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Sudan conflict: USAID cut hits people 'screaming from hunger' Nearly two million people who have relied on community kitchens for food have lost this lifeline.

“People are knocking on the volunteers' doors," says Duaa Tariq, one of the emergency room organisers. "People are screaming from hunger in the streets."

“we expect to see a lot of people starving".

#USAID #freeze consequences #Sudan
#Trump #Musk #starvation

In rainy Brittany for the opening of the trial of former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, who is accused of assaulting or raping hundreds of children - mostly patients of his, usually under anaesthesia - over several decades. It’s France’s biggest child abuse trial ever.
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NEW: President Zelenskyy is asked if he'd “give up” being Ukrainian president in exchange for peace.

“Yes, I am happy, if it is for the peace of Ukraine. If you need me to leave this chair, I am ready to do that, and I also can exchange it for Nato membership for Ukraine."

Joel Le Scouarnec: France readies itself for child abuse trial of former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of having abused hundreds of young patients, often while they were under anaesthetic.

France preparing for its largest child abuse trial. A surgeon, Joel Le Scouarnec, is accused of abusing hundreds of anaesthetised children
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Reporting by @lauragozzi.bsky.social

Italy's Meloni investigated over release of Libyan war crimes suspect The investigation comes after Italian authorities freed a Libyan national wanted by the ICC.

#BBCNews - Italy's PM investigated over release of Libyan war crimes suspect
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#OsamaNajim #AlMasri
By @lauragozzi.bsky.social

Newscast - Gisèle Pelicot's Day of Justice - BBC Sounds Pelicot’s ex-husband sentenced to 20 years, alongside 50 other men in mass rape trial.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @adamfleming.bsky.social, #Newsnight’s @vicderbyshire.bsky.social, BBC Paris corr AndrewHarding+BBC online journalist @lauragozzi.bsky.social discuss today’s convictions+the impact of #GiselePelicot trial for the world’s women’s movements:

Gisèle Pelicot trial live updates: Verdicts due for 51 men accused in France mass rape trial Pelicot's ex-husband Dominique has admitted all charges - but most other men on trial deny what they did was rape.

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Gisèle #Pelicot trial live updates: Verdicts due for 51 men accused in France mass rape trial
- reporting by @lauragozzi.bsky.social

Gisèle Pelicot removes all trace of husband in France mass rape trial In the years before the mass rape trial that has shocked France, Gisèle almost caught Dominique Pelicot.

Chapeau bas to #Gisèle Pelicot who removes all trace of husband in France mass rape trial
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'Some of the men who were unidentified said in conversations with Dominique that they were also drugging their partners.'
By @lauragozzi.bsky.social

The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot The men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot have been dubbed Monsieur-Tout-Le-Monde as they broadly represent a microcosm of French society.

#BBCNews - The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle #Pelicot
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#GiselePelicot
By @lauragozzi.bsky.social

Giulia Cecchettin's family awaits killer's sentence in Italy Giulia Cecchettin was killed by her ex-boyfriend in 2023, sparking an outpouring of grief and soul-searching.

A verdict is expected today in the femicide case of Giulia Cecchettin, who since her death last year has become a household name in Italy. “There’ll be a ‘before’ and an ‘after’ Giulia,” her father told me. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Best of luck with the coming weeks then and perhaps catch you around verdict time!

Hope it was an interesting week Kim - though know how bleak it can get

Thanks so much Kriszta!

French mass rape trial: Abused Pelicot family torn apart in public Gisèle Pelicot, 71, is the woman at the centre of this trial, but no-one has emerged unscathed in her family.

In stifled sobs and fierce accusations, family falls apart at mass rape trial
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The story of the #Pelicot family, as observed in the courtroom by #BBCNews @lauragozzi.bsky.social, one of the best journos covering Europe
#GiselePelicot

Man who drugged wife in French mass rape case told: You'll die alone Tensions burst into the open in court when Dominique Pelicot is accused by his daughter of lying.

The latest from the Avignon trial, including lines from the closing arguments of Gisèle's team: "We know what the expectations & hopes in this room & beyond are for this trial we are calling historic because we badly, urgently want and need it to be" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Final phase for mass rape trial that has horrified France Fifty-one men are on trial in a case that focuses on a formerly married couple, Dominique and Gisèle Pelicot.

Tomorrow marks the start of the final phase of the Mazan mass rape trial. The last defendants will take the stand and on Tuesday both sides will begin making their closing arguments. I’ll be following from court in Avignon. A primer on the case here: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Russia's soldiers bringing wartime violence back home Many of the attackers have previous criminal convictions and were released from prison purely to fight.

#BBCNews - Russia's soldiers bringing wartime violence back home
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By #BBCMonitoring 's Vitaly Shevchenko

We looked into the implications of this on #TheGlobalJigsaw too: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...