and tributes to the legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue mission had begun early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan s capital, khartoum, not knowing if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force aircraft and a great number of military personnel, who ve been flown in from the uk over t
bombing that killed dozens at kabul s airport has been killed by the taliban, that s according to us officials. 70 civilians and 13 american troops were killed when a bomber detonated his device among packed crowds as people tried to flee afghanistan, in august 2021. the officials did not reveal the name of the man, who was the leader of an islamic state cell. they said the leader died weeks ago, but it took time to confirm his death. us officials say intelligence gathering and monitoring of the region led them to conclude the leader had died, though they did not provide further details on how they learned that he was responsible for the bombing. and the us began notifying families of the deceased troops about the death of the is leader on monday. in sudan, a shaky ceasefire seems to be holding in capital city khartoum while foreign nationals are evacuating from the country. these picures are from cypus late tuesday local time, when the first uk evacuation flight carrying 3
we ll see if it shows up. anderson is now. good evening. so it begins. four years the day after he entered the 2020 race with the video condemning the former president s comments after a white supremacist rally, joe biden is running for a second term. he appeared in a video released saying we still are in a fight for the soul of the nation. he spoke about the need to, in his words, defend democracy. repeatedly spoke of the need to stand up for what he termed personal freedom. this time, not just against the extremism of a former president who hopes to retake the white house, but a republican party, the president believes is enabled by him. we protect our rights, to make sure that everyone in this country is treated equally and everyone is given a fair shot at making it. but, you know, around the country, maga extremists are taking on the bedrock freedoms, cutting social security that you paid for your entire life while cutting taxes for the very wealthy, dictating what de
because they have way too much money. that s a big change from three years ago. when he was running last time at the democratic national convention. i know it seems like a lifetime ago, joe biden campaigned on the idea that police are racist. the dnc platform stated this, quote, millions of people in our country have good reason to fear that they may lose their lives in a routine traffic stop or while standing on a street corner. really? joe biden isn t talking like that anymore. and it s not hard to see why the antipolice movement that joe biden supported big time has destroyed major democratic controlled cities. take, for example, seattle, after 2020 of the seattle police department lost four hundred officers. they picked up and left, put down their badges. they had other stuff to do where they were appreciated and they just hit a 30 year low in the numbers of officers on the payroll. on top of that seattle state government, where both the senate and house are controlled by
those killed. what the us is now saying tonight and who got them. ian pannell standing by here in new york city tonight. opening statements in the civil trial against former president trump, the woman who waited years for this trial, saying he assaulted her at bergdorf goodman in the 1990s. trump at one point saying she s not my type, but what he allegedly said during a deposition when shown an image of her back at the time. aaron katersky tonight the us racing to evacuate americans in sudan. the new images tonight of the american embassy staff rescued in that daring nighttime evacuation. james longman again tonight. authorities charging a man who they say posed as a doctor. they say treating everything from viral infections to cancer. but tonight, they say he was no doctor, now facing multiple felonies. matt gutman reporting tonight. the rocks smashing into windshields. one driver killed. and tonight, at least seven vehicles targeted ae victims who survived the flight out of