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The Global Story Episodes

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    When popes get political

    Will Pope Leo follow his predecessors in trying to influence global affairs?

  2. Shein: How the fast fashion disruptor ran into real world problems

    The inside story of Shein’s success, and the challenges it faces in its bid to go public

  3. The international drama of Miss Universe

    Miss Universe 2025 has been chaotic and scandalous - but will it win back viewers?

  4. Can Trump’s Gaza plan turn a ceasefire into permanent peace?

    Many sticking points remain unresolved in the US-led peace plan for Gaza.

  5. The decision facing Zelensky

    Ukraine’s dilemma: make concessions to Putin, or risk losing US support.

  6. Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims?

    The US is skipping the G20 summit in South Africa over claims of ‘white genocide’

  7. What is Sudan’s war really about?

    Sudan's war has been described by the UN as “the world’s largest humanitarian crisis”

  8. The oil lobbyist who tried to sink the first big climate deal

    The true story of the man once described as ‘the high priest of the carbon club'

  9. The Saudi prince's long road to rehabilitation

    Can MBS reclaim his place on the world stage after global outrage of Khashoggi’s killing?

  10. Is the world entering a new age of nuclear testing?

    President Trump says US nuclear tests will take place "pretty soon"

  11. Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Files, and the scandal that won’t go away

    Does Epstein’s long-time associate have the answers the public wants?

  12. The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia

    Roger Carstens on how he freed Americans wrongfully detained by Russia.

  13. Why is Trump threatening to sue the BBC?

    Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion.

  14. Is social media dead?

    Is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else?

  15. Why Trump is threatening to go 'guns a-blazing' into Nigeria

    How true are the claims that there is a persecution of Christians in Nigeria?

  16. Viktor Orban’s dilemma: Trump’s favour or Russian oil

    Will Trump choose to keep an old friend close, or put pressure on Putin?

  17. A tale of two cities: London’s lesson for New York’s first Muslim mayor

    London mayor Sadiq Khan gives advice to the mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani

  18. What’s behind Trump’s rift with Colombia?

    Colombia has been a US partner in the war on drugs. That relationship is under strain.

  19. The Supreme Court battle over Trump’s tariffs

    Trump faces a Supreme Court challenge over the legality of his tariffs policy

  20. What if Russia wins?

    One professor’s imagined scenario has become an international bestseller.

  21. When the two most powerful men in the world met

    Donald Trump and Xi Jinping held their first meeting in six years to talk tariffs

  22. How a Venezuelan prison gang became the face of Trump’s immigration crackdown

    Trump calls Tren de Aragua “narco-terrorists”. His critics say he’s created a bogeyman.

  23. Why the US-Canada relationship is on shaky ground

    How a TV ad from an Ontario politician reignited Trump’s trade war against Canada

  24. Why is the French president suing Candace Owens?

    Owens is accused of spreading a conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron was born a man

  25. If China attacked Taiwan, what would Trump do?

    Trump is in Asia this week to strike deals, but one question overshadows the trip.

  26. How Giorgia Meloni became Trump's best friend in Europe

    A populist whose party has roots in Italian fascism, Italy's leader is trusted by Trump.

  27. The cost of USAID cuts to women in Afghanistan

    Over 400 health clinics have shut. The impact on pregnant women has been devastating.

  28. Jeffrey Epstein and the downfall of Prince Andrew

    Journalist Emily Maitlis on Prince Andrew's disastrous 2019 interview with the BBC

  29. The Louvre daytime heist that shocked the world

    How thieves stole France’s crown jewels and what they could do with them

  30. Is the AI boom actually a bubble?

    Is AI a bubble or a transformative technology that's simply taking time to deliver?

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