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hello and welcome to bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. three members of the world food programme are among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed as rival wings of sudan s armed forces, battle for power. the wfp has now halted operations in the country. these are the latest pictures from the capital, khartoum, where black smoke can be seen rising above the city. there are fears the violence will delay the planned transition to civilian rule in sudan. egypt and south sudan have offered to mediate. latest reports say that fighting has now broken out across other parts of the country with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base of the paramilitary, rapid support forces, north east of khartoum. beverly ochieng is from the bbc s monitoring service and has the latest from nairobi. some of the latest tallies we are seeing from a prominent doctors union is that nearly 70 people have been killed injust two days of viole ....
motorways in england, is being cancelled over safety concerns and costs. hello and welcome to bbc news. our breaking news this hour, four people have been killed in a shooting at a 16th birthday party in the us state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville, at around 10:30pm local time on saturday evening. at least 20 people were shot and wounded most of them teenagers. these are pictures of the scene. 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. we don t know if any suspects have been arrested. we are keeping a close eye on developments, as is our correspondent in washington, jessica parker. what more can you add to the story? as you say, we have not had many official details through yet, but what we do know looking at local media reports is that there appears to have been a shooting at around 10:30pm local time last night in dadeville, a small tow ....
the government says it is a reasonable offer. the chief minister of the indian state of uttar pradesh appeals for calm after a former politician convicted of kidnapping is shot dead live on tv along with his brother. now on bbc news it s talking business. hello and welcome to talking business, with me, tadhg enright. let s have a look at what s on the show. can revenge spending save the world economy? after more than three years, lockdown is finally over for more than a billion people in china. they ve had time to stash trillions of dollars worth of savings. are they about to spend it travelling the world? and what s that going to mean for the rest of us? i ll be getting the lowdown on revenge spending with this top team steve odlan of the us conference board, tian lu from the economist intelligence unit in china, and gary barrowman, the man who literally wrote the book about the chinese tourist. and now people have got places to go, are they going to bejewel thems ....
we ll be live in glasgow where ukraine are about to play their first international match since the invasion. welcome to the programme. several developments to bring you on the war in ukraine. first, the us will send more advanced artillery systems to ukraine. russia isn t happy about it, saying it will add fuel to fire . ukraine has been asking for these long range missiles systems for weeks and says it will only to use them within its borders. this is the us secretary of state. with regard to weapons systems being provided, the ukrainians have given us assurances that they will not use these systems against targets on russian territory. there is a strong trust bond between ukraine and the united states, as well as with our allies and partners. the plan was announced in a new york times opinion piece by president biden, headlined what america will and will not do in ukraine . in it, he says the weaponry and ammunition would help ukraine be in the strongest possible p ....
russia s invasion of ukraine only heightens the goals of fundamental principles of national order. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is tuesday, may 24th. and right now, u.s. president joe biden is wrapping up his diplomatic tour in asia. earlier mr. biden kicked off the second in-person quad summit alongside leaders of japan, india and australia. the controversy was over the summit after controversial subjects. he later clarified that the issue is unchanged. and biden also spoke one-on-one with narendra modi, one key topic, russia s war on ukraine which mr. modi has been reluctant to condemn. the war was a major topic, mr. biden addressing it in his opening remarks. have a listen. russia s assault of ukraine heightens the importance of fundamental principles of international order, international law, human rights must always be defended regardless of where they are violated in the world. so the quad has a lot of wor ....