Global News Podcast
Episodes
US vows retaliation for Islamic State group attack
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump has promised retaliation against the Islamic State militant group after two US soldiers and an interpreter were killed in an am...
The Happy Pod: The cafe where mistakes are expected
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pop-up cafe in Tokyo is giving people with dementia a place to volunteer as well as a sense of community. Its owner Toshio Morita has become somethi...
Democrats release photos of Trump from Epstein estate
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Republicans accuse the Democrats of playing politics with release of photos from the estate of late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, that feature rich a...
Thousands at risk after flooding in Gaza
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UN says a powerful storm is sweeping through Gaza, leaving 800,000 people in danger from deluged camps and collapsed buildings. (130) Long desc...
US exerts more pressure on Venezuela
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A day after US troops seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Washington has imposed sanctions on six more ships said to be carrying Venezuel...
Venezuelan opposition leader speaks to BBC
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
María Corina Machado, Venezuela's Nobel Peace Prize winner, speaks after her first public appearance in 11 months. She has mostly been in hiding sinc...
US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid escalating tensions. President Trump said it was done for "very good reason" but C...
Cancer-causing gene found in donor sperm across Europe
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Europ...
Zelensky open to wartime election
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After pressure from Washington, President Zelensky has said he will seek to change Ukrainian law so an election could take place within three months. ...
Australia bans social media for under-16s
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world first, millions of Australian children and teenagers are prevented from accessing social media accounts. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to...
Trump approves sale of advanced AI chips to China
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US chipmaker, Nvidia has been authorised to sell advanced AI chips to China - in a major reversal of Washington's national security policy. The D...
Syria one year on from liberation
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A year after the fall of the brutal Assad regime in Syria, tens of thousands of people have been celebrating - both in Syria itself and abroad. There'...
Thailand launches air strikes on Cambodia
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions escalate again between Thailand and Cambodia after violent clashes on the border. The Thai military says it is hitting military targets to su...
The Global Story: The Fifa-Trump bromance
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, is widely expected to award Donald Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize on Friday, at the draw for the 2026 Worl...
India's deadly nightclub fire
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More than 20 people have been killed in a fire at a nightclub in the Indian state of Goa. Also: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says the US will "ke...
The Happy Pod: My best friend had my baby
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We hear about an extraordinary story of love, friendship and a teenage promise fulfilled over a decade later. When Georgia Barrington was told, at the...
Trump awarded Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fifa President Gianni Infantino awarded Donald Trump with the football federation's first-ever peace prize, at a lavish ceremony to select the groups ...
Netflix blockbuster deal
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix to take over Warner Bros Discovery's film and streaming businesses in 72 billion dollar deal, giving it ownership of Harry Potter and Game of ...
Four countries boycott Eurovision over Israel's inclusion
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Eurovision Song Contest has been thrown into turmoil after four nations said they would boycott next year's event. Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands...
Why is President Putin visiting India?
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Russia's leader visits India for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. India's prime minister is under pressure to stop buying Russ...
Ukraine and US negotiators to meet following Moscow talks
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
US special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is set to meet Ukrainian negotiators in Florida following talks with President Putin in Moscow. Mr Putin - who's visi...
EU agrees to phase out Russian gas imports
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite their support for Ukraine, European countries have been a significant market for Russian energy. But an agreement has now been reached between...
Kremlin signals no breakthrough after Ukraine talks with US
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Talks in Moscow between President Putin and the US envoy, Steve Witkoff, about a peace plan for Ukraine have ended without a breakthrough. Russian neg...
Kremlin talks on how to end Ukraine war.
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Special envoy, Steve Witkoff, meets President Putin at the Kremlin with the latest US plan to end war in Ukraine. President Zelensky says Ukraine is c...
Russia claims capture of key Ukrainian city
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After months of fighting, the Kremlin says Russian forces have seized the frontline city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. It links several other key ci...
Floods in Indonesia kill 600 people
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Floods in Indonesia have killed more than 600 people and left 500 unaccounted for. They were caused by a rare cyclone that that formed over the Malacc...
Sudan civil war: the terrifying escape from El Fasher
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC has visited a camp where people are taking refuge after the fall of Sudan's El Fasher - one of the most brutal chapters of the civil war. Peop...
The Global Story: The international drama of Miss Universe
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Miss Universe 2025 has been rocked by controversies and chaos, from stage falls and contestants storming out, to judges quitting and allegations of vo...
Why there's hope for Haiti
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Armed gangs now control much of Port-au-Prince and more than a million people have been forced from their homes. In this Global News Podcast special, ...
