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Israeli police killed the suspect as he tried to escape. It comes amid escalating violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Also: The video is released of police officers in the US city of Memphis savagely beating a black motorist, Tyre Nichols - who later died, and as the world marked Holocaust Memorial Day we hear about the growing numbers of people who think the holocaust was a myth.

Seven killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack

Israeli air raids and Palestinian rocket fire raise tensions. The violence follows a deadly Israeli army raid on the occupied West Bank. Also: Shares slump in one of India's biggest companies after allegations of financial misconduct -- and the mystery of the miraculously growing Vladimir Putin.

Fears mount of fresh Israel-Palestinian violence

The 29-year-old was stopped on 7 January for reckless driving, and died three days later. Also: fear of flare-up after deadly Israeli raid in Jenin, and why do some men wear shorts in cold weather?

Five police officers charged over Tyre Nichols' death in Memphis

At least nine Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid, one of them an elderly woman. Israel said its troops went in to arrest Islamic Jihad militants. The Palestinian authorities accused them of a massacre. Also: A sharp rise in Myanmar's opium harvest, and why elephants aren’t just big and beautiful -- but vital for biodiversity too.

Deadly West Bank clashes in Jenin

Ukraine hails the announcements of the tanks as a turning point, while Russia says they are a provocation. Also: Lebanon's top prosecutor lays charges against the judge who is investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion, and the Sesame Street co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies aged 93.

US joins Germany in sending tanks to Ukraine

German Chancellor confirms his country will send battle tanks to Ukraine. Also: A BBC investigation finds evidence of alarming coronavirus death rates in rural China, and how humans share common sign language with wild chimps and bonobos.

German Leopard tank training for Ukrainian troops to begin soon

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has faced weeks of pressure from Kyiv and its allies. Also: Classified documents have been found at the home of the former US vice-president Mike Pence in the latest discovery of secret papers, and we hear who's been nominated for this year's Oscars.

Germany approves Leopard tanks for Ukraine - reports

President Zelensky has removed five regional governors and four deputy ministers in a reshuffle.  Also, the Afghan authorities say more than 120 people have died because of freezing temperatures, and instead of flowers, why one bride in the Philippines chose to have a bouquet of onions!

Ukrainian officials quit in anti-corruption drive

The four men - who belong to the Oath Keepers group - were charged in connection with the attack on the Capitol two years ago. Also: Ukraine's foreign minister appeals to countries with Leopard tanks to make a formal request to Germany to allow them to hand the tanks over, and a four-year-old English boy with an unusual IQ.

US court convicts far-right militia members of seditious conspiracy

Germany's permission is required, because it built and sold the vehicles originally. But the Polish government has suggested it might ignore this and send the tanks anyway. Also, we head to one of the eastern Ukrainian towns retaken from Russian forces, and Japan's prime minister warns the declining birth rate is putting the future of the country at risk.

Poland to ask Berlin's permission to send tanks to Ukraine

It's reported police found the body in a van as they were continuing their search for the wanted man. Also: Netanyahu sacks Israeli interior minister after court ruling, and milk may have fuelled a growth spurt in ancient Europeans.

Body of main suspect in California mass shooting reportedly found

Protestors say plans to limit the powers of the Israeli judiciary are a direct attack on democracy. Also: Brazil's army chief sacked after Congress riots, and why are baguettes such an important part of French life?

Thousands protest against Netanyahu's justice plans

The Ukrainian president spoke after a meeting of allied nations failed to agree to give Kyiv modern tanks. Also: the quest for life on Jupiter's icy moons, and why walking upright isn't that hard for baboons.

Zelensky will 'keep pushing' for German tanks

Kyiv's allies are meeting at a US airbase to hash out further military support. Also: A court in Romania extends police detention for the influencer, Andrew Tate,  and his brother, and a giant toad weighing more than two and a half kilos has been found in a north Australian rainforest.

Ukraine: 'Give us tanks' says Zelensky

The actor is being charged with involuntary manslaughter over a cinematographer's death on a film set. Also: scientists say light pollution has reduced the number of stars we can see, and bringing back to life General de Gaulle's BBC war time broadcast.

Alec Baldwin to be charged over fatal shooting

President Macron's plans raise retirement age from 62 to 64.  Also: New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, steps down -- she says because of burnout, and researchers say investing more in carbon capture and storage technologies is vital to limit global warming.

