it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in sudan where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that s erupted between two military factions. we ll have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but we start with this report from cyprus, and our correspondent there nick beake. finally, an escape for britons who ve been stranded in sudan. but as the raf carries out more evacuations, there are some concerns the airfield in the capital, khartoum, is now breaking up with hundreds of uk citizens still stuck in the devastation inflicted by the feud between top generals. today, though, flights out have been reaching cyprus, which is halfway home. and this is how it feels to have escaped. here in c
the longest distance ever travelled for a north korean test flight. the missile went far enough that it would have reached the us island of guam with a different trajectory. and so there was a swift response. the united states and south korea conducted a precision aerial bombing exercise to demonstrate seoul and washington s will to respond sternly to the threat from pyongyang. and tokyo was also incensed. translation: north korea s launch of a ballistic missile is a reckless act that absolutely cannot be allowed. japan will be on the highest alert and respond quickly. speaking to the bbc, the us counsellor of the department of state derek shalet said it will take a complete international effort to achieve denuclearisation on the korean peninsula. well we are going to continue to press forward with sanctions against north korea and enforcing those already on the books pursuing new ones perhaps, but also importantly working with our allies and partners and also other members
trying to reach the us. the current dire economic circumstances meet this exodus is more acute than it had been for many years. the russian defence ministry says its forces are in complete control of the vast steelworks in the port of mariupol, following the surrender of the ukrainian soldiers defending it. fighters from the azov regiment were holed up inside the plant for weeks, while the city suffered constant bombardment. meanwhile, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky has said that the donbas region in the east of the country has been completely destroyed. he said it was like hell . jeremy bowen has the latest. explosions. the russians are shelling severodonetsk, as they try to encircle it. more than 100,000 people lived in the city before the invasion. now, it s one of russia s biggest targets. this is russia using the methods it perfected in syria and chechnya. heavy bombardment to try to break the will of its opponents. ukrainian rescue crews can still operate
Now, but we will see more activity develop later this afternoon. Thats why i issued a first alert for philadelphia, the pennsylvania suburbs, south jersey, the shore, and delaware. From noon to 6 00, this is the time period were most likely to see severe thunderstorms develop with damaging winds and large hail. Heavy downpours and lots of lightning, too. Right now, pretty quiet. Seeing lots of sunshine, too, from delaware, the Lehigh Valley, new jersey, the suburbs and philadelphia. Also up to 84 degrees in philadelphia. That number will be climbing into the middle to upper 80s, but then we have showers developing this afternoon thats going to bring the temperatures down. It could be with Severe Weather. Right now, sunshine for trenton, philadelphia, and wilmington. Showers have fizzled as they have tried to come in since first thing this morning. We saw the last few light showers moving through southern chester county. Now sunshine back there. Let me show you this, the line of showers
Hi, brittney. We have a lot going on. Heres a closer look at the radar right now. Ux see it moving through philadelphia right now. A few more showers are to the west of harrisburg, expect more showers, temperatures will stay stay warm above average. Temperatures will be close to 80 degrees in philadelphia. And throughout most of the area you can see how scattered the showers will be. Well see another round moving in thursday into our evening hours. That will continue into the overnight hours pushing into friday. We folks see heavy rain as we head into friday. Friday will be a first alert day. Same thing into saturday. One big difference youll notice as we head into tomorrow is temperatures will drop and stay down into friday as well. As far as today is concerned, over the next eight hours or so, temperatures will warm above average, by 4 00 p. M. 75 and by 7 00 p. M. Temperatures at 70. Well see a few passing showers. You can see the gray clouds here. Our headlines show that the cold i