welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. more evacuations by 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. with just a week to go until the king's coronation, preparations for street parties across the uk are well under way. nurses at some hospitals in england have begun a 28—hour strike.

nhs leaders warn the public to use health services wisely. hello. we begin 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. 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 ?- most of these men have for muhammad ali, a university engineer, this is, this was, home. my everything is here — my home, my car. my children, they were 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—wracking 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 arrived injeddah in saudi arabia. and gave us this update a little earlier. 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 1,000 us citizens depart sudan since the violence began. thousand people attended an open—air mass in pope francis�*s third and final day in hungary, he urged hungary not to close the door on migrants or those he says of warren and unlike us. prime minister viktor orban has repeatedly criticised migration and was constructing a border wall to keep the migrants out. this is what our reporter had to say earlier. this square in budapest, in

front of the hungarian parliament building, in the last few minutes the pope has been holding a holy mass attended by up to 100,000 people in the square and in the neighbouring streets. people are now slowly leaving the square. the pope left a few moments ago. in his sermon here, 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 which 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. and he prayed for peace in europe, 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. the poor, 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. for viewers in the uk watching the king's coronation next weekend, there'll be an opportunity to swear an oath of allegiance to the new monarch. it's being referred to as the "chorus of millions," replacing the ancient tradition of hereditary peers, pledging loyalty. and preparations are well under way, right across the uk,

for thousands of community events to mark the big day. for some, memories are beginning to flood back, of the last coronation, back in 1953. our home editor, mark easton, has more, from east london. # and a go. # then come. #ina # in a golden coach there is a heart of gold. # riding through old london town. east end royalty. it's the pearly queen of hackney. pearly queenjacqui murphy wasjust12 when she sang in a show on hackney�*s wilton estate to celebrate the 1953 coronation. with cloth in short supply, she and her younger sister wore outfits made of crepe paper. what would i have seen all around me on coronation day? bunting everywhere. loads of flags. and mums chasing the kids about. it was just lovely, really. eastenders street parties provided

the source material for a famous essay on the meaning of the coronation. the authors saw it as an act of national communion in which the people of the united kingdom became more sensitive to the values which bound them all together. but does the coronation 2023 hold the same meaning? do the people of the east end see it as more than an opportunity for a knees—up and a day off work? it's our history, and i don't think there's anywhere in the world that have got the history that we've got with our monarchies. does it make you feel special? very. i think so, yeah. i think we can be a bit, you know, uppity about it. celebrations in east london's coronation road drew photographers back in 1953. today, not so much evidence of local enthusiasm, but at the primary school that backs onto coronation road, well, here, anticipation is tangible. the coronation to us is like,

it's the start of a new era. since queen elizabethl has sadly passed away. we'll have a new heir. to live up to her legacy and make our country a better place. - it makes me happy because i know that i get to see a ginormous event happening. i love royal history. i really like it. it's about identity. it's about recognising that we are _ all british and the mantra of the british values. - this coronation footage found in hackney council's archive depicts a 19th century—built east end since largely demolished to make way for modern housing for the elizabethan age. the �*60s lochner estate is busy planning a street party for their new king. how do you feel about this coronation? i can't get this excited about it as i did when i was younger. you know, it's not the same. i don't know. you're out here making crowns. you know, you're part

of the community effort. yeah, that's about it. lorenzo, you have a particular role in this coronation, do you not? i'm the food man. the food man. the jerk chicken. everybody on our. estate will come out and enjoy lorenzo's jerk chicken. - and, you know, we'll have a communal- table that we all contribute to. l now, there are polls suggesting that britain hasn't yet got excited about the coronation, but look around and you'll find communities preparing to celebrate something that reflects a shared history, shared customs and shared values. despite, or perhaps because times are difficult, people want to hang out the bunting for what binds them together. so much excitement there. i spoke to george williams —

