the paramilitary group the rapid support forces came to that agreementjust hours before a previous ceasefire was due to expire. despite these agreements, clashes have been reported with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country. our correspondent paul adams has more on the origins of the conflict. khartoum obviously was the focus of that popular revolt backin focus of that popular revolt back in 2019, which was, you know, the thing that brought to an end 30 years of alba ts s power. it was followed by a terrible massacre of demonstrators in the aftermath of president 0mar al bashir s alistair but it has not seen the kind of all out military conflict that it is witnessing. what 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 did not think that city who did not think that it would come to this but feared that somehow, this rivalry between these two factions was going to result
years amid fears that the country is heading into a recession. it s a challenge for president biden as he attends a dnc event and tries to sharpen his midterm message. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in ukraine where bogus referendums are under way as moscow tries to solidify its hold on occupied territory. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground for us. ben, is this so-called voting essentially happening at gunpoint? reporter: basically it is, wolf. we re seeing video and hearing reports of election workers going house to house, door to door, with ballot boxes, accompanied by armed men, in some cases armed men wearing balance cla vas. we re wear the election workers are going door to door. people are locking their doors and simply not answering to avoid voting. in fact, the ukrainian authorities have urged residents of the occupied t
have declined to cooperate with us further, including by providing on the record testimony. we are left with no choice but to issue you this subpoena. earlier this evening, committee member adam schiff had this message for cipollone. he ought to show just a small portion of the courage that cassidy hutchinson displayed. he needs to come out of hiding. he needs to do his patriotic duty. as we mentioned, cipollone was prominently featured in yesterday s testimony. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. please keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. and do you remember which crimes mr. cipollone was concerned with? in the days leading up to the 6th, we had conversations about potentially obstructing justice or defrauding the electoral count. hutchinson also testified abt cipollone s efforts january 6th to get the president to urge h
across the world, more than i billion people celebrate the hindu festival of lights. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to the programme. in gaza, it has been five weeks of constant bombardment by israel, after an attack by hamas on october the 7th. now there is a growing concern about the state of hospital there. the world health organization has warned the biggest hospital in gaza is out of power and premature babies had to be moved out of incubators because of that. israel s president isaac herzog says hamas has its base underneath the building, which hamas has denied. the second biggest hospital, al-quds is also reported by a charity to have run out of fuel. at al shifa, out here we cannot see, everything is in total darkness, really. without electricity, without fuel, without water, even without food. and still, we are having more than 600 injured people. and we are suffering now with our babies, who
MANILA, Philippines: Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday said the country is on the right track in asserting its sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) but at the same time called on the government to employ a systematic approach in combating the massive disinformation campaign by China and continue to rely on international law since it has no credible self-defense force. Carpio commended President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. s efforts to renew ties with the United States and engage with other countries to conduct joint patrols in the WPS unlike in the previous administration, which lacked political will.