the first our listeners as well. the first hour was quite something, exhilarating and exhausting, but it always is. live from london, this is bbc news eight schoolchildren and a security guard have been shot dead by a fellow pupil in a rare mass shooting in serbia. sudan is headed towards a humanitarian catastrophe, according to the un. their humanitarian chief and secretary general are leading efforts to get aid in visits to the country and nearby kenya. russia says nearly 200 people have been fighting a fire at a large fuel storage tank not far from the bridge that leads to occupied crimea. an investigation finds russian naval ships were close to the nord stream gas pipelines when they exploded last september. eight pupils and a security guard have been killed in a school shooting in the serbian

capital, belgrade. police have confirmed that the gunman, a pupil at the school, has been arrested. six more young students and the history professor are seriously injured. police say an investigation into the motives behind the shooting is being carried out. mass shootings are rare in serbia, which has very strict gun laws. we'll get more on this story when we have it. the warring military leaders in sudan have agreed a seven—day truce to start on thursday. the deal was announced by south sudan which says the two sides also agreed to name representatives for peace talks. previous ceasefires have been repeatedly violated. this was the sudanese capital, khartoum, before the announcement was made. you can see smoke from the fighting across the skyline. on tuesday the african union held an emergency meeting on the conflict, bringing together african, arab, un and other representatives. meanwhile preparations are underway for the final evacuation flight of british citizens

to leave port sudan. i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in nairobi who said there's little hope that the proposed ceasefire will work. we heard last night that there will be another ceasefire starting from tomorrow and lasting for seven days. and that the two warring parties have nominated representatives to sit down around the table. i don't think there's any great sense of optimism on eitherfront think there's any great sense of optimism on either front because essentially, the ceasefire will only replace three—day ceasefires which have not been well observed at all over the last week or so. as for the possibility of political talks, we heard last night from senior general on the sudanese army side that there was no intention at all of sitting down and talking to the leader of the rapid support forces, so at the

moment, we don't see an immediate prospect of meaningful political talks. as for the humanitarian situation, the international community is gearing up its effort. the secretary general who is here in nairobi today, his senior humanitarian envoy arrived a short time ago in portadown to oversee the situation mayor. port sudan is obviously illogical hub for aid to come in by the public is, unless are security guarantees for the aid agencies, the aid that comes in simply cannot get to the places where it is needed. we also heard this morning from the world food programme that some of their warehouses inside the country had been looted over the past few weeks. so the international community face a real challenge as they try to address not only the 100,000 or so people who have fled across sudan the�*s borders but the 300,000 or so

civilians who are displaced within sudan and need help. a big fire has broken out at a fuel storage facility in southern russia, close to the bridge leading to occupied crimea. it happened in the the krasnodar region. officials haven't said what caused the blaze, but it comes days after they blamed a ukrainian drone attack for a similarfire in the crimean port of sevastopol. for a third night in a week. i wasjoined earlier by our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega. he gave us some more detail. it was another night of air strikes by russia and the third night in a week that russia attacked kyiv. all drones that were fired at the capital were intercepted by the country's air defence and the ukrainian military said it had intercepted most of the drones that were fired, so again i think this is another indication of the major role that air defence has played in protecting cities and towns across the country. the military is saying that russia

fired 26 of these drones and that 21 were intercepted. no places were hit here in kyiv, but there have been reports of damage in cities across the country. in the central region of kirovograd officials say an oil depot was hit. in dnipro a government building was damaged. in the city of konstantinovka, buildings were also hit and reports suggest that a military facility was the target there. so again, more attacks by russia, targeting cities away from the front lines and it seems russia has returned to this strategy of launching missiles and drones, targeting places across the country. and it seems that many of these recent targets have been military facilities, or facilities being used by the ukrainian military, perhaps to support this much anticipated ukrainian counteroffensive. hugo, what more do we know

