Hamas requests help to retrieve the bodies of Israeli hostages
16 Oct 2025
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Israel's defence minister has called for a 'comprehensive plan' to defeat Hamas if it reneges on the...
Gazans 'stockpiling food' in case ceasefire breaks down
15 Oct 2025
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Palestinians in Gaza are reportedly stockpiling food amid anxiety the aid flow will stop, if the Isr...
Four more hostages' bodies returned to Israel
15 Oct 2025
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Israel says it has received four more bodies of dead hostages from Gaza as part of the latest ceasef...
Violence continues in Gaza despite peace deal
14 Oct 2025
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The day after President Trump signed off his peace plan in Egypt - what now for Gaza? Hospitals in t...
Uncertainty remains after Gaza deal
14 Oct 2025
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There is huge uncertainty over what happens next following the Gaza ceasefire deal. President Trump ...
Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners exchanged
13 Oct 2025
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More than two years after attacking Israel on October 7, 2023, Hamas has handed over the last 20 liv...
Relatives of Israeli hostages prepare for their release
13 Oct 2025
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Anticipation is growing in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv where families and friends of the remaining I...
The Global Story: Trump’s ‘CEO of everything’
12 Oct 2025
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The billionaire Larry Ellison could soon control huge portions of America’s AI, attention economy ...
Heavy clashes along Pakistan-Afghanistan border
12 Oct 2025
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Fierce fighting is taking place between the Pakistani army and Afghan Taliban forces at multiple poi...
The Happy Pod: Love, cake, and a long-lost mother
11 Oct 2025
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We hear how a man's search for his birth mother ended in an unexpected but familiar place - his favo...
Trump threatens additional 100% tariff on China
11 Oct 2025
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President Trump has said he will impose additional 100% import tariffs on Chinese goods by next mont...
Gazans return to ruined homes after ceasefire
10 Oct 2025
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Tens of thousands of Gazans make the long walk back to where they once lived after a ceasefire comes...
Israel approves Gaza ceasefire plan
10 Oct 2025
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Israel's government has agreed to the first phase of President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza a...
Israeli cabinet voting on landmark Gaza deal
09 Oct 2025
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Government ministers in Israel meet to approve President Trump's peace plan. There's an outburst of ...
Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreed
09 Oct 2025
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A landmark agreement has been reached by Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of...
Trump: Gaza ceasefire deal has been reached
09 Oct 2025
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President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his Gaza peace deal a...
Hopes of progress in Gaza peace talks
08 Oct 2025
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President Trump's top aides and senior officials from Egypt and Qatar have joined the third day of i...
US National Guard troops arrive in Illinois
08 Oct 2025
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Members of the Texas National Guard are gathering at an army facility outside Chicago, after orders ...
Peace talks continue two years after October 7th attacks
07 Oct 2025
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A minute's silence has been observed across Israel to mark the Hamas-led attacks of 2023. There have...
Renewable energy now world's biggest power source
07 Oct 2025
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Solar and wind power have overtaken coal as the world’s leading source of electricity for the firs...
French PM resigns after less than a month
06 Oct 2025
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In France Sebastien Lecornu resigns as prime minister saying the conditions were not fulfilled for h...
Gaza peace talks to begin
06 Oct 2025
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Delegations from Hamas, Israel and the US meet in Egypt to discuss Trump peace plan for Gaza. Also: ...
The Global Story: Why did Trump bring Tony Blair into the Gaza peace process?
05 Oct 2025
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On Monday, President Trump outlined his proposal for a peace deal in Gaza, a moment he described as ...
Trump: Israel agrees Gaza withdrawal
05 Oct 2025
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President Trump says Israel has agreed to an initial withdrawal line in Gaza. He says the details ha...
The Happy Pod: The teenager empowering thousands to succeed
04 Oct 2025
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An 18-year-old entrepreneur who has helped more than twenty thousand teenagers get skills, training ...
