we begin in sudan, where the us says warring parties have agreed to a 72 hour ceasefire. us secretary of state anthony blinken said the agreement between the sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary rapid support forces came after 48 hours of intense negotiations. earlier, the united nations secretary general warned the violence is at risk of causing a catastrophic conflagration that could engulf the whole region and beyond. here s our africa correspondent andrew harding. khartoum today, still burning, as civilians, locals and foreigners hunt for ways to escape from sudan s hellish capital. at a bus station, this man said, we re afraid that civilians may be used as human shields, especially after foreigners have been evacuated. it s still going on. this is for the last 20 minutes. many people still can t get out of the city, like the man who filmed these images. he s from dunfermline in fife and was visiting relatives in sudan s capital when the fighting began, trapping
that it may not hold. hundreds of people have died since fighting started between the sudanese army and rsf paramilitary force. in recent days, more countries have attempted to evacuate their diplomats and citizens this is a member of the dutch military handing out earplugs as they get ready to take off. and this was the scene as the spanish defence ministry helped diplomats and citizens on to their plane. so far we know that germany evacuated 311 people this weekend to jordan, with 1000 german soldiers involved in that operation. france evacuated 388, both french nationals as well as a significant number of people from other countries, including the uk. italy flew out 200 people 140 of them italian nationals. in comparison, just 30 british nationals and 70 americans have been evacuated from sudan. and the the us and uk have a far higher number of people to evacuate 16,000 and 4,000 passport holders respectively. before the ceasefire was announced, we heard from the un
children due to covid. plus, monarchy and popularity. a new bbc poll suggests less than a third of young adults in the uk want the royals to continue. we begin in sudan where the us says warring parties have agreed to a 72 hour ceasefire. us secretary of state antony blinken said the agreement with the sudanese armed forces and the para military rapid support forces came after 48 hours of intense negotiations. earlier, the united nations secretary general warned the violence is at risk of causing a catastrophic conflagration that could engulf the whole region and beyond. here s our africa correspondent andrew harding. khartoum today, still burning, as civilians, locals and foreigners hunt for ways to escape from sudan s hellish capital. at a bus station, this man said, we re afraid that civilians may be used as human shields, especially after foreigners have been evacuated. it s still going on. this is for the last 20 minutes. many people still can t get out of the city,
First ladies fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. And then at 10 00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. Thats this Christmas Day on the cspan networks. For a complete schedule go to cspan. Org. American history tv visited the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. Author Sean Mcmeekin talks about the events in 1914 that led to war, and how it might have turned out differently. He argues against the idea that an arms race between germany and britain provoked the war. Instead, he describes a series of decisions made by heads of state that had a domino effect. This is about 50 minutes. Professor Sean Mcmeekin did his ph. D. At uc berkeley and he talked at many universities before beginning at professor of history of russian and eurasian studies at bard college in new york. Among his recent boox are the russian origins of