evacuating their citizens from the capital khartoum as fighting between two rival armed groups continues. most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. these are pictures of french nationals leaving earlier. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people. the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. canada s prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help . he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has european and american military bases. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group, the rsf, for more than a week. this is the scene in the capital, khartoum. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudan s civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence worsening the country s already desperate humanitarian crisis. our correspondent mayeni jones is in lagos with the latest. it s a very difficult situation
has died at the age of 76. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have given details of a defence pact that will provide australia with nuclear powered submarines. president biden, uk prime minister rishi sunak and the australian prime minister anthony albanese, have met to confirm the aukus security agreement. the deal is aimed at countering what the three nations see as china s threat in the indo pacific region. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego. a pact of old democracies, coming together to counter a new and growing adversary china. australia and the united kingdom are two of america s most stalwart and capable allies. our common values, ourshared vision for a peaceful, prosperous future unite us, all across the atlantic and pacific. this is about projecting power and resolve. the backdrop, a naval base. the images and the words intended to work in unison. the aukus agreement, we confirm here in san diego, represents
capitol under siege. also tonight, deadly heat across the globe and in america 100 million people under heat alerts in more than two dozen states. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, president biden s covid diagnosis and what comes next. his top covid official the president himself sent out a brief video message about how he s doing, and let s go to jeff zeleny joining us from the white house. how is the president feeling tonight. wolf, officials tell me tonight that president biden is feeling quite well. he s been working remotely, if you will from the residence of the white house throughout the day making telephone calls holding meetings virtually and this comes, thof course, as the first time he s tested positive for covid-19 and he s in the first year and a half of his presidency trying to dodge this, and today he did test positive and he was just on his way to travelin
the idea of mike pence, as his staff, gets into cars, pence says we re not leaving here, we are going to stay, and i m going to do my constitutional duty as vice president of the united states. get out of the cars, get back into the capitol. i mean, that s a very moving scene. and good for mike pence. and to see those pictures of him at this loading dock, wherever that was. you mean, this was a moment in american history that could have gone either way. i think that s, you know, so reinforced. i mean, there could have been a lot more deaths. there could have been a constitutional crisis. it was bad enough as it was. but it could have been worse. and mike pence deserves a lot of credit for the resolution was as good, if that s the word, as it turned out to be. i was a little surprised. i think it was the first hearing that the evidence came out from members of the committee that i think it was liz cheney said that when this question of hang mike pence got back to trump