this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800 thousand people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea today. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojedda in saudi arabia. our correspondent andrew harding reports. on sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim th
welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800,000 people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojeddah in saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent andrew harding reports. 0n sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim their own. several british families were on
we do anything that could damage this beautiful environment. a canadian company called planetary plans to capture and store carbon in the waters by pumping in an alkaline mineral called magnesium hydroxide of iron and out film pipe. it s got the community concerned, with the question remaining why here? planetary says after extensive research on potential sites that the cornish coast provides the ideal conditions because the water is shallow and turbulent and the currents keep water near the surface for a long time. a very small trial took place last autumn and the environment agency has asked for more information on the potential impact on this marine habitat, and the climate credentials are under scrutiny. as more questions are being asked, the company s hopes for a may orjune second trial are looking uncertain. you re alive with bbc news.
it is absolutely beautiful today, and we have to be 100% sure before we do anything that could damage this beautiful environment. a canadian company called planetary plans to capture and store carbon in these waters by pumping in an alkaline mineral called magnesium hydroxide. it s got the community concerned, with the question remaining, why here? well, planetary says after extension research on potential sites, the cornish coasts provide the ideal conditions because the water is shallow and turbulent and the currents keep water near the surface for a long time. a very small trial took place last autumn, and the environment agency has asked for more information on the potential impact on this marine habitat. in the climate credentials are under scrutiny. as more questions are being asked, the company s hopes for a may orjune second trial are looking uncertain.