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hello, and welcome, i am samantha simmonds. the un has said a seventy—two—hour ceasefire between the sudanese army and a rival paramilitary group appears to be holding in some parts of the country. as thousands flee, residents in the capital, khartoum, have spoken of their fears the world is abandoning them, with supplies of food, water and medicine running low. foreign nationals are still trying to get out of the country, with numerous governments organising evacuations of their c...

my father is a highly respected nhs doctor of more than 30 years. he travelled to sudan to celebrate eid with our extended family, but he was caught off guard by the war. and on thursday, the 20th of april, the day before, my dads car was ambushed and my father sustained a bullet injury while trying to move my sister and our vulnerable grandmother to a safer location. his mobility is limited and he is currently being cared for by my sister. and if you saw the car where the gunshots wer...

fighting in the streets, some people have had to make their way through that in order to get to these airports, especially in the earlier days, so it is a difficult and dangerous journey and once you get to the airport, then you have to work out what flights you can get on because for some of them, they wont know what time the flight is supposed to leave or how many flights there will be. of course, we now know from the foreign office that a total of eight flights will have left sudan ...

president zelensky says he had a long and meaningful conversation with the chinese leader, different since russias invasion of his country. thousands of people are continuing to flee from that country while there is a temporary cease—fire that still holds. germany and france the other citizens are now left the country in four planes can british nationals have now arrived in cyprus and plates will continue around the clock. the latest is the 301 britons been evacuated so far in the ce...

hello, im lucy hockings. russia has blamed the united states for wednesdays alleged drone attack on the kremlin. moscow initially blamed kyiv directly, but the kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov, has now told reporters that the decision to attack was made in washington, with kyiv executing it on us orders. he gave no evidence. kyiv has denied any involvement, saying its focused on defending its own territory. the foreign ministry in moscow has separately accused ukraine of launching an u...

this is bbc news. the headlines: the evacuations continue as the country holds a fragile three—day ceasefire — 300 british nationals are flown out of sudan and some have arrived in the uk in the last hour. in russia, the jailed opposition activist, alexei navalny, is now charged with terrorism offenses. and the singer, ed sheeran, is in court in new york to defend himself against charges he plagiarised marvin gaye. will have sport and just a moment or two, but i want to break a rea...

there we are. we will have more in all of those stories in a moment or two, but lets had to be a sports centre first and catch up with the very latest on a massive game on a little later. gavin, who do you tip? a very big question, matthew, i would like to tip for one team, but i suspect that the team with the momentum, manchester city, will edge it, but we will see. first is the big news coming from the world snooker championship. ronnie 0sullivan has been knocked out in sheffield per...

dangerous situation in sudan. it is deeply sad. we are seeing great human suffering. the temporary ceasefire is due to end tomorrow. more than 20,000 new police recruits in england and wales — the government says it has fulfilled its election pledge — labour says theyre just playing catch up. we entrust our ancestral home to you. battling it out for the future of gaming — surprise as microsofts 55 billion pound bid to buy the company behind world of warcraft and call of duty is s...

also tonight: a promise to appoint 20,000 extra police in england and wales has been delivered, say ministers — while labour says its simply making up for the job cuts of the past. two former senior managers at the private health care firm the priory group, say they had concerns about the safety of patients and staff. and manchester city welcomed arsenal this evening for a top of the table clash in the premier league. and coming up on bbc news... luca brecel shocks ronnie o sullivan ...

its seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in sudan where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress — the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence thats erupted between two military factions. well have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but w...