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that reporting from paul adams, a correspondent on i here. ory. gordon lawson is a former naval officer assigned to the defence intelligence agency and ceo of cyber security firm, conceal — he told me what he thinks some of the underlying issues behind the leaks are. the social media and the culture of celebrity as the other problem with this. we have a young person who i think wasn't internalising the consequences of breaching this trust and hosting —— posting these items, is going to result in probably a life of present at this point. i think the other problem is that we need to make sure we are teaching people that go into positions in the military, and certainly in the military, and certainly in the military, and certainly in the united states but anywhere, we need to make sure that they are teaching them that they are teaching them that there are severe consequences when you have the security clearances, and you cannot abuse us. now that's obviously a lesson that we have to make sure we are and doing as people come into these positions of

paul adams -- antony banen refugees. paul adams -- antony itlinken of— refugees.an at the moment. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. he must be worried sick about yourfamily programme. he must be worried sick about your family members trapped in sudan. , :, ~ about your family members trapped in sudan. , ., ,, i. about your family members trapped in sudan. , ., ,, ., about your family members trapped in sudan. , :, ~' , :, :, :, sudan. yes, thank you for having me. it sudan. yes, thank you for having me. it definitely — sudan. yes, thank you for having me. it definitely is — sudan. yes, thank you for having me. it definitely is a _ sudan. yes, thank you for having me. it definitely is a difficult _ it definitely is a difficult situation. i have my family, my extended family, my neighbours, my friends, and also, actually, i really care about every civilian, all the innocent people stranded in their homes and panicking that anything could happen at any time. yes, there is a realfear that those who don't have foreign passports, once those people are ta

let's start with our world affairs correspondent paul adams.ewis ron jones correspondent paul adams. first lewis ronjones is in larnaca cyprus. how frantic are these final hours? . , , ., , , ., hours? there has been a huge push to encouraue hours? there has been a huge push to encourage peeple. _ hours? there has been a huge push to encourage people, any— hours? there has been a huge push to encourage people, any uk— hours? there has been a huge push to encourage people, any uk nationals i encourage people, any uk nationals on the ground in khartoum to get to the airstripjust 20 on the ground in khartoum to get to the airstrip just 20 miles north of khartoum because the message is flights are still leaving and will be leaving up until the deadline, the end of the ceasefire in eight hours. we have seen plain successfully get people out and landing here on the runway and just behind me are some of the people who made that trip. to explain where i am, this is a rescue coordination centre on the site of the airport because the uk operation involve

that is paul adams on the _ fears it will simply get worse. that is paul adams on the diplomacy.he human stories we've been hearing about. we can speak now to sarah karrar. her 77—year—old mother went on holiday to sudan for a wedding earlier this month and has been trying to flee the conflict. thank you've being here on the programme. tell me, what has happened to your mother? i programme. tell me, what has happened to your mother? i think like a lot of— happened to your mother? i think like a lot of other _ happened to your mother? i think like a lot of other british - happened to your mother? i think| like a lot of other british sudanese people, she travelled, because it is a holiday with ramadan and wedding season, and she was only there for six days before fighting broke out. she was quite lucky in that you happen to be visiting my aunts at that time and got trapped in her house, so where my auntie lives is less dangerous. but you could still hear bombing in the background when i spoke to her on the phone. we have been thinking about how to get her out. initially, whilst peo

paul adams gave us an update.- relationships with our allies? paul adams gave us an update. e us an update. in has been a week since we were first aware - a week since we were first aware that these documents existed and in those seven days we have been gradually accumulating those documents, here at the bbc, scraping the intimate to try and find out as much of them as we can and of course a torrent of stories has emerged as a torrent of stories has emerged as a result. stories about the war in ukraine, the extent to which the russian and ukrainian forces are being degraded, preparations for a possible ukrainian counteroffensive in the coming weeks, the extent to which ukraine's western allies are willing to lend their support to that effort and as you say a host of other issues as well. but today the focus has turned away from the documents themselves to the identity of the person who leaked them. that person we now know, thanks to the reporting in the washington post newspaper, is identified simply as 06, newspaper, is identified simply as 0g, described as a young, charisma

