queen elizabeth i! faced an assassination threat during a 1983 visit to america. hello, i m gareth barlow. we start in sudan where the family of an 85 year old uk national has told a bbc news arabic investigation that his disabled wife died of starvation after the british embassy there left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. despite repeated calls for assistance, abdalla sholgami and alaweya rishwan were offered no help in leaving their home which is just yards from the embassy in the capital, khartoum. the foreign office said the situation had been too dangerous. nawal al maghafi reports. a race against time. as fighting in sudan intensified, thousands
An 85-year-old British citizen was shot by a sniper in Sudan before his disabled wife died of starvation after being left behind in the country.Relatives of Abd