Valerie Sanderson
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Will Grant reporting and we'll have more on Trump too later in this podcast. Israeli troops are continuing their operations in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health says 10 people have been killed since the Israelis began their attack on Tuesday on what they're calling terrorist targets. Dozens of people have been injured.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
A couple of hours before we recorded this podcast, our correspondent Yoran Nel went to a news briefing by the Israeli Defence Forces.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Also in this podcast, we hear from the Mexican border on the mood among would-be migrants following Donald Trump's return to the White House. The extraordinary casualty rate reportedly among North Korean troops fighting for Vladimir Putin in Western Russia. And... The BBC's first football commentary, complete with handy hints for listeners to help visualise what's happening on the pitch.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Yola Nell speaking to Leanna Byrne. It was 98 years ago today, on January 22, 1927, that the BBC broadcast a football match for the very first time. It was a Division One fixture. Back then, that was the top league between Arsenal and Sheffield United at Highbury in London. But there was concern that radio listeners might not be able to follow the action.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Let's have a listen to the commentary by Teddy Wakeland.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
You may have noticed that numbers were being called out at certain points and BBC sports commentator John Murray explains why.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
John Murray. Still to come, Stargate rising, Donald Trump's multi-billion dollar plan to boost AI in the USA. And out of the mouths of babes, Britain's kids choose their word of the year.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Western officials have told the BBC that North Korean troops have suffered enormous casualties in the fighting in the Kursk region of Russia bordering Ukraine. They say that nearly 40% of the 11,000 soldiers sent by Pyongyang to support Moscow in its war with Ukraine have been either killed, wounded or captured. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner is following the story.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Frank Gardner. The war in Ukraine is putting the country's health system under unprecedented pressure. Hospitals are overcrowded and understaffed, making it extremely hard to contain the spread of one of the main global health threats, resistance to antibiotics. It means patients die because the drugs simply don't work.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Prince Harry has had a long and very troubled relationship with tabloid newspapers. He's accused them of hacking into his phone and intruding unlawfully into his private life, and said their behaviour towards him is partly why he left the UK. Now he's received a full and unequivocal apology from the owner of the newsgroup newspapers, which publishes The Sun.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
The BBC's Abduljalil Abdurassilov has visited hospitals in Kiev and Dnipro to see for himself how medical facilities are coping with these challenges.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
In an out-of-court settlement, they agreed to pay him substantial, undisclosed damages. Outside the High Court in London, Prince Harry's lawyer, David Sherborne, read out a statement on his behalf.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Let's return again to Donald Trump and the immediate impact of his return to the White House. One of his most ambitious announcements, made shortly after his inauguration, was of $500 billion of investment in AI infrastructure. Mr Trump said the privately funded venture would be called Stargate and would create 100,000 jobs.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Charles Rowley, a senior reporter at TechCrunch, based in California, gave us his view.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Charles Rowley. President Trump has also made clear his belief in the benefits that tariffs on foreign-made goods could bring to the US economy. He's already said he's considering imposing a 10% tariff on imports of Chinese-made goods, this on top of threats to slap about 25% on all imports from Mexico and Canada, possibly as soon as February.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
For a Canadian reaction, we've been hearing from the country's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, who's been talking to James Copnell.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Jonathan Wilkinson. Donald Trump has hit the ground running after being sworn in on Monday. Next week, we're going to take stock on how much has changed with a Q&A, that's question and answer special, on his first seven days as the 47th president. So if there's anything you'd like to ask our US experts, please email globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
And if possible, please record your question as a voice note. Finally, and briefly, thousands of children here in the UK have been asked for their word of the year. The word slay was popular, as in, well, I'm sure you know, you greatly impress or amuse me, you slay me.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Other top words included sigma, meaning cool, and skibbity, which comes from a YouTube series and can mean either cool, bad or dumb, depending on the context. AI was popular too, although is that even a word? But most popular of all was the simple one, kindness.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Two children there giving their views on the importance of kindness. There is hope in the world. And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at Global News Pod.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
This edition was mixed by Daniel Fox. The producer was Mark Duff. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
The former Labour Party deputy leader Tom Watson, now Lord Watson, also received an apology for unwarranted intrusion from the newspaper group, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch. He's calling on the police and the British Parliament to investigate further. I spoke to our London correspondent Rob Watson. I put it to him that Prince Harry had taken a big gamble in pursuing the case.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Now, as well as Prince Harry, Lord Watson, Tom Watson, the former politician now, is calling for more investigations by the police and parliament, isn't he? So this isn't going to stop here, is it?
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Of course, Rob, a previous tabloid newspaper, the News of the World, it shut down, didn't it, after its phone hacking scandal. Is there a similar risk, do you think, for the Sun?
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Rob Watson. A Dutch court has ordered the government to make big cuts to nitrogen emissions by 2030. The case was brought by Greenpeace and the ruling could have a major impact on the construction industry and put pressure on farmers to reduce the number of livestock they keep. Leanna Byrne spoke to our correspondent in The Hague, Anna Holligan, after the verdict.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Anna Holligan. One of Donald Trump's most contentious acts on returning to the White House on Monday was the executive order he signed, granting a mass pardon to more than 1,500 people charged with storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021. President Trump has defended his actions and also signed an order directing the Department of Justice to drop all pending cases against January 6 suspects.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Pam Hempel was one of those who took part in the attack on the Capitol. She was nicknamed the MAGA Granny on social media and was sentenced to 60 days in jail for her role. She too has been pardoned, but unlike most others, she isn't happy about it and is calling for her pardon to be revoked.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Pam spoke to Victoria Awankunda from her home in Boise, Idaho, about her role on January 6th and her reaction to Donald Trump's pardons.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson, and at 1400 Hours GMT on Wednesday, January the 22nd, these are our main stories. Rupert Murdoch's News Group newspapers apologises to Prince Harry and agrees to pay substantial damages for intruding into his private life.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
And he will. He will use them. Pam Hemphill, talking to Victoria Owunkunda. The January the 6th pardon was just one of a raft of executive orders signed by President Trump on his first day back in office. Others are aimed at cutting migration and changing how the US determines who's allowed to live there.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Among them, he's ended birthright citizenship in the US, under which anyone born in the country is automatically entitled to citizenship. He also designated Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Some of the changes are expected to be challenged in the courts, while others, particularly those restricting asylum and legal entry, are already affecting migrants waiting on the Mexican side of the border. A Latin America correspondent will grant reports now from the Mexican border city of Tijuana.
Global News Podcast
Rupert Murdoch newspaper group offers full apology for intrusion into Prince Harry's private life
Palestinian officials say at least 10 people have been killed as Israeli troops continue a major military operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. In a landmark ruling, a court in the Netherlands orders the government to slash harmful nitrogen pollution caused by farming and burning fossil fuels.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
And how much are the recent USAID cuts to blame for this?
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Still to come in the Global News Podcast, new work by the late author Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, is being published.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
The foreign ministers of the UK, France and Germany have urged Israel to allow the resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza. In a joint statement they described the situation there as catastrophic and expressed deep concern at Israel's decision to halt the entry of goods and supplies to the Strip. Israel has been asked to comment. Nick Erdly from BBC Verify has more.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says there's been positive movement in his engagement with the United States and he expects to see results next week. The head of his office, Andriy Yermak, said both sides had agreed to hold further talks about ending the war that began with Russia's invasion.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Nick Herdley. In Romania, two Russian diplomats, military attaché Viktor Markovsky and his deputy, have been declared persona non grata. The move comes amid tension with Russia, after security services accused Moscow of interference in a presidential election last year.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
The result, a surprise first-round win to the far-right populist and Russian sympathiser Kalin Jarjescu, was subsequently annulled. The election has been rescheduled for early May, but will Mr. Jarjescu be allowed to take part? From Bucharest, Nick Thorpe sent this report from a rally of his supporters.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
US officials have also confirmed that intelligence sharing with Ukraine has been suspended as part of moves by President Trump to force the country to negotiate with Russia. Here's our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Nick Thorpe. Scientists in England say they've had a eureka moment in understanding why the everyday painkiller Aspirin can help stop the spread of some cancers. New research in mice suggests the drug helps to boost the immune system to fight off disease. Our health and science correspondent James Gallagher told me more.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
So what's the advice on this? Because lots of people listening will think, oh, well, I need to go and take an aspirin every day.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
And I suppose the great thing is, it's cheap and easily available for doctors to prescribe if necessary.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Less than a month ago, the American rapper Kendrick Lamar headlined at this year's Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans. Here's a flavour.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
That might be the reason why World Cup organisers have decided that the 2026 final will stage a Super Bowl-style halftime show for the first time, with Coldplay helping to pick a list of artists to perform. BBC's Rahul Tandon spoke to the music journalist Sophie Williams about the decision.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Sophie Williams speaking to Rahul Tandon. To Kill a Mockingbird, written by the late American author Harper Lee and published in 1960, is one of the most famous books in the world. The novel, which dealt with racial inequality in America, was made into a film starring Gregory Peck as a lawyer Atticus Finch, representing a black man falsely accused of rape.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Harper Lee only wrote one other novel, which is why there's excitement at the news that her estate is publishing a collection of short stories found in her apartment after her death. Michael Dean is a literary agent who helps represent the Harper Lee estate and told us about the new work called The Land of Sweet Forever.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
And that's it from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Abby Wiltshire. The producer was Isabella Jewell.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time. Bye bye.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
So what impact will the suspension of intelligence sharing have on Ukraine? Here's our Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
James Waterhouse. The French President Emmanuel Macron has addressed the nation at a time of abrupt changes in the Transatlantic Alliance since US President Donald Trump came into power. In a televised speech just a few hours ago, Mr Macron emphasized the need for continued support for Ukraine and stronger European military defense.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Here's our correspondent in Paris, Hugh Schofield.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Thursday, the 6th of March, these are our main stories. President Trump suspends intelligence sharing with Ukraine, but the US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz strikes an upbeat note for future relations with Kiev.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
So this was for a domestic audience, but do you also think that President Macron was sending messages to other European leaders that they have to, everybody has to pull together ahead of the summit in Brussels?
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Hugh Schofield. The White House has confirmed that a US envoy spoke directly to Hamas in recent weeks about securing the release of American hostages held in Gaza. A little later, in a post on his Truth social platform, President Donald Trump issued a warning to Hamas. Release the hostages now or they'll be hell to pay later.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams told the BBC's James Menendez what we know about the meetings.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Police say they fear that a Chinese PhD student who's been convicted of drugging and raping 10 women in London and China could potentially be one of the most prolific sexual predators the UK has ever seen. 28-year-old Zhenhao Zhou secretly filmed the attacks and kept the videos as souvenirs. Officers say the material they uncovered suggests Zhou could have raped many other people.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Our UK correspondent Daniel Sanford found this report.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
And warns France will have to spend more on defense. The White House confirms direct talks with Hamas over the hostages in Gaza. Also in this podcast, how aspirin helps stop the spread of cancer and FIFA's decision to have a Super Bowl-style halftime show at the World Cup.
