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returning to our top story this hour, fighting is raging for a third day in the sudanese capital, khartoum. the clashes are part of a power struggle within the country s military leadership, who have failed to deliver a transition to civilian government. doctors in sudan are telling us almost 100 civilians have died, they expect that figure to go up as more reports come in. you can foreign secretary, james cleverly, has called for a ceasefire and is urging both sides to return to talks. we have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. figs have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese armed - is like in khartoum. as the fighting l between the sudanese armed forces and the other forces parliamentary continues, sudanese people continue to live in very dire and difficult situations, with
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with Breaking News. The Israel Defense forces announced this evening it is expanding its Ground Operations against hamas in gaza. This was the scene just moments ago. It has been nearly constant rocket fire and explosions. Gaza residents tell cnn that these are the most intense air strikes that they have experienced since the war began 20 days ago. And there are reports of widespread power and cellular and internet outages across the gaza strip. It is unclear what these ramped up attacks will mean for Hostage Negotiations. Today israel said it believes hamas is Still Holding 229 innocent people that they kidnapped october 7th. In the United States, the white house says it is in, quote, active conversations with israel about a humanitarian pause to work on the release of the hostages. Diplomatic sources told cnn earlier today that significant progress had been made. U. S. Officials are insistsing those talks are going to continue, although t
Have already shut down after running out of fuel and those still operating have been forced to stop all but emergency services. 0vernight, eight trucks carrying food, water and medicine crossed the Rafah Border From Egypt Into Gaza but israel has banned fuel from entering the territory, saying hamas would use it for military purposes. These are the empty fuel pumps in southern gaza. An adviser to israels Prime Minister has told the bbc there are hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel in the hands of hamas. The bbc has not been able to verify this. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk and other western governments. There are growing International Calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow aid to Reach Gaza Which continues to come under intense bombardment. The Health Ministry in the hamas controlled territory says more than 6,500 people have now been killed there 2,704 of them children. Israel says more than 1,400 people were killed in the hamas attacks