hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin with breaking news from the us. prince harry says he and his wife were involved in a near catastrophic car chase with paparazzi on tuesday evening. let s show you the pictures that have just come in. let s show you the pictures that havejust come in. a let s show you the pictures that have just come in. a warning there is flash photography from the start. they show prince harry and meghan leaving a gala in new york. a spokesperson for the couple say that they and the duchess s mother were relentlessly pursued for two hours, they said the chase resulted in near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. let s head back to the newsroom and our royal correspondent sarah campbell who is monitoring all of this for us. for anyonejoining us here on bbc news, just bring us right up to speed in terms of the statement and the additional details you have learned. indeed. as you saw from those pictures, thi
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and how the city of liverpool is preparing to welcome the lgbt+ community ahead of the eurovision song contest. there has been more fighting in the sudanese capital khartoum with the reports of fighter jets sudanese capital khartoum with the reports of fighterjets and drones targeting positions held by viable paramilitary forces even though a ceasefire supposed to be in place. these images show khartoum, where fighting is continuing in parts of the capital with reports of fighter jets and jones are getting positions held the rapid support forces or rsf fighterjets and drones. chaotic scenes and sudan in the east where people try to escape and about 2000 people try to escape and about 2000 people have arrived in the saudi coastal city ofjeddah. the latest. safe from the fighting nearly 2,000 people packed on board a ferry arriving injeddah, saudi arabia, this morning after an overnight trip across the red sea from the increasingly crowded and desperate port sudan, where p