The Global Story Podcast
The Global Story: Where the world meets America
Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the BBC’s international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.
Episodes to download
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Why Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace deal unravelled
Mon 15 Dec 2025
What happens when one of Trump's solved wars becomes unsolved?
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The murders that moved a nation: Italy’s new femicide law
Fri 12 Dec 2025
How two shocking murders of young women fueled outrage in Italy and led to femicide law
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Why the US says Europe is facing ‘civilisational erasure’
Thu 11 Dec 2025
President Trump takes on the US’s traditional allies in a foreign policy upheaval
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How Syria is rebuilding after the fall of a dictator
Wed 10 Dec 2025
Since the Assad regime fell one year ago, how has life changed for Syrians?
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Will a social media ban for Australian teens work?
Tue 9 Dec 2025
The world’s first social media ban for under 16’s starts this week – will it succeed?
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How the National Guard shooting accelerated Trump’s immigration crackdown
Mon 8 Dec 2025
Trump has pledged to "permanently pause migration" from all "third world countries".
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The Fifa-Trump bromance
Fri 5 Dec 2025
Fifa’s new ‘Peace Prize’ raises questions about politics in the world’s biggest sport
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How did a Chinese spiritual movement build a US media empire?
Thu 4 Dec 2025
In the 1990s, followers of Falun Gong moved to the US and created the Epoch Times
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Why has Trump pardoned Honduras’s drug trafficker ex-president?
Wed 3 Dec 2025
Juan Orlando Hernández was jailed for helping smuggle cocaine into the US but is now free
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Whatever happened to Iran’s nuclear programme?
Mon 1 Dec 2025
Six months on, what did the US and Israel's strikes on Iran actually achieve?
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When popes get political
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Will Pope Leo follow his predecessors in trying to influence global affairs?
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Shein: How the fast fashion disruptor ran into real world problems
Thu 27 Nov 2025
The inside story of Shein’s success, and the challenges it faces in its bid to go public
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The international drama of Miss Universe
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Miss Universe 2025 has been chaotic and scandalous - but will it win back viewers?
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Can Trump’s Gaza plan turn a ceasefire into permanent peace?
Tue 25 Nov 2025
Many sticking points remain unresolved in the US-led peace plan for Gaza.
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The decision facing Zelensky
Mon 24 Nov 2025
Ukraine’s dilemma: make concessions to Putin, or risk losing US support.
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Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims?
Fri 21 Nov 2025
The US is skipping the G20 summit in South Africa over claims of ‘white genocide’
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What is Sudan’s war really about?
Thu 20 Nov 2025
Sudan's war has been described by the UN as “the world’s largest humanitarian crisis”
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The oil lobbyist who tried to sink the first big climate deal
Wed 19 Nov 2025
The true story of the man once described as ‘the high priest of the carbon club'
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The Saudi prince's long road to rehabilitation
Tue 18 Nov 2025
Can MBS reclaim his place on the world stage after global outrage of Khashoggi’s killing?
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Is the world entering a new age of nuclear testing?
Mon 17 Nov 2025
President Trump says US nuclear tests will take place "pretty soon"
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Files, and the scandal that won’t go away
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Does Epstein’s long-time associate have the answers the public wants?
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The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
Thu 13 Nov 2025
Roger Carstens on how he freed Americans wrongfully detained by Russia.
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Why is Trump threatening to sue the BBC?
Wed 12 Nov 2025
Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion.
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Why Trump is threatening to go 'guns a-blazing' into Nigeria
Mon 10 Nov 2025
How true are the claims that there is a persecution of Christians in Nigeria?
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Viktor Orban’s dilemma: Trump’s favour or Russian oil
Fri 7 Nov 2025
Will Trump choose to keep an old friend close, or put pressure on Putin?
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A tale of two cities: London’s lesson for New York’s first Muslim mayor
Thu 6 Nov 2025
London mayor Sadiq Khan gives advice to the mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani
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What’s behind Trump’s rift with Colombia?
Wed 5 Nov 2025
Colombia has been a US partner in the war on drugs. That relationship is under strain.
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The Supreme Court battle over Trump’s tariffs
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Trump faces a Supreme Court challenge over the legality of his tariffs policy
