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
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welcome to bbc news. muslims around the world are preparing for eid al fitr, a religious festival which marks the end of the holy month of ramdan. but in some countries, conflict and poverty have made that celebration all but impossible. some of the images we are about to show you are distressing. in yemen, at least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in yemen s rebel held capital, sanaa, after hundreds crowded into a narrow street on wednesday night to get hand outs of around $9 from a merchant during a charity event for ramadam. i ll be speaking to a yemeni journalist and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. but first, another muslim majority nation, sudan where people have been desperately trying to leave the capital, khartoum, amid another day of fighting, fearful about dwindling food supplies and the collapse of medical services. nearly a week of fighting between rival military factions in sudan is now thought to have killed at least 330 pe