Podcasts about RSF

Ralph welcomes Dr. Mimi Syed to discuss the recent report from Brown University's Costs of War Project: “Lethal Precision Without Accountability: Israeli Government ‘Quadcopter' Use in Gaza.” Then, Ralph speaks to Joel McCleary (former Deputy Assistant to President Jimmy Carter and international consultant) about his “Dancing in the Dark” essay series on the strategies that Trump is using to hold onto power at almost any cost.Dr. Mimi Syed is an emergency medicine physician and assistant clinical professor at University of Washington and Washington State University, and a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Syed served in Gaza at both al-Aqsa Hospital and Nasser Hospital, where she documented severe injuries from drone strikes and she has firsthand experience treating civilians targeted by the IDF. She is co-author of the Costs of War Project's new report: Lethal Precision Without Accountability: Israeli Government “Quadcopter” Use in Gaza.A lot of the attention has essentially fallen off from Gaza because of this so-called ceasefire…And the media (Western media) unfortunately is complicit in this—has no interest in covering Gaza, has no interest in covering the ongoing slaughter that's happening in Gaza.Dr. Mimi SyedThe irony of all of this is that the drones and the capabilities that these drones have to shoot and to distinguish between a civilian and a combatant—the whole purpose of this is to mitigate civilian harm. And instead, perversely, they're being used for the opposite. They're being used to target civilians and children. And in the U.N. report, they specifically talk about a soldier describing the experience, saying that it's like a video game. He can be sitting somewhere far away, away from the dangers of a military zone, away from the dangers of combatants, and essentially target whoever he wants, and shoot. And these drones have the capability of distinguishing between a child, an adult, a combatant. And most of these cases that I documented, the child was by themselves. There was no other adult harmed.Dr. Mimi SyedJoel McCleary served as Deputy Assistant to the President during the Carter Administration. As president of the Sawyer-Miller Group he oversaw international strategic advisory work for fourteen prime ministers and presidents. Currently, he is Managing Partner of Four Seasons Ventures, which has conducted in-depth studies for the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security on biodefense. These studies reviewed the emergency powers of the President in the event of a pandemic or major biological weapons attack. He is co-founder of the nonpartisan nonprofit Keep Our Republic.November 3rd is just the prelude to January 3rd—the game (so to speak) is who controls the Speakership. And that is determined by the certified members who are certified by the current House—they will determine who meets on January 3rd. So obviously what Trump does not want (or any President does not want) is there to be an opposing party's Speaker.Joel McClearyWe're not saying that anything is inevitable. We're just saying what is possible if you look at what they're saying and if you look at where they might go if they feel compelled to do so. So NSPM-7 is probably the most frightening aspect of this whole thing. And what's most frightening is how few people have focused on it. All of us need to read these documents at the ACLU (the Brennan Center has done fantastic work). And Mark Medish and I just are appalled that still, in Democratic circles or other circles, we are not yet comprehending the meaning of NSPM-7 and how it threatens each one of us in reality.Joel McClearyNews 8/21/26* This week, another round of primaries were held, most notably in Florida. For progressives, the biggest victory is that of Angie Nixon, a DSA-backed member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing Jacksonville. Nixon trounced her opponent – Alex Vindman, who testified against Trump during the 2019 impeachment effort – winning 56% of the vote to his 44% despite being outspent by a margin of 16 to 1. Forbes reports that in her victory speech, Nixon said “We have proved that everyday people are more powerful than corporations and billionaires…We went up against the political establishment, against millions of dollars of outside spending…and we won. This win was for the little guys and girls…We, the hardworking everyday people of Florida, sent a shock wave to the Washington, D.C., establishment.” Unfortunately, Nixon's candidacy, like that of any statewide Democratic campaign in the Sunshine State, remains a long shot. The last Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in Florida was former astronaut Bill Nelson in 2012.* More disappointing were the down-ballot results in these primaries. In the 20th congressional district, a majority-minority district centered on Broward County, Debbie Wasserman Schultz won with 45% of the vote, according to NBC. She defeated four Black candidates, including young progressive Elijah Manley. Wasserman Schultz previously represented the 25th district, but following the Republican-led mid-decade redistricting program carried out in Florida, she opted to seek reelection in this heavily Democratic seat. The Black candidates had tried and failed to consolidate behind a single choice.* And in Florida's 25th congressional district, ultra-zionist incumbent Congressman Jared Moskowitz “warded off” a challenge from his left in the form of Oliver Larkin, a DSA-backed union organizer. Larkin drew substantial media attention, first when he appeared on Fox and, asked about immigration and crime, he demanded accountability for “this pedophile president Donald Trump” and others implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and again during an interview with WPLG Local 10 when Larkin was “faced with genocide denial.” According to the Middle East Eye, Larkin “raised the topic of Israel's genocide in Gaza, pointing to statements and findings from institutions such as the United Nations, Amnesty International and Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem,” which the interviewer, Glenna Milberg incorrectly dismissed as “factually incorrect.” Larkin “outlined Israel's deliberate targeting of civilians, restrictions on humanitarian aid and attacks on churches, schools and other places of worship,” and Milberg again “interrupted and said his account was ‘factually not correct.'” The Middle East Eye writes that the exchange was then “cut short when Milberg said she was being told they had to wrap up the interview.”* Turning to Texas, NOTUS reports Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico – capitalizing on the acrimonious primary battle between sitting Republican Senator John Cornyn and his victorious primary opponent Texas AG Ken Paxton – has taken the extraordinary step of bringing a Cornyn aide onto his campaign. According to this piece, “Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.” In a statement, Smith said that he is “proud” to join Talarico's campaign and that “Instead of playing partisan politics, Talarico speaks to the needs of everyday people who day in and day out work too hard for too little.” Smith also laid into Paxton, calling him “the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power,” and urging “fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box.” This piece quotes an anonymous “Republican operative” who characterized this kind of “cross-party hire” as “unheard of.” He added that Talarico has a “better chance than any Democrat has had in the state in a very long time.”* In more primary news, last week we discussed the victory of former Hartford, Connecticut Mayor Luke Bronin over 14-term incumbent Congressman John Larson. That same day, the Lever published an exposé of Stephen Mandel, a Connecticut-based billionaire hedge fund manager and Democratic mega-donor who is the “largest bankroller of a nascent political machine promising to ‘redefine' the Democratic Party.” Via two organizations – Majority Democrats and the Bench – Mandel and his wife have funneled tens of millions of dollars to candidates of their choosing in an attempt to form a “new [political] center.” According to this report, Bronin amassed a “sizable war chest,” during his primary challenge against Larson, much of which traces back to Mandel. Not only that, apparently, Bronin “used to be on the payroll of a nonprofit funded by the billionaire,” and his campaign's policy stances reflect the network's preferences and priorities. The Lever notes that, perhaps unsurprisingly, the Mandels did not return their requests for comment.* In more Connecticut news, in the wake of Larson's defeat, local media is beginning to question whether Senator Richard Blumenthal should run for another term in 2028, with WTNH noting that he will be 82 at the end of his current term. While Blumenthal has not formally announced that he will run for a fourth senate term, he did confirm that he has a campaign committee and it is raising money. This piece notes that Blumenthal is the second oldest member of Connecticut's congressional delegation, behind only Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, 83, who represents the state's third congressional district. With the increased scrutiny on aging Democrats, and donors like Stephen Mandel bankrolling primary challenges by younger candidates, Blumenthal's decision of whether or not to run or anoint a successor could prove critical. For his part, Blumenthal is quoted saying “Age is a state of mind…and I am very, very happy doing my job right now, as energetically as I feel is appropriate.”* Senator Blumenthal features prominently in another story this week from a different part of Washington. NOTUS reports that on K Street, lobbyists for the defense industry – literally the military industrial complex – are “girding for aggressive investigations of President Donald Trump's Pentagon and the companies that do business with it,” if the Democrats retake one or both houses of Congress in the midterm elections. This piece emphasizes that Democrats have “spent two years seething that the Trump administration shut Congress out of decisions about the Pentagon, from the Iran war to politically connected contractors and a defense budget that's ballooned to $1.5 trillion.” Lobbyists are reported to be particularly wary of their clients being caught between outraged congressional Democrats and an uncooperative White House for the next two years. Blumenthal, the top Democrat on the Senate Investigations Subcommittee, is already zeroing in on 1789 Capital, where Donald Trump Jr. is an investor, and American Ventures, where Eric Trump is an investor, both of which received billions of dollars in government awards. He is quoted saying “We need to look into whether Trump's sons are profiting from investments in defense contractors that involve insider information or contracts awarded in ways that compromise defense interests.” Other investigations he signaled they might pursue include a probe of “the administration's growing reliance on single-source contracts and whether the administration has given preferential treatment to companies with political ties, particularly those that donated to Trump's White House ballroom project.” In the House, Democrats on the Armed Services Committee will likely focus on “military strategy, acquisition decisions and the Pentagon's rapidly growing budget,” while the Oversight Committee, is more focused on “corruption, conflicts of interest, companies connected to Trump allies such as SpaceX and other ethics issues.” When Republicans won control of the House, Senate, and presidency in 2024, many lobbying firms axed their Democratic staff. It seems they are beginning to regret that decision.* Our next two stories have to do with the AI boom. First, in Wisconsin, the politics of AI data centers have come to in large part define the ongoing race to succeed Democrat Tony Evers as Governor. DSA-backed candidate Francesca Hong rode her vow of a moratorium on new data center construction to front-runner status in the primary, only to lose by a hair to Evers' last minute chosen successor, David Crowley. Since becoming the nominee, Crowley has refused to adopt Hong's signature issue and his opponent, Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany is taking full advantage. According to Wisconsin Public Radio, Tiffany's campaign has released a new TV ad labeling his opponent “data center David Crowley.” In the ad, Crowley is “seen saying Wisconsin has the opportunity to be ‘an AI and a data hub not only for the entire country, but for the entire globe.'” Ironically, Tiffany himself has cast “pro-data center votes in Congress” and Crowley's campaign argues that Tiffany “wouldn't be as hard on developers as his campaign claims,” though he is now campaigning on “ending state subsidies for data centers and creating additional protections for ratepayers and the state's farmland and water.”* Next, a stunning feat of reporting by 404 Media exposed how “Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process.“ To investigate this, the outlet placed a tracking device in a rare book that they suspected would be acquired by an AI company for training data. Then, when indeed it was, they followed the book around the country to its final destination – an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas, Nevada – where employees say that “all [they] do is scan books..Some are assigned to cut books, and others go to receive where they get books and scan the bar codes.” The printed book is destroyed in the process. The logo of the Amazon team that works at this warehouse, called VGT3, is a dinosaur, brandishing its teeth and with a book in its hands. The piece notes that the AI company Anthropic has previously been sued for engaging in the practice of destroying rare books in order to feed them into their large language models, or LLMs, on copyright grounds, but the “judge in the lawsuit ruled it was fair use and not a copyright violation for Anthropic to scan a book for training data in part because it destroyed the original, printed copy.” The author of this piece notes that these rare books are not necessarily monetarily valuable – they could be rare because “not many copies of them were ever printed,” or “they are in a foreign language not many people speak.” Still, as one bookseller said “There are different types of value…[besides monetary value] There's historical value, intellectual value, sentimental value. All sorts of things, and all of those the AI companies don't care about. They just want the content as a bunch of words strung together.”* Finally, we turn to the Vatican, where, Drop Site reports, Pope Leo XIV is using his pulpit to call for the opening of humanitarian corridors for civilians in Sudan. In his weekly Angelus address, the first American Pope highlighted “the plight of civilians in the besieged city of el-Obeid.” In addition to his call for humanitarian corridors, the pontiff called for both sides to “cease attacks on civilian targets.” Drop Site explains that El-Obeid, the largest city in Kordofan – the region comprising central Sudan – has faced intense drone attacks as the rebels of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) battle the Sudanese army for supremacy in the region. An RSF siege has “left over 500,000 people in famine conditions for months and without supplies.” The United Nations warns that if El-Obeid falls, it could follow in the mold of el-Fasher, which fell to the RSF last year and resulted in “mass ethnic cleansing massacres by the RSF that killed an estimated 60,000 people.” We can only hope that the world will heed the Pope's plea for peace and humanitarian assistance to the civilian population of Sudan.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience and all of our episodes. Danny and Derek bring you the headlines against their better judgment. In this week's news: Western Europe and the U.S. set new temperature records (2:05); in Iran, the Islamic Republic demands reparations and sanctions relief before reopening the Strait of Hormuz (4:22), Trump declares that the U.S. will keep control of the Strait (8:20), and Iran makes a wave of hardline appointments (10:25); in Yemen, Houthi forces strike a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait (13:02); Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey form a new defense alliance (15:00); Netanyahu rejects Hamas's disarmament plan as the Board of Peace agreement collapses (18:11), plus Israeli settlers besiege a Palestinian American family's home in a West Bank village (19:48); a Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death (in absentia) for war crimes (22:19); a new UN report finds that violence against civilians rises in Myanmar (23:43); in Darfur, the Sudanese military and allied militias make key territorial gains against the RSF (25:49); Ukraine bombs the Russian port of Novorossiysk as tensions in the Black Sea push global food prices higher (28:23); Abelardo de la Espriella takes office as Colombia's new far-right president and joins the U.S.-backed Shield of the Americas (31:58); Trump secretly flees Turkey on a decoy aircraft amid reports of an Iranian assassination plot (34:06); and the Pentagon claims its Yemen strikes caused the only U.S.-inflicted civilian casualties of 2025 (37:31). Watch yesterday's livestream here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny and Derek bring you the headlines against their better judgment. In this week's news: Western Europe and the U.S. set new temperature records (2:05); in Iran, the Islamic Republic demands reparations and sanctions relief before reopening the Strait of Hormuz (4:22), Trump declares that the U.S. will keep control of the Strait (8:20), and Iran makes a wave of hardline appointments (10:25); in Yemen, Houthi forces strike a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait (13:02); Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey form a new defense alliance (15:00); Netanyahu rejects Hamas's disarmament plan as the Board of Peace agreement collapses (18:11), plus Israeli settlers besiege a Palestinian American family's home in a West Bank village (19:48); a Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death (in absentia) for war crimes (22:19); a new UN report finds that violence against civilians rises in Myanmar (23:43); in Darfur, the Sudanese military and allied militias make key territorial gains against the RSF (25:49); Ukraine bombs the Russian port of Novorossiysk as tensions in the Black Sea push global food prices higher (28:23); Abelardo de la Espriella takes office as Colombia's new far-right president and joins the U.S.-backed Shield of the Americas (31:58); Trump secretly flees Turkey on a decoy aircraft amid reports of an Iranian assassination plot (34:06); and the Pentagon claims its Yemen strikes caused the only U.S.-inflicted civilian casualties of 2025 (37:31).Watch yesterday's livestream here.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

