of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies in khartoum, people are fleeing either north to egypt, but increasingly fleeing quite a long journey, people talking 16 30 hours to get to the coast, to get to port sudan and then hoping to get on these. well, there s a range, a flotilla, if you like, of warships, saudi arabian warships
rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing few signs that they will honour it. that they will honour it. air strikes continued to pound the capital of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations has warned that the humanitarian crisis in sudan is at a breaking point. world leaders, including the african union, are calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies again in khartoum, people fleeing
some breaking news in ukraine, a series of big explosions in the city of pavlohrad. social media reports say warehouses storing ukrainian military equipment were targeted. it s unclear whether or not there have been any casualties. the russian attack comes after a drone strike on russian occupied crimea on saturday which destroyed 40,000 tonnes of oil products. this is the latest we are getting tonight. from the reuters news agency, reports of air defence systems repelling missile attacks in the early hours on monday in the early hours on monday in the kyiv region, according to local authorities. after air raid alerts were issued throughout all of ukraine, kyiv s regional administration wrote on the pillaging messaging app saying air defences were at work after explosions were heard. the telegram messaging app. we start in sudan, where two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing few signs that they will honor it. air strikes continued to pou
the legacy of a long war against the south, the civil war there, means that there are all sorts of simmering ethnic disputes, and the concern is that as communities try to protect themselves, we re already seeing signs in darfur that old conflicts, simmering conflicts are being reignited as communities turn on each other and militias turn against other communities. these are some of the latest pictures out of port sudan on the red sea. they show us citizens waiting to board an american navy ship the usns brunswick a fast transport vessel. us officials say hundreds of citizens are likely to be evacuated and nearly 1,000 americans have been evacuated from sudan since the violence began. meanwhile, the uk evacuation operation from an airfield near khartoum has now ended. these were some of the final people to be flown out from the wadi saedna airfield, north of the sudanese capital yesterday evening. but an extra evacuation
and the concern is that as communities try to protect themselves, we re already seeing signs in darfur that old conflicts, simmering conflicts are being reignited as communities turn on each other and militias turn against other communities. these are some of the latest pictures out of port sudan on the red sea. they show us citizens waiting to board an american navy ship the usns brunswick a fast transport vessel. us officials say hundreds of citizens are likely to be evacuated and nearly 1,000 americans have been evacuated from sudan since the violence began. meanwhile, the uk evacuation operation from an airfield near khartoum has now ended. these were some of the final people to be flown out from the wadi saedna airfield, north of the sudanese capital yesterday evening. but an extra evacuation flight has been arranged from port sudan tomorrow. 0ur correspondent sanchia berg has more on what the british