thank you forjoining us from larnaca. so those of the l us from larnaca.kish evacuation plane coming in to land to the airportjust outside khartoum has come underfire. the pope is beginning a three day official visit to hungary. it's seen as one of the more politically—sensitive trips of his career. these are pictures from budapest. picked 0rban repeatedly criticised immigration to europe. warned that different races shouldn't mix. pope francis has condemned the decision to build a wall to keep the migrants out. nick thorpe is in budapest. how is the stripping scene in hungary? it is being... it is being welcomed by hungarians, especially hungarian catholics, who make up a slight majority in the population. in the last few minutes the pope has finished his address to diplomats, to political leaders up on the castle hill above where i am now. it was, as you say, a sign of this being a pretty political visit. there were several noteworthy comments in it. he addressed his speech not only to hungarians, but also to europe. he said we seem to be witnessing the

the first of three special flights has landed in larnaca in cyprus, another two are expected overnightbringing out a total of 260 britons. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up several complex plans involving numerous royal air force aircraft and a great number of military personnel. we'll be reporting on those fleeing by other routes, including overland to egypt, a journey that takes at least two days. can you imagine it? we had to go, sneak the road to go someplace where there is dirty water, and we had to bring it to house and use it for cooking and drinking. we will have more of the eyewitness reports of those making the journey to egypt and live in larnaca for the latest on the rescue flights. also tonight... prince harry claims that the sun newspaper paid prince william "a very large sum" to settle claims of phone hacking. let's finish this job — i know we can. joe biden announces he'll run again for the white house next year. at 81, he will be the oldest president to seek re—election. # island in the sun... and the singer and h

the uk has evacuated hundreds of british nationals to larnaca airport in cyprus.is the second flight landing in the early hours of the morning. just over an hour ago, the first plane carrying uk nationals evacuated from sudan flew out of larnaca bound for the uk with around 250 people on board live now to the bbc�*s lewis vaughanjones at larnaca airport samantha, thanks so much for that. there may be a little bit of a delay on the line, do bear with us. we have a caveat as well, this is an order anyway operating airport at the moment, it is quite loud with ordinary passengers going about their business. this is a crucial hub for the uk operation to get people out of sudan. military aircrafts bring people from khartoum here, they then change onto ordinary civilian aircraft and head back to the uk. that has happened for the first time in the last hour or so. just under 250 people who were successfully evacuated from khartoum made it here and are now in the air heading to the uk. a significant moment for the operation here. they arrived here in cyprus on three separa

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so far, three british planes have flown from there to larnaca.otential escape route is by sea, from port sudan, but it's a long and risky journey to get there. other people have already fled by travelling to border crossings overland, many of them to egypt. our correspondent nick beake is at larnaca airport this lunchtime. the britons who have made it here are half way home and we have been told around 400 people have made that first leg of the journey to cyprus. they have come in on four different flights. trying to get an accurate picture of what happened is difficult. we don't know the scale of the operation the british authorities still have to carry out. but earlier this morning, i was in the airport where the first britons returning to the uk were and i was able to talk to them and listen to the stories about what happened over the stories about what happened over the past week or so. this the stories about what happened over the past week or so.— the past week or so. this is how it feels to have _ the past week or so. this is how it feels

caroline hawley, bbc news, larnaca. a wave of russian air strikes across the country has killed at least 25 people including children, in one of the deadliest days for civilians since january. president zelensky described the attacks as another night of russian terror. one of the worst hit areas, was the central town of uman. from there, our correspondent hugo bachega sent this report. after weeks of quiet, the terror of russia's missiles returned to ukraine. this time, it is uman that is counting the dead. a town away from the front lines that until today had been largely spared of the brutality of this war. it was still dark when this block of flats was attacked. people did everything they could to try to escape. this woman was woken up by the sound of a huge blast. translation: we were in our beds. we wanted to open the door to help people because children were screaming, one child who was screaming in the flat next to ours, but everything collapsed. the missile hit the top of the building and that entire section col

