their evacuation aware of it, that britain started their evacuatio aware of it, that britain started their evacuation operations a little bit on the back their evacuation operations a little bit on the back foot? their evacuation operations a little bit on the back foot? the - their evacuation operations a little i bit on the back foot? the americans have onlyjust bit on the back foot? the americans have onlyjust started bit on the back foot? the americans have onlyjust started as, bit on the back foot? the americans have onlyjust started as, as - bit on the back foot? the americans have onlyjust started as, as i - bit on the back foot? the americans have onlyjust started as, as i was i have onlyjust started as, as i was at is ending. so, britain was ahead of the biggest power with the most resources in the region. the french managed to evacuate half their numbers that britain had done. so i think the british evacuation has to be measured, because there were a large number of
khartoum could slow things down we are told the weights and slippages are told the weights and slippages are likely to be because of general logistics. we know hundreds of people with uk passports have come through but the problem is, thousands of people registered their interests with the uk authorities to try and make this journey. there been questions about the relatively low numbers and potentially questions also about the delays because other countries started their evacuation operations a little sooner than the uk and also, the big question of leaving people to move themselves from wherever they are in khartoum, through khartoum to get to that airbase know the danger that journey involves. so many issues and challenges there. thank you for bringing us up to date there from cyprus. senior german political
Indian Air Force s C-130J aircraft landed in Port Sudan on Tuesday to rescue stranded Indians as the process of evacuations continues in the violence-hit North African country
the airport is teaming with at least 11 international military organizations, all sending their most elite troops on to the ground. many of them still continuing with evacuation operations. the egyptians also trying to put together evacuations over land. there s a lot of focus now in trying to get people or get people to get themselves to port sudan, which is potentially a safe exit position. but this is really the beginning of an evacuation process in the middle of a civil war. by no means the end of it, kaitlan. clearly, no end in sight according to what these officials here in the u.s. are seeing. i want to step back for a moment and take a quick look at how we got here. a battle for power in sudan. at the heart of the conflict are these two men who are up on your screen. sudanese military leader adele fatah alberhan, and a commander of the paramilitary rapid support military forces, mohammad hamdan dagalo.
already pulled out dozens of embassy workers and their families, and now it s trying to help private citizens get out as well. officials say they won t coordinate extractions for them , but they have given them suggestions on how to leave, including joining bus convoys from other countries. q ations come as the conflict in sudan enters its 10th day more than 400 people have been killed, including at least one u. s. citizen. officials say some 16,000 americans could still be stuck in sudan. cnn s oren lieberman has more on the evacuation efforts. evacuation operations are never conducted under optimal circumstances, and that was certainly the case once again when it comes to the evacuation of the u. s embassy in sudan over the weekend, three chinook helicopters, some of the largest in the u. s military for heavy lift flew from djibouti, some 750 or more miles across ethiopia into sudan, landing at khartoum at the us embassy,