Representatives of several states have come together in London to discuss the situation in Sudan. A civil war broke out there exactly two years ago. According to the United Nations, the largest humanitarian crisis worldwide emerged from the power struggle between the leaders of the state army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces. According to the UN, more than 150,000 people have already been killed, thirteen million had to Sudans as well as flee abroad. 30 million people are dependent on humanitarian aid, there is no food, medicine and clean water. But the aids are very limited. Time correspondent Lea Frehse describes the current situation in Sudan in the podcast and explains what measures the states now have to take.
2024 was an extremely hot but also very wet year. This is the result of the new climate report by the EU climate converter Copernicus and the World Organization for Meteorology. According to the report is Europe The continent that heats up the fastest. Last year it was particularly characterized by an east-west gradient: While the west experienced one of the ten most rainy years since 1960, there was extremely dry conditions in the east. At least 335 people were killed in severe storms and floods, the report said. After all, there was also good news: In 20 out of 27 EU countries, more electricity from renewable energies was generated than from fossil fuels-a new record. Elena Erdmann knows from the Zeit-Online knowledge department why Europe is heated up so quickly.
Also in the update:
Germany is officially free from the mouth and claw disease, as the Ministry of Agriculture in Brandenburg announced. The highly contagious animal disease had spread out in the country for the first time in almost 40 years in January. The world organization for animal health had already declared Germany to MKS-free in mid-March, but Brandenburg was still considered a contamination zone.
What else? Dogs have to stay at home.
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