most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. its prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has a french and american military base. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group the rsf for more than a week and this is what khartoum looks like right now. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudanese civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence has worsened and it is already at a desperate humanitarian crisis, here is onejournalist we spoke to. lack of food, lack of electricity, lack of water, we don t have electricity for three days now and also we do not have access to water since saturday but we are drinking from wells in khartoum. live now to kalki
two weeks before the coronation, a new bbc poll suggesting less than a third of young adults want the monarchy to continue. hello and welcome. we start in sudan, where more than two dozen countries have been evacuating their citizens from the capital khartoum as fighting between two rival armed groups continues. this was french nationals leaving earlier. most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people, the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. its prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help . he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti, which has european and american military bases. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group, the rsf, for more than a week, and this is what khartoum looks like right now. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudan s civilians rem
evacuating their citizens from the capital khartoum as fighting between two rival armed groups continues. most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. these are pictures of french nationals leaving earlier. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people. the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. canada s prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help . he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has european and american military bases. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group, the rsf, for more than a week. this is the scene in the capital, khartoum. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudan s civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence worsening the country s already desperate humanitarian crisis. our correspondent mayeni jones is in lagos with the latest. it s a very difficult situation
the world championship semifinals continue in sheffield. mark allen was maintaining his two frame lead over the four time champion mark selby. he was 5 3 overnight. let s go to the crucible for live pictures. they are just re racking because mark selby has pinched the frame back. mark allen now leads 6-5. the frame back. mark allen now leads 6 5. the scheme is quite a difficult watch and pretty cagey. mark selby has got the better of the second session. two years ago he won the last of his four titles. it s the first to 17. in the other semifinal sijiahui is well under first to 17. in the other semifinal si jiahui is well under way against luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11-5 luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11 5 up after two sessions. the belgian really lost his composure at the end of one of the frames after failing to get out of the snooker. he got a warning. he hasn t come close to the form that saw him stunned defending champion ronnie o sullivan in the quarters
report found that mr sharp failed to properly disclose his involvement in facilitating a loan of almost $1 million for the uk s former prime minister borisjohnson. this morning mr sharp released this statement. have a listen. missed to store s view is that while i did breach the government s code for government appointments he states very clearly that a breach does not necessarily invalidate an appointment. indeed, i have always maintained breach was inadvertent and not material which the facts he lays out substantially at mr heppinstall. the secretary of state consulted with the bbc board who support that view. nevertheless, i have decided that it is right to prioritise the interests of the bbc. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporation s good work where i had to remain in post until the end of my term. i have therefore this morning resigned as the bbc chair to the secretary of state and to the board. state and to the board. that s richard sh