Episodes
On the final day of campaigning the race for US President is too close to call. Also, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu faces allegations of leaking classified documents and we hear from St Lucia's first Olympic medal winner.
Published 11/04/24
Musician Quincy Jones who worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and many others, has died at the age of 91. Also: we look at the final day of campaigning in the US election, and a new way to detect cancer.
Published 11/04/24
Moldova's pro-EU president Maia Sandu appears on course for a second term. The King of Spain is met by angry protesters during a visit to flood-hit Valencia. US presidential candidates make last pitch for support.
Published 11/03/24
Your weekly bonus episode from The Global Story podcast.
As well as electing a president, Americans will also choose governors, representatives, and senators. Although these races may have been overshadowed, they could determine how much power the next president has.
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Published 11/03/24
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris make their pitches on the final weekend of campaigning in the United States. Also: a polio clinic is hit in northern Gaza on the day a vaccination drive was restarted.
Published 11/02/24
Charlotte and Dave met as strangers in a moment of crisis, and went on to marry. Also, the son who reunited with his father after 19 years, and the friends that have been meeting up every week in the same spot since 1968
Presenter: Jannat Jalil. Music composed by Iona Hampson.
Published 11/02/24
As the US presidential election approaches, Donald Trump attempts to drum up support from Arab-American voters in Michigan, while Kamala Harris holds rallies in Wisconsin. Also: can avatars help people with psychosis?
Published 11/02/24
More than 200 people are now confirmed dead in the flash flooding in Spain. Also: Thailand recognises hundreds of thousands of stateless people living there as Thai citizens.
Published 11/01/24
Hundreds of people in Spain, aided by drones, have been deployed to a rescue mission after recent flash floods claimed many lives. Also: the first artwork made by a humanoid robot, Ai-da, goes up for auction.
Published 11/01/24
Rescue efforts continue in Spain to find survivors of flash flooding which have killed more than 100 people. Also: super typhoon hits Taiwan, and North Korea tests its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile.
Published 10/31/24
Spain is enduring its worst flooding disaster in decades, with scores of people dead and dozens more missing. Also: remembering the iconic boxing fight between Ali and Foreman.
Published 10/31/24
More than 70 people have died in Spain after the country’s worst flooding in decades. Also: China has successfully launched its youngest-ever astronauts into space, and are animals more fond of alcohol than we thought?
Published 10/30/24
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says almost 100 people are dead or missing after an Israeli air strike. Also: IKEA compensates victims forced to make its products and tributes to the Buena Vista Social Club's trumpeter.
Published 10/30/24
Hezbollah has chosen a new leader after the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike. Also: Georgia announces a partial recount of its disputed election results, and a lost city in Mexico is uncovered.
Published 10/29/24
The Israeli Parliament votes to ban the Palestinian refugee agency, UNWRA. Also: the world’s trees under threat, the Spanish midfielder, Rodri, wins the Ballon d’Or, and a new Chopin waltz sees the light of day.
Published 10/29/24
UN says the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hits a record high. Also: Pakistan's drive to vaccinate against polio after surge in cases. And can fairy tales get children to eat more fruit and vegetables?
Published 10/28/24
Georgia's PM denies vote rigging claims in Saturday's election as the president blames Russian involvement. Also: ex-Bolivian leader Evo Morales says he was shot at, and where there's no sunlight for three months.
Published 10/28/24
Your weekly bonus episode from The Global Story podcast.
Canada and India are locked in a fierce diplomatic row, after Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau doubled down on allegations that senior Indian officials were involved in the murder of a Sikh activist in Canada.
The Global Story brings you trusted insights from BBC journalists worldwide, one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world.
For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search...
Published 10/27/24
President Biden says he hopes Israeli air strikes on Iran mark the end of hostilities. Also: the Vatican wants a stronger role for women, and linking an old skeleton to an ancient Norse tale.
Published 10/27/24
Meet the woman helping premature babies feel their parents' love, after her son Zachary was born 12 weeks early. Also: how Egypt became Malaria free; the homeless tour guide; and the world's oldest battle rapper.
Published 10/26/24
Israel has hit Iran with what it called "precise and targeted" air strikes and warned Tehran not to retaliate. Iranian state media have played down the damage from the attacks. We consider what the impact will be.
Published 10/26/24
One of the world's most prolific online child abusers, Alexander McCartney, has been jailed in Northern Ireland. Also: 75-year-old rock star Bruce Springsteen says he has no plans to retire any time soon.
Published 10/26/24
Former commander in rebel Lord's Resistance Army, Thomas Kwoyelo, sentenced to 40 years for war crimes in Uganda. Also: The tortured monkey released back into the wild, and a scientific breakthrough in eco production.
Published 10/25/24
The UN says the world is on track to miss global warming limits by a "catastrophic" margin, leading to dramatic increases in extreme weather events. Also: how did the act of kissing evolve?
Published 10/25/24
Commonwealth leaders to defy UK and discuss reparations for slavery. Also: Polar bears face new threats due to rising temperatures, and Italian politician sparks row by praising WWII soldiers as heroes.
Published 10/24/24