Strikes in France to halt pension age rise

Zelensky told delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos: "It was not us who started the war but it is us who will have to end it."  Also: Israel's top court has blocked the appointment of an ultra-Orthodox politician as a minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government because of a recent criminal conviction and staying in Israel scientists there have created a robot that can detect smells.

Ukraine: Zelensky appeals to allies to quicken the delivery of heavy weapons

Ukraine's interior minister is among the dead. The crash happened near a kindergarten in an eastern suburb of Kyiv. Also: The Philippines Nobel prize winner, Maria Ressa, is acquitted in a move hailed as a victory for press freedom, why seals have been attacking humans in South Africa, and international diplomacy in a sauna.

Ukrainian officials killed in helicopter crash

Former Italian politician Pier Panzeri promises to tell investigators who else was involved. Also: aid agencies partially resume work in Afghanistan, the funeral of an LGBTQ activist in Kenya, and a BBC documentary brings fresh insight into the 2002 Gujarat riots.

EU strikes deal with suspect in corruption scandal

China's population falls for the first time in 60 years. Also, the Belarussian opposition leader on trial - and counting walruses.

China's population falls

Celebrations have continued across Sicily at the news of the capture of Matteo Messina Denaro. Also: Could Nasa technology help reduce the risks of older people falling over? And the Australian woman who's just run the entire length of her country - a marathon every day for a hundred and fifty days.

Italy's Mafia boss arrest hailed as 'major blow' to crime

Matteo Messina Denaro is captured after 30 years on the run. More than 100 members of the armed forces were involved in his arrest. Also: a British Police officer admits to multiple rapes and sexual assaults over the course of almost two decades, and conservation organisations are seeking volunteers to become 'walrus detectives'.

Italy's most-wanted mafia boss arrested in Sicily

The Yeti Airlines flight came down near the town of Pokhara on Sunday morning. Also: a bomb attack on worshippers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushes ahead with controversial reforms, and Jordan’s plans to increase tourism.

Nepal mourns its worst air disaster in 30 years

Several Ukrainian cities were struck including Dnipro, where an apartment block was hit. Also: more classified material found at Biden's home, and Ray Cordeiro -- the world's longest working disc jockey -- dies aged 98.

Russia fires new waves of missiles across Ukraine

The Trump Organization was found guilty of fraud and falsifying business records. Also: Russia claims victory in battle for Soledar, and why does chocolate feel so good to eat?

Trump's company fined $1.6m for tax crimes

Oleksii Reznikov says he's confident the west will supply the heavy weapons needed to defeat Russia. Also: Kazakhstan has stripped the former president Nursultan Nazarbayev of his honorary status as head of the nation, and the man accused of killing Japan's former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has been charged with murder.

Ukraine defence minister: We are a de facto member of Nato alliance

It follows the discovery of classified material in the US president's home and an office. Also: The Brazilian president says the protesters who ransacked government buildings on Sunday had inside help from members of the security forces, and the hunt for a cat that's been missing in an airport in Bolivia for a month.

Special counsel to investigate Biden files

Climate change campaigners express outrage at Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber's appointment. Also: a French huntsman who killed a man he mistook for a wild boar avoids prison, and we look back at the life of the influential British guitarist Jeff Beck.

UAE oil boss to lead UN climate summit

Ukraine disputes new claim by Russian mercenary group, Wagner, that the town has been captured. Also: Police are on high alert in Brazil as protests are held by supporters of the former president, Jair Bolsonaro, and the seal that's eating its way through all the fish in an English lake.

Ukraine war: Fighting rages for control of Soledar

Russia's defence ministry and the mercenary Wagner Group give competing versions of events. Also: Uganda says the Ebola epidemic that killed 56 people is over, and the workers in Japan getting a huge pay rise.

Soledar: Reports from Eastern Ukraine hint at rift in pro-Russian forces

The revelations follow new detailed analysis of satellite imagery by the Washington Post into the low official death rate. Also: Up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers will arrive in the US as early as next week to start training for the Patriot missile system, and the singing bus driver who has become an internet sensation.

