The Global Story

The Global Story: Where the world meets America

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Will Trump’s Board of Peace actually stop wars?
How Trump's Board of Peace is positioning itself as an alternative to the UN.
23 Jan 2026,26 mins
Is Canada leading the global resistance against Trump?
Canada’s PM Mark Carney says “the old world order is not coming back”.
22 Jan 2026,27 mins
Have the protests in Iran failed?
How a brutal crackdown appears to have quelled the unrest.
21 Jan 2026,26 mins
Greenland: Could the US regret alienating its Nato allies?
Trump responded, “no comment” when asked if he'd use force to seize Greenland.
20 Jan 2026,26 mins
How Charlie Kirk inspired a new Korean right-wing youth movement
The ‘make Korea great again’ movement wants to free its jailed ex-president.
19 Jan 2026,26 mins
The post-World War II era is over. What comes next?
Did the rules-based order ever exist and what could replace it if it goes away?
16 Jan 2026,28 mins
How the US, China and Russia are vying for influence in Africa
The US, China and Russia all have interests in Central Africa
15 Jan 2026,27 mins
Putin’s pursuit of Russian greatness
Putin’s mission to restore Russia to its Soviet-era glory.
14 Jan 2026,26 mins
Has Xi Jinping outsmarted his rivals?
The story of how China became a superpower.
13 Jan 2026,27 mins
American influence from Monroe to Donroe
What does US history tell us about America’s changing role in the world right now?
12 Jan 2026,30 mins
Will Gen Z protests around the world continue in 2026?
2025 was the year of youth-led protests across the world. What’s next for the movement?
09 Jan 2026,27 mins
Will Trump take control of Greenland?
Trump’s refusal to rule out military force is causing anxiety in Europe and Nato.
08 Jan 2026,26 mins
The US ran a war game on the aftermath of Maduro’s fall – it predicted chaos
Officials have for years run war games on Venezuela – here's what they predicted.
07 Jan 2026,27 mins
People who could change the world in 2026
Our picks for who will have the power and influence to shape the next year’s big stories
06 Jan 2026,26 mins
What’s next for Venezuela?
Trump said the US will ‘run the country’ after capturing President Maduro and his wife
05 Jan 2026,30 mins
Are conspiracy theories America’s biggest export?
One British family deals with the devastating consequences of health conspiracies
02 Jan 2026,27 mins
The death of reading
What do we lose when screens replace books?
01 Jan 2026,27 mins
The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
Roger Carstens on how he freed Americans wrongfully detained by Russia
31 Dec 2025,27 mins
Is the AI boom actually a bubble?
Could AI be the biggest market bubble since the dot-com crash?
30 Dec 2025,27 mins
Nukes for nothing: The deal that broke Ukraine's trust
An exploration of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, intended to enshrine Ukraine's security.
29 Dec 2025,27 mins
Can Apple cut ties with China?
Can Apple really end its made-in-China business model?
26 Dec 2025,27 mins
Is social media dead?
Is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else?
25 Dec 2025,27 mins
The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation
How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement.
24 Dec 2025,27 mins
Meeting settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank
Settler attacks in the West Bank have reached a record high, says the UN.
23 Dec 2025,26 mins
Is Trump looking for war with Venezuela?
As US-Venezuela tensions rise, we ask if President Trump is building a case for war.
22 Dec 2025,26 mins
Why K-beauty is everywhere
How South Korea became the world’s second-largest exporter of cosmetics.
19 Dec 2025,26 mins
Why Australia’s gun laws aren’t as strong as you might think
Australia reconsiders its gun control laws, following the Bondi Beach massacre.
18 Dec 2025,26 mins
What would it take for Putin to stop fighting in Ukraine?
President Trump says a Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’
17 Dec 2025,26 mins
The Bondi Beach massacre and the rise of antisemitic violence
Why some feared an attack like this was coming.
16 Dec 2025,27 mins
Why Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace deal unravelled
What happens when one of Trump's solved wars becomes unsolved?
15 Dec 2025,26 mins