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Ciarán Donnelly, senior vice president for International Programs at International Rescue Committee talks about the ongoing war and displacement crisis in Sudan, plus Mark Townsend, senior global development reporter at the Guardian and the author of No Return: The True Story of How Martyrs Are Made (faber.co.uk/product/9781783351817-no-return/?srsltid=AfmBOoq09-TsUjJzltbFBZyAzJ0GZHo33DIrXPttgm-79LssDtJMXrR9) (Guardian Faber Publishing, 2020), explains the role of the UK and the United Arab Emirates in the conflict.
Photo: KHAZAN TUNJUR, JEBEL MARRA, NORTH DARFUR, SUDAN — FEBRUARY 26, 2026: A Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) soldier walks past dead donkeys on the outskirts of a remote village. Residents say a livestock disease has killed animals relied on to transport food, water and firewood. In this isolated, SLA-held area, where many displaced civilians have sought refuge from surrounding violence and remain largely cut off from markets and aid routes, the loss has compounded already severe hardship. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Images)
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Ciarán Donnelly, senior vice president for International Programs at International Rescue Committee talks about the ongoing war and displacement crisis in Sudan, plus Mark Townsend, senior global development reporter at the Guardian and the author of No Return: The True Story of How Martyrs Are Made (faber.co.uk/product/9781783351817-no-return/?srsltid=AfmBOoq09-TsUjJzltbFBZyAzJ0GZHo33DIrXPttgm-79LssDtJMXrR9) (Guardian Faber Publishing, 2020), explains the role of the UK and the United Arab Emirates in the conflict.
Photo: KHAZAN TUNJUR, JEBEL MARRA, NORTH DARFUR, SUDAN — FEBRUARY 26, 2026: A Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) soldier walks past dead donkeys on the outskirts of a remote village. Residents say a livestock disease has killed animals relied on to transport food, water and firewood. In this isolated, SLA-held area, where many displaced civilians have sought refuge from surrounding violence and remain largely cut off from markets and aid routes, the loss has compounded already severe hardship. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Images)
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![A Prosecutor and a Madam Take Down a Mobster in A Pair of Aces
[REBROADCAST FROM July 6, 2026] Set in 1930s New York, a historical fiction novel follows two women on opposite sides of the law, a prosecutor and a madam, who form an unlikely partnership to take down a notorious mob boss. Authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray discuss their new book, A Pair of Aces (https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-pair-of-aces-marie-benedict/21af324328fe06ea) .
Cover art courtesy of Penguin Random House/ Berkley A Prosecutor and a Madam Take Down a Mobster in A Pair of Aces](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S7a_HTpCLgQ/mqdefault.jpg)









