live from washington. this is bbc news. the united nations and african union warn that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. nurses in england start a 28—hour strike — health service bosses say its the largest industrial action so far. and the chess world has a new world champion — we hear more about ding liren�*s history—making victory. hello, i'm carl nasman. we start in sudan, where two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing few signs that they will honor it. air strikes continued to pound the capital

of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. martin griffiths, the un's emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it's understood many of the aid agency's warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies in khartoum, people are fleeing either north to egypt, but increasingly fleeing quite a long journey, people talking 16—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 counties, when we came backjust 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 are 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 conflicts, 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 on the red sea. they show us citizens waiting to board an american navy ship — the usns brunswick — a fast transport vessel. us officials say hundreds of citizens are likely to be evacuated and nearly 1,000 americans have been evacuated from sudan since the violence began. meanwhile, the uk evacuation operation from an airfield near khartoum has now ended. these were some of the final people to be flown out from the wadi saedna airfield, north of the sudanese capital yesterday evening. but an extra evacuation flight has been arranged from port sudan tomorrow. 0ur 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, 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 on 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.

to texas, where the manhunt continues for a man suspected of killing his neighbours after being asked to stop firing his rifle outdoors. the fbi and local authorities are offering a total of $80,000 for any information on the whereabouts of 38—year—old francisco 0ropesa after he allegedly opened fire, killing five people — including an eight—year—old boy — in their home in cleveland, texas on friday. law enforcement officers met with the press earlier today. tonight, at 4.30 local time, in about an hour and a half, to elementary school in cleveland, texas. once again, i would love to be there, but i'm going to be here, looking, searching for this suspect. my heart...

..is with this eight—year—old little boy. i don't care if he was here legally, i don't care if he was here illegally. he was in my county. five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is, in my county, protecting my people to the best of our ability. to the us state of mississippi, where 19—year—old cameron brand has been arrested and charged for a shooting that left two teenagers dead and four others wounded. the shooting took place at a house party in bay st louis, mississippi, early sunday morning. now to new york, where us regulators are racing to find a rescuer to buy first republic bank. its shares plunged last week after it admitted customers had withdrawn $100 billion in deposits in march, around the same time its competitor silicon valley bank collapsed, prompting fears of a wider banking crisis. according to officials, a decision on a buyer could be

announced this evening. in england, nurses at some hospitals 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. 0ne leading trash, newcastle hospitals, has warned of a major impact on services, with the strike affecting the widest range of care so far. —— one leading trust. they said 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 weight. the royal couege significant weight. the royal college of nursing has agreed that staff will go into intensive care units, and for the most serious a&e cases, although fewer than on a normal day. 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. attend work. it is for our patients-_ attend work. it is for our atients. . , patients. earlier, she defended the escalation _ patients. earlier, she defended the escalation of— patients. earlier, she defended the escalation of the _ patients. earlier, she defended the escalation of the union - the escalation of the union action. �* , ., the escalation of the union action. 3 ., action. let's not scare the ublic action. let's not scare the public by _ action. let's not scare the public by saying _ action. let's not scare the public by saying that - action. let's not scare the i 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, it's about standing up for them and saying we need to get a better nhs. ., , ., , ., , nhs. leanne is a senior nurse in leeds- _ nhs. leanne is a senior nurse in leeds. she _ nhs. leanne is a senior nurse in leeds. she says _ nhs. leanne is a senior nurse in leeds. she says the - nhs. leanne is a senior nurse in leeds. she says the latestl in leeds. she says the latest strike is another indication of how low morale has sunk. 25 ears how low morale has sunk. 25 years i've — how low morale has sunk. 25 years i've worked in how low morale has sunk. 2l}; years i've worked in the how low morale has sunk. zlj years i've worked in the nhs and i've never seen orfelt

