Global News Podcast

BBC World Service

The day’s top stories from BBC News, including the latest on the Middle East conflict – bringing you developments from Lebanon, Israel, Gaza and Iran. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends.

  • 29 minutes 30 seconds
    ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu

    Israeli politicians denounce ICC decision to issue arrest warrants against prime minister and former defence minister. Also: the UN chief urges negotiators at the climate summit to do more to reach a final deal.

    21 November 2024, 3:23 pm
  • 30 minutes 50 seconds
    Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for first time

    Apple Daily founder, Jimmy Lai, appears in Hong Kong court and denies foreign collusion. Also: Ukraine uses British-made long-range missiles for first time inside Russia, and ‘manifest’ is Cambridge word of the year.

    20 November 2024, 11:53 pm
  • 31 minutes 16 seconds
    MSF charity pulls out of Haiti's capital after attacks on staff

    MSF pulls out of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince after attacks on staff. Also: US approves supply of antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine, why olive oil prices are plummeting and tennis bids adios to Rafael Nadal.

    20 November 2024, 3:14 pm
  • 27 minutes 35 seconds
    US confirms Ukraine used its missiles to strike Russia

    The US has confirmed Ukraine used American-supplied missiles to strike Russia. Also: no charges for the Iranian student who stripped to her underwear, and King Richard III of England 'speaks' again after 500 years.

    20 November 2024, 12:41 am
  • 29 minutes 36 seconds
    Russia says Ukraine has launched long-range American missiles into its territory

    Russia says Ukraine attacked Bryansk region with US missiles, after restrictions on them were lifted. Also, long jail terms for pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, and 40 years of searching for extraterrestrial life.

    19 November 2024, 2:43 pm
  • 30 minutes 44 seconds
    US pledges more support for Ukraine at UN meeting

    The US envoy to the UN has said Ukraine will get more American security help. Also: the dozens of medics on trial in Turkey over baby deaths, and a Russian company picks a seven-year-old as its future head of training.

    19 November 2024, 1:08 am
  • 31 minutes 20 seconds
    Moscow responds angrily to Biden's Ukraine weapons decision

    Joe Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use US long-range missiles sparks angry response from Moscow. Also: Delhi bans diesel trucks because of air pollution, and how organisations in Central African Republic are using radio to combat mpox disinformation.

    18 November 2024, 3:14 pm
  • 32 minutes
    Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range US missiles

    President Biden has authorised Ukraine to use US long-range missiles to strike inside Russia. Also: the AI technology that's cloning voices, and we meet Miss Merkel, the Miss Marple of German Television.

    18 November 2024, 1:19 am
  • 27 minutes 2 seconds
    Bonus: The Global Story - Does Singapore's death penalty deter drug crime?

    Singapore has some of the harshest drug laws in the world and the government. Trafficking illegal narcotics can result in decades in prison and even a death sentence. But do they really deter drug crimes?

    The Global Story brings you trusted insights from BBC journalists worldwide, one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world.

    For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you got this podcast.

    17 November 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 27 minutes 32 seconds
    Biden meets Xi Jinping as concerns over a US-China trade war grow

    Joe Biden has met Xi Jinping as concerns over a US-China trade war grow. Also: the discovery of ancient volcanoes on the Moon, and a secret garden in Venice is opened to the public for the first time in 500 years.

    17 November 2024, 12:24 am
  • 26 minutes 34 seconds
    The Happy Pod: How saving an otter changed our lives

    Billy and Susan's life changed when they spotted a starving otter. Now, Molly is part of the family and a film has been made about their story. Also, the invention giving people with disabilities greater freedom.

    16 November 2024, 1:03 pm
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