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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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
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What if Russia wins?
Mon 3 Nov 2025
One professor’s imagined scenario has become an international bestseller.
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When the two most powerful men in the world met
Fri 31 Oct 2025
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping held their first meeting in six years to talk tariffs
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How a Venezuelan prison gang became the face of Trump’s immigration crackdown
Thu 30 Oct 2025
Trump calls Tren de Aragua “narco-terrorists”. His critics say he’s created a bogeyman.
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Why the US-Canada relationship is on shaky ground
Wed 29 Oct 2025
How a TV ad from an Ontario politician reignited Trump’s trade war against Canada
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Why is the French president suing Candace Owens?
Tue 28 Oct 2025
Owens is accused of spreading a conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron was born a man
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If China attacked Taiwan, what would Trump do?
Mon 27 Oct 2025
Trump is in Asia this week to strike deals, but one question overshadows the trip.
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How Giorgia Meloni became Trump's best friend in Europe
Fri 24 Oct 2025
A populist whose party has roots in Italian fascism, Italy's leader is trusted by Trump.
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The cost of USAID cuts to women in Afghanistan
Thu 23 Oct 2025
Over 400 health clinics have shut. The impact on pregnant women has been devastating.
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Jeffrey Epstein and the downfall of Prince Andrew
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Journalist Emily Maitlis on Prince Andrew's disastrous 2019 interview with the BBC
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The Louvre daytime heist that shocked the world
Tue 21 Oct 2025
How thieves stole France’s crown jewels and what they could do with them
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Is the AI boom actually a bubble?
Mon 20 Oct 2025
Is AI a bubble or a transformative technology that's simply taking time to deliver?
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Why has Trump authorised CIA action in Venezuela?
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Following recent boat strikes, Trump says he is considering strikes on Venezuelan soil
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A Gazan journalist’s diary
Thu 16 Oct 2025
A month in the life of Ghada Al-Kurd, a freelance journalist from Gaza City
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Is the US-China trade war back on?
Wed 15 Oct 2025
How the US and China got locked in a trade war and what it means for the things you buy
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Trump is bailing out Argentina. What happened to ‘America first’?
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Trump is offering his friend Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, a $20 billion lifeline.
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Why Hamas agreed to a ceasefire – but isn’t disarming yet
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Donald Trump is in Israel after securing what he says is the start of lasting peace.
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Will the Gaza ceasefire hold?
Fri 10 Oct 2025
Israel and Hamas have approved Trump’s plan for a Gaza ceasefire – but will it last?
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Australia’s mushroom killer trial
Thu 9 Oct 2025
The trial has captivated true crime fans around the world. And it isn’t over yet
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Trump’s ‘CEO of everything’
Wed 8 Oct 2025
Who is Larry Ellison, and what is his hold on America’s AI, attention and legacy media?
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One man's quest to get his brothers released from Gaza
Tue 7 Oct 2025
Liran Berman recounts the two years since his brothers were taken hostage by Hamas.
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Is Trump on the brink of achieving peace in Gaza?
Mon 6 Oct 2025
Hamas accepts a deal in a diplomatic breakthrough that could end the war in Gaza.
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How a festival in Saudi Arabia rocked the American comedy world
Fri 3 Oct 2025
Can Saudi Arabia transform its reputation - by hosting superstar comedians?