Venezuela stands up to Donald Trump
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Venezuela has condemned as a "colonialist threat" President Trump's warning that its airspace should be considered closed. The US does not have the au...
The Happy Pod: Diabetes Awareness Month special
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode we're marking Diabetes Awareness Month with a range of stories about innovation, advocacy and education -- including a book he...
Technical issue causes global flight disruption
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Airbus has grounded thousands of its planes to fix a technical problem. Airlines are working to install a software update but flight delays and cancel...
Hong Kong fire kills at least 128 people
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The authorities in Hong Kong say fire alarms weren't working properly in the tower blocks where a blaze killed more than 100 people. The buildings wer...
National Guard member dies after shooting in Washington DC
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says that one of the US National Guard soldiers who was shot on Wednesday in Washington has died. Sarah Beckstrom was twenty. Mr Trump...
Pope calls for peace on Turkey visit
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pope Leo has called for peace on the first day of his visit to Turkey, and urged Ankara to embrace the role of mediator in the world's conflicts. His ...
Dozens killed in Hong Kong fire
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More than forty people have died and hundreds are missing after a fire engulfed high-rise apartment blocks in Hong Kong's Tai Po district. Firefighter...
Taiwan to boost defence spending
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te says China is stepping up military preparations to take the island by force. He's announced a $40 billion supplementar...
Brazil's Bolsonaro begins jail term
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to begin his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup after the last election. The...
Has the Ukraine conflict reached a turning point?
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Ukrainian authorities say Kyiv has reached a common understanding with the United States on the key terms of a peace agreement with Russia. Moscow...
Criminal cases against Trump critics dropped
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A federal US judge has dismissed the criminal cases against the former FBI director James Comey and the New York Attorney General Letitia James, who'v...
Nigeria to recruit extra police officers after abductions
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria says 265 people are still missing after a mass kidnapping from a school in Niger state on Friday. Among those una...
US hails 'tremendous' progress at Ukraine talks
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has given an upbeat assessment of talks with Ukrainian officials about how to end the war with Russia. Mr Rubi...
The Global Story: The oil lobbyist who tried to sink the first big climate deal
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The American lawyer, oil lobbyist and master strategist Don Pearlman is said to have chain-smoked his way through almost every UN climate gathering fr...
COP30 deal fails to mention fossil fuels
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UN climate summit in Brazil has closed with a commitment to triple adaptation funding for developing countries, but there was no explicit mention ...
The Happy Pod: Donating my kidney transformed a child's life
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We hear about a rare meeting between a living organ donor and the child whose life was transformed by receiving her kidney. Aly Coyle says she was del...
Marjorie Taylor Greene quits Congress after Trump feud
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she's leaving office after clashing with President Donald Trump over the release of the Epstein files. A...
Russia warns Ukraine to reach deal or lose more territory
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US has handed Ukraine a draft peace plan which reportedly reflects many of Moscow's demands, like giving up land. Ukraine's president has held a c...
Zelensky: Ukraine needs a 'dignified peace'
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will speak to Donald Trump in the coming days about the new peace deal put forward by the US. Mr Tr...
Ukraine's war children hoping for return to normality
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the US is reported to have drafted a deal with Russia on Ukraine, we look at the impact the war has had on Ukrainian children. Also: Facebook and ...
White House to release Epstein files
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump has signed a bill that gives the US Justice Department thirty days to release its files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some...
Deadly Russian strikes hit western Ukraine
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Russian missile and drone strikes in western Ukraine have killed at least twenty-five people and injured more than seventy in the city of Ternopil. Tw...
US Congress votes to release Epstein files
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Both houses of Congress in the US have passed a bill that aims to force the publication of files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Once Presid...
British MP's warned of 'relentless' China spying campaign
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
British politicians have been warned by the security services that they face a significant risk of espionage from the Chinese state, after an MI5 aler...
UN backs Trump's Gaza peace plan
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UN Security Council has approved a US-drafted resolution to move to the next stage of Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan. It aims to set up a transiti...
Ex-Bangladesh leader sentenced to death
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death. A tribunal in Dhaka found sh...
Ecuadorian drug lord arrested
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ecuador's Los Lobos drug cartel leader, Wilmer "Pipo" Chavarria, has been captured in Spain. He'd been hiding in Europe after faking his own death. Th...
The Global Story; The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has spent this year trying to negotiate a deal to end the war in Ukraine. So far, Vladimir Putin doesn’t seem interested in the US’s ...
