and the singer harry belafonte has died. welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan and developments in the last hour or so with the uk government urging british passport holders to head to an airfield to the north of khartoum, tojoin evacuation flights. previous advice to wait until they are contacted has been dropped. the foreign secretary, james cleverly, said uk nationals would have to make the riskyjourney to the airbase without a military escort and warned it is impossible to know how long the pause in the fierce fighting will last. the first of the british transport planes took off from an airbase in cyprus bound for sudan it s thought there may be up to four thousand britons in sudan, a little over two thousand have registered with the foreign office for evacuation. rishi sunak authorised the operation late on monday night, after growing criticism that only diplomats had been rescued with british nationals left feeling abandoned. france, germany, greece,
emerged prince william was paid a long sum by the owners of the sun newspaper to the north and beyond is a very difficult route. joe biden confirms he will stand for a second term as us president. and it has emerged prince william was paid a long sum by the owners of the sun newspaper to settle historic phone hacking claims. and described as the king of calypso, harry belafonte has died at the age of 96. welcome to bbc news. let s start in sudan, with the uk government urging british passport holders to head to an airport tojoin british passport holders to head to an airport to join evacuation flights. the foreign secretary said uk nationals would have to make the journey without a military escort and said it is impossible to know how long the pause in the fighting will last. it is thought there maybe up will last. it is thought there maybe up to 4,000 britons in sudan. rishi sunak authorised the operation on monday, after criticism that only diplomats had been rescued with,
tojoin evacuation to join evacuation flights in the last few minutes the first plane carrying british nationals has landed in cyprus where onward flights will be organised to the uk. those trying to leave sudan are confronted with a series of possible routes out or all powerless. those who cannot reach the airport for a long journey north by road to egypt if they can find transport or buy land and sea through port sedan. for many living in the east of khartoum the roots of the air fooled in the north involves crossing the nile with at least some of the bridge is purported to be under the control of rival militia. one of those trying to escape is a british citizen in saddam. sudan. york currently trying to leave khartoum and make your way to the airfield. hi leave khartoum and make your way to the airfield. , ., ., , the airfield. hi everyone. iwas in khartoum the airfield. hi everyone. iwas in khartoum which the airfield. hi everyone. iwas in khartoum which we the
hgppy message for you this morning. happy new year! in other news, two men have been charged with the murder of cody fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day. it s a very happy new yearfor arsenalfans. their team are seven points clear at the top of the premier league, after beating brighton. a hero s welcome for gary mckee. he s raises £1 million by running 365 marathons one every day in 2022. we start the new year with quite a bit of snowfall sunshine elsewhere, mixed in with some showers. we have your forecast for the start of the new year here on a breakfast. happy new year. it s sunday the 1st of january. our top story: cities around the world have been welcoming in 2023, with large crowds gathering for fireworks and light displays, many for the first time since the start of the pandemic. in london, big ben signaled the start of a spectacular display, which included a tribute to queen elizabeth. louisa pilbeam reports. big ben bongs.
too early on this wednesday, january 11. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president biden says he is cooperating fully with a review into how classified documents from the obama administration ended up in an office he used after his time he spent as vice president. he commented for the first time. people know i take classified documents, classified information, seriously. i was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there were any government records taken there to that office. but i don t know what is in the documents. my lawyers have not suggested i ask what documents they were. and we re cooperating fully with the review which i hope will be finished soon and there will be more detail at that time. two sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that president biden s personal lawyers discovered fewer than a dozen classified documents at the penn biden center, a think tank in washington, d.c., that discovery made back on n