,to the ambassador to the ambassador to ,to the ambassador to kyiv speak to the ambassador to kyiv about what it is like on the ground at the moment. the us and uk have condemned a controversial law that would see members of uganda's lgbtq community face the death penalty. let's go to sudan. last week's ceasefire brought a lull in the fighting in the capital khartoum. but that was not the case, in the western region of darfur where entire villages have been burnt to the ground and communications with the outside world have been mostly cut off. the region has a long history of inter—communal violence, and it seems to have plunged into chaos once again. people there are in dire need of help and experts warn the conflict risks spreading to neighbouring countries. our correspondent barbara plett—usher has looked into this under—reported area of the conflict you've heard about the battle for khartoum. i'm going to tell you about the battle for darfur. it's seen some of the bloodiest fighting, most of it around

the cities of al—geneina and nyala. let's start by looking at al—geneina, because that's been the hotspot. this is before the war, and this is in late april, after a first flare—up of violence. then there was a second wave of violence in mid—may. markets were destroyed, health services looted, hundreds of people killed. aid workers who had to flee say it's been pretty much a scorched—earth approach to civilian infrastructure. nyala is darfur�*s largest city and part of the main market there has also been destroyed. a resident has confirmed that this is a video of the nyala market. it's a huge loss because it supplies the region and some neighbouring countries. and we managed to get this message from a localjournalist. translation: the rsf attacked

the city with dozens of pick-up i trucks mounted with guns. ngo offices and shops were looted. most of the pharmacies were looted. all of the residential areas in nyala have been completely sealed off with barricades and digging ditches so the militias can't enter the residential districts. so who is doing all this burning and looting and killing? residents in the area say that in nyala, it's the rsf, or the rapid support forces, which does have its roots in darfur. but take a look at these fighters on the rampage in al—geneina. you can see that they're not wearing uniforms. the rsf leader has called for calm. in al—geneina especially, the lines are blurred. there are different community militias, including fighters from arab tribes called the janjaweed, and that's the base from which the rsf was formed. 20 years ago in darfur, the janjaweed were mobilised to crush a rebellion by non—arab tribes. the current battles have reignited those communal tensions. a war of all against all, multiple

groups fighting one another, could spread to other regions in sudan and beyond because of ethnic ties across borders. an intensifying conflict in darfur has the potential to inflame conflict in libya, in chad, in central african republic and in south sudan, and even further across into the west african sahel. refugees from darfur have been streaming into neighbouring chad. they're fleeing not only a power struggle between two generals but the prospect of another civil war. earlier i spoke to the lead analyst for africa and the middle east at a strategic intelligence company and i asked him about similarities between the current situation in sudan and the current situation in sudan and the darfur conflict that erupted in 2003. it

the darfur conflict that erupted in 2003. , , the darfur conflict that erupted in 2003. , y a a, ., 2003. it is very much a return to what we saw _ 2003. it is very much a return to what we saw during _ 2003. it is very much a return to what we saw during the - 2003. it is very much a return to what we saw during the dark - 2003. it is very much a return to what we saw during the dark wari what we saw during the dark war conflict in the 1900 and it formally endedin conflict in the 1900 and it formally ended in 2020. in many ways that is because the issues that connected the conflict in darfur are still very life. that was issues of political representation and civil representation, access to key resources, and while there was some political agreement in 2020, as i mentioned, the progress of implementing has been very limited and a lot of the issues have been largely unaddressed and so while there was some progress toward getting an agreement between these rebel groups that were largely non—arab communities and the government and its aligned malicious, the key issue really is that it led to the withdrawal of un troops from that region and these

