ridden by derek fox. at least three people have been killed in sudan, in heavy fighting between the army and paramilitary forces in the capital, khartoum. a man is pinned down and arrested by security staff in japan as the prime minister, fumio kishida, is rushed to safety after an explosion. the french president has visited notre dame cathedral, which was nearly destroyed by fire four years ago. the restoration is expected to be finished on schedule. you re watching bbc news. and we want to bring you some breaking news. we are hearing the royal mail and the communication workers union have reached an agreement over pay and employment terms. the postal company cw have said in ajoint terms. the postal company cw have said in a joint statement. now, we understand executives are going to meet and consider the agreement on monday and tuesday this week. and thatis monday and tuesday this week. and that is following a year of talks and strikes. so agreement does seem to have been m
you re watching bbc news, now it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m olly foster. this is what is coming up. the start was delayed by protestors, but there was a stunning finish from corach rambler to win the grand national. haaland hits the net again, manchester city narrow arsenal s lead at the top. and manchester united hold off brighton to reach the women s fa cup final. also coming up on sportsday. it s been another golden day for great britain at the european gymnastics championships in turkey. obviously, the goal is always to win so, yeah, that was probably the best routine of my life. welcome along. well, let s start at aintree, where corach rambler the 8 1 favourite has won the grand national. the race was delayed by m minutes. has won the grand national. animal rights activists had threatened to disrupt the world famous steeplechase and a number of protestors managed to get onto the course. so far, 23 arrests have been made. patrick geare
why some germans are getting competitive about communing with nature. hello and welcome. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will be injerusalem later today, to discuss how to de escalate tensions between israelis and palestinians. on thursday, nine palestinians were killed during an israeli military raid in the west bank, followed on friday, by the killing of seven jewish settlers outside a synagogue in occupied eastjerusalem. israeli forces have now moved in to evict the family of the palestinian gunman who carried out friday s attack. nader hashemi is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver in colorado. thank you for being on the programme. thank you for being on the programme- thank you for being on the programme. first of all, give us our programme. first of all, give us your reaction programme. first of all, give us your reaction to programme. first of all, give us your reaction to these - us your reaction to these leaders
of our detention capacity. and after becoming one of the first cities in the world to authorise e scooter rentals, paris holds a referendum on whether to ban them. hello and welcome. ijust want hello and welcome. i just want to start straightaway with some breaking news that we are getting out of russia. this is via the reuters news agency. they are saying that one person has been killed, six injured, in an explosion at a cafe injured, in an explosion at a cafe in st petersburg in russia. reuters are getting it from tass news agency, who say they are getting it from the emergency services there. we are checking more details as we speak, but we know so far from reuters news agency is one person killed and six injured in an explosion in a cafe in st petersburg, and just as i was finishing that last sentence, one more detail. just bear with me as i bring that up. a well known russian military blogger is the person killed in the explosion in st petersburg. again, that is reuters
there will be a lot of cloud around and we could have some rain around from time to time. condition should improve in the afternoon. we have got some heavier rain affecting the south west of england. through the day rain becomes more patchy and places they become drier. across other parts of the uk, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers in the north west of scotland. it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine, temperatures hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 thousand workers stage a walkout in the biggest rail strike so far. prime minister liz truss has arrived in birmingham for the conservative annual conference she has admitted that there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. the ukrainian military says it has regained control of the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region from russian troops just a day after moscow annexed the area. millions o