but there are hundreds and hundreds more that need to be brought back to safety. they ve left the conflict behind, but some have also left family and jobs and homes. lucy manning, bbc news. there s deepening concern about the humanitarian challenge in sudan. the united nations has warned that a quarter of a million 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. nowhere is safe, even when the guns
the truce is holding in places, but there are no signs of a wider deal between the army and the paramilitaries whose rival bids for control unleashed the fighting. those left trying to survive face a growing humanitarian crisis. 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. in london, the foreign office says it s exploring all options to bring uk passport holders out of sudan. 0ur political editor chris mason is at westminster. what chris mason is at westminster. is your reading oft 0ffice what is your reading of the foreign office thinking on this now, chris, 0ffice thinking on this now, chris, given the ceasefire in sudan is clearly fragile? it given the ceasefire in sudan is clearly fragile? clearly fragile? it clearly isn t this is clearly clearly fragile? it clearly isn t this is clearly a clearly fragile? it clearly isn t this is clearly a race - clearly fragile? it clearly isn t this is clearly a race against l clearly fragile? it clearly isn t - this is clearly a race against time, against circumstances and indeed, against circumstances and indeed, against numbers. you look at those numbers tonight, so
people arrive into a storm of the unknown. tom bateman, bbc news, in southern egypt. let s turn to the day s other news. prince william was paid a very large sum by the sun newspaper to settle claims of phone hacking, according to documents lodged at the high court in london. the payment was revealed in papers from lawyers acting for prince harry in his legal action against rupert murdoch s news group newspapers. prince harry is suing the publisher over the alleged unlawful gathering of information. his witness statement claims that the publisher struck a secret agreement with buckingham palace. 0ur media editor katie razzall has been following the case and is here to explain more. more than 1000 people have settled phone hacking cases with the publishers of the sun and what was the news
tonight at ten a rescue operation for british nationals fleeing the violence and conflict in sudan is finally underway. the first of three special flights has landed in larnaca in cyprus, another two are expected overnight, bringing out a total of 260 britons. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up several complex plans involving numerous royal air force aircraft and a great number of military personnel. we ll be reporting on those fleeing by other routes, including overland to egypt, a journey that takes at least two days.