Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Thursday 13 May 2021 : Jews and Arabs clash in several Israeli towns. Also: persuading the vaccine hesitant to get a covid jab; and Russia's space agency plans to...
Thursday 13 May 2021 : Hamas remains defiant and the Israeli military considers possible ground invasion. Also 3 Kenyan MPs meet the speaker of parliament to...
Thursday 13 May 2021 : Israeli air strikes kill senior Hamas military commanders in Gaza City, as fighting with Palestinians goes on. Also, international leaders...
Wednesday 12 May 2021 : At least 53 Palestinians and 6 Israelis have been killed since latest fighting began. Other nations have appealed for both sides to end...
Tuesday 11 May 2021 : Palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets into Israel and Israel carried out heavy airstrikes on Gaza. We hear from the Israeli...
Tuesday 11 May 2021 : At least seven pupils and one teacher died in the attack in Kazan..Also, further heavy exchanges of fire between Palestinians and Israelis,...
Tuesday 11 May 2021 : The EU, the US and the UK have called for the violence to stop after the Palestinians and Israel exchange fire. Also: billions of cicadas...
Monday 10 May 2021 : Police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse stone-throwing crowds in and around Al-Aqsa mosque. Emergency legislation has...
Sunday 09 May 2021 : Police said Alexander Murakhousky had not reported back from a hunting trip in a Siberian forest since Friday. Also: more than 1,000...
Sunday 09 May 2021 : The attack took place as the students were leaving the school in Kabul. Also: India's PM asks EU support for Covid19 vaccine patents waiver,...
Saturday 08 May 2021 : Employers hired 266,000 people in the US last month, despite a $1.9tn stimulus package. Also: WHO approves Chinese covid vaccine, and...
Friday 07 May 2021 : Sikhs in Delhi convert temple into hospital for Covid patients. And Supreme Court orders government to supply 700 metric tonnes of oxygen to...
Friday 07 May 2021 : More than 4,000 Indians have died in 24 hours, and some experts say the real Covid-19 figures could be much higher. Also, South Africa’s...
Thursday 06 May 2021 : The US Secretary of State urged Moscow to end its 'reckless and aggressive' actions to Ukraine. Also: the Ugandan former child soldier...
Wednesday 05 May 2021 : Facebook’s Oversight Board however criticised the permanent nature of the ban and ordered the site to review the decision and “justify a...
Wednesday 05 May 2021 : Opponents of military coup have announced setting up of armed wing. This follows months of clashes with security forces, in which more than...
Tuesday 04 May 2021 : The Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said “nothing would be hidden” while the mayor of Mexico City said an external...
Tuesday 04 May 2021 : The Mexican authorities promise an independent investigation. Also: India suspends the IPL cricket tournament; and Bill and Melinda Gates...
Monday 03 May 2021 : The World Health Organization has appealed for more help from rich countries to protect poorer nations against the coronavirus as the global...
Monday 03 May 2021 : Officials say the site had more than four- hundred- thousand members across the globe. Four men have been arrested in an international...
Sunday 02 May 2021 : The BJP has been defeated in state elections in West Bengal where it had held huge rallies despite a surge in coronavirus cases. Colombia's...
Sunday 02 May 2021 : The Taliban have warned they are no longer bound by an agreement not to target international troops in Afghanistan. Also: Turkey arrests two...
Saturday 01 May 2021 : The Brazilian part of the Amazon rainforest has released 20% more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in the past decade than it has...
Friday 30 April 2021 : Prime Minister Netanyahu has pledged an investigation into disaster. Reports say it began when people leaving Orthodox Jewish event slipped...
Friday 30 April 2021 : The 14-day average of deaths and coronavirus cases in Brazil has seen a slight fall but remains high. Also: Turkey enters first full...
Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Israeli military intensifies attacks in Gaza
Jews and Arabs clash in several Israeli towns. Also: persuading the vaccine hesitant to get a covid jab; and Russia's space agency plans to...
