live from washington, this is bbc news. the british foreign office has confirmed the final evacuation flight from sudan will leave tonight. cbs news affiliate reports suspected gunman, francisco oropeza, is on the run after at least five people were killed at a home in san jacinto county texas. and with just a week to go until the coronation, it is revealed that the public will be asked to swear allegiance to king charles. we start in sudan where the uk's final evacuation flight is due to depart, according to the foreign office, confirming the move today and saying that they have flown out nearly 1900

people since tuesday. it comes as sudan's former prime minister, abdalla hamdok, warned that the conflict would be a mayor conflict for the world if it continues and could become worse than those in syria and libya. this is khartoum earlier. the ceasefire between warring generals in sudan has been repeatedly violated and the army now says it is launching a large—scale attack on the capital. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. hello, everyone, we have just landed at stansted london airport. for dr abdulrahman babiker, a welcome return to british soil — a return that almost didn't happen. thank you to the government for helping this and facilitating for us getting the guidance for the nhs doctors. by sea and air, others are following. thousands of foreign nationals fleeing anyway they can. port sudan on the red sea fast becoming a major hub. in the capital khartoum, the ceasefire seems precarious with the army warning people to stay indoors while

it deploys tanks. this was the day britain's air evacuation drew to a close. the evacuations have been extremely successful but we can't stay there for ever in such dangerous circumstances. we are looking at every single option to help british citizens who are caught up in this terrible crisis. but what about siddique mohamed? this exodus will go on for some time. doctors without borders have reported that a teaching hospital in bristol for has been affected by the fighting with parts of the hospital looted. we can cross over now to the executive director of msf, thank you for taking the time to be with us this

evening. i understand your teams are still there on the ground. just describe to us what therei are experiencing, what therei are experiencing, what they are dealing with there. ~ , ., , there. well, it is actually difficult. _ there. well, it is actually difficult, depending - there. well, it is actually difficult, depending on . there. well, it is actually - difficult, depending on where you are in the country, so from what i understand, there are parts of dofor in the south, various other locations that are not as directly affected by the fighting as we have seen in other places where the hospital has come under attack, been looted, burned, this is an incredibly important referral hospital where one would have referred severely wounded patients and so under the circumstances it is just impossible for the medical community in situations like that to be able to provide the assistance that is absolutely life—saving and essential in a complex and where you've got people coming in with severe injuries, shrapnel wounds, gunshot wounds, all the things you can imagine and so time is

of the essence to be able to treat them and the hospital coming under attack like this, it is unacceptable. == coming under attack like this, it is unacceptable.— it is unacceptable. -- touch a little more — it is unacceptable. -- touch a little more on _ it is unacceptable. -- touch a little more on what _ it is unacceptable. -- touch a little more on what has - it is unacceptable. -- touch a little more on what has been | little more on what has been looted and what has been taken by home, and to what volume and, what impact this has had. you say it is making difficult for people to be treated. yes, so the hospitals _ for people to be treated. yes, so the hospitals that - for people to be treated. yes, so the hospitals that are - so the hospitals that are coming under attack, and this is something that has been a feature of this conflict since it began, is that whether it is in khartoum or parts of darfur, you've got these hospitals, even at one of our own warehouses that was full of medical supplies, was completely looted. and so when you loot the medical supplies, the surgical equipment, or the life—saving medical equipment, for whatever purposes, whether it is to resell it on the market, to destroy it, it means

that the hospital is barely functional. even if staff are able to return to the medical wards, they don't have the supplies necessary to be able to treat people, you can imagine that somebody comes in for surgery and you don't have any anaesthesia, you don't have the tools necessary to be able to treat them, and usually when these things happen, the attacks happen, medical staff file. it is absolutely usual and you can expect that the patients, also as much as they are able to move themselves with their families and caregivers, they all safely, so the whole place just becomes rife for ransacking, more looting, burning and so it takes some time before you can even go back and assess what has been taken, what has been destroyed, what needs to be replaced or repaired. i understand we have a sound bite, quote from one of the aid workers after the looting at one of those hospitals, want to take a listen to it and i want

