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Global News Podcast

The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens.

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Iran protests: hundreds feared dead
Hospital staff in Iran say they are overwhelmed with dead or injured patients
11 Jan 2026,27 mins
The Happy Pod: The 88-year-old veteran given nearly $2m by strangers
Why an Australian man raised nearly two million dollars to help an elderly US veteran
10 Jan 2026,26 mins
Iran protesters defy crackdown warning
Thirteenth night of Iranian demonstrations despite threat of reprisals
10 Jan 2026,24 mins
Iran's Supreme Leader describes demonstrators as vandals
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Iranian authorities would not back down as unrest grows
09 Jan 2026,28 mins
Largest anti-government protests in Iran since 2009
Reports of clashes as Iranians take to the streets across the country
09 Jan 2026,28 mins
Lebanon completes first phase of plan to disarm Hezbollah
The Lebanese military say the south of the country is now free of non-state weapons
08 Jan 2026,29 mins
Woman shot dead by US immigration agent
Angry reaction to a fatal shooting by an ICE agent in the city of Minneapolis
08 Jan 2026,31 mins
US seizes two Venezuela-linked tankers
The US says it has seized two tankers with links to Venezuela, one of them Russian
07 Jan 2026,26 mins
President Trump again threatens to annex Greenland
Europe vows to defend Greenland after the US suggests using military force
07 Jan 2026,26 mins
Venezuela Special: Q&A
Our correspondents answer your questions about the US operation in Venezuela
06 Jan 2026,22 mins
Europe tells US ‘Greenland belongs to its people’
European allies back Denmark over Trump's threat to annex Greenland
06 Jan 2026,29 mins
Delcy Rodriguez sworn in as Venezuela's new president
The new Venezuelan leader faces competing challenges
06 Jan 2026,27 mins
Maduro taken to US court
Venezuela's ousted leader appearing in New York court on drug and weapons charges
05 Jan 2026,27 mins
US sends warning to Venezuela's new leader
Donald Trump says if Delcy Rodriguez doesn’t do what’s right, she's going to pay a price
05 Jan 2026,26 mins
The Happy Pod: Christmas with the man I saved
A US bone marrow donor spent Christmas with the man whose life she saved in Australia
04 Jan 2026,26 mins
Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro in New York
Venezuela's president in US to face drug and weapons offences
04 Jan 2026,24 mins
Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela
Trump "not afraid" to "put boots on the ground" in Venezuela until "safe" transition
03 Jan 2026,19 mins
President Trump says US captures Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro
The US military attacks Venezuela and takes President Maduro to America to stand trial
03 Jan 2026,21 mins
More questions about Swiss fire
Officials in Switzerland focus on the causes of the ski resort fire
03 Jan 2026,26 mins
US ‘locked and loaded’ to help Iranian protestors
Donald Trump says he'll back Iranian anti-government demonstrators if they're attacked
02 Jan 2026,29 mins
Tributes paid to dead and injured after fire at Swiss resort
Hundreds attend vigil in Swiss ski resort after around 40 people die in bar fire
02 Jan 2026,24 mins
Dozens killed in Swiss ski resort fire
New Year celebrations turn to tragedy after deadly fire at bar in Crans-Montana
01 Jan 2026,27 mins
Trump removes National Guard from some US cities
Donald Trump is to withdraw the National Guard from Democrat-led cities including Chicago
01 Jan 2026,26 mins
Queen: I was assaulted on train
Queen Camilla tells the BBC she fought off an attacker when she was a teenager
31 Dec 2025,28 mins
Iran protests: 'Death to the dictatorship'
Iranian students join shopkeepers in mass demonstrations over the economy
31 Dec 2025,29 mins
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemeni port over alleged UAE weapons
UAE says it will end its operations in Yemen after Saudi strike, as Gulf rift deepens
30 Dec 2025,30 mins
President Trump warns Hamas to honour disarming promise
President Trump says there will be "hell to pay" if Hamas doesn't quickly disarm
30 Dec 2025,26 mins
Zelensky: US offered Ukraine 15-year security guarantee
President Trump says peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia is "close to 95% done"
29 Dec 2025,31 mins
Optimism but no deal after Ukraine peace talks
Presidents Trump and Zelensky say thorny issues remain following Florida meeting
29 Dec 2025,30 mins
Myanmar's military stages controversial election
Polling is underway in the first vote in Myanmar since army seized power
28 Dec 2025,34 mins