ተሓላቒ መሰል ቀዳምነት ንሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣብ መንጎ ሰበስልጣን ትግራይን ፌደራልን ንሓደጋ ዝዳርግ “ኣንፈት ኲናት” ኣሎ ክብል ኣጠንቂቑ። ኣብ መዓስከር ዳባት ካብ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ሕጂ ውን መጭወይቲ ከም ዘየቋረጸ ተገሊጹ። ሰራዊት ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ሶማልያ ን12 ዓመታት ሒዙዎ ዝጸንሐ ስትራተጂካዊ መዓስከር ቡርሃካባ ኣረኪቡ። ብሽበራ ዝተኸሰሱ ጋዜጠኛታትን ፖለቲከኛታትን ክልል ኣምሓራ ንክፍትሑ ገበነኛታት ምዃኖም ክኣምኑ ዝሓትት ቅድመኩነት መንግስቲ ነጸጊጎሞዎ። ኣብ ክልል ቤኒሻንጉል_ጉሙዝ ዞባ መተከል ብደርዘን ዝቑጸሩ ሰላማውያን ሰባት ተቐቲሎም። ንኡስ ወተሃደራዊ ሓይልታት ሱዳን ዝኾነ RSF ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ተዳቡ ዶባዊት ከተማ መጥቃዕቲ ከፊቱ። ሰራዊት ሱዳን ብወገኑ ካብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝተጀመረ መጥቃዕቲ ዩ ክብል ከሲሱ። ኣብቲ ዞባ ቀጻሊ ዞባዊ ወጥሪን ግጭትን ኣብ ዝርከበሉ ዘሎ እዋን ሱዳን ምስ #ሞቃድሾን #ካይሮን ዝርርብ ኣካይዳ።

Mariam Wahba reports the Sudanese civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now entering its fourth year, has left over 400,000 dead. The conflict has evolved into a complex proxy war; the UAE supports the RSF to gain access to gold mines, while Egypt and Turkey lean toward the SAF. Iran has further complicated the battlefield by selling drones and hardware to both factions. Although neither side is seen as morally superior, civilians frequently celebrate when the SAF liberates territory from the RSF. Sudanese activists continue to call for a transition to civilian government despite the ongoing violence. (5)

