live from london. this is bbc news... fighting continues in sudan with fresh artillery and air strikes. thousands more people try and leave the country. at least five people, including an eight—year—old child, have been killed after a mass shooting in texas. this neighbourhood, they're always shooting. they're always calling the cops and there's nothing done for that. yeah, just, i mean, especially on holidays — fridays, saturdays — there always shootings. russian officials say a massive blaze at an oil depot in russian—occupied crimea was caused by a drone attack.

and how the city of liverpool is preparing to welcome the lgbt+ community ahead of the eurovision song contest. there has been more fighting in the sudanese capital khartoum with the reports of fighter jets sudanese capital khartoum with the reports of fighterjets and drones targeting positions held by viable paramilitary forces even though a ceasefire supposed to be in place. these images show khartoum, where fighting is continuing in parts of the capital with reports of fighter jets and jones are getting positions held the rapid support forces or rsf —— fighterjets and drones. chaotic scenes and sudan in the east where people try to escape and about 2000 people try to escape and about 2000 people have arrived in the saudi coastal city ofjeddah. the latest.

safe from the fighting — nearly 2,000 people packed on board a ferry arriving injeddah, saudi arabia, this morning after an overnight trip across the red sea from the increasingly crowded and desperate port sudan, where people are trying to use this escape route as others close. it's so bad, you know, so bad. and a lot of innocent people are dying every day. he's my mum's first cousin and he's the first one of my family that has left khartoum in this. and, you know... what a relief. what a relief to see him and his kids safe and sound. for many, this was the end of a very long journey. port sudan is 500 miles from the capital, khartoum, and the airstrip used by the british government over the last four days to fly people home. those flights are ending now, so some of those aiming to leave sudan are going to the port, including several nhs doctors.

the issue with the port sudan evacuation is it's quite unclear. there's a little sort of presence of the uk evacuation. there's minimal communication. people are unclear whether they will actually be evacuated. many thousands of people are now heading in to port sudan. the foreign office says it's set up a consular office in a hotel there and a team will signpost options for departure. meanwhile, in khartoum, the fighting is continuing. for civilians left behind, life is increasingly difficult. three kilometers — there is not any shop open. all the shops are closed. there is no movement. there is nothing. the temporary ceasefire isn't holding. there's currently little prospect of a longer peace. sancha berg, bbc news.

hundreds of people have now been killed and tens of thousands fled the conflict. 0ne killed and tens of thousands fled the conflict. one of the general is leading the rsf in the fight against an�*s army has told the bbc will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo also known as mat was speaking to zeinab badawi. —— also known as ned t. —— hemedti. 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 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 the behalf of the civilians. we have no problems with these corridors and we are helping the diplomatic missions. 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. mohamed hamdan dagalo there. least you set as chief international correspondent has boarded a boat making the journey back to part sudan. she spoke to was there. —— port sudan, she spoke to was there. yes, some very happy moments. those are the people who have finally made it to safety in what has been...

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 offices 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, thousands of people are waiting, including brits, trying to find any boat which will take them to safety. it's a long passage, it's an 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 to come in port sudan. there has 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 a town called cleveland. 0fficials killed in a shooting at a house in a town called cleveland. officials say three of the dead were found lying

on top of two surviving children in a bedroom of the house. the suspected shooter is a mexican man and with an assault rifle. he is still on the run. the local sheriff told reporters what was known about the shooting. it all started tonight when, evidently, he stepped out of his house, shot his rifle into the ground, up into the air, he just shot his rifle, and subsequently to that the gentleman stepped out of his house. said, "hey, we're trying to keep an infant to bed," and he says it's his property, he'll do whatever he pleases on his property. the man went back in the house. next thing they know, he's walking up the driveway with a rifle in hand. we can now get an update and connect with the bbc�*sjessica parker who was following the story. jessica, mott waugh can you tell us? is was following the story. jessica, mott waugh can you tell us? is and unfolded on — mott waugh can you tell us? is and unfolded on friday _ mott waugh can you tell us? is and unfolded on friday night _ mott waugh can you tell us? is and unfolded on friday night as - mott waugh can you tell us? is and unfolded on friday night as you - mott waugh can you tell us? is and unfolded on friday night as you sayj unfolded on friday night as you say in the town of cleveland, about 45

