huge explosions across the city centre. among the millions still trapped here, hundreds of british citizens. having waited for over a week to be rescued, they are desperate and increasingly frustrated. as brits, we are still very much in the dark and it is very difficult to put much faith in this statement that something at some point will be facilitated. we understand it is a fast evolving situation but to be honest with you, we are just in many senses been completely abandoned here. unverified footage from khartoum. it is no wonder that many foreign governments are still struggling to rescue their diplomats and other citizens. no ceasefire has yet held. humanitarian situation is getting bleaker. in several parts of khartoum in the capital, there are a rotating number of bodies in the streets, some of them being eaten by the dogs. no one is safe in khartoum. water deliveries on the edge of khartoum. it is a0 degrees or more during the day here and the city s basic infrastruc
hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. a couple of updates on international efforts to get citizens out. the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. let s look at some of the other rescue operations that may not have already taken place. this is saudi arabia in the port of cheddar and we understand around 150 people have been evacuated to safety, mostly citizens of gulf countries. he chipped and canada. the canadian government has urged remaining canadian city scenes in sedan to shelter in a safe place. in khartoum, air strikes and shelling have been going on for over a week. we can listen to someone there who can
hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. they developments from sudan. they developments from sudan. are centrin- around international they are centring around international efforts to get their citizens international efforts to get their citizens of the country from top from top the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying, on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. this is saudi arabia in the port ofjeddah and we understand around 150 people have been evacuated to safety, mostly citizens of gulf countries. the canadian government has urged remaining canadian city scenes in sedan to shelter in a safe place. in khartoum, air strikes and shelling have been g
of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp. thank of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp. thank you of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp, thank you so of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp, thank you so much - of sudan itself. the panel richard kemp, thank you so much for- of sudan itself. the panel richard | kemp, thank you so much for your insight on bbc news just met colonel richard kemp. we are going to continue the story. so many developments. british diplomats have been evacuated from sudan. more coming up shortly. this is bbc news. so, let s continue their corresponding caroline hawley, who can us more detail and more context. caroline, i would just like to pose and remind viewers if they are just joining us what has taken place. to pause. 0bviously, joining us what has taken place. to pause. obviously, a lot more people will now be thinking if our diplomatic staff detail have been evacuated from a foreign country something has gone very wrong, so let s