live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning in singapore and 1am in sudan, where we begin the programme. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from khartoum, the capital of sudan, as fighting between rival military factions enters a second week. the ministry of defence in london confirmed that embassy staff had been brought out under cover of darkness and the united states has carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet on how other british nationals will be able to leave the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has the latest. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and their families. over 1,200 people contributed to this operation. it was dangerous and precario
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