miles outside of houston in texas and police patrol teams were alerted to an incident described as harassment and they attended the scene and found a very distressing scene, as you say, five people have died including an eight—year—old child and as you are mentioning there as they went into the house they found in one bedroom to willman over to children and a local sheriff is indicated and suggested they believe that these women were potentially trying to protect their children and they said to the police they know who the suspect is, a mexican mail. they have his controller card. 0bviously, mexican mail. they have his controller card. obviously, a manhunt now under way. ten people, in total, now at the house, all of them from honduras, that was much what the local authorities are saying and the victims, those that have survived, police say they had approached their neighbour who had

been shooting in his yard as he regularly did and asked him to stop because they were trying to get their baby to sleep and following that that's when this tragic shooting unfolded, bringing the number of mass shootings in the united states to over 170 so far this year alone. 50 united states to over 170 so far this year alone.— united states to over 170 so far this year alone. so far as you are hintin: this year alone. so far as you are hinting at — this year alone. so far as you are hinting at the — this year alone. so far as you are hinting at the political _ hinting at the political implications are many, aren't they? yes. we obviously report not irregularly on mass shootings in the united states is very much outlined by the number that ijust gave in terms of the number of mass shootings, which had been on the rise in recent years and it does tend to set off what is a familiar debate. now, of course, each of the shootings in itself at the tragedy for the lives that are lost and the people that they affect but the debate itself does tend to feel, many say, quite circular in terms of

those who will argue that there must be tighter gun controls across the united states. they see this as an epidemic of gun violence and children regularly, the victims of that. then there were others who really feel very strongly about their second amendment rights, the right to bear arms and might well advocate for gun violence to be tackled but perhaps will tend to focus on whether moore can be done in terms of intervening early, mental health support, school security, that kind of thing so this debate may well carry on following this latest incident in texas which, as we say, has left five people dead including a child. hat as we say, has left five people dead including a child.— including a child. not least of course because _ including a child. not least of course because we _ including a child. not least of course because we are - including a child. not least of course because we are in - including a child. not least of course because we are in a i including a child. not least of. course because we are in a very early stages of thinking about the 2024 presidential election. yes. early stages of thinking about the 2024 presidential election. yes, and joe biden has _ 2024 presidential election. yes, and joe biden has repeatedly _ 2024 presidential election. yes, and joe biden has repeatedly voiced - joe biden has repeatedly voiced frustration about gun violence and

what has been done to tackle it. he wants to see tighter controls, a ban on assault weapons he has talked about. he did pass some federal legislation last year at a bipartisan act but it didn't actually, sort of, ban any weapons. it did look at background checks. it did look at things like funding mental health provision, so crisis prevention sort of systems and processes. but this is quite a divisive debate, often with the democrats on one side, joe biden's party advocating tight gun laws and republicans actually saying that people should have the right to bear arms but they will talk about things like looking at mental health checks and trying to ensure that people who shouldn't have weapons don't have weapons but, as you say, quite likely to be, certainly, a topic for debate as we enter that long period leading up to the presidential rate and of coursejoe biden officially

declaring his candidacy, his intent to run for the election just in the last week. to run for the election 'ust in the last week.— to run for the election 'ust in the lastweek. ,, , ., ~ last week. jessica party, thank you much indeed _ last week. jessica party, thank you much indeed for _ last week. jessica party, thank you much indeed forjoining _ last week. jessica party, thank you much indeed forjoining us - last week. jessica party, thank you much indeed forjoining us from i last week. jessica party, thank you | much indeed forjoining us from dc. ——jessica parker. 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 air strikes 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, as you can see, there's a lot of activity happening behind me. more than 30 hours after

this attack happened and a missile hit the top section of this block of flats up to four o'clock in the morning when residents were still sleeping he the section collapsed and some residents were trapped under the rubble and the authorities here, the emergency workers are saying that they are still based search and rescue operation under way that will see 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 i think this gives you an idea of the scale of the destruction caused by this missile attack yesterday. 23 people have been killed here injust minutes 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 is

