the australian prime minister anthony albanese has taken to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him "one—of—a—kind" and "gifted." a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and at least ten others are injured. and what's behind a sharp decline in the number of african lions? we hear from two experts on how to protect the endangered species. hello. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk — as well as the united states, france and china — are to be evacuated "in the coming hours". these are saudi state tv pictures of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan's military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadcaster says the evacuees were carried in a convoy of vehicles to port sudan from where they boarded ships tojeddah. the most intense fighting in sudan has been taking place in the

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the australian prime minister anthony albanese has taken to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him "one—of—a—kind" and "gifted." australian actorjason donovan said the country had "lost one of its greatest." sudan's army says the evacuation of some foreign nationals has begun, as fighting in the capital, khartoum, continues for a second week. the uk government says it's "doing everything possible" to support british nationals trapped in sudan. two people have died and ten injured in madrid after a fire started in a restaurant. i'm luxmy gopal. we start with the news that the australian comedian barry humphries — best known for his character dame edna everage — has died at the age of 89. he'd been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david silitto, looks back at his life. dame edna everage! hello, possums! dame edna always said she was born with a pricel

the australian prime minister anthony albanese has taken to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him �*one—of—a—kind' and �*gifted'. australian actorjason donovan said the country had �*lost one of its greatest�*. sudan's army says the evacuation of some foreign nationals has begun, as fighting in the capital khartoum continues for a second week. the uk government says it's doing everything possible to support british nationals trapped in sudan. british politician dominic raab has hit out at what he calls activist civil servants after resigning as deputy prime minister over bullying claims. an inquiry concluded that he'd been aggressive you're watching bbc news. now it's time for the travel show. coming up this week: the canadian dog race in —30 degrees celsius. the dogs are so excited. it's utter chaos! they're literally trying to pull the sled now. just one second! wait, wait! the first arab woman to scale one of the world's toughest mountains. taking a little break on this very awkward rock formation. never give up. and the former notorious mexican prison that's now b

the australian prime minister anthony albanese has taken to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him �*one—of—a—kind' and �*gifted'. australian actorjason donovan said the country had �*lost one of its greatest�*. two people have died and at least ten others injured in madrid after a fire started in a restaurant. hello and welcome to the programme. i'm luxmy gopal. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk — as well as the united states, france and china — are to be evacuated "in the coming hours". the head of the military agreed to facilitate the operation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. saudi state tv is reporting that planes carrying evacuees have begun arriving injeddah the un estimates that at least 400 people have been killed across sudan since the fighting began a week ago, the most intense taking place in the capital khartoum. explosions and gunfire have been heard across the city in the past few hours. that's despite the sudanese army announcing a three—day halt to fighting — from friday. the conflict is th

the australian prime minister anthony albanese has taken to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him �*one—of—a—kind' and �*gifted'. comedians have also remembered him as �*subversive, mischievious and savagely funny�*. sudan's army says the evacuation of some foreign nationals has begun, as fighting in the capital khartou, continues for a second week. the uk government says it's doing everything possible to support british nationals trapped in sudan. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for bbc 100 women in conversation, priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she's an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, went on to to become a successful bollywood star. now, she's perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she's one of the bbc�*s 100 women this year. hi! and we're going to talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thanks very much for speaking to the bbc. you'r

the australian prime minister anthony albanese pays tribute, describing barry humphries as "one—of—a—kind"gifted." kenyan police say they've exhumed 21 bodies following an investigation into a religious group, whose followers were allegedly urged to fast themselves to death. and eyes are on hollywood star—owned wrexham, which hopes to return to the english football league for the first time in 15 years. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk, as well as the united states, france and china, are to be evacuated "in the coming hours". these are saudi state tv pictures of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan's military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadcaster says the evacuees were carried in a convoy of vehicles to port sudan from where they boarded ships tojeddah. the most intense fighting in s

also in the political spectrum we had the australian by mr anthony albanese each tweeting his tributee brightest star in the galaxy was always barry a great wit, satirist, writer and an absolute one—of—a—kind he was both gifted and the gift. other australian politicians the new south wales premier also posting this tribute but even across the world in the uk of course we are also seeing all kinds of tributes pouring in from comedians like matt lucas who hosted the great british bake off until recently posting this tribute, the photo of the two comedians together there saying i wonder if all geniuses are as lovely as barry humphries. and vicki gervase, another british comedy legend also posting his tribute to the comedy genius as he called barry humphries. —— ricky gervaise. meanwhile rob right and you can see on the bbc web page where we have all kinds of tributes and you different stars have posted all of these messages about barry humphries. rob brydon has also paid tribute there so this has really struck a chord across the world. naomi, thank you, looking at tributes being paid to