sumi: our diplomatic correspondent paul adams, thank you for those insights.'s return to our top story, donald trump's arraignment on tuesday. we want to get another voice. with me from chicago is rodney davis, a former republican coressman from illinois. i want to ask you about the criticisms of this case, what we have heard from many republicans is alvin bragg, the district attorney from manhattan who brought this case, is trying to bring down the former president. how do we know that's the case and it's not the district attorney following the letter of the law? >> you have to look at, what is the charge? we don't know yet. we are only speculating on this being a suppose it election law violation. the federal election commission did not proceed with the prosecution when the president was in the white house. the doj said this isn't something that would rise to a crime at the federal level to move toward prosecution. d.a. bragg, if he is trying to get president trump to account for a federal election crime, that's really out of his jurisdiction. frankly if it

our correspondent paul adams has more on the origins of the conflict. obviously, was the focus of that popular revolt back in 2019, which was, you know, the thing that brought to an end 30 years of omar al—bashir�*s power. it was followed by a terrible massacre of demonstrators in the immediate aftermath of president omar al—bashir�*s ouster, but it has not seen the kind of all—out military conflict that it is now witnessing. what has happened in so many other parts of sudan and is now — has now come to the city. it is a real shock for the civilians of that city who didn't think that it would come to this but feared that, somehow, this rivalry between these two factions was going to result in some kind of military conflict. i doubt that anyone quite anticipated just how lawless and reckless that conflict would be as it erupted on the streets of khartoum but they knew something was brewing and they slightly wonder why the west — why the international community at large — didn't do more to prevent it. paul adams reporting. we do have another breaking news

that was paul adams, only about an hour or so ago.ite the bombings and the fighting she could hearfrom her home. she began by giving me her reasons for that decision. the reason we chose to stay is that we couldn't guarantee the roads were safe, the evacuation routes were safe. even people who made it out, we were hearing horror stories at the border. some people are taking three days to reach the border and then they are stuck that without food and water or shelter. we chose to stay for several reasons. the sheer logistics, are the road save, how can we get to the border? what happens when we reach the border? my family require entry visas to egypt's. my mum is with us here, and her passport expired. some days we heard they are renewing passports at the border and they will let people in it they have expired, and other days you read the border is overwhelmed, they are taking several days just a process to people actually at the border. i'm reading here, just a message from our producer, he was talking to you, even as you are communic

paul adams, bbc news.eement, which largely ended three decades of conflict in northern ireland during which more than 3,500 people were killed. president biden is visiting northern ireland next week to commemorate the historic peace deal. it was announced after days and nights of intense negotiations, and was supported by most of northern ireland's political parties — including those linked to paramilitary organisations. it set up a new power sharing and devolved government for northern ireland, representing both nationalists and unionists. well, our ireland correspondent chris page was in his last year at sullivan upper school in county down at the time of the agreement. he's reunited with classmates and his teacher to reflect on it. explosion. no—one under 30 had known peace in northern ireland until the good friday agreement. the parties which signed it included those who were linked to paramilitary organisations. at sullivan upper school we discussed the deal in class and debated it at the current affa

paul adams, bbc news to ukraine and there are conflicting claims about who is in control of the easternch russia has spent months trying to capture. now the head of the russian mercenary group, wagner, released a video claiming control. the bbc has been unable to verify that. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega has more from kyiv on ukraine's response to the latest claim. ukraine has strongly rejected claims that russian forces have captured the embattled city of bakhmut, to the east of the country. a spokesman for the ukrainian army said bakhmut is ukrainian army said bakhmut is ukrainian and they have not captured anything and are very far from captured anything and are very farfrom doing captured anything and are very far from doing that. captured anything and are very farfrom doing that. he was referring to the wagner group, which has been leading the russian efforts to capture this cd in the don the esk region. bakhmut has become extremely symbolic for both parts. ukraine is that it is vital to hold this city because it is the first line of defence in the first line of defence in the co

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has more. week after the leaks first appeared an arrest on the suburban streets of massachusetts. with the media already naming the suspect, fbi agents would be in. the young man at the centre of the most serious breach of national security in years giving himself up without a jack teixeira is 21, he works for the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard popular today the arrested jack teixeira in connection to alleged unauthorised removal, retention, of national defence information. the day began with mounting speculation. this morning, the washington post newspaper described the young suspect, who has now been named as a man working on a military base, showing classified information with a small circle of friends, as far back as 2020 during the lonely months of the lockdown. his online friends, amazingly included individuals in ukraine and russia. one of the group spoke anonymously to the group spoke anonymously to the debbie post. his friend was, he said, not a whistleblower

