Global News Podcast
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New Israeli strikes in Lebanon after Iranian warning
Donald Trump tells the BBC Israel did not defy him
Iran says it's stopping strikes against Israel
Israel and Iran carry out fresh airstrikes
The Global Story: The battle to save James Bond from becoming slop
Hegseth attacks Europe over migration in D-Day speech
The Happy Pod: Kinder medicine for millions of cancer patients
US grants visas to Iran World Cup footballers
Anthropic: AI could escape human control
Zelensky proposes face-to-face meeting with Putin
Hezbollah rejects Lebanon's ceasefire with Israel
US House votes to curb Trump's war powers
One killed and dozens injured in Kuwait by Iranian drones
Shell accused of ignoring pollution evidence in Nigeria
Prepare for a more intense El Niño, UN warns
Night of large-scale Russian attacks across Ukraine
Israel orders attacks in Beirut suburbs
Right-wing outsider wins Colombian election first round
The Global Story: World Cup 2026: The most political of all time?
Fans rampage after Paris St-Germain win Champions League
The Happy Pod: The simple plastic sheet saving lives
Ghana passes bill criminalising promotion of LGBTQ rights
Russia blamed for drone crash in Romania
Drones become Hezbollah's primary weapon against Israel
Deadly fire rips through boarding school in Kenya
US and Iran exchange fire
Samsung workers secure $400,000 bonus deal on AI profits
Nasa reveals plans for a permanent base on the Moon
Train hits Belgian school bus in fatal crash
US launches new strikes on Iran
Pope Leo issues AI warning
African countries join forces to prevent Ebola spreading
The Global Story: The American mayor accused of working for China
Trump says agreement with Iran 'largely negotiated'
The Happy Pod: The art of ageing gracefully
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as US national intelligence director
Rubio: US is constantly reassessing its relationship with NATO
Crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DRC
Outrage over Israel's treatment of Gaza flotilla activists
US charges Raúl Castro with murder
US offers Cuba a new relationship
Xi greets Putin in Beijing - days after Trump's China visit
Desperation in Afghanistan leads to sale of children
Elon Musk loses court battle against OpenAI
What we know about latest Ebola outbreak
Trump warns 'clock is ticking' for Iran
The Global Story: Operation Ajax: The CIA’s Iran coup
WHO declares an Ebola public health emergency in the DRC
The Happy Pod: My college designs on display at the Met
Israel carries out attack against a Hamas leader in Gaza
Trump hails 'fantastic' new trade deals with China
CIA chief holds talks with Cuban officials in Havana
Xi tells Trump they shouldn't 'mess up' relationship
'It's an honour to be your friend' - Trump tells Xi
Donald Trump lands in China for high-stakes talks
Trump heads to China for crucial talks with Xi Jinping
Israel approves death penalty for October 7 attackers
Pressure mounts on Starmer to resign as British PM
Iran says its peace terms - rejected by US - are 'generous'
Evacuation begins of hantavirus ship
The Global Story: What Elon Musk did next
Israel continues airstrikes in Lebanon
The Happy Pod: 'Life changing' treatment restored my daughter's vision
Russia and Ukraine begin short ceasefire
Right-wing populist party makes big gains in UK elections
US, Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz
Iran considering US proposal to end the war
Couples looking for surrogates still going to Ukraine
Trump: Iran war could end with a deal
US pauses operation to reopen Strait of Hormuz
WHO: Hantavirus may have spread between humans
US strikes Iranian boats in Strait of Hormuz
US denies Iran's claim that it hit American warship
Trump plans to reopen Strait of Hormuz
The Global Story: The US and Israel entered the Iran war together. Is Israel now being sidelined?
