The World This Week
What’s been happening around the world and why it matters
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- What’s been happening around the world and why it matters
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-09-05 09:00
- last episode published
- 2020-03-28 09:30
- publication frequency
- 7.12 days
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- BBC
- Owner
- BBC World Service
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- Number of Episodes
- 179
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2020-03-28 | We're going to be away for a while. For all the latest news, listen to the Global News Podcast and the Coronavirus Global Update. www.bbcworldservice.com/globalnewspodcast www.bbcworldservice.com/coronavirusglobal |
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| 2020-03-07 | The former vice-president was the big winner in the races to choose a Democrat candidate. Only Bernie Sanders now stands in his way. Also in this programme: the US and the Taliban sign an agreement preparing the way for peace; a ceasefire is declared i... |
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| 2020-02-29 | Stock markets have been plunging. Will the virus spell an end to globalisation? Also in this edition: worries about what the virus is doing in Iran; the upshot of the Weinstein verdict; riots in Delhi; Qatar edges back in from the cold; and why 'Sue, y... |
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| 2020-02-22 | As profits plunge, HSBC says it will axe 35,000 jobs, and move back to its roots in Hong Kong and Shanghai. But is this wise, given the economic effect of the coronavirus outbreak? Also: the UK introduces an immigration points scheme to deter low-skill... |
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| 2020-02-15 | Sinn Fein shed its terror-linked past to poll the most votes. Now it's in or near government on both sides of the Irish border. Also in this edition: Angela Merkel's hand-picked successor bows out; the Philippines moves towards ending its defence agree... |
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| 2020-02-08 | The president was acquitted, while the Democrats' Iowa caucuses ended in chaos. He also delivered a barnstorming State of the Union address. Also in the programme: locusts in Africa; the dead doctor who's shaken the Chinese leadership; the price of the... |
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| 2020-01-25 | What is the virus that's disrupting the Lunar New Year celebrations? Doctors are worried because we know so little about it. Also in this edition: the outside world starts to take an interest in Libya - maybe; what the charges against Isabel dos Santos... |
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| 2020-01-18 | President Trump's trial in the Senate is due to begin on Tuesday. But might it actually help him and the Republicans? Also in this edition: how dangerous are the street protests in Iran for Ayatollah Khamenei?; President Putin shakes up the Russian con... |
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| 2020-01-11 | The US and Iran stepped back from the brink. But a Ukrainian civilian airliner was brought down with heavy loss of life - apparently by an Iranian air defence error. Also in this edition: Beijing's new man in Hong Kong; the surprising Right/Green new g... |
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| 2020-01-04 | A drone strike in Baghdad killed Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds force. It came days after supporters of a pro-Iranian militia attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. Also in this edition: Turkey offers help to Libya - as a rush for oil and gas in t... |
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