Global News Podcast
Trump and Zelensky agree to future talks
Daniel Sanford. The United Nations has warned it will have to halve monthly food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as a result of dwindling international donations. About a million Rohingya are currently living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh after fleeing years of violence in neighboring Myanmar. Andarasan Ethirajan is our South Asia regional editor.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Rights groups say they believe more than 100 minors have already died and several hundred others remain trapped. Gruesome videos have emerged showing the harrowing conditions underground. Our correspondent in Johannesburg, Manny Jones, told me more.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Why have they been trapped for so long? I mean, they've been there for, what, two months?
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Videos have emerged. What do those tell us about what's been happening underground?
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
What's been the reaction there? Because on Friday, the High Court actually ordered the government to get the minors out, didn't they?
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Mayani Jones in South Africa. Around the world, many people are dealing with daily cost of living pressures, including the price of food and accommodation. In Australia, young people are said to be more concerned with these issues than with climate change and the environment. That's according to a national survey from the Christian charity Mission Australia.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
It's the first time financial pressures have been the key consideration in the annual Youth Survey report, which surveyed 17,400 Australians aged between 15 and 19. In Sydney, Phil Mercer spoke to some young people who are having a hard time.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Israel and Hamas have both reportedly received the final draft of a deal to end the conflict in Gaza and to release the remaining hostages. Negotiations are ongoing in Qatar, with Israel and Hamas saying progress has been made. But ten members of Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition in Israel say they're opposed to the deal and have sent him a letter opposing a ceasefire.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
That report by Phil Mercer in Sydney. The UK has announced its ambition to be an artificial intelligence superpower. Britain is currently the third largest AI market in the world, after the United States and China.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, said he wanted AI to help working people and to boost growth, and he outlined how it might transform areas of the public sector, such as health and education.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
The United States is also concerned about staying ahead in the AI revolution. It's unveiled tough export controls on advanced artificial intelligence chips in an effort to limit access to China. So, could the UK's plan for AI help it rival China and the US? Our artificial intelligence correspondent Mark Chislack went along to listen to the UK Prime Minister's speech.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
At the White House on Monday, the US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, spoke about a possible agreement.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
The BBC's AI correspondent, Mark Chislak. The Peruvian president, Dina Boloarte, has appeared before the country's attorney general after prosecutors said she'd effectively abandoned her role as head of state while having plastic surgery on her nose. Ms Boloarte kept the procedure a secret from Congress for more than a year.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
She insists the surgery was done for health reasons and that she didn't neglect her duties. Anna Hansen of BBC Monitoring told me more.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
And what did she say?
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
She's insisting that she was still at work, wasn't she? I see that her lawyer insists she signed over 90 legal orders during the time when she was apparently having the surgery.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
And there have been other controversies regarding her, haven't there?
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
So what's the view of her in Peru?
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
So she's pretty unpopular?
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Anna Hanson of BBC Monitoring. As we record this podcast, the residents of the remote Shetland island of Fuller in Scotland are probably still taking part in their New Year celebrations, almost two weeks later than the rest of the world. The quirk is a result of following some of the traditions of the Julian calendar, which is still used by nearly all Eastern Orthodox churches.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Our Shetland reporter, John Johnston, explains.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Then President Biden, in the final foreign policy speech of his presidency, made this comment on a possible deal to end the conflict in Gaza.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Caroline Driscoll. The producer was Liam McSheffrey. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
A Middle East correspondent, Lucy Williamson, reports from Jerusalem.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Well, our Gaza correspondent, Rushdie Abelouf, has been speaking to a Palestinian source close to negotiations.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
As we heard earlier, President Biden has made his final foreign policy speech as he prepares to leave office next week and hand over power to Donald Trump. After being given a standing ovation from State Department employees, Mr Biden took aim at Iran and China, saying America is stronger on the global stage than it has been in decades.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
He spoke about America's support for Israel and also said the US should not abandon Ukraine following Russia's invasion nearly three years ago.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Our State Department correspondent, Tom Bateman, watched the wide-ranging speech and gave me his assessment.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
I mean, there were disasters, weren't there? I'm thinking really of Afghanistan.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Of course, Donald Trump is expected to do things differently. Was there a message there to President-elect Trump from the current president, even though he'll just be in office for another week?
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Tom Bateman. And staying in the US and in the state of California, firefighters continue to tackle a number of wildfires. They're preparing for the winds to pick up again, and the National Weather Service has issued its most serious warning. So far, 24 people have been confirmed dead. Thousands of fire crews have been deployed to the areas most at risk.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, gave this statement on Monday.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
The Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hockman addressed the problem of those seeking to profit from the chaos through criminal activity.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
For more on the situation on the ground, our correspondent Emma Vardy sent this report from Los Angeles.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 14th of January, these are our main stories. The White House says negotiators in Qatar are close to securing a Gaza ceasefire deal.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Emma Vardy in Los Angeles. The Italian fashion photographer Oliviero Toscani, who was behind provocative advertising campaigns for the clothing brand Benetton, has died. He was 82. Oliviero Toscani's work often drew attention to social issues, with one advert featuring a photo of a man dying of AIDS, prompting a boycott of Benetton. Our arts correspondent David Sillitoe looks back at his life.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
David Zillito on the life of the Italian fashion photographer Oliviero Toscani, who's died at the age of 82. Still to come...
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
In the final foreign policy speech of his presidency, Joe Biden says the US will remain the world's predominant superpower and can't walk away from Ukraine. 26 men accused of mining illegally in South Africa have been rescued after spending weeks underground, but dozens more remain. Also in this podcast, remembering the Italian fashion photographer Oliviero Toscani.
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
Residents of a remote part of the Shetland Islands in Scotland have been holding their New Year celebrations almost two weeks later than the rest of the world. But why?
Global News Podcast
Negotiators close to securing Gaza ceasefire deal - White House
In South Africa, the authorities have begun a long-delayed operation to rescue illegal miners who are stuck underground. Some were brought up on Monday after being trapped for weeks in a disused gold mine near Stilfontein, 140 kilometres south of Johannesburg. The authorities were forced to start the rescue following a court order on Friday.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
If found guilty, what sentence could he face?
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Leandro Prezeres. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he hopes the US will stay strong in the face of Russian demands to lift sanctions as a condition for a ceasefire in the Black Sea. Mr. Zelensky is in the French capital Paris ahead of a Ukraine summit on Thursday of some 30 leaders.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
He answered questions from a panel of European journalists, among them our international editor Jeremy Bowen. Jeremy filed this report on Wednesday evening from Paris as he stood in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
We begin in Washington with the continuing row over what some are calling Signalgate, in which sensitive texts discussing planned airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen were accidentally shared on the Signal messaging app with a journalist. The Trump administration has dismissed the revelation of the leak as a hoax and insisted the chat didn't include any classified information.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
The local government in Istanbul has elected an interim mayor to serve in place of Ekrem Imamoglu, whose detention a week ago triggered huge protests. Nuri Aslan is from Mr. Imamoglu's center-left party, the CHP, which serves as the main opposition to President Erdogan's AKP. Yalcin Karatepi is one of the CHP's members of parliament.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
For more on the appointment of Istanbul's interim mayor, the BBC's Emily Wither sent us this report on Wednesday from the city.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
In response, the editor of the Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, who received the texts, has now published the whole lot, including discussions of specific operational details. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, for a second day, the US House Select Committee on Intelligence grilled top security officials about the leak. The Democratic Representative Jason Crow demanded accountability.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
The US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on car imports in a move set to fuel tensions with trading partners ahead of further promised levies next week. Since his return to the White House two months ago, Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on imports from major US trading partners, Canada, Mexico and China, as well as a 25% duty on steel and aluminium imports.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
But he previously offered car manufacturers a temporary reprieve from the levies affecting North America. Speaking from the White House, this is what President Trump had to say about car tariffs.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Against this background could President Trump's trade war provide an unexpected opportunity for Chile. After Norway, the South American country is the biggest producer and exporter of farmed salmon in the world. From Chile, Jane Chambers reports.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
That report by Jane Chambers in Chile. And now to India. And the sound you can hear is of scenes replicated across Uttar Pradesh, where long queues of people have been gathering outside liquor or alcohol stores. To find out why, Andrew Peach spoke to the BBC's Sumeda Pal in Delhi, who explained more about people being primarily attracted by the two-for-one deals and other massive discounts.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Semedipal in India. Kangaroo Island of Southern Australia is best known for its nature reserve featuring native wildlife such as sea lions, koalas, penguins and the island's very own kangaroo species. But it now seems there's a small dog with a pink collar to add to that mix. Sixteen months ago, a miniature Dachshund called Valerie ran off from its owners who were on holiday.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
A search began, and for months there was no sign of the dog. But reports of sightings did start to come in, and it appears the miniature Dachshund has been thriving. Jared Caron is director of the charity Kangala Wildlife Rescue, who's trying to capture her. So, is he sure it really is Valerie?
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
But the head of US National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, continued to maintain that the messages that had been shared were not classified.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
And that's it from this Valerie, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Sid Dundon. The producer was Liam McSheffrey.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time. Bye bye.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Die US-Sekretärin Marco Rubio sagt jetzt, dass es ein großer Fehler war, einen Journalisten in die Signal-Chat-Room zu einbringen. Aber die White House hat immer wieder zurückgezogen. Hier ist die Presse-Sekretärin Caroline Leavitt.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
And how did they come out of the grilling that they got at the House Committee, some of these security chiefs?
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
And what's your sense? How damaging is it, do you think, for the Trump administration?
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Gary O'Donoghue. Now let's get a Yemeni perspective on the incident. Freya Al-Maslimi is a Yemeni research fellow at Chatham House, the foreign policy think tank in London. Just before the latest comments from Washington on Wednesday, James Menendez asked him what he thought when he saw the first batch of leaked messages about US airstrikes on Yemen.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Thursday, the 27th of March, these are our main stories. Senior officials in the Trump administration have been grilled in Congress over how planned US airstrikes on Yemen were discussed in a group chat that accidentally included a prominent journalist.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Faria al-Muslimi from Chatham House in London. Next to Sudan and the country's military leader says the army has regained full control of the capital from its rival, the paramilitary rapid support forces. General Fattah al-Burhan landed at the newly recaptured airport in Khartoum and made the announcement from the presidential palace.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
This marks the military's latest territorial gain in the brutal two-year civil war. Unsere Afrika-Korrespondentin Barbara Petasche hat uns von Portsudan gesprochen.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
But the RSF, it still holds, doesn't it, almost all the Darfur region in western Sudan?
