and tributes to the legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue mission had begun early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan s capital, khartoum, not knowing if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force aircraft and a great number of military personnel, who ve been flown in from the uk over t
bombing that killed dozens at kabul s airport has been killed by the taliban. that s according to us officials. 70 civilians and 13 american troops were killed when a bomber detonated his device among packed crowds as people tried to flee afghanistan, in august 2021. the officials did not reveal the name of the man, who was the leader of an islamic state cell. they said the leader died weeks ago, but it took time to confirm his death. us officials say intelligence gathering and monitoring of the region led them to conclude the leader had died, though they did not provide further details on how they learned that he was responsible for the bombing. the us began notifying families of the deceased troops about the death of the is leader on monday. earlier, i spoke with the director of the center for strategic and international studies, sethjones, about the reports. what do we know about what happened and who the leader of this is cell is? what us officials have talked about is th
to go. rm math evacuate themselves. i m ust going to go. i m not waiting. evacuate themselves. i m ust going to go. i m not waiting. i evacuate themselves. i m just going to go. i m not waiting. i hope - evacuate themselves. i m just going to go. i m not waiting. i hope i ve i to go. i m not waiting. i hope i ve made to go. i m not waiting. i hope i ve made the to go. i m not waiting. i hope i ve made the right decision. around 4,000 british nationals are thought to be trapped in sudan after fierce fighting errupted there ten days ago. also on the programme. prince harry claims his brother william was paid a large sum of money in 2020 by the publisher of the sun to settle phone hacking the crisis affecting nhs dentistry in england mps are told its time for a complete overhaul of the system. let s finish thisjob. let s finish this job. i know we can. are you ever too old? joe biden says he ll run for a second term as us president next year at the age of 81. # island
a very large sum to settle claims of phone hacking. # 0h, island in the sun. and tributes to the legendary singer, actor and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one am in khartoum in sudan where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue mission began early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan capital khartoum not know if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force air
and it felt like being under 24 hour surveillance. in his witness statement, he says it created a huge amount of paranoia in my relationships. 0ur circle of friends became smaller and smaller as we naturally began to suspect people. also revealed in prince harry s witness statement what he claims was a secret agreement between the royals and news group executives, that the royals wouldn t take any legal action over phone hacking until the other damages claims were nearing an end. so avoiding having to give evidence in court that s one reason, he says, he didn t bring this case sooner. that s denied by news group, which says there was no such secret agreement. it s admitted phone hacking at the news of the world, which it shut down and has paid out many millions but has always denied wrongdoing at the sun. in another swipe at his family, harry also says they appeared to block his legal action in order to keep the papers on side he claims to smooth the way for camilla and charl