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Dec 2023
26m 52s

Hundreds of thousands flee Sudan safe ha...

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The city of Wad Madani in al Jazira state had been home to those escaping the civil war. Also: we hear from one of the Thai hostages released by Hamas about his time in captivity, and Iceland experiences a spectacular volcanic eruption near the capital, Reykjavik.

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