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
The military leader of Sudan says the army has regained full control of the capital Khartoum after nearly two years of fighting against the rival RSF group. Brazil's Supreme Court says there's enough evidence for the former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial for allegedly plotting a coup. Also in this podcast, the dog that went missing on Australia's Kangaroo Island.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Tell us more about civilians, because the UN says this war, which has gone on now for two years, that it's created the world's largest humanitarian crisis.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Barbara Pleitascher in Sudan. Brazilians former president Jair Bolsonaro is to go on trial for allegedly plotting a military coup. The Supreme Court has ruled there's enough evidence for the case against Mr. Bolsonaro and seven of his allies to go ahead. He denies trying to block the inauguration of his successor, President Lula, and says he's the victim of political persecution.
Global News Podcast
Trump officials accuse journalist of lying after Signal app leak published in full
Mr. Bolsonaro never publicly acknowledged losing the election back in 2022 and thousands of his supporters stormed government buildings after Lula took office. I heard more about what the panel of five judges in Brazil's Supreme Court said from the BBC's Leandro Prezeres, who's in the capital, Brasilia.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
And what could that mean for the prisoners who haven't been released?
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
Will Grant. The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has promised Ukraine Britain's long-term support on his first trip to Kiev since taking power. His visit, and that of the Italian Defence Minister, was interrupted by explosions and air raid sirens, with the authorities warning of a Russian drone attack. From Kiev, our Eastern Europe correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, reports.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
A tame wild boar is saved from being put down by a campaign to keep the animal with the woman who raised it.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
There have been serious disagreements in Israel's cabinet ahead of a vote to approve the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. The vote is due to take place on Friday, a day later than expected. But Israel's far-right security minister, Itamar Ben-Gavir, has said he'll resign if the government approves the deal, describing it as a reward for Hamas.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
The American film director David Lynch has died at the age of 78. Known for his signature surrealist style on works like Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, David Lynch's family paid homage to him in a statement online, saying there's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us. But as he would say, keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
Alice Adderley looks back at his life.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
As the population of Uganda's capital city Kampala continues to grow, so does the pressure on public services such as waste management. The city's only major dump site, Ketezi, is running out of space, and with the city producing an estimated 2,000 tonnes of waste every day, it's at risk of collapsing again, as it did in August 2024, killing more than 30 people.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
The BBC's Agnes Pender meets the volunteers cleaning up Kampala and explores if there are any answers to the city's growing waste crisis.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
North Korea closed its borders in early 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Now, two travel agencies with links to China said they've been told that foreign travelers are being allowed to visit the northeastern North Korean city of Lhasa. It's the first time travelers from places other than Russia can visit the country since before the pandemic.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
I heard more from our Asia-Pacific regional editor, Celia Hatton.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, says he's confident the six-week truce, during which Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are to be freed, would begin on Sunday as planned. I asked our Middle East regional editor, Seb Asher, for more details on Mr Ben-Gavir's statement and what impact it may have.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
And we're talking about quite small figures, aren't we still?
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
Celia Hatton. And finally, animal rights campaigners in France are celebrating after a tame boar was saved from the threat of being put down. The animal, named Roulette, was raised by a woman who'd found it abandoned as a piglet. But the authorities had refused her permission required to keep a wild animal. Our Europe regional editor, Danny Eberhard, reports.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
Danny Eberhard on A Very Lucky Boar. And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Holly Palmer. The producer was Stephanie Tillotson.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
The editor, as ever, is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
And what effect do you think this might have on the ceasefire deal, which has not yet been ratified by the Israeli cabinet?
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
But do you think it underlines how fragile the deal is? Yes.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
Sebastian Usher. Well, since the deal was agreed, there have been more Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. People on the ground say dozens were killed on Wednesday night, among them many women and children. Our international editor, Jeremy Bowen, sent us this report.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
Jeremy Bowen, we heard there from people in Israel and the occupied West Bank about the uncertainties ahead. But what about in Gaza itself? Well, there were celebrations when a ceasefire deal was announced, but concerns too about what happens next. Our correspondent Rushdie Abu-Alouf has been speaking to people there.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in the early hours of Friday, the 17th of January, these are our main stories. Israel's far-right National Security Minister, Itamir Ben-Gavir, threatens to resign from the government over the Gaza ceasefire deal.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
Rushdie Abu-Aloof. The ceasefire deal allows for 600 truckloads of relief supplies to cross into Gaza every day. Before the war began, 500 trucks would enter the territory daily. But at the beginning of January, it was averaging just 51 per day. Fergal Keane has been travelling with an aid convoy from Jordan.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
We hear from Israel and Gaza on people's fears for their future, with the agreement due to be ratified by Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition on Friday. In Cuba, the jailed dissident, José Daniel Ferrer, is released from prison. Also in this podcast, North Korea opens its borders to tourists from places other than Russia. And we meet the volunteers who are working to clean up the Ugandan capital.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
That report from Fergal Keane. Other news now. The Cuban opposition leader, José Daniel Ferrer, has been freed from jail amid a wave of releases following a deal struck between the Cuban government and President Biden. More than 550 prisoners are to be released in exchange for the island's removal from a U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
Ferrer was one of the 75 political prisoners jailed in the 2003 government crackdown on dissidents known as Cuba's Black Spring. Our Cuba correspondent Will Grant told us more.
Global News Podcast
Israel delays vote to approve Gaza ceasefire deal
And what about the timing of this? Why has it happened now?
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Baha Azmi is one of the lawyers representing Mahmoud Khalil, and he says the arrest is a violation of free speech.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Alex Ritson heard more on the case from our North America correspondent, Neda Tofik, who spent the day outside court in New York.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Meanwhile, President Putin has been told his forces are successfully driving out Ukrainian troops from the Russian border region of Kursk. On Wednesday, the president made a surprise visit there for the first time since Ukraine seized territory in the region. Earlier, the defence ministry in Moscow said its troops had recaptured the key town of Suja.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Neda Torfik. Botswana's Lisego Chombo made history as the country's youngest cabinet minister last year, taking up the role of Minister of Youth and Gender Affairs at the age of 26. She's also a former Miss World Africa. But now she's facing a pressing challenge, tackling growing cases of gender-based violence that young people across Botswana are demanding action on.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Lisego has been speaking to the BBC's Anne Okumu about the challenges of being a young woman in power.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Speaking to reporters by phone, the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said he was confident that a Russian victory in the region was imminent.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Lesego Chombo. Now to more bad news for the astronauts who've been stranded in space for nine months after a trip that was meant to be eight days long went wrong. NASA mission to try and bring back Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams has been cancelled due to technical problems. The pair have been stranded on the International Space Station since June 2024. So how are they holding up?
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Philosophical, in good spirit, seemingly. This was them last week in an interview.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Dr. Alice Gorman is associate professor of space archaeology at Flinders University in Adelaide, and she told the BBC the duo would have been prepared for this outcome.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
For more details on the suspended launch and what happens now, here's our science editor, Rebecca Murrell.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
And while we're talking about space, can I quickly remind you we're hoping to record a Q&A podcast about space weather. That's things like solar flares and their impact on Earth. We'll also look at our best to see eclipses and meteor showers. So if you have a question, please email globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Now, the boss of Roblox, one of the world's biggest gaming platforms, says if parents don't want their kids on the platform, then they shouldn't let them use it. Dave Bozuki co-created the animated world, where you are the designer and can create your own games and share them with others.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
It now has more than 80 million daily users and is hugely popular with children, but has faced allegations of exposing them to harmful content. But Mr Buzuki insists the company is vigilant in protecting its users. He's been talking to the BBC's technology editor, Zoe Clymer.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
I heard more from our Europe regional editor, Danny Eberhardt.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
And you can listen to the full interview with Dave Bozuki on Business Daily. That's available wherever you get your BBC podcasts. Now to some interesting new research for any men who found they are putting on the pounds in a relationship. A study from Poland has shown that married men are three times more likely to become obese than those who are unmarried.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Interestingly, this weight gain wasn't mirrored in married women. But experts say both sexes need to keep an eye on their waistlines. Our reporter David Lewis is following the story.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Food for thought there from David Lewis. And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag at Global News Pod.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
This edition was mixed by Jack Wilfan and the producer was Stephanie Prentice. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
And what would it mean if Russia retook control of Kursk? What would that mean for Ukraine, especially with the background of these talks?
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Danny Eberhard. The US envoy Steve Witkoff is in Moscow for talks with the Russian delegation about the ceasefire deal already backed by President Zelensky of Ukraine. I asked the Russia editor of BBC Monitoring, Vitaly Shevchenko, what details have emerged so far.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
So is there not any room for movement? Because, I mean, they've just started talking.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Vitaly Shevchenko. Now to the conflict in Gaza. The UN says Israel carried out genocidal acts against Palestinians by systematically destroying women's health care facilities and by using sexual violence as a war strategy. One member of the UN Commission is Chris Sidoti.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the allegations, describing them as false and absurd. He also described the UN Human Rights Council as anti-Semitic and irrelevant. I asked our Geneva correspondent Imogen Folks for more details about the report.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 1400 hours GMT on Thursday the 13th of March, these are our main stories. A Russian aide to President Putin says the US ceasefire deal is only a temporary help to Ukraine. It comes as President Putin is told his forces are in the final stages of driving Ukrainian troops from Russia's Kursk region.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Strong words from Mr. Sadati. I mean, he also talked about genocide, didn't he, with this destruction of a fertility clinic?
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Imogen Fowkes. The governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco has pledged to cooperate fully with the federal investigation into a mass cremation site uncovered by civic activists last week. The grisly find, believed to have been used by drug cartels to dispose of their victims' remains, included ovens and hundreds of personal items, including shoes, clothes and bags. Will Grant reports.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Will Grant. A US influencer has sparked outrage across the internet after picking up a baby wombat from its mother in Australia and then running away with it. Sam Jones is a self-styled hunting influencer who's gone viral after posting the interaction on TikTok.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
There have been calls for her to be kicked out of Australia with Home Office Minister Tony Burke writing, I can't wait for Australia to see the back of this individual. The Prime Minister of Australia, Antony Albanese, has also spoken out.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
A new UN report details accusations of widespread sexual violence in Gaza and on the West Bank.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Our correspondent Katie Watson is in Sydney.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Katie Watson in Sydney. Still to come in this podcast...
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Why Roblox, the gaming platform with 80 million daily users, is being defended by its boss.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
New research suggests marriage triples the risk of obesity in men. We asked people in London if they agree. Let's start with the latest on the war in Ukraine. US officials are in Moscow to discuss proposals backed by Ukraine for a 30-day ceasefire. We'll have more on that shortly.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
where hundreds of protesters gathered outside a court in Manhattan on Tuesday to show their support for Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil. Immigration agents arrested the Columbia University graduate and legal US resident over the weekend. It follows President Trump's pledge to deport foreign pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
Global News Podcast
Senior Putin aide against temporary Ukraine ceasefire
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said nobody had an automatic right to a student visa or green card.