caroline hawley, bbc news, larnaca.24 hours. damian grammaticas is at westminster for us, why this decision? the government _ for us, why this decision? the government is _ for us, why this decision? iie: government is saying for us, why this decision? tie: government is saying it's for us, why this decision? ti2 government is saying it's because of the declining number of people coming forward to that airbase north of khartoum to take advantage of it, which is why they say there is now a 24—hour window until 6pm saturday uk time, by which point those fights will stop happening, so their advice to people is to say, come forward now if you want to take advantage of that. i was speaking to 0liver dowden, who was in that emergency government cobra meeting earlier today where this was discussed, and i said what was the advice for people who would still be behind in khartoum, people who had relatives there? he said there would still be consular assistance in places like port sudan but we know there is no british warship near

also speaking there at the larnaca _ dangerous journey.ort - dangerous journey. also speaking there at the larnaca airport was l dangerous journey. also speaking l there at the larnaca airport was the british high commissioner to cyprus who has been addressing the criticism that british nationals in khartoum have been told by the uk government to make their own way to the airport. the government to make their own way to the airort. , . ., ., the airport. the situation on the round in the airport. the situation on the ground in khartoum _ the airport. the situation on the ground in khartoum which - the airport. the situation on the ground in khartoum which i - the airport. the situation on the | ground in khartoum which i know the airport. the situation on the - ground in khartoum which i know very well, i used to be the british ambassador in khartoum, is extremely volatile. we simply don't have the means to escort people to the airport. what we told them up until now is to keep the shelter in place because it hasn't been safe. this latest

and tnis— larnaca to here stansted. and tnis viti— larnaca to here stansted.here some people that have been on this flight understandably don't may not want to speak to the media, but others may well want to tell their story. just confirmation sening— their story. just confirmation coming through— t trutrg just confirmation coming through from t 9.03 just confirmation coming through from a foreign ettise— coming through from a foreign office spokesman. there were snitdren— office spokesman. there were snitdren en— office spokesman. there were children on the— office spokesman. there were children on the flight. so stearty— children on the flight. so stearty tne— children on the flight. so clearly the decision will have to clearly the decision will have te te— clearly the decision will have te te made— clearly the decision will have to be made to— clearly the decision will have to be made to actually keep them away. — to be made to actually keep them away. perhaps— to be made to actually keep them away. perhaps from _ to be made to actually keep them away. perh

caroline hawley, bbc news, larnaca.ment has told nhs doctors in sudan they can now catch evacuation flights out of the country, in a u—turn on its previous policy. more than 20 nhs medics were initially told they could not board flights because they were not british nationals, although they have uk work permits. the change comes just hours before the uk's final rescue flights out of sudan. british nationals and the nhs doctors hoping to leave war—torn sudan now have until midday local time — 11:00 bst — to reach the wadi seidna airfield, with the final flight to depart at 18:00 bst on saturday. they have been instructed to make their own way to the airfield. well, many of those fleeing the violence have made it over the border to egypt, but the bbc has been told about the exploitation of refugees as they make the journey from khartoum. and there's anguish for those who've had to leave relatives behind. 0ur correspondent tom bateman sent this report from the city of aswan near the egypt—sudan border. the exhaustion is ha

caroline hawley, bbc news, larnaca.iolence have made it over the border to egypt. the bbc has been told of exploitation of refugees as they make the journey from khartoum and there is anguish for those who had to leave relatives behind. our correspondent tom bateman sent this report from the egypt/sudan border. the exhaustion is hard to bear. they left their homes in a city under fire. now the sites are of dust and desert and other survivors also trying to move on. here at this bus station, a hub in the egyptian desert, there is still no sign of age groups, only the refugees fending for themselves. hosna got to before the fighting started but her teenage daughters are still trapped in khartoum so she got work, trying to pay for their tickets. through the kindness of strangers, they gave her a job at the bus station teashop. translation: mi; her a job at the bus station teasho -. translation: ~ , . , teashop. translation: my daughters saw an artillery — teashop. translation: my daughters saw an artillery shell— teashop.