forces took over security in the region. but because of the tensions between sudan and those communities and rebel groups what we saw with the un withdrew in 2020 is over 2021 and 2022 a significant spike in outbreaks of intercommunity violence and people displacing hundreds of thousands of people and it is in the context of that instability we have now seen this war between they are and the military.— and the military. these things are so complicated — and the military. these things are so complicated we _ and the military. these things are so complicated we like _ and the military. these things are so complicated we like to - and the military. these things are so complicated we like to simplify them by saying this group against this group, but there are so many layers to this, are there? there is intercommunal conflict, there is layer upon layer rather than just one side or the other? layer upon layer rather than 'ust one side or the other? absolutely. i think it is fair _ one side or the other? absolutely. i think it is fair to _ one side or the other? absolutely. i think it is fair to say _ one side or the other? absolutely. i think it is fair to say that _ think it is fair to say that relations between these communities are in many ways quite transactional

and so there are concerns about one side may be aligned with a particularfaction at side may be aligned with a particular faction at one point but if conditions change or resources can be off—loaded, and they might shift alliances. that is a major concern in darfur because we have this network of armed groups that signed a peace agreement and it has not been very well implemented, so there are questions about which way those communities will go in relation to the conflict. will they side with the military forces? many have emanated towards that group because of that reference to the janjaweed. because of that reference to the jan'aweed. , i, because of that reference to the janjaweed-_ because of that reference to the jan'aweed. , i, i ., i, , janjaweed. general committee was the head of the janjaweed. _ janjaweed. general committee was the head of the janjaweed. yes, _ head of the jan'aweed. yes, absolutely. — head of the janjaweed. yes, absolutely. and _ head of the janjaweed. yes, absolutely. and so - head of the janjaweed. yes, absolutely. and so he - head of the janjaweed. yes, absolutely. and so he is - absolutely. and so he is intrinsically linked to the conflict. but he has also been through the 2020 peace process and he was very closely connected to a number of the rebel commanders and

so there are questions about whether or not he has been able to shift some of their loyalties or if they might back the sudanese armed forces. at the moment they are saying they wish to remain neutral, but we have seen some rebels, many of whom are now involved in the government and what of the groups is represented in the governorship in the darfur region and they are calling on people to take up arms themselves. we calling on people to take up arms themselves-_ calling on people to take up arms themselves-— themselves. we are now hearing something _ themselves. we are now hearing something about _ themselves. we are now hearing something about the _ themselves. we are now hearing something about the ceasefire. i saudi arabia and the unitedstates welcomed a deal by the sudanese army and paramilitary rapid support forces to a five—day extension of the ceasefire agreement

the us bureau of africanaffairs said in a statement on monday. "the extension will provide time for further humanitarianassistance, restoration of essential services, and discussion ofa potential longer—term extension", the statement added. the ceasefire will be extended for an extra five days to help with humanitarian assistance, restoration of essential services, and discussion of our potential, longer term extension. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. the biggest police force in the uk, london's metropolitan police, says it will stop attending mental health incidents later this year in a bid to free—up officers and resources. officers currently respond to several hundred calls of this nature each month, but will now only attend, where there's perceived to be an "immediate threat to life". our home affairs editor mark easton has more. have you harmed

yourself today at all? an increasing proportion of 999 calls to the police relate to a mental health crisis. have you tried to take your own life before? one man and now the metropolitan police commissioner has made it clear that from september his officers won't attend mental health incidents unless there's a risk to life. in a letter to health and care agencies, sir mark rowley says londoners are being failed by sending police officers, not medical professionals, to those in mental health crisis and expecting them to do their best in circumstances where they're not the right people to be dealing with the patient. some of the national analysis suggests that the work going on across the country where police officers are dealing with mental health is the equivalent capacity that could deal with 500,000 victims of domestic violence. the suggestion that officers will refuse to attend many calls relating to psychological crisis has

alarmed a former inspector of constabulary who now chairs a mental health trust. for the metropolitan police to potentially, as this door is being reported, to step away from those crisis calls where there isn't another agency to step in and fill the vacuum. so, yes, i'm alarmed. i want to see how this works through. the model for what scotland yard is proposing is the right care right person scheme adopted by police in humberside in 2020, in which officers do not attend a call if a mental health professional would be more appropriate. i am not persuaded that this is the entirely correct approach. i mean what we know is that it is best for individuals and patients if the nhs and the police work hand in hand to resolve this problem. senior officers hope it will encourage a political debate on how to ensure forces deal with society's

