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from outside europe. the british public will be invited to swear allegiance to king charles during his coronation on saturday. the mainly christian service will also see religious leaders from otherfaiths play a part for the first time. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. haaland hits 50 as manchester city go top of the premier league for the first time since february. a first half header from jota settles the old firm at hampden park, as celtic go through to the scottish cup final. and sergio perez beats his teammate to take the chequered flag in azerbaijan. also coming up on sportsday. it s advantage luca brecel after the opening session of the world snooker final we ll bring you all the details. welcome to the programme. we will also bring you a very exciting and intense liverpool match. an exciting day in the premier league and we start with some big news as manchester city s race for the title intensifies. they have leap frogged arsenal to go top o ....
but there are reports of increased fighting in the capital khartoum. more than 2,000 british nationals have been flown out so far, and in the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced there will be an extra flight, for more evacuations, leaving from port sudan tomorrow. we ll have the latest on that later, but first, our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of those trying to get out. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, at the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it ha ....
health services wisely. and, memories of a coronation past, and how to celebrate the crowning of a new monarch, next weekend. good evening. in sudan, the ceasefire between the two rival factions of the military, has been extended by another three days, to allow for more people to leave the country, and humanitarian aid to come in. but in the capital, khartoum, the fighting has intensified. so far, more than 500 people have been reported to have died in the fighting, since the violence began, more than two weeks ago. british evacuation flights from near khartoum have ended, with the foreign office saying more than 2,000 people have been flown out of the country. so now, the focus is on port sudan, where thousands of people have gathered, trying to escape. the uk government says there ll be an extra flight from there, to airlift any remaining british nationals who want to leave. meanwhile, evacuations by sea continue, and our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been ....
in from the two main parties, including what may prove to be a world record amount of £5 billion from qatari banker sheikh jassim. with the bank today we cannot looking too bad, a lot of dry weather around in sunshine and it will feel a bit warmer but there will feel a bit warmer but there will be some heavy and thundery showers dotted around. join me later for the details. it s saturday april 29th. our top story: the final uk evacuation flight from sudan is scheduled to take off this evening at 6pm. british people trying to flee the conflict have been told they must make their way to an airbase outside khartoum in the next few hours. a ceasefire between rival military groups supposedly remains in place but has been repeatedly broken, as will bachelor reports. on the way to safety. these people were evacuated by the british government since tuesday. planes from day and night took them from khartoum to cyprus where charter flights to britain were laid on. ministers have annou ....
in syria and libya. abdalla hamdok said there needed to be a unified international effort to persuade the sudanese military leader and the head of a rival paramilitary force to hold peace talks. despite agreeing to a ceasefire, fighting has continued in parts of the capital, khartoum, with reports of fighterjets and drones targeting positions held by the rapid support forces, or rsf. hundreds have now been killed, and tens of thousands have fled the conflict which is de stabilising the entire region. one of the generals leading the rsf in the fight against sudan s army has told the bbc he will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo also known as hemedti was speaking to zeinab badawi. i want to put it to you that the people particularly in khartoum are living in an ordeal, what would it take for you to allow humanitarian corridors? translation: first of all i would like to thank- the bbc for the interview regarding the truce. we have been aski ....