caroline hawley, bbc news, larnaca.te situation, clearly, but there may be some good news on the ceasefire tonight. that's right. there may be. we wait to see what happens. officials have always said that the airlift from sudan to cyprus will continue as long as is operationally feasible and people trying to escape the fighting, people trying to get to the airport, for them, the situation on the ground is key. we've been talking to people who have told us of very frightening journeys even with a shaky ceasefire. there has been fighting continuing. tonight, there are reports that the two sides have agreed to a 72 hour extension of the ceasefire that was due to expire in less than an hour's time, so sudanese people, foreign nationals trying to leave the country, and everyone involved in the evacuation effort, everyone just holding their breath now to see what happens. holding their breath now to see what ha ens. ., ., happens. indeed, 0k, caroline hawle , happens. indeed, ok, caroline hawley, thank— happens. indeed, 0k, c

you're wrong there your fingers are identical to the prints that you got wrong at the airport, larnaca what kind of picture arises russian fsb officer nikolai turbine, prepared and ruled the operation. then he himself investigated it and gave the main suspect the opportunity to leave, the turks will be happy and not only they will be happy to blame a huge amount of forces in russia for everything, the turks will begin to interrogate our suspects and the testimony will not agree with this version. julio in cyprus no one will say anything. i don't take care of that. how will everyone be dead. gracious and merciful okay, let's move out. i've been waiting for that question from you. we cleaned up, zara, we lost musafin, but his company is still working. we still have it, sokolovsky . we need fsb officers who will take suspicion away from us, shift everything to the musafins for the good of the dead. by this person, maybe you decide. your fiancée kolya died because of you. in 15 minutes, the plane with four under investigation will land in the port of cyprus. but if you agree to it, i can s

among those bust into the larnaca airport was this man and his s\ -- 60-year-old mother.is a british national. is 86-year-old mother is not. they had to persuade british officials to let her come. he was injured last week, shot at in his car by rsf fighters and had to treat the wounds himself at home with pillowcases as bandages. we caught up with him as he waited to board a flight to the u.k.. >> it is like a dream coming through here. yes. like a dream. i had a gunshot. they took me straight away and did all the necessities. >> are you concerned some people, like your mom, are getting out, and some people are not? >> there were people about a day before us that they sent back. >> here at larnaca airport, the tiniest evacuees, just 25 days old, already uprooted. what future for them and sudan now? >> in ukraine at least 25 people have been killed in a wave of russian airstrikes across multiple cities including dnipro, kyiv, and the central city. 23 people including four children were killed in an attack on an apartment blocks. the russian defense ministry said without ev

caroline hawley, bbc news, larnaca.nes has led the africa programme at chatham house since 2002. he says the three day ceasefire that's just expired was precarious, but an improvement. it allowed for evacuation of british nationals and others eligible to come to the uk as you've been reporting. we've got another 72 hours now on the clock. we'll have to see. both forces, the sudan armed forces and the militia group the rcf, seem to have agreed to. to extend this cease fire for 72 hours, mediated from my understanding, by saudi arabia and the united states. so i think it will probably hold. but the clock is ticking. and the and i have no idea after the next 72 hours whether whether it be extended again after that. indeed. and as you point out, you know, people have been trying to flee foreign nationals. but the situation on the ground for people who have nowhere to go, do you have a sense of what that's like, what the options are like for them? well, a lot of people, if they can and they have fuel, they've been going nort

live now to the bbc�*s lewis vaughanjones at larnaca airport in cyprus.earing about damage to the airfield north of khartoum. is that delaying flights where you are? that's exactly what we are waiting to hear. so far we've had four flights land here on the runway behind me here in cyprus from khartoum with those uk nationals. the expectation has been that there will be another four throughout the rest of the day, so 300 people have already come through on those first four mac flights and presumably hundreds more will be expected on those later flights but that damage to the runway could potentially lead to the runway could potentially lead to delays and certainly question marks over that number of flights arriving here. ishould marks over that number of flights arriving here. i should explain why they would be arriving here at all. the uk rescue operation out of khartoum, out of sudan, isn't involving military flights flying directly to the uk, they are coming here first. this is effectively a hub so they take off from that airbase just north of khartoum,

ceasefire in sudan and the rush to get out — 300 british nationals are flown out of the country via larnacan 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. welcome to bbc news. thousands of people are continuing to flee from sudan while the temperary ceasefire still holds. germany and france say all their citizens have now left the country. three planes carrying british nationals have arrived in cyprus. officials have said flights will continue around the clock. the latest is that 300 britons have been evacuated so far. the ceasefire is broadly holding. there were reports of some clashes overnight, but nothing major. there are also reports of prisoner

