hello and welcome. let s start with the situation in sudan, and the us secretary of state antony blinken has spoken on the phone to the leaders of the warring factions there and called for a ceasefire. he s said to have expressed grave concern about civilian deaths and injuries in separate calls with the heads of the armed forces and the rival paramilitary rapid support force. this is the latest footage coming out of the conflict. sudanese citizens have been seeing this barrage of artillery fire light up the night sky in the capital khartoum. both sides now claim to control key sites in khartoum, where most of the violence has taken place. the european union says its ambassador to sudan was assaulted in his home there. caught in the middle, are sudan s civilians. it s one of the poorest countries in the world, and millions need humanitarian aid. let s hear from some of them. actually i live in east khartoum, less than 15 minutes away from the military headquarters and airport
and they heard all 1a members of the security council in different ways, stand up for the values of the un charter and condemn their actions as being actions that bring into question their own commitment to multilateralism. their own commitment to the un system. their unprovoked aggression against ukraine cannot be justified. it cannot be put in front of us as a defence of multilateralism. what russia needs to do is pull their troops out of ukraine and end this war. you accuse russia of violating international law by wrongfully detaining americans. so you cold for the release of the wall streetjournal reporter, evan gershkovich, and also ex marine paul whelan, and you actually invited his family to that session today. are you making any attempt to speak to sergei lavrov about these two americans?
more than lto countries led by the united states have called for the release of the wall streetjournal reporter, evan gershkovich, who s in detention in russia. the statement condemned moscow s efforts to limit and intimidate the media. canada s public broadcaster cbc and its french language version radio canada are leaving twitter after the social media platform labelled them as government funded. cbc said this called its editorial independence, which is protected under canadian broadcasting law, into question. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. derby to cornwall for £40. this trip wasn t made by train, but by buses. lots of buses. it probably took a good half day of planning
deal with the philippines. we now know there are going to be for naval bases we now know there are going to be four naval bases established in philippine islands so we knew they were going to happen, we knew these would be the largest, how big they were going to be but i think the timing of them could not come at a more sensitive period in the region. because they, because of the china s drills around taiwan. in the last hour, china made this warning: more strong words from the us towards russia today about the detention of the wall streetjournal reporter, evan gershkovich. russia has accused him of spying on behalf of the us. he and the wall streetjournal deny that charge for which there s no evidence.
the us secretary of state antony blinken has formally determined that russia wrongfully detained the wall streetjournal reporter, evan gershkovich, suggesting the charges against him are politically motivated. wrongful detention status allows the us to allocate more resources to the case. the us government has applied for an emergency stay on a ruling by a conservative texas judge suspending approval of the abortion pill, mifepristone. the us authorities say it s been used for more than 20 years and is safe. to northern ireland now, where it s the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. it brought an end to decades of conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. there were bombings, shootings, and more than 3,500 people died. unionists wanted northern ireland to stay within the uk while nationalists wanted it to become part of the republic of ireland. the good friday agreement was signed on the 10th of april 1998 and approved by public votes in northern ireland and the r