Sudan Crisis; Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 | Top Stories | March 21, 2024

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0:00 Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns
- Sudan's civil war has plunged the country into "one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history", according to UN officials who met this week to discuss the situation. For nearly a year, Sudan's military and its former ally, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, have been battling over the country's capital and other nearby cities. Civilians caught up in the recent fighting have given graphic accounts of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. At least 14,000 people have been killed so far.

0:34 Belgium hosts the first Nuclear Energy Summit
- Brussels hosts the first ever Nuclear Energy Summit where world leaders will gather to discuss how nuclear power can help drive sustainable development. The Summit will be the highest-level meeting to date exclusively focused on the topic of nuclear energy. It comes in the wake of the historic inclusion of nuclear energy in the Global Stocktake agreed at COP 28, which called for accelerating its deployment along with other low carbon energy sources.

1:02 Ukraine downs 31 Russian missiles targeting Kyiv
- President Zelensky called for the West to deliver air defence systems to Kyiv after an overnight Russian missile attack injured at least 17 in the capital and surrounding region. Ukraine's air force said it shot down 31 Russian missiles targeting Kyiv, an attack that comes after Moscow vowed to respond to an escalation in Ukrainian strikes on its border regions.