The Global Story

A podcast by BBC World Service

233 Episodes

  1. Is China's biggest threat its own ageing population?

    Published: 02/04/2024
  2. Will AI take your job...or help you keep it?

    Published: 01/04/2024
  3. Evan Gershkovich: A year since my friend was jailed in Russia

    Published: 29/03/2024
  4. Hidden reality of frontline combat through the eyes of Ukraine's soldiers

    Published: 28/03/2024
  5. Sam Bankman-Fried's multibillion dollar FTX fraud

    Published: 27/03/2024
  6. Curse of the world's fastest growing economy

    Published: 26/03/2024
  7. Two stories: Insight on Islamic State Group + Miami stops the party

    Published: 25/03/2024
  8. Is Europe’s migration plan ‘bankrolling dictators’ in North Africa?

    Published: 22/03/2024
  9. America’s love-hate relationship with Tik Tok

    Published: 21/03/2024
  10. Rare access inside Sudan's forgotten war

    Published: 20/03/2024
  11. Kate Middleton: A palace PR crisis

    Published: 19/03/2024
  12. Life inside Korea's Demilitarised Zone

    Published: 18/03/2024
  13. Russian elections through the eyes of the Putin-controlled media

    Published: 15/03/2024
  14. What keeps China’s president up at night?

    Published: 14/03/2024
  15. Haiti: The country governed by gangs

    Published: 13/03/2024
  16. Panama Canal: It's running dry and it's going to cost us

    Published: 12/03/2024
  17. Will politics steal the show at the Eurovision Song Contest?

    Published: 11/03/2024
  18. How to win an Oscar

    Published: 08/03/2024
  19. Could just 100,000 people decide the US election?

    Published: 07/03/2024
  20. Have we finally solved the mystery of flight MH370?

    Published: 06/03/2024

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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.

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