and its affiliated militias were responsive. for the deaths of 10 to 15 thousand civilians in west darfur. now since the offset of the sudan war, there has been an array of regional and international peace initiatives aimed at ending it. so far, none have had any noticeable impact on the ground. the government of sudan has rejected the latest round of talks led by the us in geneva. the sudanese government is demanding that the rsf militia must withdraw from the cities and villages they have violated. and occupied before talks commence, so why is the us insisting on holding the so-called peace talks with the rsf militia infamous for their atrocities? sudan rejects us led talks. efforts to end the war in sudan have failed to succeed due to the many conflicting interests of foreign powers medaling in the country. the student. chinese government says it is ready for talks with rsf rebels only if they implement an agreement signed in jedda. the war in sudan, which began last year has led to one of the world's worst humanitarian and displacement crisis. the people of sudan are saying they've su

amit the failed assassination, intense fighting erupted in el faser, the capital of north darfur lateescaping atrocities committed by the rsf. many young people are now joining forces with the government to defeat the rsf militia. the displacement, the looting of civilians, the rape of our sisters and mothers is what made me join this camp. vrsf took over niala and staying there became too dangerous, so i came here, but joined this camp to return to darfour and fight the rsf. now for more on the situation in sudan, we are joined by muhammad biera. a sudanese civil society activist. thanks lot, mr. bira for your time today. thank you so much for having me uh, and i'm very happy for this show today. now, sudan's military leader, general burhan has survived assassination attempt. the army spokesman nabil abdullah blamed the rsf militia which the army has been battling for the last 16 months for control of the country. now, our first. question, can you tell us more about these assassination attempt on al-burhan? the situation in the in the sudan as well as the the political situation whic

the fighting in darfur has displaced hundreds of thousands of people escaping atrocities committed bythis camp. the rsf took over niala and... there became too dangerous, so i came here, but joined this camp to return to darf and fight the rsf. now for more on the situation in sudan, we are joined by mohammed ber, a sudanese civil society activist, thanks lot for your time today, thank you so much for having me, and i'm very happy for this show today, now sudan's military leader general. assassination attempt, the army spokesman nabil abdullah blamed the rsf militia which the army has been battling for the last 16 months for control of the country. now our first question, can you tell us more about these assassination attempt on alburhan? the situation in the in the sudan as well as the the political situation which is coinciding with the um ' initiatives which you taking to um to the talks which invited by us in geneva and as well as the rest of the the initiative that's taking place right now. has the the the the has formed the constitution which is one of the one of the consequence

, the rsf and its affiliated rebels. responsible for the deaths of 1000 to 1500 civilians in west darfur, is the international community doing enough to stop the atrocities and crimes committed by the rsf, on all the crimes that have been committed in sudan, especially those committed by the rsf in the west of sudan in the dafur region, and i think one ought to remember that for the rsf, which is really new name for the junja weed, they have been committing, crimes with genocidal intent and genocidal impact from the early 2000s, the entire dafu genocide, which has been before the international criminal court since the 2000s is because of the rsf and the janj who are designated or delegated this responsibility to kill human beings by the saf, so i don't think the international community has been quiet in... out who is committing atrocities in the whole of sudan and especially in dafur, but i think the international community has not done enough to stop these killings in sudan generally and especially in darfur where we have seen genocidal kiddings having been escalated since april last ye

ceremony. amit the failed assassination, intense fighting erupted in el fasher, the capital of north darfur, late july as the sydanese army and its allied armed movements clashed with the foreign-backed rsf militants. the fighting in darfor has... displaced hundreds of thousands of people escaping atrocities committed by the rsf, many young people are now joining forces with the government to defeat the rsf militia. the displacement, the looting of civilians, the rape of our sisters and mothers is what made me join this camp. the rsf took over niala and staying there became too dangerous, so i came here, but joined this camp to return to darfour and fight. the rsf now for more on the situation in sudan, we are joined by muhammad, a sudanese civil society activist. thanks lot, mr. sabira for your time today, thank you. thank you so much for having me uh and i'm very happy for this show today, now sudance military leader general abdul fatih burhan has survived assassination attempt, the army spokesman nabil abdullah blamed the rsf militia which the army has been battling for the last 16 month