to ask you about it. figs take a listen to it and i want to ask you about it.- take a listen to it and i want to ask you about it. as we were cominu to ask you about it. as we were coming from — to ask you about it. as we were coming from the _ to ask you about it. as we were coming from the hospital- to ask you about it. as we were coming from the hospital to - to ask you about it. as we were | coming from the hospital to the guesthouses, the city was full of people, children coming from school, and other people and everyone trying to run for their life. i really felt i was running away from hospital, and even the mothers and children... we can hear that that description of essentially hospital being stripped of all the things that it needs to function, and even if people are not casualties of this war, i think it is worth pointing out in humanitarian crises as you know is that in a certain way, life goes on, cancer patients still need treatment, diabetic still need insulin, women are still giving birth,

give us trash talk to us about the impact on the whole health system we are seeing in this country. system we are seeing in this count . , , ., system we are seeing in this count . , system we are seeing in this count. , ., country. yes, you can always exect country. yes, you can always expect this — country. yes, you can always expect this situation - country. yes, you can always expect this situation like - expect this situation like that, they have a secondary impact of the war, and there will be debts as a result of that, just imagine a woman with a complex obstetrical emergency, you've got children in a neonatal ward in who are in a neonatal ward in who are in to imagine and not everyone can flee either, there will be often circumstances where some people are just unable to flee or they didn't have a caregiver with them, there was no one to assist them, everyone else was overwhelmed, when a hospital comes under attack with fire, there is smoke, there is kalle's, there is screaming, and so that we sell quite

acutely in places were routinely attacked, targeted for attack, and so people end “p for attack, and so people end up dying and becoming, camilo, suffering greatlyjust because they lack access. and it is one of the reasons humanitarian locals upon the work of the medical structure, locals upon the work of the medicalstructure, even locals upon the work of the medical structure, even of ambulances, of anyone trying to access a hospital, they should have the right to be able to access care and so we are calling on all parties to this conflict to be able to respect that the hospitals, the facilities, the clinics, the abilities and the people seeking medical attention have a right to be able to access it and to be able to function properly for the medical community to work safely. you are told about _ community to work safely. you are told about the _ community to work safely. you are told about the protections afforded under the geneva convention and times of conflict. we know that aid workers have already been

killed in this conflict which has fled so quickly and as such some have disbanded their operations, i know your team is still there on the ground but i am sure you are speaking to others in the humanitarian community, working together, coordinating with agencies, is there any plans to get more aid into sudan right now?— into sudan right now? yes, without a — into sudan right now? yes, without a doubt. _ into sudan right now? yes, without a doubt. this - into sudan right now? yes, without a doubt. this is - into sudan right now? yes, i without a doubt. this is what we are working on and as soon as there is a possibility to work safely and to bring people and staff, the equipment and supplies in, we will be doing so. in a circumstance like this, you know that the suffering is great and yes, they will be a lot of people fleeing, they will be trying to reach whatever safe haven they can find within the country, many are going to be crossing borders, but the majority will likely be stayed behind and they are going to need emergency assistance, humanitarian assistance, so everything we can do is being done to prepare for that so while we do still have teams on the ground that are able to

work in some locations, there are some parts of the country that are calmer than the places that are calmer than the places that have specifically flared up. we can use those locations to be able to rebuild our capacity, hopefully bring in more supplies and staff when the time comes so that we can respond fully and with all the effort that we can pull together. effort that we can pull together-— effort that we can pull touether. . . ., ., together. executive director of msf, bringing _ together. executive director of msf, bringing us— together. executive director of msf, bringing us up— together. executive director of msf, bringing us up to - together. executive director of msf, bringing us up to date i msf, bringing us up to date with what people on the ground are experiencing as well, thank you so much. there has been another mass shooting in the us, the state of texas, five people are reportedly dead including an eight—year—old after a man opened fire his neighbours. it reportedly occurred after the victims asked the suspect to stop shooting in their front yard while they were trying to put a baby to sleep. a manhunt is on going for the suspect, he

