Global News Podcast
BBC World Service - bbc.co.uk
Latest episode: Sat Feb 08 2025
The day’s top stories from BBC News, including the latest from Gaza, on US politics and about the Ukraine conflict. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends.
241 total episodes
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- Feb8Judge blocks part of Trump's USAID freeze29mins
- Feb7Top criminal court condemns US sanctions on officials30mins
- Feb7Egypt warns over Israel's support for Trump's Gaza 'takeover' plan31mins
- Feb6Warmest January on record puzzles climate scientists33mins
- Feb6UN Secretary-General warns US against 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza34mins
- Feb5Trump says US to 'takeover' and 'own' Gaza31mins
- Feb5Trump and Netanyahu meet at the White House33mins
- Feb4China hits back against US tariffs29mins
- Feb4Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico27mins
- Feb3EU leaders warn of retaliation if Trump imposes tariffs28mins
- Feb3US demands Panama 'reduce China's influence' over canal29mins
- Feb2Ukraine: 'Moscow bombs boarding school'28mins
- Feb1The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum26mins
- Feb1Trump implements threatened tariffs30mins
- Jan31Uganda boosts defences in DRC as fears grow of wider war29mins
- Jan31Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash29mins
- Jan30US air crash: 64 feared dead30mins
- Jan30US senators question Robert F Kennedy Jr at heated confirmation hearing31mins
- Jan29At least 30 dead in India festival crush30mins
- Jan29US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal funding32mins
- Jan28President Trump: Your questions answered42mins
- Jan28Jordanian helicopters begin flying in aid to Gaza31mins
- Jan28Nvidia shares sink as Chinese AI app spooks markets28mins
- Jan27Hundreds of thousands head home in northern Gaza29mins
- Jan27Thousands flee as rebels close in on key DR Congo city32mins
- Jan26The Global Story: Have we already found the fountain of youth?27mins
- Jan25Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal34mins
- Jan25The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad26mins
- Jan25Putin 'ready' to discuss Ukraine war with Trump27mins
- Jan24BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah24mins
- Jan23$7.4bn settlement over painkiller that fuelled US opioid crisis31mins
- Jan23Donald Trump wants to abolish the US emergency response agency24mins
- Jan23Trump threatens Russia with sanctions27mins
- Jan22Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life33mins
- Jan22Trump announces multi-billion dollar AI programme29mins
- Jan21Trump overturns convictions for hundreds of rioters27mins
- Jan21Extreme weather special42mins
- Jan20Donald Trump begins second term as US president27mins
- Jan20US inauguration special17mins
- Jan20Washington gears up for Trump inauguration31mins
- Jan20Three Israeli hostages 'stable' after being freed25mins
- Jan19Gaza special: Three freed hostages back in Israel15mins
- Jan19Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire26mins
- Jan18Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal25mins
- Jan17Israeli security cabinet ratifies Gaza ceasefire deal28mins
- Jan16Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal31mins
- Jan16Last minute hitch in Gaza ceasefire deal30mins
- Jan16Celebrations and relief over Gaza ceasefire deal27mins
- Jan15Gaza special: ceasefire and hostage deal agreed16mins
- Jan15South Korea's impeached president arrested after police scale walls28mins
- Jan15Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar27mins
- Jan14Signs of imminent ceasefire deal for Gaza32mins
- Jan14Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House30mins
- Jan13China's trade booms amid threat of US tariffs32mins
- Jan13Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers33mins
Jan12The Global Story: The fight for the Arctic26mins- Jan12Los Angeles firefighters battle to contain a large wildfire from spreading33mins
