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Global News Podcast

Survivors of the civil war in Sudan tell of rapes and other attacks

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The BBC has been given graphic accounts of rape and ethnic violence in Sudan. Also: French regulators impose a fine on Google of more than $270m for violating intellectual property rules, and an age limit is being imposed on retinol skin products being sold in Sweden.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Sophia Smith Gala and I'm Saatchi Cole and we're on a quest to find out where in the world women are living their best lives.

0:07.0

We're here to shine a light on some surprising and inspiring places and what we can learn from them.

0:12.0

Where to be a woman from the BBC World Service.

0:14.0

Listen now, wherever you get your BBC Podcasts.

0:18.0

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

0:23.0

I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Thursday the 21st of March, these are our main stories.

0:32.0

Women fleeing Sudan's civil war in the Darfur region have told the BBC that rape is being

0:36.8

used to target the country's black African population.

0:41.4

French regulators are imposing a fine on Google of more than 270 million dollars for violating

0:48.6

intellectual property rules.

0:51.0

The headquarters of the Spanish Football Federation have been raided by police as part of a corruption investigation.

0:57.0

Also in this podcast?

1:01.0

First, I go with a cleanser and then I do a serum next.

1:05.0

Yes, I do think there's a problem with young people using older skin care products.

1:11.0

We look at why an age limit is being imposed on retinal products

1:15.9

being sold in Sweden.

1:17.7

Since April last year Sudan has been torn apart by fighting between the

1:26.6

country's military and their former allies, a paramilitary group called

1:30.8

the Rapid Support Forces.

1:33.0

There have been harrowing stories of the violence experienced by women in the conflict.

1:38.0

Those affected have spoken of how rape is used as a weapon of revenge against some members of the country's black

1:44.8

African community. The UN says there are reports that the RSF whose origins lie in

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