hello and welcome to the programme, i m lewis vaughan jones. the fighting continues in the sudan capital, khartoum. there are conflicting reports though that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the sudan army are fighting with the rtf. in a statement released a short time ago, the spokesman for the sudanese army has accused its opponents of: attacking the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. the spokesman went on to say that: the sudanese army condemns this barbaric behaviour and violence, which is a characteristic of the rapid support militia. but let me bring you this from the rsf which has tweeted saying the rapid support forces were attacked by aircraft during the evacuation of french nationals. we have had no international confirmation. we approached the french government and they c
terrified of the thought of having to return to school in a few short weeks that she comes to tears. what will you tell her? i can assure you that my children are not mentally prepared to return to campus and i husband and i are unwilling to send them. reporter: now, the school administration said they are considering virtual schooling, but that, of course, still needs to be determined. as for the latest on the investigation, texas department of public safety telling cnn that its ongoing criminal, and the key word here is criminal, its ongoing criminal investigation is also examining the actions of law enforcement. and, kaitlan, that s important because we hadn t heard this before from the lead investigating agency. and so the latest is that they are looking at the actions or in this case the inaction of law enforcement, but as you know, it would be up to the d.a. to charge anyone in this case. yeah, and i know the families want to know exactly what s happening there. las
today the nation is shaken by new disturbing details on the report of the killing of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde, texas. reactions are pouring in, and the horrifying question is could more lives have been saved? there s a little girl named maya zamora. she received five gunshots to her upper totorso. she s still in the hospital after 20 surgeries. she s a miracle baby. she had two that had single gunshot wounds. they likely bled out five, ten, 15 minutes earlier. who is to say who could have survived and who couldn t have. rosa flores is live for us in uvalde. rosa, one of the most maddening details from this report is the amount of law enforcement on the scene, nearly 400, and no one was in charge. what more are we learning? reporter: let me show you and tell you about those failures, because at 11:28 a.m., this is the area where the gunman crashed his vehicle. then he jumped over this fence. this is the fence where he threw the gun, threw the backpack, and
secretary of state antony blinken making that big announcement from israel. he announced that president biden is coming to israel on wednesday. he said this which itself could be a very big deal. the united states and israel have agreed to develop a plan that will enable aid from multilateral organizations to reach civilians in gaza and them alone, including the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of harm s way. to have the u.s. president heading there himself and then to have what secretary blinken just announced. the u.s. government announcing they have a plan with israel to get aid into gaza. these are very big developments. we ll be talking going what this could mean for the course of this war. for israel, for hamas, for civilians in gaza who have been put in such an impossible situation. we ll be talking about the potential riskiness of the president s mission abroad and what his mission might be able to change. might be able to shake loose in te
there s a ton to get to. on israel-hamas, this is huge breaking news within the past hour, that president biden himself will travel to israel the day after tomorrow on wednesday. secretary of state antony blinken making that big announcement from israel. he announced that president biden is coming to israel on wednesday. he said this which itself could be a very big deal. the united states and israel have agreed to develop a plan that will enable aid from multilateral organizations to reach civilians in gaza and them alone, including the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of harm s way. to have the u.s. president heading there himself and then to have what secretary blinken just announced. the u.s. government announcing they have a plan with israel to get aid into gaza. these are very big developments. we ll be talking going what this could mean for the course of this war. for israel, for hamas, for civilians in gaza who have been put in such an impo