to use health services wisely. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 1:00 in the morning in the sudanese capital, khartoum where the two rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing no sign whatsoever of stopping their fighting in the capital khartoum. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. thousands of people are still trying to get out of the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of them. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, to the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big cit
through extremely turbulent times, and she has remained constant. i think the respect and adoration that remains for her and it is widespread throughout all those huge upheavals is really testament to the way she s carried herself and responded to people throughout her reign. and it is a more respective representation of the monarchy s role to be custodians of the past but look toward the future. aircraft coming over, representing the battle of britain. we also have very modern aircraft as well. the military very keen to emphasize that everyone you see involved in the military today are working members of the military. and the ones that are on it in particular, the guards, are involved in the covid response. the queen is head of the armed forces. this is a tribute to her and it is quite something. this aircraft coming over us today, emily, i want to bring in a couple of absences on the balcony today. when we talk about the core monarchy, ten years ago prince harry was very
republic of australia. 50 see her referendum on the republic of australia. so you do see then, republic of australia. so you do see then, that republic of australia. so you | do see then, that referendum coming through in the next three years, as you point out. and from your sense of what people are feeling on the ground in australia, how do you think the result of that referendum might play out? i referendum might play out? i think it s genuinely very unclear at the moment. and that s because we just haven t had a concerted debate about the republic since the 1990s. it s really been since then, and we tried both sides going at each other at different times but we haven t had government interest. both sides of politics have said they will wait for the next monarch to start the debate. so if you like this is really the start that we are seeing now. in the next three years will be the politics as to whether that level of affection is a delete sufficient to keep the monarchy or whethe
australia and then the new government appointed yesterday specifically for the republic of australia to pursue that agenda. so it is a turbulent moment. it is a challenging time for the future of the british monarchy. and, you know, these things are carefully laid out, thought about every single moment of them. to her right is her heir, prince charles, but also to his right is caxhil camille who will be k queen consult. this say representation, i think, probably of the fact that the public are ready to accept her as charles queen. with diana obviously in the background. absolutely i think you have to look back to the sorry, 70 planes. this is the red arrows.