into a letter she wrote about racism for the observer newspaper. and back to london. the dutch siffan hassan and the kenyan kelvin kiptum have won the race for female and male categories in the london marathon. hello. i m lukwesa burak. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from the sudanese capital, khartom, as fighting between rival factions of the army enters a second week. the ministry of defence has confirmed embassy staff were removed under the cover of darkness. the united states has carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet, on how other british nationals are supposed to leave. with the latest here s our africa correspondent, andrew harding. in war torn khartoum this morning, dramatic moves to rescue at least some trapped foreigners. overnight, american military helicopters flew into sudan, heading for the capital in the centre of the country. in a short but successful operation, nearly 100 us embassy staff and their families we
sounded here at oxford circus which is already a busy place to be in central london. everyone paused. there was a loud sound. people look down at their phones and were swiping to see what exactly was going on. there wasn t any mass panic. more curiosity. a little bit of human views, especially among some tourists who are getting the alerts on iphones in that they are not uk residents. we had a range of reactions he would many people saying this is a good idea and they would prefer to be related to survey the events of the people saying it was a little bit anxiety inducing they would prefer to be alerted to severe events. a couple of ladies here were having lunch with this alert came through. is a little bit about what your reaction was the dealer some people around you. i personally suffer from anxiety so not remembering the alarms went to go off and having my finger wealth so loudly and so abruptly they put me on edge and, yes, in the middle of the restaurant it was fun with chaos,