hello, and welcome, i am samantha simmonds. the un has said a seventy two hour ceasefire between the sudanese army and a rival paramilitary group appears to be holding in some parts of the country. as thousands flee, residents in the capital, khartoum, have spoken of their fears the world is abandoning them, with supplies of food, water and medicine running low. foreign nationals are still trying to get out of the country, with numerous governments organising evacuations of their citizens. this was one ship arriving injeddah a few hours ago, more than 1600 people from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in sudan have arrived in saudi arabia. the first french nationals have arrived in roissy airport in paris after their repatriation from sudan. around 250 people, most of whom are french nationals, have left djibouti after being rescued from sudan. the uk has evacuated hundreds of british nationals to larnaca airport in cyprus. this is the second flight landing in the early
my father is a highly respected nhs doctor of more than 30 years. he travelled to sudan to celebrate eid with our extended family, but he was caught off guard by the war. and on thursday, the 20th of april, the day before, my dad s car was ambushed and my father sustained a bullet injury while trying to move my sister and our vulnerable grandmother to a safer location. his mobility is limited and he is currently being cared for by my sister. and if you saw the car where the gunshots were made, it s a miracle that actually he s still alive and he urgently needs medical attention and his wound care is suboptimal. my sister has been using pillowcases as pressure on his wounds because they cannot access hospitals and so on. what has the foreign office said to you about supporting your family and bringing them home? i have been in contact with the foreign office and they ve stated that they can only evacuate british citizens and their immediate family members. this policy doesn t
khartoum are stepped up. in cyprus we havejust had khartoum are stepped up. in cyprus we have just had another 150 people arrive on the latest plane and they are expected to arrive in cyprus in the hours ahead the british government promises and tougher rules to tackle smartphone betting. industrial action in england as teachers go on strike. welcome to bbc news. the 72 hour ceasefire is in its final hours in sudan. james cleverly told the bbc now is the time for people to move. it is unclear what happens after the midnight deadline expires, efforts continue to extend the truce. the uk operation with round the clock flights has evacuated more than 700 british nationals, many have been speaking about the nightmare of the last few days and the perils of trying to escape. the flights are only one way people are getting out, thousands more sudanese and other nationals have got to saudi arabia by boat, many others by road, the borders with egypt and djibouti. throughout the next c
of the the late late show. thousands of people are continuing to make perilous journeys to try to leave sudan before the ceasefire ends at midnight. only a few hours before the cease fire runs out although the us secretary of state talked about actively trying to increase the cease fire. around 700 british nationals out so far but we have been hearing about british nationals trying to get elderly relatives out without current visas and they are been told they can tjoin the fight. we. earlier i spoke to aisha we should say this isn t her real name. she wants to protect her family. she has been speaking to herfamily at the airbase and told us what has been happening over the past 2a hours. understandably very frustrated. my father, sister and grandmother arrived this morning. unfortunately my father was found to have an elevated temperature and clinical signs of an evolving abscess at the sight of the bullet injury and these are early indications of sepsis which can be life t
brera reporting. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. i m jose diaz-balart breaking this morning, thousands of people are under evacuation orders in indiana as firefighters battle a massive industrial blaze at a warehouse that s spewing out thick plumes of smoke. plus, we ve got the intense body camera footage of the moment police moved in on the louisville mass shooter and now we re hearing from family members of some of the victims new data out today showing inflation is cooling and president biden now in ireland after marking the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement in northern ireland. we ll talk to the former irish ambassador about the skaebs of the trip. we begin in indiana where crews are still on the scene of a massive fire at a recycling plant the fire chief said it started yesterday in a tractor-trailer on the site and it quickly spread to the facility full of plastic thousands are evacuating the cloud is so big the national weather service in indiana is