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has more.. i mean, there's a set of documents that deal with jordan's highly commercially sensitive discussions about whether or not to keep huawei, the chinese—owned company, out of their own 5g network. now, obviously, that's a bit of an american obsession. it's been an issue here in britain, too, and elsewhere. and there are references to a jordanian undertaking to washington to keep huawei out, but then the jordanians are anxious because the rival bids are much more expensive. so that's the kind of thing that... again, thejordanians will not be happy that this is being aired in public. and one can only imagine that the ukrainians, for whom the americans are their most important military backer, must be incandescent that some of this highly sensitive material is out there. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reporting on that story for us. a bbc investigation has discovered that 40% of current premier league clubs have been sponsored by financialfirms that have subsequently been banned b

thousands of people are | still trying to leave the country as paul adams reports.this morning, smoke still drifting over the city. the new ceasefire seems as shaky as the last, but for some there is relief. so, our area has been relatively calm overnight, with the sporadic gun fights and engagements we can hear, but thankfully nothing too near to us. it is a very fluid situation, of course, that can change at any moment, so we are hoping things settle down. for governments trying to get citizens out, it is welcome news. at port sudan, one of the major exit points, hundreds gathered yesterday hoping to reach saudi arabia and pakistan. flights are also leaving the port, this one bound for turkey, governments around the world scrambling to evacuate their citizens. britain says anyone wanting to reach the uk must get to an air base north of khartoum as soon as possible. the government says the operation is running smoothly. but that's not everyone's experience. the bbc has spoken to one nhs doctor with a uk work permit, denied a place on a flight after queueing for 16

paul adams, bbc news, apart. pauladams, bbc news, nairobi. with parts of the hospital lifted. early aspect of the us executive director of msf. thank you for taking the time this evening. i understand your teams are still there on the ground, just describe what they are experiencing, what are they seeing and dealing with there? it is extremely difficult, depending on where you are in the country. from what i understand there are parts of therefore in the south and various other locations that are not as directly affected by the fighting like we have seen in al thatcher. the hospital has come under attack, been looted, and parts of it burnt. it is a referral hospital where one would have preferred a severely wounded patient. it is just impossible for the medical community in situations like that to be able to provide the assistance that is absolutely life—saving and essential and in a conflict zone where you have people coming in with severe injury, shrapnel rooms, gunshot wounds and all the things you could imagine. time is of the essence to

paul adams, bbc news.n this let's go to helsinki where i'm joined by eoin mcnamara, a research fellow at the the finnish institute of internal affairs. this is a hugely significant for a fourth on land which is abandoning its long—held stance of neutrality. it is and it is a significant day for the nato alliance as a whole and security in northern europe. the attitude of _ security in northern europe. the attitude of the _ security in northern europe. the attitude of the people of finland tonight or changed overnight, before the russian invasion of ukraine 30% were forjoining nato and after the invasion it was 80% so how real do you think any threat is from russia towards finland? figs you think any threat is from russia towards finland?— towards finland? as john maynard ke nes towards finland? as john maynard keynes once _ towards finland? as john maynard keynes once said _ towards finland? as john maynard keynes once said when _ towards finland? as john maynard keynes once said when the - towards finland?

our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest.he uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly has been given a statement on sudan. he said six planes chartered by the british government have left the sudanese capital over the last day or so and have arrived in larnaca in 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 destab

paul adams there, our dear climatic correspondent.s called off on monday because of techincal problems. the spacex founder elon musk welcomed what he called an "exciting test launch", and said there would be another in a few months. spacex hopes that the rocket will eventually lead to an era of interplanetary travel, as our science editor rebecca morelle reports. a tense wait in the final seconds... ignition. two, one... ..as the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built gets ready to fly. we have lift—off. starship slowly pushed up into the sky. so far, so good. a few minutes into the flight, it was time for the bottom part of the rocket to separate. but starship started tumbling, and then this happened... applause. starship just experienced a rapid, unscheduled disassembly. now, this was a development test. this is the first test flight of starship. and the goal was to gather the data, and as we said, clear the pad and get ready to go again. despite the explosion, they were still celebrating at spacex ho. elon musk, the company�*s

