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 7, 2026 · 33 minAfD breakthrough tests Germany’s political centerThe result strengthens Germany’s far right while wars, terrorism investigations, and public-safety concerns widen the episode’s stakes.
- Sep 7, 2026 · 33 minGermany’s far right forces a reckoning for MerzThe episode connects a decisive AfD state-election victory to wider questions about Germany’s political direction, while tracing conflicts, technology, sport and historical judgment.
- Sep 6, 2026 · 31 minUkraine sets red lines as Trump envoys pursue Russia talksThe episode tests whether diplomacy can address Ukraine’s demand for a ceasefire and credible security guarantees without forcing territorial concessions.
- Sep 5, 2026 · 33 minMistrial exposes the unresolved stakes of postpartum psychosisThe episode connects a deadlocked murder trial to wider questions about psychiatric responsibility, while tracking conflicts and political shifts reshaping international affairs.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 32 minWest Bank funerals expose widening regional fault linesThe episode connects deadly settler violence, climate disasters, geopolitical tensions, media change and medical innovation across a rapidly shifting news cycle.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 31 minNepal rescue spotlights a widening crisis of trust and resilienceThe episode connects a dramatic survival story with political accountability, migration pressures, industrial disruption, misinformation, and conservation across several continents.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 29 minPig kidney transplant extends hope for organ-shortage patientsThe episode connects a record xenotransplant, species conservation, brain mapping, and data-driven art through practical experiments that turn uncertainty into possibility.
- Sep 3, 2026 · 34 minVenezuela’s oil deal tests a fragile political transitionThe agreement promises economic relief while raising fundamental questions about resource control, democratic accountability, and the cost of political stability.
- Sep 3, 2026 · 30 minSteinem’s legacy meets a world under pressureThe episode connects a feminist icon’s political legacy with climate disruption, dangerous migration routes, uncertain science, and international tensions.
- Sep 2, 2026 · 33 minIran escalation exposes the costs of prolonged military pressureThe episode connects civilian casualties and regional retaliation with the strain prolonged conflict places on military forces and international stability.
- Sep 2, 2026 · 31 minEurope confronts Russia’s expanding hybrid threatThe episode connects escalating pressure on Europe and the US-Iran conflict with legal, medical, and cultural stories carrying wider consequences.
- Sep 1, 2026 · 33 minTupac conviction tests the evidence behind a 1996 murderThe episode connects a landmark murder conviction with disasters, surveillance, migration, celebrity, cultural accountability, and wildlife recovery.