anything like this, never. it's heartbreaking. absolutely heartbreaking, soul destroying. it's horrible. and none of us want this for patients. some other unions _ want this for patients. some other unions including - want this for patients. some other unions including those j other 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 meet on tuesday to formalise their position.— meet on tuesday to formalise their position. we will now get to . ether their position. we will now get together on — their position. we will now get together on tuesday, - their position. we will now get together on tuesday, the - their position. we will now get together on tuesday, the nhs| together on tuesday, the nhs staff council will meet to vote on whether it accepts the agreement we negotiated with them. i think it's right to wait for the nhs staff counsel to come to that decision, and i think the strike is premature and disrespectful to those trade unions that will be meeting on tuesday. the unite union has _ meeting on tuesday. the unite union has rejected _ meeting on tuesday. the unite union has rejected the - meeting on tuesday. the unite union has rejected the pay - 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 is majority union support, the offer will be

implemented. but that won't stop some continuing with industrial action if they wish. to some breaking news from ukraine now. reuters are sharing reports that air raid alerts have been issues throughout all of ukraine. in the kyiv region, local authorities say there's a threat of missile strikes. this was shared via the telegram chat app. there was also a tweet from the uk ambassador to ukraine, dame melinda simmonds, she said — noisy outside right now. sounds like ukraine air defence having to work hard in kyiv to respond to a may day wake up call." we will bring you more as we get it. to cuba now, where the communist government has cancelled monday's traditional may day parade due to fuel shortages. this is what it looked like in recent years — with hundreds of thousands of people filling the main square in havana. the annual parade celebrates international workers day.

but, fuel shortages have crippled the country's economy. last week, president miguel diaz—canel said the island is only receiving two—thirds of the petrol it needs, blaming it on supplier nations failing to fulfil their contractual agreements. live now to mexico city, i'm joined by bbc�*s cuba correspondent will grant. tell us about the reaction to the cancellation of this parade, i believe it was only ever cancelled due to covid in 2020 and 2021.— 2020 and 2021. that's right, this is a key _ 2020 and 2021. that's right, this is a key date _ 2020 and 2021. that's right, this is a key date in - 2020 and 2021. that's right, this is a key date in the - 2020 and 2021. that's right, | this is a key date in the cuban revolution is calendar and they wouldn't cancel it lightly, let's put it that way. extremely important and symbolic event, when thousands of workers marched past the leadership in revolution square. it intended to show an eternal bond between the people and the socialist revolution.

some people go willingly, others who have state jobs are obliged to go and are bussed in. because the fuel crisis is so bad, they simply can't supply the transport to get those thousands of doctors and teachers and nurses and farm workers to revolution square so they have taken the decision this year to suspend it, to cancel it. this year to suspend it, to cancel it— this year to suspend it, to cancel it. cuba saying as we heard that _ cancel it. cuba saying as we heard that they _ cancel it. cuba saying as we heard that they are - cancel it. cuba saying as we heard that they are blaming cancel it. cuba saying as we - heard that they are blaming the suppliers for the lack of fuel. what is behind this? it's not a new problem, we knew cuba has struggled with getting fuel to the island for a long time. cuba has been struggling economically for a long time now. currently it is fuel, another time we speak it might be basic foodstuffs. it is those too. it is mismanagement of the economy by the state and decades of us economic sanctions on the island. specifically, there is a relationship between venezuela and cuba, a barter

relationship, where doctors are sent to work in venezuela in exchange for oil. that has been harder and harderfor venezuela to sustain because it can make a lot more money oil on the international market, and currently it really need that income, it has its own economic straits. so it is a very, very tough time on the island. the symbolism of cancelling the mayday parade really tells you everything. as i say, they simply wouldn't do this lightly. the message it sends about the state of the revolution is an important one, as are the queues of people waiting at the petrol pumps to fill their cars.— fill their cars. there has been a migration — fill their cars. there has been a migration crisis, _ fill their cars. there has been a migration crisis, if- fill their cars. there has been a migration crisis, if you - fill their cars. there has been j a migration crisis, if you want to call it that, in the region, across latin america. particularly acute in cuba, record numbers of people leaving since that revolution took place back in the 19505. can you just give us a sense, given this fuel cri5i5, what daily life is like for those

that remain in cuba? this economic— that remain in cuba? this economic situation, - that remain in cuba? this economic situation, this i economic situation, this economic situation, this economic crisis is driving people off the island, no doubt, in huge numbers. cuba haven't seen this degree of crisis since the years immediately following the end of the cold war, a period known as the special period, a complete collapse in its economy. it's currently going through something comparable. hundreds of thousands of young people are leaving. 225,000 cubans were detained at mexico's border with the us, attempting to make it into the united states. in a year, just last year. the biden administration has introduced new rules by which people can now come through the front door a bit more easily, but that is limited to somewhere between 7000-10,000 per limited to somewhere between 7000—10,000 per month, so there is likely to still be an outward exodus, people trying to make it to the united states in the hands of people smuggling gangs.

