dollar executives multi—million dollar executives reducing their salaries within these organisations. now, how do we fix this? i don't know, i'm a comedian. it's not myjob to have the solution, that's our you is very important. my mother is here tonight. applause. she is furious right now because i am trying to put her on camera but my mother was part of black student protesters fighting for equality at delta state university. that was a dangerous time, but those types of incidents were covered by local reporters and some of the shame that came from the national embarrassment by treating people inhumanely is part of the pressure that

helped create the change. what would have become of my mother if a localjournalist would have become of my mother if a local journalist wasn't there to tell the story? and now, it is no different. but thankfully my mother's story was told, she got to complete her degree at delta state, then got another degree and has worked as an educator and administrator. one of those many black colleges needed more funding. to my mum, i say thank you for everything you have done for me and for helping countless students in birmingham have the opportunity to see a college degree and to see an opportunity to grow. applause.

my my mother's journey may not have begun if not for brave journalists who chose to chronicle history in real time. i don't know how to ever repay my mum for what she's done for me and what she has done for so many people in alabama. just now, if a white billionaire call you and offer to buy your house, please sell it. because i might want to become nft. thank you all so much, night. applause. you are watching bbc news. we have been watching speeches delivered at the white house correspondence dinner in washington. there, you can see

roy wood junior, the correspondent and comedian from the daily show he delivered that speech and us president joe biden, who hasjust delivered his speech. watching that address is our correspondent and he has been watching for most of the night and is in the studio. what we just heard the from president biden to start off with, same journalism is not a crime. we can take a listen to one of the main parts of his speech. fix, main parts of his speech. free press is a teller, maybe the pillar of a free society, not the enemy. thomas jefferson wrote... applause. thomasjefferson wrote, if it were left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a

government, i should or newspapers without a government, ishould not hesitate to prefer the latter. as i have told you in person, we, notjust me, we all stand ready. everwant we, notjust me, we all stand ready. ever want to report russia, to shed light on the darkness that you all escaped from years ago, absolute courage. the handwritten letter from the president to his family, he wrote, i am from the president to his family, he wrote, iam not losing hope. in an interview... applause. his mum said, one of the american qualities that we absorbed is to be optimistic. that is where we stand right now. forthe that is where we stand right now. for the entire family, everyone in this hall stands

with you. we are working every day to secure his release. looking at opportunities and tools to bring him home. we keep the faith, we also keep the faith for austin. his mum, deborah is here tonight. she knows the conversations with me and my senior staff, we are not giving up. as i told you at this dinner last year, as i told you in the oval office, you've raised an incredible son. when he was a kid he was an eagle scout, a big brother, an eagle scout, a big brother, a born protector. a us marine, three tours in iraq and afghanistan. austin, austin is a fearless journalist and a future lawyer. as a consequence of austin showing the world the cost of war, he has been detained in syria for nearly 11

years. it is simply wrong, it is outrageous and we are not ceasing our effort to get him, find him and bring him home. tonight, our message is this, journalism is not a crime. evan and austin should be released immediately, along with every other american held hostage and detained abroad. the us president speaking earlier. this dinner has always been about first amendment rights, freedom of the press butjust rights, freedom of the press but just listening rights, freedom of the press butjust listening to the us president once again, it really does seem that issue came to the fore this year. it was particularly poignant in light of recent events? it particularly poignant in light of recent events?— of recent events? it was amazing — of recent events? it was amazing to _ of recent events? it was amazing to see - of recent events? it was amazing to see and - of recent events? it was amazing to see and this| of recent events? it was i amazing to see and this is of recent events? it was - amazing to see and this is not your— amazing to see and this is not your typical press dinner. calling _ your typical press dinner. calling out several times for the release of austen tice, a

