welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines.. more evacuations by a sea of foreign nationals from sudan, as the warring factions allow a ceasefire, so thousands can escape. it's a moment of relief for these people. but also for the sudanese, a very bittersweet moment, because many wonder if they will ever come back. nurses at some hospitals in england have begun a 28—hour strike. nhs leaders warn the public to use health services wisely. and ding liren becomes

world chess champion, with china now holding both the men's and women's world titles. it's six in the morning in singapore, and midnight in the sudanese capital, khartoum where the two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing no sign whatsoever of stopping their fighting in the capital khartoum. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. thousands of people are still trying to get out of the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of them. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan.

a night—time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia's navy. it's not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, to the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to port sudan. it's a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it has been secured for now. on sudanese soil and long after midnight, a small crowd has been selected from the thousands still waiting here. nepalese, bangladeshis, pakistanis. how are you feeling tonight? a bit relieved. finally on the way home. yeah... it's been a long journey?

yeah, from khartoum and then i was staying here, so yeah, it's been a long way. and a lot of people still waiting? yes. most of these men have lived in sudan for years. for muhammad ali, a university engineer, this is, this was, home. my everything is here — my home, my car. my children, they are born here, they have studied here, so... you had to leave it all behind? yes, i have lots of memories with sudan. i've worked here 13 years. you look exhausted. this is why thousands of foreigners and sudanese have been heading here to port sudan for this moment when they leave sudanese soil to head onto boats and ships, this flotilla of vessels to take them across the red sea to safety. it's a moment of relief for these

people, but also, for the sudanese, a very bittersweet moment, because many wonder if they will ever come back. a tug boat ride out of port sudan. muhammad soon chokes up. others seem lost in their thoughts. out to sea, the waves are much bigger now, which means one last nerve—racking ordeal. clambering onto a saudi arabian warship one by one. on their way out of khartoum almost a week ago now, muhammad and his colleagues were robbed at knife—point, losing the few possessions they tried to salvage from the conflict. my mobile, some money and my laptop was with me. so you are here just with your clothes? yes, just the clothes. now, within moments of finding safety, they are all fast asleep. andrew harding, bbc news, port sudan. and andrew has just arrived

injeddah in saudi arabia, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies again in khartoum, people fleeing either north to egypt, but increasingly fleeing. quite a long journey. people taking 16 to 30 hours to get to the coast, to get to port sudan and then hoping to get on these. well, there's a range a flotilla, if you like, of warships, saudi arabian warships and other nationalities, ships. a lot of ferries as well. just ordinary passenger ferries which have been coming over here to jeddah. the saudis are making a big show of their humanitarian effort here. they're very keen to show that they are very invested in the humanitarian operation in sudan. and for those leaving, they are given a 30 day visa on arrival here in saudi arabia. but most countries when we came back, for instance, just this morning from a long trip across the sea, across the red sea to port sudan, when we came back with about 50 people,

a range of nationalities, fundamentally, the battle we're seeing going on right now is arab against arab. and different clans, different regions. the danger is that elsewhere across sudan, the legacy of a long war against the south, the civil war there means that there are all sorts of simmering ethnic disputes. and the concern is that as communities try to protect themselves, we're already seeing signs in darfur that old conflict, simmering conflicts are being reignited as communities turn on each other and militias turn against other communities. these are some of the latest pictures out of port sudan in sudan. they show united states citizens waiting to board an american navy ship. us officials say hundreds of citizens are likely to be evacuated on the usns brunswick, which is a fast transport vessel.

the us state department has said that it has helped nearly a thousand us citizens depart sudan since the violence began. meanwhile, the uk evacuation operation from an airfield near khartoum has ended. in the last few hours, another flight carrying british nationals fleeing sudan, landed back in the uk from cyprus, at stansted airport in essex. these were some of the final people to be flown out from the wadi saeedna airfield, north of the sudanese capital, yesterday evening. but an extra evacuation flight has been arranged from port sudan tomorrow. our correspondent sanchia berg has more on what the british foreign office has said. what the foreign office is saying is there will be an exceptional flight out of port sudan rather than the airstrip just outside khartoum, which is where the other 23 evacuation flights have gone from. this flight will be going from port sudan international airport, and anyone who is going to try to get onto that flight has to be at the british evacuation

