a very large sum to settle claims of phone hacking. # 0h, island in the sun. and tributes to the legendary singer, actor and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one am in khartoum in sudan where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue mission began early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan capital khartoum not know if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force air
careers overlapped. so this is someone who is well known to the tory party. i think that politically the report as interesting as well in the report as interesting as well in the sense that richard sharp s career may be ending in terms of the bbc, but one thing he has played quite a proactive role in, first reported by the sunday times, one person is simon case, the cabinet secretary, and in this report richard sharp is effectively saying, speaking in comments that he felt when he had spoken to simon case and he said he raised to the top civil servant the fact that this bbc appointment was going on around the time he arranged a meeting between simon case and the men who went on to guarantee the loan for boris johnson, and he says he thought that was enough, that it seems it wasn t, so he takes the blame and he should have done differently, but you read that and i think it will add to pressure about the fact that simon case, the civil servant, is repeatedly an aspect and lots
hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney bought the small welsh club in november 2020, their plan, they said, was for wrexham to win games. and well, take a look. and now they ve won the national league title, here s the team are celebrating after beating boreham wood 3 1. this was straight after that win, you can see wexham fans running onto the pitch, as well as ryan reynolds and rob mcilhenny. the bbc caught up with some elated wrexham fans just after the match. what a win! boom! how proud are you? very proud, absolutely amazing. i lost my husband just before christmas. i have a picture of him. this is for him. i love you, jeff. the whole town has wanted this for 15 years and - for ryan and rob to come - in and buy the club and give us what we wanted, i cannot thank them enough. it makes you want to cry. i might cry now. this is for the future generation, they want to be here and experience it. its mega. i don t even like football but we re just here, it s amazing
evacuations, now the evacuation of foreign nationals has been a priority. of foreign nationals has been a riori . , . , of foreign nationals has been a riori , ., , ., priority. this was earlier when eo - le priority. this was earlier when peeple from priority. this was earlier when people from saudi priority. this was earlier when people from saudi arabia, - priority. this was earlier when i people from saudi arabia, egypt and india were shipped out from and india were shipped out from a nearby port. earlier attempts to get people out were put on hold with one of the most intense days of fighting since violence broke out in the country one week ago. this was the capital khartoum, gunfire and explosions were heard across the city. a reminder now of what has been taking place in sudan, the army general is fighting the leader of a paramilitary group the f led by mohammed hamdan dagalo. they had in sharing power, now though they disagree on how sudan should be in governmen
we start with the news that the australian comedian barry humphries best known for his character dame edna everage has died at the age of 89. he d been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david silitto, looks back at his life. dame edna everage! hello, possums! dame edna always said she was born with a priceless gift. the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others. about weight, you could do with losing a little, success has gone to yourjowls, russell hardy. oh, you re being very, very cruel! for more than 50 years, she took pleasure in saying the unsayable. i ve had a little work done. have you? but not quite as much as some. laughter but the thing is, you are still recognisable. she was so familiar, it was easy to forget that behind the glasses and f