and this beautiful roman mosaic, the first of its kind discovered in the uk, is unearthed by chance, in a farmer s field. and later in the hour, we will have sports day on the bbc news channel, with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features, from the bbc sport centre. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from calais. three children and a pregnant woman are among those now known to have died in the waters between here and the english coast. wednesday s loss of 27 lives, people crammed onto a single flimsy boat, was the worst single incident of its kind. it has raised the question then very intense phase of what the uk and france can try to do to bring all of this, the trade in human beings that takes place in these waters, to an end. first of our reports today is from our correspondence nick beake, who has spent the day inside one of the many makeshift camps that are around the town of calais, where people who have already travelled thousands of
into a letter she wrote about racism for the observer newspaper. and back to london. the dutch siffan hassan and the kenyan kelvin kiptum have won the race for female and male categories in the london marathon. hello. i m lukwesa burak. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rival factions of the army enters a second week. the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the united states has 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. in war torn khartoum this morning, dramatic moves to rescue at least some trapped foreigners. overnight, american military helicopters flew into sudan, heading for the capital in the centre of the country. in a short but successful operation, nearly 100 us embassy staff and their families we
Colonel richard kemp was the commander of british forces in afghanistan in 2003 and worked for the joint intelligence committee . he s not at all surprised by the uk government s decision. very much as expected and following on fairly swiftly from us evacuation of their staff and other nations evacuating as well. i think the reality is that those embassy staff could do nothing in khartoum of anywhere else in sudan while this level of violence is going on so it was right, i think, for the british government, to pull them back as quickly as they could. haw government, to pull them back as quickly as they could. quickly as they could. how much couperation quickly as they could. how much cooperation is quickly as they could. how much cooperation is there quickly as they could. how much cooperation is there because - quickly as they could. how much l cooperation is there because there were some questions as to whether the french evacuation convoy had been fired on by either of the