at port sudan with eight tonnes of relief supplies, including health kits for hospitals. it hopes to get security guarantees in order to send humanitarian aid to the capital, khartoum and the darfur region. despite a ceasefire being in place, the past few hours have seen intense clashes in the capital khartoum as the army tries to dislodge the rival rapid support forces. residents are being urged to remain indoors and away from windows. tens of thousands of civilians have abandoned their homes and are fleeing sudan. the uk s last evacuation flight has left sudan. the foreign office says nearly 1,900 people have been flown out since tuesday. meanwhile, the united states has completed its first evacuation of citizens from the country. countries like saudi arabia are getting people out tojeddah via port sudan on the red sea. let s hear from evacuees in port sudan. i was working in sudan for the last 13 years and due to the situation here, due to this war, i left everything, my h
from outside europe. the british public will be invited to swear allegiance to king charles during his coronation on saturday. the mainly christian service will also see religious leaders from otherfaiths play a part for the first time. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. haaland hits 50 as manchester city go top of the premier league for the first time since february. a first half header from jota settles the old firm at hampden park, as celtic go through to the scottish cup final. and sergio perez beats his teammate to take the chequered flag in azerbaijan. also coming up on sportsday. it s advantage luca brecel after the opening session of the world snooker final we ll bring you all the details. welcome to the programme. we will also bring you a very exciting and intense liverpool match. an exciting day in the premier league and we start with some big news as manchester city s race for the title intensifies. they have leap frogged arsenal to go top of the
from outside europe. the british public will be invited to swear allegiance to king charles during his coronation on saturday. the mainly christian service will also see religious leaders from otherfaiths play a part for the first time. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. haaland hits 50 as manchester city go top of the premier league for the first time since february. a seven goal thriller at anfield. but angerfrom interim manager ryan mason as tottenham lose again. a first half header from jota settles the old firm at hampden park, as celtic go through to the scottish cup final. and sergio perez beats his team mate to take the chequered flag in azerbaijan. also coming up on sportsday. it s advantage luca brecel as the second session of the world snooker final gets under way we ll bring you all the details. welcome to the programme. an exciting day in the premier league and we start with some big news as manchester city s race for
hello and welcome. the former chancellor rishi sunak is poised to become the next prime minister here in the uk after borisjohnson withdrew from the race to succeed liz truss. mrjohnson said there was a very good chance he would have been successful, but he couldn t govern effectively without a united conservative party in parliament. our political editor chris mason has the latest. are you running for the leadership, mr sunak? could september s loser be october s prime minister? rishi sunak is a step closer to downing street tonight, beaten by liz truss just weeks ago, he could replace her as soon as tomorrow. declaring his candidacy today, he wrote: he also felt the need to say: the guaranteed support for him continues to up. what we can t do is have him in as prime minister to implode, taking down the whole government with him, and we just can t do that again. mr baker had backed the former home secretary suella braverman for the job in the summer. today, she backed rish
there are conversations going on between penny mordaunt and other conservative mps or vinay and as we speak no, so the numbers are not an issue as far as we are concerned. it comes after borisjohnson put an end to days of speculation about a comeback when he dramatically pulled out of the race saying it would not be the right thing to do . rishi sunak praised borisjohnson for his achievements after he pulled out of the race. nominations close at 2pm so we could know who the next resident of the building behind me will be shortly after that. we ll be bringing you updates throughout the day. good morning and welcome to bbc news. we could find out who s replacing liz truss as prime minister as early as this afternoon. tory mps have until 2pm to make their nominations and each candidate needs at least 100 backers. if only one achieves that, they ll be declared prime minister today. if both reach 100 there ll be an mps ballot this afternoon and then party members this week. tw