hello and welcome. let s start with the situation in sudan, and the us secretary of state antony blinken has spoken on the phone to the leaders of the warring factions there and called for a ceasefire. he s said to have expressed grave concern about civilian deaths and injuries in separate calls with the heads of the armed forces and the rival paramilitary rapid support force. this is the latest footage coming out of the conflict. sudanese citizens have been seeing this barrage of artillery fire light up the night sky in the capital khartoum. both sides now claim to control key sites in khartoum, where most of the violence has taken place. the european union says its ambassador to sudan was assaulted in his home there. caught in the middle, are sudan s civilians. it s one of the poorest countries in the world, and millions need humanitarian aid. let s hear from some of them. actually i live in east khartoum, less than 15 minutes away from the military headquarters and airport
the man accused of stabbing sir salman rushdie has appeared in court charged with attempted murder and assault. the attack in new york state has left the author of the satanic verses on a ventilator, with people in shock over what happened. you know, the guy has a price on his head from 1989 and of all the places he might be attacked, hurt or god forbid, die, chautauqua and be the last place i would think of. and in the last hour, president biden has issued a statement condemning the attack and reaffirming his belief in freedom of expression. also tonight: the ravaging effects of climate change we report from france, where exhausted firecrews have spent weeks battling wildfires. the ground around me is smoking. there s smouldering embers here which very easily can be whipped up into yet another fire. more disruption for train passengers in england, scotland and wales with the latest in a series of rail strikes. gold to great britain. and it s been a successful day for gre
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In the area of the social conservatism which, will chime with some parts of the Conservative Party, but others very unhappy with that. There is an awful lot to do in terms of penning that deal down, i suspect, in the next couple of days. In last minutes, we have also heard that theresa may has got herself a new Chief Of Staff which will be central in trying to sort those things out before the queen s speech on monday. Monday week. There was a lot of scrutiny over Jeremy Corbyns dealings with figures in the ira and there have also been questions over the dups dealings with loyalist extremists and then sinn fein saying this is not acceptable under the terms of the good friday agreement for the westminster government to be getting into bed with one of the parties in Northern Ireland. I think the last point there is going to be a very important Stumbling Block because we know that the Power Sharing Agreement broke down. We know that there is an intention now to open negotiations to get it
In the area of the social conservatism which, will chime with some parts of the Conservative Party, but others very unhappy with that. There is an awful lot to do in terms of penning that deal down, i suspect, in the next couple of days. In last minutes, we have also heard that theresa may has got herself a new Chief Of Staff which will be central in trying to sort those things out before the queen s speech on monday. Monday week. There was a lot of scrutiny over Jeremy Corbyns dealings with figures in the ira and there have also been questions over the dups dealings with loyalist extremists and then sinn fein saying this is not acceptable under the terms of the good friday agreement for the westminster government to be getting into bed with one of the parties in Northern Ireland. I think the last point there is going to be a very important Stumbling Block because we know that the Power Sharing Agreement broke down. We know that there is an intention now to open negotiations to get it