TABLE OF CONTENTS JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 8-10-2026.John Hardie reports North Korea is deploying a specialized unit equipped with KN-23 and KN-24 short-range ballistic missiles to assist Russia's war efforts. This shipment, potentially totaling 120 missiles, significantly bolsters Russia's magazine depth as it continues pounding Ukrainian cities. The relationship is mutually beneficial: Russia receives much-needed munitions and troops, while North Korea gains combat experience and technical assistance for its satellite and missile programs. Ukraine, facing a critical shortage of air defense interceptors, is seeking to use Starlink within Russian territory to hunt and strike these missile launchers before they can fire. (1)Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa report Venezuelan negotiators have established a timeline for a political transition, aiming to restore rights and select new electoral authorities by December. However, there are significant concerns regarding the lack of a firm election date and the ongoing militarization of the Bolivarian revolution. Simultaneously, diplomatic relations between Brazil and the U.S. have deteriorated, resulting in the U.S. revoking the credentials of Brazil's ambassador. In Colombia, new president Abelardo de la Espriella has launched a decisive military response against narco-terrorism, a move that regional leaders hope will dismantle the cross-border havens used by Venezuelan-linked criminal groups. (2)Malcolm Hoenlein discusses a new mutual defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan that has emerged to counter Iranian influence and the Muslim Brotherhood. Meanwhile, in Gaza, empirical data from UNICEF and the WHO challenges international narratives of famine, showing malnutrition rates are actually lower than in many neighboring countries. Theft of aid by Hamas remains a primary obstacle to relief efforts. In Iran, the regime faces severe domestic instability due to energy and water shortages, yet it continues to make extreme "non-negotiable" demands of the U.S., including $300 billion in reparations, while escalating public executions to silence internal dissent. (3)David Daoud explains Iran is currently leveraging negotiations with the U.S. to secure a ceasefire that protects Hezbollah from further Israeli military pressure while allowing the group to rebuild. Critics argue that U.S. security assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is a poor investment, as the LAF lacks the political will to disarm Hezbollah within its own borders. While a fragile ceasefire has shifted active war toward localized "policing operations" and skirmishes, Hezbollah explicitly rejects any linkage between an Israeli withdrawal and its own disarmament. The Trump administration is reportedly prioritizing "quiet" in Lebanon, which has forced Israeli forces into a more reactive posture. (4)Mariam Wahba reports the Sudanese civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), now entering its fourth year, has left over 400,000 dead. The conflict has evolved into a complex proxy war; the UAE supports the RSF to gain access to gold mines, while Egypt and Turkey lean toward the SAF. Iran has further complicated the battlefield by selling drones and hardware to both factions. Although neither side is seen as morally superior, civilians frequently celebrate when the SAF liberates territory from the RSF. Sudanese activists continue to call for a transition to civilian government despite the ongoing violence. (5)Bridget Toomey reports the Houthis have escalated their regional campaign by striking Saudi Arabia's Jazan refinery, demonstrating their ability to disrupt global energy markets despite recent defense pacts. Within Yemen, the Houthis are intensifying attacks on government-held ports like Mocha and oil-rich regions like Marib to expand their territorial control. These strikes often target civilian displacement camps, using ballistic missiles and drones to sow terror and gain leverage in future negotiations. While Saudi Arabia pursues diplomatic off-ramps through Omani mediation, the Houthis continue to use military pressure to force an agreement favorable to their long-term dominance. (6)Edmund Fitton-Brown describes the Houthis' methodical campaign, likely coordinated with Iran, to intimidate Saudi Arabia and prevent its entry into the Abraham Accords. Recent strikes on Mocha and Jazan highlight a resurgence of the 12-year-old Yemeni civil war, which remains a primary source of regional instability. While a new Sunni alliance between Pakistan and Turkey offers symbolic support to the Saudis, it lacks the practical military "teeth" to intervene on the ground. Meanwhile, the UAE is asserting itself as an agile regional powerhouse, investing in high-tech infrastructure and maintaining an uncompromising stance against the Muslim Brotherhood. (7)Janatyn Sayeh analyzes the appointment of Mohsen Rezaei, an original IRGC veteran, to the Supreme National Security Council, signaling a return to hardline, ideologically driven decision-making in Tehran. Rezaei, linked to past international terrorism, reinforces the regime's aggressive stance against the U.S. and Israel. Iran currently refuses to engage in talks until the U.S. meets extreme demands, including unfreezing all assets and paying billions in reparations. The regime utilizes a "good cop, bad cop" strategy between factions to maximize leverage, but remains unified in its goals of expanding its nuclear program and securing regional dominance through its "resistance axis." (8)Conrad Black reports Prime Minister Mark Carney is under pressure to revitalize Canada's economy 16 months after his election. Despite being a "treasure house" of resources, Canada suffers from lengthy project delays caused by redundant provincial regulations and indigenous land claims. Black notes that Canada's public sector workforce is disproportionately large, representing 12% of the population, and calls for corporate tax cuts to foster competitiveness. While Carney is exploring diversified trade, the U.S. remains Canada's indispensable partner, accounting for roughly 64% of its trade. Carney's political survival depends on achieving the kind of robust growth seen south of the border. (9)Scott Harold explains the U.S. and Japan are adopting a "walking quietly and carrying a big stick" approach to deter a Chinese attack on Taiwan. This strategy involves creating a "hellscape" of thousands of drones and missiles to make an amphibious assault impossibly risky for Beijing. While Japan's official documents avoid explicitly naming Taiwan to prevent escalation, its leadership views a conflict as a survival-endangering situation. China's attempts to annex portions of the Western Pacific as domestic waters pose a direct threat to the global economy. Persistent deterrence remains essential, as the Chinese military currently lacks high-end operational experience and faces leadership purges. (10)Bill Gertz reports a Pentagon official's attendance at a People's Liberation Army (PLA) celebration has sparked fears of a "defeatist" accommodation policy toward Beijing. Critics argue that seeking "respectful relations" with a Leninist regime is interpreted as subservience and weakness. This shift is reportedly influenced by concerns over Chinese control of rare earth minerals. China continues its global expansion and military bullying against neighbors like the Philippinesand Japan. Gertz warns that the U.S. education system is failing to inform the public about the threats of China's high-tech totalitarian system, which seeks to dominate through economic and military coercion. (11)

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek always use their good side when posing for a Flock cam. In this week's news: Trump backs off of his latest threat against Iran amid a potential Hormuz deal (2:01); in Gaza, the Board of Peace's Hamas disarmament deal collapses within a day (13:22); Red Sea shipping falls after new Houthi attacks (18:16); in Sudan, the RSF mobilizes tribal levies to make up for lost troops (20:26); the TPLF and federal forces clash again in Tigray (24:45); Ukraine runs out of Patriot missile interceptors (27:39); a migrant influx kills dozens in the Spanish exclave Ceuta (31:33); the U.S. suspends the Brazilian ambassador's visa due to a diplomatic dispute (38:25); and America's Operation Southern Spear kills 221 people but fails to curb the drug trade (41:52). Order your copy of Danny's new book, Imperialist Realism, now.  Watch the replay⁠ of last night's livestream with Becca Lewis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Après deux jours de combats acharnés contre les Forces de soutien rapide (RSF), l'armée soudanaise affirme avoir pris le contrôle de l'autoroute d'Al-Sadarat, une voie d'approvisionnement militaire stratégique, et avoir ainsi mis fin au siège d'El-Obeid. En riposte, les RSF ont intensifié leurs frappes de drones sur El-Obeid, alors que des centaines de milliers de personnes sont toujours bloquées dans la ville.

« L'Europe face aux menaces informationnelles » - (épisode 11) Le sujet des ingérences numériques étrangères est désormais bien connu. Les zones grises de l'information dans le domaine numérique sont à présent dans le collimateur du législateur. Le sujet fait polémique, à moins d'un an de la présidentielle en France. C'est le libre accès à l'information qui est en jeu, dans un environnement numérique de plus en plus opaque.  À l'approche des élections de 2027, la France se prépare à un défi majeur : lutter contre les manipulations de l'information sur les réseaux sociaux, susceptibles de menacer la démocratie. Une commission d'enquête du Sénat, présidée par le sénateur Laurent Lafon, tire la sonnette d'alarme. Si l'État a renforcé ses dispositifs contre les ingérences numériques étrangères, il reste peu armé face aux menaces internes, comme les infox, les deepfakes ou les contenus détournés. Plus de 50% des Français s'informent désormais via les plateformes numériques, où l'information vérifiée peine à rivaliser avec le viral et l'anecdotique. Avec notre invité, Thibaut Bruttin, directeur général de Reporter sans frontières, nous revenons sur le diagnostic posé dans le rapport sur « Les zones grises de l'information dans le domaine numérique », et passons en revue les préconisations les plus marquantes.  « Ces outils numériques trient et hiérarchisent des contenus, et on a des raisons d'être inquiets : non seulement il n'y a pas de garantie démocratique sur la façon dont ces contenus sont triés, mais en plus on voit que l'accessoire, le viral, est privilégié plutôt que l'information de qualité. » Instrumentalisation du rapport par ses détracteurs Thibaut Bruttin, directeur général de Reporters sans frontières (RSF), rejette fermement l'accusation de « police de la pensée » portée par certains polémistes contre le rapport du Sénat sur la désinformation. Pour lui, cette critique est instrumentalisée par des acteurs comme le groupe Bolloré, qu'il accuse d'être l'un des « fossoyeurs du journalisme » en France. Selon Thibaut Bruttin, ces attaques visent à détourner l'attention des manipulations avérées orchestrées par certains médias, dont la ligne éditoriale est jugée biaisée et partisane. Il souligne que le rapport sénatorial ne propose aucune mesure liberticide, mais cherche plutôt à protéger l'information de qualité et à lutter contre les manipulations internes, comme les campagnes de désinformation masquées ou les ingérences électorales.  « Vous avez un acteur qui fait semblant d'être un acteur de la société civile, qui appartient en fait à une société commerciale et qui va inviter des citoyens à saisir l'autorité de régulation contre le concurrent de leur actionnaire. Donc ça, par exemple, c'est manipulatoire. » À lire aussiPrésidentielle 2027, contrer les ingérences étrangères numériques en toute transparence Cette émission est le 11ᵉ épisode de notre série « L'Europe face aux menaces informationnelles », diffusée dans le cadre du projet CLIC, cofinancé par l'Union européenne, en partenariat avec France 24, l'AFP, et le média d'investigation slovène Oštro. *** La chronique d'Olivier Fourt, de la cellule Info vérif de RFI : Guerre en Iran: comment l'embargo sur les images satellites US a entravé la vérification des faits.

