hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. a couple of updates on international efforts to get citizens out. the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. let s look at some of the other rescue operations that may not have already taken place. this is saudi arabia in the port of cheddar and we understand around 150 people have been evacuated to safety, mostly citizens of gulf countries. he chipped and canada. the canadian government has urged remaining canadian city scenes in sedan to shelter in a safe place. in khartoum, air strikes and shelling have been going on for over a week. we can listen to someone there who can
we aren t. we haven t spoken for quite a while. um, no, not recently. health, teaching and rail unions are to hold talks with ministers today, to try to head off another wave of industrial action. businesses will find out later, exactly how much support they ll get with their energy bills. the amount of government help available is expected to more than halve from the spring, with firms facing rapidly rising costs. thousands of supporters of the far right former brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, have attacked government buildings in the capital. drama in the fa cup in what was one of the upsets of the weekend. how stevenage of league 2 knocked out aston villa in two madcap minutes in yesterday s third round tie. good morning. if you are just stepping out is a chilly start in the east. then we are in for a day of sunshine and showers. some will be heavy and thundery. it will be breezy. the outlook for the rest of the week remains unsettled. details later in the programme. g
Aggressive begging in the town before prince harry and Meghan Markle get married there in may. Raising wages could be putting jobs at risk as employers look to replace staff with Automated Systems and robotics. Ive come to this state of the art paint factory in ashington near newcastle to find out if new tech is good or bad forjobs. In sport, england falter after a promising start on the opening day of the fifth test. Alastair cook is one of three wickets to fall in sydney, england currently 155 3. And matt has the weather. Not only do we have more rain in the forecast but a severe spell of gales. All the details of the next 15 minutes. First, our main story. Children as young as 11 are becomming increasingly dependent on social media likes and comments in order to feel popular and fit in. A new study by the childrens commissioner for england found that children become increasingly anxious about their online image as they get older and are unprepared for how social media use changes as
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