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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, de...
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President Trump withdraws threatened tariffs over Greenland
President Trump has said that a possible deal covering the future of Greenland will achieve "everything" he wants - after rowing back on threats to se...
Trump wants 'immediate negotiations' to acquire Greenland
US President Donald Trump says he is seeking immediate negotiations to acquire Greenland. He told world leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum that...
Trump hints at possible Greenland deal at Davos
Donald Trump says "we will work something out" over Greenland, ahead of meetings with European leaders at the World Economic Forum. Mr Trump made the...
European Commission chief promises unity on Greenland
The European Commission President says that the EU stands in "full solidarity" with Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark - adding that their sovereign...
Trump pushes back at European resistance over Greenland
Donald Trump says he will "100%" follow through on his threat to impose further tariffs if a deal isn’t reached over Greenland. He also refuses to rul...
Stay calm on Greenland UK tells Trump and EU
Keir Starmer has given a special address to set out Britain's stance over Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on European countries opposing his m...
Deadly train crash in Spain
At least twenty-one people are killed in Spain after two high-speed trains collide. The accident occurred when a train travelling from Malaga to Madri...
The Global Story: The post-World War II era is over. What comes next?
For most of the years since World War 2, many global powers said they adhered to a rules-based international order. Since Donald Trump returned to the...
US threatens tariffs over Greenland
President Trump warns he'll impose fresh trade tariffs on countries that oppose his plan to annex Greenland. European leaders have condemned the move,...
The Happy Pod: The injection that saved my sight
We hear from a woman whose determination to avoid going blind has inspired her doctors to develop a new treatment for a rare eye condition. Nicki Guy...
Donald Trump names Gaza 'Board of Peace' members
President Trump has named the members of his 'Board of Peace' that will oversee the second phase of the Gaza peace plan. Among them are the US Secreta...
China makes trade deal with Canada amid US tariffs
Against the backdrop of Donald Trump's tariffs, America's closest ally, Canada, has struck a trade agreement with its rival, China. Speaking in Beijin...
Machado gives Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal
Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump at a private White House meeting, calling it a...
BBC reveals rift at top of Taliban regime
A year-long investigation by the BBC Afghan Service has found that two groups are competing for power within the Taliban leadership. One is aligned to...
White House talks on Greenland end without progress
The United States has not changed its ambition of taking over Greenland after hosting high level talks at the White House. Denmark's foreign minister...
Iran fast tracks protester trials
Erfan Soltani, arrested during Iran's crackdown on protesters, faces imminent execution, his family says. The human rights group, Hrana, reports that...
US tells its citizens in Iran to leave or seek refuge
The United States is urging its citizens in Iran to leave immediately, warning that protests continue to escalate. A notice released by the US virtual...
Partial restoration of phone services in Iran
An Iranian official has told the Reuters news agency that about 2,000 people have been killed in the protests, including security personnel. Some in I...
Trump announces tariffs on Iran's allies
President Trump says countries trading with Iran will face an immediate 25% percent tariff on business with the United States, in response to Tehran's...
Iran Special: Q&A
In this special edition of the Global News Podcast, BBC correspondents answer your questions about the anti-government protests that spread across Ira...
Iran foreign minister responds to Trump intervention threats
As protests in Iran continue into their third week, the country's foreign minister claims the situation is "under total control". President Donald Tru...
Death toll rises as Iran protests enter third week
Videos verified by the BBC and eyewitness accounts appear to show security forces in Iran ramping up their response to protests that have spread acros...
The US ran a war game on the aftermath of Maduro’s fall – it predicted chaos
When the US government captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, on Saturday, most of the world was shocked. But US officials had for years been...
Iran protests: hundreds feared dead
A medic at one Tehran hospital reported "direct shots to the heads of the young people, to their hearts as well", while a doctor said an eye hospital...
The Happy Pod: The 88-year-old veteran given nearly $2m by strangers
The Australian 'kindness influencer' who raised nearly two million dollars to help an elderly US veteran. Samuel Weidenhofer flew thousands of miles...
Iran protesters defy crackdown warning
Videos and messages that have made their way out of Iran despite an internet blackout show crowds gathering to protest against the government for a 13...
Iran's Supreme Leader describes demonstrators as vandals
Anti-government unrest has continued to spread across Iran, despite an internet blackout and a defiant address by the Supreme Leader. Ayatollah Ali Kh...
Largest anti-government protests in Iran since 2009
Protests have been taking place in cities across Iran, in the biggest show of opposition to the clerical authorities for 17 years. Reports of clashes...
Lebanon completes first phase of plan to disarm Hezbollah
The Lebanese military says it has completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah, but Israel has warned far more needs to be done. The army...
Woman shot dead by US immigration agent
The mayor of Minneapolis in the United States has strongly rejected the Trump administration's account of the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigrat...
US seizes two Venezuela-linked tankers
The United States says it has seized two tankers accused of violating sanctions against Venezuela. One of them, a Russian ship, was boarded in the Nor...
President Trump again threatens to annex Greenland
The US claims that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority to deter threats from Russia and China in the Arctic. Washington hasn't ruled o...
Venezuela Special: Q&A
In this special edition of the Global News Podcast, BBC correspondents answer your questions about the US operation to seize Venezuelan President Nico...
Europe tells US ‘Greenland belongs to its people’
European allies rally to support Denmark following renewed calls by the US that it must control Greenland. It comes as talks are held in Paris on secu...
Delcy Rodriguez sworn in as Venezuela's new president
Delcy Rodriguez is sworn in as Venezuela's new president at a special ceremony in the capital, Caracas. Meanwhile, her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro ple...
Maduro taken to US court
The ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is transferred by armed forces to make his first appearance in a US court on drug trafficking and weapons...
US sends warning to Venezuela's new leader
The US has warned the new interim leader of Venezuela to do as it says - or face the consequences. Donald Trump says if Delcy Rodriguez "doesn’t do wh...
The Happy Pod: Christmas with the man I saved
A US woman whose bone marrow saved a father of three in Australia has spent Christmas with him and his family. Gennaro Rapinese, whose leukaemia was...
Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro in New York
Nicolas Maduro has arrived at a detention centre in Brooklyn, New York where he will be held ahead of an expected first court appearance on Monday. Li...
Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela
Following the capture of the Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by the US military, President Trump has said the United States intends to run the South...