hello, i m luxmy gopal. welcome to the programme. a power struggle between sudan s army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country with at least 56 dead and almost 600 injured. among the dead were three un workers who were shot after the two sides exchanged gunfire at a military base. gunfire. the united nations secretary general has condemned the fighting amid fears it will derail the transition to civilian rule. both the army and its opponents, the rapid support forces, claimed they had control of the airport and other key sites in khartoum, where fighting continued overnight. the foreign ministers of saudi arabia, the uae and the united states who ve been backing the civilian transition process have issued a joint statement calling for a halt to military escalation and a return to the framework agreement. violence was reported around the country with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base belonging
hello and welcome to the programme. i m lewis vaughan jones. we start in sudan, where gunfire has been sounding across the capital, khartoum. live pictures here. we have been watching these live pictures over the last few hours. every few minutes or so you get a burst of gunfire or heavy artillery. we have had eye witnesses describing men in uniform on the streets and people trapped in their homes. in the last hour, we have had an update on people trying to leave. foreign nationals trying to leave. the sudanese army have said that they will facilitate diplomats trying to leave the country. let s just take a look at the map and remind you where this is happening. sudan, here, the actualfocus remind you where this is happening. sudan, here, the actual focus of the fighting is the capital khartoum. and that is where diplomats and foreign nationals are. they haven t been able to leave, there has been significant efforts to try and make that happen. we have heard from the head of
police in nashville reveal a former student had carefully planned monday s mass school shooting, which killed six people, including three children. we start in france, and let me take you straight to paris. these are the live pictures coming to us from the french capital, where we have seen huge crowds of people and running battles with the police. we can hear the tear gas, we can see the tear gas they are being fired, and these strikes taking place over president macron s controversial pension reforms. protesters have been blocking railway lines and roads and clashed with police in a number of cities over the plans to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. you can see many people out there still with placards and feelings running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so far just running very, very high on this matter. 22 arrest so farjust in paris. about 13,000 police officers have been deployed across france, with the interior minister saying the high number a record fo
a far cry from the 9% we saw in june but there are warnings of a possible recession or the pipelines our business reporter katie silva has been looking into the details of the story for us. it is always great to see you on asia business report at the seems like relatively good doesn t it? fit at the seems like relatively good doesn t it? of course. as we mentioned good doesn t it? of course. as i we mentioned a huge drop since lastjune. 5% inflation down from 6%, its well and truly been welcomed in high quarters, president biden saying it gives american families some breathing room in particular pointing to the fact that we ve seen the greatest reduction in the costs of gas as well as food and grocery expenses, things that are very important to american families. but the excitement should be tempered somewhat. up was the us like many major economies pursues an inflation target of 2% so 5% is still a long way off that and if we were to take out those impacts of the fuel and