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
welcome to bbc news. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartoum, 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 were airlifted to safety. there are reports of a convoy also leaving by road from the french embassy, and within the last hour, confirmation that british embassy staff have been extracted from the city. the prime minis
categories in the london marathon. hello, welcome to the programme. we begin in north east africa. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartoum, 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. a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully lifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and theirfamilies. terror, british embassy staff and their families. their families. 0ver1200 people contributed their families. 0ver1200 people contributed to their families. 0ver1200 people contributed to this their families. 0ver1200 people contributed to this operation. it | contributed to
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
three days, 11 votes and still no us house speaker as kevin mccarthy fails to win over conservative hardliners. the nhs remains under relentless pressure, says a health leader, urging people get the flu jab, help save lives. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. more revelations from prince harry s autobiography have emerged including accounts of drug taking, details of his time in the army, and a claim that he and prince william urged their father, king charles, not to marry camilla, now the queen consort. the revelations come from his book, spare, due to be published in the uk next week. copies have gone on sale in spain, and some newspapers also got hold of it in advance. other claims come from interviews prince harry has given to promote the book. in the book, prince harry makes a number of accusations about his family. there are also details about intimate moments of his private life and, as reported yesterday, a claim that he was physically attacked by