paul adams, bbc news.namara — a research fellow at the the finnish institute of internal affairs — had more on this story. it is a very significant day for finland, its ecurity, but also a very, very significant day for the nato alliance as a whole and for security in northern europe. the attitude of the people of finland to nato literally changed overnight, before the russian invasion of ukraine 30% were forjoining nato and after the invasion it was 80% so how real do you think any threat is from russia towards finland? asjohn maynard keynes once said, "when the facts change i change my mind", and the facts changed in late �*21 when russia started issuing ultimatums to nato that it would not take any new members into �*22 with its brutal escalation of aggression in ukraine. these issues, these facts change. finland was very well informed about the various security options and of course nato deterrence and nato collective defence, that is seen as the strongest medicine for security in finland right now. no

that was paul adams, in nairobi.n now have a look at some pictures which came into us earlier here at the bbc and these are pictures from the bbc and these are pictures from the ethiopian— sudan border and it shows you the scale of the issue, so many people from all different nationalities, including foreign nationals, are trying to escape the country, borders with chad, with ethiopia, are very, very busy right now. and what we have seen over the last 2a hours is the two different factions agreeing an extension to the ceasefire in sudan, but that means, it has not meant a complete break infighting, there have been sporadic bits of shooting between the warring sides. now, there has been intense diplomatic effort from all sides including the uk, the us and the un, but as you can see, that is the capital khartoum, and there is the capital khartoum, and there is smoke billowing out in the distance, and people are reporting continuing fighting in the capital. but the truce has meant that many people have been able to esca

the very latest, are diplomatic correspondent paul adams. >> one week after the leaks first appeared, arrest on the suburban streets of massachusetts, with the media already naming the suspect, fbi agents swooped in. the young man at the serious -- center of the most serious breach of american security in years gave himself up without a struggle. jack teixeira is 21. he works for the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard. >> today the justice department arrested jack teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information. >> the day began with mounting speculation. this morning the washington post described the young suspect that is now being named as a man working on a military base sharing classified information with a small circle of friends. as far back as 2020, during the lonely early months of lockdown. his online friends, amazingly, included individuals in ukraine and russia. one of the group spoke anonymously to the post. he said his friend was not a whistleblowe

let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in nairobi.m pausing because there is a lot unknown at the moment. the government wants to keep going, but it depends on the cease-fire and whether it holds. >> look, we need to derstand already, the cease-fire has not been holding in any sense that anyone living in khartoum would recoize. it has been holding enough for the flights to continue from the airbase 20 miles north of khartoum. that is not the same as a proper cease-fire. residents of the city have talked about violations in a pretty terrifying situation. at several times in the day. there was not much of the cease-fire to renew. what we have this evening is the sudanese government saying, as it indicated last night, that it was willing to observe another 72 hour cease-fire. without any word from the other side, from the rapid support forces, it feels like a slightly empty pled. possibly even, the setting seen for being able to blame the other side of the fighting continued. i do not think we should get ahead of ourselves here. there wa

live now to nairobi and our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. use we know that there are 2000 registered britons in sudan. perhaps up to 4000 in total. we are over halfway through this ceasefire. just reference to more fighting. is there anything being said about contingencies, once that ceasefire is over?— ceasefire is over? nothing is being said publicly. _ ceasefire is over? nothing is being said publicly, but _ ceasefire is over? nothing is being said publicly, but clearly _ ceasefire is over? nothing is being said publicly, but clearly that - said publicly, but clearly that deadline, if you like, is looming at the end of tomorrow and i think, you know, the situation is even more stark now because just in the last half an hour or so, we have been hearing that the airstrip north of khartoum is beginning, in the words of a well—placed source, to break up. as you can imagine, it has been pretty intensively used over the past two or 3 days, by a number of different nationalities with planes landing pretty much around the clock and that is putting

