hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. a couple of updates on international efforts to get citizens out. the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. let s look at some of the other rescue operations that may not have already taken place. this is saudi arabia in the port of cheddar and we understand around 150 people have been evacuated to safety, mostly citizens of gulf countries. he chipped and canada. the canadian government has urged remaining canadian city scenes in sedan to shelter in a safe place. in khartoum, air strikes and shelling have been going on for over a week. we can listen to someone there who can
communication between the people in the country and outside and within themselves in sudan is minimal and slim and the anxiety is really going off. h0 slim and the anxiety is really going off. ., ., , ., ., ., off. no doubt about that. if that ha ens, off. no doubt about that. if that happens. getting off. no doubt about that. if that happens, getting reliable - happens, getting reliable information in and out will be even trickier. thank you for that and we will come back to you later. but for the moment, thank you. let s take a look at the issue of ceasefire and trips and the more permanent stoppage of his still it is. on the ground, it does not look likely but key players including the african union will already be in negotiations to try to broker some kind try to broker some kind of a peace deal to end this conflict but as our correspondent, andrew harding, explains it might be other countries who intervene. i think it is probably likely that countries like saudi arabia and the u