Global News Podcast Podcast
The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens.
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 鈥� we cover it all with expert analysis and insight.
Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment.
Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
Episodes to download
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The Happy Pod: The professionals and tradespeople cleaning up Ghana
Sat 4 Jan 2025
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: The shop that opened for hugs at Christmas
Sat 28 Dec 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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20 years on: Remembering the tsunami
Boxing Day 2024
Memorial events held around the Indian Ocean to remember the 220,000 killed
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The Happy Pod: Playing the piano saved my life
Sat 21 Dec 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: The cafe spreading the joy of dance
Sat 14 Dec 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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Biden in largest single-day act of clemency
Thu 12 Dec 2024
US president commutes around 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people
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Syrian rebels enter Homs and close in on Damascus
Sat 7 Dec 2024
Syrian President's grip on power wanes as another strategic city falls to Islamist rebels
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Syria special
Sat 7 Dec 2024
Syrian rebels intent on overthrowing President Assad converge on the capital, Damascus
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The Happy Pod: Meet Italy's Tom Cruise and Blake Lively
Sat 7 Dec 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: Swimming against depression
Sat 30 Nov 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: The dolphins who 'smile' at their friends
Sat 23 Nov 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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MSF charity pulls out of Haiti's capital after attacks on staff
Wed 20 Nov 2024
MSF pulls out of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince after attacks on staff
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The Happy Pod: How saving an otter changed our lives
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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Republicans win House in major boost for Trump agenda
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Republicans secure total control of US congress after winning House of Representatives
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The Happy Pod: The million dollar prize winners saving the planet
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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Donald Trump confirmed as 47th US President
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Donald Trump pledges to lead the US into a new golden age after election victory
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Donald Trump declares victory in US presidential election
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Donald Trump poised to make historic comeback not seen in the US in more than a century
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The Happy Pod: Marrying the man who saved my life
Sat 2 Nov 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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Former Ugandan rebel jailed for 40 years for war crimes
Fri 25 Oct 2024
Ex commander in rebel Lord's Resistance Army jailed for 40 years for war crimes in Uganda
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US Presidential Election - your questions answered
Sun 20 Oct 2024
The Global News Podcast, The Global Story and Americast answer your questions
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Israeli PM's home targeted by Hezbollah drone
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu accuses the Iran-backed group of trying to assassinate him
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The Happy Pod: The teenager faster than a calculator
Sat 19 Oct 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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Iran's top cleric defends strikes on Israel in rare public speech
Fri 4 Oct 2024
Iran鈥檚 supreme leader tells crowd that the October 7th massacre was a 'legitimate act'
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The Happy Pod: The young people changing the world
Sat 28 Sep 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: AI offers blind runners more freedom
Sat 21 Sep 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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Bonus: The Global Story - Is Twitch too big to fail?
Sun 18 Aug 2024
Amazon's live-streaming giant is struggling to make profit
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The Happy Pod: Panda pair bring joy to San Diego
Sat 10 Aug 2024
The happiest stories in the world - our weekly collection
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Bonus: The Global Story - The most contested land in the world?
Sun 28 Jul 2024
A journey through the land and slogan, between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean sea
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The Happy Pod: The surprise star of a US Olympics team
Sat 27 Jul 2024
The happiest stories in the world - our weekly collection
