hello. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest situation in sudan. three updates. the un top official to the region is on his way. this is a crucialfigure, martin griffiths. he is there to effectively coordinate aid and tried to help it get in safely. we are looking at live pictures of khartoum. the smoke rising there. i will get to the causes, we think, of those explosions in a moment. we can first get the latest on martin griffiths who has arrived in nairobi. he said the situation unfolding is catastrophic. and that. we can look at the situation on the ground. this is khartoum. air strikes have continued despite the ceasefire. the army said it had been attacking the city to flush out effectively paramilitary rivals the rapid support forces. 500 deaths have been reported and the actualfigure deaths have been reported and the actual figure believed to deaths have been reported and the actualfigure believed to be higher. we will not get official counts for while. mi
room for compromise yet on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen says the us could run out of cash byjune 1st, prompting president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week. in a letter to the leaders today, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying: the republican controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the banking sector. wall street giantjp morgan chase took over the troubled first republic bank in a $10.6 billion deal brokered by regulators. they seized first republic early on monday, after efforts to rescue the bank fell through over the weekend. the failure of the bank is the second largest in us history, and the third in the country since march. samira hussain has more. as of mond
[ taps playing ] for all of those 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 the kharkiv region. the ukrainians are demonstrating their will to fight, and candidly, the russians inability and lack of supply to their troops is playing out as well. i m pamela brown in washington. you ra live in the cnn newsroom. the first leg of a final journey. queen elizabeth ii has arrived in the scottish capital, edinburgh. a smattering of applause and 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. and today it was part of the six-hour funeral procession from balmoral estate, where the queen died thursday. across the countryside, through villages and cities, crowds of mourners lined the streets to pay their respec
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