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hello and welcome to the programme. i m lewis vaughan jones. we start in sudan, where gunfire has been sounding across the capital, khartoum. live pictures here. we have been watching these live pictures over the last few hours. every few minutes or so you get a burst of gunfire or heavy artillery. we have had eye witnesses describing men in uniform on the streets and people trapped in their homes. in the last hour, we have had an update on people trying to leave. foreign nationals trying to leave. the sudanese army have said that they will facilitate diplomats trying to leave the country. let s just take a look at the map and remind you where this is happening. sudan, here, the actualfocus remind you where this is happening. sudan, here, the actual focus of the fighting is the capital khartoum. and that is where diplomats and foreign nationals are. they haven t been able to leave, there has been significant efforts to try and make that happen. we have heard from the he ....
Are nationals potentially leaving. - are getting confirmation of the social media website of the sudanese army that some diplomats have been evacuated. they departed by road and then they were airlifted back to saudi arabia. it is at least 800 kilometres, north east of khartoum. we have also heard that the jordanian diplomats will be evacuated by the same process. but diplomats from the united states, uk, france will be evacuated by air. they are securing the airport so that the aircraft of their countries can come and get their citizens out. thank you very much for that. we ....