having the right paperwork, so a is having the right paperwork, so a lot of people are making these long, difficultjourneys lot of people are making these long, difficult journeys to these airports, whether it is by bus or car or would have the means of transport they can find. as i mentioned, fuel is now becoming a problem in sudan, finding fuel. there are cars that are getting stolen, not for the car, but for the fuel because that is becoming increasingly a problem in sudan. so getting to the airport is, in itself, challenge and once people have got in there, some people are being turned away because they don't have the right paperwork. some families are being separated because some may be british citizens, while others are not, so that is another layer of challenge and difficulty. and of course there are the military checkpoints along the way and the rsf soldiers that people have said they do run into, some friendlier than others, so you never know what you are going to get. there is still

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 won't 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 by the end of today. they will be carrying british nationals, but not everybody in sudan is able to access that information very easily, so that just gives you a sense of how difficult it will have been for most of the people who will be arriving here today and what a great sense of relief it will be for them to be here, but for many, probably still a lingering sense of anxiety, wondering what will happen to those who have stayed home, those who haven't been able to leave and of course what will happen to sudan

after this as well, once this ceasefire ends in the future is very uncertain and very unclear. this as they travelled from their homes to that airfield outside khartoum, they would have gone past businesses, homes, hospitals, public facilities, damaaed homes, hospitals, public facilities, damaged and _ homes, hospitals, public facilities, damaged and destroyed _ homes, hospitals, public facilities, damaged and destroyed from - homes, hospitals, public facilities, damaged and destroyed from the l damaged and destroyed from the fighting that we have seen in khartoum and you mentioned that ceasefire. is it holding, do we know? or is there still some sporadic fighting taking place? well, reports say that the ceasefire is holding, primarily. there were reports earlier this where it was, the rsf was claiming that that ceasefire had been broken, but those reports have not been confirmed. what we're hearing for now is that the ceasefire is holding and that in itself, is something because there were two previous attempts to hold the ceasefires and those didn't

work. but this ceasefire has held and it has managed to create this window for nations like the uk and france and germany and saudi arabia and others to extract people from sudan. so, what we know for now is that the ceasefire is holding, particularly in the capital, khartoum, which is where many of the evacuations are taking place. there is this one route _ evacuations are taking place. there is this one route that _ evacuations are taking place. there is this one route that we _ evacuations are taking place. there is this one route that we are - is this one route that we are focusing on, of british citizens who have made their way to cyprus, and then we are seeing them here, the first flight disembarking at stansted airport, nancy, but if you are sudanese and if you don't have the means to get out, you are not a dual citizen with another country, but you are trying to get out of khartoum, what are the different routes and ways out there sudanese people can take? routes and ways out there sudanese peeple can take?— people can take? well, there are a number of —

people can take? well, there are a number of different _ people can take? well, there are a number of different routes, - people can take? well, there are a number of different routes, but. people can take? well, there are a number of different routes, but of| number of different routes, but of course these vary greatly, depending on... it is coming really n'dow d now down to money, how much money you have, how far you can get and what paperwork you have. we know that some people are trying to get into egypt. they have been reports there, though, that men without visas are being turned away, so that is not necessarily straightforward. we know that people are making their way by road into south sudan. we know that some people, i did hear one lady reporting that she had been trying to get a visa to the uae, but that was denied for security reasons, so people are trying to get anywhere they can, really, and if you have got a sudanese passport, thatis you have got a sudanese passport, that is not necessarily easy. if you don't have a visa to the country that you want to get to. so many, many thousands of people willjust be making their way by road, by bus,

trying to get to the closest border and trying to get across that way. some will be going out to safer areas of sudan or what they see as safer areas of sudan, particularly in the north, so people are really just trying to find a way to any area of relative safety at the moment. area of relative safety at the moment-— area of relative safety at the moment. . w ., . , ., area of relative safety at the moment. . w ., _ ., ., moment. palace, nancy, ferrari our viewer is just _ moment. palace, nancy, ferrari our viewer isjust joining _ moment. palace, nancy, ferrari our viewer isjust joining us, _ moment. palace, nancy, ferrari our viewer isjust joining us, but- moment. palace, nancy, ferrari our viewer isjust joining us, but this - viewer isjustjoining us, but this particular flight viewer isjustjoining us, but this particularflight that viewer isjustjoining us, but this particular flight that has just landed where you are? —— tell us about this particular flight. landed where you are? -- tell us about this particular flight. that's ri . ht, this about this particular flight. that's right, this flight _ about this particular flight. that's right, this flight was _ about this particular flight. that's right, this flight was the - about this particular flight. that's right, this flight was the second l right, this flight was the second leg of the flight, it left sudan, went to cyprus and has now landed here at stansted airport and it has gone to a private terminal. from that private terminal, the passengers will then be brought into the arrivals terminal and we understand that there is an area where any family that is waiting will be able to welcome these people

who have flown in from sudan. now, we are still trying to get specific numbers regarding this flight, but we have had some general numbers from the foreign office about evacuations and they say that 301 people have now been evacuated from sudan. and that a total of eight flights will have left sudan by the end of today. so that is the scale of the evacuation and here at stansted airport we have just seen that plane landing, coming in from cyprus, carrying these people who have now been evacuated from sudan. nancy, stay with us and also i would just like to update everyone on some news lines we are getting from the world health organization, you have been talking about what is happening in sudan at the moment. the director—general saying, we do expect there to be more deaths in sudan. he has also said that only 16% of health facilities are actually functioning in the country

at the moment. so the who saying they expect more deaths and that, listen to that, 16% of health facilities are functioning at the moment. so incredibly worrying. if you have any health issues there, if you have any health issues there, if you are a pregnant woman there, if you are a pregnant woman there, if you have been caught up in the fighting, there is simply no way to go to be treated. for those that are crossing over from sudan go to be treated. for those that are crossing overfrom sudan to go to be treated. for those that are crossing over from sudan to other places like egypt, as we continue to bring you these live pictures from stansted here in london, of british nationals who have just arrived home, it is worth remembering all those thousands of sudanese who are also trying to leave the country. i have been speaking to one of them. now, he left from khartoum, made his way to the border, was able to cross due egypt, but then had to leave his parents and his brothers behind. he is incredibly worried about them now. he told me about the gruelling journey he made and his fears for his family. journey he made and his fears for his famil . ~ journey he made and his fears for his family-— his family. well, the “ourney started from t his family. well, the journey started from khartoum. - his family. well, the journey started from khartoum. it i his family. well, the journey i started from khartoum. it took his family. well, the journey - started from khartoum. it took us

about three days to get from khartoum to the borders and then when we got there, it was a big mess, there are a lot of people over there waiting to cross. some of them, they didn't have their papers to pass and some of them, they had their papers, but the lines were really, really long and a lot of people over there have, they don't have proper clean water or food people over there have, they don't have proper clean water orfood or medicine and there is no accommodation or stop i had to stay there for a whole night. we had to sleep, me and my family, on the street and wait until the window is open so that we can give our papers and then... it takes a lot of time. we had to wait for nearly five hours just to get our passports, pass our passports back. and... it was, it was terrifying, every single person that you meet over there, they have

a story where they were stopped in the road and they were threatened and they were chased, even, including myself, we were stopped so many times by personnel that we don't know who they are and we got asked for our identity, we got fresh and one time and we were stopped for... and sometimes we didn't know why are we stopping, we were worried about our lives. i was travelling with my and my mum is, she suffers from hypertension and my father suffers from diabetes and he doesn't have the proper medication that he has to take regularly. there is no food or accommodation, so we had to wait. we had to wait by the road and my papers got cleared, so i crossed the borders, but right now i am in south egypt waiting for my parents,

worried so much about their health and their well—being. their papers haven't been cleared. yes, particularly _ haven't been cleared. yes, particularly when - haven't been cleared. yes, particularly when you - haven't been cleared. yes, particularly when you say l haven't been cleared. yes, i particularly when you say your haven't been cleared. yes, particularly when you say your mum has high blood pressure, which must be very worrying. is it your plan to try and stay there now and wait to see if they can also cross over? yes, i cannot go anywhere until they cross and if they didn't cross, you have to go back and be with them. that gives you a sense ofjust how harrowing the journey is for so many sudanese people who are trying to flee the fighting and trying to seek safety in countries like egypt. as we watch these pictures and the huge amount of relief there will be from british national evacuees from sudan, who have now disembarked from the plane. it is the first flight to have landed from cyprus. this is the final part of theirjourney back to the uk. we are keeping across the street for you. we know they're going to head into a private terminal and then out into international rivals, where i am sure they will be very happy and

relieved, friends and family waiting for them. relieved, friends and family waiting forthem. do relieved, friends and family waiting for them. do stay with us here on bbc news, more on the story coming up bbc news, more on the story coming up with nancy at stansted and matthew here in london. hello, if you are fed up with this chilly air, things are such a turn milder by the end of the week and into the weekend as we start to pick up into the weekend as we start to pick up milder winds. into the weekend as we start to pick up milderwinds. in into the weekend as we start to pick up milder winds. in the short term it stays chilly today, with a lot of cloud around, some areas seeing the sunshine here and there, probably the best of the sunshine across northern scotland, where it will remain called any northerly winds, so some of the showers here will still have a wintry element to them. single figures this afternoon across northern areas, further south we have low teens, so not feeling too bad, this evening many places will be dry, still with the odd shower across scotland, but showers will

move in across northern and western scotland and want into the far south—west, so more card here, less cold, where we have clearer skies tonight in central and northern england and parts of scotland another chilly one. this is the pressure chart for thursday, warm fronts across the south bringing rain and more across scotland, and this weather front of scotland another chilly one. this is the pressure chart for thursday, warm fronts across the south bringing rain and more across scotland, and this waterfront is of the pumps and air we will likely be and southern england, it'll be dry and other places. temperatures lifting a bit, particularly where we get any brightness 1a degrees or so, even low teens further south where we have the rain, but is rain clears into the near continent for friday, we'll start to draw in milder air from the south—west and you can see colours, the orange colours pushing across much of the country, but caldaire still affecting the parts final for scotland. caldaire still affecting the parts finalfor scotland. friday caldaire still affecting the parts final for scotland. friday in between weather systems, mostly dry,

the odd splash of rain here and there, variable power, sunshine coming through, particularly across wales and the south—west of england and if that happens we will see temperatures reaching 18 degrees, feeling much milder, but even further north we have 16 degrees or so for the central belt of scotland. then on the bank holiday weekend it does stay mild for most of us, variable cloud, some sunshine and if you catch the sunshine it could set off a few scattered, may be heavy and fun way showers. that is particularly likely on sunday into monday, has high pressure begins to build in, it looks like things will then slowly start to dry out, but keep tuned to the weather forecast for more details.

live from london, this is bbc news. a fragile ceasefire in sudan and the rush to get out — 300 british nationals are flown out of the country via larnaca in cyprus. these are the pictures as the first flight arrives back in the uk in the last few minutes. it was bad, it was very bad. i don't even want to remember it. we speak to our correspondents at all the key locations. the evacuations from khartoum are stepped up. in russia, the jailed oppositon activist alexi 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's

song let's get it on.