Hamas agrees to parts of US peace plan for Gaza
04 Oct 2025
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President Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agrees to release all remaining hostag...
First woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury
03 Oct 2025
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For the first time in its five hundred year history, the Church of England has chosen a woman as its...
Manchester synagogue attacker named
03 Oct 2025
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Police have named the man who killed two people at a synagogue in Manchester. Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-...
Deadly attack at Manchester synagogue
02 Oct 2025
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At least two people have been killed in an attack outside a synagogue in Manchester in northern Engl...
Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla
02 Oct 2025
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The Israeli navy has intercepted boats carrying aid to Gaza and detained the activists on board. Als...
Race for survivors after Indonesian school collapse
01 Oct 2025
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The race to save dozens of students after a school collapses in Indonesia. At least four students we...
US government shutdown begins
01 Oct 2025
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A partial government shutdown has come into effect in the US. Democrats and Repulicans failed to agr...
Gaza Conflict: Two years on
30 Sep 2025
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To mark two years of the war in Gaza, our correspondents bring you this special episode of the Globa...
Trump: Hamas has 'three to four' days to accept peace plan
30 Sep 2025
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President Trump says Hamas has days to accept a 20-point peace plan in Gaza or they will 'pay in hel...
Hamas studying Trump-Netanyahu peace plan
30 Sep 2025
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President Trump has declared that peace in the Middle East is "beyond very close" as he presented a ...
Trump and Netanyahu agree new peace plan for Gaza: a Global News Podcast Special
29 Sep 2025
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President Trump unveiled a wide-ranging Gaza peace plan on Monday and won cautious backing from Isra...
Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC
29 Sep 2025
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The BBC's cyber correspondent was offered money if he helped criminals hack his employer's IT system...
Pro-EU party wins Moldova election amid claims of Russian interference
29 Sep 2025
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Moldova's pro-European party has won a new majority in parliament after elections seen as critical f...
The Global Story: The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation
28 Sep 2025
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On Monday President Trump and the U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conferenc...
President Trump orders deployment of US troops in Portland
28 Sep 2025
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Extending his controversial use of the military in Democrat-led major US cities, Donald Trump says h...
The Happy Pod: Hope for people with Huntington's disease
27 Sep 2025
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For the first time ever, a successful treatment has been found for the devastating brain disease, Hu...
UN set to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme
27 Sep 2025
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United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme look set to be reintroduced after the fa...
Netanyahu gives defiant speech to UN
26 Sep 2025
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In his address to the UN, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies Israel is committing genocide in ...
Former FBI director James Comey indicted on two criminal charges
26 Sep 2025
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The former FBI boss James Comey has said he is innocent and welcomes a trial after being indicted on...
Former French president Sarkozy is given five-year sentence
25 Sep 2025
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The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in jail after he was f...
Fatal shooting at Texas ICE facility
25 Sep 2025
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President Trump says US immigration staff are facing an unprecedented increase in attacks by what he...
Kremlin: Russia is a real bear
24 Sep 2025
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Russia hits back at the US President Donald Trump, after he called the nation a 'paper tiger'. The K...
Trump says Kyiv can win back 'all of Ukraine'
24 Sep 2025
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President Trump has said Kyiv can 'win all of Ukraine back in its original form', marking a major sh...
Guterres opens UN Assembly accusing countries of 'flouting international law'
23 Sep 2025
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The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has opened the eightieth General Assembly in New York w...
Medical experts debunk Trump's autism-paracetamol link
23 Sep 2025
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Medical experts have condemned President Trump's unsubstantiated claims that taking paracetamol duri...
Israel reacts angrily to recognition of Palestinian statehood
22 Sep 2025
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France is to join other countries in recognising a Palestinian state at the United Nations, drawing ...
Trump hails Charlie Kirk as a "martyr"
22 Sep 2025
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President Trump has hailed Charlie Kirk as an American martyr. More than sixty thousand people atten...
The Global Story: Why Trumpworld is obsessed with free speech in Britain
21 Sep 2025
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President Trump is in the UK on a State visit, where he’s been hosted by the royal family and is s...
UK expected to recognise Palestinian state
21 Sep 2025
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Britain is expected to take the unprecedented step of recognising a Palestinian state today. The mov...
The Happy Pod: Nurse revives 'drunk' raccoon
20 Sep 2025
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A nurse in the US state of Kentucky has gone viral after she saved a baby raccoon who became 'drunk'...
NATO intercepts Russian jets in Estonian airspace
20 Sep 2025
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NATO has intercepted Russian jets in Estonian airspace. The Kremlin denies that an incursion took pl...
Dozens killed while at prayer in Sudan
19 Sep 2025
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A drone strike on a mosque in Sudan's Darfur region has killed more than 70 people. The attack in El...
US blocks another UN Gaza ceasefire attempt
19 Sep 2025
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The United States has, for the sixth time since the start of the war in Gaza, vetoed a draft resolut...
Trump criticises Putin as his UK state visit ends
18 Sep 2025
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US President Donald Trump says his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "let me down" at a news confer...
US TV host Jimmy Kimmel suspended over Charlie Kirk shooting comments
18 Sep 2025
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The American television network ABC has suspended late-night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, indefinit...
King Charles welcomes Trump at Windsor Castle
17 Sep 2025
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US President Donald Trump is welcomed at Windsor Castle with an elaborate ceremony during his second...
Trump begins unprecedented second state visit to Britain
17 Sep 2025
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In an honour accorded to no US president before him, Donald Trump has arrived in Britain for a secon...
Rolling out the royal red carpet for Trump
16 Sep 2025
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In this special edition of the Global News Podcast, we're talking about 'tiara diplomacy'.Britain is...
Israel launches ground offensive on Gaza City
16 Sep 2025
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Thousands have fled Gaza City down a single coastal road, to escape a new Israeli assault. They have...
Trump launches crime crackdown in Memphis
16 Sep 2025
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The US President Donald Trump, joined by the Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee, has established...
US promises 'unwavering support' for Israel's Gaza goals
15 Sep 2025
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Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says he doesn't rule out further strikes on Hamas leade...
Hundreds of medical clinics shut in Afghanistan after US aid cut
15 Sep 2025
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BBC report finds tragic accounts of Afghan maternity deaths after US-backed clinics shut. More than ...
Israel calls Spanish PM 'a disgrace' after pro-Palestinian protest
15 Sep 2025
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Israel is angry at Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's support for pro-Palestinian protests which...
The Global Story: Russia and Israel put Witkoff's diplomacy to the test
14 Sep 2025
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Donald Trump wants to broker peace in two of the world’s most intractable wars: Gaza and Ukraine. ...
Hostages' families call Netanyahu 'obstacle to peace'
14 Sep 2025
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The hostages' families have said Israel's strike on Qatar has blocked the captives' return and an en...
The Happy Pod: Escaping death on a glacier
13 Sep 2025
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A man who survived alone on a glacier for six days after a near death fall says it's made him apprec...
Charlie Kirk murder suspect arrested
13 Sep 2025
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Officials say 22-year-old Tyler Robinson was arrested in connection with conservative activist Charl...
Trump on Charlie Kirk shooter: 'I think we have him'
12 Sep 2025
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Donald Trump believes that authorities have caught Charlie Kirk's shooter. Also: the former presiden...
FBI releases photos of 'person of interest' in hunt for Charlie Kirk's killer
12 Sep 2025
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The FBI has released images of a person it's trying to find in connection with the murder of the con...
Huge manhunt underway for Charlie Kirk's killer
11 Sep 2025
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A huge search is underway for the killer of the influential conservative US activist and ally of Pre...
Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot dead in Utah
11 Sep 2025
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One of Donald Trump's leading supporters -- the right-wing activist, Charlie Kirk -- has been shot d...
Poland says Russian drones shot down over its territory
10 Sep 2025
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Warsaw says Polish and NATO pilots scrambled to shoot down Russian drones that violated its airspace...
Hamas claims leadership survived Israeli attack in Doha
10 Sep 2025
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The Qatari prime minister has denounced Israel's attack on Hamas leaders in his country as 'treacher...
Nepal's prime minister resigns as protests grow
09 Sep 2025
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The Nepalese prime minister, K P Sharma Oli, has resigned amid public outrage over the killing of ni...
France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust PM
09 Sep 2025
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France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayr...
Six killed in Jerusalem shooting
08 Sep 2025
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Two gunmen open fire on bus stop in the North of the city, before being shot and killed by an Israel...
Supporters of Brazil's Bolsonaro stage huge demonstrations
08 Sep 2025
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A huge demonstration has taken place in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo to denounce the Supreme Cour...
Investigators: 'Cable snapped before Lisbon funicular crash'
07 Sep 2025
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Portuguese officials investigating Wednesday's deadly funicular crash in Lisbon, which killed 16 peo...
The Happy Pod: The 'game changing' test for ovarian cancer
06 Sep 2025
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A new blood test could dramatically improve survival rates for women with ovarian cancer by detectin...
Trump rebrands Department of Defence Department of War
06 Sep 2025
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President Trump has signed an executive order renaming the Defence Department, the Department of War...
Thailand's new Prime Minister: Business tycoon Anutin Charnvirakul
05 Sep 2025
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The new Thai leader, Anutin Charnvirakul, has pledged to work his hardest to address the country’s...
Italian designer Giorgio Armani dies
05 Sep 2025
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The Italian designer Giorgio Armani - a master of style and elegance who reimagined fashion for a mo...
Xi, Kim and Putin: A new world alliance?
04 Sep 2025
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After China's President Xi welcomed North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin to ...
Israel rejects latest Hamas Gaza ceasefire offer
04 Sep 2025
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Israel says latest Hamas proposal to free all the hostages and end the war in Gaza is nothing new. M...
Lisbon's world-famous funicular derails
03 Sep 2025
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At least 15 people have died after the Gloria Funicular crashes in the Portuguese capita, Lisbon. S...
China showcases military might in Beijing
03 Sep 2025
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President Xi Jinping says China will 'never be intimidated' at a display of military might in Beijin...
Strong aftershocks hit Afghanistan after quake kills more than a thousand
03 Sep 2025
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Aftershocks have struck eastern Afghanistan - two days after a powerful quake in the same region kil...
Kim Jong Un travels to China for military parade
02 Sep 2025
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North Korean leader arrives in Beijing by armoured train to meet President Xi Jinping and the Russia...
Rescue efforts continue in Afghanistan after earthquake kills hundreds
02 Sep 2025
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Survivors of a devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan have been spending the night in the ope...
Quake kills hundreds in Afghanistan
01 Sep 2025
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Rescue workers in Afghanistan are trying to reach villages in remote mountainous areas in the east o...
Israel says Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida killed in Gaza
01 Sep 2025
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Israel says it's killed a senior Hamas official in a strike on a block of flats in Gaza City. Abu Ob...
Houthis in Yemen say prime minister was killed in Israeli strike
31 Aug 2025
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Yemen’s Houthi movement has confirmed that an Israeli airstrike on the capital, Sanaa, on Thursday...
The Happy Pod: Hugs from Texas
30 Aug 2025
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We meet the woman sending hugs from Texas in the form of a quilt. Connie Kortz set up a network of v...
WHO warns of growing cholera crisis
29 Aug 2025
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The World Health Organization says a resurgence of cholera in a number of African countries is putti...
Thai court removes prime minister over leaked call
29 Aug 2025
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Thailand's prime minister has been removed by the constitutional court, plunging politics into turmo...