Chinese crematoriums 'swamped' as Covid surges

Beijing suspends visas for some of its neighbours amid surging coronavirus infections. Also: heavy casualties in Ukraine as both sides resort to fierce trench warfare in the east, and it's finally here! Prince Harry's autobiography goes on sale.

China accuses countries of discrimination over Covid

Protest camps outside military barracks across the country are also being dismantled.  Also: Western countries register strong protests with Iran for executing young people after anti-government protests, and why people in Ghana are angry with the American rapper Meek Mill.

Mass arrests in Brazil following Congress attack

Thousands of demonstrators ransacked government buildings in the capital on Sunday. Also: Pakistan asks the international community for billions of dollars of support after last year’s devastating floods, and former employees of a Belarusian news website which covered mass protests against the President have gone on trial.

Brazil police surround protest camps after Congress attack

Thousands of demonstrators broke into Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace. Also: Kyiv denies Russia claim it killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in an attack, and are you ready to pre-order your first flying car?

Tear gas fired in Brazil as Bolsonaro supporters storm Congress

Two men were executed in Iran for allegedly killing a security official during ongoing protests. Also: China suspends Weibo accounts of Covid policy critics, and how good was Roman concrete?

International outrage over executions in Iran

Despite losing 13 rounds of voting, the Republican Kevin McCarthy says he will prevail when lawmakers reconvene. Also: Russian forces are accused of opening fire in Ukraine despite Vladimir Putin's proposed truce for Orthodox Christmas, and an old Nazi map sparks a treasure hunt in the Netherlands.

McCarthy says he has the votes to be US House Speaker

Attacks continue from both sides in eastern Ukraine near the front line city of Bakhmut. Also: the impact of rising temperatures on the world's shrinking glaciers, and the former Italian football star Vialli dies aged 58.

Ukraine rejects Putin's Orthodox Christmas ceasefire

Gunfire and burning of cars follow the arrest of Ovidio Guzman-Lopez, the son of the notorious drug trafficker. Also: Ukraine rejects Putin's proposed Orthodox Christmas truce, and more football players on Cameroon's Under-17 team fail age testing.

Violence in Mexico after El Chapo's son arrested

Thousands of mourners attended the service in St Peter's Square. Also: one of the winners of last year's Nobel Peace Prize goes on trial in Belarus over his involvement in protests, and reports that Prince Harry will claim that he suffered a violent attack at the hands of his brother, Prince William.

Pope Francis leads the funeral for his predecessor, Benedict.

A Ukrainian commander leading the city's defence said Russian forces were battling with singular determination even -- as he put it -- the ground was littered with their comrades' bodies. Also: the US House of Representatives has once again failed to elect a Speaker to replace Nancy Pelosi, and, could Pope Francis call it a day as head of the Roman Catholic Church?

The ferocious fight in Bakhmut in Ukraine

There are fears current wave of coronavirus infections may soon reach the countryside. Also: Cuba selects its first national female boxing team, and Denmark goes a year without a bank robbery.

China reinforces its rural health centres

The House of Representatives fails to choose a leader in a first round for the first time since 1923, as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy repeatedly fails in his bid to be elected speaker.

Also, the disgraced founder of the FTX cryptocurrency company pleads not guilty to fraud charges, and Brazil pays an emotional farewell to football legend Pele.

US political chaos as Kevin McCarthy loses House speaker votes

Thousands of mourners line the streets of his hometown, Santos, to watch the funeral procession. President Lula was among those who paid their respects. Also, there's condemnation from across the Arab world of a visit to the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem by a far-right Israeli government minister, and a snow crisis for skiers in the Swiss Alps.

Brazil football legend Pele's funeral

It's the highest number of deaths acknowledged by Moscow for a single incident since the war began. Also: people turn out in large numbers to pay their last respects to former Pope Benedict in the Vatican and the footballer Pele in Brazil; and Prince Harry says he wants his father King Charles and his brother Prince William back.

Ukrainian strike kills 63 Russians

Dozens, possibly hundreds, of Russian conscripts are believed to have died in the rocket attack in occupied Donbas. Also: The Indian Supreme Court upholds a government decision to withdraw most high denomination banknotes, and a public wake at Santos FC in Brazil for the legendary player, Pelé.

