a very large sum to settle claims of phone hacking. # 0h, island in the sun. and tributes to the legendary singer, actor and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one am in khartoum in sudan where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue mission began early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan capital khartoum not know if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force air
is being cancelled over safety concerns and costs. hello and welcome to bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. welcome to bbc news. at least four people have been killed in a shooting at a teenage birthday party in the american state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville. at least 20 people were shot and wounded most of them teenagers. at this stage, there is no official confirmation about what led to the shooting, but there seems to have been some sort of altercation that then escalated. the us presidentjoe biden has been briefed on the shooting. there have been over 100 and a0 mass shootings in the us so far this year continuing the trend of a rise in gun violence. the authorities in alabama gave this update a few minutes ago. this incident occurred at approximately 1030 near the 200 block here in dadeville. there were four lives, not fatalities, lives, there were four lives were tragically lost in this incident. and it has been a multitude of injuries. as they said, t
now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. and remember, the dogs have changed and it is now 1:30am. the clock is. hello, and welcome to unspun world, the programme where the bbc s experts give us clear answers about the big questions of the moment. this is westminster and this is covering the arrival of yet another british prime minister. rishi sunak is different from his predecessors. he is a first prime minister of colour in a british history. and the youngest at 42 cents william pete in 1783. but he has only been selected by conservative mp so he does not have the mandate a general election gives and he inherent worse and bigger problems of any prime minister since the 1970s. the outside world minister since the 1970s. the outside world will minister since the 19705. tue: outside world will look minister since the 19705. tte: outside world will look and see what decisions does he make? what is daily life like in ukraine are now the russians are targeting power
to account. all of that while lula faces a mountain of economic, social and political challenges. my guest is celso amorim, former foreign minister, now lula s foreign policy advisor. is brazil becoming ungovernable? celso amorim in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. mramorim, i believe you are talking to me from your office in the presidential palace. just a few days ago, that building was invaded by a mob. how safe and secure do you feel right now? 0h, personally, i feel very safe now. i don t think anything will happen these days or the next days. but of course, that was a very worrying situation, to say the least. not very much unlike what happened in the capitol hill two years ago. we didn t expect, of course, that to happen, but certainly there were failures in the security apparatus. part of it was omission, part might be incompetence, but part might have been connivance. but when you came in to work today and you showed your security pass and i dare sa
ahead of more action planned on thursday. they re calling for fresh elections. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. brazilian democracy was shaken to its foundations earlier this month, but it is still standing. now, president lula has to try to fix the cracks. his government must figure out whether another assault on government institutions is likely, and hold those responsible for what looked like a half baked coup attempt to account. all of that while lula faces a mountain of economic, social and political challenges. my guest is celso amorim, former foreign minister, now lula s foreign policy adviser. is brazil becoming ungovernable? celso amorim in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. mramorim, i believe you are talking to me from your office in the presidential palace. just a few days ago, that building was invaded by a mob. how safe and secure do you feel right now? 0h, personally, i feel very safe now. i don t think an