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Meta and YouTube lose in a landmark trial
In a bellwether case, a jury in Los Angeles found on Wednesday that Meta and YouTube are responsible for a young woman’s childhood addiction to socia…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The cities built on scamming us all
Have you ever received a call from a stranger regarding student loans you don’t owe? An Amazon order you never placed? An unpaid parking ticket for a…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Are we heading for World War Three?
It has been almost a month since Israel and the US launched their war against Iran, and already there have been strikes in more than a dozen countrie…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Venezuela model for regime change
Nicolas Maduro, the deposed president of Venezuela, is due to appear in court in New York this week alongside his wife, Cilia Flores. The pair face c…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump's Iran options
As the US and Israel war with Iran enters its fourth week, there are growing number of people in the United States calling for it end. But the milit…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Netanyahu is not dead. So why did the internet think he was?
Social media platforms this week have been flooded with a wild rumour: that Benjamin Netanyahu was dead (which he is not). Fake photos and videos of …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The war in Lebanon, explained
Shortly after the US-Israeli war with Iran began, a second war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Lebanese authorities say that more t…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Listener Q&A on Iran
Since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, The Global Story listeners have been contacting us with questions: about the causes of the war, the leg…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How does war affect a child’s brain?
For nearly forty years, Fergal Keane has reported for the BBC from some of the world’s most brutal conflicts – in Gaza, Iraq, Rwanda, Sudan, Ukraine …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Was the air strike on an Iranian school a war crime?
WARNING: This episode contains some graphic descriptions of violence.
Since an air strike on a school in Iran two weeks ago, the Pentagon has faced …
3 months, 3 weeks ago