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According to a report, u.n. officials say the conflict in Sudan has brought one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history. Reportedly, the power struggle between the sudanese military and the rapid support forces has killed atleast 14,000 people.

According to the report, Omdurman, next to the capital, Khartoum has recently been retook by the army, and was described as a sparsely inhabited wasteland where mortars fall daily. Reportedly, rsf snipers are stationed in apartment blocks at the damaged parliament building in Khartoum. According to the report, for nearly a year the army and the rsf have battled over Khartoum and nearby cities. Reportedly, the rsf have taken control of areas south of Khartoum and most of Darfur.

According to the report, more than 3 million people have left Khartoum state in the past year, but some of the elderly have stayed. Reportedly, the military has been criticised for the aerial bombing of where rsf fighters are. According to the report, conflict in Ardamata has killed more than 10,000 people since April; in November the army garrison was captured by the rsf.

Reportedly, there has been accusations of rape and other attacks, the rsf said they will set up a process to investigate alleged human rights abuses.

According to the report, Sudan entered a new period of instability in 2019 when street protests and a military coup ousted long time leader, Omar al-Bashir. Reportedly, a joint military and civilian government was established that was overthrown by another coup n 2021 by the army and the rsf, but the two allies fell out. According to the report, the u.n. said communities are on the brink of famine. Reportedly, most of those able to leave have fled the country, some sudanese are in refugee camps in Chad.

According to a report, market places, termed jangmadang sprung up in north Korea in the 1990s when the state was unable to continue the ration system that most people relied on, leading to famine. Reportedly, the markets were created to allow north Koreans to buy food and other necessary items on their own as the state run ration system ceased to function.

According to the report, they became a source of concern for the north Korean leader as people began to taste capitalism and experience other cultures through videos; there was a demand for south Korean dramas. Reportedly, market sellers went to China for goods and were labelled anti-socialist. According to the report, succesful traders were labelled slaves of capitalism.

According to a report, Hongkong has passed a new security law that authorities say is necessary for stability. Reportedly, article 23 which was passed in under two weeks targets external interference and insurrection; it expands on a national security law earlier imposed by China.

According to the report, the law criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces in Hongkong. Reportedly, Hongkong’s leader said article 23 is necessary to guard against ideas about an independent Hongkong.

According to a report, Chuck Schumer, the leader of the u.s. senate gave a speech saying he felt an obligation as a u.s. jew to speak about Israel achieving peace with the palestinians. Reportedly, Israel said that arab states should set up tents for palestinian refugees, but why don’t the israelis let them in to Israel?

According to a report, deputy hamas leader Marwan Issa has died in an israeli airstrike. Reportedly, Mr Issa was killed in an attack on a tunnel complex under the Nuseirat refugee camp. According to the report, the eu have linked him to the October 7 attack on Israel.

Reportedly, he was imprisoned by Israel for five years during the first palestinian uprising in 1997, and detained by the palestinian authority at the start of the second palestinian uprising in 2000. According to the report, the u.s. national security adviser said other hamas leaders were believed to be hiding in tunnel networks.

Reportedly, the israeli prime minister has agreed to send a team composed of military, intelligence and humanitarian officials to Washington in the coming days to discuss u.s. concerns over an attack on Rafah. According to the report, the prime minister said his objectives were to eliminate hamas, free all remaining hostages and ensure that Gaza never again constitutes a threat, while providing the necessary humanitarian aid.

Reportedly, the u.s. secretary of state will travel to Saudi Arabia and Egypt in efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement that secures the release of all remaining hostages, israeli negotiators are in talks in Qatar on Tuesday.

According to a report, the trip out of Port-au-Prince involves trying to avoid gunmen and gang checkpoints. Reportedly, more than 360,000 people have been displaced, many have come to Cap-Haitien in the north where there is no gang violence.

According to the report, Phanel Pierre made the journey by bus six months ago, leaving his seven bedroomed house he now lives in a tiny breeze block shack with his wife, two children and his mother in law. Reportedly, he was a business man which made him a target for the gangs. According to the report, they destroyed his business, ransacked his house and tried to kidnap him; his children haven’t been able to enrol in school in their new city.

Reportedly, he said, we need a long term intervention, not just one or two thousand police, referring to the planned deployment of a kenyan led security force in Haiti.

According to a report, the president of Pakistan vowed to respond strongly to the killing of seven troops on Saturday. Reportedly, on Monday this was followed by airstrikes on Afghanistan that killed five women and three children.

According to the report, Saturday’s attack was on a military post near the border with Afghanistan. Reportedly, Pakistan’s military said Afghanistan had been a safe haven for militants, saying the attacks had the full support and assistance of the taliban; the taliban has claimed responsibility.

According to the report, tensions have risen since the taliban retook control of the country in 2021. Reportedly, last year Pakistan forced hundreds of thousands of afghans to leave, saying they didn’t have the correct paperwork.

According to a report, a man described holding on as he sat on a boeing plane inches away from a gaping hole which appeared when a door flew off midflight. Reportedly, his seatbelt saved him as his shoes were ripped off by decompression. According to the report, he suffered lacerations to his legs and is among seven people filing a lawsuit against Alaska airlines, boeing and spirit aerosystems.

Reportedly, in an investigation u.s. regulators found four bolts means to hold the door in place were missing. According to the report, the plans was able to make an emergency landing.

According to a report, Vladimir Putin has won the presidential election. Reportedly, the result was always certain as all credible opponents are dead or in prison. According to reports, he has been president since 2000 apart from four years as prime minister because of a two term time limit imposed by the russian constitution, he has since changed the rules.

Reportedly, Vladimir Putin is unaffiliated and a political opponent was Nikolai Kharitonov representing the communist party; 33 years since the absolution of the soviet union it remains the second most popular party.

According to reports, Vladimir Putin worked as a kgb intelligence officer, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel before the absolution of the soviet union. Reportedly, he began his political career in 1996.

According to a report, the israeli defence force have launched an overnight attack on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza city. Reportedly, Israel said hamas terrorists had regrouped inside the hospital and the idf were carrying out a high precision operation in limited areas of the hospital. According to the report, the israeli military said they were acting on intelligence reports and that the hospital would continue to function during the raid. Reportedly, patients and staff were told they didn’t have to evacuate, but hundreds of displaced people sheltering in the complex will be able to leave via an evacuation route.

According to the report, al-Shifa was Gaza’s main medical facility prior to the conflict but its operations have been disrupted. Reportedly, Israel has accused hamas of using medical facilities as cover for its operations. According to the report, in a raid in November the idf found weapons and a network of tunnels under the hospital.