about the fire at a fuel depot? how significant could that be? yes, so we had a report from emergency services saying that this fire was caused by a drone and no information about who could have been behind this alleged attack. the suspicion is that ukrainians would have some kind of involvement here. as you say, this comes just days after another fire hit an oil depot in crimea and again i think the authorities there said that this was a drone attack and again decided the ukrainians were behind it. here in kyiv we haven't heard anything from the authorities. the officials here have this policy of ambiguity when it comes to attacks in russia and in russian—controlled territories. they don't deny involvement and they don't confirm. what is interesting

is at the weekend we heard from a military spokesperson who said that attacking facilities being used by the russian military was part of the strategy of the ukrainian military ahead of its counteroffensive. and we have seen a number of these incidents in recent days, so perhaps this is evidence of this strategy by the ukrainians. they say they are finishing their preparations for this counteroffensive. joining us now on the phone lines from cairo is mai abdulmoneim. she's a business owner from khartoum who managed to escape the violence with her family a few days ago. thank you for being with us. tell us about what happened to you when the fighting broke out.— fighting broke out. hello, good mornin: ,

fighting broke out. hello, good morning. or— fighting broke out. hello, good morning, or is _ fighting broke out. hello, good morning, or is it _ fighting broke out. hello, good morning, or is it good - fighting broke out. hello, good i morning, or is it good afternoon? the fighting broke out on saturday and i was heading towards my office. i was on the airport road when the gun started. i managed to escape and reach a hotel and stay there for an hour or so until i found another way to head to my relative�*s house on the other side of the city. we were stuck there for almost six days and i were separated from my children and my immediate family who were on the other side of the city. we only managed to get together on thursday, six days after the gun fighting

broke out. six days after the gun fighting broke out-— six days after the gun fighting broke out. , ., , ., . broke out. tell us how your children co -e to, broke out. tell us how your children cape to. you — broke out. tell us how your children cape to. you were — broke out. tell us how your children cope to, you were separated - broke out. tell us how your children cope to, you were separated from i cope to, you were separated from them and your home was coming under attack? , , ., ., j , attack? yes, my immediate family's home is in an _ attack? yes, my immediate family's home is in an area _ attack? yes, my immediate family's home is in an area which _ attack? yes, my immediate family's home is in an area which is - attack? yes, my immediate family's home is in an area which is near- attack? yes, my immediate family's home is in an area which is near the| home is in an area which is near the headquarters, it is a 20 minute drive from us. that entire region, this block unfortunately suffered the most with heavy gun fighting, shelling and god knows what else. unfortunately, by the third day, i realised my family was practically sandwiched amongst the soldiers,

basically embedded in the street behind the house. there was heavy, heavy gunfire, as well as shallow and one rocket landed on the roof of my brother's bedroom. thankfully he was not in it, he was downstairs. by the third day, i was not aware of how dangerous it was, how my family was actually under existential threat. so, i believed they were stuck, huddling together in the middle of the house because that was the most safe place for them there. we must leave it there, thank you for telling us about how difficult the past few days has been for you.

eight pupils and a security guard have been killed in a school shooting in the serbian capital, belgrade. police have confirmed that the gunman—— a pupil at the school — has been arrested. six more young students and the history professor are seriously injured. police say they are investigating the suspect�*s motives. mass shootings are rare in serbia, which has very strict gun laws. live now to our reporter aleksandar miladinovic who is in belgrade. tell us more about what has happened there? 50 tell us more about what has happened there? ., ., ., ., , tell us more about what has happened there? ., ., ., ., there? so for no that ate very young students of — there? so for no that ate very young students of primary _ there? so for no that ate very young students of primary school- there? so for no that ate very young students of primary school age - there? so for no that ate very young students of primary school age in i students of primary school age in one of the most prestigious primary schools in belgrade has been killed in a shooting spree by their fellow student this morning in a classroom during a history class. the government also killed a security bodyguard on the way to the classroom where he shot multiple

