and, we look at a treasure trove of freddie mercury s personal items collected over 30 years before they go under the hammer. and coming up on bbc news. manchester city and arsenal go head to head at the etihad, with city looking to turn the tide in the title race with a win over the league leaders. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the first plane carrying british nationals fleeing sudan is due to land at stansted airport in about an hour. the evacuees were initially taken to larnaca in cyprus, before boarding a charter flight to the uk. more flights are expected throughout the day, to move hundreds of uk citizens out of the country during a 72 hour ceasefire, which has come after more than a week of fighting. british passport holders have been asked to make their own way to an airbase on the outskirts of the sudanese capital khartoum. so far, three british planes have flown from there to larnaca. another potential escape route is by sea, from port sudan, bu
before. let s start this a half hour with the latest from sudan. so many through the course of the day let s start with the british nationals getting out because the foreign office said more than 300 british nationals have embarked on flights leaving sudan at the end of the date there will be eight flights. the airstrip being used in sudan, north of khartoum, is beginning to break up. that is what the bbc has been told, sparking fears over how long that runway will last. some of that detail has come from the most senior british commander in charge of that operation in sudan, brigadier dan reeves and had been talking to the bbc about so many different aspects of the operation from the runway to haul full the flights are to those questions around who actually gets on. it s here in the of that interview. some other countries have acted more quickly, some countries like france in particular have escorted his people out. people are terrified. is not the right thing to do? this peo
hello, welcome to the programme. number 10 say britain needs a deterrent against illegal migration, the draught bill clearing its final hurdles in the commons this evening. we will discuss what s in it. did the british government get it right in sudan? uk nationals urged to make their own way to an airstrip north of khartoum, through countless checkpoints and under their own steam . eight flights left today. but still several thousand to evacuate. also tonight. reports ukraine is getting ready for the next major assault against russian forces. we will look at the current situation on the ground, and assess just how well equipped they are to do that. and where is the government s strategy on semi conductors? the uk is losing ground to rival countries in a crucially important sector. we will speak to the director of one start up who is threatening to relocate his operations to the united states. but first, to westminster, where mps have been voting this evening on the illegal
Covered up by servants of the state. the question of how to investigate killings from the conflict is one of the most complex and contentious here. the latest report shows the passage of decades does not lessen personal pain. chris page, bbc news, belfast. a man has beenjailed for 22 months for helping the killer of nine year old 0livia pratt korbell in liverpool last year. paul russell admitted driving thomas cashman in the aftermath of 0livia s shooting. liverpool crown court heard that russell was terrified of cashman and had given his name to the police in the days after the shooting. two former senior managers at the mental health care provider the priory group have told the bbc they had concerns about the safety of patients and staff. the whistleblowers claim they felt pressure to cut costs and fill beds. the priory group is the biggest single private provider of mental
Junior officers so the experience levels in the police services as a hull have started to follow. this is at a time when the pressure on police is at the greatest it s ever been stuck yes, crime has fallen but crime is changed and become more complex and more online crime for example, morris sexual abuse which are hard to investigate and work with victims on that for some also, more mental health issues but he s having to deal with on the community. more pressure on police and as you can see big number of changes in police it was a deal with the pressure over the years.- the pressure over the years. thank ou, tom the pressure over the years. thank you, tom simons the pressure over the years. thank you, tom simons in the pressure over the years. thank you, tom simons in the the pressure over the years. thank you, tom simons in the newsroomj you, tom simons in the newsroom going through all of those figures. a man has beenjailed for 22 months for help in the killer of olivia pratt