hello, i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where a three day ceasefire between two rival military groups has come into effect to allow people to be evacuated, but there are concerns that it may not hold. hundreds of people have died since fighting started between the sudanese army and rsf paramilitary force. in recent days, more countries have attempted to evacuate their diplomats and citizens. this is a member of the dutch military handing out earplugs as they get ready to take off. and this was the scene as the spanish defence ministry helped diplomats and citizens on to their plane. live now to kalkidan yibetal who s in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. who has the latest. as far as you are hearing at the moment, is the ceasefire holding? it looks that way. reports indicate that on monday khatoum had a relatively quiet date which helped the evacuation of many people. many foreign nationals by different countries. but, you know, if t
breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. fix, 24 hours a day, this is bbc news. certain degree and also support against what they see as pressure from the prc so this would be japan, south korea, singapore is a bit of a mixed position. singapore i think is not a us ally. it like this with with the us i think it appreciates bite and s more stable as opposed to trump s. so there is some concern about perhaps the mounting intensity of competition between the us and china, i think for singapore who was in the middle man position, they are wary of a bite in the ministration pushing further on competition and of course they are just as concerned with the prc in kern in case any mistakes as would venture to say. interesting you mention tensions between washington and beijing. under the obama administration when mr biden was the vp that was very much a policy of pivot to asia. how do you rate mr biden policy t
we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting that loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region are happening. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine dame melinda simmons has tweeted: apparently, confirming those reports we are hearing about explosions. and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, show apartment buildings ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet verified these pictures but they are being widely shared. we are of course working to verify those images and get more information about what is happening overnight and in kyiv and central ukraine, where those reports of explosions have happened and we are getting our correspondence set to confirm some of those det
now, for the business news, i m victoria valentine. we start in the us where there is more evidence that, after tens of thousands ofjob cuts, big tech is pulling out of its post pandemic slump. amazon is the latest to reveal it s making much more money than wall street was expecting. sales hit more than $127 billion in the first three months of the year, and the online retail giant says that figure will be higher in the current quarter. it comes after alphabet, the owner of google and youtube, and meta, which owns facebook and instagram, both surprised investors with better than expected results. samira hussain reports from new york. this over the last year and is on has been aggressively cutting costs to help with profitability. it has already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already pay