Domestic violence: How does Australia fix its 'national crisis'?
One woman is killed every four days in Australia
- 27 mins
- 13 May 2024
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The Global Story
The one big story. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC. With Katya Adler.
Episodes (122 Available)
- EncroChat: The crime family brought down by their violent messages
BBC investigation into 10,000 messages from UK drug bosses
- 25 mins
- 10 May 2024
- US campus protests: Dismissed?
The President downplays demos as summer nears. What’s next for the US student movement?
- 24 mins
- 09 May 2024
- Notre-Dame: A landmark rising from the ashes
How workers from around the world are rebuilding the Paris cathedral
- 25 mins
- 08 May 2024
- Javier Milei: Sitting down with Argentina's President
'The Madman' on his radical economic agenda and love for The Rolling Stones
- 25 mins
- 07 May 2024
- King Charles: A "difficult" first year
How have the royals navigated the rocky months following the Coronation?
- 26 mins
- 06 May 2024
- West Bank: A BBC investigation into alleged war crimes
Why were two Palestinian boys shot by the Israeli military?
- 28 mins
- 03 May 2024
- Russia’s frozen assets: Will they fund Ukrainian weapons?
Kyiv’s western allies are contemplating the seizure of up to $300bn
- 25 mins
- 02 May 2024
- US suicides: Why are so many young people dying?
A record number of Americans are taking their own lives
- 24 mins
- 01 May 2024
- Preparing for war: Is Europe getting ready?
Conscription and military spending are back on the agenda
- 24 mins
- 30 Apr 2024
- Bidenomics: How the economy may sway the US election
The president has fired “a bazooka” of money into the economy. Will voters reward him?
- 26 mins
- 29 Apr 2024
- Paris Olympics 2024: The make or break year for the Games?
What Parisians think about the event and the legacy it could leave
- 24 mins
- 26 Apr 2024
- US homelessness: Is sleeping in public a crime?
The Supreme Court could allow cities to effectively ban being homeless
- 26 mins
- 25 Apr 2024
- Ebola virus: Are mass outbreaks history?
Progress in the fight against a terrifying and deadly disease
- 25 mins
- 24 Apr 2024
- Pope Francis: How 'woke' is he?
A new Vatican document is challenging the Catholic leader’s progressive image
- 24 mins
- 23 Apr 2024
- Israel-Iran: A sigh of relief in the Middle East?
This round of the regions most dangerous rivalry appears to be over, for now
- 24 mins
- 22 Apr 2024
- Feeding Gaza: Why isn't more aid getting in?
The danger and difficulty of trying to prevent a famine
- 23 mins
- 19 Apr 2024
- Climate justice: We sued our government, and won!
The elderly Swiss women behind a landmark ruling
- 24 mins
- 18 Apr 2024
- Sydney mall attack: How a social media frenzy unfolded
A stabbing rampage in Australia fuelled by hate and false accusations
- 24 mins
- 17 Apr 2024
- India election: How to organise the biggest vote in history
Nearly one billion people will go to the polls
- 24 mins
- 16 Apr 2024