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Newshour

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

  1. 2 HR AGO

    US secretary Blinken meets Arab leaders in London

    Following a meeting with the the Lebanese prime minister US Secretary Antony Blinked said a resolution to the current conflict is urgent. We hear from Ibrahim al-Jazie, former Minister of State for Prime Ministry Affairs in Jordan. Also on the programme: the search, rescue and release of a baby monkey abused online; and in Mexico Newshour's James Menendez discovers what is at stake in these elections for the USA's largest trading partner. (Picture: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in London, Britain, October 25, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

    47 min

  2. 19 HR AGO

    UN: The world is on its way to "catastrophic" climate change

    The United Nations is warning that the world is on its way to "catastrophic" climate change, unless huge efforts are made to curb carbon emissions. It says the current goal of limiting warming to one-and-a-half Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century, will soon be dead. Current projections are closer to three degrees. We will speak to one of the authors of the UN report. Former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris have continued to attack each other as the US election draws closer. Immigration remains one of the major election issues and a top concern of American voters. Newshour's James Menendez has been travelling from Mexico to the southern United States to find out what's driving the debate. Also, grief and chaos for Palestinians as Israel predicts a ‘sharp conclusion’ in northern Gaza. We hear form a nurse, who filmed moments after an Israeli strike. And why the Foreign Minister of the Bahamas believes reparatory justice from the UK for the slave trade will happen at some point. (Photo: Drought destroys local farmer's harvest in Zambia, Mazabuka - 20 Mar 2024. The dry spell from mid-January due to El Nino conditions and climate change is affecting most of the central and southern half of Zambia, leaving 1 million hectares of maize destroyed, almost half of the country's maize cultivation, according to the United Nations (UN). Credit: EPA)

    47 min

  3. 1 DAY AGO

    Immigration debate remains crucial in US election

    Former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris have continued to attack each other as the US election draws closer. Immigration remains one of the major election issues and a top concern of American voters. In this special edition of Newshour, James Menendez has been travelling from Mexico to the southern United States to find out what's driving the debate. Also in the programme: Commonwealth leaders at their summit in Samoa are expected to defy the United Kingdom and debate ways of securing reparations for historical slavery; and we meet the director Tim Burton who is known for his eccentric and gothic filmmaking. (File picture: Texas National Guard troops patrol the border for migrants in Eagle Pass, Texas on March 20, 2024. Credit: Kaylee Greenlee Beal/REUTERS)

    47 min

  4. 1 DAY AGO

    North Korean troops in Russia

    The US and South Korea have said that about 3,000 troops from North Korea are now in Russia, raising concerns that they may fight in Russia war in Ukraine. Also on the programme, the World Health Organisation has postponed a huge polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza because of worsening violence; and, a recently discovered piece of music written by a Polish prisoner whilst he was held in the Nazi concentration camp - Auschwitz. (Photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the headquarters of the 2nd Corps of North Korean army, October 17, 2024, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS )

    47 min

  5. 2 DAYS AGO

    WHO suspends polio vaccinations in Gaza

    WHO has suspended its polio vaccination campaign in Gaza due to the ongoing violence. Also in the programme: rape victim Gisele Pelicot takes the stand in the mass-rape trial in France; and the film-maker sentenced in absentia by Russia. (Photo: Palestinian families leaving Jabalia camp in the north of Gaza Strip. Credit: Reuters)

    47 min

  6. 2 DAYS AGO

    Ex-Abercrombie CEO arrested on sex trafficking charges

    The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch and his partner have been arrested and charged with running a prostitution and international sex trafficking business. Also on the programme, after Moldova voted for pro-EU constitutional changes by only 0.16 of a percentage point, there are now accusations that there was meddling and interference in the referendum; and, Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail. (Photo: Press conference with federal authorities on former Abercrombie & Fitch chief Mike Jeffries arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, New York, USA - 10 Oct 2024. SARAH YENESEL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstocki)

    47 min

  7. 3 DAYS AGO

    Lebanon says 13 killed as Blinken arrives in Israel

    Lebanese officials say an Israeli airstrike near the country's biggest hospital has killed at least 13 people and injured more than 50. Also on the programme: we speak to the man accused by the Moldovan government of trying to bribe people to vote against joining the European Union; and new research into a huge meteorite that hit the Earth about three billion years ago says it may have caused the biggest tsunami in the history of our planet. (Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks an aircraft as he arrives in Tel Aviv. Credit: Reuters)

    47 min

  8. 3 DAYS AGO

    Israel targets Hezbollah’s finances

    Israel has carried out air strikes targeting branches of a financial association linked with Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital Beirut, as well as the south and east of the country. Also on the programme, how the US election is being view from Russia; and the global importance of fungi conservation. (Photo: People stand near a damaged branch of ‘Al-Qard al-Hassan', in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Sunday that hit several branches of ‘Al-Qard al-Hassan', a financial institution linked to Lebanon's Hezbollah, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, Lebanon, October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher)

    47 min
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

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  • Channel
    BBC Podcasts
  • Creator
    BBC World Service
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2024
  • Episodes
    699
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