« L'Europe face aux menaces informationnelles » - (épisode 11) Le sujet des ingérences numériques étrangères est désormais bien connu. Les zones grises de l'information dans le domaine numérique sont à présent dans le collimateur du législateur. Le sujet fait polémique, à moins d'un an de la présidentielle en France. C'est le libre accès à l'information qui est en jeu, dans un environnement numérique de plus en plus opaque.  À l'approche des élections de 2027, la France se prépare à un défi majeur : lutter contre les manipulations de l'information sur les réseaux sociaux, susceptibles de menacer la démocratie. Une commission d'enquête du Sénat, présidée par le sénateur Laurent Lafon, tire la sonnette d'alarme. Si l'État a renforcé ses dispositifs contre les ingérences numériques étrangères, il reste peu armé face aux menaces internes, comme les infox, les deepfakes ou les contenus détournés. Plus de 50% des Français s'informent désormais via les plateformes numériques, où l'information vérifiée peine à rivaliser avec le viral et l'anecdotique. Avec notre invité, Thibaut Bruttin, directeur général de Reporter sans frontières, nous revenons sur le diagnostic posé dans le rapport sur « Les zones grises de l'information dans le domaine numérique », et passons en revue les préconisations les plus marquantes.  « Ces outils numériques trient et hiérarchisent des contenus, et on a des raisons d'être inquiets : non seulement il n'y a pas de garantie démocratique sur la façon dont ces contenus sont triés, mais en plus on voit que l'accessoire, le viral, est privilégié plutôt que l'information de qualité. » Instrumentalisation du rapport par ses détracteurs Thibaut Bruttin, directeur général de Reporters sans frontières (RSF), rejette fermement l'accusation de « police de la pensée » portée par certains polémistes contre le rapport du Sénat sur la désinformation. Pour lui, cette critique est instrumentalisée par des acteurs comme le groupe Bolloré, qu'il accuse d'être l'un des « fossoyeurs du journalisme » en France. Selon Thibaut Bruttin, ces attaques visent à détourner l'attention des manipulations avérées orchestrées par certains médias, dont la ligne éditoriale est jugée biaisée et partisane. Il souligne que le rapport sénatorial ne propose aucune mesure liberticide, mais cherche plutôt à protéger l'information de qualité et à lutter contre les manipulations internes, comme les campagnes de désinformation masquées ou les ingérences électorales.  « Vous avez un acteur qui fait semblant d'être un acteur de la société civile, qui appartient en fait à une société commerciale et qui va inviter des citoyens à saisir l'autorité de régulation contre le concurrent de leur actionnaire. Donc ça, par exemple, c'est manipulatoire. » À lire aussiPrésidentielle 2027, contrer les ingérences étrangères numériques en toute transparence Cette émission est le 11ᵉ épisode de notre série « L'Europe face aux menaces informationnelles », diffusée dans le cadre du projet CLIC, cofinancé par l'Union européenne, en partenariat avec France 24, l'AFP, et le média d'investigation slovène Oštro. *** La chronique d'Olivier Fourt, de la cellule Info vérif de RFI : Guerre en Iran: comment l'embargo sur les images satellites US a entravé la vérification des faits.

Sudan's war has entered its fourth year.Drones are now striking schools, hospitals and fuel stations, and the world's largest humanitarian crisis keeps falling off the radar. More than 13 million people have been displaced since fighting broke out between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.Last year the RSF was accused of genocidal violence in the city of El Fasher. Now it is encircling El Obeid in North Kordofan, and aid workers fear a repeat.Kylie Morris and Latika Bourke speak with Noah Taylor, an Australian who heads the Norwegian Refugee Council's operations in Sudan.He describes drone strikes killing civilians, children mimicking the sound of weapons as play, and aid convoys struck on the road.Taylor argues the disaster is a failure of political will, and points out that Australia, as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has diplomatic leverage it has barely used. There is a wider warning too. The shift to cheap, indiscriminate drone warfare is spreading to conflicts far beyond Sudan, and no one yet has a reliable way to keep these weapons out of civilian skies.His message to Australians is blunt: donate if you can but also reach out to the Sudanese families now living in your own suburbs, hear their stories, and refuse to let this war fade quietly from view. Guest: Noah Taylor, Head of Operations in Sudan, Norwegian Refugee CouncilGet in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.auFind all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts. 

Today's HeadlinesRussia declares Child Evangelism Fellowship “undesirable,” plus an update on Missionary Park Tae YeonSudan: Strategic city under increasing pressure as NGOs fear the worstIndia's foreign funding rules leave vulnerable communities without vital support

In this episode of Media Confidential, Clothilde Redfern and Martin Bright join Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber to discuss how national security laws are increasingly being used to restrict journalism around the world.Clothilde is the director of the UK branch of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Martin Bright is a journalist and contributing editor of a new report by the charity which shows a growing pattern of governments expanding the meaning of “national security” to justify secrecy, surveillance, and sustained pressure on reporters. The four discuss cases like that of Julian Assange and how legal action can have worrying impacts on journalists. They also talk about the line between legitimate security concerns and unnecessary suppression of reporting.To read the RSF report ‘National security as a weapon against journalism', click here: https://rsf.org/en/new-rsf-report-national-security-weapon-against-journalism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Au Honduras, où les médias sont concentrés entre les mains de quelques puissants, une soixantaine de radios communautaires résistent, souvent dans la clandestinité. Marie Griffon et Célia Pousset nous emmènent à la rencontre de responsables de ces radios qui utilisent les ondes pour défendre leurs terres et leur culture malgré les menaces. « Waruguma signifie étoile, une étoile lumineuse qui sert de guide à tout le peuple. » Ainsi parle Horacio Martínez, directeur de la radio du même nom, à Trujillo. Dans un pays classé 132e sur 180 au classement mondial 2026 de la liberté de la presse de Reporters sans frontières (RSF), des petites stations comme Waruguma sont souvent le seul moyen pour les populations de s'informer hors des canaux officiels. Le Honduras est le pays le plus pauvre d'Amérique latine après Haïti, selon le Fonds monétaire international (FMI). Gangrené par la corruption et le crime organisé, le pays est aux mains d'une poignée de familles industrielles qui possèdent la quasi-totalité des journaux et télévisions. Face à cela, les radios communautaires s'efforcent d'informer dans les zones rurales isolée et deviennent parfois des cibles. Le défi de la légalité Pour exister, ces radios doivent faire preuve de courage. Au Honduras, les fréquences sont mises aux enchères et s'arrachent à des prix inaccessibles pour des associations. « Ici, dans le Nord, une fréquence a déjà été adjugée pour 12,5 millions de lempiras (plus de 400 000 euros) », explique Jorge Andino, directeur de Play FM. Pour ces médias sans publicité, impossible de réunion une telle somme. Résultat : la majorité des 70 radios communautaires du pays opèrent sans licence légale. « La communication communautaire n'est ni légitimée ni reconnue par l'État. C'est comme marcher en permanence sur la corde raide. C'est vivre à la limite », déplore Jorge Andino. Sans reconnaissance, ces radios risquent à tout moment la saisie de leur matériel, voire la prison pour leurs animateurs, sur simple dénonciation d'un homme d'affaires influent. Au manque de protection juridique s'ajoute la précarité technique. Dans les studios souvent installés chez l'habitant, on utilise des ventilateurs de fortune pour refroidir des émetteurs de faible puissance. Lors des orages, faute de paratonnerres, les stations doivent souvent couper l'antenne pour ne pas perdre leur unique outil de diffusion. Informer, au plus près des communautés Plus au sud, à la frontière avec le Nicaragua, la Radio Cholula Triunfeña ouvre son antenne aux paysans locaux. Ici, on insonorise les murs avec des dizaines de boîtes d'œufs collées les unes aux autres. Wilfredo Hernández Cruz, le directeur, y défend une parole sans artifice : « Parlez comme vous êtes, car c'est justement cela l'essentiel : que les habitants des zones rurales aient accès à un micro. » Mais cette liberté a un prix. Située dans une zone de trafic de drogue et de traite d'êtres humains, la radio dérange les pouvoirs économiques et mafieux en dénonçant les investissements opaques et les concessions minières. « Nous avons déjà perdu des camarades qui ont été attaqués, persécutés, réduits au silence », confie Wilfredo Cruz. Les menaces sont directes : appels anonymes, piratages de téléphones ou encore l'envoi d'une balle dans une boîte pour signifier à un journaliste de cesser ses enquêtes. Amanda Ponce, directrice de C Libre (Comité pour la libre expression), souligne que l'État hondurien a longtemps occulté cette réalité. « Il y a deux décennies d'assassinats de journalistes qui sont aujourd'hui complètement effacées par l'État », précise-t-elle. Depuis les années 1980, le schéma reste le même : éliminer ceux qui mettent en lumière la corruption et les liens entre banques, narcotrafic et pouvoir politique. L'héritage de Berta Cáceres Dans les montagnes froides de l'ouest, le peuple Lenca poursuit un combat emblématique. C'est ici que la célèbre militante écologiste Berta Cáceres a fondé la radio Guarajambala avant d'être assassinée en 2016. Pour le COPINH (Conseil civique des organisations populaires et indigènes du Honduras), la radio est l'un des seuls moyen de mobiliser les communautés contre les projets extractifs qui menacent leurs rivières. Aujourd'hui, une nouvelle génération prend le micro. Leiby, une journaliste de 25 ans, a été formée dans l'école Voix des Rivières créée par l'organisation. Pour elle, la mission est claire : « Nous dénonçons, nous devenons la voix des communautés. Nous sommes la voix des grandes injustices que nous subissons dans ce pays. » Malgré la violence, ces radios continuent tant bien que mal de diffuser. Elles font entendre des musique indigènes ou alternatives, des langues en recul comme le Garifuna, elles racontent l'histoire de ces communautés marginalisées et créent une solidarité qui dépasse désormais les frontières. En l'absence de médias nationaux lors de la commémoration de l'assassinat de Berta Caceres, ce sont des radios communautaires du Guatemala et du Costa Rica qui sont venues prêter main-forte à leurs sœurs honduriennes. Ces ondes, bien que fragiles, restent un espace où l'on peut « inviter les gens à rêver ». Dans un pays où certains tentent de les faire taire, les radios communautaires prouvent chaque jour que la parole radiodiffusée est un pouvoir que l'on ne peut pas totalement éteindre.

