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
and risked fuelling starvation in poorer nations. the guardian has a photo of the tributes in the south korean capital seoul, where 150 people were killed yesterday in a crush at a halloween festival. let me bring it our guests. good to have you with us. i want to begin with that very poignant photo on the front of the guardian. raphael rashid wrote the article, he quoted, outside it was chaos, i couldn t move. shyama, when you read this story, what are you thinking? i’m story, what are you thinking? i m “ust story, what are you thinking? in just thinking how desperately sad it is. what else is it possible to think? i have children. yesterday shortly after the story broke, i had a 31 year old dressed as a witch, bright red flowers, lace all done up, whatever, going out to celebrate in peckham. halloween has become such a big thing around the world. all of us who have kids, it doesn t matter whether they are three years old or 30 years old, they are out celebrating. the id
this is the business stories from around the world, and i will try and pronounce that correctly in a let s start with a stark warning from the governor of the bank of england. andrew bailey has warned the uk and many other countries are facing apocalyptic food prices, due to supply problems caused by the war in ukraine. bailey warned inflation could hit 10% by the autumn, well above the central bank s 2% target. uk inflation is currently at 7%, which is its highest level in 30 years. another sign of the rising cost of living was shown at petrol pumps yesterday, with one litre of diesel costing £1.80, which is a record high. joining me now is swetha ramachandran, an investment manager at gam investments. thank you for being with us, we know that rising prices are a huge problem, but it really did underlinejust how bad huge problem, but it really did underline just how bad this could get without warning from the bank of england just yesterday. yes, indeed, and there are lots o
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it s spread to many towns and cities in the north, in the east, in the west. it s becoming a national crisis. in this kind of battle for power between these two ambitious, ruthless generals who don t seem to have any intention of stopping the fighting, they ve been ignoring international calls for them to stop, and it looks like, in terms of the language they re using, they re basically saying they re not going to stop fighting until one has destroyed the other. yeah. james copnall was reflecting on that with us a short time ago as well, mary, saying that a negotiated solution isn t likely to happen because of that language. but can you also just give us a sense of life in sudan as well? because they ve had this terrible drought. presumably, things were really difficult for people before all this started. they were indeed. the horn of africa has. ..is enduring its worst drought in more than a0 years, partly caused by climate change. so you have that problem.