it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in sudan where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that s erupted between two military factions. we ll have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but we start with this report from cyprus, and our correspondent there nick beake. finally, an escape for britons who ve been stranded in sudan. but as the raf carries out more evacuations, there are some concerns the airfield in the capital, khartoum, is now breaking up with hundreds of uk citizens still stuck in the devastation inflicted by the feud between top generals. today, though, flights out have been reaching cyprus, which is halfway home. and this is how it feels to have escaped. here in c
hello, welcome to the programme. number 10 say britain needs a deterrent against illegal migration, the draught bill clearing its final hurdles in the commons this evening. we will discuss what s in it. did the british government get it right in sudan? uk nationals urged to make their own way to an airstrip north of khartoum, through countless checkpoints and under their own steam . eight flights left today. but still several thousand to evacuate. also tonight. reports ukraine is getting ready for the next major assault against russian forces. we will look at the current situation on the ground, and assess just how well equipped they are to do that. and where is the government s strategy on semi conductors? the uk is losing ground to rival countries in a crucially important sector. we will speak to the director of one start up who is threatening to relocate his operations to the united states. but first, to westminster, where mps have been voting this evening on the illegal
facing a far lower ranked team. this was a chance to see a different england line up. katie robinson making her debut in front of a 32,000 strong crowd, and she made an early international impact. a perfect ball in to set up england s first. defender rachel daly enjoying a spell up front. but then controversy. the ball looked to have gone out before italy crossed. then dismay as the ball clearly did bounce over the goal line. oh, the goal is given! but no var, no whistle and italy had equalised. that looks really close indeed. england s response was quick, daly and the perfect position once more. another victory for manager sarina wiegman. and with the world cup this summer, a positioning headache from the player of the match. jane dougal, bbc news. england are through to the semi finals of the t20 world cup after the west indies secured a dramatic final over win against pakistan. the windies total of 116 was built upon their three top three batters. they contributed 72 run
killed more than 16,000 people. translation: this was a beautiful area, all down turkey houses, all down turkey street. all destroyed, unfortunately. there s been an increase in people taking up treasure hunting in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? and queues as far as the eye can see. british children and teachers returning from half term school trips in europe are hit by long delays at calais because of a strike by uk border staff. this is bbc news. i m rich preston, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. just days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, western leaders have appealed for countries around the world to unite in providing long term military support for kyiv. speaking at a security conference in munich, rishi sunak said russia was betting the west would lose its nerve and now was the time to double down and provide more weapons. a separate meeting of g7 foreign mi
the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severly damaged, with some of the country s significant historic monuments lying in ruins. now on bbc news, click. this week, it s game on in helsinki. a cityjust the size of glasgow that houses some of the most innovative, influential and successful mobile games companies in the world. we re going wild in the scottish town that s turning your phone into a one stop tourism shop. it turns visiting - a city into a game. absolutely. look out, alasdair! there s a lion on the loose! and we re crossing the multiverse to see the bedroom artist behind the bafta nominated everything everywhere all at once. there s something very big and bright going on in north london. come on in and we ll show you. this is an exhibition called luyang netineti. chinese multimedia artist luyang takes us on a journey through their weird world the company by avatars created using motion capture and sd game engines. what i like is the artist has created all