huge explosions across the city centre. among the millions still trapped here, hundreds of british citizens. having waited for over a week to be rescued, they are desperate and increasingly frustrated. as brits, we are still very much in the dark and it is very difficult to put much faith in this statement that something at some point will be facilitated. we understand it is a fast evolving situation but to be honest with you, we are just in many senses been completely abandoned here. unverified footage from khartoum. it is no wonder that many foreign governments are still struggling to rescue their diplomats and other citizens. no ceasefire has yet held. humanitarian situation is getting bleaker. in several parts of khartoum in the capital, there are a rotating number of bodies in the streets, some of them being eaten by the dogs. no one is safe in khartoum. water deliveries on the edge of khartoum. it is a0 degrees or more during the day here and the city s basic infrastruc
the family of a black man killed by police in the us city of memphis have welcomed the decision to disband the special crime unit to which the officers belonged. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi. mr sunak said in a letter to mr zahawi that it was clear that there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code, which guides ministers on how they should uphold standards. his dismissal comes after an independent investigation of mr zahawi s tax affairs. these have been the subject of growing controversy since it emerged that he had to pay a penalty to the tax authorities. rishi sunak recieved the report from the sir laurie magnus, independent adviser on ministers interests. sir laurie told rishi sunak that certain omissions by nadhim zahawi fell short of the standards set out in the ministerial code. he concluded, i consider that these omissions constitute a serious failure to meet the standards set
for hours over whether or not he broke covid guidance when he kissed his aide, leaked messages in the telegraph newspaper show. un countries are said to be finalising an agreement on a long awaited environmental treaty to protect the high seas the area of the ocean not controlled by any one country. welcome. russian and ukrainian forces are still fighting in the streets of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture for several months. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there out of an original population of 75,000 have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale reports from kyiv. this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, as the bbc has r