Protests at COP30
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of indigenous people and activists demonstrate against global warming in the Amazonian city of Belém, where COP30 is taking place. It's the...
The Happy Pod: Saving a drowning man changed me
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to a woman who saved the life of a kayaker, after spotting him floating face down in Idaho's Snake River. Rachelle Ruffing says knowing CPR a...
Trump to sue BBC for 'up to $5bn'
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US President has said he will begin legal action against the BBC within the next few days after receiving an apology but no financial compensation...
Russia hits Ukraine in deadly strikes
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Russian drones and missiles hit an apartment block in eastern Kyiv, killing at least six people. President Zelensky has accused Moscow of deliberately...
BBC refuses to pay Trump compensation
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC has sent a letter of apology to Donald Trump, saying it regrets the way a programme spliced together parts of his speech from the day of the C...
France remembers terror attacks ten years on
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A series of events are being held in Paris to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the worst attacks on French soil in modern history. The Islamist te...
US ends its longest-ever government shutdown
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump said the country has "never been in better shape" as he signed a funding bill re-opening the government. Democrats had said the...
Trump 'spent time' with Epstein 'victim'
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats in the US Congress release three emails by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein mentioning Donald Trump. One of the emails says t...
US-Venezuela: Trump's largest warship arrives in Latin America region
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of the world's most advanced aircraft carriers has arrived in the waters off Latin America as President Donald Trump ramps up the US naval presenc...
Suicide bomber blamed for deadly attack in Islamabad
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pakistan's interior minister says a suicide attack has killed 12 people and injured many more near a crowded courthouse in the capital, Islamabad. Moh...
Syria to join US-led coalition fighting IS group
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US says Syria is joining the international coalition to combat the Islamic State group, and Damascus is resuming diplomatic relations with Washing...
Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC says it will respond in due course to a threat of legal action over a documentary which misrepresented a speech made by President Trump. The B...
US Senate vote could end government shutdown
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The longest-ever government shutdown in the United States looks to be coming to an end after a vote in the Senate. Several Democrats decided to join t...
The Global Story: The rehabilitation of Syria’s ex-jihadist president
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After getting the red-carpet treatment at the UN in New York last week, the former al-Qaeda fighter who now leads Syria is about to hold an election. ...
Water shortages could force evacuation of Iranian capital
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Iran says water supplies in Tehran will suffer scheduled cuts, as the country struggles with severe shortages. The announcement came after President M...
The Happy Pod: Atomic bomb survivors campaigning for peace
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Happy Pod special we're in Munich, Germany for One Young World. We speak to survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and their families as ...
US exempts Hungary from Russian oil sanctions
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump grants Hungary a one-year exemption from US sanctions on Russian oil and gas purchases during a visit to the White House by his right ...
Sudan government demands international ceasefire guarantees
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Sudanese government calls for international guarantees that RSF rebels will stick by a ceasefire they have signed up to, before it agrees to do th...
Elon Musk, the world's richest person, is set to be richer
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla shareholders have approved a record-breaking pay package that could make the electric car company's founder Elon Musk a trillionaire if he can d...
World leaders gather in Brazil for UN climate talks
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The leaders of the three greatest producers of carbon emissions — the US, China and India — are staying away from the COP30 summit, which official...
US to cut flights if government shutdown continues
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Aviation Administration in the US has said that if the government shutdown continues, it will cut air traffic by ten per-cent across forty...
US Democrats celebrate Mamdani victory
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zohran Mamdani is promising change and a template to defeat Donald Trump after winning the vote to become the New York City mayor. Also: the United Na...
Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zohran Mamdani has won New York’s mayoral election after defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, making histor...
Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney dies
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dick Cheney, who became one of the most powerful vice presidents in US history as George W Bush's number two during 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan a...
US government shutdown forces food aid cuts
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The government shutdown in the United States is set to become the longest in the country's history as Democrats and Republicans fail to agree on a new...
Tanzanian president sworn in after election unrest
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, begins her second term in office following hundreds of reported deaths in violence linked to a contested ...
Trump's military action threat alarms Nigeria
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has suggested the US could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out air strikes to stop what he called the killing of Christians by Islamist...
Nine critically injured in mass UK train stabbing
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the UK, counter-terrorism police are leading an investigation into a mass stabbing on a train near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. Nine people are in...
The Happy Pod: Soldiers' letters from 1916 finally home
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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-Fashe...
Trump and Xi meet to discuss trade war
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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” cro...
President Trump oversees agreement between Thailand and Cambodia
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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'
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...