ICC says war crimes committed in Sudan
Global News Podcast
BBC
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🗓️ 9 July 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The International Criminal Court says it has "concrete evidence" the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces committed crimes against humanity in Darfur during Sudan's civil war. The RSF says the scale of the atrocities in el-Fasher and el-Geneina has been exaggerated. Also: Iran attacks Gulf nations in response to a new wave of US strikes; Bangladesh battles a deadly measles outbreak; scientists warn that men's testosterone levels are declining; the last woman hanged in the UK gets a posthumous pardon; and the Wimbledon Fery tale continues.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm Celia Hatton, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 9th of July, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.2 | The deputy prosecutor of the international criminal court tells the BBC there's concrete evidence that crimes against humanity have been committed in Darfur during Sudan's civil war. |
| 0:28.8 | A second night of heavy American strikes on Iran. We ask our international editor how close we are to war breaking out again. |
| 0:37.2 | And we have a special report on a measles |
| 0:39.3 | outbreak that has killed hundreds of children in Bangladesh. Also in this podcast, King Charles |
| 0:47.0 | pardons the last woman to die by execution more than seven decades ago after recognizing |
| 0:53.2 | she was an abuse victim. |
| 0:55.1 | Ruth was portrayed at the time of the execution to be this cold-blooded killer. |
| 0:59.6 | Looking at her behaviour through a modern-day lens, we now realise that was a traumatoured woman. |
| 1:05.5 | And a surprising winner at Wimbledon. Say tuned to find out who. |
| 1:12.4 | The International Criminal Court has told the BBC that it's found concrete evidence of crimes |
| 1:18.2 | against humanity committed in Darfur during Sudan's civil war. The deputy prosecutor |
| 1:24.3 | Nazat Shamim Khan said the paramilitary rapid support forces perpetuated atrocities |
| 1:30.5 | in two cities while fighting government forces. The RSF has admitted some abuses took place, |
| 1:37.2 | but says they were not as widespread as some have alleged. The BBC's Africa correspondent |
| 1:43.1 | Thomas McQuana spoke with Ms. Kahn while she was in Chad |
| 1:46.9 | and asked her for an update on the ICC investigation. We saw that in this conflict, in the context of |
| 1:54.7 | Elginna and Elfashire, we considered that war crimes and crimes against humanity had been committed. |
| 2:00.5 | And in the ongoing investigations that we are conducting, we are sure that that is |
| 2:05.5 | in exactly what is happening, that we have now found concrete evidence that links what is |
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