handling centre by midday sudanese time tomorrow. and just a quick reminder of who's eligible to get on that flight, british nationals, of course, their dependents but also nhs clinicians who are not british nationals, who are currently working in the nhs. and that's the doctors, of course, who we've heard a lot about over the last few days. i did speak to the foreign office this evening and i asked them how many people they thought might be trying to get on this flight and they said as far as they knew, there were only a small number of british nationals remaining in sudan. in other stories for you today — pope francis has finished his three—day visit to hungary. these are the pictures as he departed from the airport. the pope was presented with a white rose and was cheered by the crowd until his plane took off. earlier, an estimated 100,000 people attended an open air mass in a central budapest square,

on pope francis' third and final day in hungary. the pope urged hungarians not to close the door on migrants and those who he said were — �*foreign or unlike us.�* hungarian prime minister, viktor orban attended the service — he's repeatedly criticised migration, and was responsible for constructing a border wall to keep migrants out. our budapest correspondent nick thorpe has been covering the pope's visit. this is kossuth square in budapest, in front of the hungarian parliament building where, in the last few minutes, the pope has been holding a holy mass attended by up to 100,000 people. people in the square here and in the neighbouring street. people are now slowly leaving the square, the pope left a few moments ago. in his sermon here, which was his main opportunity to address the people of hungary and hungarians who flocked to hungary to listen to him, to attend his visit, he quoted the example

of the good shepherd. he said it was important, he called on his listeners to open the doors which have been closed to people who are different, people who are strangers, migrants, foreigners, a very poignant message in a country that has built a fence on its southern border with serbia to keep migrants and asylum seekers out. the pope here in the square in budapest also prayed for those he called the tortured people of ukraine and for the people of russia. he prayed for peace in europe, and an end to the war. this has been a very carefully calibrated visit to hungary, three days with meetings with people from all spheres of society, with the poor, the homeless, young people, refugees and, in the afternoon before he leaves, meetings with cultural and academic circles. it's also been an address notjust

to the people of hungary but to the whole of europe, always with an emphasis on the need for peace in neighbouring ukraine. well for more on the visit, we can hear now from marc roscoe loustau who is managing editor of thejournal of global catholicism in budapest. well, i think many were actually quite surprised that pope francis did decide to come back to hungary since, as you said, he was here very recently in 2021. the pope, ithink, really has a special pastoral concern for hungary, because, as you mentioned, prime minister viktor orban has led the country and is currently leading the country, including its catholic church, in a very nationalist and xenophobic direction. orban frequently uses racist, some would even say fascist language to talk about hungary's racial and ethnic homogeneity. he claims also to be defending europe's christian values. the two men, pope francis and viktor orban, have

in the past clashed repeatedly over these claims. this visit has really been no different. to the uk now, and nurses at some hospitals in england have begun a 28—hour strike, with nhs leaders calling for the public to use health services wisely. after talks with health bosses, the royal college of nursing has agreed that staff can be called in, to provide limited cover for emergencies and intensive care, but the industrial action will still be the most wide ranging, of the current dispute over pay. the health secretary, steve barclay, says the strike action is disappointing, and will be incredibly disruptive for patients. here's our health editor, hugh pym. there are no pickets outside hospitals this evening, but inside managers are concerned about what tonight and tomorrow will come. one leading trust, newcastle hospitals,

has warned of a major impact on services, with the strike affecting the widest range of care so far in the acute. they tweeted that people should not attend a&e unless it was a life threatening emergency and warned that anyone coming in with a minor illness would have a significant wait. the royal college of nursing has agreed that staff will go into intensive care units and for the most serious a&e cases, though, fewer than on a normal day. how are you? in a webinar this evening, the general secretary had a message for members. colleagues, if you get a call like that from your employer, i am asking that you please attend work. it is for our patients. earlier, she defended the escalation of the union's action. let's not scare the public by saying that nursing is being reckless on this one day of strike. they most certainly are not. we will stand by our patients. that's what the strike is about. it's about standing up for our patients and saying we need to get a better nhs. ryan is a senior nurse in leeds.

