stick to pc radio 5 live to 11, i stick to pc radio 5 live now! thanks, jo, you have been great, jo shiner. live from london, this is bbc news. the family of a british man who was shot in sudan and his wife who later died of starvation say they did not get help from the british embassy. it breaks my heart to think that she died alone, and she died because she was alone, and she is still alone to this very moment. a russian missile strikes a hospital in the ukrainian city of dnipro, killing at least one person and injuring 15. as a deadline looms, reports that democrats and republicans could be close to a deal on raising the us debt ceiling. and newly released documents show the fbi feared that

queen elizabeth i! faced an assassination threat during a 1983 visit to america. hello, i'm gareth barlow. we start in sudan where the family of an 85—year—old uk national has told a bbc news arabic investigation that his disabled wife died of starvation after the british embassy there left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. despite repeated calls for assistance, abdalla sholgami and alaweya rishwan were offered no help in leaving their home which is just yards from the embassy in the capital, khartoum. the foreign office said the situation had been too dangerous. nawal al maghafi reports. a race against time. as fighting in sudan intensified, thousands

of dual nationals were desperate to escape. amongst them abdalla sholgami, a british citizen and a london hotel owner, and his wife alaweya rishwan. they were next to the military hq. they were in the centre of khartoum. that area, you can't leave, you can't enter. there are snipers everywhere in hat area. they were trapped here in their home, opposite the british embassy. thousands of miles away, their grandchild and family were desperate to save their grandparents. we contacted the british ambassador, we contacted fcdo, the turkish embassy. the british embassy was not reciprocative, it had no interest. unable to get help from the british embassy, they were running out of supplies. her grandfather left her disabled grandmother to try and find help. five minutes into his journey, he got shot. three bullets.

his hand, chest and lower back. his hand, chest, lower back. then we lost touch because there was no electricity, and we didn't have a way to call them. her grandfather was now in search of medical care but hospitals and doctors had been targeted. at the start of the conflict, they were 88 hospitals operating around khartoum. by the 20th of may, more than 60 had closed their doors. the city was running dangerously low on medical supplies, food and water. she didn't hearfrom her grandparents for five days. and then, she received this call from the turkish embassy. "i am sorry to tell you this, we went inside and your grandmother had passed away." i'm sorry.

that is so heartbreaking. it breaks my heart to think she died alone and she died because she was alone. and she is still alone to this very moment. her grandfather made his own way home to the uk. three weeks on, and they are desperate to bury her grandmother, her remains are still in the house. the family are desperate for some peace after a painful ordeal. nawal al maghafi, bbc news. the story of a family who claim they were abandoned in sudan. in response, the uk foreign office has said: the ongoing military conflict means sudan remains dangerous. the uk is taking a leading role in the diplomatic efforts to secure peace in sudan. let's speak to dr nick westcott who is a professor at soas university of london — and is director of the royal african society. this obviously is a truly dramatic story for the family involved. it

strikes me this must be story of countless in sudan and this is surely being replicated across khartoum and the wider country. most eo - le khartoum and the wider country. most --eole do khartoum and the wider country. most peeple do not — khartoum and the wider country. most people do not have _ khartoum and the wider country. ij�*ifrsjf people do not have joint citizenship and so we do not hear the story going on in khartoum and across the country. both sides seem to regard citizens as collateral damage in the fighting between themselves and i have held stories of people trying to escape being held up an even molested on the way out of the country just molested on the way out of the countryjust because they feel it is so unsafe to stay. there are no well over 2000 people who have fled the country to try to escape as well as another 800000 and who are internally displaced. civilians

