hello. we start in sudan where a ceasefire is just about holding. hundreds of foreign nationals are being evacuated. the ministry of defence in london released these images from a royal air force air base in cyprus of british soldiers preparing to fly to khartoum. these picture from khartoum, we are getting reports of gun fire being heard. but the sudanese army said it would respect the ceasefire. thousands have already left the country on flights and on boats or by road. the un said it is bracing up by road. the un said it is bracing up for 270,000 people to flee to neighbouring chad to the west and south sudan. at least five aid workers have been killed since the fighting broke out. here is our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. these are the first images of the evacuation beginning, british forces gathering in cyprus, ready to fly out to sudan. planes that will luck may return full of british nationals who have been trapped by the fighting for days. this was khartoum
and the singer harry belafonte has died. welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan and developments in the last hour or so with the uk government urging british passport holders to head to an airfield to the north of khartoum, tojoin evacuation flights. previous advice to wait until they are contacted has been dropped. the foreign secretary, james cleverly, said uk nationals would have to make the riskyjourney to the airbase without a military escort and warned it is impossible to know how long the pause in the fierce fighting will last. the first of the british transport planes took off from an airbase in cyprus bound for sudan it s thought there may be up to four thousand britons in sudan, a little over two thousand have registered with the foreign office for evacuation. rishi sunak authorised the operation late on monday night, after growing criticism that only diplomats had been rescued with british nationals left feeling abandoned. france, germany, greece,
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emerged prince william was paid a long sum by the owners of the sun newspaper to the north and beyond is a very difficult route. joe biden confirms he will stand for a second term as us president. and it has emerged prince william was paid a long sum by the owners of the sun newspaper to settle historic phone hacking claims. and described as the king of calypso, harry belafonte has died at the age of 96. welcome to bbc news. let s start in sudan, with the uk government urging british passport holders to head to an airport tojoin british passport holders to head to an airport to join evacuation flights. the foreign secretary said uk nationals would have to make the journey without a military escort and said it is impossible to know how long the pause in the fighting will last. it is thought there maybe up will last. it is thought there maybe up to 4,000 britons in sudan. rishi sunak authorised the operation on monday, after criticism that only diplomats had been rescued with,
welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan. the first british evacuation flight from sudan has departed and two more are expected overnight, prime minister rishi sunak s spokesperson has said. the spokesperson added that the government was examining alternative evacuation routes including looking at using the port of sudan. a shaky ceasefire is holding in the sudanese capital, khartoum, allowing civilians out on to the streets for the first time in days. some gunfire can still be heard, but both the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces appear to observing the three day truce brokered by the united states. unverified videos posted online show people walking through streets where almost every building has been damaged. many british nationals live in the east of khartoum the route to the airfield in the north involves crossing the nile, with at least some of the bridges reported to be under the control of rival militia. the engagement of the bird is in the fc is a