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
- Sep 26, 2026 · 28 minSmall acts of ingenuity reshape lives worldwideThe episode shows how practical innovation, generosity, and community action can address medical, environmental, and social challenges.
- Sep 25, 2026 · 29 minA two-hour brain-tumour test could reshape surgeryThe episode connects a potentially transformative medical advance with conflicts, disasters and policy debates where speed and preparedness have immediate consequences.
- Sep 25, 2026 · 32 minTrump and Xi find common ground but avoid hard dealsThe meeting reveals how cooperation can coexist with unresolved disputes over trade and AI, while the episode tracks crises affecting politics, housing, security, and science.
- Sep 24, 2026 · 29 minXi tests America’s trade truce as China gains leverageThe summit tests whether Washington and Beijing can convert economic interdependence into limited cooperation while other stories expose widening security and governance dilemmas.
- Sep 24, 2026 · 29 minAI breach, Tigray fighting and pressure on global powerThe episode connects a delayed disclosure of an AI security breach with renewed war, media-access disputes and mounting US-China and Russia-Ukraine tensions.
- Sep 23, 2026 · 31 minUS-Iran talks collide with pressure over sanctions and warThe episode connects fragile diplomacy with economic coercion, regional conflict, climate disruption, and crises affecting communities from Colombia to Ghana.
- Sep 23, 2026 · 35 minGlobal tensions sharpen from Durban to China’s AI frontierThe episode connects deadly violence, renewed conflict risks and economic strain with technological ambitions reshaping politics and society.
- Sep 22, 2026 · 30 minNews outlets challenge Trump’s White House access banThe confrontation tests whether a presidential administration can control press access while wars, security threats and major institutional decisions compete for attention.
- Sep 22, 2026 · 32 minUN report details Nicaragua’s systematic repressionThe episode connects state violence in Nicaragua with climate risks, evolving warfare, scientific findings, and conservation efforts shaping lives worldwide.
- Sep 21, 2026 · 30 minMerz faces a rightward surge after German election lossesThe results test Friedrich Merz’s authority while showing how far-right gains are reshaping Germany’s political choices.
- Sep 21, 2026 · 29 minTyphoon exposes Japan’s fragile urban routinesThe episode connects a dangerous storm in Tokyo with wider stories about political control, displacement, public safety and institutional failure.
- Sep 20, 2026 · 32 minGaza controversy leads a global news briefing on war and powerThe episode connects Gaza’s humanitarian crisis with regional escalation, political shifts, gendered violence, autonomous AI risks, and questions about how to live longer and better.