trying to get out the way to avoid being killed. we trying to get out the way to avoid being killed-— trying to get out the way to avoid being killed. trying to get out the way to avoid bein: killed. ~ ., j~j~ being killed. we heard there were 88 hositals being killed. we heard there were 88 hospitals before _ being killed. we heard there were 88 hospitals before the _ being killed. we heard there were 88 hospitals before the fighting - being killed. we heard there were 88 hospitals before the fighting in - hospitals before the fighting in khartoum and no maybe 60 have closed their doors and many people have fled the country and you said both sides pay little regard for civilians. who is looking after the country? civilians. who is looking after the count ? ., . , civilians. who is looking after the count ? ., . country? both the agencies are t in: to country? both the agencies are trying to get — country? both the agencies are trying to get humanitarian - country? both the agencies are trying to get humanitarian aid l country? both the agencies are | trying to get humanitarian aid in and have got someone but it is basically a war zone. despite all the ceasefires declared they have been broken and it is very dangerous to try and get anyone in their and the british embassy evacuated their own staff and have an obligation to help british citizens but have a duty of care to their own staff and all the normal routes you would use for evacuating both staff and people

have been closed off and the international airport was closed and still is closed and the one airbase that had been used to evacuate some people by flying in your own troops to protect it is no contested between the two sides and no further evacuations are possible. so your imagination agencies are doing the best and urging both sides to respect humanitarian ceasefire is up till now they are continuing to fight it out. till now they are continuing to fight it out-— fight it out. what is your assessment _ fight it out. what is your assessment of _ fight it out. what is your assessment of the - fight it out. what is your - assessment of the prospects for fight it out. what is your _ assessment of the prospects for the humanitarian situation, only set to get worse in the short term? yes. the economy _ get worse in the short term? yes. the economy has _ get worse in the short term? yes. the economy has broken - get worse in the short term? yes the economy has broken down and get worse in the short term? i22 the economy has broken down and we see this couple went out to get supplies and supplies cannot be safely procured and shops have run

out and hospitals close the doors because they cannot operate. there is no power and no medicine and people cannot get there safely. it is a truly horrific experience for many people in sudan have not been able to get out and so far the diplomatic efforts have been reinforced and there have been some tops injeddah but it seems —— there have been talks but neither side has been able to get the upper hand so looking at stalemate and it is a question of how long civilians will have to suffer under this military stalemate before the two sides agree they have to talk. a russian missile attack on a hospital in the ukrainian city of dnipro is reported to have killed at least one person and injured

15. these are images posted on social media by the regional governor, serhii lysak, showing severe damage and fire at the clinic. he says two children are among those injured. writing on telegram in response to the attack on a medical facility, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says "russian terrorists once again confirm their status of fighters against everything humane and honest." the strike on dnipro came during another night of russian missile and drone attacks. ukraine says most were shot down. an oil depot outside kharkiv caught fire after being hit twice. russia has intensified such attacks, mainly on infrastructure, ahead of an expected ukrainian counteroffensive. the bbc�*s james landale in kyiv gave us his interpretation about the timing: clearly preparations for that offensive are continuing.

there is lots of discussions and speculation about when it may happen. the truth is that we don't know. we don't know when ukrainian military commanders will make that decision. a lot of heads are being scratched in western capitals trying to figure out when that is going to happen because it is a really difficult balance that ukraine has got to make. 0n the one hand, they've got to have as much time as possible to get as much kit as possible to get as much training done as possible to get all the troops and forces arrayed in their right locations. but at the same time, the more time it delays, the more time it gives russia to prepare, to lay its own defences, you know, it is a long front line at the moment. and russia is having to spread its forces pretty thinly, but it is having time to dig in, to build trenches, defensive positions, to try and slow any offensive as and when it comes, but everybody is expecting it when the off is, we don't know.

