hello and welcome to the programme. i m lewis vaughan jones. we start in sudan, where gunfire has been sounding across the capital, khartoum. in the past hour, we re hearing from the sudan s army that they will facilitate evacuations of diplomats and nationals from the united states, the uk, france, china and saudi arabia, as another temporary truce between warring army factions fails. the latest development it seems that international pressure from those countries, could potentially, come to fruition and those nationals could now be leaving with the assistance of the army in sudan. you will remember that they were supposed to be a truce between the two sides, but so far that truce hasn t existed at all. let s take a quick look now and show you where this is all happening. the fighting is mainly around the capital of khartoum, we have so far a death toll of around 400 people are the latest estimates. it is a struggle for many people. you can hear gunshots ringing out, these a
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their economic power to try to get what they need from a society. so i actually admire that. it was very strategic and, particularly, for example, to mcgill and the people from the mcgill foundation have done a brilliant job. but at the end of the day, if you re in an arms race with the republican donors, you re going to lose. and i think it s important to remember that, look, in new york, you saw a situation where republican donors got together with a democratic donor to push through the progress that was passed here. and i think that ultimately, one of the defining parts that s not talked about in this whole set of issues is the fact that gay marriage, equality, is not seen as something that threatens corporate power. so it s something where both parties can sort of move around and to your question about labor or undocumented immigrants, those are questions that corporate america sees it as potentially an affront to corporate power. well, corporations in washington state were abs