A ramadan ceasefire unless a ramadan ceasefire unless the rival rsf Paramilitary Group leaves civilian and public sites. Us officials are pushing to open more land routes for aid from chad. The army had closed access points, saying the rsf was using it to transport weapons, and has only re opened one. The fighting must end for the sake of the sudanese people, who face hunger, horrors and untold hardships. In gaza, in sudan and beyond, its time for peace. I call on political, religious and Community Leaders everywhere to do everything in their power to make this holy period a time for empathy, action and peace. The world food programmes regional director for eastern africa. Explained more about the severity of the situation in sudan. We have in extraordinary problem on our hands in sudan at the moment. Notably inside the country but across the region. 8. 4 Million People displaced inside, another 1. 9 million refugees escaping into places like chad in south sudan, countries that dont re
events that are around the community and there are so many lunier new year events going on who wonder whether they should send their kids to school even and even as much as i said that they should continue doing that, i could feel the fear in their voices. so it is with great relief that we can tell them this shooter is no longer a threat and that they can feel safe and that they can do the things they would normally do during this lunier new year period supposed to be the highlight of the year. we talked about the last time you and i saw each other in person was likely when you came to visit atlanta after the spa shootings there. now, we re talking about two very different scenarios because the motives can be very, very different here but can you speak to the impact of the asian-american pacific islander community across this country when we first hear about a shooting in a predominantly asian neighborhood, everyone s mind this morning went to the same place. yes. the se
an artificial intelligence tool has developed a mind of its own. a group of us senators from both the republican and democratic parties have reached agreement on a series of gun control measures. the developments come after the tragic mass shootings in texas and new york. the measures include tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21 and moves to prevent people buying such arms for others who are restricted from purchasing them. our north america correspondent david willis reports. this is a significant move and assuming these proposals pass into law, they would represent the first gun control measures this country has seen in decades. the proposals themselves are fairly modest, they include tighter background checks for gun sales involving customers under the age of 21, and the introduction or expansion of so called red flag laws which would potentially lead to the confiscation of weapons in the hands of people deemed a risk to themselves or others, and gr
And coming up on bbc news arsenal drop points in the race for the Premier League title after losing to aston villa. They are now two points behind manchester city. Good afternoon. Israels war cabinet is meeting now to discuss options for retaliation against iran after its drone and Missile Attacks on saturday night. Israel says 99 of the iranian weapons were safely intercepted. One senior israeli minister says his country will exact a price on iran for the attack when the timing is right. But World Leaders are urging israel to show restraint. From jerusalem, heres Yolande Knell. Israels air defences called to action. In the early hours on sunday, fighterjets battled waves of iranian drones and missiles, fired at israeli targets. It marked the first time iran has attacked israel directly from its own soil. Explosions could be heard widely, Including Injerusalem and tel aviv. Israel says that 99 of more than 300 drones and missiles launched by iran were intercepted. Some of those that go