the governor of the north kivu, who took office just two days ago, has come out and said that, all theke arms and be ready to defend, goma not to fall under the control of the m23. so the situation is tense and, of fear inside goma as we speak. and, emery, we've heard from the un that they are pulling all of their nonessential staff out of goma. i mean, there already is a dire humanitarian situation in that part of the country. even before this latest outbreak of violence. what do you think the consequences are of the un reducing its presence there? well, they did say that the essential, they are still helping the congolese army to halt the advance of the m23. so the boots are still on the ground. yes, all the nonessential civilian staff have been leaving the city as of yesterday and today as well. though it has, it has been made difficult with the, um, at the airport not operating fully. but it's just about everyone who can afford accommodation and food outside goma are trying to leave the capital city of the north kivu and most of the people who are staying there are people who don't

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the governor of the north kivu, who took office just two days ago, has come out and said that, all theuld take arms and be ready to defend, goma not to fall under the control of the m23. so the situation is tense and of fear inside goma as we speak. and we are hearing reports that gunfire can be heard in the city centre of goma as rewind and backs rebels moving from the north and a french agency journalist his large explosions after night fell in goma and m 23 group called on the congolese delay dame —— lay down their arms. to belarus now, and the first exit poll in the presidential election the eu has branded �*a sham' — shows alexander lukashenko on course to win a seventh term with 87.6% of the vote. he was up against four other candidates — one of whom ran under the slogan "together with lukashenko". his fiercest critics and most serious rivals are either in prison or have been forced into exile. as people voted, mr lukashenko sparred with the world's media at a news conference lasting more than four hours, and said some of his political opponents had "chosen" to go to prison. some

the governor of the north kivu, who took office just two days ago, has come out and said that, all theiots in goma should take arms and be ready to defend, goma not to fall under the control of the m23. so the situation is tense and of fear inside goma as we speak. hello from the bbc sport centre. the problems continue to mount for tottenham and manager ange postocoglou. they were beaten, at home, by strugglers leicester — themselves desperate for a win. spurs are without a win in seven league games, a run stretching back to last year. they opened the scoring through richarlison — but goals from jamie vardy and then bilal el—khannouss saw leicester city come back into the game — and hold on — for theirfirst win in the premier league for nearly two months, the victory moves them out of the relegation zone. tottenham stay 15th. there is of course relief and a celebration in the dressing room altogether with players and all staff, everybody involved. we were really looking for this moment and it took a long time. so now, we can enjoy this for a day or two. and then it is back to work beca

the m—23 is a prominent rebel group that has been operating in the north kivu province since it turnedronghold in the mineral—rich eastern congo, which shares a border with uganda and rwanda. for more on the situation, i spoke to the senior advocate for the horn and southern africa at refugees international, abdull—ahi halakhe. where does this conflict stand? has this been going on for a while but it feels like we're close to seeing a major city falling? right. that will be catastrophic for very many reasons yes, the conflict in the drc has been protected. close to the city of goma falling into the hand of rolando backed m 23. if that happens, in a region that is already under severe humanitarian crisis this is catastrophic. how powerful is this group? do you think it's capable of fully taking on government forces? yes. in january last year at me and my colleague could feel it even in the air that m 23 if they really wanted they could take over goma for the them taken over means they can do it. the cynical part of all this is, they know that the eyes of the international is focused her

everyone who can afford accommodation and food outside of goma, trying to leave the capital city of north kivued that some idp is that were in a camp are also fleeing idp camps in order to flock into goma which is now a place where they are trying to protect themselves, but this is a very confusing situation there and the fact that the civilians belonging to the un has sent a lot of negative echo and everyone is trying to leave as well. a , everyone is trying to leave as well. , ., stay with us here on bbc news. hello. a deep area of low pressure has again taken charge of our weather during today. another storm system, this one named by the spanish weather service for impacts it is having in spain. but storm herminia also bringing impacts here. met office yellow warnings for wind and rain remain in force through the rest of today into tomorrow. the satellite picture shows this storm, the centre of the storm, well out to the west of us, but through today we've been watching this development here, a hook of cloud appearing along the line of this weather front. actually, we've spun up another ver

the m—23 is a prominent rebel group that has been operating in the north kivu province since it turneding a stronghold in the mineral—rich eastern congo, which shares a border with uganda and rwanda. for more on the situation, let's bring in the senior advocate for the horn and southern africa at refugees international, abdull—ahi halakhe. great to have you in studio. where does this conflict stand? has this been going on for a while but it feels like we're close to seeing a major city falling?— feels like we're close to seeing a major city falling? ma'or city falling? right. that will be major city falling? right. that will be catastrophic _ major city falling? right. that will be catastrophic for _ major city falling? right. that will be catastrophic for very _ major city falling? right. that will be catastrophic for very many i be catastrophic for very many reasons yes, the conflict in the drc has been protected. 0ver reasons yes, the conflict in the drc has been protected. over the last few years we have not come this close to the city falling into the hand of rolando backed m 23.

north kivu of poland would be. >> there's a unique challenge here. ukraine wants to take captives, but the north koreans seem to prefer to die. they shoot one here in caution. in the distressing images that follow. they pull one injured koreans leg, then realize he has a grenade. he detonates under his chin his last words were to scream. north korean leader kim jong un's name. south korean officials say it's nothing. five. maybe we meet the ukrainians who show us the faked russian military papers he was carrying, suggesting he was from russia's far east and his military radio codes. another paper, handwritten pledges of brainwashed courage. >> to carry. >> judge merchan body to. bolsonaro jenin himself under siege these notes from a soldier killed. >> really? a snapshot of the mindset inside the hermit kingdom. declarations of loyalty, even tactics on how to fight ukrainian drones, and also the suggestion that their presence here is about helping north korea prepare for war. it's a remarkable insight, but also a reminder of how this biggest land war i