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Global News Podcast
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, de...
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Gazans 'stockpiling food' in case ceasefire breaks down
Palestinians in Gaza are reportedly stockpiling food amid anxiety the aid flow will stop, if the Israel-Hamas ceasefire doesn't hold. Israel has warne...
Four more hostages' bodies returned to Israel
Israel says it has received four more bodies of dead hostages from Gaza as part of the latest ceasefire deal with Hamas. There are still 20 to be retu...
Violence continues in Gaza despite peace deal
The day after President Trump signed off his peace plan in Egypt - what now for Gaza? Hospitals in the territory say seven people have been killed by...
Uncertainty remains after Gaza deal
There is huge uncertainty over what happens next following the Gaza ceasefire deal. President Trump has left the region after signing off his peace pl...
Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners exchanged
More than two years after attacking Israel on October 7, 2023, Hamas has handed over the last 20 living hostages. Meanwhile, Israel has begun releasin...
Relatives of Israeli hostages prepare for their release
Anticipation is growing in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv where families and friends of the remaining Israeli hostages have gathered ahead of their expec...
The Global Story: Trump’s ‘CEO of everything’
The billionaire Larry Ellison could soon control huge portions of America’s AI, attention economy and legacy media. He already owns swathes of AI infr...
Heavy clashes along Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Fierce fighting is taking place between the Pakistani army and Afghan Taliban forces at multiple points along the Durand Line. It's the latest flare-u...
The Happy Pod: Love, cake, and a long-lost mother
We hear how a man's search for his birth mother ended in an unexpected but familiar place - his favourite local bakery. Vamarr Hunter was shocked to d...
Trump threatens additional 100% tariff on China
President Trump has said he will impose additional 100% import tariffs on Chinese goods by next month, and put export controls on any and all critical...
Gazans return to ruined homes after ceasefire
Tens of thousands of Gazans make the long walk back to where they once lived after a ceasefire comes into force. Meanwhile, families in Israel wait fo...
Israel approves Gaza ceasefire plan
Israel's government has agreed to the first phase of President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of all remaining Israeli hos...
Israeli cabinet voting on landmark Gaza deal
Government ministers in Israel meet to approve President Trump's peace plan. There's an outburst of joy and celebration in Israel and Gaza after the d...
Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreed
A landmark agreement has been reached by Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all the remaining hostages. The deal is expected...
Trump: Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached
President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his Gaza peace deal and that hostages could be released within days. Is...
Hopes of progress in Gaza peace talks
President Trump's top aides and senior officials from Egypt and Qatar have joined the third day of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on ending t...
US National Guard troops arrive in Illinois
Members of the Texas National Guard are gathering at an army facility outside Chicago, after orders from President Trump. Hundreds of troops have been...
Peace talks continue two years after October 7th attacks
A minute's silence has been observed across Israel to mark the Hamas-led attacks of 2023. There have been protests in Morocco for eleven straight days...
Renewable energy now world's biggest power source
Solar and wind power have overtaken coal as the world’s leading source of electricity for the first time on record. Record solar expansion and steady...
French PM resigns after less than a month
In France Sebastien Lecornu resigns as prime minister saying the conditions were not fulfilled for him to carry on. He criticised unwillingness by pol...
Gaza peace talks to begin
Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the US meet in Egypt to discuss Trump peace plan for Gaza. Also: a special BBC investigation into the fast-growing...
The Global Story: Why did Trump bring Tony Blair into the Gaza peace process?
On Monday, President Trump outlined his proposal for a peace deal in Gaza, a moment he described as ‘potentially one of the great days ever in civilis...
Trump: Israel agrees Gaza withdrawal
President Trump says Israel has agreed to an initial withdrawal line in Gaza. He says the details have been shared with Hamas and once the Palestinian...
The Happy Pod: The teenager empowering thousands to succeed
An 18-year-old entrepreneur who has helped more than twenty thousand teenagers get skills, training and mentoring has been recognised with a global st...
Hamas agrees to parts of US peace plan for Gaza
President Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release all remaining hostages and seeks further talks on his peace plan. Also...
First woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury
For the first time in its five hundred year history, the Church of England has chosen a woman as its leader. Dame Sarah Mullally will be known formall...
Manchester synagogue attacker named
Police have named the man who killed two people at a synagogue in Manchester. Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British man of Syrian descent, was shot a...
Deadly attack at Manchester synagogue
At least two people have been killed in an attack outside a synagogue in Manchester in northern England on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish c...
Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla
The Israeli navy has intercepted boats carrying aid to Gaza and detained the activists on board. Also: Indonesian rescuers search for 59 children trap...
Race for survivors after Indonesian school collapse
The race to save dozens of students after a school collapses in Indonesia. At least four students were killed and about 100 injured, some critically,...
US government shutdown begins
A partial government shutdown has come into effect in the US. Democrats and Repulicans failed to agree on a spending bill, meaning hundreds of thousan...
Gaza Conflict: Two years on
To mark two years of the war in Gaza, our correspondents bring you this special episode of the Global News Podcast from the BBC Bureau in Jerusalem. J...
Trump: Hamas has 'three to four' days to accept peace plan
President Trump says Hamas has days to accept a 20-point peace plan in Gaza or they will 'pay in hell'. Also: the search for survivors after a school...
Hamas studying Trump-Netanyahu peace plan
President Trump has declared that peace in the Middle East is "beyond very close" as he presented a new plan alongside the Israeli prime minister, wit...
Trump and Netanyahu agree new peace plan for Gaza: a Global News Podcast Special
President Trump unveiled a wide-ranging Gaza peace plan on Monday and won cautious backing from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who warned...
Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC
The BBC's cyber correspondent was offered money if he helped criminals hack his employer's IT systems. They said they would steal data or install mali...
Pro-EU party wins Moldova election amid claims of Russian interference
Moldova's pro-European party has won a new majority in parliament after elections seen as critical for the country's future path to the EU. President...
The Global Story: The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation
On Monday President Trump and the U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference in which they made extraordinary new claims abou...
President Trump orders deployment of US troops in Portland
Extending his controversial use of the military in Democrat-led major US cities, Donald Trump says he's authorised soldiers who will be deployed to Po...
The Happy Pod: Hope for people with Huntington's disease
For the first time ever, a successful treatment has been found for the devastating brain disease, Huntington's. The inherited condition, which resembl...