is on going for the suspect, he is 38 years old and believed to be mexican. police what he is still on the run and is thought to be armed. the fbi has given this update in the past few minutes we consider him armed and dangerous and we are not going to stop until we put him into custody. he going to stop until we put him into custody.— into custody. he is out there and he's _ into custody. he is out there and he's a — into custody. he is out there and he's a threat _ into custody. he is out there and he's a threat to - into custody. he is out there and he's a threat to the - and he's a threat to the community so don't want anyone to think that he is something different than that, he's a threat to the community and many of the committee was not helped to hopefully locating soon and taking up the streets tonight. soon and taking up the streets toniiht. �* ., . , soon and taking up the streets toniiht. . ., ., , tonight. additionally, san jacinto county _ tonight. additionally, san jacinto county sheriff- tonight. additionally, san l jacinto county sheriff talked to the media about the suspect�*s potential whereabouts. suspect's potential whereabouts.- suspect's potential whereabouts. , whereabouts. he could be anywhere _ whereabouts. he could be anywhere now, _ whereabouts. he could be anywhere now, he - whereabouts. he could bej anywhere now, he located whereabouts. he could be - anywhere now, he located trash we located the device we were looking for, found it abounded, there were articles of clothing —— clothing laying around. the

department of corrections dog picked up the scent. so, at this time, the area has went from five or six square miles, it could be as much as ten or 20, depending on whether he crossed the line. north korean state media have reported that kim john young has said the nuclear deterrent should be brought to perfection. the us agreed to deploy nuclear submarines to south korea and its nuclear planning to counter nuclear threats from that know. in return, they agreed not to develop weapons. tonight, the us has accused china of provoking unsafe conduct in the south china sea, following a

dip and attempt by a chinese ship to block a philippine boat in disputed waters, closely avoiding a collision. we can speak to the us ambassador to south korea 2021. welcome to the programme, sir, thank you for being with us. he had that criticism there from the sister of kimjong—un, do criticism there from the sister of kim jong—un, do you criticism there from the sister of kimjong—un, do you think that move from the notice states under the washington declaration to essentially move submarines to south korea, nuclear submarines, submarines to south korea, nuclearsubmarines, i submarines to south korea, nuclear submarines, i should say, could further raise tensions between the south and north korea. it tensions between the south and north korea-— north korea. it is good to be with from — north korea. it is good to be with you. let _ north korea. it is good to be with you. let me _ north korea. it is good to be with you. let me just - north korea. it is good to be i with you. let me just beginning iiy with you. let me just beginning by saying that i find it ironic that north korea would characterise a furthering of the alliance between the us and south korea as somehow increasing tensions on the peninsula. it is north korea thatis peninsula. it is north korea that is the source of the tension that we see and feel on

the peninsula today. the washington declaration, this agreement at your talk about, is significant, and is not about bringing it korea nuclear power, ballistic missile submarines, which is what is it about, but it is also and more importantly about the insurers that president biden gave to the president of south korea of our extended nuclear deterrence, that we were to extend the capability to south korea. ., extend the capability to south korea. . . ,, ., . extend the capability to south korea. . ., korea. that assurance was made but it was _ korea. that assurance was made but it was coming _ korea. that assurance was made but it was coming at _ korea. that assurance was made but it was coming at a _ korea. that assurance was made but it was coming at a time - but it was coming at a time when domestically in south korea, some people were beginning to raise the spectre of doubt about the united states commitment when it comes to nuclear deterrence. ijust wonder, do you think that this could lead to the potential of south korea developing its own nuclear weapons? south korea developing its own nuclearweapons? some south korea developing its own nuclear weapons? some people are asking for that.— are asking for that. sure, well, are asking for that. sure, well. every _ are asking for that. sure, well, every country - are asking for that. sure, well, every country has i are asking for that. sure, |

well, every country has to are asking for that. sure, - well, every country has to make its own sovereign decisions regarding self defence. but in this case, as you stated, there is a majority of the people who were polled in south korea calling for its own independent nuclear capability. i think that number is up to 7075% of polled support south korea developing its own nuclear weapons. that is one of the issues and one of the reasons behind the washington declaration. the united states has extended its nuclear capability to our key ally, south korea. there is some doubt in south korea whether the us could be trusted, whether the us has south korea's back, if you will. so the washington declaration does a long way, in my opinion, to underscore america's commitment to extend nuclear deterrence to south korea. and part of the washington declaration is the

