Podcasts about World news

I joined Marilyn Monroe, Walter White, Ozzy Osbourne and other tribute artists on a cruise where imitation is its own art form By Mina Tavakoli. Read by Norma Butikofer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Rescue efforts are continuing in Nepal and Tibet after flash floods that have killed hundreds and left many more missing. But fears that a lake formed by the landslide could overflow and cause fresh flooding, along with difficulty accessing disaster-hit areas, are hindering rescue and recovery missions. Lucy Hough speaks with south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen, who is in Nepal, about the situation on the ground - watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Hundreds of people are missing or have been killed after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday. Entire villages have been destroyed, many of which are popular pilgrimage and trekking destinations for tourists. Lucy Hough talks to global editor Devika Bhat about how the devastating event unfolded – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Tributes have poured in for Dolly Parton, the pioneering country music singer, songwriter and actor, who has died aged 80. Stars including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey and Paul McCartney have paid tribute to one of the world's greatest music artists, with many praising her lifelong philanthropy and advocacy for literacy and LGBTQ+ rights. Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian deputy features editor Jenny Stevens – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

The White House has threatened sanctions on any country that trades with Iran in another bid to economically isolate the country, as US military efforts falter. Launching what he called Operation Economic Outcast, the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, compared it with D-day. China, Iran's biggest trading partner, has already signalled that it will not cooperate with Trump's attack on the Iranian economy. Lucy Hough speaks to Julian Borger, senior international correspondent – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Andy Burnham is making his first foreign visit as prime minister to Ukraine, marking the country's independence day. Burnham will use the trip to announce that the UK government will declassify information about missiles to help Ukraine build its own. Lucy Hough speaks to senior international correspondent Luke Harding – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to return to live in Britain, six years after leaving for the US: a decision that was subject to intense media scrutiny. The couple and their two children are expected to relocate later in August to a non-royal residence. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to senior national editor Aaron Sharp – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Russia has threatened the UK with ‘consequences' after reports that British drones were used by Ukraine to strike targets on Russia's mainland for the first time. The Ministry of Defence has rebuffed these threats, saying the UK is ‘committed to providing equipment Ukraine needs to defend itself against Putin's illegal invasion'. Annie Kelly speaks to senior international correspondent Luke Harding – watch on YouTube Luke's new book Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest will be published next week. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Up-to-the-minute news from around the world.

Up-to-the-minute news from around the world.

Up-to-the-minute news from around the world.

Up-to-the-minute news from around the world.

Up-to-the-minute news from around the world.

Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is on a diplomatic mission in the Middle East to meet Hamas officials and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in an attempt to salvage a ceasefire in Gaza. The talks come after Netanyahu rejected the US-backed 15-point peace plan for the territory in a rare public break with the Trump administration this month. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to global editor Devika Bhat – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

With the outbreak of this year's war, Iraq's balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. Read by Mo Ayoub The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with our correspondent Nick Harper

Russia's evangelicals are under pressure from the Kremlin.

Five years after the Taliban retook power, women inside the country explain how they have been silenced, while the Afghan journalist Zahra Joya asks why the world has looked away. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, furious world leaders are ditching Trump to form their own regional security arrangements.Then, on the rest of the menu, the Trump administration is accused of ‘inventing' terror threats to target charities; Trump's Sumo Goon scolded the CNN's top foreign war correspondent for the grave crime of, dancing; and, RFK, Jr says he can't vote because he's legally homeless.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a UN investigation found Myanmar's military has escalated airstrikes against civilians; and, a coalition of farmers, consumer associations and environmental groups is urging Malaysia's National Biosafety Board to reject a proposed field trial of genetically modified rice.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” – Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families' (1845)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

À Hiroshima, la paix à l'épreuve du nucléaire Vacances d'été : les Français restent fidèles à l'Hexagone Université : le tabou des frais d'inscription est en train de tomber France Inter nous emmène au pays de Marcel Pagnol

