth's church in the capital, budapest. the pontiff also visited a home for disadvantaged children. the trip will run until the end of the weekend — with francis praising hungary for its intake of ukrainian refugees. but the vatican has also criticised budapest�*s attitude to those arriving from outside europe, after they were put in harsh transit camps. 0ur correspondent nick thorpe has been following the pope's visit. he has gone out of his way to praise the hungarian government for some of what it is doing, for helping persecuted christians around the world, for example some of those in the church who he is meeting now in the churches behind me here would be christians who have come here from pakistan, iran, for example, and have found refuge in hungary.

also he has been pretty critical of the hungarian governments position in the past, showing a cold front, even building fences to keep our asylum seekers, very few apart from those coming from ukraine ever get into hungary. the pope making clear, really, the act of christian charity would be to be open to strangers and refugees in general. what has been the reaction so far to what he has been saying? i think he has had similar messages to so many people here, that has given an opportunity for example to the government media here to pick and choose from the messages that they like, his pro—family messages, more conservative social teaching of the catholic church, they have been fond of that. they have also been picking up on his comments about peace, the urgent need for peace in ukraine.

which is also the government of my position. 0ther commentators, other parts of the public, and certainly there is more concerned with human rights, would point out the strong difference between the pope ever my position on peace in ukraine and that of the hungarian government. more of an emphasis on human rights perspective, from an international perspective a just peace in ukraine, russia was drawing to its previous international borders. what can we expect from his visit? after this meeting now, with notjust refugees and asylum seekers but young people later this afternoon, talking very much to them about the crisis of faith in the modern world. tomorrow morning, sunday, a large mass in the main square, possibly hundreds of thousands of people there in front of the hungarian parliament.

also meetings with scientists, representatives of cultural life, before he leaves on sunday evening. the countdown is on with just two weeks to go until the eurovision final comes to the english city of liverpool. it's notjust europe's biggest night in music, it's also one of the biggest events for the lgbt community. here's lauren moss. it is two weeks to go. joy, fun, excitement. until the big day. camp, isn't it? just boss. literally gay christmas. otherwise known as the eurovision song contest. it is one of the biggest events for the lgbt community, and thousands of people will descend on liverpool. # rise like a phoenix #... the city is working hard to welcome them, two years after it was rocked by a spate of homophobic and transphobic hate crimes. the attacks prompted protests, calling for more to be done

to make people feel safe. i think for us, as a city, we're like every city. we do have hate crimes, and we're still working tirelessly to move that from the city and challenge that wherever possible. my team only investigate hate crime, so i can see a lot of this... the region's pride group, alongside merseyside police, has created a first—of—its—kind training plan. more than 100 businesses have signed up so far. having that awareness that people respect you and understand the community is important, so being able to see a rainbow logo, you are safe here lanyard, or being able to see pronouns, just helps people know that that person respects them and can approach them. this venue has created the you are safe here training. constable chriss hubbard is the force's lgbt lead, and says there is no better time to break down barriers than at eurovision. it'sjust an opportunity to come as you are and be yourself and be proud of who you are from your diverse minority that you may come from. as part of the community, i obviously want to feel safe when i'm out and about, when i take this uniform off. and i do feel that by having that visible presence,

actually, the community are really forthcoming. the pub where rachel works has done the training. as a lesbian, she says it is important everywhere feels inclusive. i know that i can go places and not be harassed or hate crimed or anything. you shouldn't have to walk, look around somewhere and think i can't go in there because i don't know what will happen. i think it should be, i can go anywhere, i don'tjust have to stay in this part of town. shut up, i can't hear the music! the run—up to eurovision will include a packed programme of lgbt events, from drag shows to art exhibitions. there will be all the glitter and glam we have come to expect from the campest night in the calendar. shows like this will transform liverpool in the next couple of weeks, a huge celebration for the queer community. what we decided to do was create a party or a celebration that we would love to share

to the people of ukraine, a spectacular show that raises awareness for not only them and what is happening over there but to promote us and the lgbt community, and especially people who are part of the queer black community. one and the most important question — how will merseyside score on the night? liverpool, 12 points! lauren moss. and before we go, a new photograph of king charles has been released, showing the beginning of his studies at trinity college in cambridge in 1967. the still has been released ahead of the monarch's coronation on may 6. king charles studied archaeology and anthropology in his first year, and then went on to study history for his final two years, graduating in 1970. this time next week will bring you

coverage on the king's coronation. on the king's coronation. stay with us here on bbc news. not looking too bad this bank holiday weekend, not wall—to—wall sunshine but not a wash—out either, a mixture of sunny spells with the chance of scattered, perhaps heavy and thundery showers, we will all notice away from northern scotland feeling warmer. the weather front is the dividing line between the much milder air to the south, warm air in fact, versus the cold air looming across northern scotland into the northern i was pretty much over the next few days. here it is bright, chilly, some showers, quite breezy. for the rest of the afternoon, scotland stays cloudy, spots of rain, northern ireland, most of england

and wales sunny spells, heavy showers developing in northern ireland, western england, wales, slow—moving downpours, dry and sunny across the south east. 19—20, generally the mid to high teens for many of us but chilly for northern scotland. the night staying rather cloudy for many areas, further showers across england and wales, longer spells of rain in northern ireland pushing into parts of scotland. south east and east anglia staying dry with clear spells, down to 4-5. for most where we have the cloud and the rain, those of 6—8 c. sunday, a similar story to saturday, more cloud around i think across northern and western areas, outbreaks of rain, again some heavy showers across northern and western england and wales, thundery downpours, across the south east, east lancashire, staying dry, temperatures down a degree or so. still chilly across northern scotland. changes in the bank holiday monday, the thundery downpours transferring towards the eastern side of the uk. east anglia and the south east catching these heavy showers throughout monday afternoon. as we good spells of sunshine, particularly towards the west in towards wales, northern ireland, scotland staying rather cloudy with some showers,

cold on the far north, again the mid to high teens elsewhere. as we move out of the bank holiday monday, it looks like high pressure once the building, certainly for england and wales looking largely dry and sunny for much of next week, temperatures coming down and by the end of the week all areas see more cloud with some showers and longer spells of rain.

this is bbc news. the headlines: fighting in sudan rages on, as thousands flee the country. the leader of the rsf militia group tells the bbc he won't negotiate until the fighting ends. nurses in england go on strike on sunday night over pay — action that the health service says will cause significant disruption over the bank holiday weekend. all four teaching unions in england say they will co—ordinate strikes over pay if their members vote for industrial action. the move could lead to widespread school closures. russian authorities say a massive blaze at an oil terminal in russian—occupied crimea was triggered by a drone attack. videos on social media show smoke and flames billowing from the facility in the port of sevastopol. it comes five days after a ukrainian drone attack in the same area.