show no signs of ending. the violence has been happening for more than a week now, worsening the country s already desperate humanitarian crisis. we have pictures of a spanish personnel and citizens being evacuated overnight. other countries have also moved their diplomatic staff to safety but foreign civilians have been reporting difficulties trying to leave the country. some have been travelling by road in convoys heading to the red sea, as well as north to the border with egypt. it has been very difficult to reach people because of the internet is down and that means people cannot get the information they need from their embassies, they can t find out how safe are certain roads are, so it is a very difficult and tricky situation and that has made a lot of the people i speak to quite anxious. one man in the city, the twin city across the nile from khartoum, was speaking to me while there was heavy gunfire right outside his door on his street. he had visited the country with
right lines. speaking very generally, if you speak to someone on the political left, they are likely to be much more in favour of the exhumation ofjose antonio primo de rivera. on the political right, they are likely to be more opposed to it. that is what we have seen from the political parties, from what they have been saying. there has been a lot of criticism of this move by parties on the right. they have said this is a political ploy, an electoral ploy by the prime minister to try to mobilise voters ahead of local elections next month. the far right have used very strong language, saying this was driven by hate for the political right on the part of sanchez and his socialist party. so it is a very divisive issue. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.
party, general francisco franco, throughout his four decade dictatorship that followed the civil war, so in that sense, jose antonio primo de rivera was a very important figure for spain in 20th century politics. the fact that he died very young, he was 33 when he was killed by, he was executed by firing squad, at the start of the civil war, that turned him into a bit of an icon for many on the far right who saw him as this hero. for many people on the far right, a hero comfortable or superior to franco himself, so he is a very divisive figure but a very significant figure in spanish politics and spanish history. ii iin n politics and spanish history. how much sopport politics and spanish history. how much sopport is politics and spanish history. how much support is there today for removing his remains in this way and re burying him? removing his remains in this way and re-burying him? re-burying him? well, this initiative, re-burying him? well, this initiative, like re-buryi
seems to be the limit where most can get you. in spain, nearly four years after general franco s remains were removed from the valley of the fallen, jose antonio primo de rivera, the founder of the falangist party has been exhumed from the same site. he will be reburied in a cemetery in madrid. here are pictures about an hour ago of his supporters who gathered to show supporters who gathered to show support to him. it is all part of the socialist led government historical memory law that aims to bring dignity to victims of the spanish civil war and subsequent dictatorship. we have more about the figure ofjose antonio primo de rivera. he was the co founder and leader of the falangist party, a far right party, which supported general francisco franco throughout the civil war, 1936-1939, francisco franco throughout the civil war, 1936 1939, and that was the main political support of that