More than 60 servicemen killed in Ukrainian strike - Russia

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva told crowds in Brasilia that he aimed to rebuild the country.  Also, Ukraine destroys dozens of attack drones launched by Russia, and North Korea marks the New Year with a promise to mass produce tactical nuclear weapons.

Lula sworn in as Brazilian president

The Emeritus Pope Benedict died on New Year's Eve at the age of ninety-five. Also: Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has said the world won't forgive Russia for the terror of missile strikes on his country, and a British man has completed his 365th marathon of 2022.

Pope Francis leads tributes to Benedict XVI

While the former US president Donald Trump did pay $1m in taxes in 2018, he didn't pay anything in his last year in the White House. Also: England to require negative Covid test for arrivals from China, and Abba's Chiquitita song raises millions of dollars for UNICEF.

Tax returns show Trump paid nothing in 2020

Only 5,000 new infections recorded on Friday, while hospitals report many more emergencies. Also: the controversial online influencer Andrew Tate is arrested in Romania on rape and human trafficking charges, and the mystery of why the UK awarded Abba 'nul points' is finally solved.

China denies Covid figures are 'vast underestimate'

Pele is regarded by many as football's greatest player. Also: the British fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood, dies aged 81, and did you see all the planets of the solar system in the night sky?

Brazil legend Pele dies aged 82

We hear from our Indigenous and tribal listeners around the world, as we mark US Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We also meet an Amazon tribe defending their land from illegal loggers; a Maori singer who makes pop music in his traditional language; Native American chefs bringing cultural foods to the restaurant scene; and more.

Special episode: Indigenous peoples

The global price crisis. Our first ever “live audience show” – recorded in Malaysia. Listeners around the world and in the audience in Kuala Lumpur share their experiences and ask questions about spiralling costs and what can be done. Hear from our panel of BBC correspondents. What are the implications of the increases in food and fuel prices? How are governments and communities responding - and what does the future look like?

Live special episode: Cost of living

In June, the US Supreme Court overruled Roe v Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion in America. In a special episode, we investigate the changing dynamic of abortion rights globally in countries like Colombia, China and Ireland. We'll also be examining the restrictions still faced by women in Africa and places like Malta and El Salvador.

Audio for this episode was updated on 4 July 2022, due to a factual error in an earlier version.

Special episode: Abortion rights around the world

Is the nuclear threat real? What does Putin want? Who is winning the war in Ukraine? We took questions on the invasion from young people around the world and looked for answers from BBC correspondents.

Jackie Leonard speaks to Martin Forster, a senior child psychologist with the healthcare company, Kry, in Sweden. Listeners' questions are tackled by Vitaliy Shevchenko, Paul Adams, Theo Leggett, Lyse Doucet and Mark Lowen.

Young voices special

A month since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are collaborating with Ukrainecast again. We answer more of your questions.

Jackie Leonard, presenter of the Global News Podcast, alongside Gabriel Gatehouse and Vitaliy Shevchenko from Ukrainecast, guide us through questions about civilian life in the country, military tactics, and the international response to the invasion. 

BBC chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, joins us from Kyiv to talk through what is happening on the ground there, and BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, tells us the latest on the physical and information war. 

This episode was made by Chris Flynn. The studio director was Ash Taylor. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

Special: Global News Ukrainecast part 2

BBC correspondents tackle questions from listeners around the world about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Jackie Leonard speaks to Gabriel Gatehouse, Vitaliy Shevchenko, Lyse Doucet and James Landale.

Special: Global News Ukrainecast

Our experts in Moscow, Kyiv and London answer your questions about the crisis.

Russia-Ukraine: On the brink of war?

As the Omicron variant spreads around the world and cases surge, BBC correspondents tell us how Covid-19 is impacting our lives, our businesses and our economies.

Omicron versus the world: Your questions answered

BBC correspondents answer your questions about the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan.  We ask how did the Taliban overthrow the Afghan government so quickly? What now for human rights, the economy and international relations?

Photo:People on board an evacuation flight out of Kabul airport, August 21, 2021 Credit:MoD/PA Wire

Afghanistan Special: Your Questions Answered

We team up with the award-winning Brexitcast team to bring you a special update on what Britain leaving the EU means for you. You’ve sent us questions from around the world and Jackie Leonard puts them to the experts from the podcast that’s all about Brexit. There’s also cake, phew.
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