larnaca airport — first stop to safety.s of british nationals airlifted out of sudan have now arrived here for flights back to the uk. just a very sad and very ugly war. we lose everything there. i'm really sorry. so, we escaped for our life. i see myself, too many people die in front of me, so...yeah, yeah, yeah. even too many guns. they took our hotel over. we went to one hotel. they set it on fire. - the second one, - they put us at gunpoint. terrifying. made us lie on the ground — women and children and everything. - they shot two people. in front of you? - yeah, in front of me. - thank goodness you're safe. yeah. — yeah, hamdullah. hamdullah. others also spoke of looting and attacks by rsf fighters. old and young traumatised by what they've been through. "it's better here," ten—year—old asma told me. "here is safe, there is not. there, there's war." everybody here has a story of the absolute terror that they've lived through over the past few days, and obviously, they're happy to be out and to be safe, but many british

larnaca.s ruled that the next strike in england by members of the royal college of nursing over the bank holiday weekend has to be cut short by a day. the government took the royal college of nursing to court over the walkout by nhs nurses in emergency departments, intensive care, cancer wards and other wards. our health editor hugh pym is here. this was the three—day strike coming on, it is now two, where does this leave industrial action?— leave industrial action? hospital mana . ers leave industrial action? hospital managers will — leave industrial action? hospital managers will be _ leave industrial action? hospital managers will be relieved - leave industrial action? hospital managers will be relieved there | managers will be relieved there won't be the same disruption to services on tuesday, there will not be strike action aloud then, it will go ahead on sunday evening until midnight on monday. i think it has soured relations further between ministers and the royal college of nursing. st

ceasefire in sudan and the rush to get out — 300 british nationals are flown out of the country via larnacapictures 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.

opa tuesday ladies according to the uk home office a man named berger flew from london to cyprus larnacasame day came back it was you no, another no convenient. inspection. and what happened? nothing of you take a little time? on august 25, we met ana. jones on the london underground on the same day succumbed themselves to sexual intercourse in her hotel room. at the meeting, you introduced yourself as a businessman from russia, sergey pravda. i'm repeating the question, really. i want to explain that in further communication with anna you stole her passport, that

children and babies among those flown to larnaca in cyprus.ghts arrived from the sudanese capital of khartoum after days of violence in which hundreds of people have died. people have now been told to make their own way to the airport without a military escort, leaving some feeling abandoned. others decided to head to the egyptian border, like this sister and brother. i border, like this sister and brother. ., ., , ., border, like this sister and brother. ., ., , brother. i had hoped at first the british were _ brother. i had hoped at first the british were coming _ brother. i had hoped at first the british were coming to - brother. i had hoped at first the british were coming to save - brother. i had hoped at first the british were coming to save us| brother. i had hoped at first the i british were coming to save us and brother. i had hoped at first the - british were coming to save us and i was trying to stay calm, but after a while you give up hope. you realise the only person who can save you is yourself. it’s the only person who can save

you saw this photo, airport, larnaca date august 26 the day the kidnapping happened you knew that yourfiancee was in cyprus that day wanted to talk, please let's talk. we found in your fiancée's apartment the remains of a burnt cypriot passport on the face of obstacles, a consequence of the destruction of evidence, and also your investor was not far from the crime scene, which is now trying to hide you would release such a suspect in my place. did you let her go? the observation team is ready. listen are you sure that this is the right decision comrade colonel berger ordered a taxi calling his wife. as i understand it, kravtsov is not aware that you have a photograph of krivitsit. you can find out where you connect the track from. everything is already good. will we see you? and you are my best. i love you until semyon is gone, no, don't even start. i only want, i don't want anything. this is all. look at me, please look. you must believe me, they tell me. i believe you. everything is fine. thank you. what kind of country we have such a medal you need to give, and they give you documen

larnaca airport — first stop to safety. british nationals airlifted out of sudan have now arrived here for flights back to the uk. just a very sad and very ugly war. we lose everything there. i'm really sorry. so, we escaped for our lives. i see myself too many people die in front of me, so, yeah, yeah. too many guns. they took our hotel over. we went to one hotel. they set it on fire. the second one, they put us at gunpoint. . terrifying, they made| us lie on the ground — women, and children and everything. - they shot two people. in front of you? yeah, in front of me. thank goodness you're safe. yeah. others also spoke of the looting and attacks by rsf fighters, old and young, traumatised by what they've been through. "it's better here," this ten—year—old asma told me. "here is safe, there is not. "there, there's war." everybody here has a story of the absolute terror that they've lived through over the past few days. and obviously, they're happy to be out and to be safe, but many british nationals have had to leave peopl

