screenwriters demanding more pay could bring hollywood film and television studios to a standstill next week. a may 1st deadline has been set for an agreement. now on bbc news, behind the stories: the monarchy. i was at home when i got a phone call from the director of news at the bbc saying that s the queen was gravely ill. he didn t stand on ceremony or offer any small talk clive, how are you? he simply said the queen is gravely ill and can you come in? and i was preparing to fly to italy on a filming trip the next day and i thought. i should go in. i was in the newsnight office because we d had wind, obviously with a note being passed through the house of commons, that something was happening. i know i speak on behalf of the entire house when i say that we send our best wishes to her majesty the queen and that she and the royal family are in our thoughts and prayers at this moment. and of course there s this big protocol, obviously, if the queen had passed away then
also home to russia s black sea fleet. all four teaching unions in england say they will coordinate strikes if members vote for industrial action. this is bbc news. now on bbc news. behind the stories, the monarchy. i was at home when i got a phone call from the director of news at the bbc saying that s the queen was gravely ill. he didn t stand on ceremony or offer any small talk clive, how are you? he simply said the queen is gravely ill and can you come in? and i was preparing to fly to italy on a filming trip the next day and i thought. i should go in. i was in the newsnight office because we d had wind, obviously with a note being passed through the house of commons, that something was happening. i know i speak on behalf of the entire house when i say that we send our best wishes to her majesty the queen and that she and the royal family are in our thoughts and prayers at this moment. and of course there s this big protocol, obviously, if the queen had passed away
the ceasefire has been repeatedly violated in sudan and the army says it is launching a large scale attack on the capital khartoum in an effort to capture areas held by the rival rapid support forces. nearly two weeks have survived fighting has left many dead. flights bringing out uk nationals and residents will continue until everyone who has registered by this morning has been rescued with a foreign office saying it has so far got more than 1800 people out. there have been chaotic scenes in port sudan in the east as people try to escape, and about thousands have arrived in the saudi coastal city ofjeddah. as the airlift ends for the uk, the bbc has learned of a least one briton trapped in khartoum, as our diplomatic correspondent paul adams now reports. diplomatic correspondent paul adams now re orts. ., diplomatic correspondent paul adams now reports- diplomatic correspondent paul adams now re orts. ., , ., ., now reports. hello everyone, we have ust landed now report
and welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom, the latest on the search for children believed to be buried under the rubble in ukraine after an apartment building was hit by russian missiles. evacuating more people from sudan. fears the mississippi river will flood while millions of people are preparing for stormy weather across the southeast. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with a race to save lives after a massive russian missile strike in ukraine. rescuers are trying to reach two children believed to be trapped in a bombed out building in the city of uman, 17 other victims have already been rescued from the high rise which was partly collapsed. friday s strike killed at least 23 people, including at least five children while two more people died in a separate attack in the city of dnipro. nic robertson saw the rescue oper