Global News Podcast
Hosted by Holly Gibbs, Keith Adams & Nick Miles · 129 decoded episodes · newest Oct 8, 2026
<p>The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: <a href="mailto:globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk">globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk</a></p>
Episodes 129
- Oct 2, 2026 · 28 minFrench students challenge a strained education systemThe episode connects unrest in France with consequential questions about state accountability, capital punishment, medical innovation, war and public trust.
- Oct 1, 2026 · 31 minBotched execution renews scrutiny of America’s death penaltyChrista Pike’s failed execution exposes the legal, medical, and ethical pressures converging around capital punishment.
- Oct 1, 2026 · 29 minPassengers foil cockpit attack as episode tracks wider threatsThe episode connects an attempted aviation disaster with climate loss, wartime escalation, emerging technology, and research into how people perceive danger.
- Sep 30, 2026 · 30 minA cockpit attack opens a wider story about war and accountabilityThe episode connects an apparent aviation security breach with the human costs of war, fragile infrastructure, contested development, and emerging AI risks.
- Sep 30, 2026 · 31 minAI firms choose voluntary safety rules as global rivalry intensifiesThe episode tests whether moral commitments can restrain powerful technology companies while governments confront security, accountability, and public trust.
- Sep 29, 2026 · 31 minSettler violence, AI safety and the costs of fragile systemsAcross conflicts, housing, technology, public health and media, the episode examines institutions failing people when safeguards prove weakest.
- Sep 29, 2026 · 34 minScreen-time risks meet a world of war, climate danger and AI backlashThe episode connects a contested child-development finding with conflicts, disasters and technological pressures reshaping daily life.
- Sep 28, 2026 · 28 minSecret Netanyahu–UAE meeting raises election questionsThe reported encounter, alongside unrest, climate disruption and political power struggles, shows how quickly uncertainty can become a public crisis.
- Sep 28, 2026 · 32 minUK arrests expose growing threats to European military sitesThe episode connects an alleged attack plot near a US-used British airbase with conflicts, political unrest and disasters across several continents.
- Sep 27, 2026 · 32 minAutonomous AI agents expose the limits of cyber controlThe episode connects emerging AI security risks with conflicts, public-health emergencies, and historical efforts to correct whose stories get told.
- Sep 27, 2026 · 31 minAmerica’s surrogacy system faces a legal reckoningA cross-border custody dispute exposes how fragmented US law and birthright citizenship have made America a surrogacy destination—and a political target.
- Sep 26, 2026 · 29 minManchester City verdict raises stakes for Premier LeagueThe ruling could reshape English football through unprecedented penalties, appeals and compensation claims, while the episode tracks crises spanning diplomacy, displacement, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.