Podcast
Global News Podcast by BBC World Service
282 episodes
Episodes
Episode 282
The Happy Pod: The 'privilege' of helping brain tumour patients
Episode 281
Manchester City could face historic punishment
Episode 280
Rapid new test transforms brain tumour diagnosis
Episode 279
Trump hosts President Xi at state banquet
Episode 278
Rogue OpenAI agent hacks government site
Episode 277
China's Xi Jinping meets Trump for high-stakes summit
Episode 276
Gunmen attack South African house party
Episode 275
US and Iran hold talks on sidelines of UN General Assembly
Episode 274
UN accuses Nicaragua of crimes against humanity
Episode 273
US media outlets take legal action after White House ban
Episode 272
Typhoon hits Japan causing landslides and cancelled flights
Episode 271
Elections pile pressure on German Chancellor
Episode 270
The Global Story: Dave Ramsey - Iran, tariffs and affordability
Episode 269
Ed Sheeran speaks out on Gaza
Episode 268
The Happy Pod: The best friends who turned out to be sisters
Episode 267
US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland
Episode 266
Chaos as migrants moved off beaches in Ceuta
Episode 265
Did the US carry out war crimes in Iran?
Episode 264
UN warns fresh water supplies under threat
Episode 263
US hikes interest rates - to Trump's annoyance
Episode 262
EU chief proposes Canada as first 'associate member'
Episode 261
Should we trust tech titans to control AI?
Episode 260
Russia and Ukraine continue strikes on energy targets
Episode 259
US reveals it has deployed space weapons
Episode 258
NATO urged to intercept Russian drones after Ukraine attack
Episode 257
Centre Left coalition in Sweden on course for victory
Episode 256
The Global Story: Can Dubai’s luxe image survive the war with Iran?
Episode 255
Dario Amodei from AI's Anthropic issues a stark warning
Episode 254
The Happy Pod: The choir proud to admit they can't sing
Episode 253
Houthi fighters seize control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coast
Episode 252
Houthis tighten squeeze on crucial shipping route
Episode 251
Israeli military demolishes Hezbollah tunnels in Lebanon
Episode 250
Philippine ferry erupts in flames
Episode 249
US Republicans kick off first-ever midterm convention
Episode 248
AI scientist quits Anthropic over risk to humanity
Episode 247
Israel hits back at sanctions on settlers
Episode 246
UK sanctions Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank
Episode 245
West Bank parents fear after settler attacks on school
Episode 244
Merz: Germany faces 'tectonic shift' after AfD victory
Episode 243
Historic win for far-right in Germany
Episode 242
US brings 'proposal to end war' to Russia and Ukraine
Episode 241
Clancy trial ends in deadlock
Episode 240
The Happy Pod: Record pig kidney transplant brings hope
Episode 239
Two men rescued from tunnel in Nepal, nine days after flood
Episode 238
Funerals held for Palestinian teenagers killed in occupied West Bank
Episode 237
Feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem dies
Episode 236
Venezuela and the US hail new oil deal
Episode 235
European leaders denounce Moscow over attacks
Episode 234
US accused of hitting a wedding in Iran
Episode 233
Six million refugees being forced back to Afghanistan
Episode 232
Ex gang member convicted of masterminding Tupac's murder
Episode 231
Iran says two killed after US attack on Larak Island
Episode 230
US and Iran trade fire for first time in a month
Episode 229
The Global Story: Will the new cancer vaccine survive RFK Jr’s America?
Episode 228
Netanyahu condemns West Bank attacks by settlers
Episode 227
The Happy Pod: My tattoo is his voice
Episode 226
US and Venezuela agree huge oil deal
Episode 225
Rescue efforts after Tibet floods reach ‘critical phase'
Episode 224
China warns of further floods near Nepal border
Episode 223
Fears of more mudslides in Nepal as death toll mounts
Episode 222
Meta agrees $18bn social media settlement
Episode 221
Hundreds missing after devastating floods on China-Nepal border
Episode 220
Musician Dolly Parton dies at 80
Episode 219
China slams 'illegal' US sanctions on Iran
Episode 218
Britain hands over long-range missile blueprints to Ukraine
Episode 217
Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30
Episode 216
The Global Story: The challenger to Netanyahu, with New Yorker editor David Remnick
Episode 215
Canada says it has come under economic attack from the US
Episode 214
The Happy Pod: AI helped find the siblings I didn’t know about
Episode 213
Russian drone attacks kill 16 in Ukrainian shopping centre
Episode 212
El Niño could be 'strongest in living memory'
Episode 211
Western powers issue a joint rebuke to Israel
Episode 210
Kyiv hit by major Russian attack
Episode 209
Israel investigates death of five-year-old girl in Gaza
Episode 208
Zelensky sacks key aide as pressure on him grows
Episode 207
Meta 'hid the truth' over child safety, US court hears
Episode 206
Meta faces landmark trial on child privacy
Episode 205
Trump orders cuts to US-South Korea drills, citing ties with Kim Jong Un
Episode 204
The Global Story - Is Iran really trying to kill Trump?
Episode 203
Indonesia earthquake: rescuers search for survivors
Episode 202
The Happy Pod: How Neil the Seal won hearts across the world
Episode 201
Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to CEO shooting
Episode 200
Netanyahu derides UK as 'Islamic Republic of Great Britain'
Episode 199
Afghanistan five years after the Taliban return
Episode 198
Israeli soldiers evacuate Palestinians besieged by settlers
Episode 197
BBC speaks to Nobel laureate Russian journalist
Episode 196
Israeli settlers trap Palestinians in their West Bank homes
Episode 195
Getting ready for solar eclipse
Episode 194
More than 200 people killed in Colombian earthquake
Episode 193
Deadly earthquake hits Colombia
Episode 192
World's oceans hit record-high July temperatures
Episode 191
Israel rejects Trump's Gaza peace plan
Episode 190
The Global Story: Iran school strike: Will the truth come out?
Episode 189
Iran hardens demands on Strait of Hormuz
Episode 188
The Happy Pod: The baby saved by surgery in the womb
Episode 187
Colombia's new right-wing president sworn in
Episode 186
Teenager shoots 7 dead in Thailand
Episode 185
Artificial Intelligence used to create new viruses
Episode 184
Infantino sorry for errors but stays Fifa president
Episode 183
Space X rocket thought to have hit Moon
Episode 182
Kyiv attacked by Russian ballistic missiles
Episode 181
European show of unity over illegal migration
Episode 180
Ukrainian drone kills seven on Russian beach
Episode 179
Pressure mounts on Infantino to quit
Episode 178
Suicide bomber kills at least 14 in Pakistan
Episode 177
Deadly bomb blast in Moscow
Episode 176
The Happy Pod: The joy of rowing solo in the Pacific
Episode 175
Fifa scraps controversial investment plan
Episode 174
US launches 'heavy' strikes on Iran
Episode 173
President Trump suggests AI restrictions
Episode 172
Fifa faces backlash over proposed World Cup sell-off
Episode 171
Fighting between the US and Iran flares up again
Episode 170
Many trapped in Japanese mall after earthquake
Episode 169
'France faces most severe crisis since the Second World War'
Episode 168
Wildfires in France and Spain force mass evacuations
Episode 167
German police shoot dead Berlin Pride attack suspect
Episode 166
The Global Story: British CPAC - Can MAGA politics be exported to the UK?
Episode 165
A vehicle ploughs into a gay pride event in Germany
Episode 164
The Happy Pod: My best friend turned out to be my brother
Episode 163
ICC chief prosecutor dismissed over sexual misconduct claims
Episode 162
First human trial of experimental Ebola vaccine
Episode 161
Anger in Venezuela one month on from earthquakes
Episode 160
US signs landmark nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia
Episode 159
OpenAI says new systems went rogue
Episode 158
Zelensky sacks Ukraine's army chief
Episode 157
Baby traffickers convicted in Indonesia
Episode 156
New threat to global oil supplies
Episode 155
Burnham becomes UK's seventh PM in a decade
Episode 154
Spain shatter Argentina's World Cup dream
Episode 153
Jeffrey Epstein, Howard Lutnick, and the disgraced former prince
Episode 152
Iranian drone attack kills two US soldiers
Episode 151
The Happy Pod: Portugal’s last circus elephant rehomed
Episode 150
US military launches seventh night of Iran strikes
Episode 149
UK's Andy Burnham confirmed as new Labour leader
Episode 148
Trump accuses China of 'sinister election meddling'
Episode 147
Italian officials found guilty over deadly bridge collapse
Episode 146
Zelensky fires popular defence minister
Episode 145
US military launches wave of attacks against Iran
Episode 144
Trump scraps threat of 20% fee on Hormuz cargo
Episode 143
ICE officer kills a Colombian man in Maine
Episode 142
US reinstates naval blockade on Iran
Episode 141
Trials of new Ebola vaccine set to begin
Episode 140
Bangkok bar fire kills at least 27
Episode 139
The Global Story: Citizen Vigilante and Elon Musk’s war on ‘woke’ films
Episode 138
US launches fresh strikes on Iran
Episode 137
The Happy Pod: Inviting strangers round for dinner
Episode 136
US demands Iran guarantee Strait of Hormuz is open
Episode 135
At least 12 dead in Spanish wildfires
Episode 134
US and Iran trade blows as Khamenei is buried
Episode 133
US and Iran trade strikes in Gulf
Episode 132
ICC says war crimes committed in Sudan
Episode 131
Trump says ceasefire with Iran is 'over'
Episode 130
US strikes Iran after accusing Tehran of targeting shipping
Episode 129
French court clears way for Marine Le Pen presidential run
Episode 128
Ukraine requests more air defences after Russian attacks
Episode 127
Controversy after World Cup red card overturned
Episode 126
The Global Story: US at 250 – your questions answered
Episode 125
US July 4th celebrations disrupted
Episode 124
The Happy Pod: Meeting a princess while climbing a mountain
Episode 123
Donald Trump begins the 250th anniversary of US independence
Episode 122
The Global Story: Abdi’s American Dream
Episode 121
Iran prepares 'funeral of century' for late Supreme leader
Episode 120
Venezuela: man found alive days after earthquakes
Episode 119
UN warns children are at risk of exploitation in Venezuela
Episode 118
US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship
Episode 117
South Africans hold protests against migrants
Episode 116
Supreme Court hands Trump a big win and several defeats
Episode 115
Venezuelans' anger over slow earthquake response
Episode 114
BBC meets Venezuela earthquake survivors
Episode 113
The Global Story: Is the US falling out of love with Israel?
Episode 112
The Happy Pod: All aboard the Bike Bus
Episode 111
The Global Story: How to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon
Episode 110
The Happy Pod: Success stories of former refugees
Episode 109
The Global Story: The world according to Marco Rubio
Episode 108
The Happy Pod: Surviving six days alone on Everest
Episode 107
The Global Story: The battle to save James Bond from becoming slop
Episode 106
The Happy Pod: Kinder medicine for millions of cancer patients
Episode 105
The Global Story: World Cup 2026: The most political of all time?
Episode 104
The Happy Pod: The simple plastic sheet saving lives
Episode 103
The Global Story: The American mayor accused of working for China
Episode 102
The Happy Pod: The art of ageing gracefully
Episode 101
The Global Story: Operation Ajax: The CIA’s Iran coup
Episode 100
The Happy Pod: My college designs on display at the Met
Episode 99
The Global Story: What Elon Musk did next
Episode 98
The Happy Pod: 'Life changing' treatment restored my daughter's vision
Episode 97
The Global Story: The US and Israel entered the Iran war together. Is Israel now being sidelined?
Episode 96
The Happy Pod: Running topless because I'm proud of my scars
Episode 95
The Global Story: The global network hunting predators on the internet
Episode 94
The Happy Pod: I invented a way for my brother to communicate
Episode 93
The Global Story: The AI model that’s ‘too powerful’ to be released to the public
Episode 92
The Happy Pod: Filling the empty chair left by my best friend
Episode 91
The Global Story: The medications that can trigger sex and gambling addictions
Episode 90
The Happy Pod: From a small town, to the moon
Episode 89
The Happy Pod: The decades long wait for the World Cup
Episode 88
The Global Story: Are we heading for World War Three?
Episode 87
The Happy Pod: The hug that stopped a bombing
Episode 86
The Global Story:How does war affect a child’s brain?
Episode 85
The Happy Pod: Beers, braids and bonding
Episode 84
The Happy Pod: Turning my toddler's tales into tunes
Episode 83
The Happy Pod: My friends made me a new hand
Episode 82
The Global Story:The tightrope of reporting in Putin’s Russia
Episode 81
The Happy Pod: Former teacher celebrated as a crocodile
Episode 80
The Global Story: Epstein’s global network: What the files reveal
Episode 79
The Happy Pod: The model redefining beauty norms
Episode 78
The Global Story: Is ISIS having a resurgence in Syria?
Episode 77
The Global Story: The mystery of Putin and the apartment bombs
Episode 76
The Happy Pod: What makes people instinctively kind?
Episode 75
The Global Story: How Canada's Mark Carney is taking on Trump
Episode 74
The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine
Episode 73
The Global Story: The post-World War II era is over. What comes next?
Episode 72
The Happy Pod: The injection that saved my sight
Episode 71
The Global Story: The US ran a war game on the aftermath of Maduro’s fall – it predicted chaos
Episode 70
The Happy Pod: The 88-year-old veteran given nearly $2m by strangers
Episode 69
The Happy Pod: Christmas with the man I saved
Episode 68
The Global Story - Why Australia’s gun laws aren’t as strong as you might think
Episode 67
The Happy Pod: The magic of festive airport reunions
Episode 66
The Global Story: The murders that moved a nation: Italy’s new femicide law
Episode 65
The Happy Pod: The cafe where mistakes are expected
Episode 64
The Global Story: The Fifa-Trump bromance
Episode 63
The Happy Pod: My best friend had my baby
Episode 62
The Global Story: The international drama of Miss Universe
Episode 61
Why there's hope for Haiti
Episode 60
The Happy Pod: Diabetes Awareness Month special
Episode 59
The Global Story: The oil lobbyist who tried to sink the first big climate deal
Episode 58
The Happy Pod: Donating my kidney transformed a child's life
Episode 57
The Global Story; The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
Episode 56
The Happy Pod: Saving a drowning man changed me
Episode 55
The Global Story: The rehabilitation of Syria’s ex-jihadist president
Episode 54
The Happy Pod: Atomic bomb survivors campaigning for peace
Episode 53
The Happy Pod: Soldiers' letters from 1916 finally home
Episode 52
The Happy Pod: 'I'm blind but I can read a book again'
Episode 51
The Happy Pod: The healing power of singing
Episode 50
The Happy Pod: Love, cake, and a long-lost mother
Episode 49
The Happy Pod: The teenager empowering thousands to succeed
Episode 48
Gaza Conflict: Two years on
Episode 47
The Happy Pod: Hope for people with Huntington's disease
Episode 46
Xi, Kim and Putin: A new world alliance?
Episode 45
The Happy Pod: Learning begins with breakfast
Episode 44
Iran crisis: your questions answered
Episode 43
The Happy Pod: Sending my mother's ashes around the world
Episode 42
The Happy Pod: The unlikely duo getting men talking about mental health
Episode 41
Le Pen vows to fight political ban
Episode 40
The Ukraine War: What happens next?
Episode 39
Starmer warns US backstop needed for Ukraine peace deal
Episode 38
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Episode 37
Donald Trump begins second term as US president
Episode 36
US inauguration special
Episode 35
The Global Story: The fight for the Arctic
Episode 34
Biden in largest single-day act of clemency
Episode 33
Syrian rebels enter Homs and close in on Damascus
Episode 32
Syria special
Episode 31
MSF charity pulls out of Haiti's capital after attacks on staff
Episode 30
Republicans win House in major boost for Trump agenda
Episode 29
Donald Trump confirmed as 47th US President
Episode 28
Donald Trump declares victory in US presidential election
Episode 27
The Happy Pod: Marrying the man who saved my life
Episode 26
Former Ugandan rebel jailed for 40 years for war crimes
Episode 25
US Presidential Election - your questions answered
Episode 24
Israeli PM's home targeted by Hezbollah drone
Episode 23
The Happy Pod: The teenager faster than a calculator
Episode 22
Iran's top cleric defends strikes on Israel in rare public speech
Episode 21
The Happy Pod: The young people changing the world
Episode 20
The Happy Pod: AI offers blind runners more freedom
Episode 19
Bonus: The Global Story - Is Twitch too big to fail?
Episode 18
The Happy Pod: Panda pair bring joy to San Diego
Episode 17
Bonus: The Global Story - The most contested land in the world?
Episode 16
The Happy Pod: The surprise star of a US Olympics team
Episode 15
What keeps China’s president up at night?
Episode 14
Bonus: The Global Story
Episode 13
Bonus: The Global Story
Episode 12
Bonus: The Global Story
Episode 11
Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered
Episode 10
Israel-Gaza War: Your Questions Answered
Episode 9
Gaza Special: Your Questions Answered
Episode 8
Special Edition - Artificial Intelligence - who cares?
Episode 7
Special episode: Abortion rights around the world
Episode 6
Young voices special
Episode 5
Special: Global News Ukrainecast part 2
Episode 4
Russia-Ukraine: On the brink of war?
Episode 3
Omicron versus the world: Your questions answered
Episode 2
Afghanistan Special: Your Questions Answered
Episode 1