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
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.
are eligible to come. clearly it is are eligible to come. clearly it is a very chaotic situation on the ground, very challenging as well but one official i spoke too privately said it was as chaotic, the operation under way now, as the evacuation from kabul. thanks, caroline. another escape route we mentioned is the one northwards overland to egypt, a journey of at least two days by road from khartoum to the area of abu simbel in southern egypt. and our correspondent tom bateman is there. drink is up to date on the situation. bring us up to date. we arejust a situation. bring us up to date. we are just a few miles north of the main border crossing from sudan into this part of egypt and we spent the day heading down there, hearing the stories are people making that perilous journey. stories are people making that perilousjourney. there stories are people making that perilous journey. there are thousands that have made it across but there are real concerns tonight