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
a fragile three day ceasefire. the violence broke out on the western outskirts of omdurman, a city across the nile from the capital, khartoum. but much of central khartoum remains calm, and thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals are still trying to get out of the country. as they flee, they re making treacherous journeys. residents are struggling to get clean water and other vital supplies, and warplanes are still flying overheard. tens of thousands of sudanese are trying to reach neighbouring chad, egypt and south sudan, and those left behind say they fear the world is abandoning them. meanwhile, britons are being told to go to this airbase, about 20 miles outside of the capital khartoum, from where they re being flown to safety in cyprus. nearly 2,000 people, from 50 countries, have crossed the red sea from port sudan to the port ofjeddah, on a ship organised by saudi arabia. eight year old karim, a british national, arrived in cyprus with his family, earlier. we heard
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
hello, i m sally bundock. the un has renewed calls for both sides in sudan to fully abide by a three day ceasefire and to allow access to humanitarian workers. but renewed fighting is threatening the 72 hour truce. violence broke out on the western outskirts omdurman, a city across the nile from the capital, khartoum. but much of central khartoum remains calm, and thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals are still trying to get out of the country. as they flee, they re making treacherous journeys. residents are struggling to get clean water and other vital supplies, and warplanes are still flying overheard. tens of thousands of sudanese are trying to reach neighbouring chad, egypt and south sudan. and those left behind say they fear the world is abandoning them. meanwhile, britons are being told to go to an airbase about 20 miles outside of the capital khartoum from where they re being flown to safety in cyprus. thousands of other people have left on other flights or by ro