Global News Podcast
The Global Story: The fight for the Arctic
We'll have another edition of the Global News Podcast later. Until then, bye bye.
Global News Podcast
The Global Story: The fight for the Arctic
Hello, this is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson with your weekly bonus from The Global Story, which brings you a single story with depth and insight from the BBC's best journalists. There's a new episode every weekday. Just search for The Global Story wherever you get your pods and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
It's often at times of stress or hardship that comedy comes into its own, sometimes simply as a way of cheering people up. But comedy can also be a way of addressing difficult or painful issues. So it's perhaps no surprise that stand-up comedy seems to be booming in Ukraine amid the war with Russia. In the midst of dark times, Vitaly Shevchenko has been finding out what's making Ukrainians laugh.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
How chess lessons have changed thousands of lives in Uganda. Why Ukrainians are turning to humour.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Vitaly Shevchenko. Now, do you love your job enough to want to keep doing it when you're in your 90s? Well, a man thought to be Britain's oldest practising criminal barrister or trial lawyer recently celebrated his 90th birthday and says he has no intention of retiring any time soon.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Noel Philo has been in the job since 1975 and although his caseload has reduced in recent years, his colleagues say he still makes himself available every day. Vitaly Shevchenko. Mr Filo has four children and nine grandchildren, none of whom followed him into the legal profession. But his wife, Liz, is also a lawyer. He told Susie Lawson why he plans to keep on working.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
The 90-year-old lawyer with no plans to retire and the very smelly plant attracting thousands of visitors in Australia. We start with a man who's amassed millions of online followers by offering tips on how to tackle everything from ironing a shirt or making coffee to changing a car battery and fixing a toilet.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Noel Philo, thriving in the workplace at 90. You may remember a few years ago there was a lot of talk about the Danish word hygge, for which there is no equivalent in the English language. It sums up the cosy feeling that comes from slippers, a fire and perhaps a hot drink.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Now, another unique happy word, the Welsh hoil, is being used to try to encourage people to experience the particular type of deep joy it invokes by visiting Wales. Alvon Evans from the School of Psychology at Bangor University explains.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
In the last episode, we heard from a woman who's attracted millions of views for her social media posts, sharing simple advice from her grandmother, like getting through tough times by just focusing on taking the next step. Well, Petra from Albuquerque in New Mexico got in touch about her 95-year-old grandmother, Rose, who she calls Yaya.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Rob Kenny's dad left when he was a teenager, so after raising his own children, he decided he wanted to help others who might need parental advice. Rob, who lives near Seattle in Washington state, started in 2020 during the pandemic. posting a simple video of how to tie a necktie.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Petra describes Rose as an incredibly strong, creative and independent woman who is a never-ending well of love and wisdom. She sent us this voice note about a time she was living with her in Cleveland a few years ago.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
And that's it from the Happy Pod for now. If like Petra, you've had some great advice from a grandparent that you'd like to share, just send us an email or a voice note to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. This edition was mixed by Nick Randall. The producers were Holly Gibbs and Rachel Bulkeley. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sounderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Within days, he'd gone viral, with one viewer calling him the internet dad the world needs, while others said he'd adopted everyone who needs a dad and made them realise dads were supposed to be supportive. His YouTube channel, Dad, How Do I?, now has more than 5 million subscribers. Rob spoke to The Happy Pot.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Rob Kenny. Now to a man who's helping transform lives in Uganda using chess. The game, which has been around for more than a thousand years, requires the ability to plan ahead, the flexibility to react to your opponent, and a certain ruthlessness to win. Robert Katendi has used it to teach life skills to thousands of disadvantaged children, those with disabilities, and even to prisoners.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Alan Kasuja went to meet Robert in a restaurant in the armed with a chessboard.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
Wise words, Robert Katendi, and you can hear more on Africa Daily wherever you get your BBC podcasts. Tens of thousands of people in Australia have been rushing to see a rare and famously smelly flower. The Titan Arum plant, housed in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney, blooms very briefly and only once every few years.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
It's known as the corpse flower for its putrid stench and has a large dark red skirt around a central spike that grows up to three metres tall. As Stephanie Prentice reports, fans had been eagerly awaiting the big moment.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Meet the world's internet dad
This is The Happy Pod from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in this edition, we meet the man described by his millions of fans as the internet dad the world needs.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
The author, Ben McIntyre. Still to come in this podcast.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
What bird becomes more aggressive when exposed to the noise of traffic?
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Israel has warned Hamas that unless it starts releasing the remaining hostages, Israeli forces will begin seizing and permanently occupying territory in the Gaza Strip. The message came from the Defense Minister Israel Katz, who also said that the longer Hamas holds hostages captive, the more ground the military will occupy.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Israel's army says it's killed the head of Hamas's military intelligence. According to the Hamas-run health ministry, more than 600 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the past few days, around 200 of them women and children. I asked our correspondent in Jerusalem, Emma Ndada, how much of a threat is posed by Mr Katz's remarks.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Now, this hardline statement is coming from the government. How much support is there in Israel generally, do you think, for reoccupying Gaza?
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
The area around Istanbul's city hall was brought to a standstill, with riot police deploying tear gas near to where Meir Imamoglu is due to stand trial on charges of bribery. Addressing the protesters, Turkish opposition leader Özgür Ozil called for his release.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
So what are the chances that Hamas will start releasing hostages? Is there any indication they might do so quickly?
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
In the United States, President Trump's legal battles continue. Government lawyers have been criticised at the start of a hearing considering the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members and whether that can be permitted. Meanwhile, the administration has cancelled temporary legal status for more than half a million people.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
I spoke to our Washington correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue, and asked him first about Judge James Boasberg, who had strong words for government lawyers.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
And meanwhile, the administration, the Trump administration, it's cancelled temporary legal status for more than half a million people, Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans. They're not pulling back, are they?
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Gary O'Donoghue. As negotiations continue to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian forces are still fighting in Russian territory in Kursk. They now occupy less than a third of the territory they first took in their surprise offensive last August.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale is one of the first Western journalists to report from the neighbouring Sumy region following Ukraine's partial withdrawal.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
President Erdogan has denounced the demonstrations, calling them acts of vandalism and street terror. I got this update from BBC's Hilkan Boran, who's in Istanbul.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Jonathan Beale reporting. As you may know, we broadcast a special Q&A podcast on Ukraine a couple of weeks ago, but we're still getting emails, so we're going to do it all again at the beginning of April. If you'd like to get involved, please do. Send us your questions on the war, peace negotiations, Donald Trump's intervention, and anything else. Our email address is globalpodcasts at bbc.co.uk.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
And if possible, please record your question as a voice note. And finally, a new study has revealed that even the birds on isolated islands with little human traffic are not immune to the stresses of modern life. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University here in England discovered that native yellow warblers in the Galapagos Islands became noticeably more aggressive when exposed to vehicle noise.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Theo White reports on why some feathers on the Pacific Ocean archipelago have been ruffled.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Theo White. And we're flying off now because that's it from us. But there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Zabahula Karush.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
The producer was Stephanie Tillotson. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, Bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
And President Erdogan has said he will not tolerate this. What is going to happen in this court case?
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
And are they calling on people to come onto the streets again?
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Hilkan Boran in Istanbul. As we record this podcast, the situation at Heathrow Airport is still far from normal after Friday's blackout caused by a huge fire at an electricity substation nearby. Very few flights landed and took off, mainly to relocate aircraft and to bring planes into London after so many were diverted or grounded on airfields around the world.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
leaving passengers stranded, like Adam Brown on a British Airways plane en route from Washington to London.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
A normal day would see more than 1,300 flights carrying nearly 300,000 passengers. I spoke to our correspondent Tom Simons, who's at Heathrow.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Saturday the 22nd of March, these are our main stories. Riot police in Turkey have clashed with demonstrators as tens of thousands come onto the streets of main cities in the country to protest against the detention of the popular mayor of Istanbul.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
And what about the investigation into what exactly happened? Because this fire has raised serious questions, hasn't it, about why Heathrow is dependent on a single power source?
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Tom Simons. Sudan's army chief says there'll be no talks with the paramilitary rapid support forces until they retreat and lay down their arms. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was speaking at the funerals of two soldiers killed shortly after his forces had captured the presidential palace in Khartoum. The BBC spoke to a woman in Omdurman, close to the capital, about the latest situation there.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Because of the poor quality of the line, we have voiced up our answers.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Heathrow Airport is beginning to get back to normal after a fire at a nearby electricity substation shut down Europe's busiest hub, causing chaos. A hearing is taking place in the US to decide on the legality of the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members. also in this podcast.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Though some RSF units remain in Khartoum, its presence is greatly diminished. It still controls large parts, though, of southern and western Sudan. Two years of fighting between the army and the RSF has created what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Our correspondent Barbara Platasha reports from a military staging point as the Sudanese army were preparing to enter Khartoum and looks at how civilians have borne the brunt of the country's bitter conflict.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Barbara Platt-Usher reporting from Khartoum in Sudan. One of the most important Western spies of the Cold War, Oleg Gordievsky, has died at the age of 86 at his home in England. He worked secretly for Britain's intelligence service MI6 for 11 years while he was employed by the Soviet KGB.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
He was credited with changing the course of the Cold War by helping the West understand the Soviet perspective. Speaking to the BBC in 2008, he explained why he did it.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
Ben McIntyre is the author of The Spy and the Traitor, the greatest espionage story of the Cold War, about Oleg Gordievsky's double life. He spoke to Paul Henley about why Gordievsky is credited with stopping a third world war.
Global News Podcast
Erdogan condemns Turkey protests as dozens arrested
As negotiations to end the fighting in Ukraine continue, we hear from troops in the region of Sumy, close to the Russian border in the northeast. For three consecutive nights, thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Istanbul and other cities over the arrest of Turkish President Erdogan's main rival, Ekrem İmamoğlu. On Friday night, there have been scenes of violence.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
The Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says the first hostages will be released as early as Sunday. The deal has three stages, with the latter phases aiming to bring a permanent end to the conflict. Some Israeli ministers had threatened to quit if the ceasefire was approved, saying it rewarded Hamas. From Jerusalem, here's our Middle East correspondent, Lucy Williamson.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
A Bolivian judge has issued an arrest warrant for the former president, Ivo Morales, after he failed to appear in court over a case alleging he sexually abused a teenage girl. Morales, who's 65, is alleged to have had a child with the teenager in 2016, which would have constituted statutory rape under the country's law. Mr Morales has always denied the allegations.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
With more, here's our South America correspondent, Ione Wells.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Ione Wells. While many people start January with a healthy diet and fitness regime, or at least an attempt at one, one group of people in Malaysia have been given no choice. Police forces there have returned to work to the news that anyone wanting to advance in their career has to have a body mass index of 28 or lower after concerns over weight gain of officers.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Stephanie Prentice explained what's going on.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
But 28, a BMI of 28 is quite high, isn't it? I thought you should pick at about 25.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
And Malaysia is not the first country to do this, is it, to address weight like this?
