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Global News Podcast

Sudan’s army retakes Khartoum airport from paramilitary RSF

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.27.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Sudan's army recaptures Khartoum airport from the Rapid Support Forces, marking its latest territorial gain in the civil war. Also: a Canadian actress tries to renew her visa, only to find herself detained for days.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:05.7

I'm Janet Jalil and at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday the 26th of March, these are our main stories.

0:12.0

Sudan's army says it's recaptured the airport in the capital Khartoum from the RSF paramilitary force.

0:17.8

It's been battling for two years.

0:20.0

Wildfires raging in South Korea have

0:22.0

killed at least 24 people as firefighters battle to contain the flames. A major South Korean

0:28.6

inquiry has found that for decades, governments failed to protect children sent abroad for

0:33.3

international adoption.

0:43.4

Also in this podcast, a new launch date has been announced by an Australian airline for the world's longest non-stop flight.

0:50.7

We begin with what looks like a significant development in Sudan's civil war,

0:55.4

which has caused what the UN calls the world's biggest humanitarian crisis.

1:00.4

Sudan's army says it's retaken control of the airport in the capital Khartoum from the rival paramilitary force, the RSF.

1:07.9

This follows the army's recapture of the presidential palace last week as it tries to

1:12.7

push the RSF out of Khartoum. Since the conflict began nearly two years ago, tens of thousands of

1:20.2

people have been killed and 12 million have been displaced. I asked our Africa regional editor,

1:29.3

Will Ross, if this claim about the recapture of the airport was credible. Yes, it seems to be true that the army, the Sudanese army,

1:35.9

has taken over the airport and it's pretty rapid this kind of move across the areas of the

1:43.1

capital Khartoum that had been under the control of the

1:46.0

RSF, are rapidly being taken back by the army.

1:50.5

Have to remember, this is a city that was home to around 6 million people at least

1:56.3

before the war broke out almost two years ago.

2:00.3

So there have been some scenes of celebration in parts of

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