Valerie Sanderson

The military leader of Sudan says the army has regained full control of the capital Khartoum after nearly two years of fighting against the rival RSF group. Brazil's Supreme Court says there's enough evidence for the former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial for allegedly plotting a coup. Also in this podcast, the dog that went missing on Australia's Kangaroo Island.

The military leader of Sudan says the army has regained full control of the capital Khartoum after nearly two years of fighting against the rival RSF group. Brazil's Supreme Court says there's enough evidence for the former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial for allegedly plotting a coup. Also in this podcast, the dog that went missing on Australia's Kangaroo Island.

We begin in Washington with the continuing row over what some are calling Signalgate, in which sensitive texts discussing planned airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen were accidentally shared on the Signal messaging app with a journalist. The Trump administration has dismissed the revelation of the leak as a hoax and insisted the chat didn't include any classified information.

We begin in Washington with the continuing row over what some are calling Signalgate, in which sensitive texts discussing planned airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen were accidentally shared on the Signal messaging app with a journalist. The Trump administration has dismissed the revelation of the leak as a hoax and insisted the chat didn't include any classified information.

In response, the editor of the Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, who received the texts, has now published the whole lot, including discussions of specific operational details. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, for a second day, the US House Select Committee on Intelligence grilled top security officials about the leak. The Democratic Representative Jason Crow demanded accountability.

In response, the editor of the Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, who received the texts, has now published the whole lot, including discussions of specific operational details. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, for a second day, the US House Select Committee on Intelligence grilled top security officials about the leak. The Democratic Representative Jason Crow demanded accountability.

But the head of US National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, continued to maintain that the messages that had been shared were not classified.

But the head of US National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, continued to maintain that the messages that had been shared were not classified.

Die US-Sekretärin Marco Rubio sagt jetzt, dass es ein großer Fehler war, einen Journalisten in die Signal-Chat-Room zu einbringen. Aber die White House hat immer wieder zurückgezogen. Hier ist die Presse-Sekretärin Caroline Leavitt.

Die US-Sekretärin Marco Rubio sagt jetzt, dass es ein großer Fehler war, einen Journalisten in die Signal-Chat-Room zu einbringen. Aber die White House hat immer wieder zurückgezogen. Hier ist die Presse-Sekretärin Caroline Leavitt.

And how did they come out of the grilling that they got at the House Committee, some of these security chiefs?

And how did they come out of the grilling that they got at the House Committee, some of these security chiefs?

And what's your sense? How damaging is it, do you think, for the Trump administration?

And what's your sense? How damaging is it, do you think, for the Trump administration?

Gary O'Donoghue. Now let's get a Yemeni perspective on the incident. Freya Al-Maslimi is a Yemeni research fellow at Chatham House, the foreign policy think tank in London. Just before the latest comments from Washington on Wednesday, James Menendez asked him what he thought when he saw the first batch of leaked messages about US airstrikes on Yemen.

Gary O'Donoghue. Now let's get a Yemeni perspective on the incident. Freya Al-Maslimi is a Yemeni research fellow at Chatham House, the foreign policy think tank in London. Just before the latest comments from Washington on Wednesday, James Menendez asked him what he thought when he saw the first batch of leaked messages about US airstrikes on Yemen.

Faria al-Muslimi from Chatham House in London. Next to Sudan and the country's military leader says the army has regained full control of the capital from its rival, the paramilitary rapid support forces. General Fattah al-Burhan landed at the newly recaptured airport in Khartoum and made the announcement from the presidential palace.

Faria al-Muslimi from Chatham House in London. Next to Sudan and the country's military leader says the army has regained full control of the capital from its rival, the paramilitary rapid support forces. General Fattah al-Burhan landed at the newly recaptured airport in Khartoum and made the announcement from the presidential palace.

This marks the military's latest territorial gain in the brutal two-year civil war. Unsere Afrika-Korrespondentin Barbara Petasche hat uns von Portsudan gesprochen.

This marks the military's latest territorial gain in the brutal two-year civil war. Unsere Afrika-Korrespondentin Barbara Petasche hat uns von Portsudan gesprochen.