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Global News Podcast

BBC World Service

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, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch:

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29:36

US top diplomat holds talks with Turkey on Syria

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/13

US top diplomat Antony Blinken holds talks with President Erdogan on establishing stability in Syria. Also: an 18-year-old Indian becomes youngest world chess champion, and Kyrgyzstan wants to update its national anthem.

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28:53

Biden in largest single-day act of clemency

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/12

US president commutes around 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people. Also: inside Syria's abandoned presidential palace, recreational use of cannabis banned in Japan, and the secret to being happy at work.

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26:14

Syria rebels burn tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/12

Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family's home town of Qardaha. Also: "Christmas lights" galaxy reveals how Universe formed.

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26:26

South Korea stand-off outside presidential office

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/11

Security guards at presidential office in Seoul try to stop police from getting martial law documents. Also: new Syrian PM promises to guarantee rights for all religions, and humpback whale makes epic migration.

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33:37

Israel confirms attack on Syrian naval fleet

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/11

Israel attacks Syria's naval fleet as part of efforts to neutralise the country's military assets after the fall of the Assad regime. Also: New Zealander wins Spanish Scrabble championship - without speaking Spanish.

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33:06

Life in Damascus returning to normal despite Israeli...

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/10

Life in Dasmascus is returning to normal despite Israeli bombing. Also: Netanyahu appears in court on corruption charges and a judge throws a spanner in the works for the Murdoch succession plans.

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23:33

Syria rebel leader discusses 'transfer of power'...

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/10

Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani has met the outgoing PM to discuss the "transfer of power" - a day after Bashar al-Assad fled the country. Also: Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip.

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26:36

Syrians attempt to free political prisoners

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/09

Civil defence workers in Syria are trying to reach underground cells to release some of the nation's tens of thousands of political prisoners. Also: More than 150 mostly elderly people are killed by gangs in Haiti.

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30:54

Moscow gives Assad asylum

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/09

Moscow has given asylum to Syria's former president, Bashar al-Assad. Also: Trump threatens to take the US out of NATO, and Zelensky says 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the conflict with Russia.

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30:07

Special edition: What's next for Syria

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/08

The latest from our correspondents across the region on what this means for Syria, its people and its future.

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20:03

Damascus Special

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/08

Syrian rebels said President Assad had already fled as they declared their capture of Damascus. Reports said that he left the capital by plane for an unknown destination.

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29:43

Syrian rebels enter Homs and close in on Damascus

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/07

Syrian President's grip on power wanes as another strategic city falls to Islamist rebels. Also: Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is rededicated in front of world leaders and the conman in India who duped families into thinking he was their long lost son.

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14:08

Syria special

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/07

Syria's army says it's bolstering defences around the capital, Damascus, as rebels intent on overthrowing President Assad converge on the city.

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26:54

The Happy Pod: Meet Italy's Tom Cruise and Blake Lively

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/07

We're at an Italian film festival with a difference, for actors who become the voice of Hollywood stars and achieve fame in their own right. Also: California's canine mayor; and why diplomacy can work better in a sauna.

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29:52

Romanian court criticised for annulling election results

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/07

Both candidates in Romania's presidential election have denounced a court's decision to quash the results. Also: why it's hard to be a woman in Iceland, and the bid to save handwriting in the age of the computer.

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28:44

Syrian rebels continue their rapid advance

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/06

In Syria, Islamist-led rebels continue their rapid advance. The UN says 300,000 have fled their homes as rebels reach the outskirts of Homs. Also: Romania will rerun its election, and how to survive a polar bear attack.

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27:42

Syrian rebels celebrate capture of Hama

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/05

Islamist rebels celebrate the capture of the Syrian city of Hama. Also: US Police search for the gunman who shot dead a health insurance boss on the streets of New York, and a faster way to predict the weather.

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32:56

Syrian rebels take control of second major city

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/05

The Syrian army says it’s withdrawn from the city of Hama after intense clashes. Also: health workers in Sierra Leone will be among the first to receive an Ebola vaccine, as part of a nationwide campaign.

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28:28

French government collapses in no-confidence vote

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/05

The French government has collapsed after PM, Michel Barnier, was ousted in a no-confidence vote, after forcing through his budget. Also: Mexican police make their biggest ever seizure of the synthetic drug fentanyl.

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31:55

South Korean president faces impeachment vote

Global News Podcast ·

2024/12/04

South Korean MPs have begun impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after thwarting his move to impose martial law. Also: jailed Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi is temporarily released.

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