she says the latest strike is another indication of how low morale has sunk. 25 years i've worked in the nhs and i've never seen or felt anything like this. never. it's heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking. soul destroying and... it's horrible. and none of us want this for patients. some of the unions, including those representing ambulance staff, have backed the pay deal offered by the government in england. and all of them will meet on tuesday to formalise their position. we will now get together on tuesday. the nhs staff council will meet to vote on whether it accepts the agreement that we negotiated with them. i think it's right to wait for the nhs staff council to come to that decision, and i think this strike is premature and is disrespectful to those trade unions that will be meeting on tuesday. the unite union has rejected the pay

offer and members will be on strike at some hospitals and ambulance services on monday and tuesday. if ministers are told there's majority union support, the offer will be implemented. but that won't stop some continuing with industrial action if they wish. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk.... a man has died and at least seven people have been injured, after being stabbed in a street brawl near a nightclub in bodmin, in cornwall. police were called in the early hours of the morning, with one man dying at the scene. a 24—year—old has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and attempted murder. a 5—month—old baby has been taken to hospital in cardiff after a dog attack. gwent police said its officers were called to an address in caerphilly on saturday morning. the child's injuries are said to be non—life threatening. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

learning to be a life—saver. ready to slide? good. lisa is returning to education after having four children and the break up of a relationship. every time an ambulance goes past, it's like, "oh, that might be mummy." so i have a huge passion in mental health because i've been a sufferer of mental health myself and ijust want to get front line and help those in need. trainee paramedics at oxford brookes use new techniques, including vr simulations. and this — not an ambulance, but a simulance to make training as realistic as possible. students say current pressures on the nhs, including recent strike action among their paramedic colleagues, hasn't deterred them. we're coming into the nhs| at a really interesting time. i think there's a lot of really important discourse that's i

happening within the nhs. as a structure, people don't go through the course - without confusing it, _ knowing that's what they want to do. you're live with bbc news. a 58—year—old woman has been killed and at least two people are injured after russian shelling of the kherson region in southern ukraine. the city of kherson itself has been under attack as well. here are some of the latest pictures from the ground. another civilian block of flats was targeted along with the local cafe — you can see the locals residents trying to tidy up after the firing stopped. in the east of the country, russia has launched missile and air strikes on multiple civilian settlements in donbas, including the cities of kramatorsk and kostiantynivka. this comes after at least 25 civilians had been killed on friday in the massive russian attack over several regions of the country. the city of uman suffered the most, with 23 people dead.

there has been a mass funeral there on sunday. russia has sacked its deputy defence minister, who doubles as the officer in charge of armed forces logistics. colonel general mikhail mizintsev was only appointed to the role last september, but was blamed for continued logistical problems with the invasion of ukraine. paul moss, our europe regional editor with the bbc world service, has more details. this is a really remarkable development, samantha, because we're often told that there are problems with the russian army in ukraine, problems with logistics. but it's often hard to say whether this is propaganda we're being fed or truth. but in this case, i think what the general�*s sacking indicates is that something has gone very seriously wrong. just to give you a bit of background, there's been long running complaints from russian soldiers in the field that they're not getting the supplies they need. and this is everything from military equipment down to uniforms, even food, that they're not

getting enough of it. and it was for that reason that this general was brought in only last september. he was made deputy defence secretary and crucially put in charge of the logistics operation for the russian army in ukraine. and what happens six months later? he's sacked amidst continuing questions about whether that army really is getting the supplies it needs. and also, i think what's interesting is that the man who's replaced him is an official from russia's national guard. just to explain, the national guard was set up by vladimir putin himself a few years ago. it's there to protect russia's internal borders. crucially, the russian national guard answers directly to vladimir putin. so it seems that he wanted to get his own man in there to run the operation, the logistics operation in ukraine. and just a short time after the sacking of the general was confirmed, yevgeny prigozhin said that if the counteroffensive comes, then russia could have, and i quote, a tragedy on its hands because they don't have enough ammunition. again, a reference to logistical problems.

