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
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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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Trump considering 'winding down' Iran military campaign
Sat 21 Mar 2026
President Trump says the US is getting very close to meeting its objectives in Iran
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Iran renews attacks on Gulf countries
Fri 20 Mar 2026
Tehran continues to fire missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbours
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Israel holds off attacking Iranian gas infrastructure
Fri 20 Mar 2026
President Trump said he wasn't consulted over Israeli attack on South Pars gas field
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Oil and gas prices surge after energy plant strikes
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Qatar calls attacks on gas facilities 'dangerous escalation' and urges Iran to stop
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Iran attacks energy facilities in the Gulf
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Trump threatens to "blow up" Iran's main gas field if strikes continue
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Israel's third top-level assassination in two days
Wed 18 Mar 2026
Iran condemns 'cowardly assassination' of its intelligence minister
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Deadly Israeli strikes hit central Beirut
Wed 18 Mar 2026
Lebanon says at least six killed in Israeli attacks on capital
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Israel says it's killed Iran's top security chief
Tue 17 Mar 2026
Israel's foreign minister says Iranians are 'safer' without Ali Larijani
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US allies reject Trump's call for help in Strait of Hormuz
Tue 17 Mar 2026
Donald Trump is met with resistance after calling for military assistance in the Gulf
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Germany and UK tell Trump this is 'not Nato's war'
Mon 16 Mar 2026
The US president had called on allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz
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Attacks continue after Trump says Iran deal not good enough
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Iran carries out further missile and drone strikes on US allies across the Middle East
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Trump urges nations to secure Strait of Hormuz
Sun 15 Mar 2026
After Iranian attacks in key shipping lane, US President asks countries to help
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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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Iran says US Kharg Island attack a failure
Sat 14 Mar 2026
US strike on key exporting island failed to achieve its goals, says Tehran
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US strikes Iran’s key oil island
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Trump says the US has "totally obliterated" every military target on Iran's Kharg Island
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Highest daily strike total on Iran, says US
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Defence secretary Hegseth says US is decimating Iran's military on "busiest day" of war
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US aerial refuelling plane crashes in western Iraq
Fri 13 Mar 2026
A recovery mission is underway after a US refuelling aircraft came down in western Iraq
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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
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The Global Story: The mystery of Putin and the apartment bombs
Sun 1 Feb 2026
How a series of attacks on Russian apartments helped propel Putin’s rise to power.
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The Happy Pod: What makes people instinctively kind?
Sat 31 Jan 2026
Lessons in kindness from an expert inspired by a stranger risking his life to save hers
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The Global Story: How Canada's Mark Carney is taking on Trump
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Canada’s PM Mark Carney says “the old world order is not coming back”.
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The Happy Pod: Saving lives with the man who saved mine
Sat 24 Jan 2026
A man who had two heart operations later worked with his surgeon to save others
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The Global Story: The post-World War II era is over. What comes next?
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Did the rules based order ever exist and what could replace it if it goes away?
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The Happy Pod: The injection that saved my sight
Sat 17 Jan 2026
The new sight-saving treatment inspired by one woman's determination not to go blind
