diane abbott, has been suspended pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for the british newspaper the observer. a growing number of foreign diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rivalfactions of the army enters a second week. here in the uk, the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the us and france have carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet, on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and their families. over 1200 people contributed to this operation. it was dangerous and precarious but never the less we managed to use both c 130s and aaoo aircraft to go in,
we are not giving patients the care we want to give them. i go in to work, i see a ten hour wait, i see so many patients waiting to be treated by us but there s only so much we can do. this woman waiting for treatment on her knee is one of many we have had operations and appointments cancelled this week. every body s suffering, every body has got problems with money. but if they were in the pain i m in, i think they might go in to work tomorrow and get their fingers out. also on the programme. gary lineker will be back on air this weekend after reaching an agreement with the bbc. the mother of the tv star caroline flack who took her own life three years ago tells us why she has rejected an apology from the metropolitan police over the way they handled her case. and the sci fi film everything everywhere all at once scoops up almost everything at the oscars. and on bbc london. on sports they later on the bbc news channel. a big night for british players at indian wells. and
perhaps the midlands heading through the afternoon. and there is confirmation of a cold at the link, three degrees in aberdeen, nine or ten in the south but there will be places in the blue colours that struggle to get above freezing. through tomorrow night we will see wintry showers particularly in shetland, snow could really accumulate and it will be when the. on wednesday, we start to change things, this rain comes in from the west, may be some snow briefly on the leading edge but notice to produce starting to climb again. let s take a look at that fight between the cold air and the milder air. heading to the end of the week, it is the mile there that is set to win out, a bit of uncertainty, some of the cold air could cling on in the far north of scotland but for most of us, for the end of the week, temperatures will be climbing up to around 1a or 15 degrees. but no snow in the forecast for the end of the week, it will be rain falling instead. . , , ~ instead. that is
snow. furthersouth, in, turning showers increasingly to snow. further south, some rain in the south west of england, overnight frost for scotland. elsewhere we should see temperatures holding up any mid range of single figures. there we are again, monday daytime with that arctic air gradually running its way south. you can see some milder air clings on to the south and that is tied in with this area of rain moving across from wales and the south west into the south east for the afternoon. that northerly wind really adding to the cold feel as the arctic air pressure then. we will still see temperatures in double figures to the south of the uk but we are looking at a highs ofjust 6 degrees in aberdeen but we have to factor in that strong wind, especially monday afternoon and for monday it is going to feel closer to freezing and for aberdeen. the wind perhaps a little lighter as we look towards tuesday and wednesday and that comes into play for monday night, as the winds become lighter
fight, at least for a time. tomorrow, very different, even in the south, nine or 10 degrees, parts of ireland and scotland might not get above freezing to. as the cold air comes in, we have a band of rain but also sleet and snow mixing in, but also sleet and snow mixing in, but it ll over high ground but perhaps at low levels later and certainly the shower is pushing from the north west will fall as snow mainly. ice is likely to be a concern because look at the temperatures, as low as 11 in highland scotland and there will be a frost for many away from the far south where the slightly milder air clings on but it will not last long. we clear the rain from the south perhaps with snow ever higher ground and behind that we see some sunshine. plenty of shells and it s likely they will gang together across parts of northern ireland, southern and western scotland under a mixture of rain, sleet, hailand snow put it could be the odd flash of lightning and rumble of thunder. and the wintry show