now, yevgeny prigozhin is a man who seems to have a licence to speak his mind. but for him to suggest this charge, this counteroffensive, could end in a tragedy, really are strong words indeed. as for when it could come. well, there's been a lot of speculation, but people who study military matters do think that may is a likely time. and we did have another clue. you will remember that only yesterday, sebastopol, was hit by what seemed to be a drone attack, the russian occupied area in crimea. and today what we've heard is a spokesman for the ukrainian armed forces, he suggested, though he didn't confirm it, that this was done by ukraine. they don't normally admit to doing these things, and suggested it was preparation for the counter—offensive, another indication that it could be coming soon.

finally some big chess news — china now holds both the men's and women's world titles after ding liren became china's first world chess champion. ding takes over as winner of the world chess championship from norway's magnus carlsen, who chose not to defend his title after a 10—year reign. 30—year—old ding won the rapid chess playoff against russian—born ian nepomniachtchi in astana, in kazakhstan. well, to discuss this further, i'm nowjoined by shohreh bayat who is an arbiter for the international chess federation. it's great to get you on the programme. some really exciting news in the chess world, i have to say. what does this victory for china's ding liren mean for the world of chess and for china?. i think that it's very important for china because this is the first time that the chinese when the title. but on the other hand, for chess

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as a way of communication. and now, it is like many people just want to play just to enjoy it is like many people just want to playjust to enjoy it. i have to say, chess or something i'm still trying to learn but i hope i'm still trying to learn but i hope i have a chance to enjoy it in the i have a chance to en'oy it in the future. ., , ., ., ., future. lovely to have you on the programme. thanks _ future. lovely to have you on the programme. thanks for - future. lovely to have you on the programme. thanks forjoining . future. lovely to have you on the i programme. thanks forjoining us. well china's economic recovery appears to be gaining momentum after three years of covid controls. the country has seen a boost in local tourism, during what it calls the "golden week", to mark labour day. sunday saw a surge of local tourism, with more than 111,000 people visiting the mutianyu section of china's great wall, north of beijing. tickets to popular sites have almost sold out during the holiday period, since the relaxation of covid restrictions. and finally, a bridge in the south korean capital seoul has been turned into a giant catwalk. globalfashion brand louis vuitton held a fashion show along the 795 metre double decker bridge that spans the han river.

traffic was stopped for 2h hours to allow the structure to be converted for the event. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. send a some warm weather and part of the uk but it also brought downpours. there are some more showers in the forecast for bank holiday, but some spells of sunshine. many of us will again feel relatively warm, magically the sunshine, but more than parts, particularly scotland will start to turn rather chilly because of this cold fun. it doesn't look like much here on the chart. it's just going to bring some extra cloud, a little bit of rain. but behind it will introduce some chilly air, particularly across parts of scotland. most of are start monday with some showers. across england

and wales we are going to see some spells of sunshine, scattered showers, particularly in east wales, west wales, the southwest of england not seeing too many showers. island breaking up in the afternoon was balls of sunshine. most of us temperatures between 1a and 17 degrees. but through the afternoon those temperatures drop across the northern half of scotland behind our weather front, northern half of scotland behind our weatherfront, some northern half of scotland behind our weather front, some cloud, northern half of scotland behind our weatherfront, some cloud, the northern half of scotland behind our weather front, some cloud, the arts spot of rain. frontal system seeking further south not much more than a bed of cloud, really. to the north of it is going to be quite a chilly start to tuesday because we can well see a touch of frost across some parts of the highlands. so for tuesday morning, a rather chilly start for many. this band of cloud likely to be left across the uk, maybe the odd spot of rain, the odd shower breaking out, but most places will be dry. we should see some spells of sunshine. but a little on the cool side across northern scotland and down into the eastern side of england, ten to 12 degrees,

not as warm as it has been. now and wednesday, weak front is likely to bring a bit apache rain through london and scotland. some showers may start to develop towards the south as the winds begin to pick up through the day. temperatures generally between ten and 16 degrees. as we head towards the end of the week we will see some frontal systems squashing and from the southwest, reintroducing the chance for some rain. and for a time, a brisk easterly breeze which will make her feel rather chilly, particularly for some eastern coast. but through the week, a lot of dry weather for a but through the week, a lot of dry weatherfor a time but through the week, a lot of dry weather for a time through tuesday into wednesday, but then turning more unsettled.

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