we started the process of addressing the issue of the crimes in darfur and all that. put it, the criminals are at large. we hope one of the conditions of ending this war is to open those files and bring those who committed those crimes to book. when i last spoke to you, abdalla hamdok, in august 2020, when you were prime minister, you said this to me — "the relationship between the civilian and military "is working well, and by and large we are making headway "and are working within that partnership "in an excellent fashion." with the benefit of hindsight, how did you get it so wrong? well, i... i can say that this whole issue of the role of the military in politics, whether in sudan or elsewhere in the continent of africa or in the global south, is an issue we need to revisit. i think this was not preferred, or an option that the country should really revisit, this idea of a partnership between military and civilians to bring democracy. i guess this war should allow us an opportunity to be able to define clearly the role of the military, which is, should be, protecti

teii darfur, bosnia and rwanda. it is an important time-— important time.re doing - important time. tell us about the work that you are doing because l work that you are doing because young people will have no memory of what is happening. fiur young people will have no memory of what is happening-— what is happening. our focus at the holocaust educational _ what is happening. our focus at the holocaust educational trust - what is happening. our focus at the holocaust educational trust is - what is happening. our focus at the | holocaust educational trust is young people and we take thousands of people and we take thousands of people every year to auschwitz to see firsthand the sight of what was a killing factory. there are two things that always struck me when i go to auschwitz with the trust. 0ne go to auschwitz with the trust. one is the scale, this was a factory, built for one purpose, it was not repurposed, it was built with murder in mind. 0n the second is the reflection that it takes human beings to sit down and think through how can we destroy people

millionjewish people murdered by the nazis during the second world war — as well as genocides in darfurnd rwanda and bosnia. our religion editor, aleem maqbool, has the story. the holocaust robbed joan salter of many members of her extended family. today, in particular, she remembers them. the bravery ofjoan�*s mother meant she survived. my mother climbed over the mountains into spain, and then she gave me up in the hope that i would survive. and that is where prejudice gets you. littlejoan was shipped to the us until the war was over and she was reunited with her parents in the uk. she says she feels the lessons of the holocaust have not yet been learned. it's just to get over what hatred does and how quickly people turn on each other. that, to me, is the message of holocaust memorial day, and the hope is that people will understand that. holocaust memorial day has been established to commemorate the 6 millionjews that were murdered by the nazis, but also the victims of other genocides since. at this year's main remembrance event, there was special focus on rwanda — 2024 marking 30 yea

millionjewish people murdered by the nazis during the second world war — as well as genocides in darfurof her extended family. today, in particular, she remembers them. the bravery ofjoan's mother meant she survived.

will be the devil's advocate here, you know, when hundreds of thousands of people were killed in darfurrovince , blacks, the ukrainians were not too worried either, they also drank coffee. i absolutely agree with you, people are all like that, and this is the psychology of people. so, as of today, when you and i are talking about our partners, they have their personal issues come to the fore. well, look, the main issue for the americans is the problems with migration on the border with mexico, and here they are with all their politics, which has already become pre-election, we understand with you that in november... the place of elections in the united states of america, i.e. this is all, it is already being quietly involved in the pre-election campaign, we see the intensity of the current pre-election rhetoric, and that is all, and there is not only help to ukraine, there is also help to israel, there is also help to taiwan, all this thrown into one heap, and all this becomes a subject for the pre-election itself. races, in fact, a similar situation with the european union, so that we

and he has rallied against genocide in darfur and long before it was the popular thing to do. he stood with clarity and conviction against this war in iraq. we need a president with clarity and conviction who knows how to consult his own conscience and, proceed with moral authority. we need barack obama. in my conversations with friends, we talk about how we get worried about america. yes, i'm worried. and it's not just the threat of terrorism or enemies beyond our it's our estrangement from the rest of the world. and the danger, this imbalance that that creates. it's dangerous imbalance. when we fail to realize that all human hearts are the same, tragic, deep and loss and suffering and war and indifference. destroy humanity, not just americans. we need a president who cares about our relationships with our friends and our enemies. and i'm worried because this is what i know for sure, that in order for humanity to evolve and that's really the reason why we're all here on the planet earth to evolve, we have to learn to treasure our uniqueness and also treasure each other's dive

reports of mass killings and ethnic cleansing have been mounting in darfur. activists say the sudanese people and its pro-democracy resistance committees are the ones who should decide the country's fate and warn the rsf is attempting to whitewash its crimes. the somali government is denouncing an agreement between ethiopia and the breakaway republic of somaliland that would give landlocked ethiopia access to the red sea port of berbera. >> it is a defensive that endangers the civility and peace of the region which was already wobbling with problems. it is a violation of somalia's sovereignty, freedom, and unity of the federal public of somalia. the so-called memorandum of understanding and agreement of cooperation is null and void. amy: the breakaway republic of somaliland has not been internationally recognized since seceding from somalia more than 30 years ago. access to the red sea port is allegedly being exchanged for ethiopia's future recognition of somaliland's independence, though this has not been confirmed by ethiopia. many major multinational compa

criminal court said there is evidence both the sudanese army and the rsf are committing war crimes in darfur. this is icc prosecutor karim khan. >> report it is my assessment fast approaching and breaking point in the conflict in sudan demands your attention now more than ever. amy: nearly half of sudan's 49 million residents are in urgent need of aid, while about 8 -- with about 8 million have been displaced by violence. the u.n. estimates some 12,000 people have been killed, but the true death toll is believed to be much higher. the united states has reinstated economic sanctions against venezuela following a decision by the venezuelan supreme court to ban opposition presidential candidate maria corina machado from running. elections are slated for later this year. maduro accuses machado of supporting u.s. sanctions and backing a u.s.-imposed, un-elected interim opposition government. machado spoke yesterday. >> i received the command of almost 3 million venezuelans come exercise popular sovereignty october 22. the opposition primary election day. i represent the popular sovereignty. they

darfur. >> founder and artistic director for voices of the holocaust is with us now. kate hollis .ur organisation, voices from the holocaust, because they're the voices we should be thinking of today, aren't they? >> indeed, indeed . >> indeed, indeed. >> indeed, indeed. >> and, um, who do you think of when you think of today ? are when you think of today? are there particularly . there particularly. >> i mean, you know, we're we're here to commemorate and memorial lies over 6 million jewish people who were murdered simply for being jewish. um you know, when factories were built simply to murder people as efficiently as possible . um i mean, it's it as possible. um i mean, it's it is almost i mean, even for people like me who were brought up being taught about it. >> um , it is almost beyond >> um, it is almost beyond belief , and i >> um, it is almost beyond belief, and i worry >> um, it is almost beyond belief , and i worry slightly if belief, and i worry slightly if a younger generation who are even further removed moved, it really is just beyond belief. now the absolute horrors

think of those in rwanda or rohingyas or pol pot or , uh, you know, or pol pot or, uh, you know, darfure all said in 1945, never again . n well, unfortunately it again. n well, unfortunately it has happened again . uh, and also has happened again. uh, and also not to just other people, but to jewish people not on the same scale, of course, but anti—semitism , um, you know, has anti—semitism, um, you know, has survived the 20th century and is alive and well in the 21st. um, and we saw it in anti—semitic incidents throughout europe . and incidents throughout europe. and incidents throughout europe. and in a sense, we also saw and this was what terrified so many jews in the october 7th attack, because what was distinctive about the hamas attack was it wasn't just like fighting israel military, which is what has happenedin military, which is what has happened in the past. um, but it was the brutality with which they attacked civilians . um, they attacked civilians. um, and, you know, uh, disgusting things like raping women, doing , things like raping women, doing, cutting off body parts of