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 20, 2026 · 30 minDave Ramsey challenges Washington’s power over affordabilityThe interview tests whether inflation, tariffs, housing costs and global crises should shape voters’ expectations of presidents or their own financial choices.
- Sep 19, 2026 · 31 minGreenland deal tests Trump’s Arctic strategyThe emerging security agreement could ease tensions between Washington, Copenhagen, and Nuuk while reshaping Arctic defense and broader US-Russia policy.
- Sep 19, 2026 · 30 minUnexpected connections turn hardship into possibilityThe episode shows how family discovery, shared activity, and practical community projects can create resilience across very different forms of adversity.
- Sep 18, 2026 · 31 minUN weighs alleged US war crimes as NATO tensions riseThe episode connects contested accountability for attacks in Iran with wider security risks, while tracing how climate, science and culture are changing lives.
- Sep 18, 2026 · 29 minCeuta relocation exposes Europe’s migration pressure pointsThe episode connects migration, state power, public accountability and emerging security risks across several regions facing acute political pressure.
- Sep 17, 2026 · 32 minFed raises rates as Trump attacks its inflation strategyThe episode connects a consequential US monetary-policy shift with its effects on households, global inflation and the president’s pressure on the central bank.
- Sep 17, 2026 · 29 minUN warns climate change is destabilizing freshwater suppliesDeclining freshwater reserves, political coercion, emerging AI risks and uneven accountability connect the episode’s otherwise disparate global stories.
- Sep 16, 2026 · 32 minAI power struggle exposes wider failures of public oversightThe episode connects a high-stakes fight over AI control with evidence that governments, companies and institutions are already struggling to manage serious risks.
- Sep 16, 2026 · 34 minEU weighs Canada as trade tensions reshape its alliancesThe proposal tests whether closer EU-Canada ties can offer strategic and economic resilience as relations with the United States deteriorate.
- Sep 15, 2026 · 31 minSpace weapons sharpen the stakes of AI and global powerThe episode connects new military capabilities, weak guardrails for AI, political repression, and climate rollback to a broader contest over accountability.
- Sep 15, 2026 · 29 minEnergy strikes test a fragile Ukraine ceasefire proposalThe episode connects a disputed pause in attacks with wider risks to NATO, civilian life, displacement and the human cost of war.
- Sep 14, 2026 · 29 minSweden’s left gains ground as war strains EuropeSweden’s coalition arithmetic unfolds alongside escalating security risks near NATO territory and mounting economic and political pressure from Russia’s war.