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Stephanie Prentice. A famous concert venue in London, the Wigmore Hall, has just hosted an unusual musical ensemble. They're called the Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners, a group reviving the revolutionary style of the Italian futurist Luigi Rossolo.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
111 years ago, he turned the world of music upside down with a concert in London of newly created instruments which replicate the sound of the city. The rombatore, also known as the rumbler, the gogoliatore, known as the gurgler, and perhaps the most memorable of all, wait for it, the alalatore, or the howler, looked as weird as they sounded.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Well, Luciano Chessa is performing at the Wigmore tonight and is a devotee of Rassolo. He spent years reconstructing not just the sound of the maestro, but his long-forgotten instruments. He told Anita Anand about the first time they were heard more than 100 years ago.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Luciano Chessa and some extraordinary instruments. And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Nick Randell. The producer was Isabella Jewell.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Lucy Williamson. As the deal was discussed in Jerusalem, the fighting continued on the ground in Gaza. Hamas officials say more than 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes since the deal was first announced on Wednesday. From Jerusalem, our correspondent Fergal Keane reports.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Fergal Keane. More than 170 million TikTok users in the US look set to lose access to the social media platform, one of the most popular short-form video apps in the world, and a major part of the multi-billion dollar influencer economy. It follows a decision by the US Supreme Court to uphold a law signed by President Biden banning the Chinese-owned app over concerns about data collection.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
This was some of the reaction from users in New York.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Our correspondent in Washington, Nome Iqbal, told me more about the ruling and what it means.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 18th of January, these are our main stories. The Israeli cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza. The Chinese social media platform TikTok is to be banned from Sunday. So what's the reaction from influencers?
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Now, TikTok has already been banned in countries like India and banned on government devices in countries like Canada, France and indeed here in the UK. So why such concern over it?
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Namahe Iqbal in Washington. Following today's ruling, questions are now being asked about what could possibly replace TikTok, especially in China, where the platform was founded. With her assessment, here's our China media analyst, Kerry Allen.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Coming up in the Global News Podcast, would you listen to an orchestra that sounds like this? BELL RINGS
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office on Monday, January the 20th. But the second time round, his inauguration ceremony will be held indoors because of a forecast of record cold weather. From Washington, our senior North America correspondent Gary O'Donoghue told me more.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
So what form will it take?
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is to be held indoors because of the cold. Also in this podcast, police officers in Malaysia are being told to slim down or not be promoted. And the Italian orchestra reviving unusual instruments from a century ago. The Israeli cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
And what about special guests? Because we understand, for example, that the former First Lady Michelle Obama will not be there.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Gary O'Donoghue. During his election campaign, Donald Trump claimed he could end the war in Ukraine in a single day. His envoy to Ukraine now says the war could be ended within 100 days of the president taking office. Almost three years after its full-scale invasion, Russia now controls nearly a fifth of Ukraine's landmass and is continuing to take more territory.
Global News Podcast
Israeli government approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Ukraine's President Zelensky has indicated that land could be given up temporarily for the sake of peace. Amid growing speculation about possible peace talks, our senior international correspondent Orla Gern reports on the mood in Ukraine.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
To the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is currently convulsed in an offensive by the M23 rebel group. Thousands have been displaced as the Rwandan-backed rebels advance. They've already captured the eastern city of Goma. The United Nations says at least 700 people have been killed in the fighting for the city in the east of the DRC. Staffan Djaric is a UN spokesman.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
The rebels are now moving south, heading for Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu. But a Congolese official says their progress has been slowed. BBC reporter Paul Njai is in Gisenyi, on the Rwandan side of the border crossing with the DRC. He told Julian Marshall about the people who are fleeing from the DRC.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
Speaking at the White House on Friday, President Trump said he would deliver on his campaign pledge to impose tough tariffs on imports from China, Canada and Mexico.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
In our earlier podcast, we reported on the debate in Germany's parliament on tougher new immigration rules, proposed by the man tipped to be Germany's next leader, Friedrich Merz of the Conservative Opposition Party, the CDU. On Friday, the German parliament went on to reject the draft legislation. Well, that was the scene in the Bundestag as the law was narrowly defeated by just 12 votes.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
It was controversial in part because the measures included unprecedented powers for the police to arrest migrants. but also because the CDU would have relied on the far-right AFD to get the law through Parliament, breaking a firewall, a previous pledge by all main parties not to work with the AFD. K. Gottschalk, an MP and deputy co-leader of the AFD, gave his reaction to the vote.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
I heard more from our Berlin correspondent, Damien McGuinness.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
And of course, Friedrich Merz, he wants to be the next Chancellor of Germany, doesn't he? And we're just weeks from elections.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
And of course, Germany is such an important country in Europe. So other parts of Europe will be looking, I should think, very worried about what's going on there in the country.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
As we record this podcast, it's still not clear if there'll be any exemptions. But the threat of high tariffs brought this response from the former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, who's currently on the campaign trail to take over as leader of the Liberal Party and as Canadian Prime Minister from Justin Trudeau.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
Damien McGuinness. One of the first hostages released since the start of this month's ceasefire in Gaza was Emily Damari, who is a dual British and Israeli national. She was kept captive by Hamas for 15 months and has told Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer that gunmen held her in buildings that belonged to UNRWA, the United Nations agency that has been aiding Palestinians since 1949.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
I heard more about Emily Damari from our correspondent in Jerusalem, Maria Davis.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
There is going to be another wave of hostage releases, isn't there, due on Saturday. What do we know about this, the fourth wave?
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
We're at Davis. And finally... Why does scratching an itch feel just so very good? Well, we're always told that scratching a bite or a rash can be bad. But a study published in the journal Science has found that the reason it feels good is that it has a benefit. Why? Julian Marshall asked skin immunologist Dan Kaplan, who led the study.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
Professor Dan Kaplan from the University of Pittsburgh. And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Martin Baker. The producer was Alison Davis.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
I spoke to our North America business correspondent Ritika Gupta who's in New York just before the tariffs were due to come into effect.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
Ritika Gupta. As the U.S. introduces further tariffs on Chinese-made goods, Beijing's foreign ministry has warned Donald Trump that a trade war has no winners. An additional 10% is still a long way from the 60% tariffs that Mr. Trump threatened on the campaign trail, and the U.S. president has boasted that he and China's President Xi have a good relationship.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
It's prompted some to ask if Donald Trump has gone soft on China. But the country is still bracing itself. And in the last year, thousands of businesses have moved their production abroad to flee Trump's tariffs. As our China correspondent Laura Bicker reports.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Saturday, the 1st of February, these are our main stories. The White House says the Trump administration will impose steep new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China from today.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
The United Nations says fighting between Congolese forces and Rwanda-backed rebels for the city of Goma has killed at least 700 people in less than a week. German MPs have rejected tough immigration measures proposed by the Conservative opposition and backed by the far-right AFD. Also in this podcast, why does scratching an itch feel so good? A new study highlights the benefit of scratching.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
Laura Bicker. In his first interview as America's top diplomat, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has outlined what President Trump's America first foreign policy actually means, especially for Ukraine.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
Speaking to the news presenter, Megan Kelly, Mr. Rubio said the war must end through negotiation, stating that it would be dishonest to suggest that Ukraine could defeat and take back territory from Russia. President Trump's decision to freeze nearly all US foreign aid is causing major disruption in Ukraine. From Kiev, James Waterhouse.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
James Waterhouse. For more on President Trump and Marco Rubio's plans for Ukraine, I spoke to our Europe regional editor, Danny Eberhard.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
And where does this leave the Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelenskyy?
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
Danny Eberhard. President Trump has again commented on what caused the collision between an airliner and a helicopter in the skies above Washington on Wednesday. In a post on his Truth Social account, Mr Trump said the military helicopter was flying too high by a lot. He didn't provide any evidence to back up his claim.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
The federal authorities have recovered the black boxes from both aircraft, as Ned Atofik reports.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
For decades, trade wars looked to be a thing of the past. The future instead seemed to belong to globalisation, to China and to the big regional trading blocs. No more. From today, Saturday, the United States says it's imposing tariffs on its three biggest trading partners.
Global News Podcast
Trump implements threatened tariffs
Still to come, a hostage released by Hamas says she was held in UN aid agency ANWA facilities in Gaza.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Mouad Anafali, the Halo Trust's Syria operations manager. Iran says one of its nationals who was detained in Italy last month has returned home. Mohamed Abedini had been arrested on a US warrant, accused of supplying drone parts to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, or IRGC. His release comes just days after an Italian journalist held in Tehran was freed. Tehran insists the two cases aren't connected.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Our Europe regional editor Paul Moss explained more about the background to the case.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
One said he didn't know that he was being sent to fight in a war and was told his unit was going on a training exercise. President Zelensky said there may be other options, including the men being allowed to remain in Ukraine if they chose to, as he put it, spread the truth about the war. Last year, Ukraine and South Korea reported that North Korea had sent at least 10,000 troops to Russia.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
And what about the Italian journalist held in Iran who's been freed?
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
And Iran is saying there's no connection between the two releases, despite happening just days apart.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
But will fluoride in water supplies in the U.S. stop when a new Trump administration enters the White House?
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
The Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has told a summit of Muslim leaders that Afghanistan's Taliban rulers don't see women as human beings. The activist, who campaigns for female education rights, was shot in the face at the age of 15 by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012. Our Pakistan correspondent Azadeh Mashiri reports from Islamabad.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford told us more about President Zelensky's proposal.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
The incumbent president of Croatia, Zoran Milanovic, has been re-elected in a landslide victory. Mr Milanovic took three quarters of votes cast in a run-off election against his rival from the governing party, Dragan Primirac. Gaida Lonnie reports.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Guy Delaney. A task force is being sent to Thailand by Hong Kong's government to try to discover what's happened to a number of people who've disappeared in Southeast Asia. Criminal gangs have been luring people from Hong Kong to Myanmar, frequently via Thailand, to work on telecom fraud scams. Our Asia-Pacific editor, Mickey Bristow, told me more.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
And there's been a warning from the UN, hasn't there?