Fourteen million people displaced. Two out of every five people facing hunger. The largest humanitarian catastrophe on Earth — and barely a headline.In this episode, Dr. Crystallee Crain turns toward the war the world keeps looking away from: the civil war in Sudan, now grinding through its fourth year. True to form, she starts at the roots, not the wreckage — tracing the conflict from colonial rule and the Darfur genocide, through the stolen revolution of 2019, to the two generals now tearing the country in half. She walks through where the war stands in the summer of 2026: the massacre at El Fasher, the siege of El Obeid, the drone war killing civilians by the hundreds, and the famine being used as a weapon. Then she follows the money — the gold, the arms, and the foreign powers profiting while humanitarian appeals go unfunded — and closes with what prevention, accountability, and everyday solidarity actually look like from where we sit.Content note: This episode includes descriptions of violence, famine, and sexual violence. Please listen with care.Take action: Support the World Food Programme, UNICEF, the International Rescue Committee, Doctors Without Borders, and Sudanese-led emergency response rooms — and call your representatives and ask one question: What are you doing about Sudan?ReferencesFAO / WFP / UNICEF joint alert, "Risk of Famine persists as nearly 19.5 million people face acute food insecurity in Sudan," May 15, 2026 — unicef.org/press-releasesUN News, "Sudan hunger crisis deepens as UN warns millions face acute food shortages," May 2026 — news.un.orgAl Jazeera, "Tracking Sudan's humanitarian crisis: By the numbers," December 15, 2025 — aljazeera.comAl Jazeera, El Obeid siege coverage and UN warnings of mass atrocities, June 29–July 1, 2026 — aljazeera.com/where/sudanHuman Rights Watch, World Report 2026: Sudan — hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/sudanAmnesty International, report on El Fasher (crimes against humanity / ethnic cleansing), via The Guardian, July 1, 2026Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker: "Civil War in Sudan" (updated 2026) — cfr.orgHealth Policy Watch, "Sudan's Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year," April 15, 2026 — healthpolicy-watch.newsInternational Rescue Committee, "Crisis in Sudan: What is happening and how to help," July 2026 — rescue.orgWorld Food Programme, "Risk of Famine in Sudan" emergency page — wfp.org/emergencies/sudanUNHCR, Sudan Situation Operational Data Portal — data.unhcr.org/en/situations/sudansituationUNICEF, Humanitarian Situation Report No. 39 & 2026 Humanitarian Action for Children: Sudan — unicef.org/appeals/sudanReuters, reporting on Ethiopia-based RSF training camp, February 2026AP News, UN human rights chief on drone casualties (1,000+ civilians, Jan–May 2026); UAE / Colombian mercenary allegations, May 2026ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data), Sudan country analysis, incl. "Can the RSF seize El Obeid?", July 6, 2026 — acleddata.com/country/sudanSudan Tribune and Radio Dabanga, ongoing frontline reporting, 2026Mo Ibrahim, op-ed in the Financial Times, April 2026 (via Health Policy Watch)Music:Epidemic SoundJungle Rumble, Andreas DahlbackLeaving No One Behind, Christian Anderson

A Sudanese court has sentenced the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo - known as Hemedti - to death for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide over atrocities committed in the West Darfur region. Hemedti, along with 15 other senior RSF leaders were sentenced in absentia. We look at what this means for the RSF and its three-year civil war with the Sudan Armed Forces. And in Kenya, whistleblowers are tipping off police, helping authorities intervene before girls undergo female genital mutilation. Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Keikantse Shumba, Chiamaka Dike and Blessing Aderogba Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga Technical Producer: David Nzau Editors: Rhoda Odhiambo and Maryam Abdalla

Sudan is facing one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of the 21st century, yet much of the world is barely paying attention.In this episode, we examine the brutal civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), why many analysts argue this is no longer simply a civil war but a regional proxy conflict, and how foreign powers have helped fuel the violence.We explore the horrific massacres in El Geneina and El-Fasher, the looming threat facing El-Obeid, and why some observers fear another mass killing could be imminent. We also discuss the alleged role of the United Arab Emirates in supporting the RSF, the involvement of regional powers including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Libya, and why international efforts to stop the bloodshed have repeatedly fallen short.Most importantly, we ask why one of the world's largest humanitarian disasters has received so little global attention—and what could happen next if the violence continues unchecked.The origins of Sudan's civil warWho the RSF are and why they are so controversialThe massacres of El Geneina and El-FasherWhy El-Obeid may be the next humanitarian disasterThe role of the UAE and other foreign powersHow regional politics and proxy warfare are shaping the conflictWhy the international response has been so limitedAs the world focuses elsewhere, Sudan stands on the edge of an even greater tragedy. This episode seeks to understand how we got here—and why the consequences may be felt far beyond Sudan's borders.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of war crimes, ethnic violence, genocide, and mass civilian casualties.#Sudan #Africa #Geopolitics #ProxyWar #HumanitarianCrisis #InternationalRelations #MiddleEast #CurrentAffairs #Podcast #WorldNews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok

Mahakama ya Kupambana na Ugaidi na Makosa Dhidi ya Taifa iliyoko mjini Port Sudan nchini Sudan, , imemhukumu kifo kiongozi wa kundi la wanamgambo wa RSF, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo pamoja na maafisa wengine 15 wa RSF.

Voor het eerst benoemt het Europees Parlement in een aangenomen resolutie expliciet de betrokkenheid van de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten in Soedan. De door VAE gesteunde rebellengroep  RSF – omsingelt El Obeid, waar een half miljoen mensen gevangen zitten. Internationale organisaties waarschuwen voor: dit wordt Al Fasher 2.0, een massale slachting. Wat kan de internationale gemeenschap doen om dat scenario te voorkomen? We vragen het Anette Hoffmann, Soedan-expert verbonden aan Clingendael, en Marit Maij, Europees Parlementariër namens PRO. (11:07) Turkse humor botst met Erdogan Een nieuwe voorstelling van een jonge Turkse komiek gaat viraal in Turkije. Het zet het land op z'n kop, waar nu een jonge generatie comedians steeds vaker tegen heilige huisjes schoppen in het land, van religie tot politiek. Waarom durven zij verder te gaan en welke prijs staat daar tegenover? Te gast is Mitra Nazar, oud-correspondent Turkije. Presentatie: Laila Frank

The International Criminal Court says it has "concrete evidence" the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces committed crimes against humanity in Darfur during Sudan's civil war. The RSF says the scale of the atrocities in el-Fasher and el-Geneina has been exaggerated. Also: Iran attacks Gulf nations in response to a new wave of US strikes; Bangladesh battles a deadly measles outbreak; scientists warn that men's testosterone levels are declining; the last woman hanged in the UK gets a posthumous pardon; and the Wimbledon Fery tale continues. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk Photo: A woman from El Fasher prays surrounded by displaced women, in a camp in Al-Dabbah, Sudan, November 3, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig

Headlines for July 08, 2026; As Calls Mount for Graham Platner to Drop Out of Senate Race, What Happens Next in Maine?; NATO Meets in Turkey Amid Crackdown on Civil Society; Trump Praises Erdoğan & Considers F-35 Sales; “Inside the Secret Network Fueling Sudan’s War”: Filmmaker Julia Steers on UAE Backing RSF Atrocities

Headlines for July 08, 2026; As Calls Mount for Graham Platner to Drop Out of Senate Race, What Happens Next in Maine?; NATO Meets in Turkey Amid Crackdown on Civil Society; Trump Praises Erdoğan & Considers F-35 Sales; “Inside the Secret Network Fueling Sudan’s War”: Filmmaker Julia Steers on UAE Backing RSF Atrocities

In Soedan neemt de spanning toe nu er opnieuw veel geweld dreigt door de RSF. Deze paramilitairen hebben de stad El Obeid nu omsingeld. En de oorlog, die inmiddels al drie jaar duurt, is een van de grootste humanitaire crises ter wereld. Hoe beleven Soedanezen in Nederland dit?Presentatie: Gabriella Adèr  Redactie: Fitria JelytaMontage: Andy ClarkEindredactie: Nina van HattumCoördinatie: Ilse Eshuis Productie: Rhea Stroink Foto: Joris Bolomey / AFP Heb je vragen, suggesties of ideeën over onze journalistiek? Mail dan naar onze redactie via podcast@nrc.nl. Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sudan's civil war may be entering another catastrophic phase. As I write this, a genocidal militia is massing outside a major city in Sudan, El Obeid. NGOs, the United Nations — and even Donald Trump's State Department — are warning of the potential of a major mass atrocity event should El Obeid fall. Yet, the attack appears imminent. In this episode of Global Dispatches, I speak with Mutasim Ali, Legal Advisor at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, about the looming threat of mass atrocities in El Obeid, Sudan, as the Rapid Support Forces, the RSF, surround and besiege the city. Sudan's civil war has produced one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, and yet the international response has fallen far short of the scale of the emergency.  Mutasim Ali discusses the worsening conflict, the risk of mass atrocities, and why global expressions of concern have not translated into meaningful action. We discuss the dynamics driving the war, the international actors shaping the conflict, and why Sudan has struggled to command the sustained attention it urgently deserves. Support the show with a paid subscription: https://www.globaldispatches.org/ 

