Global News Podcast Podcast
The day’s top stories from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News. Keeping you informed on the important global events.
The breaking news you need to hear, as it happens.
Hear the most important global stories from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, the most trusted name in international news.
With reporters on the ground in every country, we’re always where the story is. We bring you unparalleled access and exclusive updates that you won’t get anywhere else.
Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. From Israel-Iran missile strikes, to news from Trump’s White House and Putin’s Kremlin. From the Ukraine War to the Israel-Gaza conflict. From Damascus to Delhi, from Silicon Valley to Singapore, from Washington DC to Wuhan. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – 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. Subscribe now and never miss a moment.
Also listen to The Happy Pod, every Saturday, for the best global good news.
Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
Episodes to download
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The Happy Pod: Adopting a grandparent to tackle loneliness
Sat 5 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’s supreme leader tells crowd that the October 7th massacre was a 'legitimate act'
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Hezbollah "ready if Israel invades Lebanon"
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Hezbollah's deputy leader, Naim Qassem, denies the group's military capacity is diminished
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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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The Happy Pod: The Aussie astronaut reaching for the moon
Sat 14 Sep 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: Doggy paddling the waves
Sat 7 Sep 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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China to end foreign adoptions
Fri 6 Sep 2024
China ends overseas adoptions and creates uncertainty for those mid process
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The Happy Pod: The sky is no limit at 102
Sat 31 Aug 2024
Happy stories and positive news from around the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: Uniting generations with a splash
Sat 24 Aug 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: Finding love at 89 years old
Sat 17 Aug 2024
The happiest stories in the world - our weekly collection
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More than 40,000 killed in Gaza - Hamas
Thu 15 Aug 2024
40,005 dead since the war began ten months ago
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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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The Happy Pod: The blood test that could spot Alzheimer's early
Sat 3 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
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The Happy Pod: South Korea's Samba diplomat
Sat 20 Jul 2024
The happiest stories in the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: Inspiring my daughter to donate a kidney
Sat 13 Jul 2024
The happiest stories in the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: How kindness made a dream come true
Sat 6 Jul 2024
The happiest stories in the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: A teacher's life-saving gift
Sat 29 Jun 2024
The happiest stories in the world - our weekly collection
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The Happy Pod: Knitted together by an unloved sweater
Sat 22 Jun 2024
The happiest stories in the world - our weekly collection
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What keeps China’s president up at night?
Sun 17 Mar 2024
What keeps China’s president up at night? - The Global Story
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Bonus: The Global Story
Sun 10 Mar 2024
Could just 100,000 people decide the US election? – The Global Story
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Bonus: The Global Story
Sun 25 Feb 2024
Bengal famine: The WWII tragedy the world forgot – The Global Story
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Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered
Fri 27 Oct 2023
Three weeks since Hamas attacked Israel, we put more of your questions to our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ experts
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Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Two weeks since Hamas attacked Israel, we put more of your questions to our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ experts
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Gaza Special: Your Questions Answered
Fri 13 Oct 2023
The build up to the Hamas attack, why now and what happens next
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Special Edition - Artificial Intelligence - who cares?
Fri 15 Sep 2023
What is AI? What can it do? A tool for good - or should we be worried?