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the ceasefire has been repeatedly violated in sudan and the army says it is launching a large scale attack on the capital khartoum in an effort to capture areas held by the rival rapid support forces. nearly two weeks have survived fighting has left many dead. flights bringing out uk nationals and residents will continue until everyone who has registered by this morning has been rescued with a foreign office saying it has so far got more than 1800 people out. there have been chaotic scenes in port sudan in the east as people try to escape, and about thousands have arrived in the saudi coastal city ofjeddah. as the airlift ends for the uk, the bbc has learned of a least one briton trapped in khartoum, as our diplomatic correspondent paul adams now reports. diplomatic correspondent paul adams now re orts. ., diplomatic correspondent paul adams now reports- diplomatic correspondent paul adams now re orts. ., , ., ., now reports. hello everyone, we have ust landed now report
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the us says a huge bomb dropped on so called islamic state militants in afghanistan was the right weapon against the right target . president trump authorised the use of the weapon known as the mother of all bombs for the attack in which 36 militants were killed. the commander of us forces in afghanistan generaljohn nicholson said it had been carried out in coordination with the government in kabul. the former afghan president hamid karzai has condemned the attack. here s our security correspondent frank gardner. a remote valley in a remote country. 11 tonnes of high explosive. on an isis tunnel complex in afghanistan. the blast was felt 30 miles away. the weapon used is called a massive ordnance airburst, also known as the mother of all bombs. this was its first time used in combat. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our afghan comrades. to eliminate this threat
0h, forget it. we are now more surveilled than we have ever been. cities are covered in cctv cameras. authorities are gathering data on its citizens. it would be all too easy to confuse the real world with a sci fi dystopia. mr marks, my mandate of the district of columbia pre crime division. i m placing you under arrest for the future murder of sarah marks and donald dubin, that was due to take place today, april 22, at 0800 hrs and four minutes. no, i didn t do anything. in the movie minority report, the pre crimes unit race to arrest would be offenders before they have a chance to commit their crimes. now, they use psychics but it turns out, something similar is being attempted using big data. in chicago, where the violent crime rate has exploded, law enforcement has been forced to try out unconventional ideas to combat crime. authorities are attempting to combine various technologies in an effort to predict where and when violent crimes might occur. marc cieslak went to c