gunshots. it is still spec elated where he got the gum from and there are six more very young pupils from the same class also their history teacher who are in a different hospital in belgrade, still being treated for the witness that they suffered at school this morning. these kind of horrific attacks are very rare in the country? this these kind of horrific attacks are very rare in the country?- very rare in the country? this is basically the — very rare in the country? this is basically the first _ very rare in the country? this is basically the first event - very rare in the country? this is basically the first event of - very rare in the country? this is basically the first event of this | basically the first event of this kind in serbia, and in the balkans. however, the public of weapons and arms that are still somewhere in the houses of people in the balkans is big after the wars of the 90s. also, there was a lot of debate on whether all the arms and weapons are listed and registered and how it is kept and registered and how it is kept and stored in this event, the first of its kind, not only in serbia but

at the balkans, will certainly open discussions on what has been done in the past. discussions on what has been done in the ast. ~ ., discussions on what has been done in the ast. ~ . ., , discussions on what has been done in the ast. ~ . .,, ., discussions on what has been done in the ast. ~ . ., , the past. what has the reaction been to the shocking _ the past. what has the reaction been to the shocking news? _ the past. what has the reaction been to the shocking news? it _ the past. what has the reaction been to the shocking news? it is _ the past. what has the reaction been to the shocking news? it is still- the past. what has the reaction been to the shocking news? it is still a - to the shocking news? it is still a lot of shock _ to the shocking news? it is still a lot of shock and _ to the shocking news? it is still a lot of shock and a _ to the shocking news? it is still a lot of shock and a lot _ to the shocking news? it is still a lot of shock and a lot of - to the shocking news? it is still a lot of shock and a lot of silence. | to the shocking news? it is still a| lot of shock and a lot of silence. a lot of shock and a lot of silence. a lot of shock and a lot of silence. a lot of expectations. what are the life—threatening conditions for the other injured? how many victims are there going to be at the end? the serbian government has scheduled a press conference in about two hours away where they will provide all the details that they came up with and we are also having the education authorities having their say but so far we have only heard from the police that the official number of casualties so far is eight digits, one dead security guard, six more people are in hospitals around belgrade. we people are in hospitals around bel rade. ~ ., people are in hospitals around belarade. ~ ., ., ., , belgrade. we will have more on this sto ve

belgrade. we will have more on this story very shortly — belgrade. we will have more on this story very shortly but _ belgrade. we will have more on this story very shortly but at _ belgrade. we will have more on this story very shortly but at this - story very shortly but at this point, we say goodbye to yours watching in the uk. what more do we know about the person who has been arrested? 50 for person who has been arrested? so far we do that he — person who has been arrested? so far we do that he was _ person who has been arrested? so far we do that he was born _ person who has been arrested? so far we do that he was born into _ person who has been arrested? sr f: we do that he was born into thousand nine, that he was one of the students at the school but we don't know any more details than that. we saw him being arrested this morning in the schoolyard. two police officers taken him with his head covered so that his identity is protected, he is a minor, and taken ljy protected, he is a minor, and taken by the police car to further investigation. we have no idea about the motive so far. we still do not know how he got the garden, however there are speculations that the

weapon belonged to his parents. however, no confirmation on that yet. so, still a lot of questions that need to be answered and those need to be answered as soon as possible. i need to be answered as soon as ossible. ., , need to be answered as soon as ossible. . , ., ., ~' need to be answered as soon as ossible. . , ., ., ~ ., need to be answered as soon as ossible. . , ., possible. i am 'ust looking at some comments possible. i am just looking at some comments online, _ possible. i am just looking at some comments online, what _ possible. i am just looking at some comments online, what local - possible. i am just looking at some| comments online, what local media are saying, and what parents are saying. 0ne are saying, and what parents are saying. one person said they saw kids running out from the school, screaming, and they heard several shots. this is completely shocking and something that i imagine people are struggling to come to terms with? {131 are struggling to come to terms with? . ., , ., are struggling to come to terms with? _, , ., ., , with? of course, there are many arents with? of course, there are many parents still _ with? of course, there are many parents still standing _ with? of course, there are many parents still standing in - with? of course, there are many parents still standing in front - with? of course, there are many parents still standing in front of| parents still standing in front of the school in the centre of the serbian capital, still waiting for the information about their kids, about what happened inside school, about what happened inside school, about what happened inside school, about what happened inside the classroom, where they all took their kids this morning for a regular wednesday morning classes. today was

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