expected to be the largest ever. hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughanjones. let s bring you more detail on the international evacuation operations from sudan. the earth had to evacuate diplomats starting. the the earth had to evacuate diplomats startina. ., , ., ., starting. the efforts to evacuate dilomats starting. the efforts to evacuate diplomats is starting. the efforts to evacuate diplomats is starting. there are conlicting reports that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the army are saying that the rapid security force attacked the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. but let me bring you a tweet from the the rsf which has responded in a tweet on social media blaming thew sudanese army for the alleged attack. they say they were attacked by aircraft during the
through the week ahead. so for the remainder of the afternoon, there ll be outbreaks of showery rain at times, some of the showers could be heavy and thundery. there will be some sunshine for parts of england, a few more showers into northern ireland, some persistent rain into northeast scotland along with the northern isles. and with that northerly flow here, a real difference to the feel of the weather, seven to 12 degrees the high. but if you get a little more sunshine for any length of time, we might see 15 by the middle of the afternoon. through the evening hours, the showers in the southeast will slowly start to fade away. that northerly component starts to push a little bit further south. low single figures, touch of frost in sheltered rural parts of scotland and some outbreaks of rain into northern ireland. now, that is going to drift its way steadily southwards as we go into monday. and then behind it, the colder air on monday is set to arrive right across the country. so firs
the london marathon, one of the world s biggest mass participation sporting events, is well under way. the bbc s matt graveling is in london what a day so far and we are yet to have any charity runners come through. we have seen the finish of the elite men and women and wheelchair and there have been some records broken already today. kelvin kiptum has smashed the men s record today in london with the second fastest time ever, the only man who has ever gone faster as the kenyan who won his debut marathon last year and valencia with a really strong second half and that is what he did here in london. a huge second half of the marathon today crossing the line to a three places in front of the second place rival. in the women s, a bit of a shock because track superstar, the railing olympic
in wellington boots works with the marathon returning to its spring schedule and a bit of rain in london might be quite useful. just show us around a little if you can. give us around a little if you can. give us a flavour of what is happening. in my pocket i have absolutely done 02 to as this is what people will when as they come over the finish line, the 2023 marathon medal which will hang over the next of people. over here you can see people being cheered and through the course, some of the elite men just finishing up but over here people will funnel through, all of the volunteers and the purple and somebody getting a massage just there and this is where they will get the goodie bags and also a little medal i showed you earlier. more importantly, their friends and family. i ran this race in october and i got very emotional as across the line so expect a lot
champion the olympic champion sifan hassan turned up and said she had never run a marathon before and she struggled a bit and ran off to get a water bottle losing a few seconds but she won here to take the women s trophy. and the men and women s trophy. and the men and women s wheelchair it was the same as always for the men in the last three london marathons marcel hug taking that one by a country mile but a sprint finish in the women s with the winner winning byjust a second but that is just the start because over the next few hours around 47,000 people who have been raising money for charity, the amateur runners, will come down and cross this line are running for great causes, some trying to set a world record whether running as a dinosaur or in clogs or maybe even