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live from washington, this is bbc news. the british foreign office has confirmed the final evacuation flight from sudan will leave tonight. a manhunt is under way after five people were killed at a home in texas. and withjust five people were killed at a home in texas. and with just a week to go into the coronation it is revealed 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
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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
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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. this exodus will go on for some time. but what about siddique mohamed? doctors without borders have reported that a teaching hospital in darfur has been affected. spoke to the executive director. thank you for taking the time to be with us. i understand that your
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teams are still there on the ground. just ascribe to us what they are experiencing, what they are experiencing, what they are experiencing, what they are dealing with air. well, it is extremely difficult depending on where you are in the country so, from what i understand, there are parts of da for and other locations that are not as directly affected as we have seen in other places where the hospitals come under attack, been looted, parts of it have been burned. this is an incredibly important referral hospital where one would refer severely wounded patients and so, under the circumstances, severely wounded patients and so, underthe circumstances, it isjust so, underthe 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 conflict zone where you've got people coming in with severe injuries, shrapnel wounds, gunshot
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wounds, all the things you can imagine. and so time is of the essence to be able to treat them with a hospital coming under attack like this, it is just unacceptable. absolutely. just little bit _ just unacceptable. absolutely. just little bit more _ just unacceptable. absolutely. just little bit more on - just unacceptable. absolutely. just little bit more on what - just little bit more on what has been taken, what has been looted. by whom, do we know? and what volume and what impact does this happen? you are saying it is making it difficult for people to be treated, if i understand correctly? you make yes. the hospitals are coming under attack and this is something that has been a feature of this conflict since it began. whether it is in khartoum or parts of da rfur whether it is in khartoum or parts of darfur you've got these hospitals, even one of our own houses that was full of medical supplies was completely looted and so when you loot the medical supplies, the surgical equipment, although life—saving medical equipment for whatever purposes, whether it is to resell it on the market, to
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destroy it, it means that the hospital is barely functional. evenif 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 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, the medical staff flee. it is absolutely usual and you can expect that the patients also, as much as they're able to move themselves with their families or caregivers, they also flee and so the whole place just becomes ripe for ransacking, more looting, more burning and it takes some time before you can even go back and assess what has been taken, what has been destroyed, what needs to be repaired. destroyed, what needs to be re aired. �* destroyed, what needs to be reaired. �* ., ., ., ,, repaired. been another mass shootin: repaired. been another mass shooting in — repaired. been another mass shooting in the _ repaired. been another mass shooting in the united - repaired. been another mass| shooting in the united states.
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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 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 is out there and he's a threat to the community so i 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. additionally, sanjacinto county sheriff talked to the media about the suspect�*s potential whereabouts.
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he could be anywhere now, he located trash we located the device we were looking for, found it abanded, there were articles of clothing laying around. the department of corrections dog picked up the scent and then lost it in the water ir whatever. 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. joe biden has arrived here in washington to the dinner which is getting under way. you can see him leg taking to the stage and the washington hilton hotel, we can see there. it is packed out with journalists, celebrities and it is being
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hosted by a correspondence from the daily show and it is a who's who of who is here in washington and we can see it getting under way now. and you can see in the white dress, the white house press secretary. we have been seeing arrivals all evening in fact from people including the wife of the imprisoned kremlin critic aleksei navalny and we have seen some of the opening addresses as people start to gather and sit down for this dinner of course which will have speeches, speech from the us presidentjoe biden, which is expected to take on the serious topic of press freedom this year particularly at a time when the wall street journalist reporter is
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currently in prison in russia on charges of spying. charges which the united states in a newspaper deny. course, traditionally, at this event, there are also more light—hearted speeches and we expect that to come from the correspondent and comedian on the daily show who is likely to indulge the audience in some satire as well. we indulge the audience in some satire as well.— satire as well. we have more than 600 _ satire as well. we have more than 600 hard-working - than 600 ha rd—working journalists than 600 hard—working journalists covering the white house day in and day out. and i want to take a moment to thank the people that you see sitting here with me upon the stage. and we will bring you more on the us president's speech once he has delivered it there at the washington hilton here in washington, dc. let's move on now and russia says that a huge blaze has been caused by a drone strike. the governor said a fuel
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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 it is 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. hugo bachega is in uman with the latest. 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 after four o'clock in the morning, so residents were still sleeping here. this section collapsed and some of the residents were trapped under the rubble. and authorities here,
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the emergency workers are saying that there's still a search and rescue operation under way. we've 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 i think this, you know, gives you an idea of the scale of the destruction caused by this missile attack yesterday. now, 23 people has been killed here and just 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 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 on that
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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 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. union insists it is engaging with hospitals to ensure safe staffing levels. health workers represented by unite have also rejected the same pay deal and say they will escalate industrial action. the gmb union which represents ambulance workers, some nurses, porters, and radiographers have accepted an nhs payoff 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
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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. 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,
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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 offered a "fair and reasonable" deal. simon jones, bbc news.
