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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.
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- Todaynarrative27 min5-min read
Reports say Flydubai suspect was 'lone wolf' extremist
This episode of the BBC Global News Podcast covers a series of urgent international developments, including a foiled plane hijacking attempt by a Fly Dubai co-pilot, rising cancer rates among young adults in the UK, a U.S. Marine’s arrest in Japan for murder, and Spain’s surprise call for a snap election. The episode underscores how security, health, and political instability are converging in unexpected ways across the globe.
- Todaynarrative30 min4-min read
Brazil's presidential election goes to runoff
Brazil's presidential election heads to a runoff after right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro outperformed polls and edged ahead of incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, setting up a high-stakes political showdown amid rising polarization and regional geopolitical shifts. The episode underscores how domestic politics in Brazil are intertwined with broader hemispheric realignments, particularly U.S. foreign policy under a potential second Trump administration.
- Yesterdaynarrative27 min4-min read
The Global Story: The Super El Nino - what happens when it hits us?
A 'super El Niño' is developing in the Pacific Ocean, potentially becoming one of the strongest on record, with cascading global impacts on weather, food security, and economies. Climate scientist Tom Di Liberto explains how this natural phenomenon, amplified by climate change, is already affecting extreme weather patterns worldwide.
- Yesterdaynarrative28 min5-min read
Failed US execution sparks death penalty debate
The episode covers a botched execution in Tennessee that left Christa Pike in critical condition, sparking global outrage and the resignation of the state's prisons chief. The case reignites debate over the death penalty, particularly given Pike’s status as a young, abused woman who would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in two centuries, while also weaving in international stories on Ethiopia’s civil conflict, Spain’s housing protests, a rare Atlantic hurricane drought, and a suspected plague case in Russia, all contributing to a wide-ranging global news portrait.
- 2 days agonarrative27 min4-min read
The Happy Pod: Fat Bear Week returns
The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service celebrates uplifting stories, from the viral Fat Bear Week contest to tattoo artists transforming scars into art, a record-holding grandmother gamer, and doctors walking with patients to promote wellness. The episode highlights joy, resilience, and human-animal connection in unexpected places.
- 2 days agonarrative25 min4-min read
Christa Pike: What next after failed execution?
The episode delivers a harrowing account of Christa Pike’s botched execution in Tennessee, juxtaposed with stories of resilience—from survivors of campus sexual assault at Cornell to child amputees in Gaza finding freedom through swimming—and celebrates milestones like astronaut Jessica Watkins becoming the first Black woman to lead a crew to the International Space Station. These narratives converge around justice, human dignity, and systemic reform.
- 3 days agonarrative27 min5-min read
Hero pilot tells his story from hospital bed
The episode covers a heroic airline captain's survival after a cockpit stabbing, a global diesel crisis amid geopolitical tensions, youth-led political change in Kenya, and viral animal celebrity in South Korea. These stories highlight individual courage, economic vulnerability, generational shifts in power, and the cultural weight of symbolic events.
- 3 days agonarrative26 min4-min read
France rocked by student protests
The BBC Global News Podcast covers a series of urgent international stories, including violent student protests in France, a civil lawsuit by the family of Renée Goode against the Trump administration, the botched execution and hospitalization of death row inmate Krista Pike, and a passenger's use of knowledge from the show Air Crash Investigation to help stabilize a crashing plane. The episode underscores how systemic failures in education, immigration enforcement, and capital punishment are sparking public outrage and legal action, while also highlighting the unexpected real-world impact of educational media.
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