Sebastian Usher

Her son Mozamel is sitting next to the house with neighbors, right where he sat just weeks ago with his brother and his friend. The RSF fighters ordered them inside, then shot them in the back as they entered the gate, killing both of them. A bullet went through Mozamel's leg.

A few blocks away, I meet Asma Mubarak Abdelkarim. She was with a group of women confronted by retreating RSF soldiers who sprayed gunfire around them, then pulled one woman into an empty house and raped her.

A few blocks away, I meet Asma Mubarak Abdelkarim. She was with a group of women confronted by retreating RSF soldiers who sprayed gunfire around them, then pulled one woman into an empty house and raped her.

The RSF denied these reports, stressing that the army has carried out mass atrocities. Both sides are accused of war crimes. The neighborhood next door is an affluent suburb that was home to senior members of the RSF leadership. It's now eerily empty. We've arrived at the mansion where the deputy commander of the RSF, Abdul Rahim, was living. There's a big, empty swimming pool in the yard.

The RSF denied these reports, stressing that the army has carried out mass atrocities. Both sides are accused of war crimes. The neighborhood next door is an affluent suburb that was home to senior members of the RSF leadership. It's now eerily empty. We've arrived at the mansion where the deputy commander of the RSF, Abdul Rahim, was living. There's a big, empty swimming pool in the yard.

There are other empty houses around where RSF commanders were living. None as grand as this one, I don't think, but evidence that the top officials have moved on. The army says it believes that those still fighting for the heart of Khartoum are the junior commanders, the lower-ranking soldiers, and possibly foreign fighters.

There are other empty houses around where RSF commanders were living. None as grand as this one, I don't think, but evidence that the top officials have moved on. The army says it believes that those still fighting for the heart of Khartoum are the junior commanders, the lower-ranking soldiers, and possibly foreign fighters.

Behind them, the RSF forces left a trail of destruction. Zainab Osman Al-Haj shows me the wreckage of her house. They would come at night and break down the door. They stole everything in my house and then burned it, she says.

Behind them, the RSF forces left a trail of destruction. Zainab Osman Al-Haj shows me the wreckage of her house. They would come at night and break down the door. They stole everything in my house and then burned it, she says.

There was theft and stealing and robbery. Outside, we meet Hussein Abbas, returning even though the area is not completely secured. He's nearly 70 years old, walking with a cane. So how does it feel to come back now after so much has happened?

There was theft and stealing and robbery. Outside, we meet Hussein Abbas, returning even though the area is not completely secured. He's nearly 70 years old, walking with a cane. So how does it feel to come back now after so much has happened?

Two years.

Two years.

Survivors like Hussein are slowly coming back to try and salvage their homes. The army has the upper hand now in this terrible war, but there's much suffering still to come for Sudan's people.

Survivors like Hussein are slowly coming back to try and salvage their homes. The army has the upper hand now in this terrible war, but there's much suffering still to come for Sudan's people.

After the sixth hostage was released, Hisham al-Sayed, the process of releasing the more than 600 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails would normally have started as we've seen in other hostage handovers, but it hasn't.

After the sixth hostage was released, Hisham al-Sayed, the process of releasing the more than 600 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails would normally have started as we've seen in other hostage handovers, but it hasn't.

Und wir hören von israelischen Medienrechten, dass der israelische Premierminister Benjamin Netanyahu eine hohe-Level-Sicherheitsmeetung hält, die sein Verteidigungsminister Israel Katz anbietet. And the release of the prisoners will be discussed during that. Also the next stage in the ceasefire deal. So it may be that big decisions are taken then.

Und wir hören von israelischen Medienrechten, dass der israelische Premierminister Benjamin Netanyahu eine hohe-Level-Sicherheitsmeetung hält, die sein Verteidigungsminister Israel Katz anbietet. And the release of the prisoners will be discussed during that. Also the next stage in the ceasefire deal. So it may be that big decisions are taken then.

I mean, there's been speculation in the Israeli media that the delay may be payback, perhaps to the way in which Hamas had said that it was handing over the body of Shiri Bibas on Thursday. I mean, it turned out not to be her body. Hamas subsequently did say Das ist in der Antwort auf das.