official confirmation of what led to the shooting, but president biden has described it as outrageous and unacceptable. one of the four killed has been identified as philstavious dowdell by local media. he was a standout high school athlete and was planning to attend jacksonville state university on an american football scholarship. earlier, alabama police gave this update on the victims. some of those injuries are critical. they are in critical condition. and that s why it s so important we absolutely need everyone to continue to pray for those individuals to allow them to recover from what they re enduring, as well as their families. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent, jessica parker, who is in dadeville, alabama. i understand you havejust arrived there. can you give us arrived there. can you give us a sense of how the community is react in? we arrived just as a vigil had been taking place just up the road from here in a kind of parking area and dozens and dozens of peop
injured, and the fighting began on the 15th of april. so we have got for you a panel of experts to answer your questions about the crisis, and to explore whether our government is doing enough to help. that is what were doing in the first hour, sudan what do you want to know? here is the news from nick hatfield. the uk government says it is contacting uk nationals to offer them places on evacuation flights out of sudan. last night a three day ceasefire came into force in the country. at least 400 people have died in fighting between rival groups. figures show the rate of grocery price rises have slowed slightly this month but analysts say we are still paying 17.3% more than this time last year with sales of the very cheapest value line is increasing by 46%. senior health officials and a government minister are to face questions from mps are both problems and accessing an nhs dentist. the health and social care committee started and inquiry after a bbc investigation found 90
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rocked the capital, khartoum. the sudanese military has ordered citizens to remain inside amid clashes at the presidential palace and the city s airport. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. a journalist from the washington post newspaper reported 30 people dead and nearly 400 injured, citing the united nations. at least two of the dead are reported at khartoum international airport. footage there showed large plumes of smoke and fighter jets flying low overhead, and this video from inside the khartoum airport shows passengers taking cover on the floor. major airlines have reportedly suspended flights. 0ther victims include three united nations aid workers who were killed in the crossfire at a military base. un secretary general antonio guterres has denounced the clashes, with a spokesperson saying he spoke with sudan s abdel fattah al burhan and rsf leader general mohamed hamdan dagalo, al
the paramilitary group the rapid support forces came to that agreementjust hours before a previous ceasefire was due to expire. despite these agreements, clashes have been reported with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country. our correspondent paul adams has more on the origins of the conflict. khartoum obviously was the focus of that popular revolt backin focus of that popular revolt back in 2019, which was, you know, the thing that brought to an end 30 years of alba ts s power. it was followed by a terrible massacre of demonstrators in the aftermath of president 0mar al bashir s alistair but it has not seen the kind of all out military conflict that it is witnessing. what happened in so many other parts of sudan and is now, has now come to the city. it is a real shock for the civilians of that city who did not think that city who did not think that it would come to this but feared that somehow, this rivalry between these two factions was going to result