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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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.
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Biden to Netanyahu: Strikes on aid workers 'unacceptable'
05/04/2024 Duración: 32minJoe Biden says US support for Israel will depend on steps being taken to 'address civilian harm' and 'humanitarian suffering' in Gaza. Also: Peru's congress votes against impeaching President Dina Boluarte who's being investigated for corruption in a scandal over her Rolex watches, and we mark the 28th anniversary of the Lara Croft video game franchise.
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Nato marks its 75th anniversary
04/04/2024 Duración: 29minNato's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, hails its success as Ukraine pleads for more missiles. Mr Stoltenberg stressed helping Ukraine is not in question. Also: Emergency workers in Taiwan say more than 600 people remain trapped after Wednesday's strong earthquake, and as veteran hard rockers Kiss sell off their back catalogue for $300 million we hear from co-founder Gene Simmons.
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Israel accused of systematically targeting aid workers in Gaza
04/04/2024 Duración: 31minIn a rare admission, Israel said its attack on a humanitarian convoy which killed seven aid workers was a tragic error that had occurred due to a misidentification. Also: The French parliament tries its hand at Britain's often raucous Prime Ministers Questions, and the dead politicians appearing on the campaign trail for this month's general election in India, thanks to AI.
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Gaza: Israel under pressure to protect aid workers
03/04/2024 Duración: 30minIsrael's promised an independent investigation after the air attack on an aid convoy on Monday. Also: the secrets of how a new pope is elected are revealed, and Greenwich Moon Time? US scientists are asked to come up with a universal time zone for the Moon where time moves more quickly than on Earth.
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Israel faces international anger after food aid truck tragedy
03/04/2024 Duración: 32minIsrael has expressed deep sorrow over the incident, in which at least seven foreign aid workers were killed. Also: Joe Biden and Xi Jinping hold their first direct talks since last November, and why it's been a bumper year for billionaires who've accrued an extra $2trn.
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Israel admits responsibility for deaths of seven aid workers
02/04/2024 Duración: 31minPrime Minister Netanyahu calls the air strike in Gaza on Sunday unintentional. Also, Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal becomes Africa's youngest elected president, and a row about the German national football team's shirts.