For the way it s handled these evacuations. too little information, too slow. but this afternoon the prime minister gave an update. we now have over 100 people on the ground in sudan. the first flight has already left with british nationals, there are more flights this evening and we will have many more into tomorrow, and that is down to the hard work of lots of people, and we will keep at it. we have already contacted over 1000 people in sudan, spoken to hundreds, that is what the people behind me have been doing. they are making their way to the airfield and we will safely evacuate them as quick as we can. but look at what s left of khartoum. the hospital here and across the river nile, bombed, we understand, earlier today. elsewhere, endless destruction, the work of two rival armies that still threaten, ceasefire or not, to tear this former british colony apart. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. professor khalid mustafa medani is the chair of the african studies programme
0ur correspondent andrew harding has the latest taking off for sudan. the first raf flights left this morning on a dangerous rescue mission. british forces had gathered earlier at their base in cyprus to prepare the planes for a task which could last hours or even days. flying trapped british citizens out of khartoum while a precarious ceasefire holds. that ceasefire came into force here in sudan s capital overnight. look how dark it is. after ten days of war, there is no power and precious little food or water left. by dawn, many sudanese were already on the move, hoping to use the pause in fighting to catch buses heading out of the city. but the fighting here hasn t stopped altogether. this sound was recorded by 19 year old iman, a dual british and sudanese national. she s still in hiding
Going to go about it and where they would meet. i m just doing it myself. i hope i have made the right decision. britain has faced some criticism for the way it s handled these evacuations. too little information, too slow. but this afternoon the prime minister gave an update. we now have over 100 people on the ground in sudan. the first flight has already left with british nationals, there are more flights this evening and we will have many more into tomorrow, and that is down to the hard work of lots of people, and we will keep at it. we have already contacted over 1000 people in sudan, spoken to hundreds, that is what the people behind me have been doing. they are making their way to the airfield and we will safely evacuate them as quick as we can. but look at what s left of khartoum. the hospital here and across the river nile, bombed, we understand, earlier today. elsewhere, endless destruction, the work of two rival armies that still threaten, ceasefire or not, to tear this forme
And suffer enormous casualties. i believe we can withstand this. it s just a matter of time before we win. ukrainian tanks charge forwards. but it may still be a while before modern western machines are fighting alongside them. andrew harding, bbc news, ukraine. now to south america, where the president of peru, dina boluarte, has called for a national truce after clashes with the police led to more than 50 deaths. for the past few weeks, people have been protesting and demanding the resignation of ms boluarte, who came to power after the former president of peru was impeached in december. sofia bettiza reports. these images have become all too common in peru. people have been demonstrating forweeks, demanding the resignation of the president, dina boluarte. these protests have cost the country more than $1
This is bbc news. the latest headlines: meta says it will re instate donald trump s facebook and instagram accounts two years after he was suspended for praising the us capitol rioters. ukraine s president zelensky has welcomed the decision by the us and germany to send advanced tanks to ukraine. well, let s stay with that story, and it s notjust president zelensky that s greeted the news of the tank supplies with relief and gratitude. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has been talking to people in the city of zaporizhzhia not far from the front line. explosion ukrainian tanks, half a century old, battling near the front lines. in this area, close to the donbas town of bakhmut, russian forces are slowly gaining ground. and when we visited this tank unit last week, the mood seemed