A report by the rights group Amnesty International has further allegations of atrocities carried out by the Rapid Support Forces when they seized the city of El Fasher last October. The RSF has admitted abuses - but says they've been exaggerated. Also: China introduces a new law to promote ethnic harmony - but will it? Venezuelans want more equipment to search for the missing following two earthquakes last week. The Japanese yen falls to its lowest level against the US dollar in 40 years. And football players from the Netherlands have experienced racist abuse for failing to win a penalty shoot-out against Morocco. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.ukPhoto: Sudanese civilian refugee in Nairobi, Kenya at a gathering to mark the third anniversary of the war in Sudan in April 2026 Credit: DANIEL IRUNGU/EPA/Shutterstock

durée : 00:12:54 - Le 18/20 : un jour dans le monde - par : Fabienne Sintes - Un an après la condamnation en Algérie de Christophe Gleizes pour « apologie du terrorisme », Thibaut Bruttin, directeur général de Reporters sans frontières, témoignent sur cette situation internationale difficile aux enjeux géopolitiques et judiciaires. - invités : Thibaut Bruttin Directeur général de Reporters sans frontières (RSF). Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:37:19 - Le 18/20 : un jour dans le monde - par : Fabienne Sintes - Alors que la Coupe du monde de football bat son plein sur le continent américain, cela fait un an que le journaliste sportif français Christophe Gleizes a été condamné par l'État algérien à sept ans de prison ferme pour "apologie du terrorisme". - équipe : Philippe Lefébure, Nathalie Poitevin, Thomas Lenglain, Mathias Dubois - invités : Thibaut Bruttin Directeur général de Reporters sans frontières (RSF). Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:37:19 - InterNational - par : Fabienne Sintes - Alors que la Coupe du monde de football bat son plein sur le continent américain, cela fait un an que le journaliste sportif français Christophe Gleizes a été condamné par l'État algérien à sept ans de prison ferme pour "apologie du terrorisme". - équipe : Philippe Lefébure, Nathalie Poitevin, Thomas Lenglain, Mathias Dubois - invités : Thibaut Bruttin Directeur général de Reporters sans frontières (RSF). Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

In this episode, Breht sits down with Mohamed Khougali, author of Politically Unconscious: The Psychic Aftermath of the Sudanese Revolution (Iskra Books) for a sweeping and deeply illuminating conversation on Sudanese history, revolution, counterrevolution, and the current catastrophe unfolding in Sudan. Together, they discuss the 2018–19 Sudanese Revolution, how it erupted, what forces animated it, his direct participation in it, how it was contained, and what its aftermath reveals about the dynamics of counter-revolution and co-optation. Mohamed also walks us through the history of the revolutionary left in Sudan, from the period after independence through the rise and repression of the Sudanese Communist Party, and the weakened but still significant state of the Left today. Along the way, we touch on the civil war, Darfur, the RSF, the unfathomable human suffering and staggering acts of brutality taking place in Sudan, and why revolutionaries everywhere need a much deeper understanding of this country, its people, and its unfinished struggle for liberation. Politically Unconscious: The Psychic Aftermath of the Sudanese Revolution is Mohamed Khougali's reflection on what it means to organize and think after a revolution has been usurped. Written as both a participant in Sudan's 2018-19 uprising and a working psychotherapist, Khougali weaves together a history of the Sudanese Left, an account of the current war and the racialized financialization that informed the various factions, alongside the development of a new clinical modality he calls "praxis psychotherapy." Refusing the reductive binaries of international media coverage and the moral puritanism he sees paralyzing contemporary leftist thought, Khougali argues that Sudan cannot be understood apart from a longer "irrational revolution" linking Khartoum to Darfur, and Sudan to Palestine, through the same circuits of imperial accumulation and waste. At once political history and clinical experiment, Politically Unconscious is a work with lessons for comrades involved in the struggle; in Sudan, and far beyond. Check Out Mohamed's podcast Black Radicals HERE   Follow Black Radicals on Instagram HERE     Outro music: Lunch Break by spinitch ---------------------------------------------------- Support Rev Left and get access to bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Make a one-time donation to Rev Left at BuyMeACoffee.com/revleftradio Follow, Subscribe, & Learn more about Rev Left Radio https://revleftradio.com/

In this episode, Professor Sahar Aziz is in conversation with award winning journalist Isma'il Kuskush about the complex origins, multiple domestic and foreign actors, and human rights crisis of Sudan's war. The ongoing power struggle between rival military elites is rooted in decades of militarization, failed democratic transition, and unresolved ethnic conflict. Its humanitarian consequences—mass displacement, famine risk, and widespread atrocities—have elevated it into one of the most severe human rights crises globally.The current war in Sudan began in April 2023, when fighting erupted between two factions of the country's security forces: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The immediate trigger was a dispute over integrating the RSF into the national army as part of a planned transition to civilian rule after years of military dominance. A critical turning point occurred in 2019, when longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir was overthrown. A fragile civilian–military transition followed, but in October 2021, the SAF and RSF jointly staged a coup that derailed democratic reforms. Tensions between the two leaders then escalated into open conflict as both sought control over the state, economic resources (especially gold), and the future political system.The devastating war in Sudan has produced what many international organizations describe as the world's largest humanitarian crisis. Millions of civilians have been displaced, and basic infrastructure—healthcare, food distribution, and education—has collapsed in many regions.BiographyIsma'il Kushkush is a Sudanese-American journalist who was based in Khartoum, Sudan, for eight years, where he contributed to The New York Times, CNN, Voice of America and Al Jazeera English. For two three-month periods in 2014 and again in 2015, he was acting bureau chief for The New York Times in East Africa based in Nairobi. He has covered political, economic, social and cultural stories from Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Burundi, Sweden and the United States. He has also worked as a fixer, translator and interpreter. Kushkush grew up in the United States, Sudan, Syria and Kuwait. He received a master of arts degree in journalism from Columbia Journalism School in New York with a focus on politics and global affairs. He is a fluent Arabic-speaker.Recommended ReadingsIsma'il Kushkush,Leaving Khartoum(The New York Review 2025)Isma'il Kuskkush,Sudan's Journalists Risk Everything to Cover a War the World Ignores(Neiman Reports 2026)Isma'il Kushkush,Sudan's Uprising, Bashir's Fall, and My Father's Passing(The New Yorker 2019)#Sudan #HumanRights #Khartoum #CivilWar #UAE #EgyptSupport the showSupport the Center for Security, Race and Rights by following us and making a donation:Donate: https://give.rutgersfoundation.org/csrr-support/20046.html Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbUfYcWGZapBNYvCObiCpp3qtxgH_jFy Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rucsrr Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rutgerscsrr Follow us on Threads: https://threads.com/rutgerscsrr Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/rucsrr Follow us on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/rucsrr 

