hello, i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where a three day ceasefire between two rival military groups has come into effect to allow people to be evacuated, but there are concerns that it may not hold. hundreds of people have died since fighting started between the sudanese army and rsf paramilitary force. in recent days, more countries have attempted to evacuate their diplomats and citizens. this is a member of the dutch military handing out earplugs as they get ready to take off. and this was the scene as the spanish defence ministry helped diplomats and citizens on to their plane. live now to kalkidan yibetal who s in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa. who has the latest. as far as you are hearing at the moment, is the ceasefire holding? it looks that way. reports indicate that on monday khatoum had a relatively quiet date which helped the evacuation of many people. many foreign nationals by different countries. but, you know, if t
the violence must stop. it risks a catastrophic conflagration within sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond. we ll have the latest on the rescue efforts, amid reports that the military factions in sudan have agreed a temporary ceasefire. also on the programme. as nurses in england prepare to strike next week, the government says it will go to the high court to try to limit the action. good evening and welcome to tucker carlson. america s most watched cable news anchor, tucker carlson, one of donald trump s most loyal supporters, is leaving fox news. a growing list of companies decide to leave the cbi, as the business organisation admits it employed staff who spread a toxic culture. and the barrow boy who became a ballroom star len goodman of strictly has died at the age of 78. and coming up on bbc news. interim manager, cristian stellini, has been sacked by tottenham afterjust 4 matches in charge. ryan mason now has the job until the end of the season. good eve
hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, the prime minister has acknowledged that his target of reducing nhs waiting lists in england is in doubt. his comments come as it s revealed that the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment in england has risen to a new record high. an estimated 7.68 million people were waiting at the end ofjuly. the prime minister called the figures obviously disappointing but said industrial action by doctors was a significant cause. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes is in salford. good afternoon. waiting lists hitting nearly 7.7 million people in england, that represents around one in seven of the population. this morning the prime minister, rishi sunak, has acknowledged those figures are, as he said, obviously disappointing, and he has admitted really for the first time that his target of reducing waiting times in england was now in doubt and it could be very hard to meet that. you have to say, that w
we have a real mixed picture to take you through the rest of today. for scotland and northern ireland it is sunny spells and a few passing showers. the south of england with warm sunshine, feeling a little humid, and between that we have a weather front across wales, midlands, lincolnshire, a tug of war between these separate areas of low pressure. that front will not move through the day to day but is this low pressure sores to develop and move toward spain and portugal where it could cause some severe thunderstorms, it will push warmer air across england and wales tomorrow and will control how much rain we have in the weekend. this afternoon the wettest areas are wales, across the midlands, lincolnshire might see some of the rain into three parts of north west england right towards the end of the afternoon. the rain tending to turn afternoon. the rain tending to turn a bit heavier. warm sunshine in the south and blustery conditions for the north of scotland were strong wind