as of right now, there s no official confirmation as to what led to the shooting but president biden has described it as outrageous and unacceptable . one of the four killed has been identified as philstavious dowdell by local media. he was a standout high school athlete and was planning to attend jacksonville state university on an american football scholarship. earlier, alabama police gave this update on the victims. some of those injuries are critical, they are in critical condition, and that s why it s so important we absolutely need everyone to continue to pray for those individuals to allow them to recover from what they re enduring, as well as their families. earlier, i spoke to our correspondentjessica parker, who is in dadeville, alabama. jessica, i understand you have just arrived there. can you give us a sense of how the community is reacting? yeah, well, we arrived just as a vigil had been taking place just up the road from here in a kind of parking area and do
hello and welcome. we begin today in the us. president biden has condemned the killing of four people at a birthday party in alabama this weekend as outrageous and unacceptable . the country s latest mass shooting happened at a 16th birthday party in the town of dadeville. on sunday night, people gathered for a vigil to remember the victims of the shooting. 28 other people were injured, several critically. so far, there s been no information whether any suspect was killed or arrested. jessica parker reports from dadeville. what happened 7 confusion and fear the almost routine eruption of gun violence in america but uniquely devastating for a small community in rural alabama after a shooter opened fire at a 16th birthday party. police tape quietly hiding what you then can hear, the sound of horror and grief. wailing. four lives were lost in the tragic event that occurred here in dadeville. as far as the injuries, there are 28 individuals that were injured during the cou
a russian court has sentenced one of president putin s most prominent critics to 25 years in prison for treason. vladimir kara murza has also been convicted of spreading false information about the russian armed forces and co operation with an undesirable organisation . he played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the russian british former journalist and politician is the latest of a number of putin opponents to have been arrested or forced to flee russia. he had denied the charges and been vocally critical of his trial. let s get more on this story now with sergei goryashko from the bbc russian sevice. could you start by telling us what happened, what we know about what happened, what we know about what happened in court today? todd? happened, what we know about what happened in court today? happened in court today? today in court, in happened in court today? today in court. in a happened in
in sudan is entering a third day, with doctors warning of increasingly desperate conditions in hospitals in the capital, khartoum. so far, 97 people have been reported killed and hundreds injured in the violence. fighting is between the sudanese army and the country s biggest paramilitary group, known as the rapid support forces, or rsf with these two men at the heart of it. the head of army is general abdel fattah al burhan. the leader of the rsf is mohamed hamdan dagalo. they re both vying for dominance, after leading the two main factions in the ruling military regime. but, caught in the middle, is sudan s population of around 50 million people. many are displaced and millions need humanitarian help. the sudanese doctors union says almost 100 civilians have been killed since the clashes erupted on saturday. we ve been hearing a range of different voices from inside sudan. katharina von schroeder, from save the children, has been sheltering with her eight year old son in a
returning to our top story this hour, fighting is raging for a third day in the sudanese capital, khartoum. the clashes are part of a power struggle within the country s military leadership, who have failed to deliver a transition to civilian government. doctors in sudan are telling us almost 100 civilians have died, they expect that figure to go up as more reports come in. you can foreign secretary, james cleverly, has called for a ceasefire and is urging both sides to return to talks. we have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. figs have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese armed - is like in khartoum. as the fighting l between the sudanese armed forces and the other forces parliamentary continues, sudanese people continue to live in very dire and difficult situations, with