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The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens.
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The Happy Pod: The 88-year-old veteran given nearly $2m by strangers
Today
Why an Australian man raised nearly two million dollars to help an elderly US veteran
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Iran protesters defy crackdown warning
Today
Thirteenth night of Iranian demonstrations despite threat of reprisals
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Iran's Supreme Leader describes demonstrators as vandals
Yesterday
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Iranian authorities would not back down as unrest grows
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Largest anti-government protests in Iran since 2009
Yesterday
Reports of clashes as Iranians take to the streets across the country
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Lebanon completes first phase of plan to disarm Hezbollah
Thursday
The Lebanese military say the south of the country is now free of non-state weapons
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Woman shot dead by US immigration agent
Thursday
Angry reaction to a fatal shooting by an ICE agent in the city of Minneapolis
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US seizes two Venezuela-linked tankers
Wednesday
The US says it has seized two tankers with links to Venezuela, one of them Russian
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President Trump again threatens to annex Greenland
Wednesday
Europe vows to defend Greenland after the US suggests using military force
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Venezuela Special: Q&A
Tuesday
Our correspondents answer your questions about the US operation in Venezuela
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Europe tells US ‘Greenland belongs to its people’
Tuesday
European allies back Denmark over Trump's threat to annex Greenland
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Delcy Rodriguez sworn in as Venezuela's new president
Tuesday
The new Venezuelan leader faces competing challenges
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Maduro taken to US court
Monday
Venezuela's ousted leader appearing in New York court on drug and weapons charges
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US sends warning to Venezuela's new leader
Monday
Donald Trump says if Delcy Rodriguez doesn’t do what’s right, she's going to pay a price
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The Happy Pod: Christmas with the man I saved
Last Sunday
A US bone marrow donor spent Christmas with the man whose life she saved in Australia
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Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro in New York
Last Sunday
Venezuela's president in US to face drug and weapons offences
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Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela
Last Saturday
Trump "not afraid" to "put boots on the ground" in Venezuela until "safe" transition
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President Trump says US captures Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro
Last Saturday
The US military attacks Venezuela and takes President Maduro to America to stand trial
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More questions about Swiss fire
Last Saturday
Officials in Switzerland focus on the causes of the ski resort fire
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US ‘locked and loaded’ to help Iranian protestors
Last Friday
Donald Trump says he'll back Iranian anti-government demonstrators if they're attacked
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Tributes paid to dead and injured after fire at Swiss resort
Last Friday
Hundreds attend vigil in Swiss ski resort after around 40 people die in bar fire
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Dozens killed in Swiss ski resort fire
New Year's Day 2026
New Year celebrations turn to tragedy after deadly fire at bar in Crans-Montana
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Trump removes National Guard from some US cities
New Year's Day 2026
Donald Trump is to withdraw the National Guard from Democrat-led cities including Chicago
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Queen: I was assaulted on train
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Queen Camilla tells the BBC she fought off an attacker when she was a teenager
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Iran protests: 'Death to the dictatorship'
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Iranian students join shopkeepers in mass demonstrations over the economy
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Saudi Arabia bombs Yemeni port over alleged UAE weapons
Tue 30 Dec 2025
UAE says it will end its operations in Yemen after Saudi strike, as Gulf rift deepens
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President Trump warns Hamas to honour disarming promise
Tue 30 Dec 2025
President Trump says there will be "hell to pay" if Hamas doesn't quickly disarm
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Zelensky: US offered Ukraine 15-year security guarantee
Mon 29 Dec 2025
President Trump says peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia is "close to 95% done"
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Optimism but no deal after Ukraine peace talks
Mon 29 Dec 2025
Presidents Trump and Zelensky say thorny issues remain following Florida meeting
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Myanmar's military stages controversial election
Sun 28 Dec 2025
Polling is underway in the first vote in Myanmar since army seized power
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The Happy Pod: Our best stories of 2025
Sat 27 Dec 2025
A round-up of the happiest stories from the past year