realities. we can speak now to dr golnar aref—adib, consultant psychiatrist at the camden and islington nhs foundation trust dealing with mental health issues. i want you to give me your reaction to the police now saying that unless there is a threat to life they can't attend to these issues around mental health. i attend to these issues around mental health. ., , ., i, health. i was outraged, terrified and shocked. _ health. i was outraged, terrified and shocked. there _ health. i was outraged, terrified and shocked. there has - health. i was outraged, terrified and shocked. there has been i health. i was outraged, terrifiedj and shocked. there has been no consultation with psychiatry across london and there has been no planning. so this has come as a complete shock to us. i am worried about the impact this is going to have with patients, the people who are suffering, psychotic or really unwell, suicidal. what is the impact going to be for them and the general public as well? someone who is very disturbed and very unwell could be at risk of roaming around london without immediate action. tell us

how this works. _ without immediate action. tell us how this works. you _ without immediate action. tell us how this works. you have - without immediate action. tell us. how this works. you have attended too many of these incidents. do you go in with the police, the you have got the support of the peace when you are attending to the skull? that is a really good _ you are attending to the skull? t'isgit is a really good question and i was explaining this to my family tonight. the police are across london and they have got the infrastructure to survey the whole of london and i have an emergency power code section 136 where they can bring someone from a public space to a place of safety, so that is where i am. there are not enough psychiatrist to be around london and they have suggested they are going to have 90 mental health ambulances for the whole of london. it is ridiculous, it is never going to be sufficient for the number of crises. just to be clear in a night time i see more than ten people in section 136 and i cover camden and islington. it isjust 136 and i cover camden and islington. it is just a small proportion of london. my big fear is that there is not going to be people

in particular to help. who is going to help these people if it is not going to be the police? the general public does not have this emergency power. also, for example, you see someone on the street and they are psychotic and unwell, you call the police and you might call the ambulance service. they both come together, but the ambulances and paramedics have protection because they may not be trained in how to physically restrain someone who is at risk of hurting themselves. bear in mind someone with schizophrenia is much more likely to hurt themselves than someone in the general public. i am afraid the ambulance forces and paramedics at there, i am afraid for them as well. given your experience of these situations, it takes that layer of protection away from people like you and also from the person who is suffering from this mental breakdown. it suffering from this mental breakdown.— suffering from this mental breakdown. , , , ,

breakdown. it is, it is completely removed a _ breakdown. it is, it is completely removed a service _ breakdown. it is, it is completely removed a service without - breakdown. it is, it is completely removed a service without any i removed a service without any changes or alternative. that is what is so terrifying. overnight they have made this decision, no consultation period with psychiatric services, and no real thought. often things like this when they change we work closely with patients to think about what is best for them. i can understand the right person and the right service, but my fear is that there is the right person but no service. ~ ., ., ,, there is the right person but no service. ~ ., ., , ., ~' there is the right person but no service. ~ ., ., m ~ .,, service. what do you think has led to the sudden _ service. what do you think has led to the sudden about _ service. what do you think has led to the sudden about turn? - service. what do you think has led to the sudden about turn? they i service. what do you think has led l to the sudden about turn? they say it has stretch their resources and they can't get to burglary or other issues that people face because they are attending to those with mental health issues. it are attending to those with mental health issues.— health issues. it comes down to bud . et. i health issues. it comes down to budget. i think— health issues. it comes down to budget. i think the _ health issues. it comes down to budget. i think the police i health issues. it comes down to budget. i think the police force | health issues. it comes down to l budget. i think the police force is not adequate. it is not a perfect system, so they don't have enough to deal with mental health. also the other things coming up, crime. we don't want to take away from crime

