Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Friday 20 May 2022 : President Zelensky says the situation there is "hell". Also: a court in Argentina finds the state guilty of the massacre of indigenous...
Friday 20 May 2022 : The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told the UN that Russia was deliberately worsening a growing global food crisis. Also: Biden says...
Thursday 19 May 2022 : Conflict and climate change are driving the numbers up globally. Also: the police in Britain have closed their investigation into breaches...
Thursday 19 May 2022 : Antonio Guterres said the war in Ukraine was compounding global food insecurity, already worsened by warming temperatures and the pandemic....
Wednesday 18 May 2022 : The annual report by the World Meteorological Organisation says four key indicators of climate change hit record levels in 2021. Also, the...
Wednesday 18 May 2022 : The International Criminal Court will collaborate with French detectives who have been working at suspected crime scenes in Ukraine. Also,...
Tuesday 17 May 2022 : The fate of more than 260 soldiers taken to Russian controlled territory on Monday remains unclear. Ukraine suggests a prisoner exchange but...
Monday 16 May 2022 : Many have been admitted to hospital in the Russian controlled town of Novoazovsk. Also, Sri Lanka's new prime minister warns of further...
Monday 16 May 2022 : The authorities in Bucha accuse Russian soldiers of war crimes. Also, North Korea's leader orders his military to help respond to the Covid...
Sunday 15 May 2022 : They want to join the alliance after Russia’s Ukraine invasion. Also, the killing of 10 people in a US supermarket shooting is a “hate...
Saturday 14 May 2022 : The G7 says it will not acknowledge land seized by Russian military action. Also, thousands of pro-life supporters march in the US, and...
Saturday 14 May 2022 : Israeli police with riot-gear hit mourners saying they were pelted with stones, as crowds carried the coffin. Also, Russia to suspend...
Friday 13 May 2022 : Men passing through a transit point in Estonia say they have been questioned for hours. Also, Russian troops fighting in Ukraine have...
Friday 13 May 2022 : The UN Human Rights Council has voted to set up an inquiry into allegations of abuses by Russian forces in Ukraine. Also, astronomers reveal...
Thursday 12 May 2022 : **The report on Nigeria in this podcast contains descriptions of violence that some listeners may find upsetting** Finland says its...
Thursday 12 May 2022 : The Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa used a late-night address to offer a number of concessions, but said he needed to stay on to...
Wednesday 11 May 2022 : Shireen Abu Aqla was shot while covering a military operation at a refugee camp. Also, Ukraine says it is suspending the flow of Russian...
Wednesday 11 May 2022 : Troops are on the streets of Colombo after anti-government unrest, fuelled by the economic crisis. Also, US spy chief says Putin preparing...
Tuesday 10 May 2022 : Curfew in force across Sri Lanka amid mounting anger at the economic crisis. Also, the Marcos political dynasty returns to power in the...
Monday 09 May 2022 : Initial results suggest Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr is heading for a landslide win in the Philippines election. Also, Ukraine reacts...
Monday 09 May 2022 : The Russian president said the invasion of Ukraine was necessary and had been provoked by the West. Eastern and southern parts of Ukraine...
Sunday 08 May 2022 : Volodymyr Zelensky says 60 people died after a bomb hit a school in the Donbas region. About 90 people had been sheltering in the building...
Saturday 07 May 2022 : Afghan women already face restricted access to jobs, travel and education. Also, for the first time the Northern Ireland election is won by...
Friday 06 May 2022 : The human rights group says there is evidence of attacks on civilians and extrajudicial killings. Also: a rescue operation is underway in...
Friday 06 May 2022 : Ukrainian soldiers accuse Russians of ruining plans for an evacuation ceasefire. The UN and Red Cross are expected to make another attempt...
Global News Podcast
BBC World Service
Ukraine: Russian forces intensify attacks in Donbas region
President Zelensky says the situation there is "hell". Also: a court in Argentina finds the state guilty of the massacre of indigenous...