nick garnett at larnaca airport. of six attacks. helena wilkinson reports. stephen port poisoned antony wallgate, gabriel kovari, daniel whitworth and jack taylor with an overdose of a date rape drug at his flat in east london between june 2014 and september 2015. he was also found guilty of a series of sex assaults against other men. an inquest later heard the met police made a series of mistakes in the case. the deaths were not initially seen as suspicious by officers. today�*s report says some improvements have since been made, nearly eight years since port murdered his last victim. but it said officers still relied on luck to identify links between deaths at a local level. every year, about 50,000 people in london die. about one in five of those gets a police officer called. and so they�*re turning up to about 30 deaths a day. and they�*re still not doing the thorough investigation, they�*re not getting the right evidence, they�*re not asking the right questions. and for that reason, they�*re making the same sort

cyprus late tuesday local time, when the first uk evacuation flight carrying 39 people landed in larnacamore fights are expected to bring more than 200 evacuees to cyprus overnight. the uk government is under growing pressure to evacuate its citizens. in an abrupt policy reversal, the foreign office is now urging all british citizens and theirfamilies in sudan to head straight to an airfield north of khartoum. this was prime minister rishi sunak on tuesday, visiting the foreign office crisis hub. he defended his government's approach, adding that there will be more flights out of sudan on wednesday. some british nationals in sudan told the bbc a different story. at some point, i started to feel that we have been abandoned by the government, especially watching other countries evacuate their people, until this morning, when we received the email about getting to wadi saeedna as soon as possible for the evacuation. i am on the bus right now, and i pray we will be safe there and i get back and am able to see my kids again. meanwhile, people who can't reach the airfield are heading in differ

live to larnaca airport in cyprus, lewis vaughanjones is there for us.now as this countdown continues, we are now five hours away from the end of the cease—fire. give me a sense of what it is like there. the cease-fire. give me a sense of what it is like there.— what it is like there. well, the eo - le what it is like there. well, the peeple who — what it is like there. well, the people who most _ what it is like there. well, the people who most recently - what it is like there. well, the - people who most recently arrived, some of them have been helped at this rescue coordination centre effectively just this rescue coordination centre effectivelyjust behind me through the white barriers. you can see a coach, that has been moved for moving some people around up to the main bit of the airport, whether they get on the flight back to the uk and safety. we have seen people's luggage and bags just around us there. we saw some red cross vehicles come pastjust a couple of minutes ago. a couple of hours ago, we did see children playing in there who would come of

cyprus late tuesday local time, when the first uk evacuation flight carrying 39 people landed in larnacaights are expected to bring more than 200 evacuees to cyprus overnight. the uk government is under growing pressure to evacuate its citizens. in an abrupt policy reversal, the foreign office is now urging all british citizens and theirfamilies in sudan to head straight to an airfield north of khartoum. this was prime minister rishi sunak on tuesday, visiting the foreign office crisis hub. he defended his government's approach, adding that there will be more flights out of sudan on wednesday. meanwhile, people who can't reach the airfield are heading in different directions to seek refuge. our correspondent tom bateman is in egypt near the border with sudan, that's where many people are crossing. he had this update earlier. tonight we have just witnessed hundreds of this region's newest refugees passing from northern sudan, here, into southern egypt. we have just been at the border crossing. this is where the egyptians have allowed thousands of people to pass. they're mostly sudanese, b

this is the first uk evacuation flight landed in larnaca in cyprus with 39 people on board.er flight has landed in the last couple of hours. as thousands flee, residents in the capital khartoum have spoken of theirfears the world is abandoning them, with supplies of food, water and medicine running low. nearly all the shops in the city have closed. and residents say prices of even the most basic goods have doubled. live now to nairobi and our correspondent ferdinand omondi. the british prime minister has warned of a critical 2a hours as evacuation flights leave sudan. a temporary and shaky truce appears to be holding. what do we know of movement of troops and fighting during this ceasefire? so what i am gathering from sudan as both sides are trying their best to hold the ceasefire, but we also understand from the sudanese people that there is been sporadic fighting in some of the areas. sporadic fighting in some of the arm-— sporadic fighting in some of the areas. ~ . , ., ,, ., the areas. what is happening at this time is _ the areas. what is happening at this time is peopl

