barbara plett usher talking to. .. - will be rebuilt. barbara plett usher talking to. .. zaki airport runway and caused nearly 90 flights to be cancelled. look at the size of it. it caused a crater of around seven metres wide and one metre deep. a bomb disposal team said it was an american bomb buried probably during a wartime air raid on kamikaze fighters. hello. the cloud cover varies a lot across the uk today. some of us have had a clear blue skies. for others it has been a little grey with showers. the broad message for the rest of the week is that it will be turning a little bit drier and sunnier, at least for some of us. on the satellite picture than thick rain bearing clouds that are in the south and that is because a large area of high pressure has established itself across the uk. that has given the sunshine across scotland and many western parts of the uk ticker cloud. they can cloud streaming and off the atlantic further south. this evening and overnight, some of the cloud fizzling away. some showers left over from parts of east anglia and the south—east. light

barbara plett usher, bbc news, 0mdurman, sudan. of holding ceremonies. 0ld marylebone town hall, in central london, is marking the milestone by conducting 100 weddings in one day. charlotte gallagher is there. i'm here at old marylebone town hall, and the old part is very important, where they are hosting 100 weddings in just one hunt day. hosting 100 weddings in 'ust one hunt dayi one hunt day. they would normally _ one hunt day. they would normally host _ one hunt day. they would normally host 12-25 - one hunt day. they would - normally host 12-25 weddings normally host 12—25 weddings and today they're hosting 100. couples coming in with family, friends, children and even dogs in some cases and this is the superintendent registrar here. how's it going?— how's it going? brilliantly, actually- — how's it going? brilliantly, actually. just _ how's it going? brilliantly, actually. just how - how's it going? brilliantly, actually. just how we - how's it going? brilliantly, i actually. just how we planned it. ., ., , , actually. just h

barbara plett usher, bbc news.y assistance to seven states affected by hurricane helene. he says thousands of personnel have been deployed to support the impacted communities. rescue teams are working to reach rural towns and villages destroyed by the hurricane after it tore through us gulf coast. the storm left at least 130 dead, hundreds missing and more than a million homes and businesses without power. it was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved through the states of georgia, the carolinas, tennessee and virginia. the hurricane hit north carolina particularly hard, flash floods, landslides, and power lines were knocked down, making it hard for residents to contact emergency services. joining me live from silverstone, north carolina is our correspondent carl nasman. this is one of those rural areas that have _ this is one of those rural areas that have been _ this is one of those rural areas that have been hit _ this is one of those rural areas that have been hit hardest. - this is one of those rural areas

he sat down with our africa correspondent barbara plett usher just days after the army launched a major of the capital city, khartoum, from the paramilitary rapid support forces. she began by asking him what this means for the chances of peace. you are very keen about peace and the good and safe life of sudanese. it is our first priority. so what is the strategy? do you think now that you're on the offensive in khartoum, now is the time for war? at this point? we're not talking about war. no. we're talking about there is a there is a certain thing that the sudanese army must do for the sudanese people. so how can you leave the sudanese people fleeing out as a db? people fleeing out as a idps and the houses are 100% was occupied by the militia. second, how about the facilities? electricity? all these things are now occupied by the militia. so how come? that means you have to. you have to fight them. but what does all this mean for the chances of peace talks? peace talks can go, but the army will not stop for the peace talks to come in, to come in. the un says the army is still not doing