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Global News Podcast
The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight.Get the news that matters, de...
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The Happy Pod: Soldiers' letters from 1916 finally home
Messages in a bottle from two Australian World War One soldiers have been found on a beach and are now back with their relatives. Debra Brown's family...
Tanzania: Hundreds feared dead in post-election violence
Diplomats in Tanzania say there's credible evidence at least five-hundred people have been killed in days of clashes between protesters and security f...
Xi Jinping leads summit after Trump leaves
China's President, Xi Jinping, leads the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in South Korea, which President Trump chose to leave. Chinese media...
King strips Andrew of 'prince' title amid Epstein scandal
Britain's King Charles has begun the process of removing his younger brother's "prince" title and told him to vacate the Royal Lodge in Windsor. It co...
UN condemns attack on key Sudanese city
The UN’s top humanitarian official has said there must be accountability for those carrying out the killings and sexual violence in Sudan's El-Fasher....
Trump and Xi meet to discuss trade war
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have met for the first time since 2019 to discuss a possible truce in the US-China trade war. The leaders of the world's t...
Gaza: 104 reported dead in Israeli strikes
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says a wave of Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday night killed more than a hundred people, including a number of chil...
Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of ceasefire breach
Israeli strikes ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kill at least 33 Palestinians in Gaza. It comes after Israel accused Hamas of violating t...
World's strongest storm of the year hits Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa, the world's strongest storm of the year, hits Jamaica, bringing catastrophic flooding, with several deaths reported. The authoritie...
Jamaicans hunker down for Hurricane Melissa
World's strongest storm of 2025 expected to cause widespread damage in Jamaica. The Caribbean island braced for record winds and catastrophic flooding...
Sudan's RSF rebels claim capture of El Fasher
Rebels from the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, in Sudan claim to have taken El Fasher, the strategically important city in the western Darfur region. T...
Face to face with IS prisoners in Syria
The BBC visits camps and a prison in north-eastern Syria where Islamic State fighters and their families are being held. The caliphate has been regrou...
The Global Story: The Louvre daytime heist that shocked the world
The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed for 2 days as the police investigated a brazen heist which resulted in the theft of France's “priceless” crown j...
President Trump oversees agreement between Thailand and Cambodia
President Trump attends ASEAN summit in Malaysia, and oversees an agreement between Thailand and Cambodia to normalise relations after their short bor...
The Happy Pod: 'I'm blind but I can read a book again'
Doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have used microchips to help blind patients regain the ability to read. Also: the woman who played the cl...
US deploys top aircraft carrier to Caribbean
Venezuela's president accuses the Trump administration of fabricating a war in sending a naval strike force to the Caribbean to lead its controversial...
Trump ends Canada trade talks over anti-tariff advert
Donald Trump calls off trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariffs advert. Also: Kim Jong Un attends a ground-breaking ceremony for a new memorial to...
Trump pledges to 'kill people' in drug cartels
President Trump says declaration of war on drug cartels by Congress is not needed. Mr Trump said his government is just going to kill people smuggling...
King makes history by praying with Pope
King Charles becomes the first head of the Church of England to publicly pray with the Pope, five centuries after King Henry VIII broke with Rome. The...
US puts sanctions on Russian oil giants over Ukraine war
The United States has imposed new sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in an effort to pressure Moscow into peace nego...
US Vice-President: We must disarm Hamas and rebuild Gaza
The US Vice-President JD Vance meets Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem. Donald Trump's deputy warned...
US shelves plan for Trump-Putin talks
President Trump has said he doesn't want a "wasted meeting" after plans for a summit on Ukraine with Vladimir Putin in Bucharest were put on hold. Al...
First female prime minister appointed in Japan
The Japanese parliament elects the new leader of the Liberal Party, Sanae Takaichi, as the country's first female prime minister. She holds conservati...
Amazon glitch 'resolved' after massive outage
Amazon has resolved the technical glitch that brought down thousands of apps and websites and disrupted online banking, social media websites and Amaz...
Zelensky ready to join summit with Trump and Putin if invited
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to join talks in Hungary with Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin if invited. It co...
Israeli air strikes test ceasefire with Hamas
President Trump says the ceasefire in Gaza is still in place after Israeli airstrikes killed more than 40 people and aid deliveries were suspended - a...
The Global Story: A Gazan journalist’s diary
Reporting on the war in Gaza has only been possible because of the work of Palestinian journalists, because the Israeli government will not let foreig...
Nationwide protests against President Trump's policies
In the United States hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in nationwide demonstrations against President Trump's policies; the so-called No...
The Happy Pod: The healing power of singing
A singing group designed for women with post-natal depression has been shown to deliver long lasting improvements in their wellbeing. A three year stu...
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles
Britain's Prince Andrew is handing back his royal titles after new allegations emerged over his links to the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Andre...
Zelensky's crucial meeting with Trump in Washington
President Zelensky of Ukraine is in Washington ahead of crucial talks with Donald Trump. He's expected to press for long-range Tomahawk missiles to st...
Trump says he'll meet Putin in Hungary for Ukraine talks
President Trump has said he expects to meet Vladimir Putin in Hungary "within two weeks" after holding what he described as a "very productive" phone...
US downplays claims Hamas is violating ceasefire deal
The difficulty of recovering the dead bodies of Israeli hostages comes under the spotlight, as Washington downplays claims that Hamas is violating the...
Hamas requests help to retrieve the bodies of Israeli hostages
Israel's defence minister has called for a 'comprehensive plan' to defeat Hamas if it reneges on the ceasefire. The Palestinian group has said that it...
Gazans 'stockpiling food' in case ceasefire breaks down
Palestinians in Gaza are reportedly stockpiling food amid anxiety the aid flow will stop, if the Israel-Hamas ceasefire doesn't hold. Israel has warne...
Four more hostages' bodies returned to Israel
Israel says it has received four more bodies of dead hostages from Gaza as part of the latest ceasefire deal with Hamas. There are still 20 to be retu...
Violence continues in Gaza despite peace deal
The day after President Trump signed off his peace plan in Egypt - what now for Gaza? Hospitals in the territory say seven people have been killed by...
Uncertainty remains after Gaza deal
There is huge uncertainty over what happens next following the Gaza ceasefire deal. President Trump has left the region after signing off his peace pl...
Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners exchanged
More than two years after attacking Israel on October 7, 2023, Hamas has handed over the last 20 living hostages. Meanwhile, Israel has begun releasin...
Relatives of Israeli hostages prepare for their release
Anticipation is growing in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv where families and friends of the remaining Israeli hostages have gathered ahead of their expec...