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London hosts Sudan peace conference

The war in Sudan, which broke out two years ago, has left more than thirty million people in need of aid.

Officials from various nations are gathering in London to try to find a way to bring peace to Sudan, on the second anniversary of the start of the brutal civil war, in which tens of thousands of people have been killed. We'll look at what could be achieved.

The US government is freezing more than two billion dollars of funding to Harvard University, after it refused various demands from the Trump administration, including shutting down its diversity, equity and inclusion programmes. We'll get the latest on this showdown between the White House and America's richest university.

China’s leader Xi Jinping is continuing his week-long tour of South East Asia, which some have called a 'charm offensive' from Beijing during its unprecedented trade war with the United States. We'll hear from Malaysia's Minister of Trade.

(Photo: Sudanese refugees in Egypt, Cairo, 12 April 2025; Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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