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. 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. british cycling bans transgender women from the female category of its competitions. of borrowing in europe how worried should we be about the global economy? and as the iconic rocky horror show celebrate�*s 50 years on the stage, we speak to one of its original stars. hello, i'm ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. 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 that area. they were trapped here in their home, opposite the british embassy.

thousands of miles away, her and 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. 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. dr nick westcott is a professor at soas

university of london — and is director of the royal african society. he says the situation in sudan is becoming incresingly desperate. most people do not have joint citizenship and so we do not hear the story going on in 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, bribed and even 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 800,000 and who are internally displaced. civilians trying to get out the way to avoid being killed.

for the civilians left stranded in sudan, the daily life is proving ever more difficult. despite the ceasefire, no humanitarian aid has reached the capital city of khartoum. there are multiple reports of looting across town, with the militia going through homes. most families have deserted khartoum and fled, especially west in chad. heavy fighting has been reported in darfur despite the truce, in the city of el geneina, darfur region's capital. over the past few weeks, the el 0beid airfield in the south has also been the centre of conflict despite the recent ceasefire. long lines are also reported on the egyptian border with refugees queuing up for hours for a bus to cross over. some humanitarian aid and diplomatic efforts occur from the city of port sudan, that became the de facto administrative capital of the country while khartoun reopens.

live now to 0pheera mcdoom, a formerjournalist who headed the reuters office in khartoum and is in daily contact with people there: iam in i am in contact with a lot of people in khartoum, i am i am in contact with a lot of people in khartoum, iam not i am in contact with a lot of people in khartoum, i am not there myself but that is systematic looting neighbourhood by neighbourhood and they're going into peoples houses and asking them to leave the hoses i quite often put their technical vehicles in there and have stolen hundreds of vehicles from civilians and are moving around to avoid being bombarded by the sudanese armed forces who are using planes above them and the looting and disruption has been something i don't think anyone has ever seen. generations of lost everything. —— have lost

everything. the military attacked the central bank gold reserves and the central bank gold reserves and the currency printing press which is a major security risk. also a factory which produces a supplement given to millions of malnourished children all around the region. that factory is a shell. private businesses, be they millionaires are murky stall owners, have been reduced to absolutely nothing. the economy probably set back a0 years in khartoum, the major economic centre for the whole country. the devastation is unbelievable, the systematic looting continuing every single day, every single night. more and more people are fleeing so this is spreading into different

neighbourhoods and people have moved into neighbourhoods probably less central hoping they will be safe but they have all also had to flee now because the looting is spreading as armed men flee into different areas. life has become almost impossible and so many more people have decided to flee the country. they had hoped they could shelter and places nearby and go back but have nothing to go back to that are quite aside from the lack of humanitarian help and food and water and electricity, reports of civilian vehicles being seized by the militia.— reports of civilian vehicles being seized by the militia. what we know about those — seized by the militia. what we know about those vehicles _ seized by the militia. what we know about those vehicles been _ seized by the militia. what we know about those vehicles been taken - seized by the militia. what we know| about those vehicles been taken and maybe being stolen? the about those vehicles been taken and maybe being stolen?— maybe being stolen? the army has mostly been _ maybe being stolen? the army has mostly been bombing _ maybe being stolen? the army has mostly been bombing rebels - maybe being stolen? the army has mostly been bombing rebels from i maybe being stolen? the army has i mostly been bombing rebels from the air and one of thosejets, there seemed to be a technical fog so it crashed in the middle of the capital a couple of days ago and the militia

captured one of the army pilots. he was quite badly injured and has now been recovered by the army. there was very heavy fighting in that altercation happened during the humanitarian truce. that has been pretty much what has happened in the last few weeks, the militia on the ground often being bombarded from the air and because of that they are hiding vehicles inside peoples houses and stealing their civilian vehicles to move around and so the army does not know where they are and also sometimes i think they have been fleeing the capital in those civilian vehicle so it has been hard to catch them and that would be all the things that have been looted from houses and from dozens of banks with the vaults have been broken into and safety deposit boxes and peoples life savings, everything we

haveis peoples life savings, everything we have is gone. it is peoples life savings, everything we have is gone-— have is gone. it is really good to have is gone. it is really good to have ou have is gone. it is really good to have you with — have is gone. it is really good to have you with us _ have is gone. it is really good to have you with us and _ have is gone. it is really good to have you with us and thank- have is gone. it is really good to have you with us and thank you | have is gone. it is really good to i have you with us and thank you for that update. 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 is video posted on social media by the regional governor — and verified by the bbc — showing severe damage at the clinic, with firefighters attempted to put out a blaze engulfing the building. governor serhii lysak says two children are among those injured. writing on telegram in response to the attack on a medicalfacility. 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. speaking from kyiv a short while ago, the bbc�*s james landale gave us his perspective on the timing of the spring offensive. clearly when clearly it is going to happen. it is a real difficult balance ukraine has got to make. at one time —— on one hand

