ever april day. hello, a very warm welcome. i m samantha simmonds. efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce brokered by the us is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three day extension to it. the sudanese army says it s approved the idea of discussing the proposal but its rival, the rapid support forces, has not yet responded. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, with the latest. there is an invitation from salva kiir, south sudan s president, to both the warring generals to try and get them to go to the south sudanese capital to sit down and talk about another three day ceasefire, to carry on when the current one expires later today. and also to talk about humanitarian corridors within khartoum and perhaps to t
will not get the support they need. so for us we are striking because we can ensure the best education possible. at the moment with the funding we are getting, its just not possible. let s turn to the rails now and those fresh strikes announced by train drivers in their long running dispute over pay. one of the strike days will include the day of the fa cup final on the 3rd ofjune according to their union aslef. i m joined now by our business correspondent theo leggett. tell us what the aslef union is saying? tell us what the aslef union is sa in: ? , tell us what the aslef union is sa in: ? ~ , ., tell us what the aslef union is sa in? a ., saying? the aslef union says their latest offer saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that it saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that it is saying? the aslef union says their latest offer that it is sad saying? the aslef union says their latest offer t
the government s asylum policy was like 1930s germany. also in the programme this lunchtime. an arctic blast sweeps through many parts of the uk with snow and ice causing travel problems. a big rise in the number of dog attacks recorded by police in england and wales. and a month on from the dramatic rescue of this man from the rubble of the turkish earthquake, he s reunited with the british search team who saved his life. and coming up on the bbc news channel andy murray expects russian and belarusian players will be allowed to play at wimbledon this summer, and says he doesn t mind if they do. good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has been defending his government s new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk on small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that only the conservatives would stop the boats. but the labour leader sir keir starmer said the government is simply offering gimmicks and empty promises . the measures announced
closing of access to asylum in the uk for people arriving irregularly, we believe it s a clear breach of the refugee convention. they will enable us to take a very bold and forward leading steps in 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, gary lineker, after he criticised the government s immigration plans on social media. he bbc investigation reveals how scammers and con people out of hundreds scammers and con people out of hundreds of millions of dollars. hello and welcome to 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 and istanbul. but, now the deal is up for renewal and russia has signalled t
jerome powell is due for a second day of testimony in front of lawmakers and his words literally move markets. on tuesday, he warned that the price of borrowing that s the base us interest rate may have to be raised more than many hoped and markets quickly took a dive. with a sell off in the us and asia. here s how it s being picked up in europe today. this is the state of play, inheriting some of that uncertainty that started in the us and translated through to asia. there is cam coming back to those numbers but markets are still trying to work out what all of this could mean for them. samra hussain is in new york for us. talk to me about what we heard yesterday and why markets are nervous about what could be coming down the line. nervous about what could be coming down the line- down the line. when we spoke on monday we down the line. when we spoke on monday we talked down the line. when we spoke on monday we talked about - down the line. when we spoke on monday we