The Global Story

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.

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Episoder(652)

‘Send back our husbands’ – Russian women taking the fight to Putin

‘Send back our husbands’ – Russian women taking the fight to Putin

Since President Putin’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, protests related to the conflict have been supressed inside Russia. But one group are publicly criticising the authorities. More than 300,000 r...

25 Jan 202423min

Meet Trump’s new inner circle

Meet Trump’s new inner circle

In the eight years since he entered office and three since he left it, Donald Trump has time to rethink his approach. Rousing at his rallies in 2016, and frustrated by Washington bureaucracy in his pr...

24 Jan 202426min

American assassins operating in Yemen

American assassins operating in Yemen

The inside story of a wave of assassinations in Yemen, led by former US Special Forces. An investigation by BBC Arabic has found evidence that the United Arab Emirates hired American mercenaries to tr...

23 Jan 202428min

A temple at the heart of Modi's India re-election bid

A temple at the heart of Modi's India re-election bid

The politics of prayer at a divine but divisive site that’s shaped modern India: Ayodhya. The opening of the new temple is widely seen as the unofficial launch of Mr Modi’s re-election campaign. His r...

22 Jan 202426min

“I won’t let my children suffer again” – BBC Gaza correspondent

“I won’t let my children suffer again” – BBC Gaza correspondent

Ever since Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7th, the BBC has been reporting on the ongoing Israeli response through air bombardment and ground offensives. Leading our coverage from the...

19 Jan 202428min

Why book bans are spreading across the United States

Why book bans are spreading across the United States

The American Library Association says attempts to ban books have reached a record high. Most of the books targeted are by or about members of the LGBTQ community and other minorities. The main battleg...

18 Jan 202424min

Feuding, arrests, protests: Poland’s gripping political drama

Feuding, arrests, protests: Poland’s gripping political drama

Poland's president, Andrzej Duda, and the country's new prime minister, Donald Tusk, are locked in a power struggle that’s testing the very foundations of the state. Poland has gone through turmoil as...

17 Jan 202422min

Ecuador: From peaceful haven to gangster's paradise

Ecuador: From peaceful haven to gangster's paradise

Over the past week prisoner escapes, hostage taking and violence in Ecuador has made headlines around the world. Many people were shocked by the chaos in a country that was previously among the most ...

16 Jan 202426min

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