hello and welcome to the programme. the us military has evacuated american diplomats and their families from sudan. six aircraft were used in sunday s early morning mission. president biden issued a statement a short time ago. he said: more than 150 people were evacuated by sea to the saudi arabian port ofjeddah on saturday, mostly citizens of gulf countries, but also from egypt, canada and others. it came as clashes continued between the rsf and sudan s army. the near constant shooting and bombardment in khartoum and elsewhere has cut electricity and safe access to food and water for much of the population. several ceasefires that had seemingly been agreed by both sides were ignored, including a 3 day pause to mark the muslim holiday of eid al fitr, which started on friday. bbc news understands that the government is drawing up plans to evacuate british embassy staff from sudan, uk citizens are being urged to tell the foreign office where they are, either online or by phone,
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
group of hostages being held by hamas is expected to be released. wolf? 13 women and children are set to be freed in that first group. the israeli government says it has the list of names and has notified the families. but in advance of all of this, israel says it has conducted hundreds of strikes in gaza. cnn s jeremy diamond is a few miles from gaza right now. he s joining us from sterot and he just heard a bombardment last hour. we also have oren leiberman here with me in tel aviv. oren, let me go to you first. walk us through what we ll see on the ground. wolf, a few moving parts here and it all requires meticulous planning which is why we might have seen that delay last night. we ll see hundreds of aid trucks begin to enter gaza for that desperately needed humanitarian assistance there, then nine hours after that pause in fighting begins we ll begin to see the release of those 13 women and children, the first group of hostages. they ll go to the red cross from hamas,
Full coverage of that when it happens, and local time. let s get some of the day s other news now. police in kenya say they ve exhumed two bodies during an investigation into a religious cult, whose followers were allegedly urged to starve themselves in order to meetjesus. the remains were found on a plot of land in a forest outside the coastal town of malindi. the governor of kharkiv says at least five russian missiles hit the city and surrounding areas on saturday night. oleh sinegubov said one missile damaged residential buildings and set off a major fire in kharkiv city, while another hit a house in a nearby village. sir mo farah is preparing to compete in his final marathon this morning in london. it s the first time the race has been held in the spring since before the pandemic, and with more than a5,000 runners taking part, its expected to be the largest ever. wrexham football club are celebrating their return
I think it is good that you know, that if there s something you need to be warned, you will be warned. still, some people won t necessarily respond like baby rex. it hasn t alerted him, so, yeah. that is your review, i suppose. you need to test it on him. next time, it will be for real. dan johnson, bbc news. let s get some of the day s other news now in ukraine, the governor of kharkiv says at least five russian missiles hit the city and surrounding areas on saturday night. he says one missile damaged residential buildings and set off a majorfire in the city, while another hit a house in a nearby village the president of brazil luiz inacio lula da silva is now in lisbon. he signed a declaration with portugal s prime minister condemning russia s violation of ukraine s territorial integrity. the brazilian president is hoping to downplay differences with europe over russia s invasion. in kenya, police say