expected to be the largest ever. hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughanjones. let s bring you more detail on the international evacuation operations from sudan. the earth had to evacuate diplomats starting. the the earth had to evacuate diplomats startina. ., , ., ., starting. the efforts to evacuate dilomats starting. the efforts to evacuate diplomats is starting. the efforts to evacuate diplomats is starting. there are conlicting reports that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the army are saying that the rapid security force attacked the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. but let me bring you a tweet from the the rsf which has responded in a tweet on social media blaming thew sudanese army for the alleged attack. they say they were attacked by aircraft during the
labour opposition mp diane abbott has been suspended pending an investigation into a letter that she wrote about racism in the observer. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. west africa s sahel region has long faced enormous challenges, poor governance, extreme poverty and environmental degradation, to name but three. but it also has a proud tradition of giving cultural riches to the world and my guest today is baaba maal, a world renowned musician whose roots lie in northern senegal. his voice, guitar and rhythms have won him worldwide acclaim over five decades. he s sometimes labelled the voice of the sahel . but how much influence can that voice yield? can that voice wield? baaba maal, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. well, it s great to have you back in this hardtalk studio. now, you have a new album out, being your first for several years and i was interested to see the other day you describe yourself these da
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