viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, the mastermind behind the 2021 suicide bombing at kabul s international airport taken out by the taliban. what we re learning about this. countries rush to evacuate their citizens from sudan as the latest fragile ceasefire appears in danger of collapsing. and day-oh, day-oh reporter: remembering the king of calypso. a look at the life and legacy of harry belafonte. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, the white house says the terrorist leader behind the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed by the taliban. the attack came in the final chaotic days of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. 13 u.s. service members and nearly 200 afghans were killed. so let s bring in cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson. good to see you, ivan. what more are you l
learned as they were building the new terminal a. what we ve learned is you need open spaces. can t have pinch points. you can t have places where queues form. you have to have the technology support rapid through-put, the ease with which people board so that all of these gates are equipped with e-gates in ways that right now people can board just with their cell phone. but in the future, it will be biometric. we re getting ready for summer, but last year was horrible. will this year be better? are you ready? i know to an extent it s not you. it s all the various but you get the blame. well, the fact is the system is still struggling a bit in terms of coming back. finding staff that guess across with our government partners. it s with the airlines. it s with the port authority. we have the highest vacancy in