Danny and Derek are in backchannel talks with the reflecting pool algae. In this week's news: the United States and Iran sign a Memorandum of Understanding (1:26), which addresses sanctions, the Strait of Hormuz, reconstruction, sovereignty, and the nuclear program (6:46); Israel continues its attacks on and occupation of Lebanon despite the MoU dictating otherwise (26:12); Gaza is excluded from the MoU (30:25) as West Bank annexation continues (31:46); in Sudan, RSF forces appear to be preparing for a major battle (34:27); in Ukraine, Russia makes advances (35:58) while Crimea is hit hard (37:26); the G7 is relatively uneventful, but does express support for Ukraine (39:24); the US announces plans for a military drawdown in Europe (41:21); in Peru, Keiko Fujimori leads the vote count in the presidential election (42:57); and a UNAIDS report shows the dire effect of DOGE cuts (44:37).Check out our episode with Caitlin Tulloch on the fallout from ending USAID.Join the Discord.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Subscribe now for an ad-free experience. Danny and Derek are in backchannel talks with the reflecting pool algae. In this week's news: the United States and Iran sign a Memorandum of Understanding (1:26), which addresses sanctions, the Strait of Hormuz, reconstruction, sovereignty, and the nuclear program (6:46); Israel continues its attacks on and occupation of Lebanon despite the MoU dictating otherwise (26:12); Gaza is excluded from the MoU (30:25) as West Bank annexation continues (31:46); in Sudan, RSF forces appear to be preparing for a major battle (34:27); in Ukraine, Russia makes advances (35:58) while Crimea is hit hard (37:26); the G7 is relatively uneventful, but does express support for Ukraine (39:24); the U.S. announces plans for a military drawdown in Europe (41:21); in Peru, Keiko Fujimori leads the vote count in the presidential election (42:57); and a UNAIDS report shows the dire effect of DOGE cuts (44:37). A reminder: we are changing our release schedule! The bonus will now drop on Monday, the public feed interview on Wednesday, and the news will remain on Friday.  Check out our episode with Caitlin Tulloch on the fallout from ending USAID. Join the Discord. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Es ist einer der grössten und blutigsten Konflikte der Welt. 150'000 Zivilpersonen sind gestorben und 14 Millionen Menschen sind geflüchtet – rund ein Viertel der Bevölkerung. Die Vertreibungen im Sudan sind die Folge eines andauernden Kriegs zwischen zwei bewaffneten Gruppen: der sudanesischen Armee (SAF) und der Miliz Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Trotz seines Ausmasses wird der bewaffnete Konflikt im Sudan oft als «vergessenen Krieg» bezeichnet. Nur wenige Journalistinnen und Journalisten reisen in den Nordosten Afrikas. Einer davon ist der deutsche Schriftsteller und Reporter Navid Kermani. Er ist in den Sudan gereist, um von der Krise vor Ort zu berichten. Navid Kermani ist Gast in der neuesten Folge von «Apropos» und erzählt von seinen Eindrücken und Begegnungen im Sudan. Unter anderem berichtet er über den Einfluss von Drogen im Kriegsgeschehen, spricht von der Bedeutung der Musik und über die Rolle der Schweiz in diesem Konflikt. Host: Philipp Loser Produzentin: Valeria Mazzeo Sprecherin: Jacqueline Wechsler Mehr zum Krieg im Sudan: Teil 1 der Reportage von Navid Kermani aus dem Sudan Teil 2 der Reportage von Navid Kermani aus dem Sudan Sudan im Krieg: Zivilisten eingeschlossen zwischen Fronten Wer ist der Anführer der RSF? Kriegsverbrechen im Sudan: Schwere Vorwürfe gegen Armee SAF Millionen Geflüchtete aus dem Sudan: In den Camps von Aboutenge Unser Tagi-Spezialangebot für Podcast-Hörer:innen: tagiabo.chHabt ihr Feedback, Ideen oder Kritik zu «Apropos»? Schreibt uns an podcasts@tamedia.ch Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Subscribe now⁠ to skip the ads and get more content. The AP UFC dome is regrettably being held up by Producer Jake's HOA. In this week's news: an update on the U.S.-Iran talks and U.S. airstrikes near Bandar Abbas (1:11); Trump demands new Abraham Accords signatures and threatens Oman over Strait of Hormuz fees (4:46); Israel escalates attacks and pushes displacement further north in Lebanon (11:39); Israel kills Hamas commander Mohammed Odeh (14:38); Gaza's Board of Peace lacks pledged funds (15:31); Trump pauses a Taiwan arms sale due to the Iran war depleting stockpiles (16:43); the RSF prepares an offensive in North Darfur, plus Sudan's military prepares an offensive in Blue Nile (18:37); U.S. airstrikes kill civilians in Somalia (20:28); Russia threatens new strikes on Kyiv (22:03); Bolivia faces a protest crackdown (24:18 ); Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence (26:12); and Derek speaks to Anthea Gordon, GiveDirectly's country director for the Democratic Republic of Congo, about the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo and the challenges complicating the response (28:56). ⁠Help Ebola-affected families in the DRC⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The AP UFC dome is regrettably being held up by Producer Jake's HOA. In this week's news: an update on the U.S.-Iran talks and U.S. airstrikes near Bandar Abbas (1:11); Trump demands new Abraham Accords signatures and threatens Oman over Strait of Hormuz fees (4:46); Israel escalates attacks and pushes displacement further north in Lebanon (11:39); Israel kills Hamas commander Mohammed Odeh (14:38); Gaza's Board of Peace lacks pledged funds (15:31); Trump pauses a Taiwan arms sale due to the Iran war depleting stockpiles (16:43); the RSF prepares an offensive in North Darfur, plus Sudan's military prepares an offensive in Blue Nile (18:37); U.S. airstrikes kill civilians in Somalia (20:28); Russia threatens new strikes on Kyiv (22:03); Bolivia faces a protest crackdown (24:18 ); Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence (26:12); and Derek speaks to Anthea Gordon, GiveDirectly's country director for the Democratic Republic of Congo, about the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo and the challenges complicating the response (28:56).Help Ebola-affected families in the DRC.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Headlines for May 28, 2026; No End in Sight: Israel Expands War on Lebanon, Orders Evacuation of 14% of Country; Ex-Nuclear Negotiator on U.S.-Iran Talks, Abraham Accords & Trump’s Threat to Blow Up Oman; “From Bogotá to El Fasher”: How UAE Trained Colombian Mercenaries to Fight Alongside RSF in Sudan; Trump’s Enemies List: DOJ Launches “Egregious” Criminal Probe into Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll

Headlines for May 28, 2026; No End in Sight: Israel Expands War on Lebanon, Orders Evacuation of 14% of Country; Ex-Nuclear Negotiator on U.S.-Iran Talks, Abraham Accords & Trump’s Threat to Blow Up Oman; “From Bogotá to El Fasher”: How UAE Trained Colombian Mercenaries to Fight Alongside RSF in Sudan; Trump’s Enemies List: DOJ Launches “Egregious” Criminal Probe into Trump Accuser E. Jean Carroll

Hablaremos de un informe que documenta como Emiratos Árabes Unidos lleva a mercenarios colombianos a Sudán para luchar junto a las RSF, que desde hace ya más de 3 años se enfrentan con el ejército sudanés por el control de la nación en un conflicto que ha provocado la peor crisis humanitaria de la actualidad. Juanita Goebertus, Directora para las Américas de Human Rights WatchEscuchar audio

Since 2023, Sudan has been engulfed by a brutal civil war. More than 150,000 people have been killed and millions have been displaced. The war began as a power struggle between the Sudanese military and the powerful paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The capital Khartoum was the epicentre of the conflict. Millions fled as fighting wrecked the city. In 2025, the Sudanese military finally retook the capital from the RSF. One year on, Mohanad Hashim returns home to Khartoum to see how life is slowly returning to the battered city.This episode of The Documentary comes to you from Assignment, investigations and journeys into the heart of global events.

Since 2023, Sudan has been engulfed by a brutal civil war. More than 150,000 people have been killed and millions have been displaced. The war began as a power struggle between the Sudanese military and the powerful paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The capital Khartoum was the epicentre of the conflict. Millions fled as fighting wrecked the city. In 2025, the Sudanese military finally retook the capital from the RSF. One year on, Mohanad Hashim returns home to Khartoum to see how life is slowly returning to the battered city.Reporter: Mohanad Hashim Producer: Alex Last Sound mix: Neil Churchill Production Co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Series Editor: Penny Murphy

For a while now, Sudan's military government has been accusing Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates of working with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Sudan war that entered its fourth year in April. Both the UAE and Addis Ababa have refuted that claim. An investigation by the Reuters news agency in January showed the presence of a secret training camp in Ethiopia allegedly used to train thousands of RSF fighters. We speak to a Horn of Africa expert.Also, bicycles are fading away in many parts of urban Nigeria, but in the northeastern rural community of Mishara, they remain a symbol of love and commitment to marriage.Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Bella Twine and Ayuba Iliya Technical Producer: Maxwell Onyango Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga Editors: Priyanka Sippy and Maryam Abdalla

Editorial note: This conversation was recorded on Friday, April 24, the day before the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Both Nico and Clayton attended the event, where a gunman breached security and opened fire before being apprehended. No one was seriously injured, but the incident serves as a reminder of the threats reporters can face in the course of their work. Since we recorded the conversation before the shooting, Nico and Clayton do not address it, but the incident underscores the stakes of their discussion. — In 2020, Reporters Without Borders launched the Uncensored Library, a virtual archive housed inside Minecraft, the world's most popular computer game. It preserves the work of journalists who have faced censorship, imprisonment, exile, or even death. In countries where their reporting is banned, Minecraft itself is not, making the library a digital sanctuary for suppressed journalism that millions can still access. In March 2026, the project added a United States wing, reminding Americans that subtler, less direct threats to a free press happen everywhere – even at home. With today's release of the 2026 World Press Freedom Index and World Press Freedom Day approaching on May 3, we're unpacking the state of press freedom with Clayton Weimers, the executive director of Reporters Without Borders USA. Download The Uncensored Library here.   Timestamps:  00:00 Intro   04:41 The state of press freedom in the United States 10:51 Trump administration's threats to press freedom 14:16 Patel v. The Atlantic and actual malice 22:55 Who is to blame for distrust in media? 27:58 Viewpoint diversity in the newsroom 32:15 The modern media ecosystem 40:27 What is RSF? 47:00 Freelance and independent journalism 49:11 Clayton's background and more on Reporters Without Borders 51:25 Inside the Uncensored Library  01:01:59 Outro   Enjoy listening to the podcast? Donate to FIRE today and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more.  If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at thefire.org and would like access to Substack's paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@fire.org.

En su informe anual, Reporteros Sin Fronteras alerta sobre un deterioro acelerado de la libertad de prensa en el continente americano. "Países antes considerados seguros caen en el ranking, se multiplican las agresiones y el crimen organizado unido al poder político estrecha el cerco sobre los periodistas", advierte la vocera de RSF, Elena García. Según el informe anual que Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) publicó este jueves 30 de abril y que incluye 180 países, la libertad de prensa en el mundo atraviesa una crisis profunda. El mapa de riesgos en las Américas se ha reconfigurado: territorios que solían ser referencia de relativa seguridad para el ejercicio del periodismo se han convertido en espacios donde se informa bajo amenaza.  Elena García, vocera de RSF, resume el panorama regional con una advertencia contundente: “Desde el 2022, el continente americano desciende 14 puntos. Esto es una tendencia bastante alarmante para Reporteros Sin Fronteras”.  Durante años, Venezuela (160), Nicaragua (172), Cuba (165) o México (122) fueron sinónimo de alerta para el gremio periodístico. Hoy, RSF advierte que a esa lista se suman Estados que hasta hace poco no aparecían como motivo de preocupación. La inquietud comienza en Estados Unidos, en la posición 64, donde la relación del gobierno de Donald Trump con la prensa marcó un punto de inflexión. La vocera recuerda las “numerosas frases denigrantes hacia periodistas y especialmente hacia periodistas mujeres".  También "han impedido a agencias internacionalmente conocidas como Associated Press acreditarse para asistir a los briefings de prensa de la Casa Blanca”. En paralelo, se debilitaron estructuras de medios públicos y se reforzó un clima de deslegitimación hacia el oficio periodístico. Un reportero vivió incluso en carne y hueso la política migratoria de Trump: el salvadoreño Mario Guevara, detenido y posteriormente deportado. En América Latina, la violencia contra la prensa tiene múltiples rostros. RSF insiste en que no se trata solo de agresiones criminales, sino también de discursos oficiales que estigmatizan a los periodistas y de decisiones políticas que golpean el ecosistema mediático en países donde los gobiernos se ha vuelto seguidores del modelo Trump. Argentina (puesto 98/180) ha perdido once posiciones en la clasificación global. García vincula esta caída a “una retórica agresiva y violenta hacia los periodistas y al cierre de la agencia de prensa Télam por decisión del gobierno de Javier Milei”, una medida que considera simbólica del retroceso en la protección de la información pública. El Salvador figura también entre los países que retroceden. La figura de Nayib Bukele, descrito por RSF como uno de los líderes que adoptan estrategias comunicacionales similares a las de Trump, coloca al país en posición 143 sobre 180. Ecuador, por su parte, protagoniza la caída más abrupta de la región en el ranking de RSF, con un desplome de 31 posiciones, llegando al puesto 125. El asesinato de los periodistas Darwin Baque y Patricio Aguilar simboliza hasta qué punto la violencia se ha naturalizado como herramienta de silenciamiento. “El caso de Ecuador es representativo de una tendencia que vemos en toda América Latina: el aumento de la violencia perpetrada por el crimen organizado y por fuerzas políticas, con injerencias cada vez mayores en los medios”, explica la vocera. A este mapa se suma Perú (144), que entra en una zona de riesgo extremo para la libertad de prensa. García recuerda que “se recrudece la violencia y se registran cuatro asesinatos de periodistas en 2025, lo que ha afectado, por supuesto, a la plaza de Perú en la clasificación, que pierde 14 posiciones con respecto al año pasado”. Para RSF, es “otro ejemplo de la violencia a la que se tienen que enfrentar los periodistas en América Latina para poder seguir ejerciendo su trabajo”.

