A warm welcome to our viewers watching from the United States and all around the world. Im paula newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, republican candidates gatherer in iowa. See how one found out the hard way what happens when you target the former president. Plus when it comes to u. S. Weather, even the good news says theres little relief in sight for much of the country. Well explain and have the latest on the heat alerts. And later, what its like living in odesa and seeing Historic Places destroyed by russian attacks. Well get a firsthand account of life in the war zone. So if donald trump or his supporters are bothered by the latest charges the front runner faces, no one is showing it. A little joke there, i guess. The former president received a Stand Og Ovation Friday Night in iowa. In fact, it was a rare appearance where most of his republican rivals also spoke. Trump mostly highlighted what he considers to be his administrations accomplishments, but he also went on the attack without
in sport, he s done it luke littler s dream run continues, as the 16 year old becomes the youngest person to reach tonight s world darts final. tha nkfully thankfully not as windy today but there are now over 300 flood warnings across the uk following storm henk. at least the prospects are a little bit drier. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it s wednesday, 3rd january. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to begin a six day strike the longest in nhs history. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. members of the doctors union, the bma, have asked for a 35% pay increase. the government says that is unrealistic. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! a new year, but still no end in sight to the junior doctors pay dispute, which started last spring. the six day walk out is their longest yet, and comes
the countdown is on to the launch of the most powerful rocket ever built. this place has a new name now. or rather an old one bannau brycheiniog, and it s all change for the brecon beacons as the national park will now be known by its welsh language name only. and coming up on bbc news, after arsenal dropped points at west ham, will it be the gunners or manchester city who are crowned premier league champions? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in russia, a leading critic of president putin has been sentenced to 25 years in jail the longest sentence any opposition figure has received so far. vladimir kara murza has been convicted for treason and other charges linked to his criticism of the war in ukraine. mr kara murza, who has british citizenship, is the latest of a series of opponents of president putin to have been arrested or forced to flee russia. the foreign office has condemned his conviction and sentencing as politically motivated and has pointed o
live when it happens. fighting is raging for a third day in the sudanese capital, khartoum. the clashes are part of a power struggle within the country s military leadership, which has failed to deliver a transition to civilian government. a doctors union in sudan says almost a hundred civilians have died but the true number is likely to be higher. our senior africa correspondent, anne soy, reports. this is one of the warring groups in sudan. it s the powerful paramilitary group currently fighting against the country s army. both sides remain defiant and post videos like these claiming gains in the clashes. we cannot verify their claims. civilians are bearing the brunt of the fighting. there is nowhere safe to go. sudan is a majority muslim nation. it s a difficult ramadan for them. we do not have water here in khartoum. we are also afraid of running short of ourfood supplies here because all markets are closed. unless there is a very immediate humanitarian truce for the peo
fighting in that country we have the very latest on the deadly conflict and what could be next for thousands of americans who are still over there. plus, we ve got new polling on the 2024 presidential election how voters are feeling about president joe biden s re-election campaign as well as donald trump s mounting legal issues. and also ahead, what we can expect on capitol hill this week as the house is expected to vote on speaker kevin mccarthy s plan to raise the debt ceiling. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, april 24th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us and we ll begin this morning with the developing news out of northeast africa the united states has evacuated and temporarily closed its embassy in sudan as conflict grows in that country. fighting between warring military factions in the capital has killed hundreds and thousands of citizens are still there. they re still remaining in the country. nbc news