inside sudan s central bank a whistleblower snapped this photo of a computer screen, showing official production in 2021 at 49.7 tons. 32.7 tons are unaccounted for by the central bank, but the real figure we re told by whistleblowers could be over 220 tons $13.h billion worth of gold a year that s being stolen from sudan. how has this happened? two years ago the sudanese people successfully overthrew africa s second longest ruling dictator. 18 months later the military staged its own coup. sweeping aside civilian rule. and they did this, we re told, with wagner s support in exchange for gold. this man had a front row seat to russia s machinations and has evidence to prove it stood to gain by supporting the sudanese military s coup. under threat of assassination,
at russia s business dealings. we re off to meet one of those sources and he s asked that i come alone. it s a front for the russians, specifically for the forces of wagner that are working to exploit gold in sudan and its exports. it s a front, it s not a company. it extracts gold abuys gold fro the sudanese artisans and miners. that s not legal. any gold producer are supposed to to the central bank and the ministry of mining and that does not happen. reporter: inside sudan s central bank a whistle-blower snapped this photo of a computer screen showing official production in 2021 at 49.7 ton, 32.7 tons are unaccounted for by the central bank. the real figure we re told by whistle-blowers could be over 220 tons. that s around $13.4 billion worth of gold a year that s being stolen from sudan.
he asked that i come alone. it is a front for the russians, the forces of wagner exploiting the gold. it is a front. it is not a company. it extracts gold. that s not legal. the law says any gold producer report the quantity it produces to the central bank and ministry of mining an enthat does not happen. a whistle-blower snapped this computer screen showing production in 2021 at 49.7 tons. 32.7 unaccounted for. the real figure we are told could be over 220 tons, around $13.4 billion worth of gold a year being stolen from sudan. how has this happened?
yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far in wales it almost reached 29 degrees celsius in cardiff. in aboyne, in aberdeenshire, it hit 27.5 degrees. and in armagh in northern ireland, just over 2a degrees. in northolt in west london, temperatures hit 32 degrees celsius just below the 32.7 degrees recorded in suffolk onjune the 17th, which remains the hottest day of the year so far in england. the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk is 38.7 degrees celsius that was in cambridge injuly 2019. now, experts don t think temperatures will get quite that high over the next few days, but the met office has issued an extreme weather warning for sunday. the rare amber alert applies to most of england and parts of wales. it s designed as a clear warning about the potential impact
keep them open in the morning when it s cool. and as soon as the temperature starts to rise, we shut our windows, keep them like that until it s a bit cooler. even if it s, like, 10:00 at night, then open them. wrapping an ice pack. in a towel and putting it on your feet when you re in bed, or a frozen hot water bottle. - tips that could prove useful. yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far in wales it almost reached 29 degrees celsius in cardiff. in aboyne, in aberdeenshire, it hit 27.5 degrees. and in armagh in northern ireland, just over 2a degrees. in northolt in west london, temperatures hit 32 degrees celsius just below the 32.7 degrees recorded in suffolk onjune the 17th, which remains the hottest day of the year so far in england. the highest temperature ever recorded in the uk is 38.7 degrees celsius that was in cambridge injuly 2019.