assurance that south korea will follow the tenants of the nuclear none for a federation treaty which is is a signatory. i believe is an outcome of this, the us has emphasised and assured south korea of our extended nuclear deterrence to them and south korea has assured us and the world really that it won't go toward an independent nuclear capability independent nuclear capability in keeping with the non—proliferation treaty. 50. non-proliferation treaty. so, that declaration _ non—proliferation treaty. so, that declaration was signed, it was a significant moment this past week butjust was a significant moment this past week but just to use was a significant moment this past week butjust to use your phrase, you said about the united states have a south korea's back, i want to touch on that because when it comes to taiwan for example there has been a to pelagic shovelling in recent months but do you think it is clear enough that from the biden administration from washington as to whether the united states has taiwan's back, exactly what washington would do if china did make up move on taiwan?—

move on taiwan? well, our oli move on taiwan? well, our policy in — move on taiwan? well, our policy in taiwan _ move on taiwan? well, our policy in taiwan remains . move on taiwan? well, our| policy in taiwan remains one move on taiwan? well, our - policy in taiwan remains one of strategic ambiguity. president biden has stated no less than four times since he has become president that the us would defend taiwan in case of an attack on taiwan by the people's republic of china. you can't get more skosan the president of the us saying something again and again and again. —— you can't get more assurance than the president. only time will tell.— only time will tell. only time will tell. only time will tell. only time will tell- i — only time will tell. only time will tell. i want _ only time will tell. only time will tell. i want to _ only time will tell. only time will tell. i want to ask - only time will tell. only time will tell. i want to ask you, . will tell. i want to ask you, though, at a time when so much of the west bandwidth is taken up of the west bandwidth is taken up with ukraine, do you think we fully know how exactly the united states would come to the defence of taiwan?— defence of taiwan? well, i believe what _ defence of taiwan? well, i believe what my _ defence of taiwan? well, i believe what my president| defence of taiwan? well, i - believe what my president says, and he has said that we would defend taiwan. i also think

that great powers like the united states and great britain and others can walk and chew gum at the same time. so we can be focused on ukraine and provide support and give our attention to that conflict. at the same time, we can be concerned and still meet our obligations and our treaty obligations and our treaty obligations to our friends, allies, and partners in the indo—pacific and elsewhere. former us ambassador to south korea, thank you for coming on. to some other stories now and the turkish president is back on the campaign trail after appearing to fall ill during a live tv interview this week. he has showed no signs of poor health as a political rally on saturday, speaking from nearly 40 saturday, speaking from nearly a0 minutes. he is slightly behind his main rival in opinion polls ahead of next month of the general election.

the polish government has seized control of the 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. a group of afghan women protested in kabul on saturday, defying a crackdown on dissent, they are urging foreign nationals not to formally recognise the taliban government ahead of a un summit last week —— next week. the un says it will discuss a chewable way forward for the country at a summit in doha. here in washington, the white out correspondents dinner will get under way in little over an hour. thousands of guests including journalists and politicians gathered together in support of freedom of the press. we will hear later from joe biden. hosting the event is a comedian from the daily show,

why would junior, he's seen here talking to press ahead of his hosting debut. the issue of press freedom is of particular importance this year and among the expected attendees is the of evan gershkovich. the wall streetjournal reporter remains street journal reporter remains imprisoned streetjournal reporter remains imprisoned in russia after he was detained in march and charged with spying, despite strong denials from the us government and the wall street journal newspaper sl. other guests include wnba star brittney griner, it comes four months after she was released from detainment in russia where she had beenjailed on drugs charges. we can show you some live pictures of arrivals at their dinner. this is at the washington hilton hotel, there you can see the us secretary of state in that picture, antony blinken, right in the centre of the frame, also some of his, some cnn journalists as well

gathering. and we are expecting many other journalists, gathering. and we are expecting many otherjournalists, actors and celebrities along with politicians also to attend. we'll stay in his live pictures but earlier i spoke tojill abramson from the new york times to get her perspective on the event. i understand that new york times journalist do not attend this dinner, why is that? because we felt, there senior editors at the times, that the party and the dinner had become kind of an unseemly display ofjournalists paddling around with, you know, theirfamous and prominent guests, and that it created an appearance that was, you know, distasteful to the public.

