Global News Podcast
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The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.
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A year of war in Sudan
15/04/2024 Duración: 28minAlmost nine million people have been displaced and the UN is warning of looming famine. Also: Israel is still considering its response to Iran's attack at the weekend, and China investigates whether three African runners allowed a Chinese competitor to win a key race.
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UN warns Middle East is on the brink of full-scale conflict
15/04/2024 Duración: 30minThe UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, was speaking at a Security Council emergency meeting on Iran's missile and drone attacks on Israel. Also: Haiti's main political parties urge the outgoing prime minister, Ariel Henry, to speed up the installation of a new transitional council, and the teenager with a memory like an encyclopedia..
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Iran-Israel crisis - how to stop escalation?
14/04/2024 Duración: 23minIsrael says it intercepted vast majority of missiles and drones fired by Iran. Iran said the attack "achieved all its objectives". President Biden to discuss diplomatic response with other G7 leaders amid international calls for restraint. The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting later.
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Iran launches drones and missiles at Israel
14/04/2024 Duración: 30minThe Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his military was "ready for any scenario". Sirens were heard as Israel's air defences came into operation.
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The Happy Pod: The Centenarian Stargazer
13/04/2024 Duración: 26minThis week, we meet the 105 year-old man celebrating his thirteenth total solar eclipse. Also: The AI technology giving back a voice to the voiceless. And our intrepid reporter goes in search of the crookie.
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Haiti moves toward a new governing council
12/04/2024 Duración: 30minA nine-member political body, tasked with filling the leadership vacuum in Haiti, has been created although their names have not been made public. Also: the US says Iran could attack Israel with drones and missiles within hours, and a Norwegian minister resigns over plagiarism claims.
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Sudan facing 'catastrophic' hunger crisis after a year of civil war
12/04/2024 Duración: 28minThe BBC gets rare access to one affected area in Sudan. Also: Belgium has opened an investigation into suspected Russian interference in the European Parliament, and how did a star manage to explode giving off more light than ever seen before?
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OJ Simpson dies of cancer
11/04/2024 Duración: 30minIn what was dubbed the trial of the century, in 1994 he was accused of murdering Nicole Brown, and her friend. Also: The Colombian capital Bogota begins rationing water to millions because of a prolonged drought that has left reservoirs exhausted, and a Japanese astronaut is set to become the first non-American to set foot on the Moon during one of NASA's upcoming Artemis missions.
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A property developer in Vietnam is sentenced to death for defrauding a bank
11/04/2024 Duración: 26minA court says she was the mastermind behind a scheme to defraud the Saigon Commercial Bank of more than forty billion dollars over a ten-year period. Also: President Zelensky makes a plea for more air defences, and the death is announced in Japan of the first foreign-born sumo champion - Akebono.
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'No joy, only pain' as Gazans mark Eid
10/04/2024 Duración: 32minIn Rafah in southern Gaza, prayers were held beside the ruins of al-Farouk mosque, destroyed in Israeli bombardments. Also: Israel cofirms the killing in Gaza of three sons of the Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, and the European Parliament approves sweeping new asylum rules aimed at transforming how refugees and migrants are processed.
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Kazakhstan and Russia suffer worst floods in decades
10/04/2024 Duración: 30minMore than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate with warnings that the situation will worsen. We hear from the Russian side of the border with Kazakhstan. Also: Chinese President Xi has hosted the former leader of Taiwan in a historic meeting, and we'll tell you what to do when you're angry.
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Arizona court revives 1864 abortion law
10/04/2024 Duración: 32minIt joins more than 12 other states where abortions have been largely outlawed since the federal right to a termination was removed two years ago. Also: Gaza receives its largest airdrop of aid in six months, and the British scientist who gave his name to a subatomic particle -- the Higgs bosun -- has died at the age of 94.
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Swiss women win landmark climate change case
09/04/2024 Duración: 29minEurope's human rights court ruled that their rights were violated by climate inaction. Also: trial begins of 27 people charged in connection with the Panama Papers scandal, and Scrabble gets a makeover.
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North America awed by total solar eclipse
09/04/2024 Duración: 29minA once-in-a-lifetime spectacle was witnessed by millions across the continent. Also: Trump says let US states decide abortion rights, and scientists say Long Covid blood clues could prompt future trials.
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Myanmar junta recruits Rohingyas to fight rebels
08/04/2024 Duración: 27minIt comes despite the group not being recognised as legal residents of Myanmar. Also: We return to the Ukrainian town of Bucha two years after a massacre by Russian troops, Boeing plane forced to land as engine cover falls off and Back to Black stars defend Amy Winehouse biopic.
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Israel reduces troop numbers in southern Gaza
08/04/2024 Duración: 31minIsrael's military says it has completed its mission in Khan Younis and its troops will rotate out. Also: IAEA urges restraint after a drone attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and a British man becomes the first person to run the length of Africa.
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Thousands of Israelis rally to demand hostage deal
07/04/2024 Duración: 31minThe protests in Israel came after the IDF recovered the body in Gaza of an abducted Israeli. Also: Slovakia's presidential election has been won by a nationalist who's sceptical of sending military aid to Ukraine, and fans from around the world flock to the village where the British popstar Harry Styles grew up.
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The Happy Pod: Reindeer herder rescued from frozen wilderness
06/04/2024 Duración: 26minThis week, the remarkable rescue of a reindeer herder from Lapland's frozen wilderness. Also: how music is helping refugees heal from war in Uganda. And how a young sumo wrestler has earned a place in the history books
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More calls for an independent inquiry into Gaza aid convoy deaths
06/04/2024 Duración: 32minThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) called the killing of aid staff in the convoy a "grave accident". Also: thousands evacuated after Russian dam breach, and a missing Californian dog is found over three thousand kilometres from home.
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The Israeli military sacks two officers after strikes on aid convoy
05/04/2024 Duración: 29minA report says the incident was a grave mistake caused by an identification error. Also, a senior WHO official says the humanitarian situation in Sudan is catastrophic; and flood warnings are issued across south-eastern Australia after heavy rain.