evacuating their citizens from the capital khartoum as fighting between two rival armed groups continues. most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. these are pictures of french nationals leaving earlier. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people. the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. canada s prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help . he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has european and american military bases. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group, the rsf, for more than a week. this is the scene in the capital, khartoum. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudan s civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence worsening the country s already desperate humanitarian crisis. our correspondent mayeni jones is in lagos with the latest. it s a very difficult situation
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Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera was the founder of the fascist Falange movement that supported the Francoist regime. His body was exhumed on Monday, despite protesters objections.