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Global News

The best stories, interviews and on the spot reporting from around the world including highlights from News hour, The World Today and World Briefing. Up to 30 minutes compiled twice a day from the 24 hour News coverage from the BBC World Service.
Hourly English United Kingdom News
30 Episodes
24 – 30

The Happy Pod: country star Jordan Davis wants more good news

This week, the singer Jordan Davis tells us how the need for more positive and uplifting stories inspired his latest song, Good News Sold. Also: the school children surfing the web without internet access, and the birth of a rare, bright orange baby monkey.
16 Mar 7AM 27 min

Blinken warns about 'global threat' of synthetic drugs

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said synthetic drugs were now the number one killer of Americans between the ages of eighteen and forty-five. Also: Georgia prosecutor's ex-lover resigns from Trump case, and python meat could soon be on the menu!
15 Mar 8PM 36 min

Voting in Russian presidential election begins

Vladimir Putin is certain to win six more years in office. Also: The first ship carrying aid to Gaza has arrived off the coast of the territory, and a new biography reflects on artist Keith Haring's life.
15 Mar 11AM 34 min

Top US Democrat Schumer calls for new Israel election

The US Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer sharply criticises the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accusing him of prioritising his "political survival". Also: Elon Musk's Starship goes "farther than ever", and $500k sand dune built to protect holiday homes in US washes away in days.
14 Mar 8PM 33 min

At least 50 migrants die in Mediterranean sea

Survivors say the engine cut out three days into their crossing, leaving them without food or water. Also: Our Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg is on the campaign trail ahead of this weekend's Presidential election, and a new campaign hopes to give slugs an image makeover.
14 Mar 11AM 36 min

US Congress passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide

The proposed legislation would force a Chinese tech giant to sell its stake in the app but its fate in the US Senate is unclear. Also: Israel says it is investigating a strike on a UN food distribution centre in Gaza; and a US man who spent most of the…
13 Mar 8PM 33 min
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