Global News Podcast
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The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.
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Arizona court revives 1864 abortion law
10/04/2024 Duração: 32minIt joins more than 12 other states where abortions have been largely outlawed since the federal right to a termination was removed two years ago. Also: Gaza receives its largest airdrop of aid in six months, and the British scientist who gave his name to a subatomic particle -- the Higgs bosun -- has died at the age of 94.
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Swiss women win landmark climate change case
09/04/2024 Duração: 29minEurope's human rights court ruled that their rights were violated by climate inaction. Also: trial begins of 27 people charged in connection with the Panama Papers scandal, and Scrabble gets a makeover.
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North America awed by total solar eclipse
09/04/2024 Duração: 29minA once-in-a-lifetime spectacle was witnessed by millions across the continent. Also: Trump says let US states decide abortion rights, and scientists say Long Covid blood clues could prompt future trials.
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Myanmar junta recruits Rohingyas to fight rebels
08/04/2024 Duração: 27minIt comes despite the group not being recognised as legal residents of Myanmar. Also: We return to the Ukrainian town of Bucha two years after a massacre by Russian troops, Boeing plane forced to land as engine cover falls off and Back to Black stars defend Amy Winehouse biopic.
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Israel reduces troop numbers in southern Gaza
08/04/2024 Duração: 31minIsrael's military says it has completed its mission in Khan Younis and its troops will rotate out. Also: IAEA urges restraint after a drone attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and a British man becomes the first person to run the length of Africa.
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Thousands of Israelis rally to demand hostage deal
07/04/2024 Duração: 31minThe protests in Israel came after the IDF recovered the body in Gaza of an abducted Israeli. Also: Slovakia's presidential election has been won by a nationalist who's sceptical of sending military aid to Ukraine, and fans from around the world flock to the village where the British popstar Harry Styles grew up.
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The Happy Pod: Reindeer herder rescued from frozen wilderness
06/04/2024 Duração: 26minThis week, the remarkable rescue of a reindeer herder from Lapland's frozen wilderness. Also: how music is helping refugees heal from war in Uganda. And how a young sumo wrestler has earned a place in the history books
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More calls for an independent inquiry into Gaza aid convoy deaths
06/04/2024 Duração: 32minThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) called the killing of aid staff in the convoy a "grave accident". Also: thousands evacuated after Russian dam breach, and a missing Californian dog is found over three thousand kilometres from home.
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The Israeli military sacks two officers after strikes on aid convoy
05/04/2024 Duração: 29minA report says the incident was a grave mistake caused by an identification error. Also, a senior WHO official says the humanitarian situation in Sudan is catastrophic; and flood warnings are issued across south-eastern Australia after heavy rain.
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Biden to Netanyahu: Strikes on aid workers 'unacceptable'
05/04/2024 Duração: 32minJoe Biden says US support for Israel will depend on steps being taken to 'address civilian harm' and 'humanitarian suffering' in Gaza. Also: Peru's congress votes against impeaching President Dina Boluarte who's being investigated for corruption in a scandal over her Rolex watches, and we mark the 28th anniversary of the Lara Croft video game franchise.
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Nato marks its 75th anniversary
04/04/2024 Duração: 29minNato's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, hails its success as Ukraine pleads for more missiles. Mr Stoltenberg stressed helping Ukraine is not in question. Also: Emergency workers in Taiwan say more than 600 people remain trapped after Wednesday's strong earthquake, and as veteran hard rockers Kiss sell off their back catalogue for $300 million we hear from co-founder Gene Simmons.
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Israel accused of systematically targeting aid workers in Gaza
04/04/2024 Duração: 31minIn a rare admission, Israel said its attack on a humanitarian convoy which killed seven aid workers was a tragic error that had occurred due to a misidentification. Also: The French parliament tries its hand at Britain's often raucous Prime Ministers Questions, and the dead politicians appearing on the campaign trail for this month's general election in India, thanks to AI.
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Gaza: Israel under pressure to protect aid workers
03/04/2024 Duração: 30minIsrael's promised an independent investigation after the air attack on an aid convoy on Monday. Also: the secrets of how a new pope is elected are revealed, and Greenwich Moon Time? US scientists are asked to come up with a universal time zone for the Moon where time moves more quickly than on Earth.
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Israel faces international anger after food aid truck tragedy
03/04/2024 Duração: 32minIsrael has expressed deep sorrow over the incident, in which at least seven foreign aid workers were killed. Also: Joe Biden and Xi Jinping hold their first direct talks since last November, and why it's been a bumper year for billionaires who've accrued an extra $2trn.
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Israel admits responsibility for deaths of seven aid workers
02/04/2024 Duração: 31minPrime Minister Netanyahu calls the air strike in Gaza on Sunday unintentional. Also, Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal becomes Africa's youngest elected president, and a row about the German national football team's shirts.
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Iran vows revenge after suspected Israeli strike in Damascus
02/04/2024 Duração: 32minA senior Iranian commander was among at least seven killed in the attack on a consulate building in the Syrian capital. Israel has not commented. Also: Russia denies media reports that its agents are behind a mystery illness that's affected US diplomats, and warnings of exceptionally hot days for months to come in India.
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Gaza hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid
01/04/2024 Duração: 30minDozens of bodies found as Israeli forces withdraw from al-Shifa hospital. The Hamas-run health service says it's now completely out of service. Also: Turkey's opposition wins big in local elections on a night of heavy defeats for the party of President Erdogan. And hundreds of people turn out to mark the closure of an independent bookstore in Hong Kong.
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Turkish opposition claims victory in local elections
31/03/2024 Duração: 31minIn its strongest-ever showing the CHP is well ahead of President Erdogan's AK party in many urban centres. Also: Israel's prime minister says negotiation and military force is still the best way of securing the release of the Gaza hostages, and how football's Homeless World Cup changed lives.
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Peruvian president's home raided in Rolex watches probe
31/03/2024 Duração: 28minA police investigation in Peru began after a news report drew attention to luxury watches President Dina Boluarte was wearing at public events. Also: data from millions of AT&T telecom accounts leaked online, and who is stealing souvenirs from the US president's official aircraft, Air Force One.
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The Happy Pod: The search for a mystery gift giver
30/03/2024 Duração: 28minTen-year-old Zeke and his mum want your help to track down a Japanese football fan who gave him a much loved football shirt. Also: the woman who broke eleven running records in six days, the elephant seals tracking climate change, and some very rare baby frogs.