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it's 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 that's erupted between two military factions. we'll have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but we start with this report from cyprus, and our correspondent there nick beake. finally, an escape ...

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday.— singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme- _ it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we _ it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin - it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in - it's newsday. welcome to the i programme. we begin 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...

I think they handled it well. i would have preferred it to be faster, but i think it's, you know, organised well, you know, like, going to the airbase, i wish they had a bit more support. peter badawi feared for his life, trying to escape with elderly relatives. it's difficult to say how stomach—churning it was. you know, you lose appetite, you're just constantly in stress. you don't know what's going to happen, am i going to make it? there will be more flights out of sudan, and more flights back here to britain, but there are hundreds and hundreds more that need to be brought back to safety...

Who brought them out but with concerns about the delay and the dangers they faced. ahmed fled with his sister and their mum. it's nice to be in a safe country, right? you know, in sudan, there's constant gunshots and you can hear explosions, even in like cease fires. so it's nice to be in a country where you can just look around and there's no smoke, there's no blasts. how do you think the british have handled the evacuation so far? i think they handled it well. i would have preferred it to be faster, but i think it's, you know, organised well now like, going to the airbase, i wish they had a ...