World Service
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The BBC’s international broadcasting service, providing news and other programming to audiences worldwide in multiple languages.
25 episodes featuring World Service
Global News Podcast
Netanyahu breaks with settlers as crises mount worldwide
The episode connects a rare Israeli rebuke of settler violence with disasters, geopolitical friction and public institutions under strain.
Aug 30, 2026 · 31 min
Global News Podcast
Cancer vaccine faces a political test in America
A personalized mRNA treatment could help prevent skin cancer from returning, but its future depends on public trust and continued scientific investment.
Aug 30, 2026 · 31 min
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US oil deal tests Venezuela’s sovereignty as disasters deepen
The episode connects a high-stakes shift in US-Venezuela relations with humanitarian crises, political change and conflicts over power and identity.
Aug 29, 2026 · 33 min
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Small acts of ingenuity open new paths to care
The episode shows how tailored tools, shared spaces, and emerging technology can restore communication, connection, and independence.
Aug 29, 2026 · 29 min
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Flood threat, war legacy and AI attacks reshape a global news cycle
The episode connects an immediate disaster with unresolved violence, emerging cyber risks and disputes testing institutions worldwide.
Aug 28, 2026 · 33 min
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Tibet floods push rescue teams into a dangerous race against time
The episode connects a fast-moving disaster in Tibet and Nepal with wider questions about regional aid, accountability, war, technology, and political power.
Aug 28, 2026 · 33 min
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Meta faces child-safety reckoning as AI chip demand surges
The episode connects corporate accountability, technological power, humanitarian crises and political pressure across several continents.
Aug 27, 2026 · 36 min
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Nepal disaster exposes rising risks across a fractured world
The episode connects a deadly Himalayan disaster with unresolved terrorism trials, fast-moving AI risks, political extremism, medical innovation, and biological research.
Aug 27, 2026 · 35 min
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Dolly Parton’s legacy meets a world of rising risks
The episode pairs a remembrance of Parton’s cross-generational influence with urgent questions about technology, censorship, trade and journalism.
Aug 26, 2026 · 31 min
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Himalayan floods expose rising disaster risks
The episode connects a remote Himalayan catastrophe to fragile infrastructure, climate-linked hazards, public-safety failures, and pressures shaping lives across Asia.
Aug 26, 2026 · 31 min
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China rejects Iran sanctions as crises spread from Haiti to the Danube
The episode connects geopolitical pressure, fragile security, climate extremes, and automation to disruptions in energy, livelihoods, and global stability.
Aug 25, 2026 · 29 min
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Guinea landfill collapse exposes the cost of urban poverty
The episode connects a deadly disaster in Conakry to wider pressures facing communities living amid war, displacement, economic hardship and environmental risk.
Aug 24, 2026 · 30 min
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Britain backs Ukraine as global crises widen
The episode connects Ukraine’s demand for stronger military support with diplomatic, economic and security pressures stretching from Iran to Somalia.
Aug 24, 2026 · 29 min
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Russian strike exposes Ukraine’s rescue-time vulnerability
The episode connects a deadly attack in Kryvyi Rih with wider pressures on Ukraine’s defences, global health systems, technology regulation, and public accountability.
Aug 22, 2026 · 32 min
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AI reunites a family as communities turn resilience into action
The episode shows how technology, persistence and local initiatives can create connection, opportunity and practical change.
Aug 22, 2026 · 29 min
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West Bank settlement plan draws broad Western condemnation
The episode connects territorial expansion, public-health emergencies, political pressure and institutional failures across several countries.
Aug 21, 2026 · 35 min
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El Niño threatens heat, harvests and global stability
A potentially historic climate event is already colliding with food prices, agricultural stress and political crises across several regions.
Aug 21, 2026 · 27 min
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Israel probes Gaza deaths as global crises multiply
The episode examines accountability for the deaths of Hind Rajab and rescuers while connecting the story to wars, technology, climate, and public trust.
Aug 20, 2026 · 31 min
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Kyiv attack exposes Ukraine’s urgent missile-defense shortage
The episode connects civilian devastation in Ukraine with the wider pressures of war, China’s property crisis, renewed piracy and unexpected cultural stories.
Aug 20, 2026 · 32 min
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Meta faces child-safety trial as global crises widen
The episode connects a major technology accountability case with institutional conflict, a worsening Ebola outbreak, medical research, and environmental threats.
Aug 19, 2026 · 32 min
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Ukraine’s wartime politics collide with widening global crises
The episode connects Ukraine’s corruption and election dilemmas with conflicts, humanitarian emergencies, security decisions, and environmental findings shaping international affairs.
Aug 19, 2026 · 33 min
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Meta’s child-safety trial tests the limits of platform accountability
The case could force major changes to how social platforms are designed for children while exposing Meta to extraordinary financial and regulatory consequences.
Aug 18, 2026 · 34 min
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Trump’s drill cuts test US–South Korea security ties
The decision raises questions about deterrence, North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, and the durability of a key US alliance as Pyongyang deepens ties with Russia.
Aug 17, 2026 · 31 min
Global News Podcast
Indonesia earthquake leads global crisis briefing
The episode connects a deadly disaster with conflicts, migration pressures, democratic strain, cultural appropriation and safety failures across several regions.
Aug 16, 2026 · 27 min
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Neil the Seal turns mischief into a global conservation story
The episode pairs joyful oddities with serious questions about wildlife protection, displaced athletes, environmental waste, archaeology, and children’s access to safe play.
Aug 15, 2026 · 28 min