Global News Podcast
The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.
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- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0gn
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- The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-04-19 23:34
- last episode published
- 2024-04-19 14:25
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- 0.7 days
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- BBC World Service
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- 3799
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-04-19 |
US calls for de-escalation in the Middle East after apparent Israeli strike on Iran Iranian state media says air defence systems were activated in several cities including Isfahan and Tabriz. Also: people in India begin voting in the first round of a seven phase general election, and the four fastest finishers in Beijing's half marath... |
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| 2024-04-19 | President William Ruto declares 3 days of national mourning. Two survivors have been taken to hospital. Also: A Palestinian bid for full membership of the UN is vetoed by the US at the Security Council, and why so many of China's major cities are sinki... |
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| 2024-04-18 | Talks on the Italian island of Capri also include the Middle East crisis. Also: We hear from an Israeli hostage released last year whose husband is still captive in Gaza, Germany arrests two Russian dual nationals suspected of planning sabotage attacks... |
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| 2024-04-18 | The vote on the 95 billion dollar bill is set for Saturday and includes more military funding for Israel, as well as humanitarian aid for Gaza. Also: Israel says it will make its own decision amid calls for restraint in the wake of Iran's unprecedented... |
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| 2024-04-17 | President Zelensky calls for more air defences after a missile attack kills at least 14. He described the attack in Chernihiv, which destroyed an eight-story building and damaged a hospital, as Russian terror. Also: A BBC investigation uncovers the dea... |
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| 2024-04-17 |
UN says Israel still imposing unlawful restrictions on Gaza aid All aid for Gaza is subject to strict Israeli security checks. The UN is also calling on Israel to do more to stop the escalating violence in the West Bank. Also: Belgian police told to shut down meeting of right-wing European politicians in Brussels, ... |
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| 2024-04-16 | As Israel's war cabinet meets to decide how to respond to Iran's drone attack, its allies urge restraint. Also: fighting continues in Gaza, and Copenhagen's iconic stock exchange is engulfed by fire. |
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| 2024-04-16 | The former US president Donald Trump denies trying to disguise a hush money payment to an adult film star in 2016. Also: donors pledge more than $2bn in aid for Sudan, and record ocean temperatures have caused the mass bleaching of coral across large p... |
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| 2024-04-15 | Almost nine million people have been displaced and the UN is warning of looming famine. Also: Israel is still considering its response to Iran's attack at the weekend, and China investigates whether three African runners allowed a Chinese competitor to... |
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| 2024-04-15 | The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, was speaking at a Security Council emergency meeting on Iran's missile and drone attacks on Israel. Also: Haiti's main political parties urge the outgoing prime minister, Ariel Henry, to speed up the installa... |
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