The Global Story Podcast
Global perspectives on one big story. In-depth insights from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, the world's most trusted international news provider.
Global perspectives on one big story. In-depth insights from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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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America’s love-hate relationship with Tik Tok
Thu 21 Mar 2024
How China could use social media to undermine the US election
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Rare access inside Sudan's forgotten war
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Up close reporting of a conflict that is destroying millions of lives
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Kate Middleton: A palace PR crisis
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Why the Princess of Wales is at the centre of a media storm
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Life inside Korea's Demilitarised Zone
Mon 18 Mar 2024
The South Korean village of Taesung is a symbol of peace but it's under threat
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Russian elections through the eyes of the Putin-controlled media
Fri 15 Mar 2024
What would you hear - and what might you believe - following the elections inside Russia
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What keeps China’s president up at night?
Thu 14 Mar 2024
The signs Xi Jinping’s woes are growing
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Haiti: The country governed by gangs
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Prime minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapses
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Panama Canal: It's running dry and it's going to cost us
Tue 12 Mar 2024
A drought at the famous waterway could push up the price of everyday goods
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Will politics steal the show at the Eurovision Song Contest?
Mon 11 Mar 2024
The world's largest music competition is facing backlash over Israel's entry
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Could just 100,000 people decide the US election?
Thu 7 Mar 2024
How big money is chasing a tiny number of voters
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Have we finally solved the mystery of flight MH370?
Wed 6 Mar 2024
The plane vanished 10 years ago. But new evidence brings new hope
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How Man City’s business model is transforming football
Mon 4 Mar 2024
City Football Group’s global empire is setting a trend of buying multiple clubs
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Why everyone wants to get back to the Moon
Thu 29 Feb 2024
The new space race has begun - who's winning?
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Are you ever too old to have a baby?
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Women are having children later in life and global fertility is in decline
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Child soldiers & blood feuds: Sweden's growing gang wars
Mon 26 Feb 2024
The violent wave of crime shaking the Nordic country
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Bengal famine: The WWII tragedy the world forgot
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Three million people died in this disaster but it is rarely remembered
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Ukraine frontline: ordinary lives in extraordinary times
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its third year
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Is #MeToo finally exploding in French cinema?
Wed 21 Feb 2024
High-profile allegations are reigniting media debate in France
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'Category 6': the growing fury of hurricanes
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Scientists clash on how to classify record tropical cyclones
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How Denmark became a super producer of viral 'skinny jabs'
Mon 19 Feb 2024
Weight-loss drugs Ozempic & Wegovy reaping windfall profits for Danish manufacturer
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Alexei Navalny: The death of Putin’s biggest critic
Fri 16 Feb 2024
What the reported death of the jailed opposition leader means for Russia
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Andrew Tate effect: Is misogyny on the rise?
Fri 16 Feb 2024
A generation of young men are being targeted by sexist influencers
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Does Argentina have the patience for Milei’s shock therapy?
Thu 15 Feb 2024
After two months in power, President Milei’s economic experiment is being put to the test
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Ethiopia on the brink: Fears of a famine return and why you should pay attention
Wed 14 Feb 2024
After years of hope and promise, warnings of famine in the cradle of humanity
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Tucker Carlson: What next for America’s right-wing showman?
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Access to Putin and Trump puts him in a powerful position
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Global anxiety: You are not alone
Mon 12 Feb 2024
What’s it like to have the world’s most common mental health condition?