meant there haven't been massive queues at the airport, and we have been able to evacuate people to larnacak to london. do you know how many british nationals have been vacated so far? i haven't got the latest numbers but it is more than 1,000 now. and as i say there is still a steady stream, but we have every hope that the evacuation will be completed. general hemedti has told the bbc that he will not negotiate until fighting stops. do you think there is sufficient goodwill from both parties to end the crisis in sudan? well, the omens are not good. there was already a crisis, a humanitarian crisis in sudan before these dreadful circumstances emerged. so, that is why the african union and the international community are doing everything they can to create a ceasefire, a ceasefire that lasts to provide a space so that a civilian administration can have the opportunity to develop and the military returned to their normal place in any country, which is not running the government. the conflict has forced thousands of people to flee their homes into neighbouring countries, what is your plan to a

our correspondent caroline hawley is in larnaca, in cyprus, which is the first place british nationalsht now, caroline? i just what is happening there right now, caroline?— just what is happening there right now, caroline? ., ., . ., now, caroline? i am at check in, and it is here that _ now, caroline? i am at check in, and it is here that we _ now, caroline? i am at check in, and it is here that we have _ now, caroline? i am at check in, and it is here that we have seen - now, caroline? i am at check in, and it is here that we have seen quite i now, caroline? i am at check in, and it is here that we have seen quite a i it is here that we have seen quite a few people come from hotels, people who have been flown in and then check themselves in for chartered flights to the uk. you can't see anyone at the moment but over the course of the morning we have seen quite a lot of people. i met two women who had newborn babies, 25 days old, who have obviously been born and their first few days have beenin born and their first few days have been in extremely difficult circumstances. we don't have

i�*m lewis vaugthones at larnaca airport in cyprus, where more evacuees arrive as the hours go by. ——

the british government have left the sudanese capital over the last day or so and have arrived in larnacan cyprus bringing 536 britons out of the country. he went on to see more flights are taking off today. he also talked about encouraging or unified encouragement of nations, both neighbouring sudan and also part of the un to try and get a ceasefire extended. let's listen in. ~ ., ., ., ~' get a ceasefire extended. let's listen in. ~ ., ., ., ~ ., listen in. we have to work on the immediate _ listen in. we have to work on the immediate and _ listen in. we have to work on the immediate and long-term - listen in. we have to work on the l immediate and long-term stability listen in. we have to work on the - immediate and long-term stability of immediate and long—term stability of sudan, make every effort to prevent this conflict spilling over into neighbouring countries and destabilising the region, we will continue to do so. can destabilising the region, we will continue to do so.— destabilising the region, we will continue to do so. can i also place on record — continue to do so. can i al

nationals, and we have seen over the last few days many britons being flown out of the country and into larnaca show you some pictures now of the egyptian— sudanese border, and this is the egyptian port, excuse me, and this is again evidence of the scale of the exodus from sudan. we do have south sudan, who has offered to host some peace talks, but we are waiting now for the army to send representatives to those talks so that they can continue. and these are again more pictures we are getting off the capital khartoum. of course this story is causing issues both in the immediate area, but also globally, as the un, the us and the uk and many other nations try to sort out some sort of peace deal. we will bring you more on this story is always here on bbc news, and when we get it, we are expecting to speak to someone i think from the unhcr at someone i think from the unhcr at some point in the programme to talk about the scale of the humanitarian crisis within the country. but for now, let's move on, i want to bring you back to the uk, this is a big story happening here, right here at the bbc, beca

live to larnaca airport in cyprus. lewis vaughan—jones is there for us. hello, samantha.inutes we have had these cultures arrive, the green one and the brown one in the distance, full of people who have managed to escape sudan. these are uk nationals who made it to that airfield just north of khartoum yesterday, were flown here to cyprus yesterday on those military aircraft, and they have been out of the airport staying in hotels and they have just arrived, as i said, in the last ten minutes or so, as i said, in the last ten minutes orso, pulled up as i said, in the last ten minutes or so, pulled up here and are now heading into the airport proper because they will get on a chartered flight back to the uk. i spoke to one gentleman in the last five minutes, talking about the relief that he is finally now going home, and i asked about thatjourney and what it has been like, and he did talk about the really difficult scenes he saw, bodies on the streets, and he has been speaking to people even now who are still there, still hearing gunfire. while there might really difficultj

