Sudan's RSF rebels claim capture of El Fasher

Global News Podcast

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Rebels from the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, in Sudan claim to have taken El Fasher, the strategically important city in the western Darfur region. The army has so far not acknowledged the capture of the city, and the governor of Darfur calls for civilians there to be protected. Also, the leader of Cameroon, Paul Biya, is declared winner of the presidential election, for what will be his eighth consecutive term in office, and King Charles unveils Britain's first national memorial to LGBT military personnel.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.6	This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:11.2	I'm Jean-Urude Jal, and at 16 hours GMT on Monday the 27th of October, these are our main stories.
0:17.8	With the Sudanese city of El Fasha reported to have fallen to rebels, the UN calls for
0:22.8	its trapped civilians to be allowed to leave. Paul Beer, the 92-year-old president of
0:28.8	Cameroon, wins a controversial eighth term in fiercely disputed elections. President Trump
0:35.5	meets the Japanese Emperor Narahito on the latest leg of his
0:39.4	trip to Asia. Also in this podcast, how doctors are reducing the need for anesthetic during
0:48.6	surgery by playing music. What works for the patient is music that is not jarring, that is designed to increase the
0:59.0	anesthetic experience as far as making it a good one.
1:07.0	We begin this podcast in Sudan, where the conflict between the paramilitary rapid support forces
1:12.6	and the Sudanese military continues to leave devastation in its wake. On Sunday, the
1:19.0	RSF announced that had taken control of the city of Al-Fashire the Sudanese army's last
1:24.0	remaining foothold in the Darfur region, a claim disputed by the military,
1:28.4	which says fighting is still continuing. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in the city,
1:34.7	enduring atrocious conditions after an 18-month siege. Some of them spoke to the BBC.
1:42.0	Some children have fallen seriously ill and are currently in the hospital and several have already
1:49.2	died from hunger.
1:51.1	On some days we receive a single meal, while on others we receive nothing at all.
1:59.7	We are enduring extremely harsh conditions, both for ourselves and our children.
2:04.9	Even when we have money, there is nothing available to buy.
2:08.0	The price of animal fodder has soared to 12,000 Sudanese pounds, or about $20, yet it is nowhere to be found.
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