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek will livestream from Route 3 as they take to the World Cup on foot. This week's news: in Iran, Trump extends the ceasefire after talks fail (1:02), Iran reimposes its Strait of Hormuz blockade (6:05), the Islamic Republic's leadership rejects unilateral concessions (9:11), and Persian Gulf mines and oil spills threaten commerce (13:13); the UAE seeks a currency swap after the Iran war's economic shocks (16:28); Israel violates the Lebanon ceasefire amid extension talks (18:11) while the IDF punishes soldiers over crucifix desecration (21:00); Gaza's reconstruction costs cause problems, plus governance delays (24:13); the U.S. offers to send Afghan refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (26:33); Japan lifts its lethal arms export ban (28:59); the Sudanese army retakes Moja from the RSF (30:22); the TPLF reasserts control over the Tigray government (32:55); Ukraine reopens the Druzhba pipeline for an EU loan (34:51); CIA deaths expose the United States' role in Mexico drug raids (37:55); and boat strike survivors allege mistreatment in U.S. custody (40:59). Be sure to subscribe to our newest miniseries, Marx Prestige. And check out our series on Christian Zionism with Daniel Hummel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny and Derek will livestream from Route 3 as they take to the World Cup on foot. This week's news: in Iran, Trump extends the ceasefire after talks fail (1:02), Iran reimposes its Strait of Hormuz blockade (6:05), the Islamic Republic's leadership rejects unilateral concessions (9:11), and Persian Gulf mines and oil spills threaten commerce (13:13); the UAE seeks a currency swap after the Iran war's economic shocks (16:28); Israel violates the Lebanon ceasefire amid extension talks (18:11) while the IDF punishes soldiers over crucifix desecration (21:00); Gaza's reconstruction costs cause problems, plus governance delays (24:13); the U.S. offers to send Afghan refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (26:33); Japan lifts its lethal arms export ban (28:59); the Sudanese army retakes Moja from the RSF (30:22); the TPLF reasserts control over the Tigray government (32:55); Ukraine reopens the Druzhba pipeline for an EU loan (34:51); CIA deaths expose the United States' role in Mexico drug raids (37:55); and boat strike survivors allege mistreatment in U.S. custody (40:59).Be sure to subscribe to our newest miniseries, Marx Prestige.And check out our series on Christian Zionism with Daniel Hummel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Conflict Insights Group tracked Colombian mercenaries fighting in Sudan for the RSF via their cell phones. They were recruited and trained at the behest of the United Arab Emirates, the report claims, allegations refuted by Abu Dhabi.Also in the programme: European Union ambassadors have approved a $100 billion loan to Ukraine; and a playwright who dramatised Leicester City's improbable Premier League title of a decade ago, on how the club have been related to the third tier of English football.(Photo: Supporters of Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), arrive for a meeting in Aprag village, Sudan, on 22 June 2019. Credit: Reuters/Umit Bektas)

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Derek is monitoring The Situation, so Always at War's Alex Jordan is back to deliver the news with Danny. This week: Trump extends the Iran war without an exit plan (4:02); the U.S. weighs a commando raid to seize Iranian uranium (10:04); Iran threatens U.S. companies after striking a Kuwaiti tanker (13:17); the Hormuz closure drives shortages and price shocks across the global economy (18:43); Europe sees NATO tensions rise as France blocks U.S. overflights and Trump threatens Ukraine aid (22:20); Israel deepens its occupation of southern Lebanon and kills UN peacekeepers (26:42); in Gaza, the Board of Peace proposes faction disarmament before reconstruction (29:28); Israel passes a race-based death penalty law for Palestinians (32:07); a Russian tanker reaches Cuba with oil despite the U.S. blockade (34:17); the U.S. and China prepare a summit amid wider global tensions (36:39); in Sudan, the RSF seizes Kermuk in Blue Nile state (39:13); South Sudan's peace process collapses as elections lose credibility (40:14); and the UK cuts aid to Africa to fund higher defense spending (41:55). Don't forget to check out our new miniseries, Marx Prestige. New episodes out weekly! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Derek is monitoring The Situation, so Always at War's Alex Jordan is back to deliver the news with Danny. This week: Trump extends the Iran war without an exit plan (4:02); the U.S. weighs a commando raid to seize Iranian uranium (10:04); Iran threatens U.S. companies after striking a Kuwaiti tanker (13:17); the Hormuz closure drives shortages and price shocks across the global economy (18:43); Europe sees NATO tensions rise as France blocks U.S. overflights and Trump threatens Ukraine aid (22:20); Israel deepens its occupation of southern Lebanon and kills UN peacekeepers (26:42); in Gaza, the Board of Peace proposes faction disarmament before reconstruction (29:28); Israel passes a race-based death penalty law for Palestinians (32:07); a Russian tanker reaches Cuba with oil despite the U.S. blockade (34:17); the U.S. and China prepare a summit amid wider global tensions (36:39); in Sudan, the RSF seizes Kermuk in Blue Nile state (39:13); South Sudan's peace process collapses as elections lose credibility (40:14); and the UK cuts aid to Africa to fund higher defense spending (41:55).Don't forget to check out our new miniseries, Marx Prestige. New episodes out weekly!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Subscribe now to skip the ads and for access to all of our episodes. Just a reminder: there was too much Iran news to fit into this episode, so we gave it a standalone special you can find here. Otherwise, this week around the world: in Israel-Palestine, the Gaza Board of Peace negotiates a Hamas disarmament agreement (1:54) while the West Bank sees settler violence surge around Nablus (3:35); Pakistan resumes its war with Afghanistan after the Eid ceasefire expires (7:09); Trump reschedules his China trip for May (8:26); in Sudan's Blue Nile State, RSF and SPLM-N militants seize Kormuk as Chad boosts its border military presence after Sudan spillover violence (11:19); in Ukraine, Russia launches a massive drone barrage as a new offensive begins (14:14), the United States ties security guarantees for Ukraine to territorial concessions (16:04), and Russia reportedly offers to end support for Iran in exchange for the U.S. ends support for Ukraine (19:00); Denmark's snap election leaves Mette Frederiksen weakened, but still in contention to govern (21:46); Raul Castro joins Cuba's talks with the United States (23:55); in Ecuador, a U.S.-backed operation reportedly destroys a dairy farm instead of a drug camp (27:12); the UN General Assembly condemns the transatlantic slave trade, the United States votes no (29:56); Trump pays TotalEnergies to halt East Coast wind projects (31:22). Be sure to check out our new series premiering Tuesday, Marx Prestige. Listen to the trailer here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Derek wore his Fitbit to a CIA black site, both exposing the security state and meeting his daily step goal. This week's news: in the Iran war, Israel assassinates Ali Larijani and other senior Iranian officials (1:15), U.S. allies refuse Trump's demand that they help reopen the Strait of Hormuz by force (5:41), and the Pentagon seeks roughly $200 billion for the war (8:32) as it considers new deployments to the region (13:27); in southern Lebanon, the IDF begins its ground invasion (14:41); Israel continues killing people in Gaza during the supposed ceasefire while Rafah reopens for medical evacuations after pressure from Hamas (17:31); Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to a five-day Eid ceasefire (21:30) as the two countries dispute the circumstances Pakistani airstrike in Kabul (22:57); Trump postpones his planned trip to China as the Iran war consumes Washington's attention (25:22); in Sudan, the RSF retakes the strategic town of Bara (27:39); the Trump administration reportedly threatens to cut PEPFAR and other health aid to Zambia unless it gets favorable mineral concessions (29:37); Russia increases its support for Tehran with drone tactics, technology, and possible intelligence sharing (33:45); the United States reopens its embassy in Venezuela as normalization moves ahead (37:11), plus Delcy Rodríguez replaces Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino with intelligence chief Gustavo González López (38:21); and Trump pressures Cuba's leadership amid a grid collapse and reports of U.S. talks about political change (40:24).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices