Rachel Abrams

But given how much money is flowing into the UAE in the form of gold from Sudan and the fact that they won't even acknowledge that they have a role in the conflict, what incentive would the UAE have in trying to solve this?

This war in Sudan started in 2023, and it has gotten so much less attention than the war in Gaza, which also started at the end of 2023.

And we may now be talking about Sudan because there is a ceasefire, a fragile ceasefire, but a ceasefire nonetheless in Gaza.

And I wonder whether these two things are related, that there is now room and space and attention to devote to this conflict in Sudan.

Do you see it that way?

Declan, thank you so much.

Here's what else you need to know today.

After a procedural vote Sunday night in the U.S.

Senate, the federal government appears poised to end its record breaking shutdown.

The deal saw a handful of members of the Democratic caucus join Republican senators to advance a package of bills that would fund the government through January 30th.

In addition, the deal would fund programs related to agriculture, military construction, and legislative programs for nearly a year.

It would also require the government to rehire federal workers who were laid off during the shutdown.

The deal, which Democratic leader Chuck Schumer did not support, includes no guarantee on extending the health insurance subsidies that have been at the center of Democrats' demands.

The funding package must now be fully debated and passed by the Senate and approved by the House before the government can reopen.

And two of the BBC's top officials resigned abruptly on Sunday following a report suggesting that a program made by the public service broadcaster had misleadingly edited a speech by President Trump.

The resignation of the officials, the BBC's director general and its chief executive officer for BBC News, came several days after the Daily Telegraph published details of a leaked internal memo, which argued that a documentary the broadcaster aired had juxtaposed comments by the president in a way that made it appear he'd explicitly encouraged the January 6th Capitol riot.

Today's episode was produced by Muj Zaydi, Nina Feldman, and Sydney Harper, with help from Jessica Chung and Ricky Nowetzki.

It was edited by Michael Benoit with help from Chris Haxel, contains original music by Marian Lozano, and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley.

That's it for The Daily.

I'm Rachel Abrams.