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this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800 thousand people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea today. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojedda in saudi arabia. our correspondent andrew harding reports. on sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to cl ....
welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin in france where more than a hundred police officers have been injured in the latest protests over pension reforms. demonstrators used the traditional may day rallies, to voice their continued anger, against president emmanuel macron s plans. these protests have been widespread. take a look at the figures. according to the interior ministry, more than 780,000 protesters hit the streets across the country. that includes 112 thousand in the capital, paris alone. but the country s hard left cgt union, says the figure is actually three times that number. at issue of course is president macron s plans to raise the retirement age from 62, to 64. he signed the legislation last month, and the meaures are due to take effect in september. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake has the latest. singing. the may day march, a french tradition reaching back decades, but fuelling this year s protests, the vision of a futu ....
six people killed as dozens of cars pile up in a crash caused in part by dust and strong winds. and no script for this, hollywood writers now on strike bringing production to many shows to a sudden halt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m countrhristine romans. president biden calling top leaders to the white house a week from today to talk about raising the debt ceiling. janet yellen said that the federal government face as catastrophic default as soon as june 1 if congress doesn t act. the money runs out june 1. in a letter, yellen writes after reviewing recent federal tax receipts, our best estimate is that we will be unable to continue to satisfy the obligations potentially as early as june 1. and jasmine wright is live for us. this gives a date when all the bills can t be paid and the white house said it won t negotiate. so what does biden want to talk about next week? reporter: the process is president is looking to shake ....
the world. i m rosemary church, just ahead on cnn newsroom. hollywood writers are headed to the picket line, thousands set to go on strike, a move that will bring productions to a grinding halt, and sent shockwaves through the industry. a dire warning from america s treasury secretary saying the country only has about a month to pay its bills, or risk an economic catastrophe. plus, a former u.s. marine killed on the front lines of the war in ukraine, fighting in one of the war s bloodiest battles. we will hear from his mother about what compelled him to join the fight. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin with the breaking news from hollywood, where television and film writers are now on strike. a move that will very likely shut down most tv and film productions in the u.s. for the foreseeable future. the strike was announced hours ago after the rioters killed and studios failed to reach an agreement islands before a midnight d ....
well. it didn t end well. our administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. obviously, the administration did not end well. the administration didn t end well. it obviously didn t end well. it didn t end well. it did not end well. i think i m very clear in saying that the administration did not end well. hang mike pence! hang mike pence! yeah, that s not the fairy tale ending that you kind of hope for. tend to agree. it could be a while before we see new material from the late night talk shows. they re expected to go dark during the hollywood writers strike, which started at midnight on the west coast. it s the first major labor-related work stoppage in 15 years. meanwhile, on capitol hill this morning, there is more pressure on lawmakers and the white house to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. following a new warning from the treasury department. we ll also have the latest on the first republic banking collapse. the third f ....