Yesterday

Taiwan to boost defence spending

<p>Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te says China is stepping up military preparations to take the island by force. He's announced a $40 billion supplementary defence budget that underscores Taiwan's determination to protect itself, with a focus on drones and missile systems. Preside ... Show More

28m 33s

Yesterday

Brazil's Bolsonaro begins jail term

<p>The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to begin his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup after the last election. The Supreme Court said he'd exhausted all appeals and will serve his time behind bars at the federal police headquarters in Brasil ... Show More

28m 33s

Nov 25

Has the Ukraine conflict reached a turning point?

<p>The Ukrainian authorities say Kyiv has reached a common understanding with the United States on the key terms of a peace agreement with Russia. Moscow says it has yet to see the amended version of an earlier draft, which included many of the Kremlin's demands. Also: there's be ... Show More

29m 22s

Feb 2024

Bonus: The Global Story

A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Could Taylor Swift swing the US election?The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, from the BBC, with Katya Adler. For more, go to bbc ... Show More

25m 9s

Mar 2024

Bonus: The Global Story

A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Are you ever too old to have a baby?. The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, from the BBC, with Katya Adler. For more, go to bbcwor ... Show More

26m 17s

May 2024

West Bank: A BBC investigation into alleged war crimes

As part of an investigation into the conduct of Israel's security forces in the West Bank, which has been under military occupation for more than half a century, the BBC has pieced together what happened on the day two boys were killed. With violence having surged in the enclave ... Show More

28m 48s

Jun 2024

Ukraine's children: Growing up under fire

The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 changed the lives of students, shop keepers and nurses who unexpectedly found themselves fighting for their country. It has also transformed childhood, with many young people seeing fathers, brothers and sisters head to the front ... Show More

28m 8s

Mar 2024

Hidden reality of frontline combat through the eyes of Ukraine's soldiers

In a new BBC documentary, a single Ukrainian infantry company find themselves in a life or death battle to defend the eastern front against intense Russian attacks.Jamie Roberts tells us how he managed to get such rare access and what the fate of these men tells us about the real ... Show More

26m 29s

Jun 2024

US immigration: Could Biden's border policy decide the election?

President Biden has announced executive action to reduce the number of people crossing unlawfully into the US. American voters often cite immigration as among the most important issues on their mind ahead of the election in November. Many have been waiting to see how the presiden ... Show More

26m 44s

Jun 2024

Fascism in Italy: Has the country moved on from its past?

Nearly 80 years after the death of Benito Mussolini, you can still find some Italians who openly proclaim their loyalty to the dictator and give the fascist salute at rallies. That behaviour would be punished with jail time in Germany. But in Italy it’s mostly met with indifferen ... Show More

25m 58s

May 2021

Trailer: Global Reboot

Introducing Global Reboot, a Foreign Policy podcast in partnership with the Doha Forum. On each episode, we look at one big global challenge in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and imagine what the world could look like if international leaders turned the crisis into an opp ... Show More

2m 31s

Apr 2024

Bidenomics: How the economy may sway the US election

The president has fired “a bazooka” of money into the economy. Will voters reward him? Joe Biden says the economy is doing great thanks to a series of policies he calls Bidenomics. The idea is to jump-start the US following the COVID collapse with massive investments in the indus ... Show More

26m 43s

Jun 2024

Hajj: Why over 1,000 Muslim pilgrims have died

Can Saudi Arabia balance tradition with safety as the climate crisis deepens? Nearly 2 million people braved temperatures exceeding 50C to visit the holiest city in Islam this month. At least 1,300 of them died. So what went wrong? And what does the future hold for Hajj, as atten ... Show More

26m 33s