Global News Podcast

By BBC World Service

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

Episodes (50)

Hegseth: US 'closer than ever' to defeating Iran

Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'

Iran war: World leaders respond to economic impact

Reach for the Moon

UK and allies discuss reopening Strait of Hormuz

Artemis II leaves Earth's orbit and heads for Moon

Iran says it has shot down US fighter jet

US in desperate search for missing aviator in Iran

The Happy Pod: The decades long wait for the World Cup

US gives Iran 48 hours to make deal or open Strait of Hormuz

Trump extends Iran's deadline to open Strait of Hormuz

Intelligence chief of Iranian Revolutionary Guard killed

Artemis II astronauts fly around the Moon

Trump warns Iran 'whole civilisation will die tonight'

The US, Israel and Iran announce two-week ceasefire

Hegseth claims 'historic battlefield victory' over Iran

US-Iran ceasefire under strain

Iran: Attacks on Lebanon are 'grave violation'

Israel to hold direct talks with Lebanon

JD Vance heads to Pakistan for talks with Iran

Artemis II splashdown

The Happy Pod: From a small town, to the moon

'Historic' US Iran talks end without deal

The Global Story: The medications that can trigger sex and gambling addictions

Péter Magyar wins the Hungarian election by a landslide

Pope: 'I will not debate war with Trump'

US Vice President suggests talks with Iran could resume

China calls US blockade of Iranian ports 'dangerous'

Three years of war in Sudan

Iran warns it will block Gulf and Red Sea

BBC in Iran as mediation efforts continue

Pope Leo: 'world ravaged by handful of tyrants'

Ceasefire in Lebanon begins

Tens of thousands of Lebanese return home after ceasefire

US and Tehran dispute the future of Iran's uranium

The Happy Pod: Filling the empty chair left by my best friend

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz a day after declaring it open

The Global Story: The AI model that’s ‘too powerful’ to be released to the public

US seizes Iranian-flagged cargo ship

Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war?

Uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks

Trump says US in 'very strong position' for Iran talks

US announces a ceasefire extension with Iran

EU approves $100bn loan to Ukraine

Iran seizes two cargo ships in Strait of Hormuz

Lebanon accuses Israel of war crime after journalist killed

The Lebanon ceasefire is 'extended by three weeks'

Spain dismisses reports US wants it suspended from Nato

US and Iran travel to Pakistan for peace talks

The Happy Pod: I invented a way for my brother to communicate

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