he's the deputy vice chancellor of the university of new south wales and a constitutional expert. he's also a supporter of australia becoming a republic. there are certainly some austrians were very enthusiastic, but we have to say it's nothing like 1953. i think today the monarchy is very distant from any australians and many people are preoccupied with other things. it might be the cost of living crisis that we are suffering or the fact that we are looking at holding our own referendum this year which goes to the heart of identity, and that would be a referendum for the first time that would recognise our indigenous people in our constitution. that's really hitting the headlines. the monarchy is there, the coronation is there, but playing second fiddle to other things. fair enough, george. but there is still a great deal of affection, isn't there, for the monarchy in australia when royals visit the country, huge throngs of supporters and crowds of people come out to see them on the streets. has this coronation sort of reinvigorated the debate

around monarchy and austria? around monarchy in australia? it has invigorated the debate and we will have a level of ability to test that affection and people will still have that affection but in the numbers of the past, that is debatable. but what if senior leaders have seen is that the passing of the queen would lead to a debate about becoming a republic. prime minister anthony albanese will be at the coronation and has appointed himself an assistant minister for the republic. it is the first time we have ever had that, and a signal that if the referendum this year on recognising indigenous people is successful we may see a referendum on the republic in australia perhaps in about three years time. 50. in about three years time. 50, cu in about three years time. so, ou do in about three years time. so, you do see — in about three years time. so, you do see then _ in about three years time. so, you do see then that referendum coming through in the next three years as you point out and from your sense of what people are feeling on the

ground in australia, how do you think the results of that referendum might play out? i referendum might play out? i think it is genuinely very unclear at the moment and that is because we just have not had a concerted debate about the republic since the 1990s. we have had both sides going at each other at different times, but we have not had government interest. they have both said, both sides of politics, they would wait for the next monarch to stop the debate so if you like this is the starters gun that we are seeing now in the next three years will be the proper test as to whether that level of affection is sufficient to keep the monarchy or whether republicans are right in an opportunity that charles will not be as popular as his mother and australians, particularly young australians, are ready to move on. that was georae are ready to move on. that was george williams, _ are ready to move on. that was george williams, deputy - are ready to move on. that was george williams, deputy vice l george williams, deputy vice chancellor at the university of new south wales. around the world and across the uk, you are watching 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, its 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 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 are watching bbc news. to a story that is making headlines in the uk and nurses that some hospitals in england have begun a 28 alice drake with leaders calling for the public to use health services wisely. after talks with bosses the royal couege talks with 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 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 this dispute. 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. riahn 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. meanwhile, a wholefood star's family fled iran as a baby and she has since started in rings of she has since started in rings of power, at how i met your mother. she is campaigning to bring freedom to iran. six months on from unrest in the country and she has been speaking and told us more about how daily life is full limit in iran. you know, girls are still experiencing gas attacks in schools, just yesterday in tehran and mashhad, so its continuing. and this is really in order for the islamic republic to hold on to these, uphold these entrenched systems of power that have segregated and oppressed women for 44 years, to deny these girls the right to health,

the right to education and the rights to dissent. and i think we can see some images here of some of this going on in the streets. i mean, it seems so shocking that, as we can see there, girls are being gassed in the streets in the country in which they live. it's so disturbing. i suppose after everything you've been through and everything you've been following about what's happening in iran, do you feel this is getting worse? is it becoming more dangerous? well, first of all, i want to acknowledge that these — the girls, their courage and the women of iran, their courage has been contagious. and, yes, the women and the girls were the spark of the engine of the past seven months, the uprisings and the revolution. but what they've managed to do is they've galvanized iranian society at large to understand the intersectionality of gender equality and every other basic human right. and so it really has become a pro—democracy revolution. but we are failing the iranian people. we really need to stand

unequivocally by them in a similar way that we did in a unified... in a unified and immediate way against putin in ukraine. we haven't done that for the people of iran against the islamic republic. now to some big news in the world of chess. china now holds both the men's and woman'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 against russian—born ian nepomniachtchi in astana in kazakhstan. i've been speaking to shohreh bayat who is an arbiter for the international chess federation about how significant the win is. well, i think it is important for china because this is the first time that the chinese wins the title, but on the

