Folks should effectively receive a salary for doing so. Do you agree with that . And rishi sunak has been accused of rolling out the carpet. Why because the red carpet. Why because apparently hes inviting the crown prince of saudi arabia to visit the uk. What do you make visit the uk. What do you make to this . We be welcoming to this . Should we be welcoming the of a country with the leader of a country with less pretty diabolical less visa, a pretty diabolical human rights record . Or is all fair when it comes to trade and International Relations . Weve got it all to come and more. But before we get into it, lets bnng before we get into it, lets bring ourselves up to speed, shall with latest shall we, with the latest headunes shall we, with the latest headlines with middlehurst headlines with Polly Middlehurst i lama michelle, thank you. Good michelle, thank you. Good evening. Well, tributes are being paid to the legendary broadcaster sir Michael Parkinson, who died after a short ill
hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney bought the small welsh club in november 2020, their plan, they said, was for wrexham to win games. and well, take a look. and now they ve won the national league title, here s the team are celebrating after beating boreham wood 3 1. this was straight after that win, you can see wexham fans running onto the pitch, as well as ryan reynolds and rob mcilhenny. the bbc caught up with some elated wrexham fans just after the match. what a win! boom! how proud are you? very proud, absolutely amazing. i lost my husband just before christmas. i have a picture of him. this is for him. i love you, jeff. the whole town has wanted this for 15 years and - for ryan and rob to come - in and buy the club and give us what we wanted, i cannot thank them enough. it makes you want to cry. i might cry now. this is for the future generation, they want to be here and experience it. its mega. i don t even like football but we re just here, it s amazing
evacuations, now the evacuation of foreign nationals has been a priority. of foreign nationals has been a riori . , . , of foreign nationals has been a riori , ., , ., priority. this was earlier when eo - le priority. this was earlier when peeple from priority. this was earlier when people from saudi priority. this was earlier when people from saudi arabia, - priority. this was earlier when i people from saudi arabia, egypt and india were shipped out from and india were shipped out from a nearby port. earlier attempts to get people out were put on hold with one of the most intense days of fighting since violence broke out in the country one week ago. this was the capital khartoum, gunfire and explosions were heard across the city. a reminder now of what has been taking place in sudan, the army general is fighting the leader of a paramilitary group the f led by mohammed hamdan dagalo. they had in sharing power, now though they disagree on how sudan should be in governmen
hello and welcome to the programme. the us military has evacuated american diplomats and their families from sudan. six aircraft were used in sunday s early morning mission. president biden issued a statement a short time ago. he said: more than 150 people were evacuated by sea to the saudi arabian port ofjeddah on saturday, mostly citizens of gulf countries, but also from egypt, canada and others. it came as clashes continued between the rsf and sudan s army. the near constant shooting and bombardment in khartoum and elsewhere has cut electricity and safe access to food and water for much of the population. several ceasefires that had seemingly been agreed by both sides were ignored, including a 3 day pause to mark the muslim holiday of eid al fitr, which started on friday. bbc news understands that the government is drawing up plans to evacuate british embassy staff from sudan, uk citizens are being urged to tell the foreign office where they are, either online or by phone,
after a fire started in a restaurant. hello and welcome to the programme. i m luxmy gopal. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china are to be evacuated in the coming hours . the head of the military agreed to facilitate the operation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. saudi state tv is reporting that planes carrying evacuees have begun arriving injeddah the un estimates that at least 400 people have been killed across sudan since the fighting began a week ago, the most intense taking place in the capital khartoum. explosions and gunfire have been heard across the city in the past few hours. that s despite the sudanese army announcing a three day halt to fighting from friday. the conflict is the result of a power struggle between the national army led by general abdel fattah al burhan and the rsf para military group led by general mohamed hamdan dagalo. the two men had b