before. let s start this a half hour with the latest from sudan. so many through the course of the day let s start with the british nationals getting out because the foreign office said more than 300 british nationals have embarked on flights leaving sudan at the end of the date there will be eight flights. the airstrip being used in sudan, north of khartoum, is beginning to break up. that is what the bbc has been told, sparking fears over how long that runway will last. some of that detail has come from the most senior british commander in charge of that operation in sudan, brigadier dan reeves and had been talking to the bbc about so many different aspects of the operation from the runway to haul full the flights are to those questions around who actually gets on. it s here in the of that interview. some other countries have acted more quickly, some countries like france in particular have escorted his people out. people are terrified. is not the right thing to do? this peo
to keep their distance and stay at home when the bundesliga kicks off on saturday. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first. president donald trump has announced a new plan to fast track the development of a coronavirus vaccine. mr trump said he hoped a vaccine would be in place before the end of the year and the military could help distribute it. experts have warned that it would likely take 12 to months or more to get a vaccine ready. here s some of what mr trump had to say. it is called operation warp speed. that means date and it means fast. a massive scientific, industrial and logistical endeavour unlike anything oui’ logistical endeavour unlike anything our country has seen since the manhattan project. you really can t say no one has seen anything like what we are doing whether it is ventilators or testing, no one had seen ventilators or testing, no one had