a new phase-in israel s ground offensive in gaza. the israeli military has plans to pull back some troops and shift to more localized operations. we ll go through that development and the escalating tensions in the red sea. also ahead, a look at the very long to-do list for congress in 2024 with several crucial items that were not addressed late last year. plus, the supreme court has a tight time line to rule on the most consequential case involving the presidency since the year 2000 decision that sent george w. bush to the white house. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 2, 2024. happy new year, everyone. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day, week, and yes year with us. it is going to be an extraordinarily busy year. we re so grateful that you re with us. we begin this morning overseas where the israeli military is planning to withdraw some of its troops from gaza. reservists from at least two brigades will be sent home t
hello and welcome to the programme. the us military has evacuated american diplomats and their families from sudan. six aircraft were used in sunday s early morning mission. president biden issued a statement a short time ago. he said: more than 150 people were evacuated by sea to the saudi arabian port ofjeddah on saturday, mostly citizens of gulf countries, but also from egypt, canada and others. it came as clashes continued between the rsf and sudan s army. the near constant shooting and bombardment in khartoum and elsewhere has cut electricity and safe access to food and water for much of the population. several ceasefires that had seemingly been agreed by both sides were ignored, including a 3 day pause to mark the muslim holiday of eid al fitr, which started on friday. bbc news understands that the government is drawing up plans to evacuate british embassy staff from sudan, uk citizens are being urged to tell the foreign office where they are, either online or by phone,
for all those of you who have lost someone, 21 years is both a lifetime and no time at all. it s good to remember, these memories help us heal. ukrainian forces have been able to take control of some villages here in kharkiv region. the ukrainians are demonstrating their will to fight and candidly the russians inability and lack of supplies to their troops is playing out as well. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom . the first lag of a final royal journey. the funeral group bearing the coffin of queen elizabeth ii arrived today in the scottish capital edinburgh. applause and a show of love as the queen s flag draped coffin passed through the city s royal mile. for 500 years this has been a processional route for kings and queens. today it was part of the six-hour funeral procession from balmoral estate where the queen died on thursday. across the countryside through villages and cities, crowds of mourners and admirers lined the streets to
To capture the city of kharkiv, in the north east of the country. But, in kharkiv region, police are going door to door in the town of vovchansk to evacuate the remaining residents, as Russian Shelling intensifies. These images are from vovchansk. Russia launched a Surprise Offensive there last week, with one analysis suggesting Russian Forces have advanced by about 10 kilometres, creating a new front in the war on ukraine. A sixteen and a half hour Air Raid Alert has now been lifted in kharkiv itself. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse is in kyiv with the latest. This war has now firmly moved from Trench Warfare in this North Eastern part of the front line. I dont think the words of Vladimir Putin, where he said at a Press Conference in china, that there were no plans, for now, to try and capture the city of kharkiv. I dont think that will bring a collective sigh of relief for the thousands of people still living in the city. I think there are two things at play. Firstly, i do