BBC World Service — Global News Podcast
Show rows for this feed, plus a few episode highlights for search engines and quick discovery.
Shows
- The Happy Pod (29)Uplifting stories and positive news episodes.
- The Global Story (25)Longer explainer/interview episodes labeled as The Global Story.
- Global News Podcast (146)Main daily episodes and specials from the BBC World Service Global News Podcast feed.
Episode highlights
- The Happy Pod: Record pig kidney transplant brings hope from The Happy Pod • 2026-09-04A man in the US has survived for a record nine months with a kidney from a genetically modified pig, bringing hope to transplant patients across the…
- The Happy Pod: My tattoo is his voice from The Happy Pod • 2026-08-29Jessica Fletcher wanted to find a way to communicate with her autistic non-speaking son, Hunter, which could be used everywhere. So, she got a…
- The Global Story: Will the new cancer vaccine survive RFK Jr’s America? from The Global Story • 2026-08-30A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, representing a potentially…
- The Global Story: The challenger to Netanyahu, with New Yorker editor David Remnick from The Global Story • 2026-08-23Benjamin Netanyahu has been a major figure in Israeli politics for a long time. You could have just turned 30 years old and never known a time when…
- Historic win for far-right in Germany from Global News Podcast • 2026-09-07Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is heading for a dramatic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, far ahead of its mainstream…
- US brings 'proposal to end war' to Russia and Ukraine from Global News Podcast • 2026-09-06The US is bringing a "proposal to end the war" to Russia and Ukraine - but hopes for progress towards peace are not high. President Trump's top…