but these are individuals who are extremely vulnerable and they are vulnerable of hurting the general public. it is a duty of law to protect people. it is going to come down to budgets. remember, in times of crisis, as we are in now, mental health needs escalate and there will be more crises, especially in london. people come to london and it is over populated here and we can't be compared to humberside. humberside is where they originally did a pilot which is innovative, but london is not humberside, we are a completely different population and our needs are much more. i have been working in london for over 20 years as a mental health doctor. just exlain as a mental health doctor. just exolain what — as a mental health doctor. just explain what is _ as a mental health doctor. just explain what is likely to happen now. so there is a situation that occurs as though people ring these ambulance services? yes. occurs as though people ring these ambulance services?— ambulance services? yes, this is what it says- _ ambulance services? yes, this is what it says. remember, - ambulance services? yes, this is what it says. remember, there l ambulance services? yes, this is l what it says. remember, there has been a conversation so i am not

clear either. what i have heard is there will be a crisis line and an ambulance, but 90 is not sufficient. by ambulance, but 90 is not sufficient. by the time you have taken the person, they have to be assessed in a place of safety and because they are unwell the ambulance people will have to stay with them. they will have to stay with them. they will have a system like the usa where people have been to la and people with psychotic and severe mental illness are just roaming the streets because they are not in immediate risk. no one is going to attend to them. i think it is a hallmark of society, of our humanity, of how we treat the most vulnerable people. i am so proud to live in the uk and when i go to america i am outraged by the health care system and who is looking after these vulnerable people. looking after these vulnerable eo - le. looking after these vulnerable --eole. ., ~' looking after these vulnerable --eole. ., ,, i people. indeed, thank you so much for “oinini people. indeed, thank you so much forjoining us— people. indeed, thank you so much forjoining us here. _ let's go back to ukraine, because the head of ukraine's military intelligence has warned of a swift response to a series of russian daytime missile strikes on kyiv.

this was the scene in kyiv, during those attacks — people rushing to their nearest shelters, as explosions are heard overhead. and it came after a night of drone strikes on the capital in what was the 15th air attack on the capital this month. the uk's amabassador to ukraine, is dame melinda simmons. i asked her if the overnight attacks felt severe. it was, but it has been for a few nights now. i think it has been the hardest in the last two weeks, but particularly the last few nights, danny has been since the winter. we saw some images on your twitter page view showing us where you were sleeping. but of course what makes this particular attack different at least for this month as it was during the daytime. usually we hear about these things happening overnight. about these things happening overniiht. ., , , ., �* ~' overnight. honestly, i don't think it makes a— overnight. honestly, i don't think it makes a difference. _

overnight. honestly, i don't think it makes a difference. for- overnight. honestly, i don't think it makes a difference. for me i overnight. honestly, i don't think it makes a difference. for me it l overnight. honestly, i don't think| it makes a difference. for me it is as frightening if it happens at night as if it happens during the day. what is heard about this is key hasn't been targeted in this way for many months in the last time there was a deliberate focus on energy infrastructure. if you like, the difference, even though it is catastrophic because they knew what they were going for, these feel more indiscriminate in terms of the target. these feel more like what they are trying to do is aim to put pressure on air defence. but as ever the russians don't really care who is hurt or killed in the process of doing that. is hurt or killed in the process of doing that-— is hurt or killed in the process of doini that. �* ., .,, ," .,, doing that. again, as you say, i was in ukraine and _ doing that. again, as you say, i was in ukraine and you _ doing that. again, as you say, i was in ukraine and you hear _ doing that. again, as you say, i was in ukraine and you hear the - doing that. again, as you say, i was in ukraine and you hear the sirens l in ukraine and you hear the sirens and it is frightening the matter what time of the day. i wonder if we can show our viewers at those images of the children running to those bunkers. it is those scenes that we see during the day of kids who are just trying to return to some form of normality, back to school, back to their lives, and then they are reminded that they and their country is at war. , i, ., ,,

