Do you ever feel a bit overwhelmed when you check the news on your phone first thing in the morning?

Whenever I open up my phone, they're just endless warnings of more extreme weather to come.

I'm Hannah, I'm the presenter of a new podcast called What in the World from the BBC World Service.

We're going to be here trying to help you make sense of the world around you

so you can feel a little bit better about what's happening in the world.

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

I'm Alex Ritson and at 13 hours GMT on Tuesday, the 8th of August, these are our main stories.

United Nations investigators say they've gathered evidence of frequent and brazen war crimes by Myanmar's military.

A BBC investigation into widespread sexual abuse and violence by supposed spiritual healers in Sudan and Morocco.

A report from the Amazon as South American leaders gather to try and stop the chopping of the rainforest.

Also in this podcast, July was the world's hottest month ever, according to EU scientists.

At a start warning from the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the coup leaders in Niger about Russia's Wagner mercenaries.

Every single place that this group, Wagner Group, has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed.

We begin in Myanmar where UN investigators say there's been a dramatic increase in war crimes and crimes against humanity under the military junta.

We got more details from our Geneva correspondent Imogen Fogs.

This is their annual report looking at the period July 22 to July 23.

They have hundreds, more than 700 sources, including 200 eyewitness accounts.

They have satellite imagery, forensic evidence and what they're pointing to particularly are what they say are really indiscriminate attacks on civilians from the bombing of entire villages, burning villages, mass execution of civilians detained during military operations.

And the investigators completely dismiss Myanmar's claim that only opposition fighters are targeted.

This is a purely, strictly military operation. They say that's absolutely not the case.

They should have, indeed, possibly did know that they were and intended to target civilians.

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