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we are going to take a moment to focus our coverage on one particular part on the globe so let's take a look at latin america and check out several stories from brazil, paraguay and columbia and to do so i am joined by phoebe, the bbc�*s latin america regional editor. great to see. let's talk brazil. what is the latest about access to the messaging app about access to the messaging app telegram? you make today an appeals court in brazil lifted appeals court in brazil lifted a temporary suspension in the messaging app telegram. 0n messaging app telegram. on wednesday, last week, a temporary suspension had been put in place following telegram's failure to cooperate with brazil's federal police but the judge today and the appeals court said that this is
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in breach of peoples right to communicate. telegrams are very popular app in brazil. millions of people use it. it is like whatsapp. to chat to their family, chat to their friends. but this has to do with telegram not giving information to the federal police over investigations into neo—nazi groups in the country. these groups in the country. these groups which have been found to be using anti—semitic language have been deemed to be encouraging a spate of horrific attacks that we have seen in schools in brazil and people who been alleged to be carrying out these attacks have often been found to be members of these groups. thejudge did left to the temporary suspension but he did keep in place a daily fine of nearly $200,000 daily for the telegram app. telegram is an app that prides itself on its security and this isn't the first time that a messaging app has come into conflict with the brazilian courts handing information over to the authorities. we in 2015 with whatsapp and fake news during the run—up to the elections.
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meanwhile, phoebe, we've got millions heading to the polls in paraguay tomorrow. elections there. what can we expect to see? . , ., there. what can we expect to see? . ., there. what can we expect to see? ., ., ., see? yeah, so about it million --eole see? yeah, so about 4 million peeple are _ see? yeah, so about 4 million people are expected _ see? yeah, so about 4 million people are expected to - see? yeah, so about 4 million people are expected to vote . see? yeah, so about 4 million | people are expected to vote on sunday's elections. it is mandatory to vote in paraguay. the current president can no longer run so the former finance minister is running for the ruling party. that party has been in powerfor nearly eight decades nearly uninterrupted. and, you know, they're not actually the current favourite in the polls. currently the favourite in the polls is a coalition of opposition parties who are challenging the main party and the leader. they are just ahead in the polls but we still don't know what might happen. in any case, it is going to be a tight race. �* ., y .,
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case, it is going to be a tight race. �* ., ,, ., �* case, it is going to be a tight race. �* ., ., �* ., case, it is going to be a tight race. �* ., .,�* ., , race. before you go i'd do 'ust have to ski race. before you go i'd do 'ust have to ask you i race. before you go i'd do 'ust have to ask you about i race. before you go i'd do just have to ask you about one - race. before you go i'd do just i have to ask you about one story that really piqued my interest. the scene that authorities in colombia every issued a warning to evacuate areas close to a volcano. tell us more about that. ., ., , that. so the volcano is considered _ that. so the volcano is considered one - that. so the volcano is considered one of- that. so the volcano is considered one of the | that. so the volcano is - considered one of the most deadly volcanoes. it is in the western part of the country and over the last month there's been an increase in seismic activity. the neighbouring towns have been encouraged to evacuate, within a 15 kilometre radius of one of the creators of this volcano. there's been a bit of resistance from people in the neighbourhood. many people in the neighbourhoods that surround the volcano, many people don't want to leave their livestock, their house is unoccupied and authorities have said, you know, if you don't leave, if there is an eruption, you know, we may have to take the children away from their zones. currently it is an orange alert which means an eruption is imminent in either
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the next days are the next weeks. this volcano was responsible for a devastating tragedy in 1985 25,000 people were killed. the volcano surrounding the area, there is lots of snow. this melts and causes huge mudslides and 1985 and engulfed until now they have a town so there is a lot of focus on this volcano and making sure people evacuate safely. we still don't know when it is going to erupt. it is on current high alerts. know ou will is on current high alerts. know you will be _ is on current high alerts. know you will be closely _ is on current high alerts. know you will be closely monitoring | you will be closely monitoring the situation for us. great to talk to you. thank you. let's return to some uk news now. the stone of scone also known as the stone of destiny has arrived at westminster abbey four from arrived at westminster abbey fourfrom edinburgh arrived at westminster abbey four from edinburgh castle for the coronation of king charles iii next saturday. the stone is an ancient symbol of scotland's monarchy on which kings and queens of britain have been crowned for centuries.
