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The Global Story Episodes

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    From campus to the Vatican, is an AI backlash growing stronger?

    The emerging signs of resistance to the AI revolution

  2. World Cup 2026: The most political of all time?

    Is this tournament, co-hosted by the USA, more geopolitical than previous competitions?

  3. Is Iran schooling Trump in the art of the deal?

    The US says an Iran deal could be days away. Who will come out on top in negotiations?

  4. Is the US losing the EV race?

    Through brands like BYD, China has become the global leader in electric vehicles.

  5. Ebola: How worried should the world be?

    The WHO says the Ebola outbreak may be spreading faster than originally thought

  6. Has the US set the stage for military intervention in Cuba?

    Cuba’s former leader faces criminal charges in the US - but what’s the view from Havana?

  7. 'The Doping Olympics': a look inside the Enhanced Games

    The controversial games where athletes compete with the aid of performance enhancing drugs

  8. Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers

    Britain has had six leaders in 10 years. Why might Keir Starmer be the next forced out?

  9. Inside the war in Lebanon

    Despite a ceasefire, Israel’s still at war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

  10. The American mayor accused of working for China

    A US mayor is charged with being an agent for China. She is far from the only one

  11. Did Trump and Xi get what they wanted?

    Xi and Trump called it a 'very successful' and 'historic' visit

  12. Eurovision: A song contest in turmoil

    The song contest faces the biggest boycott in its 70 year history

  13. President Xi’s purges

    China’s powerful president rules with ‘an iron fist’

  14. Russell Brand, born again

    How has Russell Brand found a new home among conservative US podcasters?

  15. Operation Ajax: The CIA’s Iran coup

    How the US led a coup to topple Iran’s last democratically elected leader in 1953.

  16. The AI chatbot users falling into delusional spirals

    When conversation drifted into fantasy, one man grabbed a hammer and prepared for war.

  17. What Elon Musk did next

    A year since his departure from the White House, Musk’s influence continues to grow.

  18. What do Iranians think of the war?

    Iranians reveal how the war has affected them, as new attacks threaten the ceasefire.

  19. European leaders are defying Trump. At what cost?

    More European leaders are publicly opposing Trump. But they still need him.

  20. Why is Russia shutting off the internet?

    Why is the Russian government cutting off internet access to its citizens?

  21. The US and Israel entered the Iran war together. Is Israel now being sidelined?

    The view from Israel on the power balance between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu

  22. How Ukraine won a battle with robots alone

    Why the US is now learning from Ukraine about how to fight wars

  23. What was the Iran deal that Trump ripped up?

    Wendy Sherman, the lead US negotiator, tells the story of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

  24. Is China ‘winning’ the Iran war?

    As the US-Iran war grinds on, is China quietly gaining?

  25. Live in London: Is the 'special relationship’ between the US and the UK over?

    King Charles is visiting America this week at a tense moment.

  26. What are UFO hunters really searching for?

    The US government has reignited interest in UFOs. What deeper meaning are people seeking?

  27. The Iran peace talks that didn’t happen

    Why didn’t the US-Iran talks go ahead this week? Plus, a big question from listeners

  28. The global network hunting predators on the internet

    We speak to one undercover agent racing against the clock to save children

  29. How Pakistan became the peacemaker

    Talks are expected between the US and Iran in Islamabad.

  30. While the world’s eyes were on Iran, what happened in Gaza?

    Six months on from the ceasefire deal, has anything changed?

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