fighting has been reported around the palace and army headquarters. the u. s ambassador to sudan said he is sheltering in place amid the clashes. the military has been in charge of sudan since a coup in 2021, which ended a power sharing arranged former formed rather following the ousting of former long term president for the very latest, let s bring in cnn s larry med maddow. oh so, larry, what more do we know about all of the circumstances and the situation right now. fred this is a conflict between the sudanese armed forces and the very powerful paramilitary group. the rapid support forces , which are led by the two most powerful military men in sudan. it s just after five p.m. in sudan and we ve seen a whole day of heavy gunfire and fighting smoke coming from some buildings there s been reported fighting around the army headquarters, the presidential palace state
because, for example, china is using civilian boats in some of their military activities. and so, therefore the u. s intelligence is having a hard time gathering information on china. that is a vulnerability, fred that us certainly would not want china to have all right. fascinating alex marquardt. thank you so much. of course, this is now. information the u. s military intelligence didn t want anybody to have all right. thank you. alright world leaders are calling for peace amid fierce fighting in sudan. moments ago, a sudanese army chief denied claims by a paramilitary group that it has control of the presidential palace in the capital of khartoum. tensions between those forces and the army erupted into violence today. heavy gunfire and fighting has been reported around the palace and army headquarters. the u. s ambassador to sudan said he is sheltering in place amid the clashes. the military has been in charge of sudan since a coup
connection and i think people in ireland generally like it here in northern ireland. it s slightly different, some of them not so. happy to see the president here. and i m looking under those umbrellas. i think i saw the prime minister of ireland underneath one of those umbrellas as well as the lord mayor of dublin. you can assume the u. s ambassador to ireland claire cronin, also in there somewhere this as the president continues to greet people on the tarmac, you get the sense he s going to enjoy. this trip. he s going to enjoy this time in ireland. he brought his son hunter. he brought his sister earlier yesterday. in fact, the president said that he was bringing with him relatives who hadn t been with him before on his many trips to ireland. he made a big trip to the republic of ireland in his waiting days as vice president. you got the sense he was doing that back in 2016 because he wasn t sure if he would make any more. official. visits to ireland and wanted to make it special. b
has been on a diplomatic role. he is currently meeting with french president emmanuel macron in beijing. he recently met with spain s prime minister in beijing. so while u s china relations, maybe at this very, very low point, you do see beijing trying to short relations elsewhere. all right, selena and lauren. thank you both very much. of course, as selena was noting there. the french president is in beijing this morning. he is meeting with the chinese president. this matters because french officials say that during this three day trip, the french president has several goals from stabilizing trade and diplomatic ties with china, but also pushing for peace with russia. of course, the latter is the biggest focus of the international community. is there watching with the war in ukraine? macron says that he petitioned the chinese president to use his influence. with putin saying quote he can count on she to reason with russia and bring everyone back to the negotiating table. obviously we
that there will be an escalation to the levels of what we saw in 2021 when similar clashes at al aqsa erupted into that 11 day war, but with the things that way they re happening here. we have to really watch the momentum and it really could spiral into something further. caitlin can clearly see how things are changing so quickly, especially at such a time as ramadan and passover hadas gold in jerusalem. thank you for that. also this morning. there are new tensions amid threats from china that are coming after house speaker kevin mccarthy defined beijing, saying he didn t need to follow what their suggestions where he met with taiwan s president in california. also vladimir putin , sending a new warning to america coming up what he told the new u. s ambassador will take a live to moscow. introducing a revolutionary automatic drip coffee machine. brewewed fresh. hot or iced. tre