The Global Story
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The Global Story is a news podcast hosted by BBC World Service. It has 534 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the BBC’s international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.Come and join us our live event. You can register for Castfest tickets here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/castfest-2026
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Back from the brink: The Iran ceasefire
The medications that can trigger sex and gambling addictions
Why Hungary’s chaotic election matters to Trump
Why the Royal visit to the US is dividing Brits
I wargamed Iran for the Pentagon - here is how it could end
JD Vance’s Iran test
Has Trump pushed Cuba to the brink of collapse?
Is the Iran war helping Putin?
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Meta and YouTube lose in a landmark trial
The cities built on scamming us all
Are we heading for World War Three?
The Venezuela model for regime change
Trump's Iran options
Netanyahu is not dead. So why did the internet think he was?
The war in Lebanon, explained
Listener Q&A on Iran
How does war affect a child’s brain?
Was the air strike on an Iranian school a war crime?
Jeremy Bowen: Trump has called for an Iran uprising. The lessons from Iraq in 1991 loom large
How the Oscars went international
Why is Donald Trump obsessed with the Chagos Islands?
Iran: Is diplomacy dead?
Are oil prices determining the course of the Iran war?
Spain stands up to Trump
Do Trump and Netanyahu have conflicting end goals on Iran?
Could Iran be the next ‘forever war’?
Iran under attack: The view from inside
Iran war: Chaos engulfs the Gulf
What next for Iran?
Mexico’s most wanted cartel boss is dead. Is it enough for Trump?
Is a peace deal with Putin possible?
Ukraine’s defiance, four years on
Inside Iran after the crackdown
The new race to the Moon
What the former prince Andrew’s arrest means for the Royal Family
What ‘looksmaxxing’ tells us about modern masculinity
The tightrope of reporting in Putin’s Russia
Gisèle Pelicot on confronting shame and finding hope
Is social media having its Big Tobacco moment?
Epstein’s global network: What the files reveal
With Jimmy Lai in jail, have Trump and the West abandoned Hong Kong?
The ‘weight loss revolution’ changing the world
The origins of ICE
Live in Washington DC
Could the Epstein scandal topple the British Prime Minister?
Will Bad Bunny take on MAGA at the Super Bowl?
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