hello and welcome to the programme. i m luxmy gopal. 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 sillito, 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. iam i am awaiting us. i am weightless. listen, you could do with losing a little. success has gone to yourjowls! 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, but. have you? not quite as much as some! laughter and applause no. no, you are still recognisable,
to protect the endangered species. hello. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china are to be evacuated in the coming hours . these are saudi state tv pictures of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan s military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadcaster says the evacuees were carried in a convoy of vehicles to port sudan from where they boarded ships tojeddah. the most intense fighting in sudan has been taking place in the capital khartoum, where explosions and gunfire have been heard in the past few hours. the un estimates that at least 400 people have been killed across sudan since the fighting began a week ago. the conflict is the result of
across kenya and that was what made us looking at these lions to see what is happening and what can we do to bring back the lion population. i understand they are more endangered than elephants and lions. that is not something people would messily accept elephants and rhinos. nobody knows this. they think there are lots everywhere. but there are only about 20,000 africa and they are only living in 8% at the historical range and since the first lion king and second liking movie the number drop by half and it is a huge concern for notjust the number drop by half and it is a huge concern for not just the the number drop by half and it is a huge concern for notjust the whole african continent but all of us living in countries where lions are so important and at least such a big role. . , . so important and at least such a big role. ., , ., so important and at least such a big role. ., role. that is a good comparison, the chanauin role. that is a good comparison, the changing numbers r
the advice, if you do get one, is to delete or report it straight away. and if you re tempted to transfer any money to a loved one after receiving a text, make sure you speak to them first. dan whitworth, bbc news. the african lion is one of the most endangered species in the world. there are as few as 20,000 of them left in the wild. their numbers have dropped by almost half, across the continent in just the last two decades. i ve been speaking to two conservationists dr shivani bhalla and jeneria lekilelei. dr shivani began by telling us about her unpbringing surrounded by lions. i grew up seeing wildlife and going on safari with my parents and ijust developed this huge passion for them. i very quickly realised lions were in huge trouble and the population in northern kenya, in samburu, where we live and work, was unknown we didn t know what was happening to them. and i learnt that they would disappear from protected areas and not come back. the numbers were plummeting across t