Global News Podcast

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  • Duration: 116:21:37
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Synopsis

The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.

Episodes

  • UN Secretary-General warns US against 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza

    06/02/2025 Duration: 34min

    UN Secretary-General warns US against ethnic cleansing in Gaza, after President Trump proposes taking ownership of the territory. Also: rebels capture mining town in DR Congo, and how often should you wash your clothes?

  • Trump says US to 'takeover' and 'own' Gaza

    05/02/2025 Duration: 31min

    President Trump says the US to 'takeover' Gaza. His comments have caused anger and dismay across the region and beyond. Also: the first glimpse inside a burnt scroll after 2,000 years.

  • Trump and Netanyahu meet at the White House

    05/02/2025 Duration: 33min

    Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has met Donald Trump at the White House, the first foreign leader to visit in the US president's second term. Also: scientists in Spain work to save olive trees from a deadly bacterium.

  • China hits back against US tariffs

    04/02/2025 Duration: 29min

    China has pledged to impose tariffs on some US imports in response to American import taxes on its products. Also: Swedish police investigate a school shooting, and scientists are monitoring Antarctic krill from space.

  • Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico

    04/02/2025 Duration: 27min

    The US President Donald Trump agrees to postpone the imposition of 25% import tariffs on Canada and Mexico for thirty days, after they agree to strengthen borders. Also: the asteroid that could collide with the Earth.

  • US demands Panama 'reduce China's influence' over canal

    03/02/2025 Duration: 29min

    US Secretary of State Rubio tells Panama it must 'reduce China's influence' over the canal. Also: Netanyahu and Trump to discuss the ceasefire, and why Bill Gates thinks he would be diagnosed as neurodiverse nowadays.

  • Ukraine: 'Moscow bombs boarding school'

    02/02/2025 Duration: 28min

    President Zelensky has accused Moscow of bombing a school in Ukrainian-occupied Russia killing four and injuring dozens. Also: the Taliban takes over Afghanistan's only luxury hotel, and the romance of the orchid.

  • The Happy Pod: From security guard to sculptor at the Met Museum

    01/02/2025 Duration: 26min

    We meet security guard Armia Khalil, whose kindness to a visitor led to his sculpture being exhibited at New York's Met Museum. Also: new hope for Parkinson's; beer that's good for you; and Bhutan welcomes Ed Sheeran.

  • Trump implements threatened tariffs

    01/02/2025 Duration: 30min

    President Trump is introducing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China from today. Also: a freed Israeli hostage says she was held in a UN facility in Gaza, and the benefit of scratching an itch.

  • Trump blames diversity policies for US air crash

    31/01/2025 Duration: 29min

    President Trump claims that the air collision was caused by diversity policies. Investigators say they will be looking at facts. Also: the singer and actor, and icon of the swinging sixties, Marianne Faithfull has died.

  • US air crash: 64 feared dead

    30/01/2025 Duration: 30min

    US authorities say no survivors are expected after a military helicopter hit a passenger jet in Washington. Also: An Israeli soldier is among eight hostages freed from captivity in Gaza, and is F1 returning to Africa?

  • US senators question Robert F Kennedy Jr at heated confirmation hearing

    30/01/2025 Duration: 31min

    President Trump's nominee for health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has faced tough questioning at his first confirmation hearing in the US Senate. Also: scientists say asteroid Bennu contains building blocks of life.

  • At least 30 dead in India festival crush

    29/01/2025 Duration: 30min

    At least 30 people killed in a crush at the Kumbh Mela in India, the world's biggest religious gathering. Also: Congo shuns peace talks, Mexico braces for mass return of migrants, and the rise of "grief apps".

  • US judge temporarily blocks Trump's freeze on federal funding

    29/01/2025 Duration: 32min

    A US judge has paused the enforcement of a sweeping White House order freezing federal grants and loans. Also: Israel says Netanyahu invited to meet Trump at White House next week, and should we all sleep like a caveman?

  • President Trump: Your questions answered

    28/01/2025 Duration: 42min

    Our BBC North America correspondents answer your questions about President Donald Trump's first week in office, and his future plans for the United States.

  • Jordanian helicopters begin flying in aid to Gaza

    28/01/2025 Duration: 31min

    Jordanian helicopters begin flying in aid to Gaza. Also: UN says hospitals in Goma in eastern Congo are struggling to cope after advance by M23 rebels, and 40 years on the computer game Tetris is still going strong.

  • Nvidia shares sink as Chinese AI app spooks markets

    28/01/2025 Duration: 28min

    The US chipmaker Nvidia has suffered the biggest single-day loss in US market history, as investors respond to the development of a low-cost AI chatbot by a Chinese company. Also: the diplomacy of renaming a submarine.

  • Thousands flee as rebels close in on key DR Congo city

    27/01/2025 Duration: 32min

    UN Secretary General António Guterres has called on Rwanda to withdraw its forces from DR Congo's territory and on the M23 rebel group to stop advancing on Goma. Also: how a random text message ended happily ever after.

  • Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal

    25/01/2025 Duration: 34min

    Emotional scenes as Israelis and Palestinians are reunited with their families. Also: 13 peacekeeping troops are killed in eastern DR Congo. And a drone strike on a hospital in Sudan reportedly kills nearly 70 people.

  • The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad

    25/01/2025 Duration: 26min

    Meet the man behind the YouTube channel 'Dad, How Do I?'. He teaches his millions of subscribers how to do everyday tasks. Also: the man in Uganda who is changing lives through chess; and the flower causing a stink.

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