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
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order to reduce the rights of people to claim and to thwart their removal. the bbc is to speak to one of its highest paid presenters after he criticised the government s immigration plans on social media hello this is bbc news, the un secretary general, antonio guterres is in ukraine to hold talks with president zelensky about the continued export of ukrainian grain. brokered by the united nations and turkey lastjuly, and secured with russia, the deal enabled the shipping of ukrainian grain from odesa via the black sea, through the bosphorus strait in istanbul. but, now the deal is due for renewal and russia has signalled before it agrees to an extension it wants more done to lift curbs on its own agricultural ports. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv and explains why russia might be hestitant on signing off the deal renewal this grain deal that allows some grain to pass through the black sea from ukraine through to the world markets is actually two agreeme
are announced in england, a pay rise is offered to health workers in scotland. a man who spied for russia while working as a security guard at the british embassy in berlin is sentenced to 13 years in prison. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. 0h, he s found a way through. and in the cricket, a good second day for england has put them ahead in the first test against new zealand. and coming up on the bbc news channel, potential new manchester united owners have until today to submit takeover proposals. bids are expected from countries ranging from qatar to the usa. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister rishi sunak has been holding talks near belfast with representatives of all the main political parties in northern ireland, amid speculation that the government is close to agreeing a new deal with the eu on post brexit trading ar