US accuses Russia of using food as weapon of war in Ukraine
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told the UN that Russia was deliberately worsening a growing global food crisis. Also: Biden says...
Report says nearly 60 million people internally displaced
Conflict and climate change are driving the numbers up globally. Also: the police in Britain have closed their investigation into breaches...
UN chief warns of global hunger, urging Russia to free Ukrainian grain
Antonio Guterres said the war in Ukraine was compounding global food insecurity, already worsened by warming temperatures and the pandemic....
UN warns climate catastrophe getting closer
The annual report by the World Meteorological Organisation says four key indicators of climate change hit record levels in 2021. Also, the...
ICC sends 'largest ever' team of investigators to Ukraine
The International Criminal Court will collaborate with French detectives who have been working at suspected crime scenes in Ukraine. Also,...
Ukraine working on 'next stages' of Mariupol evacuation
The fate of more than 260 soldiers taken to Russian controlled territory on Monday remains unclear. Ukraine suggests a prisoner exchange but...
Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters evacuated from Mariupol steelworks
Many have been admitted to hospital in the Russian controlled town of Novoazovsk. Also, Sri Lanka's new prime minister warns of further...
Ukraine: The children's camp that became an execution ground
The authorities in Bucha accuse Russian soldiers of war crimes. Also, North Korea's leader orders his military to help respond to the Covid...
Finland and Sweden confirm Nato bid
They want to join the alliance after Russia’s Ukraine invasion. Also, the killing of 10 people in a US supermarket shooting is a “hate...
World's most powerful nations 'will never recognise' Ukraine border change
The G7 says it will not acknowledge land seized by Russian military action. Also, thousands of pro-life supporters march in the US, and...
Violence at funeral for Al Jazeera reporter
Israeli police with riot-gear hit mourners saying they were pelted with stones, as crowds carried the coffin. Also, Russia to suspend...
Ukrainians trying to leave Russia complain of frightening interrogations
Men passing through a transit point in Estonia say they have been questioned for hours. Also, Russian troops fighting in Ukraine have...
UN to investigate Russian abuses in Ukraine
The UN Human Rights Council has voted to set up an inquiry into allegations of abuses by Russian forces in Ukraine. Also, astronomers reveal...
Finland announces intention to join Nato
**The report on Nigeria in this podcast contains descriptions of violence that some listeners may find upsetting** Finland says its...
Sri Lankan president says he will appoint a new cabinet within a week
The Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa used a late-night address to offer a number of concessions, but said he needed to stay on to...
Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
Shireen Abu Aqla was shot while covering a military operation at a refugee camp. Also, Ukraine says it is suspending the flow of Russian...
Sri Lankan soldiers told to shoot law-breakers on sight
Troops are on the streets of Colombo after anti-government unrest, fuelled by the economic crisis. Also, US spy chief says Putin preparing...
Sri Lanka: Escalating violence as protests continue
Curfew in force across Sri Lanka amid mounting anger at the economic crisis. Also, the Marcos political dynasty returns to power in the...
Ex-dictator’s son leads Philippines vote
Initial results suggest Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr is heading for a landslide win in the Philippines election. Also, Ukraine reacts...
Putin defends Ukraine war but no hint of next steps
The Russian president said the invasion of Ukraine was necessary and had been provoked by the West. Eastern and southern parts of Ukraine...
Zelensky: 60 people dead after bomb hits school
Volodymyr Zelensky says 60 people died after a bomb hit a school in the Donbas region. About 90 people had been sheltering in the building...
Afghanistan: Taliban orders women to wear full face veil in public
Afghan women already face restricted access to jobs, travel and education. Also, for the first time the Northern Ireland election is won by...
Amnesty International accuses Russia of inaction over human rights abuses
The human rights group says there is evidence of attacks on civilians and extrajudicial killings. Also: a rescue operation is underway in...
Fresh fighting scuppers rescue of civilians trapped in besieged Mariupol steelworks
Ukrainian soldiers accuse Russians of ruining plans for an evacuation ceasefire. The UN and Red Cross are expected to make another attempt...
