Fresh evidence of RSF 'atrocities' in Sudan
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
A report by the rights group Amnesty International has further allegations of atrocities carried out by the Rapid Support Forces when they seized the city of El Fasher last October. The RSF has admitted abuses - but says they've been exaggerated. Also: China introduces a new law to promote ethnic harmony - but will it? Venezuelans want more equipment to search for the missing following two earthquakes last week. The Japanese yen falls to its lowest level against the US dollar in 40 years. And football players from the Netherlands have experienced racist abuse for failing to win a penalty shoot-out against Morocco.
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Photo: Sudanese civilian refugee in Nairobi, Kenya at a gathering to mark the third anniversary of the war in Sudan in April 2026 Credit: DANIEL IRUNGU/EPA/Shutterstock
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm Andrew Peach and at 15 hours GMT on Wednesday, the 1st of July. |
| 0:14.8 | These are our main stories. |
| 0:16.8 | A new report adds to the growing evidence that the rapid support forces in Sudan's civil war |
| 0:21.9 | carried out atrocities when they took the city of Alfasha last year. |
| 0:26.2 | A law that aims to promote ethnic harmony has come into force in China, |
| 0:29.9 | but critics say it undermines the rights of minority groups. |
| 0:33.4 | And Japan's currency falls to its lowest level against the dollar for 40 years. |
| 0:39.3 | Also in this podcast, |
| 0:41.0 | We need to hire earth-moving equipment, and all of that has been used on the houses of the rich and important people. |
| 0:47.2 | But these are people in here too, not dogs or animals, and they deserve help. |
| 0:52.1 | After two devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, there's anger over |
| 0:55.9 | the lack of equipment to help search for survivors. Let's begin with the ongoing civil |
| 1:02.7 | war in Sudan. When the rapid support forces, known as the RSF, seized the southern |
| 1:07.5 | city of Elfascia last October, there were almost immediately reports of atrocities carried out by its troops against civilians. |
| 1:14.9 | One of the most shocking allegations was that patients and staff were killed at a hospital. |
| 1:20.2 | Residents who fled the city had terrible stories to tell. |
| 1:25.6 | There are violations taking place on the roads, including looting and shooting, with no distinction |
| 1:30.8 | made between young or old. Thanks be to God, we managed to reach Toila. |
| 1:39.7 | I am a displaced woman who fled El Fashir. They left us with nothing, not even food. |
| 1:46.1 | They beat my two-year-old child right in front of me, and I nearly lost my mind when I saw that. |
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