International Desk

As you know, we have a semi-regular European segment, which has most recently been dedicated to developments on Brexit. Well today we’re doing something a little bit different, and talking bFM Correspondent Conor Knell. He’s in Northern Ireland, in the city of Derry/Londonderry. If that name is familiar to you, it’s because there has been quite a lot of turmoil in the last few weeks. Firstly, there was the killing of journalist Lyra Mckee back in April. But there’s also been riots and poltiical instability, really throughout the whole country.

Conor is an expert on all of this, as opposed to Stewart who really wants to learn more. Stewart Sowman-Lund spoke to Connor this morning and asked him to run through what has actually been going on in Northern Ireland over the past while.

December 19, 2018: demonstrators take to the streets in Sudan to protest a spike in living costs

April 11, 2019: Sudan's President of nearly thrirty years, Omar Al-Bashir, is ousted from power. 

What happened? Lisa tells us more (and also mispronounces "Arabic")

On today's International desk, Lisa talks about the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the genocide of theTutsi people in Rwanda.

And as usual, the conversation is cut short...

This week, Lillian Hanly speaks to Mary-Margaret Slack about the latest developments on Brexit, which ironically seem much similar to the latest developments last month. They touch on Prime Minister Theresa May’s hope for a winning vote on the same withdrawal agreement she has previously laid out, the EU’s suggestion of a a 2021 Brexit and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn’s relenting to consider a second referendum on Brexit itself.