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Global News Podcast
The latest from Iran and the Middle East, and the rest of the world’s news, from the BBC World Service. The Global News Podcast brings you the news from across the region and what you need to know from the US. We also continue to bring you stories from around the globe, including expert analysis and...
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The Global Story: The medications that can trigger sex and gambling addictions
A BBC investigation has heard from hundreds of people who say they developed sex and gambling addictions after taking a category of prescription drugs...
'Historic' US Iran talks end without deal
Marathon talks between senior US and Iranian officials on ending the Middle East conflict have ended in failure. Speaking after the negotiations in Pa...
The Happy Pod: From a small town, to the moon
The mayor of Ingersoll beams with pride at the Canadian town being represented on Artemis II. Ingersoll is home to 15,000 people, including the astron...
Artemis II splashdown
Nasa's four Artemis astronauts: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen ha...
JD Vance heads to Pakistan for talks with Iran
Islamabad warns that the gap between the negotiating positions of the US and Iran remains wide. Each has accused the other of breaking the terms of th...
Israel to hold direct talks with Lebanon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructs his cabinet to begin direct talks with Lebanon, but states "there is no ceasefire" and Israel will "contin...
Iran: Attacks on Lebanon are 'grave violation'
The Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Israel's attacks on Lebanon violate the ceasefire agreement with the United States, and warns that upcomi...
US-Iran ceasefire under strain
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard says it will deliver a "regret-inducing response" if Israeli strikes on Lebanon don't stop immediately, according to s...
Hegseth claims 'historic battlefield victory' over Iran
As a fragile ceasefire begins, both the United States and Iran claim victory. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Iran will no longer enrich uraniu...
The US, Israel and Iran announce two-week ceasefire
Iran and the US have announced a two-week ceasefire which includes the reoping of the Strait of Hormuz and safe passage for ships. Peace talks will co...
Trump warns Iran 'whole civilisation will die tonight'
President Trump has warned that "a whole civilisation will die tonight", as his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz approaches. Iran's Re...
Artemis II astronauts fly around the Moon
The Artemis II astronauts have travelled farther from Earth than any human in history and successfully looped around the far side of the Moon. The NAS...
Intelligence chief of Iranian Revolutionary Guard killed
The intelligence chief of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards Corps, general Majid Khademi, has been killed in a US-Israeli air strike. An Iranian st...
Trump extends Iran's deadline to open Strait of Hormuz
Donald Trump has changed the deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to Tuesday, and threatened to bomb Iran's bridges and power plants if...
US gives Iran 48 hours to make deal or open Strait of Hormuz
President Trump has given Iran 48 hours to make a deal or open up the Strait of Hormuz - an ultimatum Tehran has rejected. Both countries are trading...
The Happy Pod: The decades long wait for the World Cup
We now know the 48 nations that will be competing in the summer's FIFA World Cup. The final two sides to qualify - Iraq and the DRC - have each waited...
US in desperate search for missing aviator in Iran
American forces are searching for a missing crew member after a US fighter jet was downed in Iran. Iranian state media says Iran's security forces are...
Iran says it has shot down US fighter jet
Iran says it has shot down a US fighter jet over the west of the country. Iranian state media has published pictures and videos purporting to show par...
Artemis II leaves Earth's orbit and heads for Moon
The Artemis II mission has completed a critical engine burn that's propelling the Orion spacecraft and its four astronauts on a journey to the far sid...
UK and allies discuss reopening Strait of Hormuz
Representatives from more than 40 countries took part in a virtual summit on Thursday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz crisis. French President Emmanue...
Reach for the Moon
Nasa has said it's back in the business of sending astronauts to the Moon, after the Artemis II mission successfully blasted off from Cape Canaveral i...
Iran war: World leaders respond to economic impact
Countries outline measures to try to reduce the impact of rising energy prices, as stock markets rise on President Trump's statement that the war may...
Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'
President Trump says the US will end its war against Iran in the next "2 or 3 weeks" - but it will be up to other countries to secure the vital Strait...
Hegseth: US 'closer than ever' to defeating Iran
US Defence Secretary says President Trump is willing to make a deal to end the fighting, but if Iran doesn't accept the terms, the war will continue....
US downplays suggestions it could commit war crimes in Iran
The White House has downplayed concerns that Donald Trump's threat to hit Iran's civilian infrastructure could lead to the US potentially carrying out...
Can the US really take control of Iran's oil?
President Trump says the US is in serious discussions with what he described as a new and more reasonable regime to end military operations in Iran. A...
Recommending: 13 Minutes Presents Artemis II
Humans are returning to the Moon - hear all about it on the BBC’s space podcast. 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is following Nasa’s mission to loop a...
Trump says he could 'take the oil in Iran'
President Trump has said he could "take the oil in Iran" and possibly seize Kharg Island through which most Iranian oil is exported. He spoke to the F...
The Global Story: Are we heading for World War Three?
It’s 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 countries,...
Yemen's Houthis launch missile attack on Israel
The Houthis in Yemen have carried out a second missile and drone attack on Israel, and have warned they'll keep conducting strikes in the coming days....
The Happy Pod: The hug that stopped a bombing
A patient who stopped a bomb attack at a hospital has revealed he hugged the would-be-attacker to calm him down. Nathan Newby spent two hours talking...
US says Iran war could end in ‘weeks’
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told G7 foreign ministers meeting in France that the war on Iran could continue for another few weeks, and that...
Inside Tehran: 'My daughter is under the rubble'
Data examined by the BBC shows the devastating impact of the attacks on Iran's capital, Tehran, since the start of the US-Israel war. According to the...
Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events
The International Olympic Committee says women's events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games will be restricted to biological females, after years of controv...
Israel says it's killed an Iranian naval commander
The US military says an Israeli airstrike that killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's naval commander, Alireza Tangsiri, "makes the region safer". I...
Meta and Google found negligent in social media addiction trial
A jury in California has concluded that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms, in a case brought by a 20-year-old woman...
Iran ridicules - then rejects - US peace plan
Iran's state broadcaster says that Tehran has responded "negatively" to a US peace plan. A senior, unnamed official said Iran would end the war when i...
US reportedly offers 15-point plan to end conflict
US and Israeli media outlets are reporting that the Trump administration - with the help of Pakistan- has handed Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan. Presi...
Trump's peace plan still vague as war with Iran continues
Israel and Iran continue to strike each other after the US says plans for talks with Tehran remain "fluid". We also hear how President Trump's vague p...
Tehran calls reports of US talks 'fake news'
The speaker of Iran's parliament has said no negotiations have taken place with the United States, contradicting President Trump's announcement that t...