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Iran foreign minister responds to Trump intervention threats
New Jan 12, 2026 30 min

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 Trump has warned that the US could intervene and h...

Death toll rises as Iran protests enter third week
New Jan 12, 2026 24 min

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 across the country. Activists say dozens of bodies s...

Iran protests: hundreds feared dead
New Jan 11, 2026 27 min

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 in the capital had gone into crisis mode. Despi...

Iran protesters defy crackdown warning
New Jan 10, 2026 24 min

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 13th night. Rights groups say they have documente...

Iran's Supreme Leader describes demonstrators as vandals
New Jan 09, 2026 28 min

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 Khamenei dismissed the protesters as "a bunch of ...

Largest anti-government protests in Iran since 2009
New Jan 09, 2026 28 min

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 between Iranian security forces and demonstrato...

Lebanon completes first phase of plan to disarm Hezbollah
New Jan 08, 2026 29 min

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 army in Lebanon says the south of the country is no...

Woman shot dead by US immigration agent
New Jan 08, 2026 31 min

Woman shot dead by US immigration agent

The mayor of Minneapolis in the United States has strongly rejected the Trump administration's account of the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the city. ...

US seizes two Venezuela-linked tankers
New Jan 07, 2026 26 min

US seizes two Venezuela-linked tankers

The United States says it has seized two tankers accused of violating sanctions against Venezuela. One of them, a Russian ship, was boarded in the North Atlantic between Iceland and Britain. The US...

President Trump again threatens to annex Greenland
New Jan 07, 2026 26 min

President Trump again threatens to annex Greenland

The US claims that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority to deter threats from Russia and China in the Arctic. Washington hasn't ruled out the use of military force. Also: Ukraine and...

Venezuela Special: Q&A
New Jan 06, 2026 22 min

Venezuela Special: Q&A

In this special edition of the Global News Podcast, BBC correspondents answer your questions about the US operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Why did the US carry out this opera...

Europe tells US ‘Greenland belongs to its people’
New Jan 06, 2026 29 min

Europe tells US ‘Greenland belongs to its people’

European allies rally to support Denmark following renewed calls by the US that it must control Greenland. It comes as talks are held in Paris on security guarantees for Ukraine. Donald Trump has s...

Delcy Rodriguez sworn in as Venezuela's new president
New Jan 06, 2026 27 min

Delcy Rodriguez sworn in as Venezuela's new president

Delcy Rodriguez is sworn in as Venezuela's new president at a special ceremony in the capital, Caracas. Meanwhile, her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro pleads not guilty on drugs charges in court in New...

Maduro taken to US court
Jan 05, 2026 27 min

Maduro taken to US court

The ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is transferred by armed forces to make his first appearance in a US court on drug trafficking and weapons charges, alongside his wife Cilia Flores. Both ...

US sends warning to Venezuela's new leader
Jan 05, 2026 26 min

US sends warning to Venezuela's new leader

The US has warned the new interim leader of Venezuela to do as it says - or face the consequences. Donald Trump says if Delcy Rodriguez "doesn’t do what’s right, she's going to pay a very big price...

The Happy Pod: Christmas with the man I saved
Jan 04, 2026 26 min

The Happy Pod: Christmas with the man I saved

A US woman whose bone marrow saved a father of three in Australia has spent Christmas with him and his family. Gennaro Rapinese, whose leukaemia was cured by the donation, greeted Cassidy Feeney a...

Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro in New York
Jan 04, 2026 24 min

Captured Venezuelan leader Maduro in New York

Nicolas Maduro has arrived at a detention centre in Brooklyn, New York where he will be held ahead of an expected first court appearance on Monday. Live TV showed Mr Maduro being led away in a hood...

Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela
Jan 03, 2026 19 min

Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela

Following the capture of the Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by the US military, President Trump has said the United States intends to run the South American country until there can be a "safe, pr...