where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile three day ceasefire. the united nations has warned that 250,000 sudanese people could be heading for the country s borders to escape the fighting. lines of buses and other vehicles continue to leave the capital khartoum, despite the extremely high price of tickets and of fuel. un officials say they re in contact with both sides of the military conflict to try to sustain the ceasefire after fighting was reported in some areas overnight. 0ur correspondent tom bateman sent this report from neighbouring egypt. and a warning, you may find some of the content in his report graphic and distressing from the outset. nowhere is safe, even when the guns are supposed to have stopped. this is a hospital in the city of 0mdurman, after local reports a projectile hit the roof. the staff here reported three wounded, all taken to another hospital. we are against the war because the worst affected are innocent civilians, says this eyewitness. a
hello. i m sumi somaskanda. more on those stories in the show, but we start with events in montana where republicans in the state s house of representatives have voted to bar transgender lawmaker democratic representative zooey zephyr from the house floor. it s republicans response to zephyr s plea for her colleagues last week to reject a bill that would ban gender affirming care for minors. she said if they vote yes, she hopes they will see blood on their hands. she has already been blocked from speaking on the house floor. now, she cannot even go onto the house floor for the rest of the legislative session, she can only vote remotely. the bill she worked to stop has been sent to the governor s desk and he s indicated he ll sign it. here s montana s republican speaker of the house saying why he thinks banning zephyr is the right call. if you re not going to operate within the house rules like all other 90 nine, remedy that and come back and play within the rules, everybod
in los angeles. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the uk s formerfinance minister rishi sunak will formally become prime minister later on tuesday after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest. mr sunak promised to work to bring the party and the country together. here s our political editor chris mason. cheering na applause today s new conservative leader, this week s new prime minister. rishi sunak arrived at conservative party headquarters this afternoon, his party s third leader this year. waves, smiles and handshakes done, he wanted to talk to the country, but didn t want to face questions from reporters. i d like to pay tribute to liz truss for her dedicated public service to the country. she has led with dignity and grace for a time of great change and under exceptionally difficult circumstances both at home and abroad. it is th
last night when we were here, it was difficult to see the full extent of the damage. but this morning, you can the rocket has completely ripped into the back of the shopping centre here. you can see it s completely folded. and, going back to the past, the company trying to prove that sailboats are a greener way to transport cargo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. security forces in sri lanka have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging public property in the latest attempt to stop anti government protests. since last month, the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicines. at least 8 people have died in the violence and 200 have been injured, as our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the skeletons of a bustling city scorched by an economic crisis.
Deal. I mean, people have been on strike for almost five months. And so what were learning from my colleague oliver darcy and his sources is they are in the final stages of negotiating that deal. So it is essentially the final phase. They are at the table today. We learned that the big bosses of the studios, they were not at the table. Really its just the negotiators now working through those final details before they can strike a deal. And sources telling my colleague oliver darcy it could happen by the end of the weekend. Really it could happen at any point. There are so many people here in los angeles and really across the country who are waiting for this deal to go back to work. Many people who have struggled for months to pay their rent or put food on the table because they have not been able to work due to this strike. I mean, there are many things theyre trying to negotiate, among them pay, residuals when it comes to streaming, and also artificial intelligence. That has been ext