The Global Story

A podcast by BBC World Service

335 Episodes

  1. Missing in Ukraine: Lyudmila’s search for her parents

    Published: 1/31/2025

  2. Gaza ceasefire: How does it feel to return home?

    Published: 1/30/2025

  3. DeepSeek: AI revolution or just hype?

    Published: 1/29/2025

  4. Why does Trump want the Panama Canal?

    Published: 1/28/2025

  5. Return to Auschwitz: 'I want the world to remember us'

    Published: 1/27/2025

  6. The President’s Path: Shock and awe

    Published: 1/25/2025

  7. Thailand: The first same-sex marriages in Asia's LGBT haven

    Published: 1/24/2025

  8. Have we already found the fountain of youth?

    Published: 1/23/2025

  9. How Trump 2.0 could reshape the Middle East

    Published: 1/22/2025

  10. President Trump is back

    Published: 1/20/2025

  11. Inside the White House on inauguration day

    Published: 1/20/2025

  12. Path to the Presidency: Inauguration (weather) forecast

    Published: 1/18/2025

  13. Biden's diplomatic legacy: Afghanistan, Ukraine and Gaza

    Published: 1/17/2025

  14. Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire in Gaza

    Published: 1/16/2025

  15. Hope and loss after 15 months of Israel-Gaza conflict

    Published: 1/15/2025

  16. LA fires: “It was like watching the end of the world”

    Published: 1/14/2025

  17. Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni: The saga explained

    Published: 1/13/2025

  18. Path to the Presidency: Unconditional discharge

    Published: 1/11/2025

  19. Why is Elon Musk meddling in European politics?

    Published: 1/10/2025

  20. The fight for the Arctic

    Published: 1/9/2025

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Global perspectives on one big story. In-depth insights from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider. Make sense of the news with our experts around the world, every Monday to Friday. Episodes will be ready by 10:30 GMT. Host Katya Adler and our BBC teams guide you through one major global news story each episode. From Beijing to Boston, Baghdad to Bangalore, our unrivalled reach will take you beyond the headlines to help understand and explore what’s happening. The Global News Podcast brings you the latest updates and, on The Global Story, we will drill deep into a single story. From the climate emergency, to the burning questions around Artificial Intelligence, to the movements of money and markets, and the power of the ballot and the bullet. Katya Adler has been a BBC correspondent and editor for more than 25 years, covering conflicts in the Middle East, political and economic crises in Europe, and drug cartels in Mexico. The Global Story team would like to hear your stories and experiences on the issues that we’re covering on the podcast. Please get in touch: [email protected] #TheGlobalStory and tell us your thoughts on what you would like us to talk about.