the leading global authority on food security has declared a famine in darfur.an half a million people have fled from the spiraling violence of that war. we have this report from inside sudan. reporter: i am in the government wartime capital. after khartoum was seized last year by a militia. after weeks of dire warning, the world food program says it has found evidence of famine in north darfur. an immediate risk of famine and 15 other areas of sudan. if nothing is done by september, millions of people in sudan could be facing famine. this would be the greatest famine of recent decades. the sudanese armed forces and the government say there is no famine anywhere in sudan and they deny claims that they have been stopping aid crossing into the territory. jeff: today, but the u.n. and usaid led renewed calls for a cease-fire so that humanitarian assistance to get through. aid workers have not been able to get supplies to the destitute camps in darfur since april. in the u.s., the justice department and federal trade commission have sued tiktok and its parent compan

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the rapid support forces will allow aid to reach people in the darfur and kordofan regions.id it will open a border crossing between neighbouring chad and north darfur. aid agencies warn that over six million people displaced by fighting are at risk of dying from hunger. the un declared earlier this month there is a famine in one displacement camp in northern de silva. ,, ., de silva. the us and saudi arabia hosting _ de silva. the us and saudi arabia hosting talks - de silva. the us and saudi arabia hosting talks in - arabia hosting talks in switzerland aimed at ceasefire talks. violence in sudan's civil war is continuing with sudanese officials saying saturday rsf colour militaries killed at least 85 people in a village in central sudan on thursday. country's foreign ministry says rso fighters indiscriminately opened fire on the villages unarmed residents. a local healthcare worker told the associated press they looted and burned houses and hours long assault. children and women are among those reportedly killed with more than 150 others injured. donald trump has held a ra

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the rapid support forces will allow aid to reach people in the darfur and kordofan regions.at over six million people displaced by fighting are at risk of dying from hunger. the social media platform x has closed its office in brazil, following a row with the country's supreme court. the site accused the court's president of censorship after he ordered that several accounts — accused of spreading disinformation — remain blocked while they were investigated. brazilian users will still be able to access x. india's health ministry is urging doctors to return to work, after a 24—hour strike shut down non—emergency hospital services nationwide. the industrial action was part of ongoing protests following the rape and murder of a colleague in kolkata a week ago. the most recent statistics show 445,000 crimes against women in 2022. on average that's about 51 crimes every hour. among those, there were 31,000 rapes reported, or — on average — one rape is reported every 16 minutes. our correspondent, archana shukla, has more from mumbai. now the largest doctors' grouping, which is the

the leading global authority on food security has declare add famine in the darfur region of sudan wherean half a million people have fled the spiraling violence of the country's civil war. special correspondent layla milana has the latest from inside sudan. layla: i'm in port sudan which is the wartime capital after the capital assessed last year by the rapids support was held in session. they have found evidence of famine in zamzam camp in north darfur where 200,000 people live and in immediate risk of famine in port areas of sudan. that means that over 20% of people are at immediate risk of starvation, malnutrition and debt if nothing is done by september, millions of people in sudan could be facing full famine which will be the greatest famine of recent decades. they say there is no famine anywhere in sudan and they deny claims that they have been stopping aid. for the pbs newshour i'm layla milano allen in sudan >> renewed calls for a cease-fire so humanitarian aid can get through. a spoiler alert, we have it the laest from today's action at the paris olympics. one of our star sprin

over niala and staying there became too dangerous, so i came here, but joined this camp to return to darfurr having me uh and i'm very happy for this show today, now sudan's uh military leader general abdulfat has survived and ination attempt, the army spokesman nabil abdullah blamed the rsf militia which the army has been battling for the last 16 months for control of the country. now - first question, can you tell us more about these assassination attempt on alburhan? the situation in the in the sudan as well as the the political situation which is conciding with the um initiatives which is taking to um to the talks which invited by us in geneva and as well as the rest of the the initiative that's taking place right now has the the the the has for me the cr situation which is one of the one of the consequences um um attempt of assassinating of the albhan so basically there is lot of argument in this um in this in this assasination whereby some people they are taking that saying that this assation has happened internally or this a term of assassination is internally whereby there is um the