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that governments often add to water supplies, including currently in the United States. Experts insist the policy has contributed to vastly reducing cavities in teeth. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr., touted as the country's likely new health secretary, is strongly opposed.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
He wants to remove fluoride from US tap water, citing a wide range of potential health risks. So, is he right? Our reporter Phoebe Hobson has been finding out.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Phoebe Hobson. People in central Kenya have been describing how a piece of space debris crashed into their village. An investigation is taking place into where the large metal ring structure came from, with some saying it was part of a European Ariane rocket. Jason Kay reports.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
That's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast.bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Derek Clark. The producer was Liam McSheffrey. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
So interesting to see if there could be a deal. If as you say, you know, North Korea and Russia have not admitted to deploying these soldiers.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
They're having to ask North Korea to help. Next to the US state of California, where firefighters are battling the huge wildfires in Los Angeles, and the state's governor has introduced emergency measures to help victims. Gavin Newsom has brought in tougher penalties for price gouging and cut red tape for people to rebuild their homes.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
The authorities are also having to deal with the constant threat of looters. LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said one suspected looter was even dressed as a firefighter.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson, and in the early hours of Monday, the 13th of January, these are our main stories. Ukraine's President Zelensky has offered to return North Korean soldiers captured fighting for Russia in exchange for Ukrainian troops held in Russia.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Our correspondent Emma Vardy is in the Altadena neighbourhood at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. It's there that NASA's famed Jet Propulsion Laboratory is situated and where firefighters are struggling to contain the blaze.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Well, so far at least 16 people are known to have been killed. The total number of residents under evacuation orders has dropped to around 100,000, from a peak of almost 180,000. Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has repeated criticism of the officials in charge of tackling the fires, calling them incompetent.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Our correspondent in Los Angeles, Peter Bowes, has been covering the crisis since it started last Tuesday.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
And how serious a problem is looting?
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
California has introduced emergency measures to cut red tape for fire victims in Los Angeles to help them rebuild their homes quickly and to prevent them from being scammed. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has told a conference of top diplomats that sanctions imposed on Syria should be removed to help it recover from years of civil war.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
And has there been reaction to President-elect Donald Trump's comments criticising the firefighting effort?
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Peter Bowes. For the first time since Syria's President Bashar al-Assad was toppled on the 8th of December, Syria's new interim rulers have been meeting top Western diplomats at a conference in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. Their aim is to get sanctions on Damascus lifted. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, supports their demands.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
But Germany's foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said it wouldn't be wise to remove all sanctions immediately.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Our Middle East regional editor, Mike Thompson, told me how the sanctions have affected the lives of ordinary Syrians.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
So how much support is there, do you think, among Western leaders to lift sanctions? I mean, we heard there from Germany's foreign minister. What do other Western allies think?
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Well, you say that Syria's new rulers are promising an inclusive and tolerant government. I mean, have they given any reassurances about women's rights and human rights?
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
Mike Thompson. Staying in Syria and the population there are facing an unprecedented threat from millions of mines and other discarded munitions as they return to their homes. Children are particularly at risk according to a demining charity, the Halo Trust. It says more than 80 people have been killed in the country since President Assad was toppled in late November.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
due to landmines and explosives left in the ground. Last week, two civilians were killed and ten others injured after several mines exploded in the northern provinces of Idlib and Aleppo. Julian Warwicker spoke to HALO's Syria operations manager, Muad Al-Nufali, and asked him how big an issue clearing landmines is at the moment.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers
An investigation is taking place in Kenya after a large metal ring structure landed in a village. So, was it from space? Ukraine's President Zelensky has offered to return two North Korean soldiers captured fighting for Russia in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war. Video footage posted online showed the men apparently injured.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
as efforts continue to restore a ceasefire in Gaza. Also in this podcast, the Dominican Republic cracks down on migration from neighbouring Haiti, which is being ravaged by gang violence. And the new technology that could save honeybees in Europe from aggressive Asian hornets. We start with the global stock market turmoil as investors react to US President Donald Trump's trade tariffs.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Sarah Netzer, the country director of UN Ops, the UN's Office for Project Services. Still to come on this global news podcast. How scientists in Europe have harnessed the sound of Asian hornets to protect native bees.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
The president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, has announced a crackdown on migration from Haiti as the neighbouring country struggles with gang violence and a breakdown of law and order. Haiti's national police and a UN-backed security force have failed to stop a year-long criminal uprising. Stephanie Prentice told me more.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
So the Dominican Republic borders Haiti. They're now cracking down on people trying to cross the border.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
European exchanges have plunged following heavy falls on the Asian stock markets as concerns grow over a global recession. Markets in Europe's big three economies, France, Germany and the UK, have recovered slightly but were down 3-4%. at the time of recording this podcast. EU ministers are meeting in Luxembourg to discuss countermeasures to the US tariffs.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
The U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's previously been considered to be a vaccine skeptic, now says the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine. His comments posted on X came after a second child died of measles in the U.S.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Dr. George Benjamin is executive director of the American Public Health Association and said a lack of consistent messaging has fueled the current outbreak in the U.S.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
The CDC, America's disease prevention agency, has recorded around 650 cases stretching from Alaska to Florida. So what threat does measles pose now? Dr. Peter Hotez is a pediatrician and co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Dr Peter Hotez. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Spain this weekend to protest against the high cost of housing in what is Europe's fastest growing economy. Soaring rents, flats bought by foreigners which are turned into holiday rentals and few affordable homes being built has caused anger across the country.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
The problem is especially acute in the capital Madrid from where Guy Hedgcoe reports.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Karsten Brzeski, chief economist for Germany at the bank ING, says markets fear a global downturn.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Guy Hedgcoe in Madrid in Spain. Scientists in Europe have found a way of remotely detecting invasive Asian hornets hovering outside beehives. A single Asian hornet can kill up to 50 honeybees a day and their presence deters the insects from venturing out to forage.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
The hornet is native to Southeast Asia and is believed to have travelled to France in a cargo of pottery from China about 20 years ago. Researchers have now identified the hornets' hovering flight sounds. First, here's the sound of honeybees. And this is the sound of hornets. Now, can you tell the difference?
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Well, Professor Martin Bencik was involved in the study, and he explained how the sound of the hornets compare to honeybees.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Professor Martin Bencik. And that's it from us for now, but there will be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag Global News Pod.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
This edition was mixed by Jack Wilfen and the producer was Isabella Jewell. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye bye.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Asian markets are now closed after heavy falls. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed with its steepest decline since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Here's our business reporter Mariko Oi in Singapore.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Our business reporter, Peter Ruddock, is following European market reaction.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
And I think we should make it clear, I mean, the tariffs haven't actually come in yet, have they?
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
You called it serious. Some have called it carnage. I mean, is this a crash?
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Peter Ruddock. Palestinians arrested in Gaza in the months after the 7th of October 2023 Hamas attacks, who were released in the ceasefire earlier this year, have told the BBC that they were subjected to mistreatment and torture in Israeli custody. Their accounts add to mounting reports of abuse within Israeli barracks and jails. Israel says they did not engage in systematic abuse of detainees.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Alice Cuddy reports about what the prisoners say happened to them.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 13.30 hours GMT on Monday the 7th of April, these are our main stories. All eyes turn to Wall Street as stock markets in Asia and Europe plunge. Karsten Brzeski is Chief Economist for Germany at the Bank ING.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
that report from Alice Cuddy, and you can read the full investigation on the BBC News website. Efforts are continuing to try to restore a ceasefire in Gaza. Overnight, Israel launched airstrikes following a barrage of rockets fired at southern Israel by Hamas. Later, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is holding talks with US President Donald Trump in Washington.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
I got the latest on the moves to restore a ceasefire from our Middle East correspondent, Yolan Nel, who's in Jerusalem.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
We hear about the allegations of mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
And meanwhile, we've had these Israeli airstrikes on Gaza overnight and indeed Hamas rocket attacks on Israel.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Yolan Nel in Jerusalem. And in a news conference in Cairo, the French President Emmanuel Macron said that France and Egypt condemn Israel's resumption of strikes on the Gaza Strip. At a joint press conference with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Mr Macron called for an immediate return to the ceasefire and the release of hostages still being held by Hamas.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Mr Sisi said they'd agreed to reject the displacement of Palestinians from the territory. Heavy rains and extreme heat are complicating relief efforts in Myanmar, which is trying to cope with the aftermath of an earthquake on March 28. The UN says the extreme weather conditions have affected the distribution of aid and increased the risk of disease such as cholera.
Global News Podcast
Global stock markets plunge amid Trump tariff turmoil
Temperatures are expected to hit 37 degrees Celsius and possibly higher this week. State media say the number of dead from the devastating earthquake has now risen to nearly 3,500 people. Sarah Netzer is the country director of UNOPS, the UN's Office for Project Services, and has just returned from Naypyidaw, one of the worst-hit areas. Here she describes what she saw.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Ben Schofield. With attention focusing on the war in Ukraine and the breakdown of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, another area of the world is preparing for possible conflict. Japan is taking the threat of war between China and Taiwan seriously. so seriously that it's made a plan for how it would evacuate 120,000 of its people living on islands close to Taiwan.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
The government says it'll start conducting evacuation drills next year. I asked our Asia-Pacific regional editor Celia Hatton what's prompted the government in Tokyo to act now.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
France and Britain are the driving force behind the initiative, and the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said it was obvious that Russia was dragging its feet in its response to US-led proposals for a ceasefire.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Have they ever done anything like this before?
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Celia Hatton. Later this year, Japan's Tokyo Metro, along with UK rail and bus firm Go Ahead and Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo, will begin operating the Elizabeth Line here in London. It's the newest tube line in the capital, linking a town like Reading and Heathrow Airport in the west through central London to Essex in the east.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
It took 20 years of planning, construction and delays and finally opened in 2022. Train now approaching.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
So what can we expect from the new Japanese operator? Andrew Peach heard more from our Japanese business reporter Mariko Oi, who's been talking to the boss of the Tokyo Metro.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Mariko Oi. The British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil says it'll end its campaign of civil disobedience. In the past, the group's supporters have disrupted sporting events by bursting bags of bright orange chalk dust, shut down key roads and, most infamously, in 2022, two activists threw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting in the National Gallery in London. This was that moment.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Our climate editor, Justin Rulat, has been following the activities of the group since it was first formed at the end of 2021.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
The French President Emmanuel Macron said France and Britain would forge ahead with plans for a reassurance force involving several countries. But he also admitted there was currently no unanimity on sending such a force. The history of Europe, he said, would be at a tipping point if the US stopped supporting the continent. We must hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Just in Rolat, scientists are warning that man-made actions are posing an existential threat to fungi, as they say in the United States. The organisms are an important part of our ecosystem, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature is warning that more than a thousand varieties could face extinction.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Dr Greg Muller coordinates the fungal programme at the organisation, and he told me more about the research.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
And how many types of fungi are there?
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
And if they disappear or if some of these thousands of species disappear, what effect does that have on the environment?
