cost of living crisis. we meet the south african woman who used her own experiences of period poverty to help empower girls in hundreds of schools by delivering free pads. welcome to istanbul, where the people of turkey have gone back to the polls for the second round of the turkish presidential after two weeks ago, none of the candidates managed to reach over 50% of the vote. let me show you where i am. this is one of hundreds of thousands of polling stations across turkey. schools are where the voting tends to happen and there has been a steady stream of people coming in. there is a board by the door and it shows which classroom corresponds to the ballot box they have been allocated. and then they had inside underneath a huge turkish flag which is hanging from the ceiling, where they get a far simpler ballot paper than two weeks ago, because that time they were presidential and parliamentary elections. people have been telling me today that the ballot paper was so long last
who volunteered between 1960 and 1964. their risk was about 34% increased. so that s definitely something that we want to look at further. we don t know at the moment whether it s associated with any particular testing programme that was going on at the time or any particular experiences that they had at porton down. but we re very curious to find out more. ian says his life s been blighted by medical problems, including breathing and digestion, by long term health, with problems with chess. i used to be very, very prone to chesty coughs and also with mental health. he and other veterans have received compensation from the government, although it s not admitted liability. in a statement, the ministry of defence say they re grateful to those who took part and welcomed the findings. the researchers now want to hear more from those servicemen who volunteered in the early sixties to further understand the reasons for the early deaths. matthew hill, bbc points west. those campaign
of the red cross says a plane landed at port sudan with eight tonnes of relief supplies, including health kits for hospitals. it hopes to get security guarantees to send humanitarian aid to the capital, khartoum and the darfur region. despite a ceasefire being in place, the past few hours have seen intense clashes in khartoum as the army tries to dislodge the rival rsf. residents are being urged to remain indoors and stay away from windows. tens of thousands of civilians have abandoned their homes and are fleeing sudan. what was supposed to be the uk s last evacuation flight left the country overnight, but in the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced there will be an extra flight leaving from port sudan tomorrow. the united states has completed its first evacuation of citizens. countries like saudi arabia are evacuating people to the city ofjeddah, via port sudan on the red sea. let s hear from evacuees in port sudan. i was working in the sudan for the last 13
fighting in the capital khartoum. more than 2,000 british nationals have been flown out so far, and in the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced there will be an extra flight, for more evacuations, leaving from port sudan tomorrow. we ll have the latest on that later, but first, our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of those trying to get out. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, at the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we are just coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it has been secured for now. 0n sudanese soil
but there are reports of increased fighting in the capital khartoum. more than 2,000 british nationals have been flown out so far, and in the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced there will be an extra flight, for more evacuations, leaving from port sudan tomorrow. we ll have the latest on that later, but first, our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of those trying to get out. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, at the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we are just coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it has bee