is at war. yes, although even if you live in key. — is at war. yes, although even if you live in key, before _ is at war. yes, although even if you live in key, before the _ is at war. yes, although even if you live in key, before the air— is at war. yes, although even if you live in key, before the air strikes i live in key, before the air strikes we were reminded of war. there are anti—tank hedgehogs all over the place, there are people in uniform, it may look normal, but it isn't normal. thisjust it may look normal, but it isn't normal. this just feels like a much more intense version of that and it is very loud. more intense version of that and it is very loud-— is very loud. that was the ukip ambassador — is very loud. that was the ukip ambassador to _ is very loud. that was the ukip ambassador to ukraine, i is very loud. that was the ukip ambassador to ukraine, dame| is very loud. that was the ukip - ambassador to ukraine, dame melinda simmons, talking about the 15 air strikes on kyiv this month. —— that was the uk's ambassador to ukraine. the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of mount everest is marked today to commemorate the first successful ascent. in 1953, edmund hillary of new zealand and tenzing norgay, a sherpa of nepal, reached the summit of mount everest for the first time in history. it stands at 8,849 metres, that's 20,000 feet on the border of nepal and china. but with climate change how long will these beautiful

glaciers be around? well, one study from last year found that since the 1990s ice that took 2,000 years to form has melted away. jamyang wangchuk is an environmental advocate and an actor who played the young dalai lama opposite brad pitt in the film seven years in tibet. jamyang cycled several hundreds of kilometres across the himalayas to raise awareness of the impact of global warming on the mountains. he began by describing hisjourney to me. we trekked to the base camp. for the camping we had the trek to the base camping we had the trek to the base camp and then had a sharperfrom camping we had the trek to the base camp and then had a sharper from the local community collect ice from the highest glazier on the south pole and bring it down to the base camp.

we received it from him and we will be taking that as a symbol of the disappearing glaziers in the himalayas due to climate change, and we will be taking that to the cop 28 summit in dubai later this year. you are ho-iin summit in dubai later this year. you are hoping that _ summit in dubai later this year. you are hoping that will draw attention to what is actually happening? yes. to what is actually happening? yes, we will do everything _ to what is actually happening? is: we will do everything we can to make sure that this is seen and heard because this is very dire moment because this is very dire moment because imagine 8000 metres, the glazier is 8000 metres above sea level and still it is being impacted by global warming, so that says a lot. so we need to get this message out and bring all the stakeholders, the governments, the business entities, everyone together to address this issue. iaisle entities, everyone together to address this issue.— entities, everyone together to address this issue. we 'ust want to show our viewers i address this issue. we 'ust want to show our viewers the i address this issue. we just want to show our viewers the route -

address this issue. we just want to show our viewers the route that i address this issue. we just want to | show our viewers the route that you took. we are just going to show them a map of what you actually did. if you can just talk me through there and then we can show our viewers that. , ,.,,.._ and then we can show our viewers that. , that. yes, so we basically cycled from the border _ that. yes, so we basically cycled from the border of _ that. yes, so we basically cycled from the border of nepal- that. yes, so we basically cycled from the border of nepal and i that. yes, so we basically cycled i from the border of nepal and india towards kathmandu for a week. then from there we retraced the journey of edmund hillary and tenzing org a's of edmund hillary and tenzing org as first summit to everest without taking a flight to a place where they walked all the way to the base camp, which is about a week or nine days' trekked to the base camp. so i basically with my team we took our bicycles, we pushed most of the way, carried it and road where we could to the base camp. ii carried it and road where we could to the base camp.—

