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Global News Podcast

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

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

 

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US seizes two Venezuela-linked tankers

The United States says it has seized two tankers accused of violating sanctions against Ve... more

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#242

President Trump again threatens to annex Greenland

The US claims that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority to deter threats fr... more

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#241

Venezuela Special: Q&A

In this special edition of the Global News Podcast, BBC correspondents answer your questio... more

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#240

Europe tells US ‘Greenland belongs to its people’

European allies rally to support Denmark following renewed calls by the US that it must co... more

Yesterday

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#239

Delcy Rodriguez sworn in as Venezuela's new president

Delcy Rodriguez is sworn in as Venezuela's new president at a special ceremony in the capi... more

Yesterday

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Yesterday


#238

Maduro taken to US court

The ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is transferred by armed forces to make his fir... more

05 Jan 2026

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27:13

05 Jan 2026


#237

US sends warning to Venezuela's new leader

The US has warned the new interim leader of Venezuela to do as it says - or face the conse... more

05 Jan 2026

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26:18

05 Jan 2026


#236

The Happy Pod: Christmas with the man I saved

A US woman whose bone marrow saved a father of three in Australia has spent Christmas with... more

04 Jan 2026

26 MINS

26:52

04 Jan 2026


#235

Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro in New York

Nicolas Maduro has arrived at a detention centre in Brooklyn, New York where he will be he... more

04 Jan 2026

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24:17

04 Jan 2026


#234

Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela

Following the capture of the Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by the US military, Presiden... more

03 Jan 2026

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19:12

03 Jan 2026


#233

President Trump says US captures Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro

"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Ve... more

03 Jan 2026

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21:02

03 Jan 2026


#232

More questions about Swiss fire

Officials investigating the ski resort fire in Switzerland say they're focussing on the ba... more

03 Jan 2026

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26:43

03 Jan 2026


#231

US ‘locked and loaded’ to help Iranian protestors

The US President warns his forces will come to the rescue of peaceful Iranian anti-governm... more

02 Jan 2026

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29:01

02 Jan 2026


#230

Tributes paid to dead and injured after fire at Swiss resort

Hundreds take part in a vigil in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana after around 40 peo... more

02 Jan 2026

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24:58

02 Jan 2026


#229

Dozens killed in Swiss ski resort fire

Swiss police say dozens of people have died in a fire at the ski resort of Crans-Montana. ... more

01 Jan 2026

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01 Jan 2026


#228

Trump removes National Guard from some US cities

Donald Trump says he is withdrawing the National Guard from the Democrat-led cities of Chi... more

01 Jan 2026

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01 Jan 2026


#227

Queen: I was assaulted on train

Queen Camilla tells the BBC that as a teenager, she was the victim of an attempted indecen... more

31 Dec 2025

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28:28

31 Dec 2025


#226

Iran protests: 'Death to the dictatorship'

Protests over Iran's worsening economic problems have spread from the capital, Tehran, to ... more

31 Dec 2025

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31 Dec 2025


#225

Saudi Arabia bombs Yemeni port over alleged UAE weapons

The United Arab Emirates says it will end its operations in Yemen, after Saudi Arabia cond... more

30 Dec 2025

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30:11

30 Dec 2025


#224

President Trump warns Hamas to honour disarming promise

President Trump has warned that Hamas will have "hell to pay" if it does not disarm quickl... more

30 Dec 2025

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26:43

30 Dec 2025


#223

Zelensky: US offered Ukraine 15-year security guarantee

President Zelensky says the US has offered security guarantees for fifteen years although ... more

29 Dec 2025

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31:44

29 Dec 2025


#222

Optimism but no deal after Ukraine peace talks

Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky say there's been progress in talks over the... more

29 Dec 2025

30 MINS

30:58

29 Dec 2025


#221

Myanmar's military stages controversial election

Voting has begun in the opening phase of Myanmar's heavily restricted general election, th... more

28 Dec 2025

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28 Dec 2025