freelance _ the release of austen tice, a freelance journalist who was believed to have been kidnapped in syria _ believed to have been kidnapped in syria in— believed to have been kidnapped in syria in 2012, mentioning paul— in syria in 2012, mentioning paul whelan, a former marine held _ paul whelan, a former marine held in— paul whelan, a former marine held in russia and spying charges. it is important to note — charges. it is important to note that all of these people are believed to be held on trump _ are believed to be held on trump up charges. they all deny they are — trump up charges. they all deny they are there as spies and they— they are there as spies and they are _ they are there as spies and they are doing theirjob and that— they are doing theirjob and that is_ they are doing theirjob and that is something the president highlighted as well, that this is hot — highlighted as well, that this is not a — highlighted as well, that this is not a crime. he called journalism the pillar of a free society, _ journalism the pillar of a free society, saying journalists are not society, saying journalists are hot the — society, saying journalists are not the enemy, availed reference from president donald trump — reference from president donald trump it— reference from president donald trump. it is an night of fun and— trump. it is an night of fun and can— trump. it is an night of fun and can comedy. the first five to ten — and can comedy. the first five to ten minutes were focused on the plight — to ten minutes were focused on the plight of these journalists, american and otherwise that are illegally detained in country's. it was very— detained in country's. it was very sobering and a sombre moment, _ very sobering and a sombre moment, especially seeing the families— moment, especially seeing the families in the room and

standing up and you might have seeri— standing up and you might have seen some people in the audience, colleagues at the wall— audience, colleagues at the wall street journal wearing free — wall street journal wearing free evan buttons. it is a concerted campaign to free him. we saw— concerted campaign to free him. we saw britney grinder invited and she — we saw britney grinder invited and she was a success story, she — and she was a success story, she had _ and she was a success story, she had been detained in russia _ she had been detained in russia. we heard almost nothing from _ russia. we heard almost nothing from that— russia. we heard almost nothing from that time, but we know now there _ from that time, but we know now there were — from that time, but we know now there were very hard—working efforts — there were very hard—working efforts going on behind—the—scenes to try to free — behind—the—scenes to try to free here _ behind—the—scenes to try to free here and there she was sitting — free here and there she was sitting in— free here and there she was sitting in the audience. a few people — sitting in the audience. a few people that were not able to be there. — people that were not able to be there, but hopefullyjoe biden saying — there, but hopefullyjoe biden saying he wants them to be there — saying he wants them to be there at _ saying he wants them to be there at the next dinner. hopefully inspired by the appearance of britney grinder. inspiring moment when she stood up inspiring moment when she stood up in the spotlight was on her and a beacon of hope for journalists who are being unfairly detained around the world. and then the tone of the speech shifted somewhat. he

said at the end of the day, this was about laughing at authority, being able to poke fun at leaders, media leaders as well. he had quite a few jokes, let's listen to some of the best. in jokes, let's listen to some of the best-— the best. in a lot of ways, this dinner _ the best. in a lot of ways, this dinner sums - the best. in a lot of ways, this dinner sums up - the best. in a lot of ways, this dinner sums up my i the best. in a lot of ways, l this dinner sums up my first two years in office... take your questions and then cheerfully walk away. i know, just announce my election campaign. some of you scooped that i had announced in the video. he really old thought in your hearts and ijust blurted it out. look, i get that age is a completely reasonable issue. it is an everybody�*s mind. and

everyone, the new york times. headline... by den's advanced age is a big issue. trump's, however is not. that was the new york times, i apologise. i love that guy. i should do an interview with him. you might think i don't like rupert murdoch. that is simply not true. how could i dislike a guy that makes me look like harry styles? that makes me look like harry s les? ,, that makes me look like harry s les? . that makes me look like harry s les? ,, ., , ., styles? quite some laughs from the audience, _ styles? quite some laughs from the audience, it _ styles? quite some laughs from the audience, it is _ styles? quite some laughs from the audience, it is fair— styles? quite some laughs from the audience, it is fair to - styles? quite some laughs from the audience, it is fair to say - the audience, it is fair to say president biden sometimes gets mixed reviews when it comes to speaking publicly. but it does seem that he did manage to poke fun at himself, get quite a few left? ., , fun at himself, get quite a few left? . _, , fun at himself, get quite a few left? . ,., ~' , . left? that is always the key at these kinds _ left? that is always the key at these kinds of _ left? that is always the key at these kinds of dinners. - left? that is always the key at | these kinds of dinners. people want you to show some humility, makejokes at it

