a new ceasefire, but are showing no sign whatsoever of stopping their fighting in the capital khartoum. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. thousands of people are still trying to get out of the country. our africa correspondent has been speaking to some of them. 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 has been secured for now. on sudanese soil and long after midnight, a small crowd has been
giantjoint microsoft, meta and alphabet delivering a surprisingly strong report card. if the sales and profits surpassed wall street expectations, continuing a trend in big tech that is lifted buckets across the board. amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability. it is already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs and it would appear that some of those measures are already paying off. as the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. is on s cloud computing business which did not grow as much is expected did very well in the first three months of this year, as did its advertising business amazon s. even retail, a core part of their business, exceeded expectations. the boom in online shopping during the pandemic has waned and people are going back into stores but amazon was still able to get customers to its website, as recent figures show consumer spending in america remains steady. but wh
and cloud computing giant it continues a trend in big tech set out this week by the likes of meta, microsoft and alphabet whose latest results show that they re all doing surprising well. this has lifted markets across the board. lisa lisa we saw similar on wall street. here s the bbc s samira hussain. over the last year, amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability. it s laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. is currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already paying off, as the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. amazon s cloud computing business which didn t go as much as expected last quarter did very well in the first three months of this year, as did its advertising business. even retail, a core part of amazons business exceeded expectations. the boom in online shoppi
"Okalolies" ring in the new year on the world s most remote inhabited island by visiting the population of not quite 250 in masks and making mischief, an annual chance for the community to come together.
"Okalolies" ring in the new year on the world's most remote inhabited island by visiting the population of not quite 250 in masks and making mischief, an annual chance for the community to come together.