an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for the british newspaper, the observer. the dutch siffan hassan and the kenyan kelvin kiptum have won the race for female and male categories in the london marathon. hello, i m rich preston a very warm welcome to bbc news. a growing number of foreign diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rivalfactions of the army enters a second week. the uk, france and the us are among those to remove embassy staff under the cover of darkness. the british evacuees are on their way back to the uk, via cyprus. the situation for other nationals in sudan remains unclear. in the last couple of hours we ve seen a french military plane arriving at one of france s airbases in dijibouti said to be carrying european diplomats and citizens. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of drama
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. air raid sirens rang through the ukrainian night as russia lobs artillery, drones and missiles in every corner of the country. that as the united states delivers a public warning to china, do not dispatch weapons to vladimir putin. plus, the chairwoman of the republican national committee thinks she can get donald trump to put pen to paper and say yes to supporting the party s 2024 nominee, even if it s not him. and new intelligence pushes the energy department to change its view of how the covid pandemic began. the agency now believes the virus leaked from a chinese lab. up first for us this hour sh, turnover and triage in ukraine. president zelenskyy dismissing the commander of joint force operations. mr. zelenskyy did not explain why or why now, as this leadership shuffle collides with a new russian offensive. 14 iranian made aircraft buzzing over kyiv. they shot towdown 11 of those drone
the former us president donald trump after he pleaded not guilty to sa criminal charges and a new york court. mr trump is accused of falsifying records and paying hush money to hide damaging information during the 2016 election. lots more of course on the bbc website is always and continued coverage right here on bbc news but away from that story and what could be one of the us largest product liability settlements. johnson &johnson has proposed paying almost $9 billion to settle lawsuits alleging the company s talcum powder is because cancer. the new move seeks to resolve all current and future claims. samaria hussein has more. johnson &johnson has been dogged for years by claims that it talcum powder causes cancer. in 2021 it in newjersey brought by 22 women who blame the company s product for their ovarian cancer and that same year it set aside another $2 billion to try to settle all future claims in what could add up future claims in what could add up to thousands of law
what were they? how much has been recovered. do we definitively know the level of threat they posed or lack thereof. bipartisan critics have been saying there s plenty that isn t classified that the american public has a right to know, and we are now waiting, as you see, for the president to come to that podium and begin. but in the meantime, let s talk to nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell, along with nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles and robert gibbs, former obama press secretary and an msnbc political analyst. robert, let me start with you, you know the criticism has been out there, the pressure the white house has been under, you have been in the white house when a president was under pressure. what does he need to deliver right now? well, i think the more than people want to know what level of new information we have about the three objects that have been shot down recently. i also think the president needs to outline what our post