And arab communities have long been at loggerheads, witnesses accused the rsf of targeting and killing non arabs, resulting in reports of hundreds of deaths. The rsf has repeatedly denied any involvement in the violence in the region and has called for an independent international investigation. The un now reports that with 8. 1 Million People forcibly displaced, and Tens Of Thousands killed. There are warnings of growing hunger. The Un Security Council has called for a ceasefire in sudan to coincide with the muslim holy month of ramadan, but an agreement is unlikely. Bbc arabic s feras kilani, has been given rare access with the sudanese army, to the front line city of omdur marn, close to the Capital Khartoum and sent us this report. Children in sudan are facing a living nightmare. Celebrating a rare success as they pushed with the capital. Prep and support forces. This market used to be the life of the city, now look at it. Normal life here destroyed. We hear stories of rape, lootin
The green light to develop one of the largest untapped oil and gas fields in british waters. Rosebank lies in the north sea, about 80 miles west of shetland. Experts say it contains about 350 Million Barrels of oil. Production could start in 2026, with extraction continuing until at least 2030. Its thought that about 69,000 barrels of oil could be produced every day. That would equate to about 8 of the uks total output. There would also be natural gas, with about 44 million cubic feet produced per day during the projects lifetime. The Energy Secretary Clare Coutinho says. The news has not gone down well with climate campaigners. Heres tessa khan, executive director of uplift, a group that has been working to stop Rosebank Being opened up for oil and gas production. I think we need to be clear that this is a huge mistake on economic grounds, on Energy Security grounds and on Climate Grounds and the uk public do not stand to benefit from this field. With me is our Business Editor simonja
Today. Its not clear whether catalonia will go ahead with a full declaration of independence from spain within the next few days, following last weekends disputed referendum. Reports from catalonia have suggested that the president may opt for a purely statement when he addresses the Catalan Parliament on tuesday. Howevery in a tv interview to be broadcast later carles puidgment says he will abide by the referendum results. The mixed messages come as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of barcelona, in support of unity with spain. Tom burridge reports from the catalan capital. When the unity of spain is at stake, this happens. People vehemently against catalonia breaking away. Today in barcelona, there were probably more spanish flags than when this country won the football world cup. We want to say we all love catalonia and we are one country. We love spain and it is just one. We understand we have a problem, the relationship between spain and catalonia, but this is no
Sole. Hello and welcome. Donald trump has set out an aggressive new policy towards iran. Mr trump wants to confront what he calls the hostile actions of a rogue regime. Hes also refused to certify the 2015 Iranian Nuclear deal. These are the leaders in 2015 in vienna when the deal was agreed. Then us president obama hailed it as one more chapter in our pursuit of a safer, more helpful and more hopeful world. As you can imagine theres been plenty of reaction to mr trumps announcement. Firstly irans president rouhani said the us is standing against an international treaty, adding the Multi National deal cant be revoked by one country. Israel, however, has welcome this. The israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said, i congratulate President Trump for his courageous decision. On the other hand, Russias Deputy foreign minister said the main task now is preventing the nuclear dealfrom collapsing. Our north america editorjon sopel has been following the story from washington. This is o
Between Government Forces and iraqi kurds has escalated and already the government has seized territory. Theyve worked together to fight the Islamic State group but theyre not on the same side now. Is briefly held kirkuk in 2014 but was driven out by kurdish fighters known as peshmerga. The kurds kept control of it. The citys in a region claimed by both iraqi kurds and the Iraqi Government. But lets be clear its outside the autonomous kurdish region in the north of iraq. The reason baghdad is sending in troops now is that three weeks weeks ago Iraqi Kurdistan region held an independence referendum. The Iraqi Government condemned the vote at the time and iraqi Prime Minister haiders said this on facebook today my duty is to. Protect the unity of the country, which was in danger of partition due to the insistence on holding the referendum. The bbcs orla guerin and cameraman duncan stone are with Kurdish Forces on the front line just outside kirkuk. This is their latest report. Pledging t