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
What does it mean if they die off? Because what you're telling us is that they are the lifeblood of most plants on our planet.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Dr. Greg Muller. And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag at Global News Pod. This edition was produced by Judy Frankel and mixed by Holly Palmer.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
So how far along are the proposals for what President Macron is describing as a European reassurance force? I asked our Europe regional editor, Danny Eberhard.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
And how does this so-called coalition of the willing fit in with the Trump administration's view on defence spending and Ukraine? Because President Trump and his White House, they don't think European nations are spending nearly enough, do they, of their GDP on defence?
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
And President Zelensky of Ukraine was at the summit. What was his message?
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Danny Eberhard. And we have another question and answer podcast with our colleagues from Ukrainecast coming up soon. So if you've got any questions, please send us an email to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. And if possible, please record your question as a voice note. Meanwhile, President Putin has been turning his attention to another zone of Russian strategic interest, the Arctic.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Friday the 28th of March, these are our main stories. European leaders in Paris reaffirmed their support for Ukraine and agree to keep sanctions against Russia. Meanwhile, President Putin is in the Arctic to highlight the region's strategic importance for his country.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
He was speaking at the International Arctic Forum in the Russian city of Murmansk. Our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg is there and sent us this report.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Steve Rosenberg. Turkey has continued a media crackdown over protests at the arrest of President Erdogan's main political rival. Opposition television stations have been ordered to suspend some broadcasts and the BBC journalist Mark Lowen, who was detained on Wednesday, has now been deported. The authorities said he was a threat to public order.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
He'd been on a temporary assignment in Istanbul to cover the recent protests. Here's some of his reporting.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Mark Lowen. Well, Jo Inwood spoke to Selin Geret, a Turkish BBC journalist who worked with Mark Lowen.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
A BBC journalist is deported from Turkey as the government cracks down on the media following ongoing protests there. Also in this podcast, King Charles cancels a day of engagements after suffering side effects from his cancer treatment.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Celine Garrett. AI, or artificial intelligence, has already brought great innovation to healthcare, education and finance. Now it's making headway in the fashion industry, where the retailer H&M is to use it to create digital twins of models.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
The company says it will use the AI doppelgangers in some social media posts and marketing, but only with the permission of models who will be compensated for the use of their image. But there's concern it'll drastically reduce the amount of work available. James Menendez heard more about how it will work from Mark Bain, who's technology correspondent at the Business of Fashion in New York.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
How a fashion company is using AI to make artificial twins of real-life models. We start in Paris, where European leaders have been meeting to discuss the war in Ukraine alongside President Zelensky. The summit sought to set out what security guarantees Europe can offer Ukraine once a ceasefire deal is agreed with Russia, including the possible deployment of military forces.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Technology journalist Mark Bain. Still to come, why man-made change is threatening fungi or fungi, the lifeblood of most plants.
Global News Podcast
European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine
Buckingham Palace has provided an update on the health of King Charles following his diagnosis of cancer last year. The statement said the King had spent a short time in hospital on Thursday after he experienced temporary side effects from his ongoing medical treatment. His appointments for Friday have been cancelled. The BBC's Ben Schofield has the details.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
That report from Barbara Pletusher. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, there's been intense fighting in recent months between M23 rebels backed by Rwanda and Congolese government forces. Reports say the rebels are nearing the regional capital of Goma in the east of the country.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Officials say more than 200 people have been killed in South Kivu province to the south of Goma after the M23 seized several mining towns. The Red Cross has described the numbers of injured as overwhelming. Emmanuel Lampère is from Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, and is based in the capital, Kinshasa.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
We start in Lebanon, where a ceasefire has been underway for two months after more than a year of fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia. In the weeks before the ceasefire, Israel had intensified its bombing campaign against Hezbollah targets.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Our Africa regional editor Richard Kagoi told me how far the rebels had advanced.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
And remind us what this conflict is all about.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Richard Cagoy. Rupert Murdoch's media company NGN, or News Group Newspapers, is now estimated to have spent upwards of $1.25 billion in damages to those who claim their phones were hacked and their privacy invaded by two of their tabloid newspapers, the News of the World and The Sun.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
The single deadliest attack in nearly two decades took place on 29 September, when an Israeli airstrike destroyed an apartment block in the quiet village of Ein El Delb, killing 73 people. Israel says the building was a terrorist command centre and they were targeting a senior Hezbollah leader.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Among those targeted, actresses like Sienna Miller, singers like the Spice Girls' Mel B, sportsmen and UK politicians. Another notable victim, of course, was Prince Harry, who was awarded substantial damages on Wednesday after NGN apologised for a serious intrusion and admitted incidents of unlawful activity. Now, another victim, the actor Hugh Grant, is pushing for further accountability.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Stephanie Prentice told me more.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
But a BBC Eye investigation has found that most of the victims were in fact civilians, many of them children. Ashraf lost his mother and sister in the apartment block.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Stephanie Prentice. And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Joe McCartney. The producer was Terry Egan. The editor is Karen Martin.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Our senior international investigations correspondent, Nawal Al-Maghafi, told me what they'd found out.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Nawal al-Meghafi. Meanwhile, 300 kilometres to the south in the occupied West Bank, hundreds of residents are fleeing the city of Jenin in the face of continuing Israeli army operations. Jenin's Palestinian governor says the Israeli military has ordered people to evacuate the refugee camp in Jenin, although Israel disputes this.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Asil Badoun is the spokesperson for medical aid for Palestinians in the West Bank.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
The tension in Jenin comes against the backdrop of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, with Hamas expected to provide the names of four more hostages to be released tomorrow as part of the agreement that halted the violence there. Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Yolande Nell, told me more about the situation in Jenin.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 1400 hours GMT on Friday the 24th of January, these are our main stories. A BBC investigation into the deadliest single Israeli attack in its recent conflict with Hezbollah finds evidence that almost all the 73 people killed were Lebanese civilians.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Well, we are just a week into that ceasefire that you've been talking about, and we understand hostage names, four more, are set to be announced by Hamas. What do we know about that?
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Yolanda Nell in Jerusalem. This weekend, Belarus goes to the polls. Five names will feature on the ballot, but it's widely expected that Alexander Lukashenko, who's ruled the country for three decades and is firmly backed by Vladimir Putin, will be re-elected.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
The exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is calling the election a scam that's been carefully orchestrated by the government to hold on to power. Our Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
The exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says the country's presidential election due this weekend is a sham. A court in Pakistan orders a popular social media personality to publish a video every month on animal rights.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Sarah Rainsford. A court in Pakistan has ordered a popular social media personality to publish a video every month on animal rights as a punishment for unlawfully keeping a pet lion cub. Raja Bhatt is one of the most followed social media influencers in the country. Our South Asia regional editor Anbarasan Etherajan has more.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
and Barisan Ethirajan. A reminder, if there's anything you'd like to know about Donald Trump's first week in power, now is your chance. We're planning to do a special question and answers edition of the podcast, and we need your help. Please send in your questions to globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. Even better if you can record it as a voice note.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Also in this podcast, the actor Hugh Grant says settlements made to victims like Prince Harry in the phone hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's newspapers don't end there.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
A judge in Kenya has warned he'll imprison the country's police chief for contempt of court on Monday if the officer fails for a third time to show up and account for a recent string of alleged abductions. The disappearance of dozens of young government critics since anti-tax protests last year has provoked a public backlash, although the police have denied any involvement.
Global News Podcast
BBC investigates deadliest single Israeli attack in recent conflict with Hezbollah
Our AFCA correspondent Barbara Petusher reports.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Major Alex Humphreys ending that report by Katja Adler in Estonia. And as you may know, we broadcast a special Q&A podcast on Ukraine a couple of weeks ago, but we're still getting emails. So we're going to do it all over again at the beginning of April. If you'd like to get involved, please do. Send us your questions on the war, peace negotiations, Donald Trump's intervention and anything else.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Our email address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk and if possible, please record your question as a voice note.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Scientists have found further evidence that the universe expanded much faster than previously thought after the Big Bang.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Thousands of demonstrators have defied a ban on public protests in Istanbul in support of the city's detained mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival to President Erdogan. He was arrested days before he was due to be named as presidential candidate. Police have reportedly fired rubber bullets and tear gas at his supporters. His party's leader, Özgür Ozel, accused the government of attempting a coup.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
He's also said President Erdogan is afraid of the election.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Our correspondent Emily Wither is in Istanbul.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Speaking at the White House, Mr Trump accused the department of breathtaking failures, claiming that the US hadn't done well in education for a long time.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Emily Wither. Hamas said its attack on Tel Aviv on Thursday was in response to the massacre of hundreds of civilians. From Jerusalem, here's John Donison.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
John Donison. Astronomers say they believe the universe may have developed much faster than previously thought. They've unexpectedly found evidence of oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, something which is only usually seen after the death of a star. One of the scientists said it was like finding a teenager when you expected to find a baby. Nicky Cardwell reports.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Nicky Cardwell. A bout de souffle, or breathless as it's known to many, is the French new wave film that critics revere as a masterpiece of cinema. Its director, Jean-Luc Godard, never wrote a complete script, sometimes simply making it up as he went along, or writing dialogue the night before he shot any scenes.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
It was a technique that matched the freewheeling camera style of the movie, which was filmed back in 1959. Goddard's only known handwritten script for Breathless, which stretches to 70 pages, will be auctioned by Sotheby's in Paris in June, and it'll possibly fetch as much as $650,000, as Hugh Schofield reports.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
The Department of Education has a budget of $268 billion, 4,400 staff, and affects 50 million public school students. The Democrats have described the closure as reckless. Joanna Maska is a former White House advisor who served in the Obama administration.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
EUSKERFIELD IN PARIS And that's au revoir from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag at Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Philip Bull.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
The producer was Stephanie Tillotson. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Saunderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Our North America correspondent, Marilyn Thomas, is following developments.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
And what's the reaction among people, say, who have children at school?
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Merlin Thomas. In the history of the modern Olympics, the nine presidents of the International Olympic Committee have all been men, every one of them from Europe or the United States. So the news that a woman and an African has been chosen as the new head of the IOC is making waves, appropriately for a former swimmer who won two gold medals at the Games held in Athens in Beijing.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Kirsty Coventry, currently serving as Zimbabwe's sport minister, won the secret ballot at a luxury resort not far from Mount Olympus in Greece. She had this to say after it was announced she'll hold sport's highest office for at least the next eight years.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Friday the 21st of March, these are our main stories. President Trump signs an executive order to dismantle the US Department of Education. The first woman, first African and youngest ever International Olympic Committee President, Kirsty Coventry, wins at an election held in Greece.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
It was an emphatic win over six other candidates bidding for the job. But for a governing body with a history of corruption and scandals, what will Kirsty Coventry hope to achieve in her presidency? BBC Sports' Alex Kapstick is in Costa Navarino in Greece.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
And what are the main issues do you think she faces first? Are you thinking of Russia's involvement in future games, drugs and the whole transgender issue in sport?