the prime minister anthony albanese says australia must build up commercial links with other countriesa and india. certainly those large enterprises have suffered, but it's the small, medium sized enterprises who are potentially suffering the greatest. but diplomatic tensions between canberra and beijing appear to be easing after recent high profile meetings of senior government officials. trading relations could soon improve. countries like china, as a result of covid and the various shutdowns that we've all gone through, have realised how important it is to nurture and support relations with other countries that there are win win outcomes when we're able to do that. chinese students are returning to australia in large numbers. businesses in sydney that were forced to cut back during the long months of the pandemic are now making cuts of a different kind. in the chinatown area, i would say about 80% of our customers there are international chinese students, so it is really important for us. so i'm glad that now the border has opened and governments are welcoming the students back. so

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since the election last year of anthony albanese leading australia's left of centre labour government beijing and mr albanese is pointing out that australia needs to have court rules stable relationships with china but there will be areas where both countries disagree. fill there will be areas where both countries disagree.— there will be areas where both countries disagree. fill in sydney thank ou countries disagree. fill in sydney thank you so _ countries disagree. fill in sydney thank you so much _ countries disagree. fill in sydney thank you so much for— countries disagree. fill in sydney thank you so much forjoining - countries disagree. fill in sydney thank you so much forjoining us| with less than two weeks to go, until the coronation of king charles — a new poll suggests, public opinion about the british royals is changing, with less than a third of 18 to 24 year olds in the uk, wanting the monarchy to continue. commissioned by the bbc�*s panorama programme, the yougov poll also revealed that almost half of those asked, who were from ethnic minority backgrounds, believe the ro

the australian prime minister anthony albanese takes to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him �*one—of—a—kind' and �*gifted'. a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and at least ten others are injured. you're watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday with chetan pathak hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak — coming up on tonight's programme: a huge win for leicester in their fight for premier league survival — they're out of the bottom three down but not out — chelsea are narrowly beaten by barcelona in the first leg of their champions league semi final eight tries for england — who thrash ireland to stay on course for a grand slam in the women's six nations also coming up on sportsday tonight... into the quarter the finals of the world snooker championship — the rocket ronnie o' sullivan blasts his way past hossein vafei welcome along this saturday night, thank you forjoining us. we start with the fight for survival in the premier league — more on a huge win for leicester to come but the day started with a missed opportunity for leeds. t

you want a special tonia ward, which show dame edna role tall. strong in prime minister anthony albanese describes him as both gifted and ah, this is out is here and these are the top stories. now. saddam's army is assisting in the evacuation of foreign nationals has gone far. st bottles and air strikes continue in the capital cartoon. fighting between saddam's army on the rapids support forces has spilled into a 2nd week. even morgan has more from cotton. while many people who spoke to say say that the fighting on saturday has been the most intense and most fear is 15. since the thought of the classes between the rapid support for us has anderson and his army last saturday, there's been intense artillery strikes and airstrikes in the northern city of berkeley. that's just across the river now from the central parts of the capitol, the vicinity of the general command of the army that has been the scene of intense r. clashes between the 2 sides has seemed less fighting on saturday. but other places like the southern and eastern districts of the capital, hot, him, intense and fierce fighti

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the australian prime minister anthony albanese pays tribute, describing barry humphries as �*one—of—a—kindgifted'. a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and at least 12 others are injured. wrexham football club — whose takeover by hollywood stars gained worldwide attention — are celebrating their return to the english football league. in the last half—an—hour, the owners ryan wendell sandblom mcaleny watched the club beating boreham wood 3—1 to win the national league title. prince william has tweeted his congratulations on the official twitter page. let us get more on this and talk to our sports presenter who has been watching all of the action. for those of us who don't know the story behind this, i think the first thing to do is explain to us why we are giving this relatively small club in wales such huge attention. the s-aotliht wales such huge attention. the spotlight has — wales such huge attention. tue: spotlight has never wales such huge attention. tte: spotlight has never been on the national league in the way that it has been over the last few and that's becaus

