after a fire started in a restaurant. hello and welcome to the programme. i m luxmy gopal. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china are to be evacuated in the coming hours . the head of the military agreed to facilitate the operation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. saudi state tv is reporting that planes carrying evacuees have begun arriving injeddah the un estimates that at least 400 people have been killed across sudan since the fighting began a week ago, the most intense taking place in the capital khartoum. explosions and gunfire have been heard across the city in the past few hours. that s despite the sudanese army announcing a three day halt to fighting from friday. the conflict is the result of a power struggle between the national army led by general abdel fattah al burhan and the rsf para military group led by general mohamed hamdan dagalo. the two men had b
a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and at least ten others are injured. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday with chetan pathak hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak coming up on tonight s programme: a huge win for leicester in their fight for premier league survival they re out of the bottom three down but not out chelsea are narrowly beaten by barcelona in the first leg of their champions league semi final eight tries for england who thrash ireland to stay on course for a grand slam in the women s six nations also coming up on sportsday tonight. into the quarter the finals of the world snooker championship the rocket ronnie o sullivan blasts his way past hossein vafei welcome along this saturday night, thank you forjoining us. we start with the fight for survival in the premier league more on a huge win for leicester to come but the day started with a missed opportunity for leeds. they could have pulled clear o
the australian entertainer, barry humphries dies at the age of 89. he was best known for performances of his alter egos dame edna everage and sir les patterson. and eyes are on hollywood star owned wrexham, which hopes to return to the english football league for the first time in 15 years. hello, i m samantha simmonds. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china are to be evacuated in the coming hours . these are saudi state tv pictures of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan s military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadcaster says the evacuees were carried in a convoy of vehicles to port sudan from where they boarded ships tojeddah. the most intense fighting in sudan
ten others are injured. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night i m chetan pathak coming up on tonight s programme a mahrez hattrick as manchester city take another step towards the treble a huge win for leicester city in their fight for premier league survival they re out of the bottom three and eight tries for england who thrash ireland to stay on course for a grand slam in the women s six nations also coming up on sportsday. into the quarter the finals of the world snooker championship the rocket ronnie o sullivan blasts his way past hossein vafei welcome along, thank you forjoining us. who can stop manchester city? the answer is not sheffield united. the championship side, on the verge of premier league promotion, were looking to reach the fa cup final. but city were too good, 3 0 winners at wembley thanks to a riyad mahrez hattrick. our correspondent natalie pirks was watching:. pep pirks was watc
12 others are injured. wrexham football club whose takeover by hollywood stars gained worldwide attention are celebrating their return to the english football league. in the last half an hour, the owners ryan wendell sandblom mcaleny watched the club beating boreham wood 3 1 to win the national league title. prince william has tweeted his congratulations on the official twitter page. let us get more on this and talk to our sports presenter who has been watching all of the action. for those of us who don t know the story behind this, i think the first thing to do is explain to us why we are giving this relatively small club in wales such huge attention. the s-aotliht wales such huge attention. the spotlight has wales such huge attention. tue: spotlight has never wales such huge attention. tte: spotlight has never been on the national league in the way that it has been over the last few and that s because of the two names you mentioned. ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney, t