british cycling has confirmed it intends to permanently ban transgender women from elite female competition. last year the sport's governing body in the uk suspended its existing testosterone—based policy while it conducted a review, which followed the controversy over british rider emily bridges, one of cycling's most high—profile transgender competitors. with more on this let's speak to our sports news reporter alex capstick who's in the newsroom. what has been announced today? follows a nine—month review process by british cycling who suspended their review policy following the emergence of emily bridges who was banned from competing in chump chops last year which was made by the world governing body and the british cycling organisation then suspended their own process and launch this inquiry. this review. they have

concluded even if transgender women take testosterone they and vantage. they have said supportive evidence points to this. they say female events will only be for those assigned female at birth and transgender women will have to compete in an open category, for everyone else including men. we are talkin: everyone else including men. we are talking about — everyone else including men. we are talking about cycling. _ everyone else including men. we are talking about cycling. give _ everyone else including men. we are talking about cycling. give us - everyone else including men. we are talking about cycling. give us the - talking about cycling. give us the wider context because other sports federations have made similar moves in recent months.— in recent months. cycling is important _ in recent months. cycling is important because - in recent months. cycling is important because unlike i in recent months. cycling is important because unlike in in recent months. cycling is - important because unlike in other sports there are transgender women have been competing and in one instance in the united states winning significant uci sanctioned

events and there was a whene earlier this month which caused the uci to look at door policy. there is athletic, swimming and british cycling have decided that transgender women cannot compete in the female category but in other sports they are allowed to, sports like world triathlon and others swear as long as athletes limit their testosterone levels they are allowed to compete in the female category. there is this balance of inclusion fairness and that is what the governing bodies are looking at and it often athletes are competing in where the goal but at the moment it is decided that in at least british cycling transgender women british cycling tra nsgender women cannot

british cycling transgender women cannot compete in the fema category but another sports it has been allowed as long as they limit their testosterone. —— female. with a deadline looming in the us to raise the debt ceiling, the new york times is reporting that negotiators could be closing in on a deal. the newspaper reports that discussions are focussed on a compromise that would raise the debt limit for two years, while capping federal spending on everything but the military and veterans for the same period. here's what us republican speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, told reporters as he left the capitol on thursday evening. look, we've been talking to the white house all day, going back and forth.

it's not easy. we want to make sure this is an agreement for the american people. it takes a while to make it happen, we are all trying to make it happen. earlier i spoke to cbs correspondent jarred hill about how close both sides are to a deal. i'd like to say there is no deal until there is a deal. while it seems as though there is some progress in the right direction nothing has been signed yet so we don't quite know but we do know that the deadline the treasury says is approaching very quickly. it's going to be onjanuary first so there is a lot of momentum towards avoiding default. but nothing has been signed so we don't know. do you think the republicans share president biden's optimism for the deal? from what we've heard from republicans as well as democrats, there is no real appetite for default. we also know is with how they are negotiating, for the longest time we saw both sides were sticking to their guns when it comes to the things they wanted or felt we needed and desired to reach an agreement. put a lot more talk about compromise

over the past couple of days. which again gets to the point that the end goal here for the vast majority of lawmakers on both sides is to not reach default so it seems as though both sides are willing to give a little bit more in order to get to that point. people inside the us will be well used to political debates over the debt ceiling, they come around with a degree of relative frequency. for viewers outside of the us, just explain why this is so important. to be honest, i think a lot of viewers within the us don't really understand why this is such a big thing either. when it comes to the debt ceiling this is essentially the us saying this the it has set aside that it's going to allow to pay off its debts and as we all know many countries essentially have debt with other countries and what not and that is how all of this function is on a large level. we are getting to the place now where the us would not have the

