hello, i m lucy grey. it s become increasingly clear the ceasefire in sudan is not holding. there are reports of fighter jets and drones targeting positions held by the powerful paramilitary, rapid support forces, or rsf. there s also shelling in the country s capital, khartoum. hundreds have now been killed, and tens of thousands have fled the conflict which is destabilising the entire region. one of the gernerals leading the rsf in the fight against sudan s army has told the bbc he will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo, also known as hemedti, was speaking to zeinab badawi. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is following developments. there had been the suggestion from the south sudanese government of an invitation to the two men leading these rival factions to travel to meet face to face. that has not materialised. clearly there has been an enormous concerted international effort led by the americans, the saudi arabians, the gulf and other
hello and welcome to the programme. the us military has evacuated american diplomats and their families from sudan. six aircraft were used in sunday s early morning mission. president biden issued a statement a short time ago. he said: more than 150 people were evacuated by sea to the saudi arabian port ofjeddah on saturday, mostly citizens of gulf countries, but also from egypt, canada and others. it came as clashes continued between the rsf and sudan s army. the near constant shooting and bombardment in khartoum and elsewhere has cut electricity and safe access to food and water for much of the population. several ceasefires that had seemingly been agreed by both sides were ignored, including a 3 day pause to mark the muslim holiday of eid al fitr, which started on friday. bbc news understands that the government is drawing up plans to evacuate british embassy staff from sudan, uk citizens are being urged to tell the foreign office where they are, either online or by phone,
we have no problems with these corridors and helping. we have no problems with these corridors and we are helping the diplomatic missions. the sudanese people acknowledge the areas under our control. we are working hands and feet to help others. we have no problem with these corridors whatsoever. a convoy of buses carrying 300 american civilians has left the sudanese capital bound for the coastal city of port sudan 800 kilometres to the east. meanwhile, saudi arabia is coordinating its evacuations from port sudan, across the red sea tojeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding watched the operation in jeddah. hundreds of evacuees streaming slowly off this very in the saudi arabian port ofjeddah. off this
a convoy of buses carrying 300 american civilians has left the sudanese capital bound for the coastal city of port sudan 800 kilometres to the east. meanwhile, saudi arabia is coordinating its evacuations out of port sudan from jeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding is there. hundreds of evacuees streaming slowly off this ferry in the saudi arabian port ofjeddah. their ferry has just arrived from the long, difficult journey that they ve taken from sudan, from port sudan, across the red sea, about a 12 hour ferry ride. you can see up on deck, still lots of people waiting their ferry has just arrived from the long, difficult journey that they ve taken from sudan, from port sudan, across the red sea, about a 12 hour ferry ride. you can see up on deck, still lots of people waiting for their turn to disembark. we re not quite sure