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we continue the programme in the capital of khartoum where there s messed with him and amongst the prisoners is a former sudanese logician wanted for alleged crimes against humanity. he was being held in the capital and is facing charges by the international criminal court. he was a key player in the sudanese government brutal response to two long running and unresolved wars. he was serving a sentence alongside former others year, students former president who is no being reportedly held at the military hospital. the former un were negative for sedan told me he is not surprised about what is happening in the country. the signals have been there for some time and quite honestly they have been there all the time since the genocide in darfurfor 20 years ago, and yes i know these characters and i recall about this time the sharing the star between the two in the presidential palace in 2003 when i was a un coordinator and as security minister he not only masterminded that in ....
hello, welcome to the programme. number 10 say britain needs a deterrent against illegal migration, the draught bill clearing its final hurdles in the commons this evening. we will discuss what s in it. did the british government get it right in sudan? uk nationals urged to make their own way to an airstrip north of khartoum, through countless checkpoints and under their own steam . eight flights left today. but still several thousand to evacuate. also tonight. reports ukraine is getting ready for the next major assault against russian forces. we will look at the current situation on the ground, and assess just how well equipped they are to do that. and where is the government s strategy on semi conductors? the uk is losing ground to rival countries in a crucially important sector. we will speak to the director of one start up who is threatening to relocate his operations to the united states. but first, to westminster, where mps have been voting this evening on the il ....
seven! seven! tributes pour in for the former head judge of strictly and king of the catchphrase, len goodman, who s died aged 78. he had no understanding ofjust how big he was, how much people loved him. in my own house we still never use the word seven, we say seven differently. he changed a whole number for so many of us. how a third of government money for extra school tutoring after the covid lockdown still hasn t been spent. and with just under two weeks until the coronation, a bbc poll suggests less than a third of18 21i year olds want the monarchy to continue. and coming up on bbc news: the draw for the sixth round of rugby league s challenge cup will take place shortly on the bbc. 16 teams go into the hat to see who will play whom in the ties in may. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the head of the un has called on the security council to do all it can to pull sudan back from what he called a catastrophic conflagration which could engulf the wh ....
are being instructed to shelter in place as western governments try to figure out a means to safely evacuate them. also tonight, scientific censorship in china. crucial genetic sequencing that could have helped with the fight against covid, was deleted, covered up or withdrawn under pressure from party officials. we will speak to the new york times investigators. what about the transition to clean power? nine countries meeting in belgium today have commited to building an entire electricity system in the north seas, based on renewable energy. and we will talk about the global addiction to cheap clothing 10 years on from the rana plaza disaster in bangladesh have we improved conditions for some of the poorest workers in the developing world. but first to sudan, a country fast coming apart at the seams. in khartoum it is now a stark choice between hunger and deprivation indoors and the risk of being killed in the street battles outside. there are tens of thousands of fo ....
where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile three day ceasefire. the united nations has warned that 250,000 sudanese people could be heading for the country s borders to escape the fighting. lines of buses and other vehicles continue to leave the capital khartoum, despite the extremely high price of tickets and of fuel. un officials say they re in contact with both sides of the military conflict to try to sustain the ceasefire after fighting was reported in some areas overnight. 0ur correspondent tom bateman sent this report from neighbouring egypt. and a warning, you may find some of the content in his report graphic and distressing from the outset. nowhere is safe, even when the guns are supposed to have stopped. this is a hospital in the city of 0mdurman, after local reports a projectile hit the roof. the staff here reported three wounded, all taken to another hospital. we are against the war because the worst affected are innocent civilians, says this eyewitn ....