journalists are supposed to remain independent from the people they cover and, you know, here they are sort of asking a favour of powerful people in washington, to come and be their impressive date at these parties that are held there. may i ask you, was there a crystallising moment or an example that you can give that made you feel like that? no, but i think we stopped going on about 2000 or even 1999. there wasn't really. but i know, you know, that i had gone to similar annual dinners in washington and certainly around their break out of the war in iraq and immediate aftermath of 9/11, there was this spirit of washington, the spirit in washington was very much in display at these gala dinners

ofjournalists being, you know, aligned with the government, in the fight against our quote unquote enemies. and that felt, you know, the wrong, the wrong portrait to be sending to the world as well, at least to me. right, jill, but if we are talking about optics, others might argue that essentially this is a moment to celebrate a free press in a country that has a free press, off the back of a time when the former president donald trump had called journalists at one point the enemy of the people. yes. there is truth to that. i certainly have been a fighter for freedom of the press for as long as i have been a working journalist and certainly when i was executive editor of the times as well, but i think

there are other ways for journalists who both cherish and show they are love and importance for the first amendment, which is what protects freedom of the press, other than getting in black tie and dresses and, you know, hanging around with movie stars and the like. than this kind of dinner. i am glad brittney griner is going, i think it is perfectly appropriate. i know both the journalist and the officials at the dinner will demand the freedom of the wall streetjournal�*s reporter, and unfairly and inhumanely detained in russia, so those are all good things. it is not like you know, my feelings about the dinner are vehement

and i want it shut down. it isjust that at a certain point i didn't think it was the most appropriate way to... ..to showboat the strengths, the independents, and the freedom of the press. we are looking at life pictures of the washington hilton hotel by people are gathering for the annual white house correspondents dinner. on the carpet we had seen politicians with journalists coming together, including the wife earthly kremlin critic alexis navalny who remains in russia in a penal colony. along with kim kardashian and the us

secretary of state antony blinken. we will bring you more from that dinner in the address from that dinner in the address from the us presidentjoe biden here on bbc news. i'm helena humphrey, thanks for your company, see you soon. hello. on saturday, the temperature reached 20 degrees celsius in a few locations across the uk. but in northern england and parts of scotland it felt chilly. sunday will feel a little warmer in these areas, but we are expecting some showers. and if we have a look at the satellite picture, there is a lot of cloud lurking around the uk. you can see it here, particularly around western areas. but the air is coming in from the south. it's a relatively mild air mass. this is what that yellow colour is indicating. so a milder current of air all the way from the southern climes. here's the forecast. then for the early hours, an extensive cloud with showers right from the word go, not necessarily in east anglia

and the southeast here. we will have had clear spells overnight. it's also going to be a little bit colder in london and norwich, for example, around four orfive, six degrees, but plenty of cloud and showers through the morning into the afternoon. let's have a look at a snapshot at two p:m.. so across scotland, you can see where the showers are in the western isles, some in central scotland, a few in the lowlands. thunderstorms possible in the afternoon across northern ireland, even some downpours, showers around merseyside into lancashire, parts of wales, the south west of england and one or two showers brewing elsewhere. but notice the extreme south east, east anglia and lincolnshire, actually some sunshine here, a dry day, the highest temperatures, too. and look how much warmer it's going to be across northern england and parts of scotland. the lower temperatures will actually be out towards the west and the south west here where we will have extensive cloud and the showers and that cloud lingers into sunday evening. let's have a look at bank holiday monday now. so through the night into monday, weather fronts across the uk, but we are fairly close

to high pressure out towards the south west here. so a pretty decent day. we could have some showers in the south east on bank holiday monday. also notice that the wind arrow is the air is coming in from the north across the far north of scotland. so really chilly in lerwick, six degrees around eight degrees in stornoway but in glasgow it's 15 in the midlands around 16 degrees celsius. so all in all, not a bad bank holiday monday on the way and then midweek, high pressure is close by and that basically means settled dry weather and that's reflected in the outlook. you can see wednesday and thursday there, sunny skies for cardiff and also for london. that's it for me. have a great sunday.

hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to this special edition of talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go take a look at what's on the show. i'm here in rabat — it's the capital of morocco — to look at this country's potential to solve europe's energy crisis. this north african country is making the most of its abundant sunshine and wind to lead the way in renewable energy.

but the question is, can morocco turn itself around from being dependent on, well, this, imported fossil