Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Wednesday 24 February 2021 : Ghana is first nation to receive Coronavirus vaccines through sharing initiative. Covax scheme aims to encourage richer countries to share...
Wednesday 24 February 2021 : Testifying to a Senate committee, officials said that the rioters 'came prepared for war'. Also: suspect in Malta journalist murder pleads...
Tuesday 23 February 2021 : The UN's World Food Programme says Pyongyang's strict Covid rules could halt its aid. Also: Facebook reverses its ban on news in Australia,...
Tuesday 23 February 2021 : President Biden describes it as a truly grim heartbreaking milestone. Also: NASA releases videos of its Perseverance rover landing on Mars...
Monday 22 February 2021 : Luca Attanasio and two others died after a UN convoy was attacked near Goma. Also: Boeing 777 airliners are grounded after an engine falls...
Sunday 21 February 2021 : Thousands of Burmese activists held ceremonies and vigils for those killed by the military authorities as they try to suppress a campaign of...
Saturday 20 February 2021 : Myanmar security forces open fire on protestors in the city of Mandalay, in the bloodiest show of force since the military coup earlier this...
Friday 19 February 2021 : The jabs will be distributed by the UN's COVAX scheme, also, a more lenient approach to drugs possession in Norway, and why a black...
Friday 19 February 2021 : Buckingham Palace has said Prince Harry and Meghan "remain much loved members of the family". UK Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are...
Friday 19 February 2021 : The robot will spend the next two years looking for evidence of past life. Also: an inquiry in Colombia finds that the army under President...
Thursday 18 February 2021 : The life expectancy for the entire population dropped to 77.8 years. The Australian Prime Minister says his government will not be...
Wednesday 17 February 2021 : Transfer is part of new president's reversal of his predecessor's policies, also, Britain to launch Covid trial with healthy young...
Wednesday 17 February 2021 : Demonstrators used vehicles to obstruct major roads across city. UN's special rapporteur for Myanmar has warned of potential violence....
Tuesday 16 February 2021 : Bennie Thompson who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee also accused Mr Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and far right groups, the...
Tuesday 16 February 2021 : In secretly recorded messages, the Dubai ruler's daughter says she's being 'held hostage'. Also: Cuba's coronavirus vaccine programme, and...
Tuesday 16 February 2021 : The military says fines will also apply to those found to incite "hatred" towards the coup leaders. Also: World Trade Organization names its...
Monday 15 February 2021 : The military has also warned protesters they could face up to twenty years in jail. Also: searching for the vanishing great white shark, and...
Sunday 14 February 2021 : The leaders of Myanmar's military coup try to consolidate power, as they face continued protests across the country. Also, the World Health...
Saturday 13 February 2021 : Fifty-seven senators voted to convict Mr Trump - 10 short of the number needed to convict. Mario Draghi is sworn in as Italy's new prime...
Saturday 13 February 2021 : Lawyers for the former president, Donald Trump, argue that his remarks in the hours leading up to the storming of the US Capitol should be...
Friday 12 February 2021 : UK Supreme Court ruling allows lawsuit by oil-polluted Niger Delta communities. People in this area say their lives and health have...
Thursday 11 February 2021 : They said the rioters who stormed Congress believed they were acting on Trump's orders. The Duchess of Sussex has won a privacy case against...
Thursday 11 February 2021 : There's been a fresh wave of arrests in Myanmar of officials linked to the former civilian government. Also: Tokyo Olympics chief to step...
Thursday 11 February 2021 : Democrats tell his impeachment trial his election fraud claims led directly to the riots. Also: we hear from young activists in Myanmar, and...
Wednesday 10 February 2021 : European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen publicly accepts criticism. She says EU was slow to authorise vaccines, overconfident...
Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Covid: WHO's Covax scheme delivers first vaccines
Ghana is first nation to receive Coronavirus vaccines through sharing initiative. Covax scheme aims to encourage richer countries to share...
