the vast majority of american film and television productions, including the avatar and gladiator sequels. it wants assurances about the use of artificial intelligence. 0ur correspondent is out on the picket lines in new york. tell us what you have been here hearing and seeing there. what you have been here hearing and seeing there- seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of familiar seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of familiar faces seeing there. yeah, we have seen a| number of familiar faces here on the picket line, including stars like susan sarandon and olivia wilde. and many, including the writers guild, other unions havejoined many, including the writers guild, other unions have joined to show their solidarity. other unions have joined to show theirsolidarity. every other unions have joined to show their solidarity. every time a few cars pass by it we hear occasionally some honks in support. so some real mom
intercepted. and british prime minister rishi sunak says he s disappointed at the european broadcasting union s zelenskyy from making an address at the eurovision song contest. we start with the breaking news in the last couple of hours. a convicted child abuser has been found guilty of brutally murdering a seven year old girl in the north east of england more than 30 years after the killing took place. nikki allan was repeatedly hit about the head and stabbed dozens of times in sunderland in october 1992. prosecutors told newcastle crown court she was then dumped like rubbish in a derelict building near her home. david boyd, 55, from stockton on tees, was convicted after a three week trial. he will be sentenced on 23 may. our news correspondent, danny savage was at newcastle crown court and explains why this prosecution has taken so long. it was a complex and challenging case for northumbria police but they spent many years going off down the wrong avenue thinking that a
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in sudan where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that s erupted between two military factions. we ll have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but we start with this report from cyprus, and our correspondent there nick beake. finally, an escape for britons who ve been stranded in sudan. but as the raf carries out more evacuations, there are some concerns the airfield in the capital, khartoum, is now breaking up with hundreds of uk citizens still stuck in the devastation inflicted by the feud between top generals. today, though, flights out have been reaching cyprus, which is halfway home. and this is how it feels to have escaped. here in c
weapons of war off our streets. dana: former u.s. marshal s regional commander joining us in a moment. let s get to former d.c. homicide detective ted williams live from cleveland, texas. hi, ted. hi, dana and bill. i am here on the scene in cleveland, texas, where five five individuals, two include a 9-year-old child, was executed by their neighbor. the suspect in this case is a man by the name of francisco orepesa. he was here illegally. the man was in his yard shooting his gun. his neighbor came over and asked him to go on the other side of his home and shoot because they were disturbing their young child. it was at that time about ten minutes later that this illegal alie alien comes over to the neighbors home and shot and killed five people in that home before going on the run. right now the f.b.i., local and state police are looking for this man. dana: we know they don t have any leads right now. thank you for being there for us. we ll check in with you. bill:
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme- it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin - it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in - it s newsday. welcome to the i programme. we begin in sudan, where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress. the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that s erupted between two military factions. we ll have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but we start with this report from cyprus, and our correspondent there, nick beake. finally, an escape for britons who ve been stranded in sudan. but as the raf carries out more evacuations, there are some concerns the airfield