hello and welcome before we to those headline, the very latest, we were expecting the figures regarding the junior doctors strike in easter, the industrial action we were talking earlier to jim reed, he said we were going to get updated with the figures of operations and procedures and appointments that had to be cancelled. those have just appointments that had to be cancelled. those havejust come in. nearly 200,000 hospital appointments and procedures in england had to be rescheduled due to the strike by doctors between april 11 and 15. thatjust doctors between april 11 and 15. that just come to doctors between april 11 and 15. thatjust come to us from nhs england, so almost 200,000, 195,000 cancellations is the exact figure and at the peak of the action there were 27,361 staff not at work due to the industrial action. there s been a response from the nhs, national medical director, who said today s figure lay bare the collapse of the impact of industrial action unplanned ca
indictment of donald trump on thursday donald trump became the first former commander in chief in history to face a criminal indictment. that s after a grand jury in new york voted to indict the former president as part of manhattan district attorney s alvin bragg s investigation into a hush money payment made into adult film star stormy daniels back in 2016 now that indictment is currently sealed, and that means we and a whole lot of people do not know the specific charges or charge that have been levied against donald trump we do know bragg has been focused on a felony charge of falsifying business records which carries a maximum prison sentence of four years donald trump denies any wrongdoing, denies having an affair with stormy daniels, and he is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law that trial has not yet occurred. bragg s investigation is one of many against the ex-president. back in 2018 cohen, trump s former lawyer and fixer, was ntenced t
story. it goes on the nhs strike posing a threat to great ormond street, the children s hospital, serious concerns over staffing levels there, and looking ahead to next week s coronation. and the daily telegraph, there is a reference to the story of the bbc chair. gary lineker s tweet, saying, don t let ministers pick the bbc chief. he said the bbc chairman should not be selected by the government of the day, not now, not ever. another story about surgeons operating only once every fortnight. so a busy news week. that s all from us tonight. thank you forjoining us. mark is here on tuesday. till then, have a great bank holiday weekend. goodnight. breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. yeah, we did not fire the first shot. all the mediators were present. we agreed to sit down at 10 a.m. and sign the final agreement. we were taken by surprise when we found that the country was shut down and all the bridges wer
militia group, the rsf, are pointing at each other. this as thousands of sudanese, as well as many other nationalities continue to attempt to flee the country. these pictures of the situation in the capital khartoum today. at least 512 people and killed and many more injured. figures estimated to be higher. a bus convoy carrying several hundreds of u s citizens has left khartoum, bound for port sudan these pictures are courtesy of cbs news. meanwhile the uk deputy prime minister oliver dowden says uk evacuation flights from sudan will soon end. dowden said the last flight will leave by six o clock uk time on saturday and that there s been a significant decline in the number of british nationals coming forward. in an exclusive interview, our presenter zeinab badawi spoke with rapid support forces leader general mohamed hamdan dagalo, also known as hemed ti. here s what he has to say. the people of sudan particularly in the capital are living in absolute ordeal what would it ta
welcome to bbc news we begin in sudan where the situation remains fluid thousands of people are still continuing to make perilousjourneys to leave the country , before a 72 hour ceasefire ends. the un, the us and neighbouring countries are all involved in diplomatic efforts to try and extend it. south sudan says the sudanese army commander general abdul fattah al burhan has accepted its proposal for face to face talks. but the leader of the rival rapid support forces has not yet responded. clashes have been reported, with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country despite the fragile truce. but it has given some relief to civilians caught up in the violence in khartoum and other areas. many are leaving on flights and thousands more, sudanese and otherforeign nationals have managed to flee to saudia arabia by boat others by road to the borders with egypt and djibouti. at the airfield in khartoum, desperate crowds with just one hope, to escape. everyone