Global News Podcast

Global News Podcast

BBC World Service

The breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Hear the most important global stories from the BBC, the most trusted name in international news. With reporters on the ground in every country, we’re always where the story is. We bring you unparalleled access and exclusive updates that you won’t get anywhere else.

Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. From Trump’s White House to Putin’s Kremlin, from the Ukraine War to the Israel-Gaza conflict. From Damascus to Delhi, from Silicon Valley to Singapore, from Washington DC to Wuhan. 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. Subscribe now and never miss a moment.

Also listen to The Happy Pod, every Saturday, for the best global good news.

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Categories: News & Politics

Listen to the last episode:

President Trump threatens a 50% tariff on all goods sent to the US from the EU. Also: a gang is found guilty of the Kim Kardashian jewellery heist in Paris, and the Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies aged 81.

Previous episodes

  • 6302 - Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU and 25% on smartphones 
    Fri, 23 May 2025
  • 6301 - Ukraine and Russia take part in biggest prisoner swap since invasion 
    Fri, 23 May 2025
  • 6300 - The Trump administration stops Harvard from enrolling foreign students 
    Thu, 22 May 2025
  • 6299 - Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead in Washington DC 
    Thu, 22 May 2025
  • 6298 - Trump confronts South African leader with claim of Afrikaners being 'persecuted' 
    Thu, 22 May 2025
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