down outside the city, and blamed ukraine for the attack. an adviser to president volodymyr zelensky has denied any ukrainian responsibility. mykhailo podolyak was asked about the strikes while appearing on a breakfast television show. we have nothing to do with this, he said, but added that kyiv is watching with pleasure and forecast an increasing number of attacks . moscow is more than a70 km from ukraine. in moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg heard the explosions. well, at 6:21; this morning ijotted down the time i heard an explosion in the distance and the windows of my home shook. than half an hour later, i heard another explosion. and i checked on social media and there was a lot of chat, a lot of discussion from muscovites and people living just outside the capital, who d heard blasts, too. very quickly, it became apparent there had been some kind of drone attack. and that was confirmed pretty quickly by the moscow mayor, sergey sobyanin, who said there h
expected to be the largest ever. hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughanjones. let s bring you more detail on the international evacuation operations from sudan. the earth had to evacuate diplomats starting. the the earth had to evacuate diplomats startina. ., , ., ., starting. the efforts to evacuate dilomats starting. the efforts to evacuate diplomats is starting. the efforts to evacuate diplomats is starting. there are conlicting reports that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the army are saying that the rapid security force attacked the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. but let me bring you a tweet from the the rsf which has responded in a tweet on social media blaming thew sudanese army for the alleged attack. they say they were attacked by aircraft during the
hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughan jones. the fighting continues in the sudan capital, khartoum. there are conflicting reports though that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the sudan army are fighting with the rtf. in a statement released a short time ago, the spokesman for the sudanese army has accused its opponents of: attacking the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. the spokesman went on to say that: the sudanese army condemns this barbaric behaviour and violence, which is a characteristic of the rapid support militia. but let me bring you this from the rsf which has tweeted saying the rapid support forces were attacked by aircraft during the evacuation of french nationals. we have had no international confirmation. we approached the french government and they c
welcome to bbc news. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartoum, as fighting between rival factions of the army enters a second week. the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the united states has carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest, here s our africa correspondent andrew harding. in war torn khartoum this morning, dramatic moves to rescue at least some trapped foreigners. overnight, american military helicopters flew into sudan, heading for the capital in the centre of the country. in a short but successful operation, nearly 100 us embassy staff and their families were airlifted to safety. there are reports of a convoy also leaving by road from the french embassy, and within the last hour, confirmation that british embassy staff have been extracted from the city. the prime minis
categories in the london marathon. hello, welcome to the programme. we begin in north east africa. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartoum, as fighting between rival factions of the army enters a second week. the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the united states has carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest here s our africa correspondent andrew harding. a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully lifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and theirfamilies. terror, british embassy staff and their families. their families. 0ver1200 people contributed their families. 0ver1200 people contributed to their families. 0ver1200 people contributed to this their families. 0ver1200 people contributed to this operation. it | contributed to