plunder of other nations resources. but we will never submit. to any foreigners or colonisers. that s why we fight. and i am sure all your nations will understand this, our main emotion. and i m also sure all your nations will understand the main goal. i want to leave here injeddah. a noble call to all of you to help protect our people. live now to our middle east business correspondent, sameer hashmi in jeddah. let s start with volodymyr zelensky, that surprise visit, a really strong plea in that speech, saying to all of those countries gathered there, none of you would consider giving away a third of your country to make peace, so absolutely no concession
process. the u.s. consul general in jeddah said a thousand americans have been evacuated since the start of the conflict. they are among the tens of thousands who have fled that country. in the last two weeks, more than 500 people have died in the fighting between opposing military factions. cnn s larry madowo is in jeddah, saudi arabia, for us, and he spoke with evacuees after they arrived. reporter: this is where the journey from port sudan to jeddah ends where people are received by staff from the u.s. embassy, the u.s. consulate in jeddah. the head of the consulate here has been personally here speaking to the people, carrying luggage across from the ship, and then the process over there getting the documents looked at, and then they go over across to the other side to clear customs, have their passports stamped and they re into saudi territory. many people are grateful to the saudis for having organized this. because before there was this
for a brilliant performance. where he goes now remains to be seen. as for 0leksandr usyk he has said to me that he would love to fight a wbc champion, and that would be a blockbuster fare. so if you are undefeated. he says that he will retire from boxing but with the prospect of facing 0leksandr usykin prospect of facing 0leksandr usyk in a huge bout, so there is every possibility he could come back. ade adedoyin in jeddah. a new king has ascended the zulu throne in south africa. king misuzulu was proclaimed monarch by tribal warriors, amid jubilation and tributes. the ceremony took place after a failed court interdict to halt the proceedings. the half sisters of the king claim that their late father s will, which paved the way for misuzulu to become king, may have been forged. 0ur correspondent nomsa maseko reports. singing thousands of people have gathered for the traditional coronation of king misuzulu ka zwelithini here at kwakhangelamankengane royal palace.
here, ending his time in the middle east. griff: alex hogan live for us in jeddah, saudi arabia. aishah: for more on president biden s visit to saudi arabia, we re joined live by former state department official, david, thank you for joining us on this saturday. and i want to start off with the human rights in the kingdom. the president has called this nation a pariah and critical of the human rights issues there, but then we see this fist bump, right, that has reverberated around the world and has gotten a lot of reaction. the publisher of the washington post said that it was worse than a handshake. and the saudis are playing the heck out of this video, so, i want to ask you, if you were there with the president on this trip, would you have tried to make sure that he avoided this moment? this trip was born out of
mbs, i m going to an international meeting and they re going to be part of it just like there were people part of the discussion today. but the reality is this, the president is seeking to boost oil flow and reset the relationship with the kingdom and mbs is a part of that. he is the biggest part of that. less than two years after biden vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah. kaitlan collins is live for us in jeddah with more on this. kaitlan, the white house didn t make this official until last night and that s no accident. reporter: no, they had kind of tip toed around it, they didn t really want to be as explicit that, yes, this is going to be essentially a meeting where it s president biden and his counterpart in that meeting will be the saudi crown prince that the u.s. has accused of sanctioning the murder of jamal khashoggi. they release this had schedule, it says when president biden arrived in jeddah he is going to do what we expected, meeting with the royal family that includ