News of the night: U.S. accuses Sudan's RSF of genocide; Carter's body in DC

• Firefighters are battling a brush and tree fire in Pacific Palisades, a Los Angeles neighborhood known for its celebrity residences. On Tuesday, the fire spread over 1,260 acres within a few hours. Thirty thousand residents have been ordered to evacuate due to life-threatening conditions.

• The casket containing the body of former President Jimmy Carter was transported from Georgia to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, where it was placed in the Capitol building. The body will remain there until the funeral ceremony on Thursday. The casket, wrapped in the American flag, was transported on Tuesday from Atlanta, where it had rested at the Carter Center, to Washington, D.C. Before being placed in the Capitol Rotunda, the casket was drawn by a horse-drawn carriage through the streets of the capital as part of a solemn procession that included soldiers, police, a military band, and members of the former president's family. The ceremony echoed Carter's inaugural parade, in which he and his wife walked.

• The first planes have landed in Damascus. The international airport in Syria's capital resumed operations on Tuesday after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad's regime on December 8 last year.

• A Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilot shot down six Russian cruise missiles in one combat flight. According to media reports, this is the first time such a feat has been achieved in history. The pilot used four air-to-air missiles and the fighter's cannon to accomplish this unprecedented achievement, reported the Ukrainian Air Force on social media.

• U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken formally accused Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of genocide, alleging systematic killing of civilians and children from specific ethnic groups. Washington has also imposed sanctions on the RSF leader and supporting companies from the United Arab Emirates.

Source: PAP/Reuters/WP