Fears Mount of Another Genocide in Darfur

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🗓️ 22 March 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A.M. Edition for March 22. WSJ Africa bureau chief Gabriele Steinhauser shares witness accounts of fresh atrocities committed in Darfur, two decades after mass killings there drew global attention. Plus, the U.S. shifts its policy toward Israel by pushing for an immediate Gaza ceasefire at the U.N. Security Council. And lender Fannie Mae predicts mortgage rates will stay higher for longer, even once the Fed starts cutting interest rates. Luke Vargas hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you know you can listen to this show ad free on Amazon Music included with your Prime membership?
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0:13.0	In a shift in its policy toward Israel, the U.S. pushes for an immediate Gaza ceasefire at the UN Security Council.
0:25.0	Plus new signs that US mortgage rates could stay higher for longer.
0:30.0	In the last couple of months, the biggest increase in sales has been for homes that went for more than a million dollars, way way, way above the national average.
0:38.0	And we're seeing this in other parts of the economy where people on the lower income spectrum are getting harder hit by higher
0:44.8	rates. And genocide fears resurface in Darfur as the war for control of Sudan
0:50.7	rages on. It's Friday March 22nd. I'm Luke Vargas for the of
0:54.9	the control of Sudan, rages on. It's Friday, March 22nd. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,
0:56.1	and here is the AM edition of What's News? The top headlines and business stories
1:00.9	moving your world today.
1:05.0	The U.S. is set to raise its diplomatic pressure on Israel today
1:11.0	as it brings a resolution calling for an immediate
1:13.6	ceasefire in Gaza up for a vote at the UN Security Council. It marks a shift
1:19.2	in Washington's approach to the war in a forum where it has usually defended Israel and comes as Secretary of State
1:25.3	Anthony Blinkin travels throughout the Middle East to promote a ceasefire that could unlock
1:29.2	more humanitarian aid for Gaza. Here he was in Egypt yesterday. There's a clear consensus around a number
1:36.6	of shared priorities. First, the need for an immediate sustained ceasefire with the release of hostages.
1:45.0	That would create space to surge more humanitarian assistance, to relieve the suffering of many people,
1:52.0	and to build something more enduring.
1:55.0	While it is rare for the US to back a UN resolution that Israel would oppose wording in the draft that mentions restarting operations in Gaza after a pause could prompt a
2:06.9	veto by Russia or other permanent security council members, as could the call that the
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