this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800 thousand people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea today. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojedda in saudi arabia. our correspondent andrew harding reports. on sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim th
the un secretary general has sent a special envoy to the region to coordinate humanitarian operations. we know that martin griffiths arrived in nairobi a short time ago. he called the situation catastrophic, stressing the need for humanitarian aid to enter the country. here s what we know about the situation on the ground. this is the scene in sudan s capital khartoum, this morning. air strikes have continued, despite a ceasefire. the army said it was attacking the city to flush out its paramilitary rivals, the rapid support forces. more than 500 deaths have been reported with the true number of casualties believed to be much higher. millions more remain trapped in khartoum. countries have been evacuating their nationals where they can. these pictures show us nationals boarding a military ship in port sudan. the first major aid flight, laden with medical supplies, has arrived in the country carrying eight tonnes of relief supplies, including health kits for hospitals. meritxe
some protesters following clashes and we will have more in the programme. russia has launched another wave of missiles at ukrainian cities in the early hours of the morning, the second predawn attack in three days. in the us first republic bank has become the third bank to collapse in a matter of months. it was bought byjp morgan chase. now we have the sport and a full round up. we will begin with the women s champions league. a crowd of more than 60,000 is expected at the emirates for arsenal against wolfsburg. a record attendance for a women s club match in the uk is expected and kick off is a few hours away. football right football arsenal are expecting a tough game especially with their injury problems. they need to be clinical. a lot of injuries this season, and they do lack a cutting edge, but they got the goals in the first leg and that is what they have got to do, take their chances, because wolfsburg are a fantastic side with experience in the champions league and
nurses in england say they are holding their biggest strike yet as nhs bosses warn patients to expect disruptions. donald trump has just touched down in scotland where he is visiting his golf properties and he will be cutting a ribbon for a new second course at his new aberdeenshire golf resort but the breaking news as he has touched down is requesting a mistrial in a civil case where a writer is accusing him of rape and deformation but a letter from the american president donald trump is requesting now a mistrial in that civil case, not a criminal case. fin civil case, not a criminal case. on monday morning in manhattan civil court the larger mentioned several others the lawyer cited several errors which impacted on his ability to defend donald trump. while the army and opposition are continuing to blame each other, the united states is according a rescue. idris is an 18 year old a level student who was in khartoum visiting her grandparents when war broke out. you must
and president trump arrives in scotland for a bank holiday break surveying his golf courses. good afternoon. nurses are in the middle of their biggest strike so far this lunchtime, with their union the rcn calling on the government to put more money on the table if it wants to end the dispute. about half the health trusts in england are affected by today s strike which ends at midnight. the walk out is impacting critical services such as intensive care for the first time. the government has insisted it has made a fair and reasonable offer. nhs england has warned that staffing levels in some areas of the country will be exceptionally low . here s our health correspondent, katharine da costa. they say cut back, we say fight back.! back on the picket line in london. for the third time this year, members of the royal college of nursing are once again on strike. no nhs cuts! today s stoppage affects half of england s nhs trusts. some unite members at a handful of hospital tru