Gaza: No let up in violence
Hamas remains defiant and the Israeli military considers possible ground invasion. Also 3 Kenyan MPs meet the speaker of parliament to...
Gaza: Dozens of deaths as Israel and Palestinians exchange fire
Israeli air strikes kill senior Hamas military commanders in Gaza City, as fighting with Palestinians goes on. Also, international leaders...
Israel-Gaza: More casualties as violence continues
At least 53 Palestinians and 6 Israelis have been killed since latest fighting began. Other nations have appealed for both sides to end...
UN warns Israel and Hamas are heading for full scale war
Palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets into Israel and Israel carried out heavy airstrikes on Gaza. We hear from the Israeli...
Several killed in Russian school shooting
At least seven pupils and one teacher died in the attack in Kazan..Also, further heavy exchanges of fire between Palestinians and Israelis,...
Pleas for calm as Jerusalem violence escalates
The EU, the US and the UK have called for the violence to stop after the Palestinians and Israel exchange fire. Also: billions of cicadas...
Jewish nationalist march cancelled in Occupied East Jerusalem
Police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse stone-throwing crowds in and around Al-Aqsa mosque. Emergency legislation has...
Russian doctor who treated Alexei Navalny goes missing
Police said Alexander Murakhousky had not reported back from a hunting trip in a Siberian forest since Friday. Also: more than 1,000...
Deadly attack at secondary school in Afghanistan
The attack took place as the students were leaving the school in Kabul. Also: India's PM asks EU support for Covid19 vaccine patents waiver,...
US jobs fall short of expectations
Employers hired 266,000 people in the US last month, despite a $1.9tn stimulus package. Also: WHO approves Chinese covid vaccine, and...
India: Communities take action to tackle Covid crisis
Sikhs in Delhi convert temple into hospital for Covid patients. And Supreme Court orders government to supply 700 metric tonnes of oxygen to...
WHO: India accounts for nearly half of Covid-19 cases
More than 4,000 Indians have died in 24 hours, and some experts say the real Covid-19 figures could be much higher. Also, South Africa’s...
Blinken: US will respond to 'reckless' Russian acts
The US Secretary of State urged Moscow to end its 'reckless and aggressive' actions to Ukraine. Also: the Ugandan former child soldier...
Facebook's Trump ban upheld for now
Facebook’s Oversight Board however criticised the permanent nature of the ban and ordered the site to review the decision and “justify a...
Myanmar: Opposition say they'll create armed protection force
Opponents of military coup have announced setting up of armed wing. This follows months of clashes with security forces, in which more than...
Mexico City metro: Authorities promise full investigation into deadly crash
The Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said “nothing would be hidden” while the mayor of Mexico City said an external...
Mexico City train crash kills more than 20 people
The Mexican authorities promise an independent investigation. Also: India suspends the IPL cricket tournament; and Bill and Melinda Gates...
WHO wants more funding for Covax
The World Health Organization has appealed for more help from rich countries to protect poorer nations against the coronavirus as the global...
German police shut down online child abuse platform
Officials say the site had more than four- hundred- thousand members across the globe. Four men have been arrested in an international...
India: Modi loses battleground state amid Covid surge
The BJP has been defeated in state elections in West Bengal where it had held huge rallies despite a surge in coronavirus cases. Colombia's...
US commander warns against attacks in Afghanistan as deadline passes
The Taliban have warned they are no longer bound by an agreement not to target international troops in Afghanistan. Also: Turkey arrests two...
Brazilian Amazon now a net emitter of greenhouse gases
The Brazilian part of the Amazon rainforest has released 20% more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in the past decade than it has...
Israel: At least 44 killed in stampede at religious festival
Prime Minister Netanyahu has pledged an investigation into disaster. Reports say it began when people leaving Orthodox Jewish event slipped...
Brazil hits 400,000 deaths amid slow vaccination
The 14-day average of deaths and coronavirus cases in Brazil has seen a slight fall but remains high. Also: Turkey enters first full...