just left the international airport in larnaca . the akua airport in larnaca.t her made her own way. did it cost net teete— made her own way. did it cost her $3,000 over— made her own way. did it cost her $3,000 over three - : did it cost her $3,000 over three days? she eott— her $3,000 over three days? she eott ene-t— her $3,000 over three days? she said she'd heard— her $3,000 over three days? she said she'd heard that the otntont— said she'd heard that the ottont tn— said she'd heard that the airport in saddam was in flames. i airport in saddam was in flames. t ton-t— airport in saddam was in flames. t ton-t tntnt— airport in saddam was in flames. i don't think that's— airport in saddam was in flames. i don't think that's probably accurate. is— i don't think that's probably accurate. is it— i don't think that's probably accurate. is it the international airport in tnontonn— international airport in khartoum was inflamed. “tirti; international airport in— khartoum was inflamed. there was netw— khartoum was inflamed. there was teoww etetttng— khartoum was infl

evacuees are set to board the first flight from larnaca to london later this morning. mps will debate the illegal migration bill later. one of the most contentious parts of the legislation is a provision allowing children to be detained. the home secretary told the bbc that the bill creates a strong element of deterrent around illegal arrivals. no schools —— most schools in northern ireland are close today because of teacher strike. five teaching unions which staged a previous walk—out in february over pgy- previous walk—out in february over pay. in 1500 items that belonged to freddie mercury are set to be item. it includes the handwritten lyrics to we are the champions 08085 909 693 and a moustache comb. so huw pill maybe there is more than a grain of truth, the whole entire harvest of truth in this and the fact is what he said has a lot of truth in it but he didn't say very well. he had his hobnail boot song rather than his sleek city slicker loafers. he is the chief economist at the bank of england and he has urged people to stop trying to keep up urged people to st

we can speak to our reporter nick garnett, who's at larnaca airport in cyprus, where sudan evacuees haveing for the uk. good morning. we heard of the enormous relief there from some of those who had managed to escape sudan. �* , . , sudan. are we expecting flights toda ? sudan. are we expecting flights today? exactly. _ sudan. are we expecting flights today? exactly. each _ sudan. are we expecting flights today? exactly. each flight - sudan. are we expecting flights | today? exactly. each flight takes about 200 people _ today? exactly. each flight takes about 200 people back- today? exactly. each flight takes about 200 people back to - today? exactly. each flight takes about 200 people back to the i today? exactly. each flight takes - about 200 people back to the united kingdom _ about 200 people back to the united kingdom. they come in on military planes _ kingdom. they come in on military planes and — kingdom. they come in on military planes and are transferred to charter — planes and are transferred to charter planes which fly them back to the _ charter planes which fly them back to t

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the first of three special flights has landed in larnaca in cyprus, another two are expected overnight

why do authentic staff to relocate to larnaca and start to compile a list after the event.ying that the area where the embassy was that would've been directly fired at. so there is a very good reason for them to get out first. and it becomes incredibly complicated. with sudan, there is going to be a lot of uk nationals and dual nationals coming in at different times. some of them live there, but some would only be there for a week or so. so it is quite tricky. i don't imagine that the uk counsellors ever quite know who is actually there. but it's a relatively large number, 2000 people. but the problem is, the situation is so difficult. you're going to have these reports as you had earlier on the programme of people calling into who are potentially under gunfire who have elderly parents are young kids and it just doesn't look very elderly parents are young kids and itjust doesn't look very good and the government is going to be very conscious of this. and there is this balancing act that they don't want to move it to quickly and get people injured, but they are also going to

they're on flights out of the capital khartoum to cyprus — the first plane from larnaca is due to land

the british foreign office says eight flights have landed in larnaca, caring and hundred 97 people. —ng today and what are they staying there on the ground about how long this can continue? hi the ground about how long this can continue? , . continue? hi there, christian full tub they described _ continue? hi there, christian full tub they described it _ continue? hi there, christian full tub they described it earlier - continue? hi there, christian full tub they described it earlier as l continue? hi there, christian full tub they described it earlier as a | tub they described it earlier as a steady drumbeat of flight arriving here into cyprus, and numbers you said there are the latest official ones. eight flights as of four p:m.. however, one thing, quite a while ago, and secondly, we were urged earlier that flights will continue to come in here, because if you think about it, they were playing to operate right into that cease—fire deadline which is, what, three hours away, and even after that, if you take off within that type of you have still got three to four hours orso have stil