Understanding The Coup In Sudan with Nima Elbagir

What A Day

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🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Sudan is in the grips of a coup after the military seized control of the country, and in the past several days, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets. Nima Elbagir, CNN’s senior international correspondent, joins us to discuss the news. And in headlines: investigators are still piecing together why a prop gun killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust,” America issued its first-ever passport with a nonbinary gender marker, and a U.S. military official said China was "very close" to a Sputnik moment because of a recent missile test. Show Notes: CNN: “The military has taken over in Sudan. Here's what happened” – https://cnn.it/3vMFfMI For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, October 28th. I'm Gideon Reznik.
0:08.4	And I'm Trevell Anderson and this is what a day celebrating two full years of these little
0:12.4	conversations at the start of episode.
0:14.6	Yeah, today is our official anniversary, which means two years of a hundred percent
0:20.2	raw unfiltered weapons grade banter.
0:23.3	The pleasure is honestly ours.
0:25.3	Yeah, this is what I look forward to every day.
0:31.0	On today's show, the investigation continues into the fatal shooting on the set of the movie
0:34.7	Rust, plus drug maker Merck announces a deal to bring low-cost COVID treatment pills to
0:39.6	the world.
0:40.6	But first, Sudan is in the grips of a coup after the military seized control of the country.
0:45.2	Since 2019, the military and civilian government had been sharing power through a joint council
0:50.2	after the outsting of former president Omar Alba Sheer.
0:53.3	But on Monday, the military dissolved the council and detained several officials that
0:57.4	includes Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok.
1:00.4	And in the past several days, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets.
1:04.2	Here is an unidentified demonstrator talking to Al Jazeera in the capital of Khartoum.
1:09.2	An urgent call to all Sudanese civilians who want to protect their revolution.
1:14.2	What the military is doing is a betrayal to all citizens on all fronts.
1:18.7	It is the duty of all civilians to move and to block all roads outside to prevent any
1:24.1	military force to move.
1:26.1	Right now, all of us must unite to show the truth.
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