this is bbc news, the headlines. sudan s army launches a major attack on khartoum as it attempts to retake areas held by the rival rsf militia. tanks and heavy artillery have been deployed to the capital. residents are warned to stay indoors. the capital is home to some seven million people. nurses in half of england s hospitals are set to strike later this evening. nhs chiefs warn that care is at risk. but unions call on the government to return to the negotiating table. the walk out by rcn members won t end until late on monday. tens of thousands of people attend an open air mass in central budapest on pope francis final day in hungary. the pontiff calls on hungarians to be open towards migrants coming from outside europe.
this is bbc news, the headlines. sudan s army launches a major attack on khartoum as it attempts to retake areas held by the rival rsf militia. tanks and heavy artillery have been deployed to the capital. residents are warned to stay indoors. the capital is home to some 7 million people. nurses in half of england s hospitals are set to strike later this evening. nhs chiefs warn that care is at risk. but unions call on the government to return to the negotiating table. tens of thousands of people attend an open air mass in central budapest on pope francis final day in hungary. the pontiff calls on hungarians to be open towards migrants coming from outside europe. the british public will be invited to swear allegiance to king charles during his coronation on saturday. the mainly christian service
right in front of the seat of political power, but budapest itself is actually an international city, with really a large and international group of high technology workers, for example the technology workers, for example the technology sector is quite vibrant here in the city and actually at the mass, i met a catholic from nigeria who had come with his girlfriend to see the pope. and he is an it specialist, he said to me and has lived in hungary for overfive years. he praised the mass being both solemn and exciting but also called the political situation in hungary tough, in particular the government s immigration policy. i do have to say that my read of the crowd in general, the crowd did actually seem disappointed, i have to say, by the pope s message during his homily. when he spoke those words, be like an open door, there was really no response in the crowd and then afterwards there was very light applause, despite the fact that beforehand people had been
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in his sermon here, which was his main opportunity to address the people of hungary and hungarians who flocked to hungary to listen to him, to attend his visit, he quoted the example of the good shepherd. he said it was important, he called on his listeners to open the doors which have been closed to people who are different, people who are strangers, migrants, foreigners, a very poignant message in a country that has built a fence on its southern border with serbia to keep migrants and asylum seekers out. the pope here in the square in budapest also prayed for those he called the tortured people of ukraine and for the people of russia. he prayed for peace in europe, and an end to the war. this has been a very carefully calibrated visit to hungary, three days with meetings with people from all spheres of society,