want you to show some humility, make jokes at it yourself. president obama did a lot of these dinners and he was one of these dinners and he was one of the masters as well. george w bush had some very self—deprecating moments as well during these dinners. we all expected joe biden to talk about the elephant in the room with his upcoming campaign, which is his age, he is 80 years old and he would be 86 if he were then to complete a second term. he was pretty expected, if he would take some shots at himself. we had some other people taking shots at his age, but he got some political shots in at some of his republican rivals. he made a joke about taylor green, joking about ron desantis and how he would love to get into a feud with him, but disney beat him to the punch, talking about getting paid hush money talking about the trouble president trump is in. that is the benefit of having this president, you have the power

and this beach in front of you. his aides and political advisers have been working on that speech to get the comedy in, but also he declared his real election campaign on tuesday, getting in some of those little campaign lines as well. ., , those little campaign lines as well. . , ., well. that is the point, humour can be a political— well. that is the point, humour can be a political and _ can be a political and persuasive and powerful tool, but as you say, he did take a moment to highlight some of his achievements in light of the fact that he has now officially declared the 202a? he fact that he has now officially declared the 2024? he talked about his record _ declared the 2024? he talked about his record on _ declared the 2024? he talked about his record on covid, - about his record on covid, which we forget, it wasn't that long ago, but he came in the midst of the covid pandemic and he really did try to get the nation vaccinated. he talked about his record on covid vaccination and mentioned the fox news journalist, vaccination and mentioned the fox newsjournalist, who were in the room last year had to be there, because they were actually vaccinated. he talked of adding jobs to the economy. these are things that i think he will probably continue to talk about on the campaign trail. maybe a soft launch,

seeing what works and what doesn't, but not getting too lost in those talking points, getting a lot of the jokes out there. at the end, ending again on a serious note, talking about howjournalism is in trouble that democracy remains at risk. the talked about truth being buried by lies and many people in that room discussing fox news, the recent legal trouble that they were in and then settled out of court with then settled out of court with the dominion voting system. there was that theme map the end that we saw him touching on in his campaign video that he released on tuesday, was dystopian, he talked about democracy being at risk and he talked about that again tonight. talked about that again toniiht. , . . ., ., tonight. very much echoing that video saying _ tonight. very much echoing that video saying this _ tonight. very much echoing that video saying this is _ tonight. very much echoing that video saying this is a _ tonight. very much echoing that video saying this is a poisoned l video saying this is a poisoned misinformation running through democracy and then ending saying, this is an inflection point in history. moving on to the speech that was probably the speech that was probably the most watched, roy wood

junior, the daily show correspondent came to the podium making a gag of the back saying excuse me mr president, i believe you have left some classified documents. that set the tone for the speech? it did, roy wood junior was very funny. this is what he does best, he will get up there and he will roast politicians and he will roast politicians and he can talk about democrats, talk about republicans. he did all of that tonight. he did not mince any words when it came to tucker carlson and the other high—profile journalists, television personalities who were let go by fox news and by cnn. but i will be honest, he seemed to give it a lot to republicans, talking about donald trump scandals, he mentioned ron desantis, mentioned ron desa ntis, critical mentioned ron desantis, critical race theory and the attack that some people say is under by republicans. he talked about clarence thomas, a

conservative supreme court judge. then you think, when is he going to roastjoe biden? he got into some age jokes, jokes about whether he was awake or not, but said he was pretty effective in between. you often would see the main comedian, the main speaker giving a little bit harder to the sitting president. maybejoe sitting president. maybe joe biden sitting president. maybejoe biden got off a little bit easy. biden got off a little bit eas . �* biden got off a little bit eas . . ., biden got off a little bit eas , �* ., , ., ., biden got off a little bit eas. ., . easy. and also to the vice president _ easy. and also to the vice president as _ easy. and also to the vice president as well, - easy. and also to the vice | president as well, kamala harris. a reporter has been watching this and thank you for your analysis. we turn to news from sudan where the sudanese army has deployed tanks and heavy artillery in the capital khartoum, in preparation for launching a large—scale offensive. the deployment of the artillery as part of an effort to recapture areas held by the rapid support forces. they have urged people to remain indoors and stay away

