this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800 thousand people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea today. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojedda in saudi arabia. our correspondent andrew harding reports. on sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim th
welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800,000 people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojeddah in saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent andrew harding reports. 0n sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim their own. several british families were on
live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan, where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800,000 people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojeddah in saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent andrew harding reports. 0n sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim
son of the late dictator, ferdinand marcos, will soon be sworn in as president of the philippines. and novak djokovic cruises into the third round at wimbledon, but it s the end of the road for britain s andy murray, and emma raducanu is also out of the tournament. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a french court has concluded the country s longest ever trial, for the 2015 terror attacks, by handing down prison sentences to 20 men. an islamist gang killed 130 people in paris in 2015. they targeted the bataclan concert hall, the national football stadium, bars and restaurants. the only gang member to survive the night, salah abdeslam, was handed a rare whole life sentence. mark lobel reports. guilty. facing a full life prison term, france s most severe penalty for criminals, the only survivor of the gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people, in the biggest trial in modern french history, following the country s worst peacetime attack. it shook pa
ferdinand bongbong marcos jr, son of the late dictator ferdinand marcos, is set to be sworn in as president of the philippines. and novak djokovic cruises into the third round at wimbledon, but it s the end of the road for britain s andy murray, and emma raducanu is also out of the tournament. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a french court has concluded the country s longest ever trial for the 2015 terror attacks by handing down prison sentences to 20 men. an islamist gang killed 130 people in paris in 2015. they targeted the bataclan concert hall, the national football stadium, bars and restaurants. the only gang member to survive the night, salah abdeslam, was handed a rare whole life sentence. mark lobel reports. guilty. facing a full life prison term, france s most severe penalty for criminals, the only survivor behind the gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people in the biggest trial in modern french history following the country s wors