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were back live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. us diplomatic personnel and their families are now safely out of sudan as the african nation descends into increasing violence. they were airlifted to neighboring djibouti and a dramatic overnight evacuation about 100. us special operations forces carried out a daring mission today, the u. s embassy in khartoum is closed. and the decision to evacuate personnel comes after a week of heavy fighting between sudan s military and arrival paramilitary group more than 400 people have been killed, including one american, the state department says there are about 16,000, potentially as many as 19,000 americans in sudan. most though, are dual nationals and our correspondents are well positioned here. and overseas to bring you all of the angles of this developing story. let s go to cnn s sam kiley live from djibouti. he s gonna be there in just a moment. let s begin with cnn s oren liebermann . he s over at the pentagon o
Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is expected to visit saudi arabia in the coming days. Meanwhile, hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel and omri miran both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas considered a terror group by the uk and us governments has published in the past few days. Our correspondent anna foster is in tel aviv where families have been gathering to again call for the release of all the hostages. Omri miran s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he got up on the stage, he talked about the moment, he said he was sitting having coffee with someone and talking about his grandchildren when the man he was talking to held his phone and said, look, they have released a video of omri. What was also interesting was as the crowd were gathered here to
Ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas have been stalled for weeks. Local media are, however, reporting notable progress this weekend. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is expected to visit saudi arabia in the coming days. Meanwhile, hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel and omri miran both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas considered a terror group by the uk and us governments has published in the past few days. Our correspondent, anna foster, is in tel aviv, where families have been gathering to again call for the release of all the hostages. Omri miran s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he got up on the stage, he talked about the moment, he said he was sitting having coffee with someone and talking about his grandchildren when the man he
Is expected to visit saudi arabia in the coming days. Meanwhile, hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel, and om ri mir an, both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas considered a terror group by the uk and us governments has published in the past few days. Our correspondent, anna foster, is in tel aviv where families have been gathering to again call for the release of all the hostages. Omri miran s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he got up on the stage, he talked about the moment, he said he was sitting having coffee with someone and talking about his grandchildren when the man he was talking to held his phone and said, look, they have released a video of omri. What was also interesting was as the crowd were gathered here tonight, is they showed that vide