hello and welcome to bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. three members of the world food programme are among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed as rival wings of sudan s armed forces, battle for power. the wfp has now halted operations in the country. these are the latest pictures from the capital, khartoum, where black smoke can be seen rising above the city. there are fears the violence will delay the planned transition to civilian rule in sudan. egypt and south sudan have offered to mediate. latest reports say that fighting has now broken out across other parts of the country with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base of the paramilitary, rapid support forces, north east of khartoum. beverly ochieng is from the bbc s monitoring service and has the latest from nairobi. some of the latest tallies we are seeing from a prominent doctors union is that nearly 70 people have been killed injust two days of violence. t
motorways in england, is being cancelled over safety concerns and costs. hello and welcome to bbc news. our breaking news this hour, four people have been killed in a shooting at a 16th birthday party in the us state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville, at around 10:30pm local time on saturday evening. at least 20 people were shot and wounded most of them teenagers. these are pictures of the scene. at this stage, there is no official confirmation about what led to the shooting, but there seems to have been some sort of altercation that then escalated. we don t know if any suspects have been arrested. we are keeping a close eye on developments, as is our correspondent in washington, jessica parker. what more can you add to the story? as you say, we have not had many official details through yet, but what we do know looking at local media reports is that there appears to have been a shooting at around 10:30pm local time last night in dadeville, a small town, cen
you can follow the action on the bbc sport website. in spain, barcelona can move a step closer to winning the la liga title with a win at getafe, just getting under way in that one. they ll be 13 points clear with victory. third placed atletico madrid host almeria, before valencia and sevilla clash in the late game. girona have beaten bottom side elche 2 0. union berlin canjump above rb leipzig into third in the bundesliga if they beat bochum. 0ne game is under way, werder bremen and freiburg still goalless there. if the visitors fail to win that one, xabi alonso s bayer leverkusen will have the chance to close the gap to fifth place is they can beat wolfsburg. in italy, roma have the chance to take control of the race for champions league football after rivals ac milan and inter both dropped points on saturday. roma host udinese later. 7th placejuventus are at sassuolo, while lecce and sampdoria drew 1 1 in the day s early game. staying with serie a, italy striker ciro immobile
xavi s team can go 13 points clear with victory, it s currently goalless. third placed atletico madrid host almeria after that, before valencia and sevilla clash in the late game. girona have beaten bottom side elche 2 0. union berlin canjump above rb leipzig into third in the bundesliga, if they beat bochum. one game is under way, freiburg are leading 2 1 against werder breman. if the visitors fail to win that one, xabi alonso s bayer leverkusen will have the chance to close the gap to fifth place if they can beat wolfsburg. in italy, roma have the chance to take control of the race for champions league football after rivals ac milan and inter dropped points on saturday they host udinese later. 7th placejuventus are at sassuolo, while lecce and sampdoria drew 1 1 in the day s early game. staying with serie a, italy striker ciro immobile is being treated for back and rib injuries in hospital in rome after his car was involved in an accident with a tram.