in south africa. hello, i m celia hatton. welcome to the programme. it s believed that a convoy of buses carrying 300 american civilians has left the sudanese capital, khartoum, bound for the coastal city of port sudan 800 kilometres to the east. it s the first evacuation from sudan involving americans who are not diplomats. the operation is taking place under the protection of us armed drones flying overhead. as washington ramps up its evacuation plans, many other countries are winding down, having already repatriated thousands of their nationals. journalists in port sudan say the quayside is packed with hundreds of yemenis and syrians waiting to board ships that will take them to saudi arabia. a ceasefire announced by the two rival military factions in sudan has not held and there s been heavy fighting in khartoum and the western darfur region. one of the generals, who leads the rapid support forces, the rsf, the paramilitary force fighting sudan s army, has told the bbc
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for training after two recent helicopter crashes which killed 12 soldiers. the army chief of staff said that all pilots would next month undergo a day s training, except for those participating in critical missions. three us army soldiers were killed on thursday in alaska when two apache helicopters collided. the european union has reached a deal which will allow ukraine to continue exporting its crops through neighbouring countries. poland, slovakia, hungary and bulgaria had brought in restrictions, saying the cheap produce was undercutting their domestic prices. nhs england has warned that a planned strike by nurses on sunday will cause significant disruption during an already busy bank holiday weekend. members of the royal college of nursing are walking out from 8am until midnight on monday. the union has agreed contingency plans for staff to return to work in extreme cases and major incidents. a threatened strike by us
and for sudan now? caroline hawley, bbc news, larnaca. the uk government has told nhs doctors in sudan they can now catch evacuation flights out of the country, in a u turn on its previous policy. more than 20 nhs medics were initially told they could not board flights because they were not british nationals, although they have uk work permits. the change comes just hours before the uk s final rescue flights out of sudan. british nationals and the nhs doctors hoping to leave war torn sudan now have until midday local time 11:00 bst to reach the wadi seidna airfield, with the final flight to depart at 18:00 bst on saturday. they have been instructed to make their own way to the airfield. well, many of those fleeing the violence have made it over the border to egypt, but the bbc has been told about the exploitation of refugees as they make the journey from khartoum. and there s anguish for those who ve had to leave relatives behind. 0ur correspondent tom bateman sent this report from