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Global News Podcast

Sudan fighting rages despite temporary ceasefire agreement

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dozens of people have been killed, as the battle between two rival military factions spreads across the country. Also: Dissident FARC guerrillas say they are ready to start formal peace talks with the Colombian government next month, and it's curtains for Broadway's longest running musical, The Phantom Of The Opera.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:05.6

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

0:06.8

This edition is published in the early hours of Monday,

0:08.8

the 17th of April.

0:10.4

Fighting has continued into the night in Sudan

0:13.1

as rival military factions battle for control of the capital,

0:16.6

nearly 60 civilians have been killed.

0:19.3

Islamic State fighters have attacked a group foraging for truffles

0:22.4

in the Syrian desert,

0:24.0

reportedly leaving 36 people dead.

0:27.0

And dissident guerrillas in Colombia say they are ready

0:29.3

to start formal peace talks with the government.

0:34.2

Also in the podcast,

0:35.6

President Biden condemns a mass shooting in the US

0:38.9

at a 16th birthday party in Alabama

0:42.2

and the troll hunters battling climate change deniers.

0:45.7

After a couple of months, you realise

0:47.9

you don't make an impact because for most of these people,

0:51.2

facts are irrelevant.

0:56.0

The latest reports from Sudan

0:58.0

suggest fighting is continuing between rival wings of the military

1:01.3

despite an earlier agreement for a temporary ceasefire.

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