funding according to the treasury department to pay off those loans which would potentially lead to default which could have a number of serious ramifications, everything from downgrading of the country's credit scoring which could then increase the amount of money it costs to borrow for things. there are a number of people who are in government agencies would not end up getting paid because again the nation would have to use whatever money to pay off those debts. this default has not happened in us history. the other concerning thing and we saw this back in 2011 and 2012, just getting close to default has some of its potential issues. so as the deadline approaches there are questions about whether or not we could see some of those hits coming without even reaching default.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. at the saint philips food bank they start queueing two hours before it opens. this is food in short supply but high demand. it is opens. this is food in short supply but high demand.— but high demand. it is really bad. this is the — but high demand. it is really bad. this is the warehouse _ but high demand. it is really bad. this is the warehouse where - but high demand. it is really bad. | this is the warehouse where much but high demand. it is really bad. . this is the warehouse where much of that food comes from. fridges are virtually empty, shelves are bare. it is really desperate. every week we think is this the week we have to shut the doors because we can keep up shut the doors because we can keep up with the orders. back shut the doors because we can keep up with the orders.— up with the orders. back at the food bank the shortage _ up with the orders. back at the food bank the shortage means _ up with the orders. back at the food bank the shortage means they - up with the orders. back at the food bank the shortage means they have | bank the shortage means they have been forced to find food elsewhere but that is also proving difficult. we are having to literally go into shops and some are saying we can't buy as much as we are because we are emptying some of their shelf stock

and they want to leave food for other paying customers and so going in and buying 100 cans of beans in a single day raises a few eyebrows. you're live with bbc news. an experimental brain implant company founded by elon musk says it has won approval from us regulators to carry out its first clinical study on a human. neuralink called it an important first step, but did not elaborate on the aim of the study. it's working on brain implants to treat conditions such as paralysis and blindness, and to help certain disabled people interface with computers. eventually, it says it wants to surpass able bodied human performance with its technology. we can speak now to jonathan ives, professor of empirical bioethics

at the university of bristol. we have seen for several years example parkinson is treated by people manipulating parts of the brain so they can reduce the shaking people with parkinson's experience. what assist technology adding to what we do already? it what assist technology adding to what we do already?— what assist technology adding to what we do already? it strikes me bein: what we do already? it strikes me being significantly _ what we do already? it strikes me being significantly different - what we do already? it strikes me being significantly different and i l being significantly different and i understand the technology you talk about parkinson's, it is tiny and static and they stimulate parts of the brain and the technology here is something that can interact with the brain, read it in some way and then communicate with other devices to effectively act in somebody�*s will. what are the ethics surrounding this? we have been talking that

neuralink wants to go beyond able—bodied performers. neuralink wants to go beyond able-bodied performers. when we are talkin: able-bodied performers. when we are talking about — able-bodied performers. when we are talking about potential— able-bodied performers. when we are talking about potential enhancement i talking about potential enhancement were talking about things found in the future and i would be concerned now to get the ethics of research direct. if we are looking to test this technology in humans for the first time, which is apparently what there was approvalfor first time, which is apparently what there was approval for no we need to first be confident there will be some potential benefit and i think thatis some potential benefit and i think that is the case and if this technology are safe and effective it could potentially benefit many people. i think we have to make sure thatis people. i think we have to make sure that is done safely and we need to ensure there are effective and robust processes of consent and i think it is really potentially possible for a desperately vulnerable people to be exploited in the setting so we need to really

ensure that doesn't happen and that testing is safe and rigorous. i suppose in the longer term if this testing goes ahead and different proves effective and can aid and assist people, potential fears of a two tier system, that the super—rich may be good afford this kind of technology but people who are not super—rich may not be able to afford it and it might not be available on the nhs and this could become a two tier system and people could be disadvantaged. i tier system and people could be disadvantaged.— tier system and people could be disadvantaged. i think if i were to take art disadvantaged. i think if i were to take part in _ disadvantaged. i think if i were to take part in this _ disadvantaged. i think if i were to take part in this early _ disadvantaged. i think if i were to take part in this early testing - disadvantaged. i think if i were to take part in this early testing as l take part in this early testing as it was such a policeman i would want to ask questions of the company whether this is something that would totally be affordable and potentially benefit society at large offer that it would be something that would benefit the wealthy

