hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. gunfire is sounding across the sudanese capital, khartoum, as another temporary truce between warring army factions fails. this is sudan, the fighting is concentrated there, you can see smoke coming from buildings for days and hearing gunfire. let s look at the latest pictures we have. these are not live but these give you a sense of what s been happening, some of the damage and some of the fighting continues. the latest guess is about 400 people have been killed across the country since the fighting started, now coming up to a week ago, last weekend. the intensive battles started and as we head into this weekend more continued fighting. these are the very latest pictures. these are live, it hasjust very latest pictures. these are live, it has just gone 11am very latest pictures. these are live, it hasjust gone ”am in khartoum in the capital. don t let the stillness of that picture fool you, because you can hear
well that s correct. the latest we have is the indian pm narendra modi holding a meeting of government officials to discuss contingency measures on officials to discuss contingency measure ., ., y officials to discuss contingency measure ., ., , measures on how they can get the 3000 citizens measures on how they can get the 3000 citizens out measures on how they can get the 3000 citizens out of measures on how they can get the 3000 citizens out of sudan. - measures on how they can get the 3000 citizens out of sudan. theyl 3000 citizens out of sudan. they have been standing by to evacuate their citizens but it hasn t been possible. i ve seen a tweet from the embassy of the united states in sudan showing the communique from secretary antony blinken in which he did speak to general burhan and emirati and spoke about how the truce has been violated. we are getting information from the us department of defence that they are shoring up their forces department of defence that they are s
the arduous reconstruction process is under way on the spanish island of la palma. excavators are digging their way through the solidified lava flows while engineers are working to ensure conditions are safe. the eruption of the cumbre vieja volcano was declared over on christmas day, after three long months of spewing ash and molten rock over the island. more than 3,000 buildings were destroyed along with hundreds of acres of farmland, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. here in the uk, there are still problems with accessing covid i9 tests. the government has promised that millions more will be made available on new year s eve, as infections break new record highs by the day. eight special hubs are being set up at hospitals across england in preparation for a surge in 0micron admissions. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. the start of building work on the next wave of nightingale hubs. this one is at st george s hospital in south west london. the govern
the start of building work on the next wave of nightingale hubs. this one is at st george s hospital in south west london. the government says it is a contingency measure, in case of a surge in covid patients. but there is concern about who will staff them. we would prefer that the government take steps to avoid needing to use that extra surge capacity, purely because there just aren t the number of staff needed to safely provide the care for any patients that are required to requiring care, and that is where the priority needs to be, to ensure we have staff to safely care for people that need care. eight nightingale units will be set up in hospital grounds to care for around 100 covid patients each, and hospital admissions are now rising sharply in the uk. almost doubling in england in the past week. and that follows several weeks
hospital in south west london. the government says it s a contingency measure in case of a surge in covid patients, but there s concern about who will staff them. we would prefer that the government take steps to avoid needing to use that extra surge capacity, purely because there just aren t the number of staff needed to safely provide the care for any patients that are requiring care, and that s with the priority needs to be, to ensure that we ve got staff to safely care for people that need care. eight nightingale units will be set up in hospital grounds to care for around 100 covid patients each. and hospital admissions are now rising sharply in the uk, almost doubling in england in the past week. and that follows several weeks of soaring infections reaching record highs, but many people are still finding it hard to get tested.