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our diplomatic correspondent paul adams, is following developments.the suggestion from the south sudanese government of an invitation to the two men leading these rival factions to travel to meet face—to—face. that has not materialised. clearly there has been an enormous concerted international effort led by the americans, the saudi arabians, the gulf and other regional players to try and make sure that these ceasefires are put in place, but it is hard to resist the feeling that this is largely to allow the evacuation of foreign nationals. whether that diplomatic impetus and pressure will continue once foreign governments feel they have got their citizens out, we will have to wait and see, but if it does not, we are in for a very rough time indeed. it does feel as though left of their own devices the two men are not going to settle the differences. it is only going to be as a result of international pressure that the fighting can be contained, that the differences that separate them can be addressed. the british government says nhs doctors in sudan ca

army now says it is launching a large—scale attack on the capital, our diplomatic correspondent paul adamsts. this was the day britain's air evacuation drew to a close. the there has been another mass shooting in the us, this time of the state of texas, five people are reportedly dead, including an eight—year—old, after a man opened fire on his neighbours. the incident reportedly occurred after the victims asked a suspect to stop shooting in his front yard while they were trying to put a baby to sleep. manhunt is now under way for this man, who has been identified as a suspect. he is believed to be mexican, and police warn that he is still on the run and is thought to be armed, we can hear now from someone who lives in the street with a shooting to place. street with a shooting to lace. ~ . place. when i heard the shooting. _ place. when i heard the shooting, we _ place. when i heard the shooting, we were - place. when i heard the shooting, we were in i place. when i heard the i shooting, we were in bed, place. when i heard the - shooting, we were in bed, my kids got scared, but we were li

paul adams is monitoring developments from nairobi and his report starts with the british evacuationsrom sedan. hello, everyone, we have just landed at stansted london airport. for dr abdulrahman babiker, a welcome return to british soil — a return that almost didn't happen. thank you to the government for helping this and facilitating for us getting the guidance for the nhs doctors. by sea and air, others are following. thousands of foreign nationals fleeing anyway they can. port sudan on the red sea fast becoming a major hub. in the capital khartoum, the ceasefire seems precarious with the army warning people to stay indoors while it deploys tanks. this was the day britain's air evacuation drew to a close. the evacuations have been extremely successful but we can't stay there for ever in such dangerous circumstances. we are looking at every single option to help british citizens who are caught up in this terrible crisis. but what about siddique mohamed? a british citizen who vanished a week ago as he drove through khartoum to retrieve his passport, hoping to be evacuated. at home in

evacuation flights from the capital khartoum once fighting resumes. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adamstion from nairobi. explosions. the sound of sudan's shaky ceasefire, teetering on the edge of collapse. in khartoum ten days of fighting have left whole streets ravaged. shops and hospitals have been hit. food, water and fuel are in short supply. the streets are lawless. a former government official now among those forced to flee. today is the worst day, and i think it's getting even worse. it's going to get even worse. and now we are getting out of my house to outside khartoum. we have to evacuate. against the chaotic backdrop, evacuations continue. the uk says it has now rescued more than 500 british nationals. but hundreds, perhaps thousands, remain. the government says it can't be sure how long this mission will last. there is no guarantee that this ceasefire will make it through to the schedule end point, and there is definitely no guarantees that it can be extended — though of course the uk, i and our international partners are pushing to achieve that. that pressure to prevent a

live now to paul adams our diplomatic corrospondent in the news room. bring us up—to—date. this is a story developing all the time.— developing all the time. yes, it has been a week _ developing all the time. yes, it has been a week since _ developing all the time. yes, it has been a week since we _ developing all the time. yes, it has been a week since we were - developing all the time. yes, it has been a week since we were first. been a week since we were first aware that these documents existed. in those seven days, we have been accumulating those documents and colleagues here at the bbc are scraping the internet to find out as much as we can. a torrent of stories has emerged as a result. stories about the war in ukraine, about the extent to which the russian and ukrainian forces are being degraded, the preparations for a possible ukrainian council offensive in the coming weeks, the extent to which western allies are willing to lend their support to that effort. and a host of other issues as well. but today, the focus has turned away from the documents themselves to the