Republicans criticise Trump's plan to withdraw troops
The Happy Pod: Running topless because I'm proud of my scars
Trump briefed on new military options for Iran
Myanmar's jailed ex-leader moved to house arrest
Saudis to pull out of LIV Golf
Bondi inquiry calls for better policing of Jewish events
Russia scales back Moscow Victory Day parade
King Charles praises NATO in address to US Congress
UAE quits oil cartel Opec after six decades
Suspect due in court after shooting at Trump press dinner
The Global Story: The global network hunting predators on the internet
Donald Trump evacuated from dinner after shots fired
The Happy Pod: I invented a way for my brother to communicate
US and Iran travel to Pakistan for peace talks
The Lebanon ceasefire is 'extended by three weeks'
Iran seizes two cargo ships in Strait of Hormuz
EU approves $100bn loan to Ukraine
US announces a ceasefire extension with Iran
Trump says US in 'very strong position' for Iran talks
Uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks
US seizes Iranian-flagged cargo ship
The Global Story: The AI model that’s ‘too powerful’ to be released to the public
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz a day after declaring it open
The Happy Pod: Filling the empty chair left by my best friend
US and Tehran dispute the future of Iran's uranium
Tens of thousands of Lebanese return home after ceasefire
Ceasefire in Lebanon begins
Pope Leo: 'world ravaged by handful of tyrants'
BBC in Iran as mediation efforts continue
Iran warns it will block Gulf and Red Sea
Three years of war in Sudan
China calls US blockade of Iranian ports 'dangerous'
US Vice President suggests talks with Iran could resume
Pope: 'I will not debate war with Trump'
Péter Magyar wins the Hungarian election by a landslide
The Global Story: The medications that can trigger sex and gambling addictions
'Historic' US Iran talks end without deal
The Happy Pod: From a small town, to the moon
Artemis II splashdown
JD Vance heads to Pakistan for talks with Iran
Iran: Attacks on Lebanon are 'grave violation'
US-Iran ceasefire under strain
Hegseth claims 'historic battlefield victory' over Iran
The US, Israel and Iran announce two-week ceasefire
Trump warns Iran 'whole civilisation will die tonight'
Artemis II astronauts fly around the Moon
Intelligence chief of Iranian Revolutionary Guard killed
Trump extends Iran's deadline to open Strait of Hormuz
US gives Iran 48 hours to make deal or open Strait of Hormuz
The Happy Pod: The decades long wait for the World Cup
Iran says it has shot down US fighter jet
UK and allies discuss reopening Strait of Hormuz
Reach for the Moon
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'
Hegseth: US 'closer than ever' to defeating Iran
US downplays suggestions it could commit war crimes in Iran
Can the US really take control of Iran's oil?
Trump says he could 'take the oil in Iran'
The Global Story: Are we heading for World War Three?
Yemen's Houthis launch missile attack on Israel
The Happy Pod: The hug that stopped a bombing
US says Iran war could end in ‘weeks’
Inside Tehran: 'My daughter is under the rubble'
Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events
Meta and Google found negligent in social media addiction trial
Iran ridicules - then rejects - US peace plan
US reportedly offers 15-point plan to end conflict
Trump's peace plan still vague as war with Iran continues
Tehran calls reports of US talks 'fake news'
Donald Trump says there are points of agreement with Iran
Is Israel planning a full-scale ground invasion of Lebanon?
The Global Story:How does war affect a child’s brain?
Trump gives Iran 48 hours to reopen shipping channel
The Happy Pod: Beers, braids and bonding
Trump considering 'winding down' Iran military campaign
Iran renews attacks on Gulf countries
Israel holds off attacking Iranian gas infrastructure
Oil and gas prices surge after energy plant strikes
Iran attacks energy facilities in the Gulf
Israel's third top-level assassination in two days
Deadly Israeli strikes hit central Beirut
Israel says it's killed Iran's top security chief
US allies reject Trump's call for help in Strait of Hormuz
Germany and UK tell Trump this is 'not Nato's war'
Attacks continue after Trump says Iran deal not good enough
Trump urges nations to secure Strait of Hormuz
The Happy Pod: Turning my toddler's tales into tunes
Iran says US Kharg Island attack a failure
US strikes Iran’s key oil island
Highest daily strike total on Iran, says US
US aerial refuelling plane crashes in western Iraq
Iran's new leader in defiant first message
UN Security Council demands Iran halt attacks
The Happy Pod: My friends made me a new hand
The Global Story:The tightrope of reporting in Putin’s Russia
The Happy Pod: Former teacher celebrated as a crocodile
The Global Story: Epstein’s global network: What the files reveal
The Happy Pod: The model redefining beauty norms
The Global Story: Is ISIS having a resurgence in Syria?
