khartoum. there are reports of heavy fighting in the city. the army says it s attacking from all directions, despite a ceasefire being in place. it s part of an effort to recapture areas held by the rival, rapid support forces. the army has urged people to remain indoors and to stay away from windows. south sudan says it s still trying to convene peace talks between representatives of the two sides. the uk s last evacuation flight has left sudan. the foreign office says nearly 1900 people have been flown out since tuesday. meanwhile, the united states has completed its first evacuation of citizens from the country. countries like saudi arabia are getting people out tojeddah via port sudan on the red sea. our correspondent lyse doucet took the boat the other way and has sent this report from port sudan. every face, every person on this waiting tug boat tells you a story they tell us that they made a dangerous journey to get here. the violence in their neighborhoods, they ve wa
there are reports of heavy fighting in the city. the army says it s attacking from all directions, despite a ceasefire being in place. it s part of an effort to recapture areas held by the rival, rapid support forces. the army has urged people to remain indoors and to stay away from windows. south sudan says it s still trying to convene peace talks between representatives of the two sides. the uk s last evacuation flight has left sudan. the foreign office says nearly 1900 people have been flown out since tuesday. meanwhile, the united states has completed its first evacuation of citizens from the country. countries like saudi arabia are getting people out tojeddah via port sudan on the red sea. our correspondent lyse doucet took the boat the other way and has sent this report from port sudan. every face, every person in this waiting tug boat tells a story of sudan. look at the exhaustion. they ve made a dangerousjourney to get here to port sudan. they ve told they told us the
united kingdom enters the second day now good morning for queen elizabeth, alexis mcadams is live in new york city with the funeral plans but we start with brian and brett cal paek in london where hundreds are leaving flowers, cards to pay tribute to the late queen. i would say more than hundreds, thousands and thousands are coming here streaming to buckingham palace to pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth the second and maybe offer a little support for the new king king charles iii. he is inside as we speak already conducting meetings. even though immediately upon the passing of the queen it was made official today by the so-called accession council. the president by his side, the queen camilla queen consort by his side. the prince s wales 300 years this is how it s been done in yoking tail, once the ceremony was over the trumpets heralded the news to the gather outside of st. james palace where we are now, in the proclamation of the new king was read in full. at
of staff at the department of homeland security and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. it s starting to feel a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. that s because the house is trying again for a third day to elect a speaker of the house. we ve now had eight votes. and in all eight, the republican kevin mccarthy has failed to receive enough votes. he hasn t even been able to swing the needle in his favour at all. this is the scene live in the house now where a ninth vote is under way. it already appears that he has lost to this vote as well. at least seven republicans have voted for other options. in the last vote, 20 republicans voted for an alternative candidates to mr mccarthy mainly for byron donalds, and there was also a shock vote for donald trump. remember, the speaker of the house doesn t need to be a member of congress. that vote for the former president came from matt gaetz, one of the ring leaders of those refusing t
burial in the royal vault alongside her husband prince philip in windsor this evening. as we are watching traditions that go back centuries and updated by the queen s agreement grandmother, queen victoria in 1901. the queen s casket will arrive at windsor castle, with the procession ending outside st. george s chapel. she will be the first female sovereign there. we will be bringing you the committal service for which some of the music was composed by the former chapel organist who is believed to have taught young princess elizabeth to play the piano. hundreds of world leaders, including president biden and more than 2,000 dignitaries joined the royal family for the queen s state funeral at westminster abbey. the 13th century seat of the church of england and where 25-year-old elizabeth was core nated 75 years ago. the queen said her funeral should not be long and boring. it was just about one-hour long, managing to be both personal and a world-class good-bye, including a