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since the election last year of anthony albanese leading australia's left of centre labor government,lbanese is pointing out that australia needs to have cordial stable relationships with china but there will be areas where both countries disagree. new united nations figures say that india is now the world's most populous country. for decades, china was the country with the most people, but now it's been bumped down to second place. experts believe that india's growing youth population will give the nation an advantage. officials in pakistan say at least ti2 people have been killed in two explosions at a counter—terrorism office in the north—western town of kabal. the attack took place on the last day pakistan was celebrating the islamic eid al—fitr festival, which marks the end of the holy month of ramadan. japan has approved its first abortion pill decades after other countries. to date, only surgical abortions have been allowed injapan, and only with consent from their partners and if the pregnancy will cause harm to the mother, or was caused by rape. activists have celebrated this

the australian prime minister anthony albanese has taken to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphriest ten others are injured. and what's behind a sharp decline in the number of african lions? we hear from two experts on how to protect the endangered species.

since the election last year of anthony albanese leading australia's left of centre labour government is pointing out that australia needs to have cordial stable relationships with china but there will be areas where both countries disagree. with less than two weeks to go, until the coronation of king charles — a new poll suggests, public opinion about the british royals is changing, with less than a third of 18 to 2a year olds in the uk, wanting the monarchy to continue. commissioned by the bbc�*s panorama programme, the yougov poll also revealed that almost half of those asked, who were from ethnic minority backgrounds, believe the royal family has a problem with race and diversity. ashley john—ba ptiste reports. at this college in bedfordshire... hi, guys, have a seat. these 16—year—olds are gearing up for the royal event of the air, but what does the coronation mean to these students? how do you feel about the upcoming coronation? we haven't seen anything like it in over 70 years, like, you have to agree, come on, it is exciting. i want to be part of history, and obviously i will

the australian prime minister anthony albanese has paid tribute, saying barry humphries was �*one—of—a—kindgifted'. fellow comedians have joined in the tributes describing him as �*subversive, mischievous and savagely funny�*. a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and at least ten others are injured. you're watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night — i'm chetan pathak — coming up on tonight's programme a mahrez hattrick as manchester city take another step towards the treble a huge win for leicester city in their fight for premier league survival — they're out of the bottom three and eight tries for england — who thrash ireland to stay on course for a grand slam in the women's six nations also coming up on sportsday... into the quarter the finals of the world snooker championship — the rocket ronnie o' sullivan blasts his way past hossein vafei welcome along, thank you forjoining us. who can stop manchester city? the answer is not sheffield united. the championship side, on the verge of premier league promotion, were

australia we have seen tensions with beijing and australia ease, the australian prime minister anthony albaneset. phil mercer for us there in sydney, thank you so much. a big media shakeup in the us today, fox news and tucker carlson, have announced they have parted ways. "tucker carlson tonight", averaged 3.32 million total viewers last year and received the largest audience in all of cable news. last week the network agreed to a huge financial settlement to end a lawsuit over false claims about the 2020 election. carlson had been expected to be a key witness in the trial. their rival, cnn also terminated one of their top presenters today, don lemon. cnn didn't give a reason for their action. lemon was recently suspended and had to apologise for comments he made about women. for more on this i spoke to katie robertson. she's a media reporter with the new york times. hi katie, do we know what happened here?— hi katie, do we know what happened here? well, i think that is the — happened here? well, i think that is the big _ happened here? well, i think that is the big question, - happened here? w

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south of the border of the united states that now recognize the gravity of julian's case, as anthony albaneseecently added his voice to the demand for julian's freedom. he said in the australian parliament that enough is enough. and we agree. all those leaders are now pointing a finger at the empire. they are pointing out that the emperor is naked. they are drawing attention to the naked brutality in the assange case and the underlying principles that are threatened. and more world leaders will follow. any message from the united states on liberty, peace, human rights and press freedom is now measured against the assange case and dismissed as hollow and meaningless, unless the biden administration drops the charges against julian. before the turn of the century, the u.s. state department used the term “rogue states” to describe violent regimes with appalling human rights records. the terminology was officially dropped at the beginning of this century, probably because many of the activities of the united states in latter times have fallen under the criteria of a rogue state as defined in the

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