microsoft both unveiling quarterly report cards beating expectations. shares alphabet jumped after hours as the company announced that its scored a seven quarterly revenue rose to $69 billion. it s stock in microsoft got a britain extended trading with quarterly revenue mainly driven by growth in its clad competing businesses. dan ives is senior equity analyst at wentworth securities and says these are welcome news for the tech sector. ,, ., welcome news for the tech sector. , , ., ., ~ sector. some sunshine in a dark environment. sector. some sunshine in a dark environment. this sector. some sunshine in a dark environment. this reflects - sector. some sunshine in a dark environment. this reflects the l environment. this reflects the muscles moment for big tech in terms of what we saw from alphabet and microsoft, both on cloud and digital advertising. markets will be focused on this tomorrow. markets will be focused on this tomorrow tomorrow. the hottest thing at the
and tributes to the legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue mission had begun early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan s capital, khartoum, not knowing if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force aircraft and a great number of military personnel, who ve been flown in from the uk over t
tales of traumatic atrocity. and the most difficult years of his career. the billionaire businessman sir richard branson tells the bbc he thought he was going to lose his entire empire in the pandemic. hello, i m sally bundock. a new wave of russian airstrikes is under way in ukraine, with reports of explosions in kyiv and the southern cities of zaporizhzhia and odesa. the raids come a day after russia accused ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the kremlin it what it claimed was an attempt to assassinate president putin. ukraine has rejected accusations that it was responsible. vincent mcaviney reports. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone, then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified but the kremlin says early on wednesday morning, two drones targeted the residents of the president. moscow quick to blame ukraine saying that no one was inj
today and saying that they have flown out nearly 1900 people since tuesday. it comes as sudan s former prime minister, abdalla hamdok, warned that the conflict would be a mayor conflict for the world if it continues and could become worse than those in syria and libya. this is khartoum earlier. the ceasefire between warring generals in sudan has been repeatedly violated and the army now says it is launching a large scale attack on the capital. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. hello, everyone, we have just landed at stansted london airport. for dr abdulrahman babiker, a welcome return to british soil a return that almost didn t happen. thank you to the government for helping this and facilitating for us getting the guidance for the nhs doctors. by sea and air, others are following. thousands of foreign nationals fleeing anyway they can. port sudan on the red sea fast becoming a major hub. in the capital khartoum, the ceasefire seems precarious with the army w
the sudanese army has deployed tanks and heavy artillery in preparation for launching a large scale offensive. the deployment of the artillery as part of an effort to recapture areas held by the viable forces. the army has urged people to remain indoors and stay away from windows. it comes as the uk s final evacuation flight is due to depart in the coming hours. the foreign office confirmed the move earlier and said they have flown out 1900 people since tuesday. the former prime minister has also warned that the conflict will be a nightmare for the world if it continues and could become worse than those in syria and libya. this is khartoum earlier. the ceasefire between warring generals and sedan has been repeatedly violated. our diplomatic correspondent reports now. hello, everyone, we have just landed at stansted london airport. for dr abdulrahman babiker, a welcome return to british soil a return that almost didn t happen. thank you to the government for helping this and