most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. its prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has a french and american military base. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group the rsf for more than a week and this is what khartoum looks like right now. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudanese civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence has worsened and it is already at a desperate humanitarian crisis, here is onejournalist we spoke to. lack of food, lack of electricity, lack of water, we don t have electricity for three days now and also we do not have access to water since saturday but we are drinking from wells in khartoum. live now to kalki
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diane abbott, has been suspended pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for the british newspaper the observer. a growing number of foreign diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rivalfactions of the army enters a second week. here in the uk, the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the us and france have carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet, on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and their families. over 1200 people contributed to this operation. it was dangerous and precarious but never the less we managed to use both c 130s and aaoo aircraft to go in,
an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for the british newspaper, the observer. the dutch siffan hassan and the kenyan kelvin kiptum have won the race for female and male categories in the london marathon. hello, i m rich preston a very warm welcome to bbc news. a growing number of foreign diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rivalfactions of the army enters a second week. the uk, france and the us are among those to remove embassy staff under the cover of darkness. the british evacuees are on their way back to the uk, via cyprus. the situation for other nationals in sudan remains unclear. in the last couple of hours we ve seen a french military plane arriving at one of france s airbases in dijibouti said to be carrying european diplomats and citizens. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of drama