Global News Podcast Podcast
The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens.
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, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
Episodes to download
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The Global Story: The battle to save James Bond from becoming slop
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Will James Bond survive its new owners and a new generation of cinema goers?
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The Happy Pod: Kinder medicine for millions of cancer patients
Sat 6 Jun 2026
New DNA test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapy.
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The Global Story: World Cup 2026: The most political of all time?
Sun 31 May 2026
Is this tournament, more shaped by geopolitics than previous competitions?
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The Happy Pod: The simple plastic sheet saving lives
Sat 30 May 2026
Researchers say a plastic drape is helping to prevent women dying after childbirth
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The Global Story: The American mayor accused of working for China
Sun 24 May 2026
A US mayor is charged with being an agent for China. She is far from the only one.
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The Happy Pod: The art of ageing gracefully
Sat 23 May 2026
We find out why art is good for you and how you can view world-renowned pieces from home
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The Global Story: Operation Ajax: The CIA’s Iran coup
Sun 17 May 2026
How the US led a coup to topple Iran’s last democratically elected leader in 1953.
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The Happy Pod: My college designs on display at the Met
Sat 16 May 2026
The teacher shocked to have her old designs, inspired by Alzheimer's, on show in New York
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The Global Story: What Elon Musk did next
Sun 10 May 2026
A year since his departure from the White House, Musk’s influence continues to grow.
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The Happy Pod: 'Life changing' treatment restored my daughter's vision
Sat 9 May 2026
Six-year-old Saffie would have gone blind, if not for a groundbreaking gene therapy
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The Global Story: The US and Israel entered the Iran war together. Is Israel now being sidelined?
Sun 3 May 2026
The view from Israel on the power balance between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu
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The Happy Pod: Running topless because I'm proud of my scars
Sat 2 May 2026
The marathon runner who says showing her mastectomy scars is about power not pity
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The Global Story: The global network hunting predators on the internet
Sun 26 Apr 2026
We speak to one undercover agent racing against the clock to save children
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The Happy Pod: I invented a way for my brother to communicate
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Ari wanted to reopen the world for Ben, who can't walk, talk or move his hands
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The Global Story: The AI model that’s ‘too powerful’ to be released to the public
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Anthropic says its new model is too dangerous for public release. Should we be worried?
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The Happy Pod: Filling the empty chair left by my best friend
Sat 18 Apr 2026
The man helping to tackle loneliness by offering strangers somewhere to sit and chat
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The Global Story: The medications that can trigger sex and gambling addictions
Sun 12 Apr 2026
The latest from Iran and the Middle East, and the rest of the world’s news, from the BBC
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The Happy Pod: From a small town, to the moon
Sat 11 Apr 2026
The mayor of Ingersoll beams with pride as the Canadian town is represented on Artemis II
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The Happy Pod: The decades long wait for the World Cup
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Fans in Iraq and the DRC are celebrating being back in football's biggest competition.
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The Global Story: Are we heading for World War Three?
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Will the US-Israel war with Iran spiral out of control and how can it be stopped?
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The Happy Pod: The hug that stopped a bombing
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Nathan Newby received a bravery medal for preventing an attack on a hospital
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The Global Story:How does war affect a child’s brain?
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Veteran war reporter Fergal Keane on PTSD among children in conflicts worldwide.
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The Happy Pod: Beers, braids and bonding
Sat 21 Mar 2026
Meet the men helping fellow Dads connect with their daughters through hairstyling lessons
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The Happy Pod: Turning my toddler's tales into tunes
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Millions of people have watched Stephen Spencer set his daughter's stories to music
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The Happy Pod: My friends made me a new hand
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Lois, 14, and her classmates used a 3D printer to make her new prosthetic hand
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The Global Story:The tightrope of reporting in Putin’s Russia
Sun 22 Feb 2026
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 led to an intense crackdown on dissent
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The Happy Pod: Former teacher celebrated as a crocodile
Sat 21 Feb 2026
A newly discovered species is named after Mr Jones
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The Global Story: Epstein’s global network: What the files reveal
Sun 15 Feb 2026
The latest tranche of Epstein files shed new light on the scandal’s global implications.
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The Happy Pod: The model redefining beauty norms
Sat 14 Feb 2026
A woman whose leg was amputated aged 2 is challenging stereotypes through modelling
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The Global Story: Is ISIS having a resurgence in Syria?
Sun 8 Feb 2026
The US has carried out strikes on ISIS targets, amid prison breaks and in-fighting