Capitol security officials blame US intelligence failures in January 6 riot response
Testifying to a Senate committee, officials said that the rioters 'came prepared for war'. Also: suspect in Malta journalist murder pleads...
UN could suspend aid for N Korea's 'hungry millions'
The UN's World Food Programme says Pyongyang's strict Covid rules could halt its aid. Also: Facebook reverses its ban on news in Australia,...
US Covid-19 deaths pass half a million
President Biden describes it as a truly grim heartbreaking milestone. Also: NASA releases videos of its Perseverance rover landing on Mars...
Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo
Luca Attanasio and two others died after a UN convoy was attacked near Goma. Also: Boeing 777 airliners are grounded after an engine falls...
Myanmar: Huge crowds mourn three demonstrators killed in protests
Thousands of Burmese activists held ceremonies and vigils for those killed by the military authorities as they try to suppress a campaign of...
Myanmar: Two protestors shot dead
Myanmar security forces open fire on protestors in the city of Mandalay, in the bloodiest show of force since the military coup earlier this...
G7 leaders pledge billions of dollars for UN global vaccination fund
The jabs will be distributed by the UN's COVAX scheme, also, a more lenient approach to drugs possession in Norway, and why a black...
Harry and Meghan not returning as working members of Royal Family
Buckingham Palace has said Prince Harry and Meghan "remain much loved members of the family". UK Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are...
NASA's Perseverance Rover lands on Mars
The robot will spend the next two years looking for evidence of past life. Also: an inquiry in Colombia finds that the army under President...
US life expectancy falls by a year amid pandemic
The life expectancy for the entire population dropped to 77.8 years. The Australian Prime Minister says his government will not be...
Biden administration to transfer more than 200 million dollars to WHO
Transfer is part of new president's reversal of his predecessor's policies, also, Britain to launch Covid trial with healthy young...
Myanmar: Roads blocked in Yangon as thousands protest
Demonstrators used vehicles to obstruct major roads across city. UN's special rapporteur for Myanmar has warned of potential violence....
Leading Democratic Congressman files federal lawsuit against Donald Trump
Bennie Thompson who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee also accused Mr Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and far right groups, the...
Princess Latifa: 'I want to be free'
In secretly recorded messages, the Dubai ruler's daughter says she's being 'held hostage'. Also: Cuba's coronavirus vaccine programme, and...
Myanmar protestors threatened with 20 years in jail
The military says fines will also apply to those found to incite "hatred" towards the coup leaders. Also: World Trade Organization names its...
Myanmar soldiers use rubber bullets against protesters
The military has also warned protesters they could face up to twenty years in jail. Also: searching for the vanishing great white shark, and...
Myanmar: Armoured vehicles roll through the streets
The leaders of Myanmar's military coup try to consolidate power, as they face continued protests across the country. Also, the World Health...
Trump acquitted of inciting mob to attack US Capitol
Fifty-seven senators voted to convict Mr Trump - 10 short of the number needed to convict. Mario Draghi is sworn in as Italy's new prime...
Trump's lawyers present impeachment defence
Lawyers for the former president, Donald Trump, argue that his remarks in the hours leading up to the storming of the US Capitol should be...
Nigeria: Polluted communities 'can sue Shell in English courts'
UK Supreme Court ruling allows lawsuit by oil-polluted Niger Delta communities. People in this area say their lives and health have...
US Impeachment: 'Convict Trump or it could happen again'
They said the rioters who stormed Congress believed they were acting on Trump's orders. The Duchess of Sussex has won a privacy case against...
Myanmar is planning to increase internet censorship as protests continue
There's been a fresh wave of arrests in Myanmar of officials linked to the former civilian government. Also: Tokyo Olympics chief to step...
Trump: New footage of Capitol violence
Democrats tell his impeachment trial his election fraud claims led directly to the riots. Also: we hear from young activists in Myanmar, and...
Covid-19: EU's von der Leyen admits failures in vaccine rollout
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen publicly accepts criticism. She says EU was slow to authorise vaccines, overconfident...
