president zelensky says he had a long and meaningful conversation with the chinese leader, different since russia s invasion of his country. thousands of people are continuing to flee from that country while there is a temporary cease fire that still holds. germany and france the other citizens are now left the country in four planes can british nationals have now arrived in cyprus and plates will continue around the clock. the latest is the 301 britons been evacuated so far in the cease fire is proudly holding and there s some reports of clashes but nothing too major. also reports of prisoners breaking out ofjail, including some facing war crimes charges by the international criminal court. britons are still being told to go to an airbase run 20 miles north of the capital for those flights to cyprus and a total of 2000 people from more than 50 countries have now crossed the red from sudan to chat on a ship organised by saudi arabia. many are trying to reach neighbouring chad
before. let s start this a half hour with the latest from sudan. so many through the course of the day let s start with the british nationals getting out because the foreign office said more than 300 british nationals have embarked on flights leaving sudan at the end of the date there will be eight flights. the airstrip being used in sudan, north of khartoum, is beginning to break up. that is what the bbc has been told, sparking fears over how long that runway will last. some of that detail has come from the most senior british commander in charge of that operation in sudan, brigadier dan reeves and had been talking to the bbc about so many different aspects of the operation from the runway to haul full the flights are to those questions around who actually gets on. it s here in the of that interview. some other countries have acted more quickly, some countries like france in particular have escorted his people out. people are terrified. is not the right thing to do? this peo
we look ahead to a possible premier league decider at the etihad stadium between manchester city and arsenal. coming up on bbc news. emma raducanu pulls out of the madrid open with a hand injury. the british number one could now drop out over the world s top 100 and faces a battle to get fit for the french open next month. a leading food bank charity says it s handing out more emergency food parcels than ever. the trussell trust, which supports more than 1,200 food banks across the uk, says it provided nearly 3 million emergency parcels in the year to march, which is a 37% increase on the year before and in that time, more than three quarters of a million people used a food bank in the trussell trust network for the first time. hwyell griffith reports from cardiff, pasta. oh, yes, please.
a sixth 2a hour strike this year by london underground workers begins with nine tube lines being shut down. the food bank charity, the trussell trust says an extra 320,000 people have started using its services in the past six months. president zelensky says ukraine is moving very carefully after moscow announced its troops would withdraw from the key southern city of kherson. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s mike bushell. good morning. it s the moment of truth for england s cricketers at the t20 world cup. they re playing india, in adelaide for place in sunday s final, against pakistan. england won the toss, and put india into bat, and they ve only lost five wickets