international community has not done enough to stop these killings in sudan generally and especially in darfurst year by the rsf and those who support the rsf, now since the start of the war in sudan, there have been several... regional and international peace initiatives, however, they have all failed. now, mr. da, what's the reason uh, for these consistent failure of efforts to bring peace in sudan through talks? in the talks, we focused on the men with guns and not on the people of sudan, who should have been the most important actor and the center of everything. luckily, efforts are being made now to try and make sure... that the people of sudan are always on the table, representatives of the girls and boys, the youth, the women and men of sudan, and not just armed criminals with guns, that might have some success. secondly, i think they've been a proliferation of initiatives, different initiatives, some headlined by the african union, some headlined by the intergovernmental authority on development, egard, some headlined by the saudis and the americans, uh some you know headlined by egypt

every two hours in a camp, sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced people in sudan's north darfurtens of thousands of lives. the report about the dire humanitarian situation at the zamzam camp prompted senior un officials to issue an appeal to the security council during a meeting on tuesday to address the issue at the earliest. the 15 member un body convened the meeting to discuss ways to get humanitarian aid into the crisis. african nation, the director of the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs urged the international community to support the humanitarian promise, calling the crisis in sudan man-made. when famin happens, it means we are too late, it means we did not do enough, it means we, the international community have failed. this is an entirely man-made crisis and a shameful stay. on our collective conscience. separately, the chinese representative to the united nations also stress the urgent need for help, saying the humanitarian aid and food security should not be used as tools to pile up pressure or impose sanctions. the around 15 months of war betwee

worse, it was like pouring oil on the fire, because the arab majority is strongly anti-israel and the darfur minorities really couldn't care less, i'm sure, so this foreign influence has only been negative. moving now to the french capital paris where the 2024 olympics is in full swing, the correspondant is on the ground there to share with us the latest news on the competitions involving the iranian athletes. what do you have for us? well, where do even begin? uh, today was an absolutely historic, there i say, bombastic day for the iranian olympics wrestling team. it will definitely be remembered as one of the best days in our olympics history. we had two of our wrestlers beginning their campaign today, we are six for six currently, we had saili in the 87 kilogram category, beating opponents from algeria, cuba. and the 27-year-old armenia, both of our athletes, may i say, they are 21 years old, uh, they are very young compared to their uh, much more experienced opponents, and then we have mohammed who went up against opponents from colombia, poland, and the ukrainian bellanuk who is 33 year

been accused by the international criminal court of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the darfurt is made sudan the home to one of the world's largest displacement and hunger crises. civilians are trapped in their homes by fighting and unable to find food. the world food program says one in five people face extreme food insecurity and are at risk of starvation, resulting in critical levels of acute malnutrition and death. for more on the military crisis, i have been speaking to the executive director of the world food program, former u.s. ambassador to the u cindy mccainn -- u.n., cindy mccain. thank you for joining us. famine has been officially declared by the famine review committee, but sudan itself denies the existence of famine. can you tell us what you and your teams have seen? the conditions that people are existing in. cindy: we are seeing famine. we have seen it. the evidence is there and it is very clear. it especially struck the children in the area and the ones being affected mostly. this is a tragic situation because sudan will be the largest humanitarian crisis on

i remember darfur, we said never again. it's happening again in darfur. but there are no clear u.s. or u.n. plans to ensure humanitarian access across borders or across military lines. mr. president, as the chair of the senate foreign relations committee, i come to the floor to say we need to take urgent action now. we need to work with our partners and allies to pressure the parties to agree to an immediate cease-fire and for both sides to make it stick this time. to its credit, the biden-harris administration has imposed sanctions on a variety of actors, including at the senior levels of both warring parties. but our partners and allies have not followed suit. in fact, just this week the center released an analysis around says that the european union has lagged behind in its implementation. it's time, it's past time to do more. it's time for our allies to prioritize these measures so we are speaking with one voice to the warring parties. we need also to work urgently with our african and european partners to devise concrete measures the international community can take to protect