- Jan11The Happy Pod: The woman helping thousands of premature babies27mins
- Jan11Night-time curfew imposed in fire-hit areas of Los Angeles31mins
- Jan102024 warmest year on record31mins
- Jan10Venezuelan opposition leader emerges from hiding to lead protests27mins
- Jan9Multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles30mins
- Jan8First deaths as wildfires wreak havoc in LA32mins
- Jan8Los Angeles wildfires force thousands from their homes29mins
- Jan8Trump's threats to seize Greenland and Panama Canal29mins
- Jan7Over 100 dead in earthquake in Tibet26mins
- Jan7Canada's PM Justin Trudeau resigns26mins
- Jan6South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President25mins
- Jan6Millions hit by huge winter storm in US34mins
- Jan5Six-day state funeral for Jimmy Carter begins in Georgia32mins
- Jan4The Happy Pod: The professionals and tradespeople cleaning up Ghana26mins
- Jan4Mike Johnson survives razor-thin vote to remain US House Speaker27mins
- Jan3Police suspend efforts to arrest impeached South Korean president27mins
- Jan3FBI says New Orleans attacker appeared to act alone31mins
- Jan2First victims in New Orleans attack named29mins
- Jan2New Orleans attack: death toll rises to 1533mins
- Dec31Russia and Ukraine carry out major prisoner swap25mins
- Dec30Tributes pour in for former US President Jimmy Carter31mins
- Dec29Former US president Jimmy Carter dies33mins
- Dec29South Korea special: Plane crash kills 17910mins
- Dec29Putin apologises over plane crash, without saying Russia is at fault30mins
- Dec28The Happy Pod: The shop that opened for hugs at Christmas26mins
- Dec28Mexico unveils emergency strategy to protect its migrants in US29mins
- Dec27Nato steps up efforts to protect cables in Baltic Sea28mins
- Dec27Israeli airstrikes have hit several targets inside Yemen31mins
- Dec2620 years on: Remembering the tsunami29mins
Dec25The Happy Pod: 2024 News Review33mins- Dec24Armed men open fire at Haiti hospital reopening28mins
- Dec24Spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to Sun28mins
- Dec24Trump ally Matt Gaetz paid for sex and drugs while in office, ethics report says29mins
- Dec22Syria's new leader says armed factions will come under state control30mins
- Dec22Five dead and 200 injured in Magdeburg Christmas market attack30mins
- Dec21The Happy Pod: Playing the piano saved my life27mins
- Dec21Fatalities and injuries in German Christmas market attack27mins
- Dec20US sends diplomats to Syria29mins
- Dec20Murder suspect Luigi Mangione faces charges in New York court30mins
- Dec19Guilty verdicts and jail sentences in France's biggest rape trial28mins
- Dec19Syria's de facto leader says the country is not a threat to its neighbours or the west31mins
- Dec18Man detained after Russian general's assassination26mins
- Dec18US says it's cautiously optimistic that a deal to end fighting in Gaza is within reach31mins
- Dec16The rebels turned rulers providing law and order in Syria28mins
- Dec16French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone29mins
- Dec16Hundreds, possibly thousands, feared dead in Mayotte cyclone28mins
- Dec15South Korea's president impeached26mins
- Dec14The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance26mins
- Dec14The secret police's grip on Syria under Assad29mins
- Dec13Syria: thousands celebrate 'Victory Day'29mins
- Dec13US top diplomat holds talks with Turkey on Syria29mins
- Dec12Biden in largest single-day act of clemency28mins
- Dec12Syria rebels burn tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father26mins
- Dec11South Korea stand-off outside presidential office26mins
- Dec11Israel confirms attack on Syrian naval fleet33mins
- Dec10Syria rebel leader discusses 'transfer of power' after Assad is ousted23mins
- Dec9Syrians attempt to free political prisoners26mins
- Dec9Moscow gives Assad asylum30mins
- Dec7Syrian rebels enter Homs and close in on Damascus29mins
- Dec7Syria special14mins
