the rsf has repeatedly denied any involvement in the violence in the region and has called for an independent international investigation. the united nations says that with 8.1 million people forcibly displaced, and tens of thousands killed, there are warnings of growing hunger. the un security council has called for a ceasefire in sudan but an agreement is unlikely. bbc arabic s feras kilani has been given rare access with the sudanese army, and managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the capital khartoum and sent us this special report. the front line of a war the world has forgotten. sudanese army troops, celebrating success as they push towards the capital. a fragile victory over their rivals, the rapid support forces. this market used to be the life of the city. now look at it. normal life here, destroyed. we heard stories of rape, looting and indiscriminate violence at the hands of the rsf. this war is taking everything from people. millions across
pictures there because that is the back of barack obama, he goes in to see rishi sunak. the former us president here in the uk and downing street and going in to meet with rishi sunak. that is the picture liven downing street. we will return and talk more to our political correspondent about this visit and of course one of those headline stories again, news stories surrounding the future of rishi sunak, the british prime minister, in dismissing those rumours as simply coming out of the westminster bubble. but the former us president going inside number 10 downing street and we ll be back there very shortly on the programme. but let s start this hour in the middle east. the israeli army says it has killed the head of operations in hamas internal security force during a raid on gaza s biggest hospital. the military also made dozens of arrests in al shifa hospital in gaza city. palestinian health officials said a number of people were injured in the raid, but they could not be
intimidate or suppress them. as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports, in a rare move mr putin also mentioned the opposition figure, alexei navalny, by name. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny - died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir putin. what an incredible level of support and unity
this weekend. it will get to a frosty start, below freezing for some. by the end of the weekend, much milder. along the way, some rain and some sunshine. there is a bit of rain out there today, outbreaks of rain continuing to work across scotland. a bit of snow over the highest round here. some pretty hefty showers working across parts of england and wales, perhaps the odd flash of lightning and the odd rumble of thunder that has all this wet weather swelling away. temperatures will fall away through the afternoon. but northern ireland are having a decent day. through this evening, the skies were clear out and the winds will fall light. you can see a few mist or fog patches. a bit of cloud and rain in the west corner later. elsewhere, around or below freezing. there is your frosty start to the weekend underneath this ridge of high pressure. but we see a frontal system pushing in from the west. cloud and rain with that, and as it moves its way in during the day on saturday, th
and when parties have to report it. this is one of the many problems that we have in our system. it appears to be born out of historical reasons rather than anything else. we do have, for what is supposed to be a very transparent system, quite a complicated one in which there are various different registers updated at various different points. the electoral commission s register is only updated every quarter and i think this story has sort of renewed questions about whether that s really appropriate in this day and age when websites can be updated at the drop of a hat. that was the conservative party response so far when it came to frank hester s donations, that they have reported everything that needed to be reported in the public sphere. you have looked into this closely, could you tell us how big a donor frank hester is, how important he is to the tory party s treasure chest, essentially? sure, i would say first of all, for many people, even political obsessives and conser