Global News Podcast

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Sinopsis

The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.

Episodios

  • Efforts to get aid to Gaza intensify

    09/03/2024 Duración: 29min

    The UN says a quarter of the population in the Palestinian territory are on the brink of famine. Also: The UN's nuclear watchdog says its specialists have heard several explosions near the Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine, and the creator of one of Japan's most popular comics of all time has died.

  • Joe Biden attacks Donald Trump in his State of the Union speech

    08/03/2024 Duración: 31min

    The address was the last of its kind before the US election in November. Also: US and EU plan to bring large scale humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea, and new reports of mass bleaching at the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Biden targets Trump in combative speech

    08/03/2024 Duración: 31min

    Giving his annual State of the Union address, the US President accused Donald Trump of "bowing down" before Russia and said the US would not back down from supporting Ukraine. Also: Gunmen on motorbikes have reportedly seized more than 100 schoolchildren in the second mass kidnapping this week in Nigeria, and anticipation mounts ahead of a heavyweight boxing bout in Saudi Arabia.

  • US to set up temporary Gaza port for aid

    07/03/2024 Duración: 30min

    President Biden will announce the plan in his State of the Union address. The facility would allow the US, its allies and aid organisations to bring in food, water and medicine. Also: Gunmen on motorbikes have reportedly seized more than 100 schoolchildren in the second mass kidnapping in Nigeria this week, and anticipation mounts ahead of a heavyweight boxing bout in Saudi Arabia.

  • Hamas officials leave Gaza truce talks without deal

    07/03/2024 Duración: 32min

    It had been hoped a 40-day ceasefire could be in place for the start of Ramadan. Hamas said talks would be ongoing until agreement is reached. Also: India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister makes a controversial visit to Kashmir, and why criminal gangs are targeting song birds in Cyprus.

  • South Africa demands new measures against Israel

    06/03/2024 Duración: 28min

    It says the top UN court must act to prevent a catastrophic famine. Also: Ukraine's southern city of Odesa is hit by a deadly missile strike; and the surprising reason a K-pop star has apologised to her fans.

  • Biden and Trump sweep to victory on Super Tuesday

    06/03/2024 Duración: 31min

    But Nikki Haley drops out of the Republican presidential race. Also: Alexei Navalny's widow calls for an election day protest against Putin; and the Oscar nominated film about an LA repair shop that fixes musical instruments for free.

  • Millions of Americans choose candidates for this year's presidential election

    05/03/2024 Duración: 32min

    People across the country vote in the biggest day in the 2024 election so far. Also, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, supports a Czech initiative to secure hundreds of thousands of artillery shells for Ukraine, and Italy welcomes the first of hundreds of migrants from Libya.

  • Russian Black Sea ship 'destroyed' says Ukraine

    05/03/2024 Duración: 31min

    The vessel was 'attacked by drones' near the Crimean peninsula. Moscow has not yet commented. Also: As China battles economic setbacks, it's announced an ambitious growth target and a boost to military spending; and more than a dozen US states pick their presidential choice in Super Tuesday elections.

  • Donald Trump claims 'historic victory' following US Supreme Court ruling

    05/03/2024 Duración: 27min

    The nine judges unanimously ruled Mr Trump can contest the Republican presidential primary in Colorado, overruling the state's decision to disqualify him for his part in the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Also: the US Vice President urges Israel to get more aid into Gaza during meeting with an influential member of the Israeli war cabinet, and Ghana's finance ministry warns new anti-gay laws could put the country at risk of losing billions of dollars in economic aid.

  • State of emergency declared in Haiti

    04/03/2024 Duración: 31min

    Armed gangs stormed prisons, leading to thousands of freed inmates. Also: fake AI images being used to falsely portray black voters alongside Donald Trump, and a joint US-Russian crew blasts off for the International Space Station.

  • Kamala Harris tells Israel: let more aid into Gaza

    03/03/2024 Duración: 29min

    The US Vice President calls for an immediate ceasefire saying that Palestinians had suffered too much for too long. Also: armed gangs in Haiti have stormed a prison, helping up to four-thousand inmates escape, and the mystery of star dunes is solved.

  • Bonus: The Global Story

    03/03/2024 Duración: 25min

    A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Trump’s trouble with abortion. The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, from the BBC, with Katya Adler. For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

  • US makes air drop in Gaza

    02/03/2024 Duración: 32min

    It comes amid a growing humanitarian catastrophe in the heavily populated territory after months of Israeli military operations against Hamas. Also: Germany launches an investigation into an apparent intercept of its military officers discussing sensitive details about the conflict in Ukraine, and the American fashion icon, Iris Apfel, dies at the age of 102.

  • The Happy Pod: The billion dollar gift of education

    02/03/2024 Duración: 27min

    This week, a former professor donates $1 billion to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Also: the felines and felons providing mutual support in Chile, and do apes have a sense of humour?

  • US to air drop aid into Gaza

    02/03/2024 Duración: 31min

    The White House says it's also redoubling its efforts to open a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies as ten children are reported to have died from starvation. Also: Elon Musk sues OpenAI - the artificial intelligence firm he co-founded - for breach of contract saying it's abandoned its non- profit mission, and could skiing on Europe's mountain slopes become a thing of the past?

  • Russian opposition leader Navalny buried in Moscow

    01/03/2024 Duración: 30min

    Thousands took to the streets chanting anti-Putin slogans, despite a heavy police presence. Also: growing calls for a full investigation into Israel's role in the deaths of dozens of Palestinians trying to get aid in Gaza; and researchers say one billion people around the world are now classed as obese

  • Dozens dead in Gaza aid convoy tragedy

    01/03/2024 Duración: 30min

    More than a hundred Palestinians were killed and many more wounded as they tried to get desperately needed food from the convoy in northern Gaza. Also: President Biden and Donald Trump visit the US- Mexico border to address the surge in immigration - a crucial issue in this year's presidential election, and the French footballer, Paul Pogba, says he'll appeal against a four-year ban for doping.

  • President Putin says Russia has the upper hand in Ukraine

    29/02/2024 Duración: 27min

    Mr Putin made his comments his in state of the nation address ahead of elections next month. Also: Hamas health officials say more than 30,000 Palestinians have now been killed in Israel's offensive. And meet the people who can only celebrate their birthday every four years.

  • McConnell to step down as US Senate Republican leader

    29/02/2024 Duración: 30min

    The US Senate's longest-serving Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, has announced he's stepping down from his leadership position in November. Also: US reacts to breakaway region of Transnistria asking Russia for "protection from Moldova", and the scientist who produced an award-winning music video to illustrate his PhD on kangaroos.

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