continuously fire on these humanitarian corridors. is that also what you are hearing? yes, there are many reports. there are many evacuation attempts from mariupol. but all they have all failed. and the mass evacuation hasn t been successful in mariupol so far even though it s been successful in some other city some other cities. so let s talk about the western expansion of these air strikes. in lutsk, we saw an airport damaged. we saw, in um in other parts of western ukraine, civilian targets that were also hit by the russians. tell us more about that. yes. so, it s so russia um, so initially, russia s strategy was, you know, targeting like military objects. but now, they ve focus they re focusing more on, you know, targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings so what you saw in like western ukraine yesterday. so, this is concerning because um we don t like we many of hundreds
and then a victory for those fighting a florida election law that critics call racist. a judge s biggest decision and the fight still ahead in that state. all of that is ahead. so, stick with me. we re wanting to begin, though, with that fresh evacuation attempt in the besieged city of mariupol. the international committee of the red cross once again leading a convoy of more than 50 ukrainian buses to rescue trapped civilians after being forced to turn back yesterday. nbc s ali aruozi is in lviv for us. tens of thousands of people still trapped in that besieged city of mariupol, without food, without water. the situation incredibly dire for those that have had to be left behind. these are individuals that are elderly, that are sick already, needing extra care. walk us through these evacuation attempts and why exactly it was shut down yesterday. reporter: hey, yasmin. well, it s been a string of failed evacuation attempts.
this is bbc news, the headlines. thousands of civilians have fled the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol but one hundred and sixty thousand people are estimated to still be trapped inside. the red cross renewed their evacuation attempts after failing on friday. a nationwide curfew is in place in sri lanka to try to head off planned anti government protests over the country s economic decline. the capital, colombo, has already spent two nights under curfew following unrest on thursday. hollywood actor will smith has resigned from the oscars academy after slapping comedian chris rock on stage during last sunday s ceremony. the academy says it accepts smith s resignation and would continue to move forward with their own disciplinary proceedings. today marks forty years since since argentina invaded the falkland islands.
and i don t think the department of defense will either. that commitment will remain until it s done. reporter: and the pentagon spokesman saying to that question that nothing has changed about the deadline, suggesting that if they do find additional targets, that may happen before we leave on august 31st, alex, and also an update on some of the evacuation attempts here. we have about 500 americans as of last night who the white house and national security advisers are in touch with who want to leave. they are in touch with them. there are about 100 others who have not been determined who may have spouses or family and they have not given us an indication of what they want to do. but the white house watching these scenes of hectic chaos outside the airport there, knowing that you have a sea of humanity, individuals who are wanting to get the last ticket out, along with thousands of al qaeda and isis fighters who were released from prison, alex, and the white house also at this hour t
but it made it to the carrier safely. inside guns last hours, nearly 1000 americans, and several thousand vietnamese were airlifted out. some waited hours for their turn to where the helicopters, they said that was the worst part. the waiting. not knowing if the communist roots might launch an attack, or in force an end to the evacuation attempts. that did not happen. for 19 hours, they shuttled back and forth, one of the last away, was u.s. ambassador graham are in. don oliver, nbc news reporting. the fall of saigon, to take us off the air tonight, as our conversation is dominated by the fall of afghanistan. that is indeed our broadcast for this monday night, as we