As warring factions keep fighting, people on the ground are the ones getting hurt

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this fourth week of the war in Iran, the uncertainty of bombing, and even just finding food and shelter, has taken a toll on millions across the region. Also, the UN is warning that a roiling political feud in South Sudan could escalate into another fractious conflict. And, a new climate report finds this past decade to be the hottest on record — and that the Earth's energy balance is off. Plus, a modern revamp of a beloved character from the days of the Soviet Union, and its sequel, are huge box office hits in Russia.

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0:35.2	In South Sudan, an old political feud has re-errupted.
0:40.2	Aid groups are finding it harder to provide medical care.
0:43.5	Our facility was directly bombed, and all the population that was around that area were forced to flee into the bush.
0:51.5	I'm Carolyn Beeler.
0:53.0	And I'm Marco Werman. Today, the news from South Sudan
0:55.8	plus Daily Life War Iranians three weeks into the war. They set up their mattresses and pillows
1:01.7	in the hallway. They have a bag with them with the essentials in it. And in Russia, a nostalgic
1:07.9	cartoon critter is back. Everybody watched this character.
1:11.8	He is the main character of, I would say, late Soviet childhood.
1:16.4	Plus, the last of the human cannonballs at the Spanish circus.
1:19.9	Certainly, there are families where the kids don't want to do it and they move on.
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