The Global Story

A podcast by BBC World Service

Try Bookbeat 60! days for free, click here

Try Bookbeat 60! days for free, click here

Enjoy a whole world of audiobooks and e-books, everything from new releases to the classics

 Sponsored

386 Episodes

  1. How Trump 2.0 could reshape the Middle East

    Published: 22/01/2025

  2. President Trump is back

    Published: 20/01/2025

  3. Inside the White House on inauguration day

    Published: 20/01/2025

  4. Path to the Presidency: Inauguration (weather) forecast

    Published: 18/01/2025

  5. Biden's diplomatic legacy: Afghanistan, Ukraine and Gaza

    Published: 17/01/2025

  6. Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire in Gaza

    Published: 16/01/2025

  7. Hope and loss after 15 months of Israel-Gaza conflict

    Published: 15/01/2025

  8. LA fires: “It was like watching the end of the world”

    Published: 14/01/2025

  9. Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni: The saga explained

    Published: 13/01/2025

  10. Path to the Presidency: Unconditional discharge

    Published: 11/01/2025

  11. Why is Elon Musk meddling in European politics?

    Published: 10/01/2025

  12. The fight for the Arctic

    Published: 09/01/2025

  13. Beyond Trudeau: Canada's political future

    Published: 08/01/2025

  14. Could Donald Trump reignite a peace deal for the Israel-Gaza war?

    Published: 07/01/2025

  15. The global surrogacy boom

    Published: 06/01/2025

  16. Path to the Presidency: New Orleans attack response

    Published: 04/01/2025

  17. The 'Holy Grail' of shipwrecks

    Published: 03/01/2025

  18. Has Canada soured on immigration?

    Published: 02/01/2025

  19. Path to the Presidency: An incredible year in US democracy

    Published: 31/12/2024

  20. Afghanistan: "Life was so beautiful when I would go to school"

    Published: 30/12/2024

4 / 20

Global perspectives on one big story. In-depth insights from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider. Make sense of the news with our experts around the world, every Monday to Friday. Episodes will be ready by 10:30 GMT. Host Katya Adler and our BBC teams guide you through one major global news story each episode. From Beijing to Boston, Baghdad to Bangalore, our unrivalled reach will take you beyond the headlines to help understand and explore what’s happening. The Global News Podcast brings you the latest updates and, on The Global Story, we will drill deep into a single story. From the climate emergency, to the burning questions around Artificial Intelligence, to the movements of money and markets, and the power of the ballot and the bullet. Katya Adler has been a BBC correspondent and editor for more than 25 years, covering conflicts in the Middle East, political and economic crises in Europe, and drug cartels in Mexico. The Global Story team would like to hear your stories and experiences on the issues that we’re covering on the podcast. Please get in touch: [email protected] #TheGlobalStory and tell us your thoughts on what you would like us to talk about.
Visit the podcast's native language site