hello and welcome. let s start with the situation in sudan, and the us secretary of state antony blinken has spoken on the phone to the leaders of the warring factions there and called for a ceasefire. he s said to have expressed grave concern about civilian deaths and injuries in separate calls with the heads of the armed forces and the rival paramilitary rapid support force. this is the latest footage coming out of the conflict. sudanese citizens have been seeing this barrage of artillery fire light up the night sky in the capital khartoum. both sides now claim to control key sites in khartoum, where most of the violence has taken place. the european union says its ambassador to sudan was assaulted in his home there. caught in the middle, are sudan s civilians. it s one of the poorest countries in the world, and millions need humanitarian aid. let s hear from some of them. actually i live in east khartoum, less than 15 minutes away from the military headquarters and airport
grilled by us lawmakers and legal peril for donald trump. soon a federal grand jury will hear testimony from the former president s own lawyer. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. and we begin with tip for tap air strikes in syria after a deadly attack on u. s personnel deployed to fight isis. the pentagon says it launched a retaliatory strike targeting a group affiliated with iran s revolutionary guard in the eastern part of the country that followed a drone attack on u. s forces in syria, killing a u. s contractor and wounding six other americans. let s bring in cnn s international diplomatic editor nic robertson live in london, nick what more are we learning? well this retaliatory strike on groups affiliated with the iranian revolutionary guard corps who are believed to be responsible for that drone strike that killed one contractor wounded five u. s servicemen and another u. s service contract to their this retaliatory strike is being called
hello and welcome to bbc news. millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions, but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at least seven people dead. we are in a war. this is a war with mother nature and she has been hitting us with everything she has since the late hours of thursday and into fr
millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions, but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at least seven people dead. we are in a war. this is a war with mother nature and she has been hitting us with everything she has since the late hours of thursday and into friday, saturday and now on chris
in the light of her faith, in his first christmas message. it is in the life giving light and with the true humility that lies in our service to others, but i believe we can find hope for the future. millions of people in the us and canada are spending christmas in the grip of a severe winter storm. it s brought extreme frost, heavy snow and strong winds. at least 35 people have died in weather related incidents, and around 175,000 homes are without power. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. a very white christmas has turned more into a deep freeze. the city of buffalo in new york state is used to tough weather conditions, but this storm has left it paralysed. many don t even have any power to cook their christmas lunch. i m really glad that i have a fireplace because otherwise i d be freezing right now. 43 inches of snow fell here as of christmas morning. driving is banned as the blizzard conditions leave roads impassable, power substations frozen and at l