a chinese rocket launching a weather satellite briefly forces planes flying to and from northern taiwan to alter their routes. hello, i m lucy grey. at least 56 people are dead and almost 600 injured in sudan because of a power struggle between the sudanese army and a notorious paramilitary force. among the dead were three un workers, who were shot after the two sides exchanged gunfire at a military base. 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. the sudanese telecom provider mtn says it s blocked i
welcome to the programme. i m lucy grey. gun battles are raging in the sudanese capital, khartoum, as rival wings of the armed forces fight for power. there are reports of nearly 70 people dead with almost 600 injured. among the dead are three un workers who were caught in gunfire at a military base. these are the latest pictures from khartoum where there is black smoke over the city. the united nations secretary general has condemned the fighting between the army and another military group, the rapid support forces. there are fears the violence will delay the planned transition to civilian rule in sudan. latest reports say the situation is getting worse. there are now reports of fighting around the country, with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of 0mdurman. the target is an rsf base north east of the capital khartoum. beverly 0chieng from the bbc s monitoring service has the latest from nairobi. some of the latest tallies we are seeing from the
concerns and costs. hello and welcome to bbc news. i m anjana gadgil. at least four people have been killed in a shooting at a teenage birthday party in the american state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville. at least 20 people were shot and wounded, most of them teenagers. at this stage, there is no official confirmation about what led to the shooting, but there seems to have been some sort of altercation that then escalated. the us presidentjoe biden has been briefed on the shooting. there have been over 140 mass shootings in the us so far this year, continuing the trend of a rise in gun violence. the authorities in alabama gave this update in the last hour. this incident occurred at approximately 1034pm here in dadeville. there were four lives not fatalities, lives there were four lives were tragically lost in this incident. and there has been a multitude of injuries. as they said, this is going to be a long, complicated process. we are thankful to the she
in a major victory for pro choice groups the conservative state of kansas votes to keep its abortion services. and how countries adapt to climate change and how countries adapt to climate change. new zealand s plan to deal with the change. new zealand s plan to deal with the impact of global warming would with the impact of global warming would lead to coastal communities being would lead to coastal communities being abandoned as the sea level rises? welcome to bbc news. we begin in taiwan and the continued fury from beijing after the visit from the us speaker nancy pelosi. in the last few hours taiwan s defence ministry says it scrambled jets to warn off twenty seven chinese warplanes in its defence zone. nancy pelosi has said her delegation s visit was intended to make it clear that the us won t abandon the island. taiwan is self governing and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as
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