The Global Story: The mystery of Putin and the apartment bombs
The Happy Pod: What makes people instinctively kind?
The Global Story: How Canada's Mark Carney is taking on Trump
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine
The Global Story: The post-World War II era is over. What comes next?
The Happy Pod: The injection that saved my sight
The Global Story: The US ran a war game on the aftermath of Maduro’s fall – it predicted chaos
The Happy Pod: The 88-year-old veteran given nearly $2m by strangers
The Happy Pod: Christmas with the man I saved
The Global Story - Why Australia’s gun laws aren’t as strong as you might think
The Happy Pod: The magic of festive airport reunions
The Global Story: The murders that moved a nation: Italy’s new femicide law
The Happy Pod: The cafe where mistakes are expected
The Global Story: The Fifa-Trump bromance
The Happy Pod: My best friend had my baby
The Global Story: The international drama of Miss Universe
Why there's hope for Haiti
The Happy Pod: Diabetes Awareness Month special
The Global Story: The oil lobbyist who tried to sink the first big climate deal
The Happy Pod: Donating my kidney transformed a child's life
The Global Story; The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
The Happy Pod: Saving a drowning man changed me
The Global Story: The rehabilitation of Syria’s ex-jihadist president
The Happy Pod: Atomic bomb survivors campaigning for peace
The Happy Pod: Soldiers' letters from 1916 finally home
The Happy Pod: 'I'm blind but I can read a book again'
The Happy Pod: The healing power of singing
The Happy Pod: Love, cake, and a long-lost mother
The Happy Pod: The teenager empowering thousands to succeed
Gaza Conflict: Two years on
The Happy Pod: Hope for people with Huntington's disease
The Happy Pod: Nurse revives 'drunk' raccoon
The Happy Pod: Escaping death on a glacier
The Happy Pod: The 'game changing' test for ovarian cancer
Xi, Kim and Putin: A new world alliance?
The Happy Pod: Hugs from Texas
The Happy Pod: Letters from dad - with love
The Happy Pod: Mountaintop matchmaking
The Happy Pod: How baby showers saved a rare bird
The Happy Pod: Learning begins with breakfast
The Happy Pod: Performing on the street got me Oasis tickets
The Happy Pod: The thrill of swimming the Arctic Circle
The Happy Pod: The trio bringing countries together with music
The Happy Pod: The surgeon who left his wedding to save a life
The Happy Pod: A song fit for a King
Iran crisis: your questions answered
The Happy Pod: Sending my mother's ashes around the world
The Happy Pod: The tiny dog back home after a big adventure
The Happy Pod: The unlikely duo getting men talking about mental health
Le Pen vows to fight political ban
The Ukraine War: What happens next?
Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Donald Trump begins second term as US president
US inauguration special
The Global Story: The fight for the Arctic
Biden in largest single-day act of clemency
Syrian rebels enter Homs and close in on Damascus
Syria special
MSF charity pulls out of Haiti's capital after attacks on staff
Republicans win House in major boost for Trump agenda
Donald Trump confirmed as 47th US President
Donald Trump declares victory in US presidential election
The Happy Pod: Marrying the man who saved my life
Former Ugandan rebel jailed for 40 years for war crimes
US Presidential Election - your questions answered
Israeli PM's home targeted by Hezbollah drone
The Happy Pod: The teenager faster than a calculator
Iran's top cleric defends strikes on Israel in rare public speech
The Happy Pod: The young people changing the world
The Happy Pod: AI offers blind runners more freedom
Bonus: The Global Story - Is Twitch too big to fail?
The Happy Pod: Panda pair bring joy to San Diego
Bonus: The Global Story - The most contested land in the world?
The Happy Pod: The surprise star of a US Olympics team
What keeps China’s president up at night?
Bonus: The Global Story
Bonus: The Global Story
Bonus: The Global Story
Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered
Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered
Gaza Special: Your Questions Answered
Special Edition - Artificial Intelligence - who cares?
Special episode: Abortion rights around the world
Young voices special
Special: Global News Ukrainecast part 2
Russia-Ukraine: On the brink of war?
Omicron versus the world: Your questions answered
Afghanistan Special: Your Questions Answered