The Global Story
Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the BBC’s international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.
Episodes (534)
How China beat the US on green energy
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Is ISIS having a resurgence in Syria?
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How Palantir became indispensable
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How the Minnesota shooting set off a TikTok censorship debate
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What next for Venezuelans?
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The mystery of Putin and the apartment bombs
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Is Cuba next?
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Trump’s first year back: for better and for worse
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Will Trump’s Board of Peace actually stop wars?
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Is Canada leading the global resistance against Trump?
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Have the protests in Iran failed?
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Greenland: Could the US regret alienating its Nato allies?
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How Charlie Kirk inspired a new Korean right-wing youth movement
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The post-World War II era is over. What comes next?
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How the US, China and Russia are vying for influence in Africa
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Putin’s pursuit of Russian greatness
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Has Xi Jinping outsmarted his rivals?
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American influence from Monroe to Donroe
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Will Gen Z protests around the world continue in 2026?
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Will Trump take control of Greenland?
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The US ran a war game on the aftermath of Maduro’s fall – it predicted chaos
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People who could change the world in 2026
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What’s next for Venezuela?
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Are conspiracy theories America’s biggest export?
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The death of reading
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The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
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Is the AI boom actually a bubble?
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Nukes for nothing: The deal that broke Ukraine's trust
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Can Apple cut ties with China?
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Is social media dead?
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The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation
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Meeting settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank
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Is Trump looking for war with Venezuela?
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Why K-beauty is everywhere
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Why Australia’s gun laws aren’t as strong as you might think
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What would it take for Putin to stop fighting in Ukraine?
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The Bondi Beach massacre and the rise of antisemitic violence
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Why Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace deal unravelled
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The murders that moved a nation: Italy’s new femicide law
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Why the US says Europe is facing ‘civilisational erasure’
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How Syria is rebuilding after the fall of a dictator
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Will a social media ban for Australian teens work?
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How the National Guard shooting accelerated Trump’s immigration crackdown
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The Fifa-Trump bromance
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How did a Chinese spiritual movement build a US media empire?
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Why has Trump pardoned Honduras’s drug trafficker ex-president?
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The death of reading
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Whatever happened to Iran’s nuclear programme?
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When popes get political
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Shein: How the fast fashion disruptor ran into real world problems
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