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came into power is 2017 and wanted to prejudice something different to karimov who ran it as a authoritarian enclosed state them much time. this could be a bit of a mixed bag. this does extend his term until 2040 but it does do things like guarantees lawyers a right to see the client, it has some domestic violence stuff in there as well. it allows people habeas corpus. these are some pretty good reforms that a lot of advocates have been pushing for some time but it's a very worrying sign that mirziyoyev his backsliding and effectively doing what happened last time there was a constitutional referendum in uzbekistan which was to extend the terms of karimov so a lot of deja vu for people covering uzbekistan for a while now. i people covering uzbekistan for a while nova— people covering uzbekistan for a while now-— a while now. i was about to mention — a while now. i was about to mention sceptics _ a while now. i was about to mention sceptics would - a while now. i was about to mention sceptics would say they've seen leaders follow this kind of playbook before, change the constitution, extend the amount of time they're to remain in power. what with the referendum mean for democracy in the country?—

in the country? again, the first election _ in the country? again, the first election we _ in the country? again, the first election we saw - first election we saw mirziyoyev coming to power, there was some criticism of him. the recent one was very stage—managed. it's not a very good sign that next election it will happen, probably sometime later this year to solidify this referendum afterwards. probably less opposition calling them out. it will mostly be people supportive of the government or the president. again, it's a worrying sign it any hope of people having democracy seems to be dwindling out but again, some bits of this referendum that are good and some social reforms in there, there are social services and there so it is a mixed bag but a worrying sign for democracy. uzbekistan is a former _ sign for democracy. uzbekistan is a former soviet _ sign for democracy. uzbekistan is a former soviet republic. - is a former soviet republic. how long of a shadow do you think russia and vladimir putin might be casting on the country? fit. might be casting on the country?— country? a big shadow. unfortunately _ country? a big shadow. unfortunately was - country? a big shadow. - unfortunately was pakistan is pretty harshly treated because of geography. if they want to get goods from the international markets or sell anything, they have to go north

through russia which requires good relations with vladimir putin in moscow and they require going through china and china has a lot of mixed opinions throughout the region so russia will always be a part two, because with most of your consumer goods, it's going to be come through russia or china and russia has a very deep —— has very deep roots throughout the region. 0ligarchs and their ties with russian politics, russia supplying the defence industry. russia still has a deep shadow in this region, even though it's a long time since it became a republic. hour since it became a republic. how likel do since it became a republic. how likely do you — since it became a republic. how likely do you think— since it became a republic. how likely do you think this - likely do you think this referendum is to pass? it’s likely do you think this referendum is to pass? it's an almost certainty. _ referendum is to pass? it's an almost certainty. we - referendum is to pass? it's an almost certainty. we all- referendum is to pass? it's an almost certainty. we all knew| almost certainty. we all knew it was going to pass, the moment we got announced. effectively there has been huge drumming up in major cities to get people out to vote. there's

not opposition against it. everyone has been curtailed. i would eat my hat if it doesn't pass but it's almost a certainty. pass but it's almost a certainty-— pass but it's almost a certain . . , , certainty. really interesting sto - . certainty. really interesting stop. michael _ certainty. really interesting stop. michael hilliard - certainty. really interesting stop. michael hilliard at - certainty. really interesting stop. michael hilliard at the boxes society for central asian affairs, thank you for speaking to us. to some news from the chess world now. the is ding lee—ren — he won the world chess championship on sunday, becoming the first chinese male to do so. he defeated russia's ian nepo—miachtchi in a tense rapid—play tie—break match in kazakhstan. the victory means china holds both the men's and women's titles. the crown previously belonged to magnus carlsen, a five—time world champion from norway who chose not to defend his title. to discuss this i'm joined now by levee rozzman,

