Sudan's army recaptures Khartoum airport from the Rapid Support Forces, marking its latest territorial gain in the civil war. Also: a Canadian actress tries to renew her visa, only to find herself detained for days.
Chapter 1: What recent development has occurred in Sudan's civil war?
Wildfires raging in South Korea have killed at least 24 people as firefighters battle to contain the flames. A major South Korean inquiry has found that for decades governments failed to protect children sent abroad for international adoption. Also in this podcast a new launch date has been announced by an Australian airline for the world's longest non-stop flight.
We begin with what looks like a significant development in Sudan's civil war, which has caused what the UN calls the world's biggest humanitarian crisis. Sudan's army says it's retaken control of the airport in the capital Khartoum from the rival paramilitary force, the RSF. This follows the army's recapture of the presidential palace last week as it tries to push the RSF out of Khartoum.
Since the conflict began nearly two years ago, tens of thousands of people have been killed and 12 million have been displaced. I asked our Africa regional editor Will Ross if this claim about the recapture of the airport was credible.
Yes, it seems to be true that the army, the Sudanese army, has taken over the airport and it's pretty rapid, this kind of move across the areas of the capital Khartoum that had been under the control of the RSF are rapidly being taken back by the army. You have to remember, this is a city that was home to around... 6 Millionen Menschen, vor dem Krieg, vor fast zwei Jahren.
Also gab es einige Szenen von Begegnung in Teilen des Kapitol-Kartons. Leute, die nur glücklich sind, dass die RSF verlassen wird. Sie haben unter den Radlöchern gesucht, sie haben die Verbrechen, die Verbrechen und die Stadt viel verletzt. But the army is basically saying the whole of Khartoum is pretty much under its control. And we haven't seen an awful lot of fighting.
There are videos showing some of these RSF fighters moving pretty rapidly across the Jebel al-Wia Dam. There's a bridge there across the River Nile. And they're then heading west towards the Darfur region.
How significant is this? Because the RSF still controls considerable territory in western Sudan.
Well, I think it's a huge moment for the people living in Khartoum and that's why there are the celebrations, huge relief. But whether this war will rumble on with intense fighting or whether we're moving now towards a situation where
You've got the RSF in control of large parts of the country, but mostly the Darfur region and then the army in control of central and southern areas and the east, Port Sudan. Whether this is now kind of the country split in half? And that may possibly move towards a more peaceful time in terms of a lack of fighting between the two sides.
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Chapter 2: What is the situation with the wildfires in South Korea?
Chapter 3: How are international adoption issues affecting South Korea?
We begin with what looks like a significant development in Sudan's civil war, which has caused what the UN calls the world's biggest humanitarian crisis. Sudan's army says it's retaken control of the airport in the capital Khartoum from the rival paramilitary force, the RSF. This follows the army's recapture of the presidential palace last week as it tries to push the RSF out of Khartoum.
Since the conflict began nearly two years ago, tens of thousands of people have been killed and 12 million have been displaced. I asked our Africa regional editor Will Ross if this claim about the recapture of the airport was credible.
Yes, it seems to be true that the army, the Sudanese army, has taken over the airport and it's pretty rapid, this kind of move across the areas of the capital Khartoum that had been under the control of the RSF are rapidly being taken back by the army. You have to remember, this is a city that was home to around... 6 Millionen Menschen, vor dem Krieg, vor fast zwei Jahren.
Also gab es einige Szenen von Begegnung in Teilen des Kapitol-Kartons. Leute, die nur glücklich sind, dass die RSF verlassen wird. Sie haben unter den Radlöchern gesucht, sie haben die Verbrechen, die Verbrechen und die Stadt viel verletzt. But the army is basically saying the whole of Khartoum is pretty much under its control. And we haven't seen an awful lot of fighting.
There are videos showing some of these RSF fighters moving pretty rapidly across the Jebel al-Wia Dam. There's a bridge there across the River Nile. And they're then heading west towards the Darfur region.
How significant is this? Because the RSF still controls considerable territory in western Sudan.
Well, I think it's a huge moment for the people living in Khartoum and that's why there are the celebrations, huge relief. But whether this war will rumble on with intense fighting or whether we're moving now towards a situation where
You've got the RSF in control of large parts of the country, but mostly the Darfur region and then the army in control of central and southern areas and the east, Port Sudan. Whether this is now kind of the country split in half? And that may possibly move towards a more peaceful time in terms of a lack of fighting between the two sides.
But we don't know what the army's plan is as far as Darfur and trying to move on those RSF areas. Just this week we've had, you know, appalling atrocities taking place in Darfur, including the report that we had 24 hours ago of a market being bombed from the air by the army. So the abuses are still going on on both sides, civilians trapped in the middle.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the Gaza doctor's detention?
Er wurde noch sechs Monate verhaftet. Er wurde bereits drei Monate verhaftet, nachdem das Krankenhaus am Ende des Dezember geflüchtet wurde. Unter dem Gesetz, das Israel ihm unterhält, ist er nicht aktuell verhaftet. Es ist eine Art administrativer Gesetz.
und seine Verteidigungsleute haben seine Beurteilung protestiert, wie Dr. Abu Safir, der sagt, er ist nur ein Arzt und hat nur einmal medizinische Betreuung an die Menschen in den nördlichen Bereichen von Gaza. Der israelische Der Fall gegen ihn, laut seinen Berichtern, ist, dass er eine Bedrohung vor dem Staat von Israel hat.
Und das bildet sich auf die Begriffe, die du erwähnt hast, die ihn verurteilen, dass er ein Mitglied von Hamas ist. Und tatsächlich, das Krankenhaus selbst ist ein starker Terrorist von Hamas. Als die Armee es verurteilt hat, haben sie rund 240 Menschen verurteilt, die verurteilt wurden, dass sie Hamas-Mitglieder sind.
