on mark selby and anthony mcgill also in action against si and these are the live pictures. this is a battle between two four time champions. this is a repeat of the 2017 and 2007 finals and at the momentjohn higgins is holding the frame, but it is the first frame. you can keep across the coverage on bbc two and across the bbc sport website. a big game at the bottom of the premier league this evening as leicester city travel to elland road to take on leeds united. leeds have lost their last three games and conceded 13 in the process of sliding down the table. they are just a point above leicester city who were victorious at the weekend under new boss dean smith. the? who were victorious at the weekend under new boss dean smith. they have had a struggle under new boss dean smith. they have had a struggle so under new boss dean smith. they have had a struggle so far, under new boss dean smith. they have had a struggle so far, bit under new boss dean smith. they have had
and the singer harry belafonte has died. welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan and developments in the last hour or so with the uk government urging british passport holders to head to an airfield to the north of khartoum, tojoin evacuation flights. previous advice to wait until they are contacted has been dropped. the foreign secretary, james cleverly, said uk nationals would have to make the riskyjourney to the airbase without a military escort and warned it is impossible to know how long the pause in the fierce fighting will last. the first of the british transport planes took off from an airbase in cyprus bound for sudan it s thought there may be up to four thousand britons in sudan, a little over two thousand have registered with the foreign office for evacuation. rishi sunak authorised the operation late on monday night, after growing criticism that only diplomats had been rescued with british nationals left feeling abandoned. france, germany, greece,
live from london. this is bbc news. the uk government starts their operation to get british nationals out of sudan after growing critiscm at thew spped of the response. sudan s warring factions agree a 72 hour ceasefire. the british government tells people to make their own way to the airport. she has very good local knowledge, but the routes from where i am in the south of the city, to the north, and beyond the north is very difficult. joe biden confirms he will stand for a second term as us president. at 80 joe biden is already the oldest holder of the office in history we have reaction and analysis of today s major announcement.