- Dec7The Happy Pod: Meet Italy's Tom Cruise and Blake Lively26mins
- Dec7Romanian court criticised for annulling election results29mins
- Dec6Syrian rebels continue their rapid advance28mins
- Dec5Syrian rebels celebrate capture of Hama27mins
- Dec5Syrian rebels take control of second major city32mins
- Dec5French government collapses in no-confidence vote28mins
- Dec4South Korean president faces impeachment vote31mins
- Dec3South Korea president reverses his decision to impose martial law21mins
- Dec3Taliban in Afghanistan ban all medical training for women30mins
- Dec3Israel strikes Lebanon as Hezbollah targets military27mins
- Dec2BBC hears of horror and hunger in rare visit to Darfur30mins
- Dec2Syria's president meets the Iranian FM as he tries to marshal support against a rebel offensive29mins
- Dec1Syria's President Assad insists he will defeat rebels29mins
- Nov30The Happy Pod: Swimming against depression27mins
- Nov30UK MPs vote in favour of assisted dying30mins
- Nov29Notre-Dame cathedral returned to former glory29mins
- Nov28Putin says attack on Ukraine power grid 'response to US-made missiles'30mins
- Nov28Massive Russian attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure29mins
- Nov27Fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah appears to hold29mins
- Nov27Thousands return home as Israel-Hezbollah truce comes into force30mins
- Nov27Strikes continue hours before Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon29mins
- Nov26Lebanon ceasefire Special16mins
- Nov26Army deployed to protests in Islamabad30mins
- Nov26US judge dismisses election case against Trump30mins
- Nov25Shock result in first round of Romania's presidential election32mins
- Nov25Arrests made in UAE after body of missing rabbi found33mins
- Nov24$300bn cash deal rescues COP29 climate talks from collapse29mins
- Nov23The Happy Pod: The dolphins who 'smile' at their friends27mins
- Nov22Putin says Russia will use new missile again in 'combat conditions'31mins
- Nov22Russia gives North Korea more than one million barrels of oil, report finds26mins
- Nov22Israel and US critical of ICC arrest warrant30mins
- Nov21ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu29mins
- Nov20Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for first time30mins
- Nov20MSF charity pulls out of Haiti's capital after attacks on staff31mins
- Nov20US confirms Ukraine used its missiles to strike Russia27mins
- Nov19Russia says Ukraine has launched long-range American missiles into its territory29mins
- Nov19US pledges more support for Ukraine at UN meeting30mins
- Nov18Moscow responds angrily to Biden's Ukraine weapons decision31mins
- Nov18Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range US missiles32mins
- Nov17Biden meets Xi Jinping as concerns over a US-China trade war grow27mins
- Nov16The Happy Pod: How saving an otter changed our lives26mins
- Nov16Netanyahu aide accused of changing 7 October documents30mins
- Nov15A left-wing landslide in Sri Lanka31mins
- Nov15One dead after attack on Brazil's Supreme Court27mins
- Nov14Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of the permanent displacement of Palestinians in Gaza30mins
- Nov13Republicans win House in major boost for Trump agenda30mins
- Nov13Blinken calls for longer pauses in fighting to let aid into Gaza33mins
- Nov13Archbishop of Canterbury resigns over abuse scandal29mins
- Nov12Israel has missed US deadline to boost Gaza relief – aid groups31mins
- Nov12Saudi Arabia accuses Israel of genocide26mins
- Nov11COP29 climate talks open in shadow of Trump victory28mins
- Nov11Hezbollah defeated, says Israeli minister29mins
- Nov10Climate change: Your questions answered54mins
- Nov9The Happy Pod: The million dollar prize winners saving the planet27mins
- Nov6Donald Trump confirmed as 47th US President32mins
- Nov6Donald Trump declares victory in US presidential election12mins
- Nov2The Happy Pod: Marrying the man who saved my life27mins
- Oct26The Happy Pod: The gloves that hug premature babies26mins
