560 episodes
Global News Podcast BBC Podcasts
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4.3 • 6.1K Ratings
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The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends
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The Happy Pod: Rescue mission in Sudan
Around 300 children and babies rescued from an orphanage in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Also: We hear from one of the researchers helping a paralysed man to walk again, and why some people in Japan are relearning how to smile.
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Trump charged under Espionage Act in secret documents case
The former US President Donald Trump has been charged with mishandling hundreds of classified documents. Also: Boris Johnson resigns as British MP with immediate effect, and 100 years of Le Mans - the world's most famous 24 hour motor race.
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Ukraine claims to have proof Russia blew up Kakhovka dam
Scientists say there's evidence of a significant explosion in the area of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine at the same time that it was breached. Ukraine has released a recording which it says is of Russian military figures discussing how the dam was sabotaged - but this can't be verified yet. Also: Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House, and new research suggests that there are far more people in India with diabetes than previously thought.
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Global help arrives as Canada tackles wildfires
The smoke from the Canadian wildfires has blanketed large areas of eastern North America. Also: children stabbed in French park are in stable condition, and the largest ruby gemstone ever to come to auction sells for millions of dollars.
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Young children critically injured in French knife attack
A 22-month-old toddler was among the victims in a playground in the alpine town of Annecy. Also: Rescue efforts continue in Ukraine after the Kakhovka dam was breached on Tuesday, and what can we expect when football superstar Lionel Messi moves to Inter Miami?
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Hundreds of thousands without drinking water in Ukraine
Ukraine's President Zelensky calls for international help as hundreds of thousands are left without drinking water in the south after a major dam was destroyed. Also: Millions breathing hazardous air across North America, and the crocodile that made herself pregnant.
Customer Reviews
9 April 2023
My favorites sound is listening to the geese flying over, currently they are flying North. We live in the western fly zone here on the northwest coast. 🙃
Love the Happy Podcast !
Show on 5/30 inaccurate related to COVID source
I was shocked to hear that a BBC reporter was blaming former President Donald Trump for denying COVID could be from a lab leak, and praising current President Joe Biden for being open to the concept of a lab leak. If the reporter/BBC investigators had paid any attention to the US government in the past 3 years, it was the Democrat party and Biden administration who closed down talk of a possible lab leak and worked with media to limit any discussion of the lab leak theory. I am aghast at the lack of thorough reporting on this issue. It is more complex than “Trump bad, Biden good”. I expected more from BBC.
World wide news
I like it because as an American, all the news podcast episodes are about America, and I want to know what’s going on in the world. That’s where the BBC world service comes in handy.