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Summary Some 230-240 people are returning on the three evacuation flights from Sudan, the Foreign Office says The third flight carrying British nationals from Sudan and ultimately to the UK has landed this morning in Cyprus Evacuees are set to board the first flight from Larnaca to London later this morning The BBC was told 39 people were on the first RAF flight to Cyprus and that three rescue flights from Sudan were planned in total A former Sudanese politician wanted for alleged crimes against humanity has said he and other former officials are no longer in jail, following reports of a break-out Trapped British nationals have been told to make their own way to an airport near Khartoum - without an escort - and UK ministers have been under pressure to help citizens escape the fighting Thousands of people have been trying to flee the country during a ceasefire between rival military factions, with the UN expecting up to 270,000 Sudanese people to leave Residents of the capital Khartoum have spoken of their fears of looting and vandalism as food supplies dwindle

The World Health Organization has said that a batch of contaminated India-made cough syrup has been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia. The WHO said that the tested samples of Guaifenesin TG syrup, made by Punjab-based QP Pharmachem Ltd, showed "unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol". Both compounds are toxic to humans and could be fatal if consumed. The WHO statement did not specify if anyone had fallen ill. The latest alert comes months after the WHO linked other cough syrups made in India to child deaths in The Gambia and Uzbekistan. Sudhir Pathak, managing director of QP Pharmachem, told the BBC that the company had exported the batch of 18,346 bottles to Cambodia after getting all due regulatory permissions. He said he didn't know how the product had reached the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.

Time waits for no man, the saying goes - and for 80-year-old Joe Biden, that could be a problem. Can the US president convince voters that his age is not an issue? Mr Biden announced on Tuesday that he wants to serve another four years in the White House. Americans, according to a recent NBC News poll, aren't so sure. The survey shows that 70% of Americans - and 51% of Democrats - think he shouldn't seek re-election. And it identifies one major concern for about half of those who want him to stand aside in 2024: his age. Mr Biden is already the oldest president in US history. If he were to win re-election, he would be inaugurated at age 82 and finish his second four-year term at 86. According to US government actuarial tables, the average life expectancy for an 82-year-old man is 6.77 years, with an 8% chance of death within the next 12 months.

Prince William was paid a "very large sum" by the owners of the Sun newspaper to settle historical phone-hacking claims, court papers say. The payment in 2020 was revealed in papers from Prince Harry's lawyers as part of his legal action against News Group Newspapers at the High Court. The Duke of Sussex is suing the publisher over alleged unlawful information gathering. But NGN says he has run out of time to bring a claim. The documents do not disclose the amount Prince William settled for and do not have the details of what it related to. A spokesman for the Prince of Wales said they would not comment on ongoing legal proceedings.

Summary US President Joe Biden has announced that he will seek re-election for the presidency in 2024, with Vice-President Kamala Harris again his running mate Now 80 and already the oldest president in US history, Biden had long signalled he would run for another four-year term In a video to launch his bid to retain the White House, he cast the next election as a fight for democracy and personal freedom, saying: "Let's finish the job" But the Republicans called Biden "out of touch" for seeking re-election, claiming US citizens were counting down the days until they can send him "packing" Donald Trump has already launched his bid, meaning the pair could be set for a rematch of the 2020 election in November next year With Biden's Democrats performing better than expected in last year's midterm elections, he is unlikely to face much competition from within his own party But an NBC News poll recently found that 70 percent of Americans, and just over half of Democrats, believe he should not run again

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Former President Donald Trump keeps using wildly inaccurate figures to minimize the threat of climate change. Trump, now a presidential candidate, has argued in speeches and interviews that the risk of nuclear war is a much more important issue than climate change. He is entitled to his opinion. But he has repeatedly defended that opinion by citing imaginary statistics on the extent to which sea levels are expected to rise in the future. In a Fox interview this month, Trump echoed a claim he made in his campaign launch speech in November. He said on Fox: “When I listen to people talk about global warming, that the ocean will rise, in the next 300 years, by 1/8th of an inch – and they talk about, ‘This is our problem.’ Our big problem is nuclear warming, but nobody even talks about it. The environmentalists talk about all this nonsense.”

Singapore is set to hang a man for trafficking cannabis, in the city-state's latest controversial execution. Activists say Tangaraju Suppiah was convicted on weak evidence. Authorities say he received due process, and have scheduled his execution for Wednesday. It follows a high-profile execution last year of a mentally disabled man over a drugs charge. Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, which it says are necessary to protect society. In recent days his family members and activists delivered letters to Singapore's president Halimah Yacob in a last-minute plea for clemency, while British billionaire Sir Richard Branson has called for a halt of the execution and a review of the case. "I know that my brother has not done anything wrong. I urge the court to look at his case from the beginning," Tangaraju's sister, Leela Suppiah, told reporters at a news conference.

Former President Donald Trump is facing a civil trial over an allegation that he raped an advice columnist nearly three decades ago. Jury selection is due to begin on Tuesday in a New York federal court. Mr Trump has denied E Jean Carroll's accusation that he attacked her in a Manhattan department store. He has said she made up the claim for publicity. Though this is not a criminal case, the consequences for Mr Trump could nevertheless be serious. If Ms Carroll wins the lawsuit, it would be the first time the former president - who has been the subject of more than two dozen such allegations - would be found legally responsible for a sexual assault. Mr Trump is facing a wave of other legal troubles, including more than two dozen felony counts over payment of hush money to an adult film actress and an investigation into his alleged role in the US Capitol riot on 6 January 2021. Mr Trump is also juggling his ongoing bid for the White House next year. Here's what to expect at the trial.

The British government has evacuated diplomats and their families from Sudan, in a swift operation that saw staff and their families flown out of the country on Sunday. It comes after a military power struggle erupted in the country last week between two opposing forces, causing deadly shooting and shelling in capital city Khartoum. Hundreds of people have been killed, including five aid workers. Thousands of British citizens remain in Sudan, with many saying they feel abandoned by the UK government following the evacuation. Other countries including France and Germany have begun evacuating their nationals. The government says it is still in touch with stuck Britons and is "looking at every single possible option" for extracting them. In a fraught and rapidly changing environment, how does a government bring its diplomats to safety, especially if they are being targeted? BBC News asked Philip Ingram, who served in the British army for more than 26 years and has worked as a military planner and intelligence officer.