hello, i m luxmy gopal. welcome to the programme. a power struggle between sudan s army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country with at least 56 dead and almost 600 injured. among the dead were three un workers who were shot after the two sides exchanged gunfire at a military base. gunfire. the united nations secretary general has condemned the fighting amid fears it will derail the transition to civilian rule. both the army and its opponents, the rapid support forces, claimed they had control of the airport and other key sites in khartoum, where fighting continued overnight. the foreign ministers of saudi arabia, the uae and the united states who ve been backing the civilian transition process have issued a joint statement calling for a halt to military escalation and a return to the framework agreement. violence was reported around the country with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base belonging
berman. the investigation into one of america s deadliest school shootings is taking new turns this morning. police in uvalde, texas, say a teacher closed a propped open door shortly before a gunman used it to get inside, but it did not lock. now investigators are trying to figure out why. this new detail reversing earlier claims the shooter breached the building because the door was left ajar. there are also new questions about law enforcement s response to the massacre. cnn affiliate ksat has obtained audio of the school district s message alerting parents of an active shooter incident. parents, there is an active shooter at robb elementary. law enforcement is on site. your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus. both the school s facebook post and the audio message according to ksat came during the time that officers were inside the school and apparently believed the situation had become a barricade situation. cnn has learned that chief peter a
He may be someone who in many respects is irrational, but he is not insane. Also in the president s interview with routers you saw there, he weighed in the demands of the oval office and the take away and mr. Trump saying being president isnt easy. I loved my previous life. I loved my previous life. I had so many things. I actually this is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier. Not exactly a new idea that being president is tough. President obama suggested that he had more problems than many other president s first coming into office after the first 100 days. At any rate, the thing were looking ahead to right now is the appearance of Rex Tillerson, the Secretary Of State at the United Nations chairing a highlevel meeting to talk about north korea. Buckling to international pressure. They say this will only encourage their country to grow its arsenal more quickly. Its been a busy week on the ground here. You saw that exercise with hundreds of artillery fired s
The talks for civilian rule. thank you for bringing us the latest. emmanuel igunza. let s get some analysis of what s happening. jonas horner is an expert on sudan and formerly at international crisis group. thank you forjoining us. our correspondent mentioned the pleas for de escalation from the international community have so far fallen on deaf ears so what can we expect to happen next? where do we go from here, if, at the first hurdle, there is not much hope of both parties listening to right, i think both parties are currently locked into the prospect of a military win here and one of them is likely to be wrong. and one of them is likely to be wronu. ., and one of them is likely to be wronu. ~ ., , and one of them is likely to be wron~.~ ., , ., wrong. and, of course, you have the sudanese wrong. and, of course, you have the sudanese population - wrong. and, of course, you have the sudanese population and - the sudanese population and economy and all of the countries infrastruc
This point the russians occupy, what, 70% of the city at least? reporter: yeah, 70% is the figure i ve heard. it s going to be 100% at some point within the days ahead, that s almost certain. what the ukrainians are trying to do is to make it as painful as possible for the russians. to take control of that city. it s significant it s severodonetsk because it s the last big city in the luhansk region of ukraine. it makes up half of the donbas the other half being donetsk. the russians have made it clear invading the whole of the donbas is a military priority for them. it would be a big military win for them. they re having to throw in so many weapons, so many personnel, they re losing so much armor in the battle for that political victory a lot of military assessments out there including ukrainian and american assessments, they may be unable