and tributes to the legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin 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 had begun early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan s capital, khartoum, not knowing 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 aircraft and a great number of military personnel, who ve been flown in from the uk over t
bill: also the debate that has everybody taking sides, while some restaurants let kids eat free, one restaurant is letting kids eat free from kids. no children allowed, people who want to dine in peace. some parents say it s a slap in the face. we ll take you there coming up this hour. jacqui: welcome back as america reports rolls into the second hour, jacqui heinrich in washington. bill, good to be with you. bill: nice to see you, jacqui. sandra and john have the day off. first, a fox news alert from overseas, check it out. jacqui: begin this hour with a duelling display on the world stage. president biden making a surprise visit to war torn ukraine all while china prepares to send its top diplomat to russia. bill: so that s happening as president putin gears up for a major address, marking one year since the invasion began. tomorrow morning early our time. he s hoping for some support from the communist nation, he might just get it, jacqui. jacqui: the u.s. is
as prince harry opens a legal case against news group newspapers court documents reveal prince william settled a phone hacking claim against them for a very large sum. senior health officials to be quizzed about access to nhs dentists after a bbc investigation revealed a drastic resort to diy dentistry. # we could ve had it all. # rolling in the deep. and adele surprises james corden in the final carpool karaoke before he steps down as host of the late late show. and coming up on bbc news, ronnie o sullivan makes his 100th appearance at the crucible as he continues his bid for a record eighth world championship title against luca brecel in the quarterfinals. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there are hopes that a 72 hour ceasefire in sudan, which began last night, will allow civilians to leave the capital khartoum including potentially thousands of uk citizens. there ve been ten days of violence and three previous attempts at a ceasefire between rival
hello. we start in sudan where a ceasefire is just about holding. hundreds of foreign nationals are being evacuated. the ministry of defence in london released these images from a royal air force air base in cyprus of british soldiers preparing to fly to khartoum. these picture from khartoum, we are getting reports of gun fire being heard. but the sudanese army said it would respect the ceasefire. thousands have already left the country on flights and on boats or by road. the un said it is bracing up by road. the un said it is bracing up for 270,000 people to flee to neighbouring chad to the west and south sudan. at least five aid workers have been killed since the fighting broke out. here is our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. these are the first images of the evacuation beginning, british forces gathering in cyprus, ready to fly out to sudan. planes that will luck may return full of british nationals who have been trapped by the fighting for days. this was khartoum