hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the journalist and opposition activist vladimir kara murza played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the us says it s evidence of an escalating campaign of repression in russia. the eu called it unacceptable. the uk summoned the russian ambassador. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. handcuffed and in a bullet proof cage, one of president putin s most prominent critics. vladimir kara murza faced multiple charges, including treason. the verdict, guilty. the punishment, the maximum possible. 25 years in prison. access to the courtroom was heavily restricted. along with otherjournalists and foreign diplomats, we crowded into another room to watch on tv screens. for more than a decade, vladimir kara murza has been a high profile opponent of the kremlin. he helpe
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seven! seven! tributes pour in for the former head judge of strictly and king of the catchphrase, len goodman, who s died aged 78. he had no understanding ofjust how big he was, how much people loved him. in my own house we still never use the word seven, we say seven differently. he changed a whole number for so many of us. how a third of government money for extra school tutoring after the covid lockdown still hasn t been spent. and with just under two weeks until the coronation, a bbc poll suggests less than a third of18 21i year olds want the monarchy to continue. and coming up on bbc news: the draw for the sixth round of rugby league s challenge cup will take place shortly on the bbc. 16 teams go into the hat to see who will play whom in the ties in may. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the head of the un has called on the security council to do all it can to pull sudan back from what he called a catastrophic conflagration which could engulf the whole re
agreed to part ways. a catastrophic conflagration which could engulf the region and beyond. a number of other countries are rushing to get there people out, aided by a local in the fighting today. the shortages of food and water worsen as thousands of sudanese citizens trying to flee. andrew harding has the very latest on what s happening in khartoum. khartoum today, still burning as civilians, locals and foreigners hunt for ways to escape from sudan s hellish capital. imagine the desperation. many people still can t get out. it s still going on. this for the last 20 minutes. like the man who filmed these images. he s from dunfermline, in fife, and was visiting relatives in sudan s capital when the fighting began, trapping his family. basically they were running along my street yesterday, last night, they were running along here and they were shooting, chasing people along the street. we re locking all the doors and we go right into the middle of the house. asked if he feels