The Global Story Podcast
Global perspectives on one big story. In-depth insights from the ѿý, the world's most trusted international news provider.
Global perspectives on one big story. In-depth insights from the ѿý, the world's most trusted international news provider.
Make sense of the news with our experts around the world, every Monday to Friday. Episodes will be ready by 10:30 GMT.
Host Katya Adler and our ѿý teams guide you through one major global news story each episode.
From Beijing to Boston, Baghdad to Bangalore, our unrivalled reach will take you beyond the headlines to help understand and explore what’s happening.
The Global News Podcast brings you the latest updates and, on The Global Story, we will drill deep into a single story.
From the climate emergency, to the burning questions around Artificial Intelligence, to the movements of money and markets, and the power of the ballot and the bullet.
Katya Adler has been a ѿý correspondent and editor for more than 25 years, covering conflicts in the Middle East, political and economic crises in Europe, and drug cartels in Mexico.
The Global Story team would like to hear your stories and experiences on the issues that we’re covering on the podcast. Please get in touch: theglobalstory@bbc.com #TheGlobalStory and tell us your thoughts on what you would like us to talk about.
Episodes to download
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The President's Path: Doubling Down on Deportations
Last Saturday
The White House says the man deported to El Salvador will never live in the US again.
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The President's Path: Tariff Turmoil
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Market volatility continues after changes to Trump's tariff policy.
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The President’s Path: Trump’s Tariffs
Fri 4 Apr 2025
Global markets have been sent into turmoil by Trump’s tariffs…
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The President’s Path: Signalgate
Sat 29 Mar 2025
What happens now, after a serious security breach in the Trump administration?
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The Republican crusade against public media
Fri 28 Mar 2025
The Trump administration wants to defund both NPR and PBS
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Pronatalism: Make America procreate again?
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Malcolm and Simone Collins hope to have 10 children to help avoid "demographic collapse"
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The Great Wealth Transfer: Will it divide millennials?
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Big inheritances to younger generations could reshape economies, housing and society
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How did one fire paralyse Europe's busiest airport?
Tue 25 Mar 2025
London Heathrow cancelled all flights after a local power outage
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The President’s Path: What's the chance of a constitutional crisis?
Sat 22 Mar 2025
238 Venezuelans were deported this week, but what did the courts have to say about it?
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Turkey: Erdogan's political deja vu
Fri 21 Mar 2025
The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has echoes of the Turkish president's past
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Are we really getting enough sleep?
Thu 20 Mar 2025
How harmful is bad sleep to our health? And what can we do about it?
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Why has Israel gone back to war?
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu says “combat in full force” has resumed against Hamas
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Maradona and the trial transfixing Argentina
Mon 17 Mar 2025
The Argentinian footballer was widely regarded as one of the best in the world
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The President’s Path: Are we headed for a global trade war?
Sat 15 Mar 2025
This week President Trump's promises of tariffs became a reality
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Can tariffs convince Mexico to stem the flow of fentanyl?
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Over the past decade fentanyl has caused tens of thousands of deaths in the United States
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Mohammed bin Salman: From pariah to peacemaker
Thu 13 Mar 2025
How did Saudi Arabia come to host leaders from US, Russia and Ukraine for peace talks?
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A reckoning for Duterte
Wed 12 Mar 2025
The ex-Philippines president is arrested by the International Criminal Court
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Will Donald Trump take over Greenland?
Mon 10 Mar 2025
The US President tells Denmark that it will get the territory 'one way or the other'
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The President’s Path: Spotlight on the VP
Sat 8 Mar 2025
JD Vance has enjoyed increased prominence over the past week
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How North Korean hackers launched history's biggest heist
Fri 7 Mar 2025
Almost $1.5bn was stolen from crypto trading platform Bybit
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Xi Jinping takes the trade war to Iowa
Thu 6 Mar 2025
China's retaliatory tariffs on agricultural exports could hit Trump's rural heartlands
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Have RFK Jr.'s vaccine views gone mainstream?
Wed 5 Mar 2025
Robert Kennedy now heads the US health ministry and doubts about vaccines are rising
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Is Trump taking Putin's side?
Tue 4 Mar 2025
As ties with Europe continue to strain, President Trump's approach to Moscow is warming
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Zelensky's diplomatic rollercoaster
Mon 3 Mar 2025
From the explosive Trump meeting to a new deal with Europe
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The scandal sinking an Oscars campaign
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Offensive posts by Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón have caused controversy
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Inside Ukraine as Trump targets minerals
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Three years into war, where do Ukrainians stand?
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Why are more younger adults getting cancer?
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Cases of breast, colorectal and other cancers are surging in the under 50s