Sudan impact: the war the world forgot
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4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Much of Sudan has already collapsed into chaos. Now a crucial city may fall, the United Nations is belatedly scrambling to avert a bloodbath. Gary Lineker is a former footballer, broadcaster and podcast mogul. He also embodies Britain’s social aspirations (10:52). And the women in Japan who pay men to praise them (18:49).
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| 1:04.9 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:14.6 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 1:24.6 | In Britain last night, the chief commentator for England's first match of the European Championship |
| 1:31.0 | could only have been one man, Gary Lineker. Our correspondent meets the former footballer |
| 1:37.0 | turned national sweetheart and now podcast mogul. And in Japan, paying for intimacy isn't new, but a boom in host clubs where male waiters |
| 1:48.4 | pamper and flatter female customers reflects a worrying trend in society. |
| 1:53.6 | Many adults there never go on a real date. |
| 2:03.7 | First up, though. |
| 2:15.5 | A city under siege, petrified civilians, children starving. |
| 2:21.6 | The death toll is mounting. That scene today is not in Gaza or Ukraine, |
| 2:30.1 | but in Sudan, where a bloody conflict is raging, ignored by most of the world. The country has been plagued by coups and civil wars for decades. The latest bout erupted last April, |
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