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the united for the coronation. the united for the coronation. the ancient stone, the stone of destiny in which scottish kings were crowned and the ancient throne, the 700—year—old coronation chair which was constructed for edward the first, the english king who seized the stone and brought it to london. the stone was returned to scotland nearly 30 years ago. it has been brought from edinburgh and entrusted to the abbey temporarily. it is committed _ abbey temporarily. it is committed to _ abbey temporarily. it is committed to your - abbey temporarily. it is committed to your care j abbey temporarily. it 3 committed to your care and safekeeping until it is returned after his majesty's coronation. 50 returned after his ma'esty's coronation.�* returned after his ma'esty's coronation. ., , coronation. so many things are bein: coronation. so many things are being made — coronation. so many things are being made ready. _ coronation. so many things are being made ready. these - coronation. so many things are being made ready. these are l being made ready. these are some of the raves that will be worn by the king and queen on the day. for westminster abbey, it is all an operational great
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complexity. getting all those bits lined up and the wonderful bild that is going on, way behind me, because the abbey looks very, very different. that is complex. i5 looks very, very different. that is complex.— that is complex. is it all auoin that is complex. is it all going to _ that is complex. is it all going to be _ that is complex. is it all going to be ready - that is complex. is it all going to be ready on - that is complex. is it all. going to be ready on time? that is complex. is it all- going to be ready on time? it will be, it will be, it is going _ will be, it will be, it is going to _ will be, it will be, it is going to be magnificent. and, at the heart — going to be magnificent. and, at the heart of _ going to be magnificent. and, at the heart of it _ going to be magnificent. and, at the heart of it all, - going to be magnificent. and, at the heart of it all, will- going to be magnificent. and, at the heart of it all, will be . at the heart of it all, will be an ancient slab of stone stone on which kings are said to have been crowned for a thousand years. tonight, more details of the coronation have been released. earlier i spoke to our religion editorfor released. earlier i spoke to our religion editor for more details. thank you so much for joining us. what new details are we learning about the ceremony?— are we learning about the ceremony? are we learning about the ceremon ? ~ ., ., , ceremony? well, there are lots of new details _ ceremony? well, there are lots of new details which _ ceremony? well, there are lots of new details which have - ceremony? well, there are lotsj of new details which have come out of the archbishop of canterbury. there is lots that
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doesn't change over centuries of coronation services but there are some striking changes from the last coronation service in 1953. most notably perhaps one of the things that we talk about is the fact that during the service, notjust people in westminster abbey but everyone watching is going to be asked if they want to participate in this joint swearing of allegiance to the king, to his heirs and his successors. something they're calling a chorus of millions. we also know for the first time the king is going to pray out loud. we know also that there will be hymns sung in languages of britain so in welsh, irish, gaelic and scottish ceilidh. lots of nuggets of differences in what remains, of course, very traditional religious service. b,
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very traditional religious service-— service. a traditional religious _ service. a traditional religious service - service. a traditional religious service but| service. a traditional l religious service but a service. a traditional - religious service but a lot of talk about how the service might try to reflect modern britain. how will the team to do that? ~ ~' ., britain. how will the team to do that? ~ ~ ., ., do that? well, we know that, for the first _ do that? well, we know that, for the first there _ do that? well, we know that, for the first there is - do that? well, we know that, for the first there is going - do that? well, we know that, for the first there is going to | for the first there is going to be participation of non—christian faith leaders both during the service where they will present various bits of regalia to the king but also there will be a sort of faith leaders greeting of the king at the end of the service. we know that the catholic leader of england and wales is going to be involved in a blessing as well. lots of new elements but there has been so much speculation over the years that the coronation oath this would change. that the king would want to change the oath to reflect an aspiration to protect the practice of all faiths and beliefs and notjust the practice of the faith of the practice of the faith of the church of england. all of that, in the end, we now know that, in the end, we now know that the oath is not going to change end and said what is going to happen is that the archbishop of canterbury who is
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leading the service is going to state something to reflect that aspiration but there will be those progressives who will say, look, this is the moment where the king is sort of entering into an oral oath with the nation, with his subjects, and perhaps it should have reflected better that he was going to protect the practices of all faiths. and nevertheless, though, there will be lots of visual differences from coronation gone by, with the participation of these faith leaders. fiur of these faith leaders. our reli . ion of these faith leaders. our religion editor _ of these faith leaders. our religion editor there. - of these faith leaders. 0ur religion editor there. great to talk to you. thank you. here in the us, a 13—year—old schoolboy is being hailed as a hero after this happened. 66 michigan students were on their school bus when, as you can see, the driver here passes out. and what you see next is 13—year—old dylan reeves who
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was sitting five rows back. we saw what happened and he leapt from his seat and he managed to grab hold of the wheel. you can see him there. he put his foot on the brake, managed to bring the bus to a stop safely. the parents said they were shocked when the police called them. they said, no, no, yourson is a hero. they said, no, no, your son is a hero. ., ., 4' a hero. to do something like this 'ust a hero. to do something like this just fills _ a hero. to do something like this just fills my _ a hero. to do something like thisjust fills my heart. - a hero. to do something like thisjust fills my heart. it - thisjust fills my heart. it makes _ thisjust fills my heart. it makes my heart skip a beat to even _ makes my heart skip a beat to even watch that video. i asked him, _ even watch that video. i asked him. how— even watch that video. i asked him, how did you know what to do? _ him, how did you know what to do? how— him, how did you know what to do? how did know how to drive that bus — do? how did know how to drive that bus and he said, i watched you do— that bus and he said, i watched you do it — that bus and he said, i watched you do it every day.— you do it every day. what an insoiring _ you do it every day. what an insoiring young _ you do it every day. what an inspiring young man. - you do it every day. what an inspiring young man. stay i you do it every day. what an i inspiring young man. stay with us here on bbc news. we have plenty more at the top of the hour and you can head to our website. thanks for your company. i will see you soon.
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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 2pm. 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
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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 arrows is, 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.
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