theyit they 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 build trances and build defensive positions to try to slow any offensive when it comes. —— trenches. but everyone is expecting it to happen at some point but when the offers we don't know. -- ——off —— ——off is. ukrainian officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they've started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for bakhmut

has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. has been the longest this aerial footage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. speaking to american students by video link, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, said he was proud of his nation's resistance. i'm proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states has also not lost a single day around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some of the stories making news here in the uk. in northern ireland, 11 people have been arrested in county tyrone over the attempted murder of a senior detective. john caldwell was shot and critically injured at a sports complex in 0magh in february. 0fficers believe the dissident republican group — the new ira — may have acted with an organised crime gang to carry out the attack. around 16,000 passengers have had their half—term holiday plans thrown into chaos after british airways cancelled

at least a2 more flights because of an it failure yesterday. it's affecting short haul travel at heathrow airport. ba says the technical issue is now resolved. bbc news has learned that health inspectors considered closing a maternity unit over safety concerns. services at the william harvey hospital in kent have been rated inadequate after an inspection by the care quality commission found significant problems. the review found at least a5 babies might have survived at two hospitals run by the east kent hospitals trust. you're live with bbc news. 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. 0ur sports news correspondent

alex capstick has more. this 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. take testosterone suppressa nts they retain a physiological advantage. 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. 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 win earlier this month which caused the uci to look at their own 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 where as long as athletes limit their testosterone levels they are allowed to compete in the female category. there is this balance of inclusion versus 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 compete in the female category but in the uci it has been allowed as long as they limit their testosterone. rising prices continue to cause problems around the world. and here in the uk, inflation remains stubbornly high. figures this week showed inflation slowed in the year

to april but remained at 8.7%, still more than four times the bank of england's official 2% target. well speaking earlier the chancellorjeremy hunt made clear he supports the prime minister's aim to halve inflation this year, saying "it is a big task, but we must deliver it and we will even if it means precipitating a recession". he went on to say: "if we want to grow the economy... we have to support the bank of england in the difficult decisions that they take". but that has caused panic on bond markets — prompting a new mortgage shock for homeowners as borrowing britain's borrowing costs have risen to the highest in the g7 for the first time since the financial crisis because of economic uncertainty. it is the first time british yields have topped the g7 group of advanced economies since the financial crisis in 2008, a sharp reversal of britain's fortunes. in march 2020, the country's borrowing costs were the fourth currently at a.5% — will rise to 5.5% by the end of the year, putting more pressure on household budgets, and sparking further warnings of a housing market correction. let's speak to michael hewson, the chief market analyst at cmc markets uk. what did this we are back into familiar territory and it means ultimately a bit of pain if mortgage

holder. 3 ultimately a bit of pain if mortgage holder. �* , ., �* ultimately a bit of pain if mortgage holder. �* , ., ., holder. a bit of pain if you're a mortgage _ holder. a bit of pain if you're a mortgage holder _ holder. a bit of pain if you're a mortgage holder unavailable l holder. a bit of pain if you're a i mortgage holder unavailable rate mortgage holder unavailable rate mortgage but according to the bank of england may be 5% of mortgage holders are on fixed rate mortgages saw on a two year basis if you're looking to rule up your mortgage refinance in the next two months you will be in for a bit of a shock. similarly five year yield around a.25%. that is honestly a concern and a potential drag on the uk economy over the course of the second half of this year. but i certainly don't buy into the expectation that bank of england will hype rates by another i% from the current base rate of 5.5% because i think to do that would be completely counter—productive and ultimately do more harm than good. that is the issue. the chancellor seen keeping inflation in check is his number one priority. that is the

response we expect, rising interest rates and he says he's prepared to do that even if it means the uk tipped into recession. it underlines all of this is big balancing act. fortunately for us it is not his decision, it is that of the bank of england and for me this is notjust a uk problem, it is a global phenomenon and if you look at what is going on on the other side of the atlantic american rates have also risen quite significantly over the course of the past few days, not as much as uk rates, if you look at the uk it is up half a percent since the end of last month saw some of the problem are unique to the uk economy some self inflicted by government fiscal policy but if you look at producer prices they are around 3% to a%. factory gate prices, prices businesses are facing in terms of rising gust pressures and they have

