of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies in khartoum, people are fleeing either north to egypt, but increasingly fleeing quite a long journey, people talking 16 30 hours to get to the coast, to get to port sudan and then hoping to get on these. well, there s a range, a flotilla, if you like, of warships, saudi arabian warships
by energy companies to forcibly install prepayment metres in homes. thousands of people join pope francis, and other christian leaders, to pray for unity and justice at the mausoleum of south sudan s founding father, john garang. welcome once again. the us has shot down a chinese surveillance balloon that it says has been spying on key military sites across america. the department of defense confirmed its fighterjets brought down the balloon over us territorial waters on the east coast. we can see that moment in these pictures from our partners cbs in the united states. we can see that moment in these pictures from our partners cbs in the united states. three airports were shut and airspace was closed off the coast of north and south carolina as the military carried out the operation, which was approved by president biden on wednesday. china had said the craft was a meteorological research balloon that had been blown off course. this is what president biden told reporters sho
three days, 11 votes and still no us house speaker as kevin mccarthy fails to win over conservative hardliners. the nhs remains under relentless pressure, says a health leader, urging people get the flu jab, help save lives. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. more revelations from prince harry s autobiography have emerged including accounts of drug taking, details of his time in the army, and a claim that he and prince william urged their father, king charles, not to marry camilla, now the queen consort. the revelations come from his book, spare, due to be published in the uk next week. copies have gone on sale in spain, and some newspapers also got hold of it in advance. other claims come from interviews prince harry has given to promote the book. in the book, prince harry makes a number of accusations about his family. there are also details about intimate moments of his private life and, as reported yesterday, a claim that he was physically attacked by
of thundery downpours tucking in behind so sharp showers the order of the evening and they will continue to push through the midlands into the north of england and towards that scottish borders in the early hours of tuesday morning. behind it, somewhat quieter, a very warm at night again with temperatures sitting widely in the mid teens. we start tomorrow with the showers clearing from scotland, another batch moving into the borders and then some further showers developing in the south west but not everywhere will see them tomorrow and there will see them tomorrow and there will be a slightly drier and brighter interlude for a time before further showers arrive. the difference for all of us tomorrow it will be a bit fresher, top temperatures generally 16 21 and if you dodge the showers in east anglia we could see 2a celsius. but it s all about low pressure this week, it s not moving far or fast and it drifts a bit further east in the middle of the week. that means there a gre
while europe swelters, the eu is looking ahead to winter, and what to do if russia cuts off gas supplies completely. we need to save gas to fill our gas storages. to do so, we have to reduce our gas consumption. find storages. to do so, we have to reduce our gas consumption. and we will look at sri reduce our gas consumption. and we will look at sri lanka, reduce our gas consumption. and we will look at sri lanka, with reduce our gas consumption. and we will look at sri lanka, with the - will look at sri lanka, with the country has chosen a new president who may be just as unpopular as his predecessor. the next uk prime minister will be either rishi sunak, the former chancellor, or liz truss, the foreign secretary. we reached these two names after several elimination rounds voted by conservative mps. this was the moment we got the result. the numbers of votes cast for each candidate is as followed. penny mordaunt, 105. rishi sunak, 137. liz truss, 113. therefore, rishi