that he sees no reason to negotiate with army leaders. meanwhile, sudan s health ministry says more than 500 people have been killed since the fighting began more than two weeks ago. and another 73,000 people have left sudan for neighboring countries, according to the u.n. refugee agency, which warns that figure could balloon to more than 800,000. the u.s. secretary of state says the u.s. will keep organizing convoys to get americans out of sudan for as long as that assistance is needed. the state department says the u.s. has helped more than a thousand american citizens leave sudan since the start of the violence. a third overland convoy delivered americans to sudan port on monday, and a naval vessel has been bringing those evacuees across the red sea to jeddah in saudi arabia.
we don t want kinmen to become a battlefield again wu says. if there are no soldiers or military installations, we can become a demilitarized zone and attract more tourists. he says the handful of remaining military sites are shockingly vulnerable. last year civilian drones from china hofvered over several island outposts. this video shows startled soldiers throwing rocks raising questions about the military s readiness. taiwan says it shot down at least one unidentified civilian drone. in so many ways the local culture on this side and that side almost the same. politics of course the big exception. but many who grew up here are calling for closer ties with communist china. they lived with the alternative, decades of ferocious fighting right here on the front line. these battle-scarred outlying islands bore the brunt of damage during the worst decades of the cross-strait conflict. from the late 1940s through the
let s go to cnn s senior africa editor who joins us live from lagos. good morning to you, stephanie. what more are you learning about these efforts to evacuate more people out of the country? and that s the latest on fighting across sudan? good morning, rosemary. so the uk was the latest country to evacuate some 2,000 citizens on monday in what it says are the final organized evacuations it will do because of a low demand and also what it says is an increasingly volatile situation. we re also hearing that russia is planning to evacuate some 200 citizens. but the fighting continues, and this fighting has spiraled completely out of control, leaving hundreds of people dead. and it also happens this conflict is happening against the backdrop of the 20th year
dulled ukraine s passion for soccer. kyiv has just hosted a youth soccer tournament and as cnn s will ripley reports some of the players have their own world cup ambitions. reporter: in ukraine, ferocious fighting, not just on the front lines, but the football field. this youth torn amount in kyiv has 30 teams from all over ukraine, including areas battered by regular russian attacks. they ve been training this whole time, says this dad from dnipro in eastern ukraine. they go to the bomb shelter when there is an air raid siren, but then they keep training. tournament organizers say the fact it s even happening this year is a victory. i was so worried about the tournament, he says. today is the final. our mission is to give these kids back their childhood. getting those kids to kyiv from some of ukraine s hardest hit areas, a huge logistical challenge.
staff. stay woke you may go broke. ferocious fighting in mariupol as ukraine s military is refusing to wave the white flag. general jack keane on russia s strategy next. the situation in donbas remains very difficult. russian troops are still trying to show at least some victory. it looks insane that they do not stop all these efforts. i am grateful to everyone who holds the line.