been slowing for several months. i think they are leading indicator of where inflation is going. it is already falling and i think that fedor was the self potentially one more interest rate hike which means the bank of england needs to go another 25 basis points and inflation should banning any other shops come down by itself and rates in the uk should adjust.— in the uk should ad'ust. thank you very much. _ and the economic nervousness continues in the united states where the deadline is looming to raise what's known as the debt ceiling. reports suggest negotiators are creeping closer to a deal, but some key hurdles remain. the new york times says discussions are focussed on a compromise that would raise the debt limit for two years but cap federal spending on everything except the military and veterans. 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. let's go to new york and cbs correspondentjarred hill. how close are we to a deal? i don't want to add too much to any rumour or speculation. the truth here as we just don't know. lawmakers have been talking more about progress but nothing has been signed yet. they have been talking significantly more about compromise which potentially could mean they are getting closer to a place they can find some sort of agreement to get enough members of both republican and democratic parties to sign on a bill that would raise the debts limit before default. cbs news is learning that the details of a

potential agreement but again i think a sign nothing is done and lawmakers memorial weekend. i wonder if republicans — lawmakers memorial weekend. i wonder if republicans share _ lawmakers memorial weekend. i wonder if republicans share the _ lawmakers memorial weekend. i wonder if republicans share the optimism - lawmakers memorial weekend. i wonder if republicans share the optimism of - if republicans share the optimism of the president? we if republicans share the optimism of the president?— the president? we have had republicans _ the president? we have had republicans and _ the president? we have had republicans and democrats | the president? we have had - republicans and democrats saying that the question is what will be done to get there. one republican said they are in the sensitive phase with sensitive issues but by and large that is not really any appetite for default with any member of congress but the question will be f they can figure out a way to get that done within the next six days. the clock really is taking. remind us why this is so important. what are the implications of the deal is not done? indie are the implications of the deal is not done? ~ ., ., ~ ., are the implications of the deal is notdone? ., ., ~ ., ., ., , not done? we do not know totally what will happen _

not done? we do not know totally what will happen if _ not done? we do not know totally what will happen if default - not done? we do not know totally what will happen if default goes i what will happen if default goes through because it is never happened before but essentially this puts the united states on shaky economic ground. federal employees would not get paid and military veterans including soldiers would lose some benefits and global financial markets could go into a bit of a tailspin because of the feeling that the united states is not able to pay off its debt. that feeling again, the uncertainty of the security and safety of the united states in an economic level that could have major impacts notjust in the united states but around the world. korean police have arrested a man who opened a door of a plane minutes before it was due to land. here's the video showing the moments before the landing — with a door open and wind rushing in. nine passengers, all teenagers, were sent to hospital

after suffering breathing issues. it's isn't known why the door was opened but it is possible to do at lower altitudes when the outside pressure is lower. everyone had their seatbelt on. asiana airlines is being investigated over safety issues with the flight. hello there. plenty of fine weather out there at the moment. it is going to stay dry and fairly sunny for the rest of today. we have got areas of cloud just floating across the uk but still good spells of sunshine out there and largely dry. that continues through this afternoon and fought the next few days as well. we will see a bit more cloud across the north and west of scotland. it will drift a bit further south and eastward and into wales

but away from that lots of blue skies with temperatures about 16 to 21 degrees and 22 celsius this afternoon. the patchy cloud across central areas and wales will tend to melt away. still a bit more cloud across the far north—west of scotla nd of scotland and overnight temperatures down to seven or eight celsius. at the start of the bank holiday weekend on saturday more cloud across scotland, may be a few spots of rain affecting the far north—west but elsewhere a bit of patchy cloud building up but for the most part it will be sunny, temperatures could even be a bit higher, 22 and maybe 23 celsius across england and wales on saturday afternoon. i sandy this area of high pressure means the wind comes in from the north—east so we could see something a bit cooler across scotland and down the east side of england, especially the north—east. temperatures hear lower on sunday

but again there will be varying amounts of cloud and lengthy spells of sunshine and we will get the sunshine across many parts of england and wales up to the high teens, low 20s. it could be a bit more chilly around the far north—east. next week this area of high pressure if anything moves a little further east becoming centred across the uk as we go through next week which is half term for many of us and it means the weather looks very settled. lots of sunshine, we don't often see that on a weather charts. temperatures could rise perhaps into the mid 20s for some of us as we go through next week.

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