hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. a couple of updates on international efforts to get citizens out. the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. let s look at some of the other rescue operations that may not have already taken place. this is saudi arabia in the port of cheddar and we understand around 150 people have been evacuated to safety, mostly citizens of gulf countries. he chipped and canada. the canadian government has urged remaining canadian city scenes in sedan to shelter in a safe place. in khartoum, air strikes and shelling have been going on for over a week. we can listen to someone there who can
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