to the base camp. if you 'ust sort of, we to the base camp. if you 'ust sort of. we have i to the base camp. if you 'ust sort of. we have get i to the base camp. if you 'ust sort of, we have got this i to the base camp. if you just sort of, we have got this map - to the base camp. if you just sort of, we have got this map on i to the base camp. if you just sort of, we have got this map on our. of, we have got this map on our screen, so if you talk me through the distal, how long it took on the actual distance of it. 50. the distal, how long it took on the actual distance of it.— actual distance of it. so, yes, the din: actual distance of it. so, yes, the cycling part _ actual distance of it. so, yes, the cycling part we — actual distance of it. so, yes, the cycling part we covered _ actual distance of it. so, yes, the cycling part we covered almost i actual distance of it. so, yes, the l cycling part we covered almost 500 kilometres, cycling through it. then the tracking of course it was slow and arduous, so it was about 75 to 80 kilometres of trekking around the himalayas. fiend 80 kilometres of trekking around the himala as. �* , .,, ., 80 kilometres of trekking around the himala as. �* , ., , himalayas. and this was all uphill? all uhill, himalayas. and this was all uphill? all uphill. yes- _ himalayas. and this was all uphill? all uphill, yes. how— himalayas. and this was all uphill? all uphill, yes. how much - all uphill, yes. how much training...? _ all uphill, yes. how much training. . . ? when - all uphill, yes. how much training. . . ? when we i all uphill, yes. how much i training. . . ? when we started all uphill, yes. how much - training. . . ? when we started the din: training. . . ? when we started the cycling campaign _ training. . . ? when we started the cycling campaign we _ training. . . ? when we started the cycling campaign we were - training. . . ? when we started the cycling campaign we were down i training. . . ? when we started the| cycling campaign we were down in training. . . ? when we started the i cycling campaign we were down in the plains on the sea level. when we finished the campaign it was 5500 metres above sea level so the gradient, the change, you know, the

temperature and vegetation, everything, it has been difficult for the body to adapt but i have been preparing it for the last couple of years, actually, since the pandemic where i first had the inception of this idea. breaking news from kosovo, around 25 soldiers deployed in the nato—led peacekeeping mission in kosovo have been injured. they clashed with serb protesters demanding the removal of recently—elected ethnic albanian mayors, that's according to kfor, or kosovo force. nato strongly condemned the �*unprovoked attacks' against troops, and italian prime minister giorgia meloni said italian peacekeepers had been injured. she said her government �*will not tolerate further attacks

and called on all parties �*to take a step back to lower tensions.'foreign minister antonio tajani tweeted that three italian soldiers were seriously injured. now here's the weather. hello there. it's been yet another fine, dry and settled day. plenty of sunshine across the uk with highs into the low 20s celsius. now, this fine and settled weather, it will continue for the rest of the week as our blocking area of high pressure continues to keep all rain bearing weather fronts well away. you can see this blocking high, sitting almost on top of the country. light winds with very few isobars for many, but a fresh north—easterly breeze will continue across this south east quadrant of england. and that'll drag in cloud tonight again off the north sea into the midlands, southern and eastern england. elsewhere where skies are clear, then it could be quite chilly. temperatures maybe close to freezing, but for most, four to eight celsius. could start quite grey, then, tomorrow morning, across central and eastern parts of england, the cloud tending to melt back

and fragment towards the coast. however, where areas though do stay grey with a fresh breeze, it'll be quite cool. but further north and west in the strong sunshine, temperatures will be up to m, maybe 25 degrees in the glasgow area. that could be the hot spot of the day. tuesday night we see that cloud roll back in across large parts of england and wales this time, whereas much of scotland, northern ireland will remain under clear skies, and temperatures range from around four to maybe ten or 11 from around four to maybe ten or 11 across the southeast. across the southeast. it's here where we'll it's here where we'll have the strongest of the breeze. have the strongest of the breeze. so again, a great start for parts of england and wales. on wednesday, though, the cloud will tend to burn back to the coast, although a few areas could see the cloud linger on. best of the sunshine again, scotland, northern ireland. it's here where we'll see the lightest of the winds and the highest of the temperatures, could be 25 or 26 degrees in the glasgow area. but again, the mid to high teens along north sea coast. thursday, more cloud, i think, for northern and eastern scotland. again, rather cloudy for eastern england with more of a breeze there. best of the sunshine towards the south and the west.

temperatures could be a little bit lower on thursday, up to 23 degrees in parts of north—west england, wales and the southwest. but again, cool across north sea coasts, particularly where the cloud lingers. our area of high pressure holds on for friday into the weekend, but a different story going on across southern europe. here, we're seeing daytime showers and thunderstorms break out from iberia across to greece and the islands. but for our shores, friday, saturday and sunday, look to be mostly dry and settled, warm by day, fairly cool at night.

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