Global News
By BBC World Service
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Podcast Description
The best stories, interviews and on the spot reporting from around the world including highlights from Newshour, The World Today and World Briefing. Up to 30 minutes compiled twice a day from the 24 hour News coverage from the BBC World Service.
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GlobalNews: 25 May 12 PM Super telescope | Super telescope for South Africa, Australia and New Zealand / Shares in Spain's troubled Bankia suspended / Scottish independence supporters launch referendum campaign. | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 25 May 12 AM: US Cuts Aid To Pakistan | US Pakistan Relations/ Al-Qaeda and Syria/ Chief Alien-Hunter Retires | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 24 May 12 PM European business activity low | European business activity falling fast / Zuma asks court to have portrait removed / Australian mining magnate declared the richest woman in the world. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 24 May 12 AM: New ICC Chief "Blackmail" Claim | ICC Blackmail Claim/ The Return of Polio/ New Species/ The Dons of Corleone | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 23 May 12 PM Pakistani doctor found guilty of treason | Pakistani doctor guilty of treason for helping CIA / Egyptians vote in historic presidential election / Beijing toilets. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 23 May 12 AM Egypt votes | Egyptians go to the polls / Yemen on the brink of a catastrophic food crisis / Talks on a new government for Somalia / Former Greek Prime Minister on leaving the Euro / Skydiving without a parachute | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 22 May 12 PM Jail sentences for Egyptian policemen | Five Egyptian policemen given jail sentences / OECD warns of debt vicious cycle / Robofish. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 22 May 12 AM Mali interim president attacked | NATO endorses timeable for Afghanistan withdrawal / A violent attack on Mali's interim president / Report says husbands are more dangerous than guns in parts of West Africa / Political debate on the streets of Cairo ahead of Egypt's presidential election | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 21 May 12 PM Yemen attack | Scores killed in Yemen suicide bomb / Lockerbie bomber buried / Chess in India. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 21 May 12 AM Obama and Karzai at NATO conference | NATO leaders lay out the path towards their withdrawal in 2014 / Libya gets ready to bury the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing / A look back at the life of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 20 May 2012 Lockerbie Bomber Dies | Lockerbie Bomber, Al-Megrahi dies; Italy quake; NATO discusses Afghanistan pull-out. | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 19 MAY 12 Aborted space launch | Aborted US space lauch to the International Space Station / Bomb blast in Syria / Call to Prayer / Top Hat. | 5/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 18 May 12 PM The trading of Facebook shares | Facebook fanfare on stock market debut / European stock markets hit slump / Legendary Arab singer, Warda, dies. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 18 May 12 AM Facebook sets share price in $100bn flotation | Social networking company set to release some 420 million shares priced at $38 each/ President Obama holds African food security talks/ The right protocol for a Diamond Jubilee lunch/ Tributes paid to disco icon Donna Summer | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 17 May 12 PM Mladic trial suspended | Cameron's warning about Eurozone / Spain auctions off bonds / Greeks' anxiety over economy / Denmark's push for renewable energy / Is Harry Potter great literature ? / Internet stardom for London's singing fish-seller. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 17 May 12 AM Greece: Merkel 'playing poker with lives' | Greek leftist leader George Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of 'playing poker with people's lives'/ ICC: Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda 'will be caught'/ Robotic arm controlled by thought/ Cuba's art extravaganza | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 16 May PM The trial of Ratko Mladic | Mladic trial opens in the Hague / Witnesses coerced, says Liberia's Charles Taylor / The pliosaur who suffered painful arthritis. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 16 May 12 AM Mladic Trial Begins | Mladic to face charges of genocide/ Truth Commission in Brazil/ New drug in Russia/ Carlos Fuentes | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 15 May 12 PM Greek parties fail to form coalition | Hollande sworn-in as French president / Charges against former Murdoch aide / Palestinians mark anniversary of "The Catastrophe" / How one native American tribe is tackling alcoholism / How a 9 year-old boy became a sensation - with cardboard. | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 15 May 12 AM Greek currency crisis | What if Greece quit the Eurozone? / Conflict minerals / Gamers celebrate Diablo's return | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 14 May 12 PM Did NATO kill Libyan civilians ? | Fresh fighting in Syrian city of al-Rastan / How Greeks respond to political stalemate / Reality TV show angers America's Iranian community / The world's longest taxi-journey. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 14 May 12 AM Massacre in Monterrey | Narco-gang massacre in Mexico / Nato under fire for civilian deaths / Historic victory for Manchester City football club | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 13 May 12 PM | Afghan advisor killed / Uganda LRA man caught / Austrian cat cafe | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 12 May 12 PM | New Greek vote likely / Indonesia plane recovery / Berlin train | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 11 May 12 PM Contraction of Eurozone economy predicted | Spain bolsters banks as eurozone contracts / Breivik trial disrupted by relative / London 2012's Olympic tower. | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 11 May 12 AM JP Morgan lost billions | JP Morgan lost billions//Algeria elections//Pills to prevent HIV infections//Clooney raises fund for Obama//World Chess Championship returns to Moscow | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 10 May 12 PM Suicide car bombs in Damascus. | Many killed in bombs in Syria / German chancellor says 'No change of course' / London Olympic flame lit. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews 10 May 12 AM: Obama supports gay marriage | Obama supports gay marriage//Alegria elections//Sukhoi Superjet missing over Indonesia//Fragile ceasefire in Homs//Universal flu vaccine//Vidal Sassoon has died | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 09 May 12 PM Roadside bomb explodes near UN monitors in Syria | Bomb explodes near UN mission chief in Syria / Breivik killing survivors tell their story / Punch and Judy. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 09 May 12 AM Al-Qaeda bomber 'was double agent' | US officials say would-be bomber 'was working for CIA and Saudi intelligence'/ Kofi Annan warns Syria peace plan 'last chance' to avoid civil war/ US state votes on gay marriage ban/ Snakes alive! How Guam is battling a serpent infestation | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 08 May 12 PM Libya Prime Minister's headquarters attacked | US 'foils underwear-bomb airline plot' / Headquarters of Libya PM attacked / Driverless cars. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 08 May 12 AM US 'foils underwear bomb plot' | US officials say airline bomb plot conceived by al-Qaeda in Yemen, device now in FBI possession/ Greek coalition woes following election/ Nigeria's other Islamist group/ The BBC stages the 'World's Biggest School Assembly' | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 07 May 2012 PM Markets react to French and Greek elections | Mr Hollande takes charge / Are wealthy French people leaving France? / Vladimir Putin is sworn in as President of Russia / Curry ingredient may hold the secret to bowel cancer treatment. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 07 MAY 12 AM | A new president for France/ Greek voters turn on the establishment/ South Korea's eco-border | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 06 May 12: Europe Votes | France's presidential poll / World's oldest graduate / A magic cockerel for Putin? | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 9/11 Trial Begins | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial / Japan's nuclear shutdown / French political satire. | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 4 May 12 PM China says Chen can leave | New protests in Cairo / UK government suffers setback in local elections / Indian women campaign against sexual harassment / Plight of Nuba refugees in Sudan / Was Hitler mad ? / Why Afghan children are looking to the stars. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 4 May 12 AM Chinese activist's plea | Chinese activist's plea / Microchip eye implants / Japan's last nuclear reactor | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 3 May 12 PM Dissident's wish to leave China | Dutch ministers boycott Euro 2012 over treatment of Tymoshenko / Sailors who brave seas roamed by Somali pirates / Bin Laden documents made public / Are men suffering discrimination ? | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 3 May 2012 AM The Chinese activist's story | Details of Chinese activist's release / France's presidential debate / The world's most expensive painting | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 2 May 12 PM Controversy over Chinese activist | 11 killed as Cairo protestors are attacked / Aung San Suu Kyi takes her seat in Burmese parliament / Tensions between ISAF troops and Afghan army / Rodney King looks back on LA riots / The battle to be mayor of London. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 2 May 12 PM Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan | Barack Obama makes a surprise trip to Afghanistan / One year on since the death of Osama Bin Laden...is Al Qaeda still the threat it once was? / Aung San Suu Kyi and her party take their seats in the new Burmese parliament / Why life is just a case of monkeying about | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 1 May 12 PM Murdoch condemned by UK committee | A meeting with jailed Baihraini dissident / Marine le Pen addresses her supporters / Libyans enjoy new-found freedoms / Has an effective test for breast-cancer been found ? / A warm reception for Pakistani artists in India / Christian Louboutin on why his shoes mix pain with pleasure. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 01 May 12 AM Fighting in Mali | Fighting breaks out once again in Mali's capital Bamako / Ahead of next weeks elections, we hear from Greece's far right / Ukraine about to co-host Europe's top soccer event...but not every top European will be going | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 30 Apr 12 PM Bahraini activists to be retried | What impact are UN monitors having in Syria ? / How US created alert-system for use when children disappear / Why Nobel Prize-winning novelist created "Museum of Innocence" / Manchester's excitement as crucial football match draws near. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 30 Apr 12 AM Ban Ki Moon to address Burmese parliament | Ban Ki Moon to address Burmese parliament/Impact of Chinese dissident's escape on US-China relations/The hunt for Joesph Kony goes on/Universal Studios at 100 | 4/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 29 Apr 12:Nigeria attacks | Deadly attack on Kano university / Supporters of disqualified Egyptian candidate attacked / Is Kate Middleton a good role model for women? | 4/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 28 Apr 12: Malaysia protests | Malaysia police fire tear gas at protesters / EU opens office in Burma / Tymoshenko tax trial delayed / Avaaz / Heathrow Airport delays / Louis Armstrong tapes | 4/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 27 Apr 12 PM Chen Guangcheng escapes from house arrest | Chinese dissident escapes house arrest / Explosion in central Damascus "kills 9" / Lady Gaga in Seoul. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 27 Apr 12 AM African peacekeepers deployed | Ecowas sends troops to Mali and Guinea Bissau / Spacecraft heads for the sun / Rare warty pig spotted. | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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GlobalNews: 26 Apr 12 PM Taylor aided Sierra Leone crimes | The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, found guilty / Blasts hit Nigerian newspaper group / Bo Xilai suspected of wiretapping Chinese leaders. | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 51 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Better than Newspod for World News
I was frustrated listening to the other BBC podcast, Newspod. About 1/4 of the stories on that Podcast were pertaining to the UK. Not complaining, since it is a UK based company, just frustrating to listen to stories about parking tickets in London (yadi yada), with no easy way to skip to the next story. The 'Global News' podcast is far more interesting for world news, though the other BBC podcast, Newspod, sounds a bit more polished in production. I have to disagree with other people's comments that the BBC is 'unbiased' in reporting. The BBC does a great job of journalism, but there are definitely subtle opinions shining through. I consider myself a liberal, and the BBC definitely has a liberal slant to news presentation. The easiest way to pick up on the 'editorial' is to just analyze the 'average' so called expert interviewed to augment stories. Usually that experts opinion is the editorial, 'bias' subtly shinning through. Just watch Fox News for an hour to understand what I'm talking about. I find the BBC to in line with typical NPR type of news. I listen to many podcasts on news and read newspapers as well. I find this podcast to be a bit lacking in news presentation from the perspective of markets and business, but has strengths in world politics and humanistic stories of life in the emerging economies/developing world; simply put more of a news source in line with the NY Times and not the Wall Street Journal.
Excellent News
As a fan of bbcnews.com, I find this podcast to be an excellent companion to the news website because it condenses all of the news that I want in a quick, easy format. I like how the BBC covers international news-sometimes I think that our US stations are out of touch with the international news stories. BBC is percise and the journalism is above par.
Finally!!
I am so happy to see BBC added to the podcasts. Coming from Africa, I woke up to the chimes of Big Ben all my life. This is great! Finally I can listen to unbiased news that we do not get here in America. Next step will be adding BBC Africa to the podcasts. :). Thanks again!
