there are reports of heavy fighting in the city. the army says it s attacking from all directions, despite a ceasefire being in place. it s part of an effort to recapture areas held by the rival, rapid support forces. the army has urged people to remain indoors and to stay away from windows. south sudan says it s still trying to convene peace talks between representatives of the two sides. the uk s last evacuation flight has left sudan. the foreign office says nearly 1900 people have been flown out since tuesday. meanwhile, the united states has completed its first evacuation of citizens from the country. countries like saudi arabia are getting people out tojeddah via port sudan on the red sea. our correspondent lyse doucet took the boat the other way and has sent this report from port sudan. every face, every person in this waiting tug boat tells a story of sudan. look at the exhaustion. they ve made a dangerousjourney to get here to port sudan. they ve told they told us the
and rina shah, a political strategist and former republican aide. a powerful earthquake has killed at least 1,000 people and injured 1,500 in eastern afghanistan. it is the deadliest earthquake in the country in two decades and a major challenge for the taliban, the islamist movement which regained power last year after the western backed government collapsed. the quake hit near the pakitsan border, with tremors felt as far away as india. the extent of the damage is still emerging but there have been pictures of houses reduced to rubble and people digging for survirors. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is there. there is a rumbling and my building began to shake, he tells us. the ceiling fell down. i was trapped but i could see the sky. my shoulder was dislocated fourth in my head was hurt, but i got out. i m sure seven or nine people from my family in the same room as me, they were dead. at the hospital, patients are treated for their wounds. there is a fight to save liv
continues its offensive in the donbas. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. time to take a look at all the sporting action this weekend. it has already been a busy start to the weekend. there is more to come, chethan? good morning, liverpool football club have called for an investigation into the security arrangements of last night s champions league final after thousands of fans were stopped from gaining access to the ground. police fired tear gas and pepper spray at supporters as some people attempted to climb over the security barriers, delaying kick off for more than half an hour. liverpool went on to lose 1 0 to real madrid, as andy swiss reports. both on and off the pitch for liverpool, it was the toughest of nights. after the chaos their fans experienced outside the ground caused a delayed kick off, they started the brighter. sadio mane agonisingly close to the breakthrough, denied o
iraq s second city and the last major stronghold of the so called islamic group in the country. iraqi forces said they are within weeks of driving the extremists out of mosul. the battle began five months ago. government forces are now in control of the east of the city, in a green, but in the west of mosul, heysel are still very much in control and there are concerns for thousands of civilians trapped in particular those in the old city. our correspondent and cameramen close to the front line have sent this report. escaping the battleground and the terrors of the caliphate. fleeing western mosul on foot during a lull in the battle. countless numbers are likely to follow, their life reduced to a few bundles. streets, now liberated, but deserted, many didn t leave until the fight came right to their door, like abdul razsack. at 76, forced to leave home for the first time in his life. he told us a mortar landed nearby, just moments before. his ten year old grandson, and name sa