from windows and it comes as the uk's final evacuation flight is due to depart in the coming hours. the foreign office confirmed the move earlier and said they are flying out 1900 people since tuesday. the former prime minister of sudan has warned the conflict will be a nightmare for the world if it continues and could become worse than those in syria and libya. this was khartoum earlier, the ceasefire between warring generals has been repeatedly violated and paul adams reports. hello everyone, we have just landed in stansted london airport. landed in stansted london airort. ., , ., ., airport. for this doctor, a welcome _ airport. for this doctor, a welcome return - airport. for this doctor, a welcome return to - airport. for this doctor, a welcome return to british airport. for this doctor, a - welcome return to british soil. a return that almost didn't happen. a return that almost didn't ha en. ., a return that almost didn't ha en, ., ., happen. thanks to the government _ happen. thanks to the government for - happen. thanks to the | government for helping happen. thanks to the - government for helping and facilitated for us. br; government for helping and facilitated for us.— government for helping and facilitated for us. by sea and air, facilitated for us. by sea and air. others — facilitated for us. by sea and air, others are _ facilitated for us. by sea and air, others are following, - air, others are following, thousands of foreign nationals fleeing anywhere they can. put sedan and the red sea becoming

a major hub. in the capital khartoum, the ceasefire seems precarious with the army warning people to stay indoors while it deployed tanks. this was the day britain's air evacuation drew to a close. evacuation has been extremely successful, but we cannot stay there for ever in such dangerous circumstances. we are looking at every option to help british citizens who are caught up british citizens who are caught up in this terrible crisis. in saudi arabia, and of the ship arrives, relief at the end of a long, difficultjourney for sudanese and foreigners alike. this exodus will go on for some time, the country they have left behind is being torn apart. paul adams, bbc news, apart. pauladams, bbc news, nairobi. medicine some frontier, doctors without borders have reported a teaching hospital has been affected by the fighting with parts of the hospital lifted. early aspect of the us executive director of msf. thank you for taking the time this evening. i understand your teams are still there on the

ground, just describe what they are experiencing, what are they seeing and dealing with there? it is extremely difficult, depending on where you are in the country. from what i understand there are parts of therefore in the south and various other locations that are not as directly affected by the fighting like we have seen in al thatcher. the hospital has come under attack, been looted, and parts of it burnt. it is a referral hospital where one would have preferred a severely wounded patient. 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 and in a conflict zone where you have people coming in with severe injury, shrapnel rooms, gunshot wounds and all the things you could imagine. time is of the essence to treat them

in with the hospital coming under attack, in with the hospital coming underattack, it in with the hospital coming under attack, it is unacceptable. under attack, it is unaccetable. ~ , under attack, it is unaccetable. , g , unacceptable. absolutely. just touch a little _ unacceptable. absolutely. just touch a little bit _ unacceptable. absolutely. just touch a little bit more - unacceptable. absolutely. just touch a little bit more on - unacceptable. absolutely. just touch a little bit more on whatj touch a little bit more on what has been taken, what has been looted and by whom? you say it is making it difficult for people to be treated, if i understand correctly? yes, so the hospital— understand correctly? yes, so the hospital that _ understand correctly? yes, so the hospital that are - understand correctly? yes, so the hospital that are coming l the hospital that are coming under attack, this is something that has been a feature of this conflict since it began. it is whether it is in khartoum part of darfur, you have these hospitals, even one of our own warehouses that was full of medical supplies was completely looted and when he relived the medical surprise, the surgical equipment, all the life—saving medical equipment for whatever purposes, whether it is to resell it on the market, to destroy it, it means the

hospital is barely functional. evenif hospital is barely functional. even if staff are able to return to the medical wards. if they don't have the supplies 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 are able to move themselves with their families or caregivers, they also flee. so the whole place just becomes ripe for ransacking, looting and burning and it takes time before you can even go back. you cannot assess what has been taken, what has been destroyed and what needs to be replaced or repaired. there has been another mass shooting in the united states, this time in texas. five people are reportedly dead, including an eight—year—old after a man

opened fire on his neighbours. the incident reportedly occurred after the victims asked the suspect to stop shooting in his front yard while they were trying to put a baby to sleep. a manhunt is now under way for this man, who has been identified as the suspect. he is 38 years old and believed to be mexican. he is on the run and thought to be armed. right now, we are still out there trying to find this individual. we consider him armed and dangerous and we will not stop until we arrest him and bring him into custody. but he is out there and is a threat to the community so i don't want anyone to think that something different than that. he is a threat to the community and we need the community's help to hopefully locate him and taking off the tonight. additionally, the county sheriff spoke to the media about the suspect�*s potential whereabouts. he about the suspect's potential whereabouts.— whereabouts. he could be anywhere _ whereabouts. he could be

