welcome to the programme. i m lucy grey. gun battles are raging in the sudanese capital, khartoum, as rival wings of the armed forces fight for power. there are reports of nearly 70 people dead with almost 600 injured. among the dead are three un workers who were caught in gunfire at a military base. these are the latest pictures from khartoum where there is black smoke over the city. the united nations secretary general has condemned the fighting between the army and another military group, the rapid support forces. there are fears the violence will delay the planned transition to civilian rule in sudan. latest reports say the situation is getting worse. there are now reports of fighting around the country, with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of 0mdurman. the target is an rsf base north east of the capital khartoum. beverly 0chieng from the bbc s monitoring service has the latest from nairobi. some of the latest tallies we are seeing from the
warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m the anchor nobler max foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. dave. evacuations from the sudanese capital was launched from here in djibouti, a multinational effort led by the united states. we really fear that once a lot of the internationals have left, the fighting will really ramp up. president biden is expected to make his reelection bid official this week. if you take biden and your face them up against trump , biden leads that match up by three points. nobody knows what s happening. so it s the first instinct is the plane s going to bloat. life from london. this is cnn newsroom. max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, april 24th nine am here in london, 10 a.m. in sudan , where a growing number of foreign nationals are being evacuated as fighting rages between rival military factions . over the past day, more than 1000 people have been pulled out by vario
being told to stay in place while the state department and pentagon try to work out how they might be rescued. there was a 72-hour cease-fire on the broad question of whether it could collapse. what really could make this conflict much worse is if these two sides are supported by the external allies. will it be deja vu all over again in the 2024 presidential election? he s the right person to fix the problems that we face to undo all the damage by biden. they may be popular in the box office but not at the ballot box. he stood up for women of america and he stood up for our democracy. low poll numbers, people second guessing him. this is where this man eats dinner. may day. may day. and federal aviation administration is investigating two separate fires on american airlines flights. the. this flight never even got off the ground. nobody knows what is happening. it s the first instinct is the plane is going to blow. one of the most recognizable store fr
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scares. right here on cnn news central. right now, desperation is growing as tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the violence that is unfolding and escalating in sudan. over the last 24 hours, a mass evacuation has been picking up speed and urgency. u.s. officials have confirmed all of the u.s. personnel have been evacuated on president biden s order, u.s. special ops flew into the capital city and the troops were on the ground less than ong nearly 100 u.s. diplomats and staff and family members out. now, at this hour, roughly 16,000 americans remain in sudan and most of them holding dual citizenship, and now at this hour, tony blinken is speaking about the crisis for first time since this u.s. evacuation. listen to this. on saturday, i directed the temporary suspension of operations at khartoum, and we conducted a successful operation to safely evacuate u.s. personnel and their dependents. i want to reiterate my appreciate for ambassador john godfrey and t