focused on the war in sudan? the death toll is now well over 12,000, with reports tonight the rebels have overrun the country s second biggest city. and in colorado, the state supreme court strikes donald trump from the ballot, just weeks before the first presidential primary in iowa. good evening. counting the dead is a challenge in any war zone, and especially one in which journalists are locked out. and how can we possibly know what the true figure when so many bodies remain buried under the rubble? but tonight the death toll reached a grim new marker. according to the hamas led health ministry, 20,000 people have now been killed. 20,000 people have now been killed, and among them 8,000 children and 6,200 women. the us has in recent days raised the alarm over the extent of the killing, and urged greater restraint. at home, president biden is under pressure. but tonight, a vote on a humanitarian pause, which was expected this hour in the security council, has again been pos
i wasn t trying to pull the wool over anyone s eyes, and i regret, and i am sorry, for not saying straight out, yes i am involved. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello, i m tanya beckett israel has opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid for the first time since it began its war and stepped up its siege of the strip. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. aid trucks entering through rafah were mobbed by crowds of people earlier highlighting the growing hunger and desperation in gaza. vehicles were boarded and stripped of their supplies. the un says hungry people helping themselves to food is making it almost impossible for them to distribute aid. israel ke
and one of britain s most successful cyclists, mark cavendish, announces he s to retire. 0n bbc london: warnings over mobile phone fraud how criminals are getting smarter at targeting victims in the capital to gain access to banking apps. good evening. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann are to carry out searches in a reservoir in portugal, according to local media reports. a large site is believed to have been sealed off, around 30 miles from where the toddler went missing in 2007. the search is expected to begin tomorrow. it s not the first time the reservoir has been searched. three year old madeleine was on holiday with her family in praia da luz in the algarve when she went missing and there has been a uk police investigation into her disappearance ever since. ellie price reports on the latest developments. 16 years after madeleine mccann disappeared, a new hunt for answers. local media reported this area was sealed off ahead of the search, expec
the dutch foreign minister has said the training of ukrainian pilots on f 16 fighter pilots on f 16fighterjets should start sooner rather than later. the remark comes after the us president joe biden support for the joint ally training programme. you may remember, on friday president biden said he will support delivery of fighterjets to ukraine by allowing western allies to supply them. in the last few hours russia s ambassador to the us has responded. he questions how effective this will be. he said. there is no infrastructure for the operation of the f16 in ukraine and the needed number of pilots and maintenance personnel, is not there either. he also said. any ukrainian strike on crimea would be considered a strike on russia. it is important that the us be fully aware of the russian response . second important update to bring you. these conflicting claims about who controls what in the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine s deputy defence minister says, its troops are sti
and explores his struggles as well as finding out what helps available, and what the latest developments in treatment are. matt s been speaking about why he took part and why he thinks it s important more people are made aware of the dangers of addiction. let s take a look. i think the conversation about addiction is so focused sometimes on the addicts. and i think the effect that it can have on the people that love you, is so huge. i am terrified of relapse. if i do that again, everything will end. i want to find what s working for people because there is no i size fits all for everyone. and whether or not i am destined to be this forever will with me in the studio is matt willis. thank you forjoining us here on the programme. i have so many questions but i want to begin by asking you more on what you said there about why you chose to take part. i initially, kind of came up with the concept and went to them and said, i want to make a documentary about addiction in a differen