anywhere now. _ anywhere now. we _ anywhere now. we located the device we were looking — we located the device we were looking for, found it abandoned. there were some articles— abandoned. there were some articles of clothing laying around, the tracking dogs from the texas — around, the tracking dogs from the texas department of corrections picked up the scent and then— corrections picked up the scent and then they lost the scent in the water, or whatever. this time, — the water, or whatever. this time, the _ the water, or whatever. this time, the area has gone from five _ time, the area has gone from five or— time, the area has gone from five or six— time, the area has gone from five or six square miles, it could _ five or six square miles, it could be _ five or six square miles, it could be as much as ten or 20 depending on whether he crossed the high — depending on whether he crossed the high line wire. the _ the high line wire. the stone of scone, known as the stone of destiny has arrived at westminster abbey from edinburgh castle for the coronation of king charles iii next saturday. the stone is an ancient symbol of scotland's monarchy in which kings and queens in britain have been crying for centuries. nicholas witchell has more.

reunited for the coronation, the ancient stone, the stone of destiny, on which scottish kings were crowned, and the ancient throne, the 700—year—old coronation chair, which was constructed for edward i — the english king who seized the stone and brought it to london. choir sings the stone was returned to scotland nearly 30 years ago. it's been brought from edinburgh and entrusted to the abbey temporarily. it is committed to your care and safekeeping until it is returned after his majesty's coronation. so many things are being made ready. these are some of the robes that will be worn by the king and queen on the day. for westminster abbey, it's all an operation of great complexity. getting all those bits lined up and the wonderful build that is going on way behind me,

because the abbey looks very, very different, that is complex. so, is it all going to be ready on time? it will be, it will be. it's going to be magnificent. they sing "god save the king" and at the heart of it all will be an ancient slab of sandstone on which kings are said to have been crowned for a thousand years. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at westminster abbey. and finally, the story of a 13—year—old schoolboy being hailed a hero after this happen. 66 michigan students were on their school bus when, as you can see, the driver passes out. wait for it, because 13—year—old dylan reeves was sitting around five rows back. he saw what happened, he leapt from his seat and managed to grab hold

of the wheel and put his foot on the break and bring the bus to stop safely. his parents said they were shocked when the police called them after. what police called them after. what the heck did — police called them after. what the heck did he _ police called them after. what the heck did he do. _ police called them after. what the heck did he do. they - police called them after. transit the heck did he do. they were like, no, this is a good call, yourson like, no, this is a good call, your son is a hero. to like, no, this is a good call, your son is a hero.- your son is a hero. to do something _ your son is a hero. to do something like _ your son is a hero. to do something like this, - your son is a hero. to do i something like this, makes your son is a hero. to do - something like this, makes my heart _ something like this, makes my heart skipped a beat to even watch — heart skipped a beat to even watch that video. i asked him, how— watch that video. i asked him, how did — watch that video. i asked him, how did you know what to do? how— how did you know what to do? how did — how did you know what to do? how did you know how to drive that bus? _ how did you know how to drive that bus? he said, i what you do that bus? he said, iwhat you do it— that bus? he said, iwhat you do it every— that bus? he said, i what you do it every day.— do it every day. what an inspiring _ do it every day. what an inspiring young - do it every day. what an inspiring young man. . do it every day. what an i inspiring young man. stay do it every day. what an - inspiring young man. stay with us here and bbc news and you can head to our website for all the latest and you can also download the at to make sure you are always up—to—date on the go. i am in washington and thank you for your company. i will see you soon. goodbye for now.

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's 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 south—east here. we will have had clear spells overnight. it's also a little colder in london and norwich, around 4, 5, 6 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 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 arrowss, 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.

this is bbc news. the latest news headlines follow at the top of the hour after this programme. about 23% of our pregnancies were teenagers. all of them are defiant. my name is paul, and i'm a ugandanjournalist based in london. as a father and a citizen of this country, i've been horrified by the stories of sexual violence and incest