There are warnings Sudan's year-long civil war is about escalate further, with the United States claiming the country is on the verge of a "large-scale massacre".

The alarming prediction comes as rebel forces are expected to attack a major city in the region of Darfur.

Guest: Susan Page, former US Ambassador to South Sudan

Warnings of Sudan 'massacre'

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With the release of her new single 'Everybody Leaves', her new LP 'Love For One', and the launch of her own record label 'Reach-Around Records', it's already been a huge year for Olympia.

Olympia bares her grief on new single 'Everybody Leaves'

Scientists have discovered that the landscape around the Pyramids of Giza may have been substantially different when they were built..

And in other news, scientists have discovered what might have turned dinosaurs into warm-blooded creatures.

Brainteaser (answer in the audio):

Which is the odd word out?
LOLLIPOP, MILK, OIL, ONION, PLUM, WATERCRESS

What turned dinosaurs into warm-blooded creatures? - Science and brainteaser with Belinda Smith

Truck fatalities are increasing in Australia. Just last month, three men died in a two-truck crash in South Australia on the Eyre Highway in South Australia. 

The recent WA budget includes new training for truck drivers, and $13 million to extend the Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Program.

Guest: Cam Dumesny, WA Western Roads Federation CEO

Deaths from trucking accidents rising in Australia

Seventy years ago today the US Supreme Court banned segregation in schools. 

The ruling brought black and white students together in the classroom, but decades later integration has stalled and in some cases has gone backwards.

US school segregation increasing 70 years after ban

A recent trial in NSW has allowed trained pharmacists to prescribe urinary tract infection medications to women, eliminating the need for referrals from general practitioners.

Warnings of Sudan 'massacre'

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