said that it was... there was a realistic possibility that russia was attempting to intercept ukrainian reserve units and military supplies that had 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 was happening as the ukrainians are preparing a counteroffensive to try to take back territory that's now under occupation so perhaps this is an indication of how russia is likely to respond to any ukrainian advance. ., �* .,. ., some hospital bosses have warned that tomorrow's strike by nurses in england could be a significant risk to safety. members of the royal college of nursing are walking out from eight o'clock until midnight on monday. the union insists it is engaging with hospitals to ensure safe staffing levels. 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. simonjones has this report. at the royal preston hospital, they're preparing for a challenging bank holiday weekend. members of the rcn are set to walk out tomorrow and, for the first time, this will include nurses in emergency departments, intensive care units, and those working in cancer care at affected hospitals. with emergency departments, we can't... no—one plans to have an accident. no—one plans to become unwell and it's really unpredictable. so, whether it's daytime, night—time, people are still going to come in. rcn members rejected a 5% pay offer, plus a one—off payment. some other unions, though, have voted to accept the deal. nhs bosses say the walk—out means staffing levels in parts

of the country will be exceptionally low during an already stretched weekend. critical care will be prioritised. some of the things we want to do in the health service we won't be able to do, and we are a health service that is always running on hot. you know, we always run on full capacity so, if you take capacity out even for a day, then it has knock—on effects. here at great 0rmond street hospital for children in london, managers yesterday declared an incident to flag up they had serious concerns about ensuring patient safety during the strike. the rcn said it quickly agreed that some of its members could turn up for work during the action. the hospital says it's grateful. the rcn insists patients won't be abandoned. those really acute and critical services are included in the strike this time round. we have agreed, in the royal college of nursing, a range of critical safety exemptions within those services. we've been working for two weeks now

with nhs england to ensure that those exemptions are put in place. the strike is shorter than planned, after the high court ruled continuing it into tuesday would be unlawful as the mandate had run out. the government says any action is unnecessary as nurses have been the government says any action is unnecessary as nurses have been offered a "fair and reasonable" deal. simon jones, bbc news. the polish government has seized control of a school, used to teach the children of russian diplomats. the building is close to the russian embassy in warsaw, and has been the subject of legal battles for the past year. the polish government insists it belongs to the warsaw municipality, but russia argues that taking it over infringes international rules of diplomacy. russia's ambassador said there'd be a response to poland's actions.

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 0fsted banners and branding from their premises. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. ruth perry took her life while waiting for an 0fsted 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 headteachers. ruth and i were both pupils at caversham primary school ourself in the 1970s 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 0fsted 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 0fsted branding, headteachers to stop working as inspectors. so please stand up for ruth. stand up for yourselves and each other. stand up to 0fsted. speak out. take down your banners. hand in your badges. 0fsted must be reformed. thank you. applause here from headteachers, but 0fsted says it's standing by the inspection and judgement of caversham primary. what happened here has prompted

others to take a stand. this school in cambridge has begun a legal challenge to 0fsted. the head teacher has said she, too, was left feeling suicidal. the school claims inspectors didn't follow proper process. 0fsted says it completely refutes these allegations. it's incredibly difficult for schools to challenge 0fsted'sjudgment. one of the main reasons is they don't get to see the evidence behind it. that goes straight from the inspectors to 0fsted and it's never shared. the government has said 0fsted inspections are vital for parents. the labour party that it would replace one—word judgments with a scorecard. branwynjeffreys, bbc news. the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, has appeared in public for the first time since he became ill during a live television programme on tuesday evening. he has been captured speaking it his party's he has been captured speaking it his pa rty�*s valley at he has been captured speaking it his party's valley at the turn of is in there on the west coast. this followed reports that he appeared unwell during the live television

interview on tuesday. it raised concerns after he cancelled camping trips for two days in a row. the 69—year—old is seeking to extend his will be on 20 years in the may 2014 —— may 14 presidential election and is expected to face his biggest opposition threat since coming to power. a group of afghan women protested in kabul on saturday, defying a crackdown on dissent. they are urging foreign nations not to formally recognise the taliban government ahead of a un summit next week. the united nations says it will discuss a "durable way forward" for the country a summit in doha. no nation has yet acknowledged the government as legitimate since the taliban returned to power after us forces withdrew from afghanistan in 2021. 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. 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. 0ur correspondent nick thorpe has been following the pope's visit. 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. the city has been working hard to welcome them. here's our lgbt and identity correspondent, lauren moss. ——jack —— jack lamport has been talking to some soldiers in ukraine. these soldiers have been putting their lives on the line, defending their country against russia. but away from the grueling pressures of war, for some,

