hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughan jones. the fighting continues in the sudan capital, khartoum. there are conflicting reports though that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the sudan army are fighting with the rtf. in a statement released a short time ago, the spokesman for the sudanese army has accused its opponents of: attacking the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. the spokesman went on to say that: the sudanese army condemns this barbaric behaviour and violence, which is a characteristic of the rapid support militia. but let me bring you this from the rsf which has tweeted saying the rapid support forces were attacked by aircraft during the evacuation of french nationals. we have had no international confirmation. we approached the french government and they c
as russia persists in claims kyiv is preparing to use a so called dirty bomb . first pictures emerge of airstrikes in myanmar. the military defends the attack, in which 50 civilians were killed. and adidas cuts ties with the rapper ye, calling his anti semitic postings on social media voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. rishi sunak became the 57th prime minister of britain today, and the first of indian descent. he warned that the country he now leads faces a profound economic crisis and moved rapidly to appoint a cabinet, emphasising continuity and stability. here s our political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. britain s new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street, he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis and he made a point of saying that he d need to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor, liz truss. here are political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i m standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profoun
civilians continue to flee the ukrainian city of kherson as russia persists in claims kyiv is preparing to use a so called dirty bomb . air strikes in me and more, the military defends the attack in which 50 civilians were killed. and putting ties with the rapper calling his anti semitic postings on social media hateful and dangerous. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london where rishi sunak is spending his first night as prime minister in downing street. earlier he was officially appointed by king charles. the 42 year old is the country s youngest leader in modern times and the first prime minister of colour. he spent much of the day appointing his government ministers and has already held phone calls with world leaders including president biden. our political editor chris mason looks back on an historic day. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes,
families there before the volcanic eruption. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. this is bbc news. 2a people are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip, including six children. israel says it s targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, which in response has fired more than 300 rockets. yolande knell has the latest from jerusalem. explosion the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight, islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in revenge, it said, for its leader s death. most were intercepted by israeli air defences. but earlier, a missile hit th