i want to bring you a few lines that we have been given from our defence correspondent paul adams from ministry of defence with regards to sudan and we have had a few comments. first of all the military defence source has said a frigate is in the region and its positioning itself towards the area to keep options open because we do want to do all we can to support the posture and i suppose that means supporting the efforts that will be ongoing to get british citizens out of the country. also the minister of defence briefing on sudan has talked about the very different way that the challenge is in sudan compared to what it was in kabul in afghanistan where they had troops on the ground, good intelligence and relationships with afghan national security forces and i suppose in a way to the ministry is now trying to tell us exactly why it is that there's been this delay in getting people out of the country. of course you can see there twice the aeroplane and i can assure you there is only one plane but we are showing it to you twice because value for money here at bbc. it is in rome and in

potentially by tomorrow and all of these people are trapped and is speaking to our correspondent paul adams are women who need to give birth in this country in the coming weeks and the hospitals are just not functioning. there are people who were injured and have nowhere to go. exactly. if people want to leave, they do not have the fuel in the people have fuel and are able to find on the black market, there is no liquidity, banks have not been opened. and there's no way to facilitate an exit. exit. people in hospitals and almost completely out of news and service, they're very difficult to come by because of access to various parts of the city and have been under constant bombardment even with or without the cease—fire being in place. but the question really is, if the international community can increase something of a cease—fire, enough to have these extractions, why can they not use a cease—fire to bring an aide and make where it needs to go and surgeries, people who have gunshot wounds, people have been hit by shrapnel and missiles and need that type make support.— by shrapnel and missi

paul adams our diplomatic correspondent gave us his analysis.as been coming since last year when it was clear that sweden and finland were both on a fast track to join the alliance. and indeed, jens stoltenberg, speaking earlier today, was at pains to point out that this has been the fastest accession process in the alliance's history, and making it clear once again that this was a direct result of russia's invasion of ukraine, pointing out that, as he said early on last year, that russia had declared that its intention was to have less nato presence in eastern europe and that the result of its invasion of ukraine was the exact opposite. that nato's border with russia was now going to double as a result of finland's accession to the alliance and that in finland, nato is acquiring an extremely capable ally with large, well developed, well maintained armed forces, with dozens of the latest american made fighter jets and so forth. so this is a really big moment for the alliance. it enhances the alliance's capability and it is a clear rebuff to ever

first, our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest.eah, the existing ceasefire was extremely patchy and there is no reason to believe this one won't be too. as far as the international community is concerned, those countries like britain and the united states who are urging their citizens, their civilians, to leave, it does present an extension of that window of opportunity for those evacuations to continue from the airstrip north of khartoum and also from port sudan on the red sea coast. so clearly there's a hope this will facilitate those continued evacuations. both the united states and britain have urged their civilians, their citizens, to leave as quickly as possible, to use this opportunity. but even that is a precarious affair. there was a reportjust this morning of a turkish c130 transport plane that was shot at and suffered some damage as it was taking off from that wadi saeedna base north of khartoum. so just an indication that despite the relative security surrounding that base this is not a risk—free operation either. but f

paul adams is monitoring the situation from nairobi in kenya. because this is during a ceasefire, which is fragile? this is during a ceasefire, which is frauile? , , , ., this is during a ceasefire, which is frauile? , , , . , fragile? yes, it is shaky, it is about half— fragile? yes, it is shaky, it is about half way _ fragile? yes, it is shaky, it is about half way through, - fragile? yes, it is shaky, it is about half way through, it. fragile? yes, it is shaky, it is| about half way through, it has another day and a half to run. it is making life difficult still for people to reach that air base where they need to find these flights. there are accusations on both sides of continued outbreaks of gun fire. some people are too afraid to leave their homes, because the streets are dangerous. there is the problem of lack of fuel and people are struggling to find transport to get to that air base. and then there is the problem of what happens when the ceasefire ends. for the attention being given to foreign nationals, if the stees fire breaks down t

lewis vaughanjones is at the airport in larnaca in cyprus, paul adams is in nairobi and nancy kasungiras at stanstead airport north of london. lewis, let's start in cyprus and in terms of numbers and the sorts of stories you've heard through the course of today. 3m stories you've heard through the course of today.— stories you've heard through the course of today. 301 so far, that's eo - le course of today. 301 so far, that's peeple who _ course of today. 301 so far, that's people who made _ course of today. 301 so far, that's people who made it _ course of today. 301 so far, that's people who made it from - course of today. 301 so far, that's i people who made it from khartoum course of today. 301 so far, that's - people who made it from khartoum in sudan to that airbase just north of khartoum that you mentioned, got on a british military flight and landed here at the airport. for flights so far. we are expecting another for more —— four flights so far. we are expecting four more. the military aircraft land here, it's also a civilian airport. they get off those planes and then get on t

