hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. gunfire is sounding across the sudanese capital, khartoum, as another temporary truce between warring army factions fails. this is sudan, the fighting is concentrated there, you can see smoke coming from buildings for days and hearing gunfire. let s look at the latest pictures we have. these are not live but these give you a sense of what s been happening, some of the damage and some of the fighting continues. the latest guess is about 400 people have been killed across the country since the fighting started, now coming up to a week ago, last weekend. the intensive battles started and as we head into this weekend more continued fighting. these are the very latest pictures. these are live, it hasjust very latest pictures. these are live, it has just gone 11am very latest pictures. these are live, it hasjust gone ”am in khartoum in the capital. don t let the stillness of that picture fool you, because you can hear
hello and welcome to the programme. i m lewis vaughan jones. we start in sudan, where gunfire has been sounding across the capital, khartoum. live pictures here. we have been watching these live pictures over the last few hours. every few minutes or so you get a burst of gunfire or heavy artillery. we have had eye witnesses describing men in uniform on the streets and people trapped in their homes. in the last hour, we have had an update on people trying to leave. foreign nationals trying to leave. the sudanese army have said that they will facilitate diplomats trying to leave the country. let s just take a look at the map and remind you where this is happening. sudan, here, the actualfocus remind you where this is happening. sudan, here, the actual focus of the fighting is the capital khartoum. and that is where diplomats and foreign nationals are. they haven t been able to leave, there has been significant efforts to try and make that happen. we have heard from the head of
hello and welcome to the programme. i m lewis vaughan jones. we start in sudan, where gunfire has been sounding across the capital, khartoum. in the past hour, we re hearing from the sudan s army that they will facilitate evacuations of diplomats and nationals from the united states, the uk, france, china and saudi arabia, as another temporary truce between warring army factions fails. the latest development it seems that international pressure from those countries, could potentially, come to fruition and those nationals could now be leaving with the assistance of the army in sudan. you will remember that they were supposed to be a truce between the two sides, but so far that truce hasn t existed at all. let s take a quick look now and show you where this is all happening. the fighting is mainly around the capital of khartoum, we have so far a death toll of around 400 people are the latest estimates. it is a struggle for many people. you can hear gunshots ringing out, these a
welcome to bbc news in the next 60 minutes we ll have the very latest on that big breaking story here in the uk the resignation of the deputy prime minister. wherever it is that you re watching this is a story which touches on issues that everyone can understand from workplace bullying to difficult and domineering bosses. raab s first interview the reaction the key details of the inquiry the questions still swirling around rishi sunak. we ll also keep an eye internationally on the fighting in sudan as a second ceasefire collapses, and a third is being talked about. but let s start with that huge political story at westminster. because political story at westminster. the exclusive interv this because the exclusive interview done this afternoon dominic raab speaking exclusively to chris mason about the reasons behind his resignation. the now ex deputy prime minister has some forthright views about the civil service. is this a stitch up? i would not describe that way i discuss