into a letter she wrote about racism for the observer newspaper. and back to london. 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 lukwesa burak. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rival factions of the army enters a second week. the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the united states has 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. in war torn khartoum this morning, dramatic moves to rescue at least some trapped foreigners. overnight, american military helicopters flew into sudan, heading for the capital in the centre of the country. in a short but successful operation, nearly 100 us embassy staff and their families we
by the uk government. in the uk, labour opposition mp diane abbott has been suspended pending 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. welcome to the programme. very good to have your company. we begin in north east africa. a growing number of foreign diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartoum, 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. am
were generally a good test all round. naomi, thank you much indeed. thank you. just over an hour ago almost kenya s kelvin kiptum has won the elite men s race in the london marathon. he ran the world s second fastest marathon ever. in the elite women s race the dutch olympic long distance champion sifan hassan pulled off an impressive performance to win in her debut marathon. our sports reporter matt graveling is at the finish line. in the elite women s race the dutch olympic long distance champion sifan hassan pulled off an impressive performance to win in her debut marathon. our sports reporter matt graveling is at the finish line. hundreds of people filing down the nile having completed 26 males and legislators bina dave stories here. the wheelchair race first of forward came forward dominic came through and third london marathon in a row one by marcel hug. the men s race was run by mike won in ken yet
was at the finish line. as you say, it has been a day of stories her. the wheelchair race, first and foremost, came through. marcel hug from switzerland, he won the third london marathon in a row. and then just after that the women s was a sprint finish, one second between first and second place. the men s race was won by kelvin kiptum from kenya in a course record time, the second fastest marathon ever run by a man. and how about the women s race? won by sifan hassan in the most amazing fashion. she s an olympic track star. she won the 5000m and the 10,000m in tokyo. but she kicked in in the final 100m here to take her very, very first london marathon
quite swiftly to suspend ms abbott while they investigate what is happening and what was behind this letter. the editor of a german magazine who used artificial intelligence to generate an apparent interview with the formula 1 legend michael schumacher has been sacked. die aktuelle ran a front cover with the headline michael schumacher, the first interview . schumacher, a seven time world champion, suffered severe head head injuries in a skiing accident in 2013, and has not been seen in public since. the magazine s publisher has apologised. kenya s kelvin kiptum has won the elite men s race in the london marathon. he ran the world s second fastest marathon ever. in the elite women s race, the dutch olympic long distance champion sifan hassan pulled off an impressive performance to win in her debut marathon. our sports reporter, matt graveling,