Global News Podcast

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DAILY NEWS
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The day’s top stories from BBC News, including the latest developments in Syria, after the fall of the Assad regime. Also keeping you up to date on the wider Middle East and Ukraine conflicts, as well as the latest news about US politics. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends.

5 HR AGO

Five dead and 200 injured in Magdeburg Christmas market attack

The German city of Magdeburg is in mourning after a Christmas attack killed five. We hear the possible motives of the suspect. Also: Albania shuts down TikTok, and in Guatamala children are rescued from a sect.

30 min
15 HR AGO

The Happy Pod: Playing the piano saved my life

A man filmed playing the piano while homeless went viral. Now he's raising money for others and says it's saved his life. Also: showing love with Christmas lights; how a cat saved its owner; and AI spots dolphin accents.

27 min
1 DAY AGO

Fatalities and injuries in German Christmas market attack

A car has been driven into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg. There have been a number of fatalities and injuries.

27 min
1 DAY AGO

US sends diplomats to Syria

US diplomats are visiting Syria to hold talks with the new de facto leader. Also: a new attempt to find the wreckage of missing flight MH370, and a controversial new TV game show, Beast Games.

29 min
2 DAYS AGO

Murder suspect Luigi Mangione faces charges in New York court

Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of fatally shooting a US healthcare insurance executive, has been extradited to New York to face new federal charges. Also: the ground squirrels in California that are hunting voles.

31 min
2 DAYS AGO

Guilty verdicts and jail sentences in France's biggest rape trial

In a major trial in France, Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men are jailed for repeatedly raping his wife Gisèle. Also, Israeli jets attack Houthi targets in Yemen, and Czech experts restore damaged Ukrainian artworks.

29 min
3 DAYS AGO

Syria's de facto leader says the country is not a threat to its neighbours or the west

Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa told the BBC that Syria is exhausted by war and is not a threat to its neighbours or to the west. Also: listen to the 'earliest known country song' ever recorded.

31 min
3 DAYS AGO

Man detained after Russian general's assassination

Russia has detained an Uzbek man suspected of assassinating an army general. Russia says the suspect was recruited by Ukraine. Also: The UN warns Syria is unable to cope with large numbers of refugees returning home.

27 min

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Wonderful presenters

15 Apr

Aydınlı cemal

Thanks for your unbiased reporting. However sometimes it seems your focus shifts away from UN agreed principles (eg no hostage taking, no first strike aggression) to the inevitable bad consequences.
Ban the bbc

29 Oct

Hdnrkekeken

Ban the bbc , awfull, unbritish reporting , woke losers
Wonderful presenters

21 Aug

GameDestructor

This is probably the best news podcast that I’ve ever experienced in all of the current news podcasts.
Too much advertising the assassination

22 Jul

Boudiccax

less about USA please, they take over your podcast, news about them everyday, try to balance with other countries it is called global new not USA new. you are boring

The day’s top stories from BBC News, including the latest developments in Syria, after the fall of the Assad regime. Also keeping you up to date on the wider Middle East and Ukraine conflicts, as well as the latest news about US politics. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends.