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Global News Podcast

Street battles dash hopes of Sudan Eid ceasefire

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Both sides in the conflict in Sudan had agreed a three-day truce but bombing, shelling and gunfire continue. Also: Peru ex-president surrenders for extradition from US, and do you have an uneaten Easter egg from as long ago as 1939?

Transcript

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0:00.0

From global current affairs to art, science and culture,

0:04.8

the documentary from the BBC World Service tells the world's stories.

0:10.3

Search for the documentary wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

0:16.0

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

0:22.0

I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Saturday,

0:25.1

the 22nd of April, these are our main stories.

0:28.5

Fighting in Sudan is continuing despite the announcement of a three-day

0:32.7

truce by the Army and the paramilitary group RSF.

0:36.9

A British politician, Dominic Rob, criticises civil servants after resigning his deputy

0:42.9

prime minister over bullying claims. Peru's former president Alejandro Toledo is to be

0:49.2

extradited from the US to face corruption charges.

0:52.5

Also in this podcast, everyone that previously was given a blue mark by Twitter

1:00.2

because they deemed the account notable no longer has it unless they're willing to pay for it,

1:05.0

eight dollars a month.

1:06.7

The latest big shake-up at Twitter and what it means for the future of the social media platform.

1:17.1

We start in Sudan where there's been an escalation in fighting despite calls for a ceasefire

1:22.5

to mark the Muslim holiday of Idhul-Fitr. Gumpfire and explosions have again been heard across

1:28.5

the capital, Khartoum. At least 400 people have been killed in a week of fighting between the army

1:35.4

and its rival, the paramilitary rapid support forces. The BBC's Muhammad Osman is in Khartoum,

1:42.4

one of only a few journalists reporting from a city where five million inhabitants are living

1:49.3

in fear.

1:52.4

Battles have been going for a week in Khartoum.

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