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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Russia’s frozen assets: Will they fund Ukrainian weapons?
Thu 2 May 2024
Kyiv’s western allies are contemplating the seizure of up to $300bn
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US suicides: Why are so many young people dying?
Wed 1 May 2024
A record number of Americans are taking their own lives
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Preparing for war: Is Europe getting ready?
Tue 30 Apr 2024
Conscription and military spending are back on the agenda
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Bidenomics: How the economy may sway the US election
Mon 29 Apr 2024
The president has fired “a bazooka” of money into the economy. Will voters reward him?
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Paris Olympics 2024: The make or break year for the Games?
Fri 26 Apr 2024
What Parisians think about the event and the legacy it could leave
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US homelessness: Is sleeping in public a crime?
Thu 25 Apr 2024
The Supreme Court could allow cities to effectively ban being homeless
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Ebola virus: Are mass outbreaks history?
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Progress in the fight against a terrifying and deadly disease
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Pope Francis: How 'woke' is he?
Tue 23 Apr 2024
A new Vatican document is challenging the Catholic leader’s progressive image
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Israel-Iran: A sigh of relief in the Middle East?
Mon 22 Apr 2024
This round of the regions most dangerous rivalry appears to be over, for now
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Feeding Gaza: Why isn't more aid getting in?
Fri 19 Apr 2024
The danger and difficulty of trying to prevent a famine
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Climate justice: We sued our government, and won!
Thu 18 Apr 2024
The elderly Swiss women behind a landmark ruling
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Sydney mall attack: How a social media frenzy unfolded
Wed 17 Apr 2024
A stabbing rampage in Australia fuelled by hate and false accusations
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India election: How to organise the biggest vote in history
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Nearly one billion people will go to the polls
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Iran-Israel attack: A turning point for the Middle East?
Mon 15 Apr 2024
All eyes on Israel's response to Iran drone and missile attacks
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What happened to Nigeria's kidnapped Chibok girls?
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Ten years after #bringbackourgirls, more than 90 still haven't returned home
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Behind Baltimore’s dangerous bridge recovery
Thu 11 Apr 2024
The practical and political risks of the giant clean-up
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Lina Khan: The woman taking on big tech billionaires
Wed 10 Apr 2024
The antitrust cases against Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta
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Ukraine's fight for justice in Bucha
Tue 9 Apr 2024
Remembering the atrocities of Russian occupation two years later
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My return to Rwanda: 30 years after fleeing the genocide
Mon 8 Apr 2024
The ѿý's Vic Uwonkunda confronts the past and explores forgiveness in her homeland
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How the ѿý covers the Israel-Gaza war
Fri 5 Apr 2024
Exclusive insights from our Middle East bureau chief
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Investigating the J-pop sexual abuse scandal
Thu 4 Apr 2024
How a ѿý documentary rocked Japan’s music industry
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Is China's biggest threat its own ageing population?
Tue 2 Apr 2024
How Beijing could avoid its ticking demographic time bomb
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Will AI take your job...or help you keep it?
Mon 1 Apr 2024
Generative AI could make some jobs redundant, but create others we can't even imagine yet
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Evan Gershkovich: A year since my friend was jailed in Russia
Fri 29 Mar 2024
What would it take to release the US journalist held on spying charges
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Hidden reality of frontline combat through the eyes of Ukraine's soldiers
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Bodycams captured the raw reality of war for a ground breaking new ѿý documentary
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Sam Bankman-Fried's multibillion dollar FTX fraud
Wed 27 Mar 2024
What the Crypto King's fall from grace means for the future of cryptocurrency
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Curse of the world's fastest growing economy
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Is Guyana's oil a windfall or a downfall?
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Two stories: Insight on Islamic State Group + Miami stops the party
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ahead of our planned episode on Miami, a moment to put the Moscow attacks in context
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Is Europe’s migration plan ‘bankrolling dictators’ in North Africa?
Fri 22 Mar 2024
MEPs accuse the EU of supporting authoritarian leaders after deals with Tunisia and Egypt