Gathered on the streets of the Seaside Town Of Bray to pay their respects to the singer and also to the activist, Sinead Oconnor. fix, the activist, Sinead Oconnor. A huge shock for many when she died last month at the age of 56. What we can see here is Herfuneral Cartridgejust can see here is Herfuneral Cartridge just proceeding along the seafront in bray. People have been leaving flowers, Throwing Flowers as well. Very sombre in bray, thousands have gathered. Sinead oconnor best known for her single nothing compares two u, that was a Big Hit Backin compares two u, that was a big hit back in 1990, lived in this town which is just back in 1990, lived in this town which isjust outside dublin, for the past 15 years and was loved by many as we can see by the crowds that have shown up. To watch the Funeral Cortege go past. Sombre scenes in bray and we will return live later in the programme. We are going to turn out to a Major Political emergency unfolding in west africa. Diplomatic effor
most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. its prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has a french and american military base. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group the rsf for more than a week and this is what khartoum looks like right now. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudanese civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence has worsened and it is already at a desperate humanitarian crisis, here is onejournalist we spoke to. lack of food, lack of electricity, lack of water, we don t have electricity for three days now and also we do not have access to water since saturday but we are drinking from wells in khartoum. live now to kalki
the armed forces on remembrance sunday in a service at the cenotaph in london. hello, i m rich preston. welcome to the programme, good to have you with us. hamas says 13 people were killed when a house was hit near khan younis in the south of gaza. the incident was witnessed by our correspondent rushdi abualouf. he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila when four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he sent these pictures, and says a block of around 10 houses had been destroyed. rushdi also told us he saw four dead bodies and more than 100 injured people. the world health organization says it has lost contact with gaza s main hospital, the al shifa. israel s military says it s agreed agreed to evacuate babies in need of oxygen from that hospital and two others. officials at al shifa say two newborns died as a result of the hospital running out of power, with heavy fighting on the streets outside. this photo was sent to the bbc last night s
Other details been released by her family members or her management or anyone. we saw them pass by a few moments ago. for them, she was a global superstar, moments ago. for them, she was a globalsuperstar, but moments ago. for them, she was a global superstar, but she chose to have her funeral proceedings global superstar, but she chose to have herfuneral proceedings here in bray, a coastal town. it is a moment for them to have their sinead. bray, a coastaltown. it is a moment for them to have their sinead. thank ou so for them to have their sinead. thank you so much- for them to have their sinead. thank you so much- we for them to have their sinead. thank you so much. we leave for them to have their sinead. thank you so much. we leave those - for them to have their sinead. thank you so much. we leave those pictures in bray but we will return there throughout the day here on bbc news. thousands of people walking alongside, clapping, throwing flowers, working alongside the funeral
Members of a cult told they would go to heaven they starved themselves to death. they were found in the forest near a coastal town, found in the forest near a coastaltown, police found in the forest near a coastal town, police still searching the graves and the leader of the cult called the good news international church which he is in custody although he denies wrongdoing. now to uk news. the labour party says diane abbott has been suspended as an mp until an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism to the observer newspaper is over. diane abbott is being investigated for suggesting thatjewish people suffer prejudice, but not racism. she later said she was withdrawing her remarks and apologised for any anguish caused . her comments have been universally criticised from within labour and outside. she made them in response about an article about racism towards different communities, she said travellers irish and jewish people never made to sit at the back of buses in americ