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welcome to bbc news. muslims around the world are preparing for eid al fitr, a religious festival which marks the end of the holy month of ramdan. but in some countries, conflict and poverty have made that celebration all but impossible. some of the images we are about to show you are distressing. in yemen, at least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in yemen s rebel held capital, sanaa, after hundreds crowded into a narrow street on wednesday night to get hand outs of around $9 from a merchant during a charity event for ramadam. i ll be speaking to a yemeni journalist and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. but first, another muslim majority nation, sudan where people have been desperately trying to leave the capital, khartoum, amid another day of fighting, fearful about dwindling food supplies and the collapse of medical services. nearly a week of fighting between rival military factions in sudan is now thought to have killed at least ....
And there are growing reports of marauding soldiers, of looting. here, two army helicopters fly low over the river nile. these images filmed by a british businessman still trapped in the city center. the buildings have been obliterated and pounded continuously. how far away? just metres away. yeah. and is that ongoing? because we hear talk of a ceasefire or attempts to get a humanitarian ceasefire. there is no ceasefire. it s talk, it s all talk. on the edges of khartoum, the occasional hint of normal life. for years, people here have been hoping and pushing for democracy. instead, two generals staged a coup, ....
Then turned on each other and now they risk plunging a huge and unstable corner of africa into deeper turmoil. andrew harding, bbc news. i spoke to dallia abdelmoniem, who lives in khartoum, and she started off by telling me what s happening there at the moment. today we finally managed to get out of our house and go find a safe place, and we are staying with family. and it was devastating because since saturday, we haven t left our home. so today when we were out, it was the most dead i ve ever seen khartoum. i mean, even during ramadan or holidays, or whatever, there s always lines, there s always a business or a shop open. there s always life. but today, there was absolute nothing even the stray dogs that are usually all over the city, ....
Beyond what is regarded as the internationally recognised government that they ousted, which is based in the south, and has always been backed by saudi arabia and the emiratis. they re worried about this way forward, because they see. the saudi talks were not with all of the yemenis, they were just with the houthis. that was lyse doucet. we ll be back in the next few minutes, but ijust want to show you these images from a suit on and bring you up to date on the situation in the ground dashes sit down. it s been more than six days of fighting, you can see the plumes of smoke there in the densely populated areas of sudan in khartoum, the capital, and people are now desperately trying to leave the capital amid another day of fighting, and people are very concerned about the dwindling food supplies and the collapse of the ....
I ll be speaking to a yemeni journalist and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. but first, another muslim majority nation, sudan where people have been desperately trying to leave the capital, khartoum, amid another day of fighting, fearful about dwindling food supplies and the collapse of medical services. nearly a week of fighting between rival military factions in sudan is now thought to have killed at least 330 people. in the last few hours, the un secretary general, antonio guterres, appealed for an immediate, three day truce to mark the muslim holiday of eid al fitr. two previous attempted ceasefires failed to take effect. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. this is the white house press secretary and john kirby from the national security council, both saying that presidentjoe biden is closely following developments in the suit on. we ve also heard from the suit on. we ve also heard from the us department of state, saying they are also calling for a ....