Global News Podcast

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Global News Podcast

BBC World Service

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<p>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, 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: <a href="mailto:globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk">globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk</a></p>

Episodes

Rescue efforts after Tibet floods reach ‘critical phase'

<p>Two days after massive floods and landslides in the Himalayas, authorities in Tibet have resumed search and rescue operations, despite the ongoing threat that a debris-filled lake could collapse. ...
Aug 28, 202630m

China warns of further floods near Nepal border

<p>There are fears a lake formed by debris after the China-Nepal flash flood could burst, causing further damage and hampering rescue efforts. Nearly 500 people have already been confirmed dead. Also:...
Aug 28, 202630m

Fears of more mudslides in Nepal as death toll mounts

<p>The number of people killed by a catastrophic flash flood on the border between Nepal and China has risen to at least 350. More than 1,300 are still missing. Rescue teams are continuing to search f...
Aug 27, 202629m

Meta agrees $18bn social media settlement

<p>Meta has agreed to pay $18bn to a group of US states that accused Facebook and Instagram of harming children, bringing a high-profile trial in California to an early end. The company will also intr...
Aug 27, 202630m

Hundreds missing after devastating floods on China-Nepal border

<p>Hundreds of people, including nearly 300 foreign tourists, are missing after devastating floods swept through northern Nepal and across the border in Tibet, China. In Nepal entire villages as well ...
Aug 26, 202625m

Musician Dolly Parton dies at 80

<p>The country music singer Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, after “bravely facing a brief battle with cancer”. She was being treated at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Her team said “Dolly...
Aug 26, 202627m

China slams 'illegal' US sanctions on Iran

<p>China, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, says it opposes "illegal" unilateral sanctions after the US warned that countries that continued to do business with Iran would face consequences. A foreign...
Aug 25, 202626m

US says it will target anyone doing business with Iran

<p>The US promises to squeeze Iran by targeting anyone who does business with Tehran - but Washington has so far announced only limited sanctions. Our correspondent says the US wants to put even more ...
Aug 25, 202628m

Britain hands over long-range missile blueprints to Ukraine

<p>Britain's Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, on a visit to Kyiv, has promised to continue support for Ukraine despite what he called "outrageous threats" from Russia. He was speaking at an event marking...
Aug 24, 202626m

Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30

<p>Rescue operations are continuing in the Guinean capital, Conakry, where 30 people are known to have died following the collapse of a mountain of waste. Witnesses say the landfill has buried an apar...
Aug 24, 202626m

The Global Story: The challenger to Netanyahu, with New Yorker editor David Remnick

<p>Benjamin Netanyahu has been a major figure in Israeli politics for a long time. You could have just turned 30 years old and never known a time when he wasn’t either prime minister or somewhere near...
Aug 23, 202628m

Canada says it has come under economic attack from the US

<p>The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has said the trade war with the United States isn't Canada's choice, but his country is ready to retaliate. Talks between the neighbours collapsed late on ...
Aug 23, 202625m

The Happy Pod: AI helped find the siblings I didn’t know about

<p>Avtar Singh, who was born in India and is now 66 years old, grew up not knowing his Kenyan-born mother, because his father had separated from her and not told him anything about her.</p><p>One day ...
Aug 22, 202626m

Russian drone attacks kill 16 in Ukrainian shopping centre

<p>Search and rescue efforts continue in Ukraine after Russian drone attacks kill at least 16 in a shopping centre in the city of Kryvyi Rih. President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack on his home...
Aug 22, 202629m

El Niño could be 'strongest in living memory'

<p>Scientists warn the El Niño event developing in the Pacific could be the strongest in living memory, pushing up global temperatures and increasing the risk of extreme weather. Effects are already b...
Aug 21, 202624m

Western powers issue a joint rebuke to Israel

<p>Britain, Canada, Germany and others call on Israel to stop bids from construction firms to build homes in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank that would, in the words of an Israeli minist...
Aug 21, 202629m

Kyiv hit by major Russian attack

<p>Russia launched a big attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, striking blocks of flats, a school and a children's hospital. Ukraine has appealed to its allies for more ballistic missile int...
Aug 20, 202628m

Israel investigates death of five-year-old girl in Gaza

<p>Israel's military has confirmed for the first time that its troops opened fire on a car carrying Hind Rajab, the five-year old Palestinian child who was killed alongside six of her relatives in Gaz...
Aug 20, 202628m

Zelensky sacks key aide as pressure on him grows

<p>Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has fired one of his top aides, who is reported to be the target of a corruption investigation. Iryna Mudra, the president's deputy chief of staff, was sack...
Aug 19, 202631m

Meta 'hid the truth' over child safety, US court hears

<p>The technology giant Meta has gone on trial in California over allegations its platforms, Facebook and Instagram, are deliberately designed to keep young people hooked. Nearly thirty US states are...
Aug 19, 202629m