aka' gothamchess�* on youtube — he's an american chess international master, commentator and has one of the most followed chess accounts on youtube. first of all, understand this championship final, it was pretty dramatic. if you want to compare to other sports, maybe like nba finals. walk us through about how this title was handed out. thank you for bringing this up with a diehard new york knicks fan. it was a rough day. but it was a tense match. weather can win 6.5 wins the match. historically most of those games and entires. we rarely see decisive games. and fans sit around at five, six hours hoping something happens. not in this match. we had majority decisive games, you could feel the pressure, you

could feel the pressure, you could feel the pressure, you could feel both sides. we get formal games. those 14 games were slow chest but they took five, six hours each where is the tie—break that comes after thatis the tie—break that comes after that is tied 7—7, they were playing with 25 minutes on the clock so it came down to game numberfour which is the clock so it came down to game number four which is the final game and did one and it was the first time he led in the entire match. ., , ., , ., match. one of the first to be a chess champion _ match. one of the first to be a chess champion from - match. one of the first to be a chess champion from china. i chess champion from china. tells about him. he has been a tough ranked playerfor seven, tough ranked player for seven, eight tough ranked playerfor seven, eight years. you been seeing him in the top ten as recently as 2022, 2021. a cold—blooded,

not overly emotional player. because of travel restrictions on covid. everybody was playing. all the top players were playing. he playing. all the top players were playing-— playing. all the top players were playing. playing. all the top players were -la inc. , ., were playing. he was trying to -la were playing. he was trying to play more _ were playing. he was trying to play more in _ were playing. he was trying to play more in the _ were playing. he was trying to play more in the on _ were playing. he was trying to play more in the on line - play more in the on line events, the only opportunity he had the on line events were not going to get you into the tournament that determines who plays for the championship and obviously if you can't make it there, you're not going to be able to play for the crown it also his journey here able to play for the crown it also hisjourney here is being probably one of the greatest comeback stories. honestly, in chess. �* ., , comeback stories. honestly, in chess. . . , , ., , comeback stories. honestly, in chess. . . , ,., , chess. and a big story as well, i would assume _ chess. and a big story as well, i would assume for _ chess. and a big story as well, i would assume for the - chess. and a big story as well, | i would assume for the country of china. i want to get in a question about magnus carlson. if we are sticking with our nba analogy, he is likely labuan

james of chess. —— magnus carlsen. but he didn't want to defend his title?— defend his title? there are several reasons, _ defend his title? there are several reasons, which - several reasons, which magnus himself stated, a training camp for a world championship, a one—on—one is like a fight can stop you spend three or four months in isolation somewhere, coming up the smallest nuances to surprise your opponent at some point in some remote location where you will play this match in astana or dubai or wherever the federation decides to choose. and ultimately, he's done it five times already. personally, this recent chess surge and many of the people watching this might right now might have gotten into chess in the last three years, this boom has not really been felt at the top level. the price what is the same, you don't have a giant sponsor or now, microsoft or rolex, american express if you will. to be honest with you, in terms of a financial decision, it

would be insane if you walked away from finals. but chess is not the same. the ultimate title is very prestigious. it's not quite the same thing. lats not quite the same thing. lots more eyes _ not quite the same thing. lots more eyes looking _ not quite the same thing. lots more eyes looking on - not quite the same thing. lots more eyes looking on the game of chess, especially after the popular netflix series queen's gambit. thank you very much for breaking that down for us. we want to return to the breaking news on ukraine and this is the latest that we have from the reuters news agency. their defence systems repelling missile attacks in the early hours on monday in the kyiv region, according to local authorities after air raid alerts were issued throughout all of ukraine. the regional administration wrote on the telegram messaging at that air defences are at work, after reports of explosions heard in the region. we will bring you more on that as we get it but

again, reports of sirens in kyiv and ukraine as well. this is bbc news. 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 drab 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 14 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. 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.

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