as another cease fire fails. here now a reminder of why this has all taken place. sudan s army general is fighting the leader of a paramilitary group which is led by general mohammed dagalo. they had been showing karas they led a coup in 2021. now they disagree on how sudan should be governed. with multiple ceasefires broken and fighting entering its second week, there are questions about how and when this conflict will end. a former us assistant secretary former us assistant secretary for state in africa spoke yesterday. for state in africa spoke yesterday- for state in africa spoke esterda . . ., yesterday. earlier we heard from general yesterday. earlier we heard from general himself - yesterday. earlier we heardi from general himself giving yesterday. earlier we heard l from general himself giving a speech. you have seen scenes are fighting continuing. what
casualties have been humanitarian workers from the world food progamme. remember, this is a country world food progamme. remember, this is a country that world food progamme. remember, this is a country that sits world food progamme. remember, this is a country that sits in - this is a country that sits in the horn of africa, which is facing its fifth year of severe drought and many people particularly outside the capital have been depending on the aid agencies for food, for medical care and with the suspension of much of the humanitarian assistance, across much of sudan because of the fighting, that means many of the civilians will then suffer much. we have also been hearing that there are plans to evacuate notjust humanitarian evacuate not just humanitarian workers evacuate notjust humanitarian workers but also some of the expatriates who are leaving in living in sudan because the extent of the fighting continuing. quite a severe situation right now in the country. situation
meanwhile britain and the european union are hoping to inflict more economic pain on russia with new sanctions going into effect today. their target, russia s diesel exports. scott mclean has more from london. lots to get to, but first the battlefront in bakhmut. reporter: that s right. the fighting continuing. frankly, kim,ite benz continuing for months and months. russia has thrown many resources and man power to attack this town, but so far no luck. this town, bakhmut, you likely would have never heard of it before the role, but it s place and outside important to the war. it s been well fortified by ukrainians as well. that s why the russians have had no luck coming at it directly from the west where they re starting to have some success over the past few weeks is trying to go around it, trying
doing on the ground. as you talked about, some of the most intense of fighting is coming out of the mariupol region. there are plans to try to open another humanitarian corridor today. in less than an hour, they try to remove civilians that are heading down inside the region. 50 escaped yesterday before things broke down and the fighting resumed. there is a lot of concern from you and about the rescue team and how long they will be able to actively try and rescue civilians today with the fighting continuing. the victory day celebrations, it appears, that russian troops in the couple of days have been clearing away roadways in the areas of mariupol that they occupy right now. they are refurbishing some of the statues. it looks like they may try to hold some type of celebration
we ve had three air raid sirens this morning, but it s another morning where it s still. there are even fewer people that we can see from our vantage point here on the street. you see armed volunteers stood next to professional soldiers on checkpoints and barricades in streets across the city, and you can t help but wonder, do they know what awaits them on the outskirts of the city? that ito mile long armoured convoy 30 kilometres north remains in situ. army chiefs expect it to be joined by russian reinforcements working their way down. but, equally, you wonder if the invaders know what awaits them if or when they arrive here in the capital city, because what is happening across ukraine is that ukrainians are fighting back. this is why we talk on the tenth day of this conflict where one city so far, only one major city has fallen. that said, there is intense fighting continuing, certainly in mariupol in the south east. that is the last major location that separates advancing russian fo