Jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. Youre very recently back from gaza. Were you shocked by what you saw . Profoundly, profoundly. I wasnt really prepared. Even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in southern gaza, in rafah. So i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. And i must say, its in 2024 and were allowing this to happen. It is beyond belief. You talk about the hopelessness of the People Living through that experience. What about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those Vulnerable People . Were not giving up. When i go to such places, i become enraged. Isee. I need to fight harder. I need to get more resources. I need to get more colleagues there. I need to help more peo
britons trapped in the country, have talked about feeling abandoned by the uk government. we ll hear live in a moment from one british national who s just got out and hear from another who s still in khartoum. but the rush to get diplomatic staff and civilians out of sudan has gathered pace. the european union says it s managed to extract more than a thousand of its citizens, with france taking the lead in the operation. emmanuel macron said the evacuations on sunday and monday had extracted nearly 400 citizens and diplomats from the country. the dutch military have also played a role in the airlift. germany deployed three planes to move people tojordan. italy and spain have also evacuated citizens, with the spanish mission including people from argentina, colombia, ireland, portugal and poland. others are trying to leave by road, with convoys of buses and coaches heading across land to port sudan on the red sea, as well as north to the border with egypt. turkey has evacuated
two. let s round up the sport, first. let head to the bbc sport centre and over to govan. yes, thanks indeed. china s sijiahui is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship in sheffield. the 20 year old from china is the lowest ranked player left in the tournament, ranked 80th in the world. he started the day 11 5 frames up against robert milkins. the englishman tried to claw his way back, but has lost in the last few minutes, with the chinese player clinching the game. mark selby s he clinched the match by a 13 7. mark selby s match with gary wilson will also resume this evening. he saidi he said i am sabrosso surprised to get into the quarterfinals and even surprised by myself making it into the crucible stage. ten chinese snooker players face match fixing charges, as an independent panel considers the evidence against them at a hearing that begins on monday. the allegations include manipulating games, approaching players to cheat, betting on snooker and
time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. it s turning cooler over the next few days. the cooler air is in the north west, pushing down from the north west, pushing down from the north west behind this band of thick cloud that brought a lot of rain into cumbria. we ve got that rain pushing south eastwards across england and wales. it s becoming a little lighter and more patchy as it moves towards the south east. further north across the uk will have clearer skies so this time it s going to be much colder across northern areas, temperatures in eastern scotland and north east england could be down to 5 6, it will probably start sunning in these places. we ve got the cloudy weather across east anglia and the south east throughout tomorrow and they will be rain at times. the weather should cheer up in the midlands, other parts of england and wales seeing some sunshine, maybe one or two showers but the showers will be scattered across scotland and northern ireland on the
hi, dodd. not seen you for a while. how have you been, you big giraffe? sally laughs. good morning. with one game to go before the world cup begins, how gareth southgate s future s the spotlight, a year after leading england to the euros final. good morning. we ve currently got some rain in the south east which will clear away and for all of us we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers and a noticeable wind too, and feeling chilly in that wind. i will have all the details about this mornings programme. good morning, everybody. it s monday 26th september. our main story. the pound has fallen to its lowest level against the us dollarfor 50 years. the record slump came after the government unveiled tax cuts funded by huge increases in borrowing. let s talk more to nina about this. how did this all start? a drop to around $1 how did this all start? a drop to around s1that s how did this all start? a drop to around $1 that s the how did this all start? a drop to around $