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
a government medical adviser tells the bbc that cases of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis. professor of experimental medicine, paul hunter, explains why it s significant the issue is, it is spreading between people in the uk, which we haven t seen in the west before to any great extent. the premier league title race between manchester city and liverpool will be decided today. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves. good afternoon. the education secretary nadhim zahawi says he doesn t believe boris johnson s meeting with the senior civil servant preparing to publish the partygate report this week will have had any influence on what s in it. there is still confusion as to who called the meeting between the prime minister and sue gray said to have taken place last month. she s given civil servants she wants to name in her report until 5pm today to respond if they object. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson,
after a series of post match pitch invasions the crystal palace manager patrick viera is involved in an altercation with a fan. bbc news understands that the senior civil servant sue gray intends to complete her report on downing street lockdown parties this weekend. she has already criticised failures of leadership at number ten and the cabinet office. the closure of the police investigation means she s now free to publish the full details of her inquiry. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart reports. 126 fines were issued by the metropolitan police for events in downing street and other government buildings. only one of those went to the prime minister. some say that s one too many, others say apologies have been made and now it s time to move on. he didn t feel he was breaking any rules and certainly when i have been on the doorstep, some people do feel what he was fined for, perhaps the prime minister and the chancellor may have been a little hard done by. bu