of our viewers around the world and to our viewers joining us from the u. s and canada. i m leila rock and you re watching cnn newsroom for nationals have been evacuated from sudan as fighting between the military and paramilitary forces stretches now into a second week . hours ago, the us confirmed that all american diplomats were on their way out of the country and that the u. s embassy in the capital khartoum has been temporarily closed. cnn s oren lieberman has the details. a successful mission carried out in the dark of night in sudan to evacuate the u. s embassy in khartoum, according to us officials. three chanukah helicopters took off from djibouti some 750 or 800, miles away from khartoum flew into the country landed, secured the embassy and then brought out all of the embassy staff and their family members, a group of just under 100 people, according to us officials, who briefed reporters on the operation and what happened around it during the operation and afterwar
watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kimber and hooper ahead on cnn newsroom united states joins a growing list of countries evacuating its diplomatic personnel from sudan , brother american citizens there. it s a different story for now. all this amid signs a cease fire isn t holding. we ll look at how the white house is preparing for the legal fight to keep them if a person on the market and the mississippi river is the major flood stage ahead, we ll tell you who s in the danger zone. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. france is joining the u. s and other countries in evacuating diplomats from sudan as clashes erupt in the capital khartoum. francis announcement came hours after the us pull out its own embassy staff as well as their families from the country. washington says it intends to return to the embassy as soon as possible with the suspending operations was quote the only really feasible option. us als
in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kimber and uber ahead on cnn newsroom mass evacuations in sudan, us diplomats and their families taken out of khartoum. as violence intensifies. we ll have a live report on the very latest plus school violence. one state is actually seen a sharp decline in reported incidents. look at what s working and whether it could prevent school shootings and cnn sports. coy wire joins me live to break down the latest blockbuster clashes in the nba playoffs. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. france has begun evacuating its diplomatic staff and other european officials from sudan as more fighting has erupted between rival forces in the capital, khartoum. it comes hours after the u. s. also pulled out american diplomats from the country and announced that its embassy in khartoum has been temporarily closed. us president joe biden spoke about the situation in the region, saying quote this tragic violence i
they were then brought out to ethiopia again a distance of some 750 or 800 miles, so the operation itself took several hours and consisted of about 100 troops, all of them special operations forces with the embassy staff successfully pulled out of the country. it is the temporary closure of the u. s embassy in khartoum. us officials said. they do hope there s an opportunity here a ceasefire that holds a resolution between the two warring parties there and an opportunity to reopen the embassy. but that is an enormous question. as the fighting there enters its second week the u. s was looking for a window of opportunity, a ceasefire that holds essentially to be able to evacuate the embassy itself, and the weekend brought that opportunity with the little federal holiday. the two warring parties committed to the ceasefire, even though there were reports of violations of that ceasefire. in the end, president joe biden made the decision to go ahead with the operation to evacuate the embassy.
troops, all of them special operations forces with the embassy staff successfully pulled out of the country. it is the temporary closure of the u. s embassy in khartoum. us officials said. they do hope there s an opportunity here, a ceasefire that holds a resolution between the two warring parties there and an opportunity to reopen the embassy. but that is an enormous question. as the fighting there enters its second week the u. s was looking for a window of opportunity, a ceasefire that holds essentially to be able to evacuate the embassy itself, and the weekend brought that opportunity. with the little fitr holiday, the two warring parties committed to the ceasefire even though there were reports of violations of that cease fire in the end, president joe biden made the decision to go ahead with the operation to evacuate the embassy. now a large question. what about all the u. s nationals? the private citizens who remain in the country, and there are thousands of them, many of them du