This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritzon, and in the early hours of Monday,

the 24th of April, these are our main stories.

Governments race to get their staff out of Sudan

with many other foreigners and locals

left behind amid urban warfare and food shortages.

A rare electoral success for a right-wing party

in the German capital Berlin.

And scientists in Chile warn that bird flu

has joined the list of threats to one of the rarest dolphins in the world.

We have to protect and care for this species, which is unique,

but also very fragile because there are so very few left.

Also, in this podcast, Serbs largely refuse to turn out

for elections in northern Kosovo due to tensions with ethnic Albanians

and tens of thousands take part in the London marathon.

Western nations and Saudi Arabia have been rushing to get their citizens

out of the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

But the fighting between two rival generals,

which has taken the lives of 400 people since it started nine days ago,

shows no signs of ending leaving many people trapped.

Some foreigners have decided they're not going to wait for their government

to rescue them, such as William, who's British,

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