- Oct25Former Ugandan rebel jailed for 40 years for war crimes32mins
- Oct20US Presidential Election - your questions answered39mins
- Oct19Israeli PM's home targeted by Hezbollah drone34mins
- Oct19The Happy Pod: The teenager faster than a calculator26mins
- Oct13Special: Young Leaders Trying to Change the World35mins
- Oct12The Happy Pod: Kylie thanks fans who got her through cancer27mins
- Oct7Israel marks first anniversary of Hamas attacks31mins
- Oct5The Happy Pod: Adopting a grandparent to tackle loneliness27mins
- Oct4Iran's top cleric defends strikes on Israel in rare public speech30mins
- Sep30Hezbollah "ready if Israel invades Lebanon"26mins
- Sep28The Happy Pod: The young people changing the world26mins
- Sep21The Happy Pod: AI offers blind runners more freedom27mins
- Sep14The Happy Pod: The Aussie astronaut reaching for the moon28mins
- Sep7The Happy Pod: Doggy paddling the waves27mins
- Sep6China to end foreign adoptions27mins
- Aug31The Happy Pod: The sky is no limit at 10226mins
- Aug24The Happy Pod: Uniting generations with a splash27mins
- Aug18Bonus: The Global Story - Is Twitch too big to fail?26mins
- Aug17The Happy Pod: Finding love at 89 years old27mins
- Aug15More than 40,000 killed in Gaza - Hamas32mins
- Aug10The Happy Pod: Panda pair bring joy to San Diego26mins
- Aug3The Happy Pod: The blood test that could spot Alzheimer's early27mins
- Jul28Bonus: The Global Story - The most contested land in the world?26mins
- Jul27The Happy Pod: The surprise star of a US Olympics team26mins
- Jul20The Happy Pod: South Korea's Samba diplomat27mins
- Jul13The Happy Pod: Inspiring my daughter to donate a kidney26mins
- Jul6The Happy Pod: How kindness made a dream come true26mins
- Jun29The Happy Pod: A teacher's life-saving gift27mins
- Jun22The Happy Pod: Knitted together by an unloved sweater28mins
- Jun15The Happy Pod Special: The Happiest Country in the World26mins
- Jun8The Happy Pod: Reunited with the man who saved my life26mins
- Jun1The Happy Pod: Seoul's 'spaced-out' contest26mins
- May25The Happy Pod: The opera singing rescue dog27mins
- May18The Happy Pod: Punching a crocodile to save her sister27mins
- May11The Happy Pod: From pollution to paradise27mins
- May4The Happy Pod: Puss in the post26mins
- Apr27The Happy Pod: Tutus and triumph26mins
- Apr25Burkina Faso army kills 223 villagers in revenge attack28mins
- Apr20The Happy Pod: Viral ballet boy back in the spotlight27mins
- Apr13The Happy Pod: The Centenarian Stargazer26mins
- Apr6The Happy Pod: Reindeer herder rescued from frozen wilderness26mins
- Mar30The Happy Pod: The search for a mystery gift giver28mins
- Mar23The Happy Pod: Finland named world's happiest country... again28mins
- Mar17What keeps China’s president up at night?27mins
- Mar16The Happy Pod: country star Jordan Davis wants more good news27mins
- Mar10Bonus: The Global Story27mins
- Mar9The Happy Pod: Sounds of the stars27mins
- Mar3Bonus: The Global Story25mins
- Mar2The Happy Pod: The billion dollar gift of education27mins
- Feb25Bonus: The Global Story26mins
- Feb24The Happy Pod: Hurtling into History27mins
- Feb23Ukraine Two Years On – Your Questions Answered29mins
- Feb17The Happy Pod: Eight-year-old steals the show at the Six Nations27mins
- Feb11The Happy Pod: Model Maker Outmatches Guinness World Records27mins
- Feb10Special episode: Eight Numbers To Understand China34mins
- Oct27Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered28mins
- Oct20Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered26mins
- Oct13Gaza Special: Your Questions Answered33mins
- Sep15Special Edition - Artificial Intelligence - who cares?51mins
- Jul1Special episode: Abortion rights around the world31mins
- Mar25Young voices special35mins
Mar24Special: Global News Ukrainecast part 232mins- Jan28Russia-Ukraine: On the brink of war?34mins
Dec21Omicron versus the world: Your questions answered33mins- Aug30Afghanistan Special: Your Questions Answered35mins
- Oct25Global News Brexitcast50mins