here in london, 10 a.m. in sudan , where a growing number of foreign nationals are being evacuated as fighting rages between rival military factions . over the past day, more than 1000 people have been pulled out by various countries. spain airlifted about 100 of them in a military plane as you can see from these images. these evacuations come as the conflict in sudan enters its 10th day more than 400 people have been killed, including at least one american. the u. s. is now trying to help its private citizens leave the country after it evacuated dozens of embassy workers and their families over the weekend. cnn s oren lieberman has the details. 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 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, lending
on the international evacuation operations from sudan. there are conflicting reports that french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. a spokesman from the sudanese army has said in a statement that the rapid support militia attacked the french embassy convoy with gunfire,
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
initially rejecting these rumours. but later it seems the country was involved in the evacuation operations, the us evacuation plans. earlier today the us embassy here released a statement thanking ethiopia for its support and assistance in the evacuation plans. but the country here and the government is monitoring what happens because it could have a rippling effect and the humanitarian crisis that could be unleashed there could have implications for ethiopia as well. . , . could have implications for ethiopia as well. ., , ., ., , as well. that is a really interesting as well. that is a really interesting and - as well. that is a really i interesting and important as well. that is a really - interesting and important point because when you look at the geography, you have got chad, the central african republic, south sudan and ethiopia as well bordering where this is happening. you are only about 1000 kilometres away from khartoum. he mentioned this ethiopian conflict in the norther
deadly power struggle is set to intensify. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. well, let s have a look at some of the latest pictures that have come into the newsroom. this is a french military plane landing on a french air base in djibouti. france has been evacuating europeans from sudan, as rescue operations to evacuate foreigners continue by road, air and sea. i m joined now by former major general and military logistics expert tim cross, who served in the british army from 1971 to 2007, including in the iraq and kosovo wars. thank you forjoining us. you have done several tours in the balkans and iraq, talk to us about the challenges in the evacuation operations. challenges in the evacuation operations- challenges in the evacuation o erations. ,., ., , operations. good evening, the first thin to operations. good evening, the first thing to say operations. good evening, the first thing to say is operations. good evening, the first thing to say is there operations. good eve