this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800 thousand people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea today. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojedda in saudi arabia. our correspondent andrew harding reports. on sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim th
world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up here on cnn newsroom, a community in mourning. a killer on the run. we ll have the latest on the intensifying search for the gunman accused of killing five of his neighbors. a sixth cease-fire doing little to ease fears in sudan or to slow the frantic rush to leave the country. and kyiv teases a long-await the counteroffensive against russia. we ll hear from a military expert about what ukraine s efforts might look like. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. a small texas town in mourning and on edge after a deadly shooting in which five people were killed. we ll show you the man who lost his wife and 9-year-old son in the shooting. you see him there. meanwhile, more than 200 officers from multiple law enforcement agencies are involved in the manhunt for the suspected shooter. authorities have identified the suspect as 38-year-old francisco oropesa, a mexican natio
currently sheltering in an underground bunker, said the air raid alert in the capital went off at around 02:20 local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion, and the city s air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. it comes as ukraine s president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin s life. our russia editor steve rosenberg sent this report from moscow. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified, but the kremlin says that overnight, two drones targeted the residence of the president. moscow blames ukraine, but says that no one was injured. on russian state tv, a dramatic start to this talk show. the presenter announces breaking news. there
welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800,000 people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojeddah in saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent andrew harding reports. 0n sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim their own. several british families were on