there's much—needed light relief around the corner. we are looking forward to see ukraine perform in eurovision this year. alexander and antonina have been together for nine years. they were theater directors in kyiv, but signed up as soldiers soon after russia invaded. i hope that our commander and our fellow soldiers from our platoon will watch with us. we are going to try to spread eurovision spirit among our platoon. although in the army, they have experienced some name—calling, the soldiers have found that being out is easier than they expected. we were pleasantly surprised. pavlo and vladislav, another couple, joined the army two years ago. you're soldiers risking your lives on the front line, defending your country. why does eurovision matter to you? translation: it's a message to the whole world _

that despite the war, we can still show our creativity. and it's also a message to russia — no matter how the war is going, we still have a fighting spirit and it doesn't break us and we will never fall to our knees. sophia, who's living with a host family in london, has been coordinating aid for lgbt soldiers. now, she's come to liverpool to help launch a number of events in the city ahead of eurovision. is ukraine going to win again? ukraine has already won, because even during the war, ukraine can send their participants and their singers to participate in eurovision. they include a parade and a space here at liverpool's lush that's staying open throughout the song contest. this exhibition is showcasing video and photography of lgbt people during the war in ukraine. and it gives us a snapshot of what life's been like. so although ukraine can't host, its people in all their diversity...

..are very much at the heart of what's unfolding in liverpool. jack lamport, bbc news. to the us next where a 13—year—old school boy is being hailed a hero after this happened. 66 michigan students were on their school bus when as you can see the driver passes out. and loses control. 13—year—old dillion reeves steps in. he was sitting about five rows back and saw what happened. he leapt from his seat and managed to grab hold of the wheel and put his foot on the brake, bringing the bus to a stop safely. his parents said they were shocked when the police called them.

not many 13—year—olds would be able to do that, i would imagine! this is bbc news. hello. for many parts of the uk spring warmth arrive just in time for the bank holiday weekend, but that wasn't the case everywhere. there were parts of north—east england and scotland that got stuck with a lot of cloud, some rain and chilly feel and even where the sun did shine some big showers developed in through the rest of the week and we will continue to see those heavy showers but also some spells in warm sunshine and this is the satellite picture from early on and you can see that field

of cloud across parts of north—east england and scotland and then more cloud gathering out in the atlantic and then as that feeds its way eastwards as we head through the night it will bring a band of showers across many parts of the uk. ahead of that, there could well be some areas of mist and fog. little bit chilly in other parts of east anglia, maybe up to 3—4 degrees or colder in shetland to the lerwick 10 degrees for belfast so i'll start to sunday. through the day tomorrow will see this band of cloud and rain pushed its way eastwards. more significant rain likely to develop over time across the northern isles. brightening but also scattering of heavy and thundery showers. staying dry across east anglia and the south—east, highest images up to 18—19 but a bit less chilly than it was today in parts of north—east england and scotland. now, as we head on into bank holiday monday we will see a couple of different weather systems, this one bringing some showers early on into eastern parts of england.

theree's also a weak cold front up towards the north of scotland. that'll sink southwards. bringing patchy rain to southern scotland and north—east england and wind following behind so a slightly chillier feel and temperatures around 8 degrees and 11 for aberdeen and further south 18— — 19 for south wales and southern england. as we head into tuesday, high pressure builds and that will give dry weather for most of us on tuesday and wednesday and we see frontal systems approaching from the south—west, threatening to turn things a bit more unsettled as we head into next weekend which is, of course, another bank holiday weekend. so, actually, a fair amount of dry weather through the first that we will see some outbreaks of rain, and, also, a brisk wind.

fighting has continued in parts of the sudanese capital with reports of fighterjets the sudanese capital with reports of fighter jets targeting the sudanese capital with reports of fighterjets targeting positions held by the rebel are sf. there are shortages of food, water and fuel in the capital. police in texas say five people, including nhl child, have been killed after shooting in our house. the local sheriff's of the save the suspected gunman is armed with a rifle and still on the loose. —— an eight—year—old boy. a fire caused in crimea was caused by a attack.

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