Global News Podcast
Episodes
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...
US deploys top aircraft carrier to Caribbean
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ne...
US Vice-President: We must disarm Hamas and rebuild Gaza
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US Vice-President JD Vance meets Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem. Donald Trump's deputy warne...
US shelves plan for Trump-Putin talks
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Long description (no character limit and should always end with the words below): Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to join ta...
Israeli air strikes test ceasefire with Hamas
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anticipation is growing in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv where families and friends of the remaining Israeli hostages have gathered ahead of their expec...
The Global Story: Trump’s ‘CEO of everything’
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The billionaire Larry Ellison could soon control huge portions of America’s AI, attention economy and legacy media. He already owns swathes of AI in...
Heavy clashes along Pakistan-Afghanistan border
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fierce fighting is taking place between the Pakistani army and Afghan Taliban forces at multiple points along the Durand Line. It's the latest flare-u...
The Happy Pod: Love, cake, and a long-lost mother
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We hear how a man's search for his birth mother ended in an unexpected but familiar place - his favourite local bakery. Vamarr Hunter was shocked to d...
Trump threatens additional 100% tariff on China
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump has said he will impose additional 100% import tariffs on Chinese goods by next month, and put export controls on any and all critical...
Gazans return to ruined homes after ceasefire
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tens of thousands of Gazans make the long walk back to where they once lived after a ceasefire comes into force. Meanwhile, families in Israel wait fo...
Israel approves Gaza ceasefire plan
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Israel's government has agreed to the first phase of President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of all remaining Israeli hos...
Israeli cabinet voting on landmark Gaza deal
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Government ministers in Israel meet to approve President Trump's peace plan. There's an outburst of joy and celebration in Israel and Gaza after the d...
Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreed
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A landmark agreement has been reached by Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all the remaining hostages. The deal is expected ...
Trump: Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his Gaza peace deal and that hostages could be released within days. Is...
Hopes of progress in Gaza peace talks
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump's top aides and senior officials from Egypt and Qatar have joined the third day of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on ending t...
US National Guard troops arrive in Illinois
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Members of the Texas National Guard are gathering at an army facility outside Chicago, after orders from President Trump. Hundreds of troops have been...
Peace talks continue two years after October 7th attacks
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A minute's silence has been observed across Israel to mark the Hamas-led attacks of 2023. There have been protests in Morocco for eleven straight days...
Renewable energy now world's biggest power source
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Solar and wind power have overtaken coal as the world’s leading source of electricity for the first time on record. Record solar expansion and stead...
French PM resigns after less than a month
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In France Sebastien Lecornu resigns as prime minister saying the conditions were not fulfilled for him to carry on. He criticised unwillingness by pol...
Gaza peace talks to begin
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the US meet in Egypt to discuss Trump peace plan for Gaza. Also: a special BBC investigation into the fast-growing ...
The Global Story: Why did Trump bring Tony Blair into the Gaza peace process?
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, President Trump outlined his proposal for a peace deal in Gaza, a moment he described as ‘potentially one of the great days ever in civil...
Trump: Israel agrees Gaza withdrawal
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says Israel has agreed to an initial withdrawal line in Gaza. He says the details have been shared with Hamas and once the Palestinian...
The Happy Pod: The teenager empowering thousands to succeed
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An 18-year-old entrepreneur who has helped more than twenty thousand teenagers get skills, training and mentoring has been recognised with a global st...
Hamas agrees to parts of US peace plan for Gaza
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release all remaining hostages and seeks further talks on his peace plan. Also...
First woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time in its five hundred year history, the Church of England has chosen a woman as its leader. Dame Sarah Mullally will be known formall...
Manchester synagogue attacker named
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Police have named the man who killed two people at a synagogue in Manchester. Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British man of Syrian descent, was shot a...
Deadly attack at Manchester synagogue
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At least two people have been killed in an attack outside a synagogue in Manchester in northern England on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish c...
Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Israeli navy has intercepted boats carrying aid to Gaza and detained the activists on board. Also: Indonesian rescuers search for 59 children trap...
Race for survivors after Indonesian school collapse
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The race to save dozens of students after a school collapses in Indonesia. At least four students were killed and about 100 injured, some critically, ...
US government shutdown begins
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A partial government shutdown has come into effect in the US. Democrats and Repulicans failed to agree on a spending bill, meaning hundreds of thousan...
Gaza Conflict: Two years on
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To mark two years of the war in Gaza, our correspondents bring you this special episode of the Global News Podcast from the BBC Bureau in Jerusalem. J...
Trump: Hamas has 'three to four' days to accept peace plan
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says Hamas has days to accept a 20-point peace plan in Gaza or they will 'pay in hell'. Also: the search for survivors after a school ...
Hamas studying Trump-Netanyahu peace plan
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump has declared that peace in the Middle East is "beyond very close" as he presented a new plan alongside the Israeli prime minister, wit...
Trump and Netanyahu agree new peace plan for Gaza: a Global News Podcast Special
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump unveiled a wide-ranging Gaza peace plan on Monday and won cautious backing from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who warned ...
Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC's cyber correspondent was offered money if he helped criminals hack his employer's IT systems. They said they would steal data or install mali...
Pro-EU party wins Moldova election amid claims of Russian interference
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Moldova's pro-European party has won a new majority in parliament after elections seen as critical for the country's future path to the EU. President ...
The Global Story: The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday President Trump and the U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference in which they made extraordinary new claims abou...
President Trump orders deployment of US troops in Portland
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Extending his controversial use of the military in Democrat-led major US cities, Donald Trump says he's authorised soldiers who will be deployed to Po...
The Happy Pod: Hope for people with Huntington's disease
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time ever, a successful treatment has been found for the devastating brain disease, Huntington's. The inherited condition, which resembl...
UN set to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme look set to be reintroduced after the failure of a last-ditch diplomatic push to delay the...
Netanyahu gives defiant speech to UN
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his address to the UN, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and calls Palestinian recognition 'disgracefu...
Former FBI director James Comey indicted on two criminal charges
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The former FBI boss James Comey has said he is innocent and welcomes a trial after being indicted on two criminal charges. Donald Trump has been seeki...
Former French president Sarkozy is given five-year sentence
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in jail after he was found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case relat...
Fatal shooting at Texas ICE facility
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump says US immigration staff are facing an unprecedented increase in attacks by what he called 'Deranged Radical Leftists'; he made his c...
Kremlin: Russia is a real bear
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Russia hits back at the US President Donald Trump, after he called the nation a 'paper tiger'. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said 'Russia is gen...
Trump says Kyiv can win back 'all of Ukraine'
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump has said Kyiv can 'win all of Ukraine back in its original form', marking a major shift in his position on the war with Russia. His co...
Guterres opens UN Assembly accusing countries of 'flouting international law'
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has opened the eightieth General Assembly in New York with a warning that some countries are flouting int...
Medical experts debunk Trump's autism-paracetamol link
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Medical experts have condemned President Trump's unsubstantiated claims that taking paracetamol during pregnancy can lead to an increased risk of auti...