Global News Podcast

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2021
UN urges Taliban to re-open girls' schools
The UN calls on the Taliban to re-open girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan. The US moves thousands of migrants away from a Texas border town. And a new twist in the case of the missing travel blogger - as her fiance also disappears.
September 18, 2021
33 min
US admits Kabul drone strike killed civilians
An inquiry finds that the strike, days before the US pullout, killed ten members of a family, not militants. Also: France recalls envoys amid security pact row, and New Zealand abandons Pakistan cricket tour over 'security alert'.
September 17, 2021
32 min
Russia’s parliamentary election begins
Google and Apple remove a tactical voting app from their online stores on the first day. Voting will last three days. Also: the Austrian government is taken to court over its handling of a covid outbreak at a ski resort, and the secrets behind the best ocean photograph of the year.
September 17, 2021
30 min
US tries to calm French anger over security pact with UK and Australia
The US tries to calm French anger over the new security pact with Britain and Australia. Iran sends fuel supplies to Lebanon, as the economic crisis deepens. And an early work by Vincent Van Gogh is discovered by art experts in the Netherlands.
September 16, 2021
29 min
China denounces UK-US-Australia pact as 'damaging'
Beijing says new security pact is 'extremely irresponsible' and 'narrow-minded'. The alliance is widely seen as an effort to counter China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Also, France says its troops have killed the head of the Islamic State group in the Sahara, and how some Dutch people are changing their names - to reconnect with their African heritage.
September 16, 2021
31 min
Simone Biles testifies about abuse by US Gymnastics doctor
She was joined before the US Senate by other athletes who were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar. Also: Rodrigo Duterte faces crimes against humanity investigation and the preacher promising to help anti-vaxxers.
September 15, 2021
25 min
Afghan women's youth football team flees to Pakistan
The departure of the football team from Afghanistan comes as part of a wider exodus of female cultural and sporting stars. Also: the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU needs the "political will" to intervene militarily without the US, and the Inspiration 4 space mission is ready for lift-off.
September 15, 2021
31 min
Haiti PM in murder row
Ariel Henry fires his chief prosecutor after attempt to charge him over killing of president in July. Also: Europe tries to avoid winter Covid and cows trained where to pee.
September 14, 2021
26 min

About the podcast Global News Podcast

The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends

Global News Podcast

About the podcast Global News Podcast

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UN urges Taliban to re-open girls' schools

US admits Kabul drone strike killed civilians

Russia’s parliamentary election begins

US tries to calm French anger over security pact with UK and Australia

China denounces UK-US-Australia pact as 'damaging'

Simone Biles testifies about abuse by US Gymnastics doctor

Afghan women's youth football team flees to Pakistan

Haiti PM in murder row

About the podcast Global News Podcast

Categories