In our news wrap Saturday, Sudan’s army says it’s helping evacuate foreigners as the battle for control of the nation enters its second week, Interior Secretary Haaland defended the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow oil project, a poll found that nearly 8 in 10 Americans have felt the effects of extreme weather in the last five years, and Australian actor Barry Humphries died at 89.
News Wrap: U.S. embassy urges Americans in Sudan to shelter in place
World
Apr 22, 2023 05:50 PM EDT
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John Yang:
Good evening, I'm John Yang. With the bloody battle for control of the North African nation of Sudan entering its second week, the Sudanese army says it's helping evacuate foreign diplomats and civilians aboard military aircraft. But the American Embassy there says it's too dangerous for the estimated 16,000 private U.S. citizens trapped in Sudan to travel and urge them to shelter indoors.
Explosions and gunfire rang out across the capital Khartoum today, even as the warring sides said they'd agreed to a ceasefire for the three-day Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan.
The World Health Organization says that more than 400 people have died, including one American. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended the Biden administration's approval of the will oil drilling project in Alaska. Speaking before a group of environmental journalists in Idaho Haaland rejected criticisms that President Biden broke a campaign pledge to end new drilling on federal lands.
Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior: We are not going to turn the faucet off and say we're not drilling anymore. Nobody's going to use gas and oil. That's — that is not reality. So we are doing the best we absolutely can.
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John Yang:
The $8 billion Willow project is projected to bring in 180,000 barrels of oil a day. Haaland opposed Willow when she was in Congress before she joined the administration.
And Australian Actor Barry Humphries has died. He was better known to his fans worldwide as his alter ego, the outrageous Dame Edna, a sharp tongue quick witted diva who punctured pomposity and the culture of celebrity. More than a character Dame Edna became a cultural phenomenon. In 1999 Broadway show won a special Tony Award. Barry Humphries was 89 years old.
Still to come on "PBS News Weekend," will a Customs and Border Protection app help or further complicate applications for asylum at the southern border? And scientists race to save disappearing plant life?
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