elite. i would also want to know as a research participant if this goes well once the trial ends, will i continue to have access to it and will it be taken away? i think that is certainly considerations to think about regarding justice. i don't think that is enough to stop research going ahead but there are certainly questions the need to be asked to be asked right at the start. . .. asked to be asked right at the start. . ~ , ., asked to be asked right at the start. . ~ i., . newly released documents from the fbi reveal that queen elizabeth i! faced a potential assassination threat during a visit to the united states in 1983. the documents share details of the fbi's concerns following an assassination threat made to an american police officer. 0ur north america correspondent david willis sent this update

this information is contained amongst a cache of documents, more than 100 in total, but were released by the fbi under a freedom of information request submitted by the us media. the documents reveal that the late queen elizabeth ii was the subject of a potential assassination threat here in the us by the ira during a ten—day visit to the state of california back in 1983. according to those documents, the threat was made in a phone call to a san francisco police officer by a man he had met in an irish pub in the city. this man was claiming that he was seeking revenge for the death of his daughter who had been killed by a rubber bullet in northern ireland. the caller apparently said that he was intending to harm the queen either by dropping an object from san francisco's golden gate bridge onto the royal yacht britannia is the yacht was passing underneath the bridge, or by mounting some other unspecified threat intending to kill the

queen during a visit to the yosemite national park. it's unclear how seriously the authorities took those threats but the came at a time of heightened tension involving northern ireland with the irish republic army fighting for mounting some other unspecified threat intending to kill the queen during a visit to the yosemite national park. it's unclear how seriously the authorities took those threats but the came at a time of heightened tension involving northern ireland with the irish republic army fighting for independence from the british mainland. and this of course only four years as well after the death of the queen's second cousin, lord mountbatten, killed by the ira off the coast of the republic of ireland. as it was the queen and prince philip's ten—day visit to california in 1983 passed off without incident. there were some protests but that there is

culminated in a banquet hosted by the then us president ronald reagan and his wife nancy in san francisco. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty fine weather at the moment and it will stay dry and fairly sunny for the rest of the day. areas of cloud floating across the uk but still good spells of sunshine and largely dry. that continues not only through this afternoon but for the next few days. this big area of high pressure extending from the azores and things settled. 0ne pressure extending from the azores and things settled. one of two weather fronts around the north of that so we could see rain affecting the north of scotland this afternoon. light and patchy here and afternoon. light and patchy here and a bit more cloud across north of scotland perhaps edging further east. a bit of cloud in the midlands and eastern and southern england in

the afternoon but on the whole still plenty of dry and bright and warm weather. temperatures perhaps not as high as yesterday but still the high teens and perhaps 20 or 21 celsius and in the sunshine the uv levels will be high across many parts of england and wales, medium to moderate and low for the north. through the night we will see cloud across scotland and elsewhere clear skies and a bit of cloud on the east side of england into wednesday morning. temperatures down to about nine celsius. 0n morning. temperatures down to about nine celsius. on wednesday sunshine for much of england and wales and as we go through the day a bit of cloud floating around but for most of us some lengthy spells of sunshine and temperatures creeping up a touch on wednesday, we could see highs of 22 celsius in the south—east and 17 or 18 in central areas of scotland. by

the end of the week this area of high pressure will move closer to the uk and that will bring more sunshine for many of us saw lots of sunshine for many of us saw lots of sunshine expected on friday. and thursday, indeed. a bit of cloud towards the south—east. very little towards the south—east. very little to talk about as we go through the day on thursday and all about the temperatures for the weekend, the high teens to 22 celsius for plymouth, cardiff and london. those temperatures could rise even further for friday and into the weekend and bank holiday monday. 23 degrees to 24 bank holiday monday. 23 degrees to 2a celsius possible and lots of sunny symbols on the chart and dry and sunny for most of us. goodbye.

"there will be no default". president biden hails "productive" talks on raising america's debt limit, with just days before the government begins to run out of cash. plus, inflation or "greedflation"? the boss of supermarket giant sainsburys says they're not profiteering from soaring food prices. welcome to world business report, i'm tadhg enright. "there will no be default�*" those were the words of president biden on thursday,

as he hailed what he called "productive" talks with his political rivals.