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Alex Kapstick. A day after speaking to President Trump on ending the war in Ukraine, President Zelensky has been addressing European Union leaders on the need to not give in to Vladimir Putin. Mr Zelensky told them that the Russian leader must stop making what he called unnecessary demands that prolong the war in Ukraine.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
As well as political support, the Ukrainian president also called for more military aid.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
As ceasefire negotiations continue, President Zelensky tells EU leaders that Russia must stop making unnecessary demands that prolong the war in Ukraine. Also in this podcast, thousands of protesters have defied a government ban and rallied for a second day in Istanbul over the arrest of the city's mayor, a key rival to Turkey's President Erdogan.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
EU leaders have been meeting in Brussels to discuss the economic and military challenges facing the continent. Our Europe regional editor, Danny Eberhard, is there and told me more about whether President Zelensky had got what he wanted.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
How united are European Union leaders in their attitude to President Zelensky and what's going on in Ukraine?
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
How far do you think is the EU willing to continue to support President Trump's efforts to end the war?
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
Dani Eberhard. Well, one issue worrying leaders of countries near Russia is where President Putin might attack next. Many are concerned he may set his sights on the city of Narva in Estonia, where almost all the nearly 60,000 people living there speak Russian, and which is situated just across the river Narva from Russia itself. From there, our Europe editor Katja Adler sent us this report.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
and why the script of the groundbreaking French film Breathless could fetch $650,000. It was one of Donald Trump's chief pledges in the run-up to the 2024 election. And in the last few hours, the president has signed an executive order dismantling the Department of Education, the body which oversees public school funding, student loans and programmes for low-income students.
Global News Podcast
Trump signs executive order to close Department of Education
My son studied there. I have a Russian passport and an Estonian ID card.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
For more on what this means for Mexico, I spoke to our correspondent Will Grant, who is in Mexico City.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
The emergency summit of 27 European Union leaders meeting in Brussels has agreed to boost the EU's defenses and carry on helping Ukraine, with one notable exception. Hungary's Viktor Orban refused to sign a text pledging continued support. But all the leaders agreed that Russia and Belarus posed a threat to the EU's eastern border.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Will Grant. The Danish Postal Service has said it will deliver its last letter at the end of this year. PostNord said it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red post boxes, ending four centuries of the company's mail service. I asked reporter Adrian Murray why they'd made this decision.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
There are going to be big losses. 1500 jobs are to go. So what's been the reaction in Denmark?
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
And do you think this is going to be a trend across Europe? As you said, Denmark has been very successful regarding digitalisation, but where they lead, others are following.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
The crisis summit has been seen as one of the most pivotal moments for the bloc's security for decades, following US President Donald Trump's pivot away from supporting Ukraine in its ongoing war against Russia. Writing on X, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said the day had been productive, with a unified European vision for ending the war and concrete security guarantees.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Now you may remember the video which went viral last week, showing President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sipping cocktails on a beach with a sort of Dubai-like backdrop. The AI-generated video showed Mr. Trump's vision of Gaza turning into the Riviera of the Middle East.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Well, President Trump liked it so much that he reposted it on his Truth Social site, much to the astonishment of the man who created it, Solu Avitel.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Rebecca Kesby asked our Europe correspondent there Nick Beek about the mood at the meeting.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Solo Avital, speaking there to Matthew Amroluwala. And finally, a 23-year-old sound artist from the UK is one of two winners of the first ever Tune Into Nature Prize, an award for music inspired by the natural world. Josephine Illingworth wrote Dawn Aurora using the sounds she recorded in the Dolomite Mountains in Italy.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Josephine Illingworth, celebrating nature in music. And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. If you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, send us an email. The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag at globalnewspod.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
This edition was produced by Judy Frankel and mixed by James Piper. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Nick Beek in Brussels. It's been announced that US and Ukrainian delegations will meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss what Washington called an initial ceasefire with Russia. Meanwhile, Ukraine's ambassador to London has accused the US of destroying the international rules based order in the way it's been engaging with Russia.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Speaking at a think tank event in London, he warned delegates there was a risk that NATO could collapse without US participation and with what he called the White House taking steps towards the Kremlin.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
And how important a figure is Valery Zaluzhny?
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Friday the 7th of March, these are our main stories. At their emergency summit in Brussels, EU leaders agreed to boost spending on defence. President Trump temporarily lifts tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Danny Eberhardt. Pope Francis has issued his first public message since being admitted to hospital in Rome last month. The 88-year-old has been treated for double pneumonia for the past three weeks. His condition worsened on Monday after he suffered respiratory failure. The message was played during evening prayers in St. Peter's Square to the surprise of the crowd who'd gathered.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Our correspondent in Rome, Sarah Rainsford, was there.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
A lunar lander, built by a private US firm, has touched down close to the Moon's south pole. After a tense wait, staff in Houston said the six-legged craft, called Athena, had landed and was acknowledging commands. It also appeared to be generating power from its solar panels, although it's thought the lander is not upright.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
This mission is part of NASA's renewed space program, which hopes to have humans back on the Moon by the end of next year. Maria Mishiri hat mehr von Dr. Carly Howitt, Associate Professor of Space Instrumentation at the University of Oxford.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Pope Francis thanks well-wishers in his first audio message since being admitted to hospital. Also in this podcast, the Danish Postal Service says it will no longer deliver letters and it's got a little hopper that's going to bounce around the surface and try and look for water in these regions. A lunar lander built by a private US firm has touched down on the moon.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
In the latest twist to President Trump's tariff plans, he said the US will delay them on many products from Canada and Mexico, temporarily at least. The suspension lasts until early April. A North America business correspondent, Erin Delmore, told us more.
Global News Podcast
EU agrees to boost defence spending
Despite the market jitters, the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, hailed the suspension of tariffs as a good result for both countries.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
In South Korea, Seoul's Constitutional Court has voted to uphold the impeachment of President Yoon Seung-yeol, four months after he invoked martial law and kicked off the worst political crisis in the country for decades. Now, with the former leader leaving power, the country will hold fresh elections, as Katie Watson reports from Seoul.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Hind Kabawat Israeli troops have moved into an area of northern Gaza to expand what they call a security zone around the edge of the enclave. It comes just days after the government announced plans to seize large areas of the territory with an operation in the south.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
On Thursday, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said that nearly 100 people had been killed in Israeli attacks over the previous 24 hours. Salah Abdel Shafi is a permanent observer of Palestine to the United Nations in Vienna.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
In a statement, Israel's military said that in the last few hours it had eliminated numerous Hamas members and dismantled Hamas infrastructure. I spoke to our Middle East correspondent, Ulan Nel, who's in Jerusalem, and she told me about the aims of Israel's land operation in Gaza.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
So what impact are these ground operations having on Palestinians themselves? What's happening there?
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
So, Yolande, where does this leave proposals for a new ceasefire?
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Meanwhile, the IDF said that it killed a senior Hamas commander in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon early on Friday. Hamas confirmed the death of Hassan Farahat along with his daughter and son after their apartment was hit in an Israeli strike. For many years, beauty pageants in Africa have been organised along the same lines of similar events in Europe.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
But this year, the national contest in Ivory Coast has decided to do things differently, banning hair extensions and weaves to focus instead of what they term natural beauty. Many have welcomed the change as empowering, but others say it will restrict personal choice. This report by David Wafulla.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
David Wafula. The president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, is predicting that some form of regulation of artificial intelligence is inevitable and says it should ensure that humans take the lead on decisions that have real consequences for people's lives. The BBC's technology editor, Zoe Kleinman, spoke to the tech executive as Microsoft celebrates its 50th birthday.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
The president of Microsoft, Brad Smith. And finally, there's good news for the residents of an English village that has lived in fear for weeks. Fear of avian attack, fear of the soup of a hawk that has harassed and airily assaulted entirely innocent men over the past months or so.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
This was the scene in the once charming village of Flamstead in the south of England when Johnny Diamond went there three weeks ago.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
But now relief and maybe even joy because the hawk that attacked around 50 people has been caught. And no more will tall men shudder as a shadow looms over them from the skies. As Lucy Aitchison reports.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
And thereby hangs a tale. Lucy Aitchison reporting. And that's it from us for now, but there'll be a new edition of the Global News Podcast later. We'll be doing a Q&A on the subject of tariffs in the near future. Please email us with your questions. Don't forget, if you want to comment on this podcast or the topics covered in it, you can send us an email.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
The address is globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. You can also find us on X at BBC World Service. Use the hashtag Global News Pod. This edition was mixed by Daniela Varela Hernandez. The producer was Rachel Wright. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Valerie Sanderson. Until next time, bye-bye.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Katie Watson in Seoul. Well, for more, we can turn now to a member of the South Korean parliament, Yoon Hyung Kim, is with the opposition Rebuilding Korea Party. He was in the parliamentary chamber on the night that martial law was declared by Yoon Seung Yeol.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 4th of April, these are our main stories. South Korea's top court has upheld the impeachment of President Yun Seung-yeol, immediately removing him from office.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Yoon Hyung Kim speaking there to James Copnell. China has announced retaliation against the United States for the tariffs imposed by President Trump, bringing the world closer to an all-out trade war. The measures declared by Beijing include an additional 34% levy on all imports from the US. The move mirrors the tariffs announced by Mr Trump on Wednesday.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Our Asia-Pacific editor Celia Hatton told me more.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
China has announced a raft of new tariffs and trade restrictions targeting the United States in retaliation for import taxes announced by President Trump on Wednesday. Syria's only female minister has told the BBC it's very lonely for her in the interim cabinet, but then more women will take up leadership positions in the country.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
You mentioned the word trade war. Is that what this is now, a full blown trade war between China and the U.S. ?
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Celia Hatton, the tariffs have led to wild drops on the stock markets from Asia to the United States. The Trump administration welcomed the stock market falls. Here's the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, speaking at a NATO meeting in Brussels a short time ago.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Marco Rubio, and we'll be doing a Q&A, a question and answer session on the subject of tariffs in the near future. Please email us with your questions. The so-called Ottawa Treaty, the global convention banning landmines, is considered to be a great success.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Ratified by more than 160 countries, it's led to huge reductions in the use and stockpiling of landmines and to large numbers of minefields being cleared. But now a number of European countries have signalled their intention to withdraw. Imogen Fowkes reports from Geneva.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Also in this podcast, the boss of Microsoft, Brad Smith, explains the crucial component for the rolling out of AI.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
A hawk that terrorised an English village is finally caught. Hind Kabawat was appointed as Minister of Social Affairs and Labour on March 29 and is the only woman among 22 men making up Syria's new caretaker government. She's only 51 years old and, as a secular Christian opponent of the Assad regime, she's lived in exile for 14 years.
Global News Podcast
South Korean court upholds impeachment of president
Luquesa Burak spoke to Hind Kabawat in Damascus about her return to her homeland after such a long time in exile.