hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughan jones. the fighting continues in the sudan capital, khartoum. there are conflicting reports though that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the sudan army are fighting with the rtf. in a statement released a short time ago, the spokesman for the sudanese army has accused its opponents of: attacking the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. the spokesman went on to say that: the sudanese army condemns this barbaric behaviour and violence, which is a characteristic of the rapid support militia. but let me bring you this from the rsf which has tweeted saying the rapid support forces were attacked by aircraft during the evacuation of french nationals. we have had no international confirmation. we approached the french government and they c
hello. we re going to take you straight to france, to paris. france, to paris. there have been weeks and france, to paris. there have been weeks and months france, to paris. there have been weeks and months of france, to paris. there have been weeks and months of protests - france, to paris. there have been. weeks and months of protests over controversial pension reforms that have been happening there, and what we are seeing here is a protest in paris. this is at the offices of the stock market operator euronext, which is just outside of paris, and we are seeing things being set on fire. to remind you that political opponents, trade unions as well, have all been urging protesters to maintain their campaign of civil disobedience, because this law was passed controversially without a vote through the lower house of parliament in france by using special constitutional powers, so a huge amount of anger at president macron who pushed this through. this is about the retireme
lets bring you up to date with a big political story. the result of an investigation into allegations of bullying by the deputy prime minister dominic raab have been delivered to rishi sunak. he denies the claim but the prime minister is said to be carefully considering now the findings. rishi sunak has received this report and we are waiting for him to make a decision about the fate, the future of dominic raab, he was a key ally of his. that show you 10 downing street. there was a flurry of information short time ago about what could possibly happen. it has settled down. it seemed we were close to hearing on whether dominic raab would keep a job or be ousted from government, but we aren t sure when it will come, there s been no announcement. we do know the prime minister has received this report, backin minister has received this report, back in november that the government appointed a senior lawyer to conduct an independent investigation into the complaints. dominic raab de
to get under way shortly. a court in moscow has rejected the appeal against the pre trial detention of the us journalist, appeal against the pre trial detention of the usjournalist, evan gershkovich,. even though the decision was widely expected, it will still hit hard for the 35 year old american and his supporters. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he strongly denies. the court appearance was his first. he was arrested nearly three weeks ago. the authorities say evan gershkovich try to obtain classified information but have offered no information to support their claims. he is the first usjournalist to support their claims. he is the first us journalist to face espionage charges in russia since soviet times. after his appearance, the us ambassador to russia had just a short statement. i the us ambassador to russia had ust a short statement. a short statement. i was able to meet kevin a short statement. i was able to meet kevin yesterday a sho
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