here's our diplomatic correspondent paul adams.ohammed dagalo, a former warlord known as hemmati. both served under the previous president 0mar al—bashir until they turned on him in 2019 after months of pro—democracy protest. they have large numbers of troops at their disposal. general al—burhan has the regular military, about 120,000 strong, while dagalo has the rapid support forces, as many as 150,000 with a fearsome reputation for violence. why are they fighting now? well, they were both part of a transitional administration that was supposed to pave the way for a democratic government. but in 2021, general al—burhan staged a military coup, putting all of that on hold. last year, there was another agreement on transition but by now, the two men had become rivals, unable to agree on how their armed forces can be merged into a single military. there are economic interests, too, especially gold. it's the country's biggest export and __'s country's biggest export and ——'s family has a big stake in it. and it has strategic and 0ttens

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our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from nairobi. over the city, the new ceasefire seems as shaky as the new ceasefire seems as shaky as the last, but for some there is relief. ., ., ., relief. so, our area has been relatively _ relief. so, our area has been relatively calm _ relief. so, our area has been relatively calm overnight, i relief. so, our area has been i relatively calm overnight, with relief. so, our area has been - relatively calm overnight, with the sporadic gun fights and engagements we can hear, but nothing too near to us. it is a very fluid situation, of course, and that can change at any moment, so we are hoping things settle down. the moment, so we are hoping things settle down-— moment, so we are hoping things settle down. _, ., settle down. the government -- for government — settle down. the government -- for government to _ settle down. the government -- for government to back _ settle down. the government -- for government to back trying - settle down. the government -- for government to back trying to - settle

we were talking to paul adams about the diplomacy, the latest statements, we were talking about the use the evacuation over the weekend, he said the department is in close communication with us citizens on possible departure routes. have a listen. some dozens have expressed an interest in leaving, and as i mentioned just a few moments ago, even with the withdrawal of our embassy personnel from sudan, our efforts to provide services to american citizens who were there, counsellor services, other services continues, and we are in regular communication with american citizens. we are looking to see how we can help them ensure their own safety, we've been working with allies and with partners to do as much as we can to enable them to find their way out if that's what they choose to do. now keep in mind that the over overwhelming majority of american citizens are nationals who have been living there for decades, for generations, and many want to continue to do that. but for those who are seeking to leave, we will continue to engage directly with them to see what we can do to help them, and a

some fighting, but not major enough to disrupt those flights getting out, although that line that paul adams airport to the north of the capital that they have been using for those flights, different countries, including the british, using that runway, but because of the intensity of its use, worry about damage to the runway, so we are keeping an eye in terms of an update on the british engineers who are currently working on that and any other development there on the ground in sudan. around the world and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. hey, my name is cara and i'm eight years old. i'm eamon campbelland i'm here at great 0rmond street hospital as my daughter is today having her infusion of blood plasma. in my hand is a cannula and i have to come every four weeks for it, but every time i have it, i get more and more used to it. two years ago, we started noticing that she was having difficulty walking even from the car park to school, then she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune condition. from there, we realised she needed blood plasma. a year down the line of having these treatment

here's our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, with the latest.nvitation from salva kiir, south sudan's president, to both the warring generals to try and get them to go to the south sudanese capital to sit down and talk about another three—day ceasefire, to carry on when the current one expires later today. and also to talk about humanitarian corridors within khartoum and perhaps to talk about the wider differences that separate the two of them. that is the offer, and it seems to have been provisionally accepted at least by the sudanese army, but we have not yet heard from the rapid support forces and general hemetti whether he is willing to attend the talks. the lull in violence in the sudanese capital khartoum has allowed many people to flee. tens of thousands of civilians have taken refuge in the neighbouring states of south sudan, chad, ethiopia, egypt and djibouti. aid agencies are calling for urgent humanitarian assistance for them. rescue operations by a number of countries have intensified since the truce began on tuesday. france has anno