Global News Podcast

The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends

Special edition: What's next for Syria

08 December 2024

30:07

Damascus Special

08 December 2024

20:03

Syrian rebels enter Homs and close in on Damascus

07 December 2024

29:43

Syria special

07 December 2024

14:08

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

07 December 2024

26:54

Romanian court criticised for annulling election results

07 December 2024

29:52

Syrian rebels continue their rapid advance

06 December 2024

28:44

Syrian rebels celebrate capture of Hama

05 December 2024

27:42

Syrian rebels take control of second major city

05 December 2024

32:56

French government collapses in no-confidence vote

05 December 2024

28:28

South Korean president faces impeachment vote

04 December 2024

31:55

South Korea president reverses his decision to impose martial law

03 December 2024

21:22

Taliban in Afghanistan ban all medical training for women

03 December 2024

30:32

Israel strikes Lebanon as Hezbollah targets military

03 December 2024

27:06

BBC hears of horror and hunger in rare visit to Darfur

02 December 2024

30:22

Syria's president meets the Iranian FM as he tries to marshal support against a rebel offensive

02 December 2024

29:58

Syria's president meets the Iranian FM as he tries to marshal support against a rebel offensive

02 December 2024

30:03

Bonus: The Global Story - Which country educates its children best?

01 December 2024

27:06

Syria's President Assad insists he will defeat rebels

01 December 2024

29:53

The Happy Pod: Swimming against depression

30 November 2024

27:57

UK MPs vote in favour of assisted dying

30 November 2024

30:30

Notre-Dame cathedral returned to former glory

29 November 2024

29:21

Putin says attack on Ukraine power grid 'response to US-made missiles'

28 November 2024

30:55

Massive Russian attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure

28 November 2024

29:45

Fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah appears to hold

27 November 2024

29:10

Thousands return home as Israel-Hezbollah truce comes into force

27 November 2024

30:34

Strikes continue hours before Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in Lebanon

27 November 2024

29:08

Lebanon ceasefire Special

26 November 2024

18:16

Army deployed to protests in Islamabad

26 November 2024

30:44

US judge dismisses election case against Trump

26 November 2024

30:57

Shock result in first round of Romania's presidential election

25 November 2024

32:15

Arrests made in UAE after body of missing rabbi found

25 November 2024

33:12

Bonus: The Global Story - Is social media changing the way we speak?

24 November 2024

27:04

$300bn cash deal rescues COP29 climate talks from collapse

24 November 2024

29:06

The Happy Pod: The dolphins who 'smile' at their friends

23 November 2024

27:19

Putin says Russia will use new missile again in 'combat conditions'

22 November 2024

31:12

Russia gives North Korea more than one million barrels of oil, report finds

22 November 2024

26:06

Israel and US critical of ICC arrest warrant

22 November 2024

30:21

ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu

21 November 2024

29:30

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai testifies for first time

20 November 2024

30:50

MSF charity pulls out of Haiti's capital after attacks on staff

20 November 2024

31:16

US confirms Ukraine used its missiles to strike Russia

20 November 2024

27:35

Russia says Ukraine has launched long-range American missiles into its territory

19 November 2024

29:36

US pledges more support for Ukraine at UN meeting

19 November 2024

30:44

Moscow responds angrily to Biden's Ukraine weapons decision

18 November 2024

31:20

Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range US missiles

18 November 2024

32:00

Bonus: The Global Story - Does Singapore's death penalty deter drug crime?

17 November 2024

27:02

Biden meets Xi Jinping as concerns over a US-China trade war grow

17 November 2024

27:32

The Happy Pod: How saving an otter changed our lives

16 November 2024

26:34

Netanyahu aide accused of changing 7 October documents

16 November 2024

30:09