logo
episode-header-image
Jun 2023
31m 36s

High security ahead of Trump's court app...

Bbc World Service
About this episode
Former US President faces charges that he mishandled classified documents. Also: America's largest bank, JPMorgan Chase, has agreed to pay up to $290 million to victims of the convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. And a woman in Ecuador wakes up inside a coffin at her own wake after being mistakenly declared dead. 
Up next
Today
Heavy clashes along Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Fierce fighting is taking place between the Pakistani army and Afghan Taliban forces at multiple points along the Durand Line. It's the latest flare-up between the neighbours as insecurity rises in the border region. Also: Hamas says it will start releasing Israeli hostages on Mo ... Show More
27m 1s
Yesterday
The Happy Pod: Love, cake, and a long-lost mother
We hear how a man's search for his birth mother ended in an unexpected but familiar place - his favourite local bakery. Vamarr Hunter was shocked to discover that the bakery's owner, whose company and motherly advice he'd enjoyed for years, was the woman who'd given him up for ad ... Show More
27m 53s
Yesterday
Trump threatens additional 100% tariff on China
President Trump has said he will impose additional 100% import tariffs on Chinese goods by next month, and put export controls on any and all critical software. He said this was in response to China placing new restrictions on exports of crucial rare earth minerals. The news led ... Show More
25m 54s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 2023
Trump pleads not guilty to federal criminal charges
Former US president Donald Trump is formally under arrest at a US federal court in Miami where he will shortly face charges that he illegally stored top-secret documents at his Florida estate. The 37 criminal indictments include conspiracy to obstruct justice, which carries a max ... Show More
49m 40s
Dec 2022
Justice Department seeking to hold Trump in contempt
The U.S. Justice Department is asking a federal judge to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena to turn over highly classified documents. Plus, we’re learning which top Trump allies may now face criminal referrals from the January 6th ... Show More
40m 38s
Apr 2023
Trump huddling with aides in Trump Tower ahead of his arraignment
Former President Trump arrived in New York City a day before he’s expected to turn himself in to be arraigned. The indictment is still under seal but CNN sources say the former President faces more than 30 criminal charges. Trump was indicted for his possible involvement in a sch ... Show More
42m 35s
Oct 2023
Trump lawyer flips, Biden addresses Nation, a killer confesses
Trump’s former attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty to conspiracy charges in the Georgia election subversion case, in a plea deal that gives her six-years probation, thousands in fines, and may see her testifying against the former president in future trials. Plus, did President ... Show More
41m 48s
May 2024
Trump Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts
A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his hush money criminal trial, an unprecedented and historic verdict that makes him the first former president in US history to be convicted of a felony. A felony conviction of a former ... Show More
47m 45s
Jun 2023
DOJ won’t seek charges in Pence docs probe
Two sources say Donald Trump’s attorneys have not found the classified document described by Trump on the audiotape federal prosecutors got a hold of, even after a subpoena. This as the Justice Department closes its investigation into the possible mishandling of classified docume ... Show More
38m 10s
Aug 2023
Trump to be arraigned Thursday at DC federal courthouse
Former President Trump will be arrested and arraigned tomorrow at a Washington, DC federal courthouse after being indicted on four criminal charges by a grand jury in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Prosecutors allege that t ... Show More
43m 18s
May 2023
Donald Trump Goes Ballistic After Sexual Abuse Verdict
Donald Trump was found liable Tuesday for sexual battery and defamation in the civil case filed by author E. Jean Carroll, who had sued the former president over his public denials that he raped her at a department store in 1996. Trump put out several videos in response, calling ... Show More
18m 13s
Feb 2022
Trump Allegedly Flushed Papers In White House Toilet
As allegations arise that Trump ripped up official records and his staff found papers flushed in the White House toilet, the Washington Post reports some documents taken to Mar-A-Lago by former president Trump after he left office were ‘Top Secret’ and clearly marked as ‘Classifi ... Show More
40 m