Global News Podcast
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Global News Podcast
The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, d...
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US launches fresh attacks on Iran
The United States says it's now completed the latest wave of airstrikes on Iran early Thursday morning local time. Iran says it responded with attacks...
BBC goes inside Myanmar with rebel fighters
Rebels fighting the military government in Myanmar have told the BBC they're losing ground because of a shortage of manpower and equipment. Also: afte...
US retaliatory strikes against Iran
The US has said that it's completed a series of strikes against Iran which targeted air defence systems, ground control stations and radar sites follo...
New Israeli strikes in Lebanon after Iranian warning
The Israeli military has carried out strikes on the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, a day after Iran called for attacks on Lebanon to stop. Thousands...
Donald Trump tells the BBC Israel did not defy him
Donald Trump has told the BBC that Benjamin Netanyahu did not defy his orders to stop attacking Iran; the Israeli missiles were already on their way t...
Iran says it's stopping strikes against Israel
Iran's military has said it's halting military operations against Israel, after the first direct hostilities between the two sides in two months. It s...
Israel and Iran carry out fresh airstrikes
Israel has struck targets in western and central Iran, hours after Iran fired a wave of missiles towards northern Israel -- the first since a ceasefir...
The Global Story: The battle to save James Bond from becoming slop
Casting is finally underway for a new James Bond. But why has it taken five years to even begin the search?
Since Daniel Craig retired as Bond...
Hegseth attacks Europe over migration in D-Day speech
Pete Hegseth has used a D-Day anniversary speech in northern France to criticise European nations for allowing what he described as an "invasion" on t...
The Happy Pod: Kinder medicine for millions of cancer patients
A new DNA test can distinguish between patients who are likely to benefit from chemotherapy and those who are not, meaning many with the most common f...
US grants visas to Iran World Cup footballers
Washington has confirmed that Iran's World Cup players have been issued visas to enter the United States, ten days before their first match in Los Ang...
Anthropic: AI could escape human control
One of the biggest artificial intelligence developers, the US firm Anthropic, has proposed a coordinated global slowdown on building advanced AI syste...
Zelensky proposes face-to-face meeting with Putin
Volodymyr Zelensky has written to Vladimir Putin inviting him to a face-to-face meeting with the aim of negotiating an end to their war. In an open le...
Hezbollah rejects Lebanon's ceasefire with Israel
Israel and Lebanon agree to a truce - but Hezbollah, backed by Iran, refuses to stop fighting while villages are under attack. The Lebanese President,...
US House votes to curb Trump's war powers
The US House has passed a resolution directing Donald Trump to withdraw American forces from the Iran war, in a largely symbolic move that nonetheless...
One killed and dozens injured in Kuwait by Iranian drones
Kuwait says one person has been killed and at least 63 injured after Iranian drones strike a terminal building at its international airport. Officials...
Shell accused of ignoring pollution evidence in Nigeria
British oil giant Shell continued to operate major pipeline in Nigeria even though bosses knew it was causing widespread pollution, according to secre...
Prepare for a more intense El Niño, UN warns
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, says the world must treat the new phase of the weather pattern, El Niño, as an urgent c...
Night of large-scale Russian attacks across Ukraine
Russia uses drones and missiles to bombard Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. A number of people were killed and injured. Kyiv's mayor said two high-ris...
Israel orders attacks in Beirut suburbs
Israel has ordered attacks against Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut - prompting many residents to evacuate the Lebanese capital. Israel's p...
Right-wing outsider wins Colombian election first round
Abelardo de la Espriella will face left-winger Ivan Cepeda in Colombian presidential run-off in three weeks. The two offer strikingly different vision...
The Global Story: World Cup 2026: The most political of all time?
Politics, power and money have always been part of international sporting competitions, and football (or soccer) is no exception.
However, this...
Fans rampage after Paris St-Germain win Champions League
Several hundred people have been detained by police in Paris after football fans went on the rampage when Paris St-Germain won the European Champions...
The Happy Pod: The simple plastic sheet saving lives
Researchers say a simple sheet of plastic is helping to prevent women dying after childbirth. The drape measures blood loss, which allows doctors to p...
Ghana passes bill criminalising promotion of LGBTQ rights
Ghana's parliament has approved a bill that contains some of the most repressive anti-LGBTQ laws in the world. The legislation bans any promotion of L...
Russia blamed for drone crash in Romania
Romanian authorities say a Russian drone has crashed into a residential building in eastern Romania, causing a fire and injuring two people in the maj...
Drones become Hezbollah's primary weapon against Israel
The BBC reports from the Israel-Lebanon border, where fibre-optic drones have become Hezbollah's primary weapon of war. Also, Benjamin Netanyahu has o...
Deadly fire rips through boarding school in Kenya
The fire at the Utumishi Girls Academy started in the early hours of Thursday, killing at least 16, as the students were asleep in the dormitory block...
US and Iran exchange fire
The US has launched more strikes against Iran, claiming to hit drones and a military site in Bandar Abbas. Tehran says it's fired at ships passing thr...
Samsung workers secure $400,000 bonus deal on AI profits
Unionised workers at Samsung Electronics in South Korea approve a landmark profit-sharing deal, putting them in line for bonuses averaging $400,000. T...
Nasa reveals plans for a permanent base on the Moon
Nasa announces details of its plans to establish a permanent base on the Moon. Nasa chief Jared Isaacman said construction of the proposed twenty-bill...
Train hits Belgian school bus in fatal crash
Several children and adults have been killed in a collision between a train and a school bus in Belgium. Federal police said the vehicle had been on i...
US launches new strikes on Iran
The US says it's launched new strikes on Iranian missile sites and boats, despite the ongoing ceasefire and diplomatic moves towards a peace deal. Mea...
Pope Leo issues AI warning
In his first teaching document, Pope Leo warns AI risks accelerating war and threatens humanity. It was published at an event in the Vatican attended...
African countries join forces to prevent Ebola spreading
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan co-ordinate their response to the Ebola outbreak as the number of suspected cases in the DRC...
The Global Story: The American mayor accused of working for China
The mayor of the Californian city of Arcadia has agreed to plead guilty to charges she acted as an illegal agent for China. Prosecutors say Eileen Wan...
Trump says agreement with Iran 'largely negotiated'
President Trump says an agreement with Iran to end the war has been "largely negotiated", writing on social media that the deal will include the reope...
The Happy Pod: The art of ageing gracefully
We find out why art could be the secret to living longer and how you can view the National Gallery's world-renowned collections from the comfort of yo...
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as US national intelligence director
Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard resigns, citing her husband's recent cancer diagnosis - but Ms Gabbard had also struggl...
Rubio: US is constantly reassessing its relationship with NATO
At a summit in Sweden, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, says the Trump administration is constantly reviewing its relationship with NATO. The c...