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Global News Podcast

Dozens die in Ramadan crush in Yemen capital

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

At least 78 people have been killed at a school in Sanaa during a distribution of charity money. Also: More evidence of how fast the ice sheets are melting, and Michael Schumacher's family plan legal action after a magazine publishes an AI-generated interview of the F1 champion.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The documentary from the BBC World Service brings the globe to your ears through original

0:06.5

documentary storytelling.

0:09.0

Search for the documentary, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

0:16.7

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:19.8

I'm Nick Miles and at 13 hours GMT on Thursday, 20 April, these are our main stories.

0:27.9

A Ramadan charity event in Yemen ends in tragedy with at least 78 people killed in a

0:33.8

crash.

0:34.9

The United Nations Children's Agency says up to 67 million children have missed routine

0:40.9

vaccinations due to COVID lockdowns and disinformation.

0:45.4

Michael Schumacher's Family Plan Legal Action, after a magazine publishes an AI-generated

0:51.7

interview of the F1 champion.

0:56.5

Also in this podcast, the problem of ferro cats in New Zealand.

1:00.8

They're everywhere and they eat birds, eat eggs, all that type of stuff and they're really

1:06.1

hard to catch.

1:07.8

And a controversial proposal to control their numbers.

1:14.8

Pictures coming out of the Yemeni capital, Sana, show piles of clothing and shoes strewn

1:20.8

about on the steps of a building.

1:23.6

They're the only evidence remaining of what was a horrific scene, a panic crowd that turned

1:29.2

into a crush of people in which at least 78 of them died.

1:34.1

It happened at a school when people gathered to receive charity money that was being distributed

1:39.1

for the Holy Month of Ramadan.

1:41.1

Harry Blire reports.

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