the first time in four months, taking desperately needed food to people at risk of famine in the darfur allow aid in. the army had been keeping the border closed, saying it was trying to stop weapons reaching the rival paramilitary rapid support forces. more than 10 million people have been displaced since the war began in april last year and more than 25 million, more than half the country's population, are facing acute hunger. there are continuing international efforts to get the two sides to meet and agree a ceasefire. police in romania are questioning andrew tate, the controversial social media figure, after raiding his home earlier today as part of an investigation into alleged crimes, including sex with a minor and money laundering. andrew tate, denies the allegations. a self—described misogynist, he is known for his online content promoting his version of a masculine lifestyle. he's already awaiting trial on charges of rape and human trafficking, which he also denies. here's our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford. escorted by armed police, andrew tate, the notorious int

conflict has seen particularly intense fighting in the capital khartoum — and in the western region of darfurr pbs newshour, who'sjust returned from sudan. before we talk about the talks, tell me what you experienced when you were there. the me what you experienced when you were there-— were there. the view from outside sudan, were there. the view from outside sudan. so — were there. the view from outside sudan, so much _ were there. the view from outside sudan, so much is _ were there. the view from outside sudan, so much is topline - were there. the view from outside sudan, so much is topline and - were there. the view from outside l sudan, so much is topline and once you were there on the ground, the situation is worse

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conflict has seen particularly intense fighting in the capital khartoum, and in the western region of darfur get some sort of negotiations going. things have been leading up to these talks for quite some time. we've had preliminary talks injeddah, in saudi arabia. we've got a number of neighbouring countries, egypt, for example, the united arab emirates, the african union and the united nations all there. the talks are being sponsored by the united states. on the agenda is access for humanitarian aid, protection of civilians trying to flee and a kind of a ceasefire, perhaps temporary to begin with. unfortunately, these sudanese armed forces have indicated they will not come to switzerland. just be for i came on air, i was targeted a us diplomat who told me also unfortunately the rapid support forces travel to switzerland but now have decided not to go into the negotiation room. it is really a pretty sad state of affairs and hard to see how any kind of relief for millions of civilians, frankly, in sedan, it is the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, how anything can be achieved without both

conflict has seen particularly intense fighting in the capital khartoum — and in the western region of darfur have been warnings of genocide. with me is leila molana—allen, special correspondent for pbs newshour, who'sjust returned from sudan. before we talk about the talks, tell me what you experienced when you were there. the me what you experienced when you were there-— were there. the view from outside sudan, were there. the view from outside sudan. so — were there. the view from outside sudan, so much _ were there. the view from outside sudan, so much is _ were there. the view from outside sudan, so much is topline - were there. the view from outside sudan, so much is topline and - were there. the view from outside l sudan, so much is topline and once you were there on the ground, the situation is worse and much more complicated. we have hundreds of thousands of people moving, many have been displaced multiple times because they will move somewhere which they will think is safe and then the rsf will come and move them again. they are walking barefoot in the baking heat along miles and mi

in sudan, aid workers are sounding the alarm about a humanitarian crisis emerging in the darfur regionghting in the war torn region has caused a famine which in turn has caused a spike in malnutrition, especially in young children. recent rains in the region also collapsed a key bridge, making it nearly impossible for large amounts of aid to reach the are. >> there have been kids in the, therapeutic feeding on the ambulatory therapeutic feeding center, where we receive children with malnutrition who are above one year old, who looked like they are 4 or 5 months old. >> diplomats from the u.s, saudi arabia and the united nations, among others, have been trying to restart talks aimed at ending the fighting. >> what was supposed to be an added attraction at a music festival turned into something else. what investigators know about this fiery incident. >> plus, took a minute to come to and then i smelled the smoke. and then i saw the flames. >> dozens of residents in the east bay now looking elsewhere for shelter. coming up, how neighbors escaped a large apartment fire and then spread to a