other hand, for the chess world it is the best chess player and the second—best because for us, we are all chess players. magnus carlsen is indisputably the best and strongest chess player in the world. 50. the best and strongest chess player in the world.— player in the world. so, you see this _ player in the world. so, you see this as _ player in the world. so, you see this as a _ player in the world. so, you see this as a bit _ player in the world. so, you see this as a bit of- player in the world. so, you see this as a bit of a - player in the world. so, you see this as a bit of a one . player in the world. so, you see this as a bit of a one off rather than a trend that is likely to continue in the future? i likely to continue in the future?— likely to continue in the future? , ., ., future? i believe that it all depends — future? i believe that it all depends if _ future? i believe that it all depends if magnus - future? i believe that it allj depends if magnus carlsen future? i believe that it all - depends if magnus carlsen wants to come in. so, we will see. but we know that ian is going to compete in chess for many years, but being world champion, it depends if magnus wants to come back or not. find wants to come back or not. and for china you — wants to come back or not. and for china you have _ wants to come back or not. and for china you have talked about how important this victory is butjust how important this victory is but just elaborate how important this victory is butjust elaborate if you don't mind. how much effort china has been putting into the world of chess, the years of investment, the decades of really trying to make a dent in the global chess

field. i make a dent in the global chess field. ~' make a dent in the global chess field. ~ ., , ., ., field. i think china is one of the most — field. i think china is one of the most important - field. i think china is one of - the most important federations in the world, and also, they have many strong female chess players, the women's world chess championships in china, and this is the first time that they are having a world chess championship open section so it is undoubtably very important and we all know that china is one of the strongest chess countries and it is like their role in the chess world is very massive and important. that was an arbiter for _ massive and important. that was an arbiter for the _ an arbiterfor the international an arbiter for the international chess federation talking to me about the world of chess and the recent developments there. before we go i want to tell you about how china's economic recovery is gaining momentum after three years of covid control. they have seen a boost in local tourism during what it calls

the golden week. it saw a surge of visitors to the great wall of visitors to the great wall of china with more than 111,000 people coming to this section of the wall. that's it from us. thanks for watching. do stay with bbc news. hello. sunday brought some pretty warm weather in parts of the uk, but it also brought some really heavy downpours. there are some further showers in the forecast for bank holiday monday, but equally some spells of sunshine. many of us will again feel relatively warm, particularly in the sunshine. but northern parts, particularly scotland, will start to turn rather chilly because of this cold front. now, it doesn't look like much here on the chart. it's just going to bring some extra clouds, a little bit of rain. but behind it, it will introduce some chilly air, particularly across parts of scotland. most of us, though, starting monday morning on a mild note, bit of showery rain across some eastern parts of england. across england and wales, we are going to see some spells

of sunshine, scattered showers which could be heavy and thundery, particularly from east wales eastwards, west wales, the south west of england, not seeing too many showers. northern ireland brightening up through the afternoon with some spells of sunshine. most of us temperatures between 1a and 17 degrees. but through the afternoon, those temperatures dropping across the northern half of scotland. behind our weather front, some cloud, the odd spot of rain, that frontal system sinking further southwards as we go through monday night. not much more than a band of cloud, really, but to the north of it, it is going to be quite a chilly start to tuesday. we could 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. all but most places, i think, will be dry and 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 even further south and west, not as warm as it has been. now, on wednesday, a weak front is likely to bring

a bit of patchy rain through northern ireland and western scotland. some showers may start to develop down 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 frontal systems squashing in from the southwest, reintroducing the chance for some rain and for a time a brisk easterly breeze, which will make it feel rather chilly, particularly for some eastern coasts. but through the week, a lot of dry weather for a time through tuesday into wednesday, but then turning more unsettled.

is china's recovery is losing steam? factories in the world's second largest economy slowdown. plus we look into why many of the world's largest companies are failing to deliver on their net zero commitments. hello and welcome to asia business report. we begin with china where factories are slowing down. the official pmi index declined to 49.2 in april, below the 50 points

which indicates a contraction in activity. the