Und jetzt sagen seine Berichter, dass er auch verurteilt wird, mit Verurteilungen von Schrecken, insbesondere von Stöcken und elektrischen Batons. Briefly, just tell us about the wider situation in Gaza. Well, we are seeing a real expansion of the Israeli military campaign. We've seen new evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza.
According to the UN now, there are 100,000 people in new areas that have been identified for evacuation, adding to the already 120,000 people who have been evacuated since the past week. Und wir sehen eine wirklich schwierige Situation in Bezug auf den Zugang zu Food und Fuel seit dem Anfang der Israel-Blockade am Anfang des Monats auf AID.
Also ist es tatsächlich eine schwierige Situation, als Israel weiter in den Gaza-Strip drückt.
While much of the world's attention has been focused on Gaza, violence in the occupied West Bank has been increasing. On Monday the Oscar-winning Palestinian film director Hamdan Balal was attacked at his home in the West Bank by Jewish settlers. His injuries were bad enough for an ambulance to be called.
But then, according to the director's friends, the Israeli Defense Force arrived, took the director away from the ambulance and arrested him. The IDF says its soldiers were attacked by rock-throwing Palestinians. The details of what happened exactly remain unclear. But since then, a witness to the aftermath has spoken to the BBC.
Raviv Rose is Jewish and works for the Center for Jewish Nonviolence, which aims to build reconciliation between Jews and Palestinians. Upon hearing of the incident, Raviv Rose and fellow activists drove to Mr. Bilal's home, where they too were attacked by Jewish settlers.
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Chapter 5: What happened to Palestinian director Hamdan Balal?
Danach sahen wir Hamdan und zwei andere Menschen, Nasser und Khaled, getötet. Wir sind dann in die Häuser gegangen und haben gelernt, dass sie in ihrem Haus getötet wurden. Ich habe einen Pool von Hamdans Blut vor seinem Haus gesehen.
Hamdan Balal was later released. Our correspondent Dan Johnson has been to his village of Susia in the West Bank.
Zwei Wochen vor, war Basel Adra neben Hamdan Balal in Hollywood, um den Oscar für Best Documentary zu holen. Heute war er außerhalb seines Co-Directors Haus, wartet auf Nachrichten und berichtet, was er hier gesehen hat.
Sattler-Soldaten fangen ihre Waffen an uns mit Lichtern, Lasern auf unsere Augen und Füßen, während der andere Gruppe von Sattlern auf der Rückseite Steine aus verschiedenen Richtungen an uns schießt. Ich fuhr in diese Richtung. Hamdan kam zu seinem Haus, wo seine Frau und Kinder waren. Er schloss die Tür. Der Sittler erkannte Hamdan und erkannte ihn von vorher und attackierte Hamdan vorher.
Er begann, ihn physisch mit den Soldaten zu attackieren. Hamdan schrie, ich brauche eine Ambulanz, ich brauche Hilfe.
Mr. Balal war einer von denen, die verhaftet und gefragt wurden, nach dem, was die israelische Militär sagte, war eine gewaltige Konfrontation zwischen lokalen Israelis und Palästinensern. Die IDF sagte, die Palästinensern seien verhaftet worden, um Röhrchen zu heilen.
Aktivisten aus einem Anti-Okkupation-Grupp sagten, dass ein Grupp von 15 bis 20 Besitzern sie vor der Militärreise attackiert haben. Das geschah auf den dünnen Hüften um Susia. Es gibt hier ein Auto, das alle Wände zerstört hat, die Reifen zerstört hat und die Windschutzwiper zerstört hat. Und die Menschen, die hier leben, sagen, dass das die Art von Gewalt ist, die sie immer mehr erleben.
Seit Anfang Januar gab es 45 Angriffe, wie die Angriffe von gestern. 45 Angriffe. Es geht nur weiter. Und das ist wie verrückt und erhöht und in verrückten Nummern erhöht.
Dan Johnson in the West Bank.
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Chapter 6: Why was a Canadian actress detained in the US?
Our Asia-Pacific editor, Mickey Bristow, has been following the story.
I think it's worth reminding listeners that the scale of all of this is huge. We're talking about across seven decades, 140,000, maybe as many as 200,000 Korean youngsters sent abroad for adoption. Most to the United States, but also to Europe, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Australia. Was diese Kommission betrachtet hat, war eine kleine Faktion dieser Adoptionen.
Sie hatten 400 oder so Anrufe und sie haben nur drei Jahre Zeit gehabt, um 50 oder so anzusehen. Aber auch in dieser kleinen Faktion von Anrufen haben sie so viele Verbrechen gefunden.
Und erzähl uns über das.
We've got a hint there from the chairperson of the commission. In the 1950s, after the Korean War, South Korea was a poor place. Lots of families had been broken apart. There were unwanted children, many fathered by soldiers from the United States who fought in the war. And that began the process. But by the 60s and 70s, it became something of an industry.
Lots of demand abroad and Korean private adoption agencies willing to supply that demand. So doing things like falsifying records, coercing single mums into giving up their babies and all this done with the government turning a blind eye because it meant at least they didn't have to do something. They didn't have to pay money to support these youngsters.
They could get them off their hands and send them abroad. So a real patchwork of terrible things happening to these children.
And what response has there been to this report?
Well, the commission itself believes that the government should apologize and bring in some kind of compensation for all those people who have been found to have been treated poorly. The adoptees themselves, some have welcomed this report. Others say it doesn't go far enough. The government hasn't responded officially yet. But I think this is going to just be the start of this.
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