live from london, this is bbc news fighting continues in sudan with fresh artillery strikes. the leader of the anti—governement militia says he won't hold talks until the violence ends. russian officials say a massive blaze at an oil depot in russian—occupied crimea was caused by a drone attack. all four teaching unions in england say they will co—ordinate strikes if their members vote for industrial action. and how the city of liverpool is preparing to welcome the lgbt+ community ahead of the eurovision song contest. the former prime minister of sudan has warned that the insecurity

in his country could become worse than that in syria and libya. abdalla hamdok said there needed to be a unified international effort to persuade the sudanese military leader and the head of a rival paramilitary force to hold peace talks. a ceasefire has been agreed — but it is not holding. these images show khartoum — where fighting is continuing in parts of the capital, with reports of fighterjets and drones targeting positions held by the rapid support forces, or rsf. life is increasingly hard for residents who've been unable to leave —such as this student who spoke to us earlier. three kilometres there is not any shop open, they are all closed. there is no movement, there is nothing. hundreds of people have now been killed, and tens of thousands have fled the conflict. one of the gernerals leading the rsf in the fight against sudan's army ——

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 side. 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 helping. the sudanese people acknowledge

the areas under our control. 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 from port sudan, across the red sea tojeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding watched the operation in jeddah. hundreds of evacuees streaming slowly off this ferry in the saudi arabian port ofjeddah. their ferry has just arrived from the long, difficult journey that they've taken from sudan, from port sudan, across the red sea, about a 12—hour ferry ride. you can see up on deck, still lots of people waiting for their turn to disembark.

we're not quite sure how many there are. we've been talking to lots of people from all over the world. it's so bad, you know, so bad. and a lot of innocent people that are dying every day. you know, you must be very relieved to find safety. yeah. and we need to stop this war immediately, you know? this is not going to help everybody in sudan. just over there, there are embassy staff, consular staff from all over the world, too, waving their flags and waiting to greet their citizens. people from britain as well were expecting incredibly relieved scenes here. people telling us of the difficulties they've had, the two day drive in many cases from khartoum over to the red sea coast. and there the long wait, the stress of waiting to know if they could get on a boat. this one laid on, as i say, by the saudi arabian authorities who've really taken

a big role in this humanitarian mission to bring people to safety here injeddah. one person who was particularly surprised here today was our colleague mo hashim, who was waiting with us and suddenly spotted a family close relatives of his in the crowd. that was overwhelming, just seeing ahmed al bashir and his two kids walking off andjust seeing him. i mean, he's my mom's first cousin and he's the first one of my family that has left khartoum in this. and you know what? relief what a relief to see him and his kids safe and sound and the kids look okay. did they say they were okay? they had a tough journey. and, you know, like on the way out of khartoum, because they had to go through the north, the north of the city. but yeah, they've been in port sudan, established. i spoke to him when he arrived in port sudan. so i knew he was in port sudan.

just didn't know he was coming on this boat. lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent, has boarded a boat making the journey back to port sudan — she spoke to us a short while ago. some happy moments. those are the people who have finally made it to safety in what has been the that was the largest evacuation effort so far. and now you find us here on a saudi warship. we're at the king faisal naval base. in fact, we have just left it. we have literallyjust pulled up anchor. you can see they're bringing up the steps now. all of the main officers on this warship are on the bridge. they are now charting the journey. it will be perhaps 12 hours, perhaps 18 hours. a red sea crossing, which will take us to port sudan, to sudan's largest port, where hundreds of thousands of people are waiting, including brits trying to find any boat which will take them to safety. it's a long passage and exhausting passage, but it is a passage to safety and an exit from this devastating war.

and so we're on this warship to basically report on the evacuation effort as it will unfold and will unfold for some time to come in port sudan. russia says a huge 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. our correspondent — hugo bachega — is in uman —— with the latest from there.

this is the building hit yesterday, as you can see there is lots of activity happening behind me more than 30 hours after the attack happened. and a missile hit the top section of this block of flats after liam, residents were still sleeping here. the section collapsed, as some of the residents were trapped under the rubble. the authorities here, emergency workers, i think there is still a search and rescue operation under way. we have seen some families here this morning waiting to hear about their missing loved ones. the authorities working here say they still do not know how many people are still missing but i think this gives you an idea of the scale of the disruption caused by this, destruction. 23 people have been killed here. just a few minutes ago the authorities confirmed a fifth child was one of the victims. this attack happened yesterday. this morning, the ministry of defence in the uk said

there was a realistic possibility russia was attempting to intercept ukrainian reserve units and military supplies provided by western countries to ukraine. there is a military airfield in that direction so that is perhaps the target of the attack carried out yesterday here in this town. obviously this is happening as the ukrainians are preparing a counter offensive to try to take back territory that is now under occupation. perhaps this is an indication of how russia is likely to respond to any ukrainian advance. there's been another mass shooting in the united states. police in texas say five people, including an eight—year—old child, have been killed in a shooting at a house in cleveland. officers say three of the dead were found lying on top of two

surviving children in a bedroom of the house. the local sheriff told reporters that the suspected shooter is still on the run. we are getting closer to him every minute but we know who he is, he is from mexico. the victims were from honda list. we know he shot a 223, ar 15 style weapon and he is about 10-12 ar 15 style weapon and he is about 10—12 miles away. —— the victims were from honduras. the sister of ruth perry — the headteacher who took her own life while awaiting for a school inspection report that downgraded her school — says she won't give up until the regulator is reformed. speaking to a union conference of headteachers, julia waters called for england's schools to remove ofsted banners and branding from their premises. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. ruth perry took her life while waiting for an ofsted report. the school she ran was downgraded to inadequate. inspectors raised concerns

about keeping children safe. today, ruth's sister, julia, gave an emotional speech to head teachers. ruth and i were both pupils at caversham primary school ourself in the 19705 and absolutely loved it. she described the impact on ruth of the inspection. the injustice of that one—word judgment destroyed ruth's career, her world, and her sense of self. i won't give up until ofsted is radically reformed to place the welfare of teaching staff as well as of children at its heart. and she called on schools to stop using ofsted branding, headteachers to stop working as inspectors. so please stand up for ruth. stand up for yourselves and each other. stand up to ofsted. speak out. take down your banners. hand in your badges. ofsted must be reformed.

applause here from head teachers. but ofsted says it's standing by the inspection and judgement what happened here has prompted others to take a stand. this school in cambridge has begun a legal challenge to ofsted. the head teacher has said she too was left feeling suicidal. the school claims inspectors didn't follow proper process. ofsted says it completely refutes these allegations. it's incredibly difficult for schools to challenge ofsted'sjudgment. one of the main reasons is they don't get to see

the evidence behind it. that goes straight from the inspectors to ofsted and it's never shared. the government has said ofsted inspections are vital for parents. the labour party that it would replace one—word judgments with a scorecard. branwynjeffreys, bbc news. 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. but 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 from the royal college of nursing explains there will still be help available 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 exemptions within those services, we have been working for two weeks 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 leels of risk, with higher levels of risk, that is not the case. we worked through to midnight last night to make sure all exemptions of a request through nhs england are dealt with. the latest on nurses strikes in england. on 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.

pope francis has praised 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. now it's time for the sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. england have won the six nations grand slam after beating their title rivals france 38 points to 33 at twickenham. it looked as through the red roses were romping to victory, as they led 33 nil at half—time but the french responded brilliantly with four second half tries. england hung on for theirfifth six nations title in a row and back to back grand slams. they haven't lost in the six nations since 2018. they're playing in front of a record crowd for a women's rugby union

international with 58,500 there. it has been an amazing tournament, todayit it has been an amazing tournament, today it came altogether and we got readers out. it feels amazing. there is no ceiling for us, what we have done over the last year, the sky is the limit. by the end of the day we will have our two finalists at the world snooker championship. china's sijuahei is looking to become the youngest finallist at the crucible. the 20—year—old who is making his world championship debut leads the belgian luca brecel. these are live pictures from the crucible, where they are playing their final session. they resumed with si 14—10 up. brecel took the opening frame. he has been a long way off

the form that saw him knock out ronnie o'sullivan in the quarters, . it has the first to 17. a fantastic match. in the other semifinal mark allen won the final frame of their morning session to stay one frame behind the four time champion mark selby. he leads 11—10. they'll play to a finish this evening at the crucible and it could be a late one given the edgy nature of the match. championship side inverness caledonian thistle are through to the scottish cup

final after beating falkirk 3—0 at hampden park. this was a repeat of the 2015 final which inverness also won and they were rarely threatened by the league one side. billy mackay scored in each half and man of the match dan mackay added the other goal at hampden park. they will play either rangers or celtic who play their semifinal tomorrow it is massive for the club, a hard time of late in the championship, forfive seasons so time of late in the championship, for five seasons so they have given them a bit of hope and also the play—offs this year so hopefully ed will be a good end to the season. there arejust three premier league games today. the lunchtime kick—off turned out to be a seven goal thriller with crystal palace edging west ham 4—3. kick—off in south london was delayed by 15 minutes because of an issue with the turnstiles, but there was no shortage of action once the match got under wayat selhurst park. it was 3—2 to palace by halftime.

eberechi eze's second half penalty turned out to be the winner. david moyes�* side couldn't find a late equaliser and west ham remain five points above the relegation places with five games remaining. from our point of view it was a wonderfulfirst half, we really played well. the second goal from the set play dampened it a bit but at 3-1 the set play dampened it a bit but at 3—1 playing well and doing all the things we hoped we could do and our players were showing all the quality and attacking flair. credit to west ham to keep coming back into the game with two goal margins, it was a fine performance from them especially given their programme. and in the last few minutes sergio perez has won the first formula one sprint race

of the season in azerbaijan. 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. 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. 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 remove 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 completed 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. and the most important question — how will merseyside score on the night? liverpool, 12 points! lauren moss. live now to caroline paige — patron of the liverpool city region pride foundation how is liverpool giving up for this event, from the lgbt community. there are loads of things are going on, everybody is really excited about eurovision, it is so close. the liverpool bike foundation has arranged various events and from the

10-13 arranged various events and from the 10—13 may there will be a series of events leading up to the final so the excitement is building. tell us more about _ the excitement is building. tell us more about what _ the excitement is building. tell us more about what this _ the excitement is building. tell us more about what this event - the excitement is building. tell us| more about what this event means the excitement is building. tell us i more about what this event means to the lgbt community in liverpool and across the country.— across the country. across the world because eurovision _ across the country. across the world because eurovision has _ across the country. across the world because eurovision has i _ across the country. across the world because eurovision has i was - across the country. across the world because eurovision has i was had . across the country. across the world because eurovision has i was had a i because eurovision has i was had a huge following from the lgbt community, it is the glamour and diversity of it all, it is a huge event on the calendar and it is coming to liverpool which is proud of its diverse community and its cultural background and music it is a combination for a fantastic event. tickets have been hard to come by, how will people be accommodated around the official event. there will be various _ around the official event. there will be various events - around the official event. there will be various events and - around the official event. there i will be various events and people

around the official event. ti” will be various events and people go online to the foundation there will be guidance and a statement, a press release on monday with further details about the involvement in the city and eurovision. eeen details about the involvement in the city and eurovision.— city and eurovision. even the people have not got — city and eurovision. even the people have not got tickets _ city and eurovision. even the people have not got tickets they _ city and eurovision. even the people have not got tickets they should - have not got tickets they should still come and have a good time? absolutely, there will be so many side events and big screens and people should be able to join the atmosphere, the whole city will be partying. atmosphere, the whole city will be -a inc. �* atmosphere, the whole city will be .a in. _ �* , ., , atmosphere, the whole city will be .a in._ �* , , atmosphere, the whole city will be -a inc. i, ., ,, partying. built safety be an issue for peeple? _ partying. built safety be an issue for people? safety _ partying. built safety be an issue for people? safety is _ partying. built safety be an issue for people? safety is always - partying. built safety be an issue for people? safety is always an l for people? safety is always an issue with _ for people? safety is always an issue with people _ for people? safety is always an issue with people coming - for people? safety is always an issue with people coming in - for people? safety is always an issue with people coming in to | for people? safety is always an . issue with people coming in to any city but the police and crime commissioner and the city council and pride foundation have been working together for some time to address any safety concerns and we have already heard about the you are

safe here campaign but there is lots of measures put in place to ensure safety and the people of liverpool are proud of the welcome they provide full stop.— hello. for many parts of the uk, there has been a change in the feel of the weather, a change to something warmer with some spells of sunshine. but that warm sunshine has helped to spawn some big shower clouds. we will continue to see some heavy showers through the rest of today and indeed through the rest of the weekend. some spells of warm sunshine, too. however, on the earlier satellite picture, we can see this zone of cloud here across parts of scotland and northeast england. underneath that, we've got some spots of rain and actually, it does feel rather chilly. and to the north of that,

caithness and sutherland, orkney and shetland certainly in some colder air, some sunshine, yes, but some scattered showers. further south, northern ireland, northwest england, wales, the midlands, the south of england, here, that's where we've got the warmest weather, 1a to 19, maybe 20 celsius. a mix of sunny spells, but scattered heavy, thundery downpours. and then as we head through the evening and tonight, this band of cloud, a more widespread showery weather will push its way in from the west. ahead of it, a few mist and fog patches, temperatures in east anglia down to 3 or 4 celsius, just 2 there for shetlands. but further west, 9 for plymouth, 10 for belfast, so a mild start to the day. into tomorrow, this band of cloud and showers will drift eastwards. some more persistent rain likely to develop across orkney, moving up into shetland. behind that for northern ireland, the sun will come out through the afternoon, but we will see some heavy and probably thundery showers breaking out. east anglia and the southeast corner likely to stay dry for a good part of the day with some sunshine, seeing temperatures climb to around 19 celsius.

now into monday, we see this weather system moving eastwards. that does bring the chance for showers on monday, particularly through the morning across parts of east anglia and the south east. but more generally through the day, i think we'll see some showers across eastern parts. further west, a little bit drier, quite large amounts of cloud at times, but some spells of sunshine, too. turning a little bit chillier in the northeast of the uk. highest temperatures further south, 17 for cardiff, 19 for london. now, high pressure is set to build for a time into the new week. tuesday looking like a mainly fine day. but we will see low pressure then starting to develop to the southwest of us. so as we head towards the end of the week, there is the increasing chance of some rain and it may turn just a little bit cooler as well.

this is bbc news. the headlines: fighting has continued in parts of the sudanese capital, khartoum, with reports of fighterjets targeting positions held by the rebel rsf group. tens of thousands of people are still fleeing the country. there are chaotic scenes in port sudan, where people are trying to board ships. russian officials say a huge blaze at an oil depot in russian—occupied crimea was caused by a drone attack. the facility is located in sevastopol, which is also home to russia's black sea fleet. local officials claim the fire is now under control.