between the voting systems firm dominion and fox news. star hosts tucker carlson and sean hannity are also expected to take the stand. more on all of those stories in a few minutes. first, a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello. day four of the world snooker championship is well under way with two england vs scotland battles under way in the afternoon session. john higgins is leading david grace 10 7, and england sjudd trump is taking on anthony mcgill, where he s leading at the crucible. let s take you straight there. that is anthony mcgill at the table, a ropey start but he came from two frames down to level at 2 2. however, trump has fought back and took the fifth frame, which means he is now leading 3 2. don t forget, judd trump was last year s finals, eventually it was until ronnie o sullivan. mcgill has only beaten judd trump winds in his career. security of course stepped up at the crucible after last night s protest, uninterrupted coverage on bbc iplayer, th
auschwitz. sudan s rival generals have agreed on a 24 hour ceasefire after four days of intense fighting in the capital khartoum and other towns. that cease fire expected to start right now, local time. we are keeping our eyes on the ground they are to see if it actually kicks in, but certainly in the run up to this announcement, eventually to downs army confirming that cease fire. originally we heard it from the rebel forces, but the time was right now six o clock local time. so we will keep an eye on that. that is so crucial. we have heard earlierfrom the head of the army. the head of the rival rapid support forces, general mohamed hamdan dagalo, said, he had approved the ceasefire, to ensure the evacuation of wounded civilians. these are the latest pictures pictures from the capital, khartoum. that s what they are getting a break from after four days. those are pictures from a little earlier. those are pictures from a little earlier. at least 180 people have been killed so
but not fast enough to keep up with price rises. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has more details. all good? business has been challenging, up and down. it has been consistently inconsistent. one day we are super busy, we can t keep up. the next day we don t have any work on. a year ago, construction companies like this builder of grand design style renovations, based near heathrow airport, were struggling to cope with the surge in demand for new projects as the economy bounced back from the pandemic. there was no lack of work, but profits were squeezed by the rocketing cost of raw materials and the shortage of skilled staff that sent wages soaring. it is difficult to meet demand when there is also less money in the jobs because the cost of labour has risen so much. so we have labourers earning the money which plumbers and carpenters were earning, like, two and a half, three years ago. but everybody wants the job to be cheaper because they have no certainty and the
welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, were a court has as i expected rejected the appeal of the us match one. evan gershkovich. evan gershkovich. have a look at these images of evan gershkovich appearing in court. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he and his employer, the wall streetjournal, strongly deny. he appeared at the same court where yesterday an opponent of president putin was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. this was the first time evan gershkovich had been seen in public since being arrested. the wall streetjournal reporter was appealing his detention. the appeal was rejected. he s the first western journalist here to be charged with spying since the cold war, a charge that he, his newspaper and his government categorically reject. the charges against evan are baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. a rare glimpse inside the prison wh
wales. it looks pretty messy for the weekend with some longer, heavier spells of rain and then sunday or monday, look what happens there. we start to pick up a northerly wind and temperatures plunge right the way across the uk. spring has not properly set up shop yet. you have been warned, thank you, susan. and that s bbc news at ten on tuesday the 18th of april. there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but from the ten team, it s goodnight. the police investigation into snp finances widens. another arrest on the day the new first minister hoped to set out his stall to scotland. is the snp now in freefall and, if it is, what, or who, can stop it? can humza yousaf the snp continuity candidate distance himself from the previous sturgeon regime, when he wa