also tonight: a promise to appoint 20,000 extra police in england and wales has been delivered, say ministers while labour says it s simply making up for the job cuts of the past. two former senior managers at the private health care firm the priory group, say they had concerns about the safety of patients and staff. and manchester city welcomed arsenal this evening for a top of the table clash in the premier league. and coming up on bbc news. luca brecel shocks ronnie o sullivan winning 7 frames in a row to reach the semi finals of the world snooker championships in sheffield. good evening. the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of sudan has made progress today. the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. two flights landed at stansted airport in essex today. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that s erupted between two military factions. a ceasefire declared
can you imagine it? we had to go, sneak the road to go someplace where there is dirty water, and we had to bring it to house and use it for cooking and drinking. we will have more of the eyewitness reports of those making the journey to egypt and live in larnaca for the latest on the rescue flights. also tonight. prince harry claims that the sun newspaper paid prince william a very large sum to settle claims of phone hacking. let s finish this job i know we can. joe biden announces he ll run again for the white house next year. at 81, he will be the oldest president to seek re election. # island in the sun. and the singer and human rights campaigner harry belafonte, who helped break racial barriers in america, has died aged 96. and in the sport on bbc news, we ll have the results from todays premier league matches including leeds against leicester with both fighting to avoid relegation. good evening. the first of three special flights rescuing british nationals from the v
where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile three day ceasefire. the united nations has warned that 250,000 sudanese people could be heading for the country s borders to escape the fighting. lines of buses and other vehicles continue to leave the capital khartoum, despite the extremely high price of tickets and of fuel. un officials say they re in contact with both sides of the military conflict to try to sustain the ceasefire after fighting was reported in some areas overnight. 0ur correspondent tom bateman sent this report from neighbouring egypt. and a warning, you may find some of the content in his report graphic and distressing from the outset. nowhere is safe, even when the guns are supposed to have stopped. this is a hospital in the city of 0mdurman, after local reports a projectile hit the roof. the staff here reported three wounded, all taken to another hospital. we are against the war because the worst affected are innocent civilians, says this eyewitness. a
where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile three day ceasefire. the united nations has warned that 250,000 sudanese people could be heading for the country s borders to escape the fighting. lines of buses and other vehicles continue to leave the capital khartoum, despite the extremely high price of tickets and of fuel. un officials say they re in contact with both sides of the military conflict to try to sustain the ceasefire after fighting was reported in some areas overnight. 0ur correspondent tom bateman sent this report from neighbouring egypt. and a warning, you may find some of the content in his report graphic and distressing from the outset. nowhere is safe, even when the guns are supposed to have stopped. this is a hospital in the city of 0mdurman, after local reports a projectile hit the roof. the staff here reported three wounded, all taken to another hospital. we are against the war because the worst affected
many have spent days without food, clean water or fuel. translation: people have nothing to eat. i how did this happen? we are suffering just trying to live, day by day. the un continues to call for a long term ceasefire but said overnight neither side is ready to seriously negotiate. and here in egypt, more than 10,000 civilians, mostly sudanese, have crossed the border in four days. for the ngos, the governments and for the un and everybody, please, save sudan and save the people of sudan. 0thers cross a lake straddling the border. many have no idea where this journey will end. tom bateman, bbc news, abu simbel in southern egypt. meanwhile un officials say they are worried about a further breakdown of law and order in sudan.