Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Iran Special: Q&A
In this special edition of the Global News Podcast, BBC correspondents answer your questions about the anti-government protests that spread across Ir…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Iran foreign minister responds to Trump intervention threats
As protests in Iran continue into their third week, the country's foreign minister claims the situation is "under total control". President Donald Tr…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Death toll rises as Iran protests enter third week
Videos verified by the BBC and eyewitness accounts appear to show security forces in Iran ramping up their response to protests that have spread acro…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Global Story: The US ran a war game on the aftermath of Maduro’s fall – it predicted chaos
When the US government captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, on Saturday, most of the world was shocked. But US officials had for years bee…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Iran protests: hundreds feared dead
A medic at one Tehran hospital reported "direct shots to the heads of the young people, to their hearts as well", while a doctor said an eye hospital…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Happy Pod: The 88-year-old veteran given nearly $2m by strangers
The Australian 'kindness influencer' who raised nearly two million dollars to help an elderly US veteran. Samuel Weidenhofer flew thousands of miles…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Iran protesters defy crackdown warning
Videos and messages that have made their way out of Iran despite an internet blackout show crowds gathering to protest against the government for a 1…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Iran's Supreme Leader describes demonstrators as vandals
Anti-government unrest has continued to spread across Iran, despite an internet blackout and a defiant address by the Supreme Leader. Ayatollah Ali K…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Largest anti-government protests in Iran since 2009
Protests have been taking place in cities across Iran, in the biggest show of opposition to the clerical authorities for 17 years. Reports of clashes…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lebanon completes first phase of plan to disarm Hezbollah
The Lebanese military says it has completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah, but Israel has warned far more needs to be done. The arm…
1 month, 3 weeks ago