the rapid support forces came to that agreementjust hours before a previous ceasefire was due to expire. despite these agreements, clashes have been reported, with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country. as for those who ve managed to escape, many are still coming to terms with what they ve witnessed. thousands more sudanese and foreign nationals have managed to flee to sudan by boat to saudi arabia, others by road to the borders with egypt and djibouti, and many british nations have been flying to cyprus. from there, caroline hawley has this report. at the airfield in khartoum, desperate crowds with just one hope to escape. everyone here has made a dangerous journey. a military operation described as even more complex than the evacuation from afghanistan, and no one knows when the last flight out will go. larnaca airport first stop to safety. hundreds of british nationals airlifted out of sudan have now arrived here for flights back to the uk. just a
as another cease fire fails. here now a reminder of why this has all taken place. sudan s army general is fighting the leader of a paramilitary group which is led by general mohammed dagalo. they had been showing karas they led a coup in 2021. now they disagree on how sudan should be governed. with multiple ceasefires broken and fighting entering its second week, there are questions about how and when this conflict will end. a former us assistant secretary former us assistant secretary for state in africa spoke yesterday. for state in africa spoke yesterday- for state in africa spoke esterda . . ., yesterday. earlier we heard from general yesterday. earlier we heard from general himself - yesterday. earlier we heardi from general himself giving yesterday. earlier we heard l from general himself giving a speech. you have seen scenes are fighting continuing. what do you think this country will be facing in the coming weeks or months? i am very pessimistic. normally optimisti
written about his wife s alzheimer s, be chosen to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest? hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios has admitted assaulting a former girlfriend, but has escaped conviction. his guilty plea in a court in canberra came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. the court was told that kyrgios pushed his then partner to the ground, during an argument in december 2021. the magistrate called the incident a single act of stupidity or frustration , when sparing him a criminal record. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in canberra. take us through the facts of this case. well, next krygios s lawyer said that the assault, in january 2021 on his former partner, was completely out of character, and genuinely an isolated incident. his legal team had tried to have the charges against him overturned on mental health grounds. that f
and the british fashion designer vivienne westwood a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s has died in london. she was 81 years old hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aubrey allegretti, who s political correspondent at the guardian and asa bennett, who s a former number 10 speechwriter. the financial times leads with the breaking news of football legend pele s death as they bid him farewell on their front page. the real goat reads the front page of the star as they highlight the legacy of pele, the man they ve dubbed the greatest footballer ever to lace up a pair of boots . the independent has gone with the picture posted on pele s instagram page, liked now over seven million times. and the express sums up the news with the headline pele, king of the beautiful game dies aged 82 . they also highlight the ongoing strikes with comment from the defence secretary, ben wallace, who says th
is to launch next year. set off from london wake up in berlin. welcome to bbc news. cities across ukraine have been targeted by a huge wave of russian missile strikes in one of the largest bombardments since the war began. at least three people including a 14 year old girl were injured after explosions hit the capital kyiv. other cities targeted include kharkiv, odesa and lviv in the west. 90% of lviv is now without power. ukraine s military says 69 missiles were launched from air and sea, with air defences intercepting 5a of them. it comes as the head of ukraine s military intelligence has told the bbc that russia is running out of missiles. hugo bachega reports from kyiv. on the outskirts of kyiv, tears and anger. the front lines are far from here but this morning war has come to them. this lady s house was hit as russia launched another wave of air strikes. her granddaughter was in her bedroom when the attack happened and was injured. she was very scared, she was sc