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's latest Air Force One scheme is causing major red flags to surface about all of the other incidents he has claimed were assassination attempts.Then on the rest of the menu, details spill on a secret plan to ‘cover up' Trump's ‘mountain of crimes;' Trump vowed to take legal action in a deranged name-calling rant after a liberal think tank said his costly National Guard deployments in cities did not reduce violent crime; and, lawmakers are demanding answers after ICE detained more than fifty spouses and parents of active-duty troops.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where two former Chinese military service members were arrested in South Korea on espionage charges; and, over one hundred firefighters from Mexico had to avoid US air space as they flew to help battle the deadly wildfire that has forced twenty thousand people to flee and destroyed homes in Western Canada.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Netroots Radio Beaming 24/7/365“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” – Ernest Hemingway “A Moveable Feast”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

In July, Andy Burnham told the Guardian's political editor, Pippa Crerar, that Labour ‘didn't get it right' on Gaza. He apologised for the party's slow response in calling for a ceasefire, but stopped short of describing what was happening on the ground as genocide. This is an edited version of Pippa's conversation with colleague Kiran Stacey. The original episode was published on 9 July. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump closed down the White House all day today after Iran won't let him surrender.Then, on the rest of the menu, two impeachments and thirty-four criminal convictions didn't work, so top lawyers are working on a stratagem to haul Trump out of office in an under-the-radar law; pogrom detainees allege torture as Trump's for-profit death camps deploy ‘involuntary medical procedures;' and, just like the Central Park Five who were found innocent, Trump still wants to execute the former Olympian who did nothing to his botched blue pool project.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a former Thai lawmaker was arrested after killing the head of a government administrative organization outside his offices; and, a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia and neighboring Ecuador today, forcing people to evacuate homes and buildings.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.” — Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Radio Baloney Live! News Review Hangout StreamBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/radio-baloney-the-richie-baloney-show--4036781/support.

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

Radio Baloney Live! News Review Hangout StreamBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/radio-baloney-the-richie-baloney-show--4036781/support.

Dropping the bombs in Japan and the fallout that followed. Burning down the kitchen making cinnamon toast. Does Ukraine have any kind of chance against Russia? World News with BKJust how bad is the missile stockpile situation?Follow The Jesse Kelly Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheJesseKellyShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With more than 7m pairs reportedly sold in 2025, Meta's Ray-Ban smartglasses are fast becoming the world's most popular new gadget. But while supporters say they are transforming photography and accessibility, others have labelled them ‘pervert glasses', with some UK pubs and restaurants, including Wetherspoons, banning the technology from their premises. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian's deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Donald Trump's second term is unlike his first. The politicians who challenged him are gone. The lawyers who once pushed back now choose their battles. What remains is an imperial president with almost no internal checks, using executive power to reshape everything from the economy, immigration and even the presidency itself. Few journalists have covered Trump as closely as the New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan. Jonathan Freedland speaks to him about how the president has consolidated such power – and what it could mean for the US and the world

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Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the nation's top generals and admirals are working to get Hegseth fired and block Trump from further escalating his catastrophic war.Then, on the rest of the menu, a Trump-backed MAGA candidate has been caught living a luxury out-of-state lifestyle despite his ‘farmer' image; an ICE policy says the agency will only release body camera footage that depicts its officers in the best possible light; and, Lake Tahoe's exclusive Incline Village is aghast after another stand of mature trees were “criminally poisoned” for the third time this year.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where Romania rushed to sink four barges in the record-low Danube to keep a nuclear power plant's second reactor running; and, a Spanish-led police raid smashed a vast Mediterranean smuggling network, arresting seventy-eight suspects.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live PlayerKeep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

As another summer of extreme heat rumbles on, warnings about excess deaths, ageing infrastructure and potential food shortages are growing louder. So how well prepared is the UK to cope, both now and in the years ahead? Jessica Elgot and Alexandra Topping examine why politicians have been so slow to act. Plus, Kemi Badenoch has distanced herself from the former neo-Nazi turned Tory council candidate Joshua Bonehill-Paine, only to offer him him an advisory role instead. What was she thinking?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

At least 17 people were killed and more than 40 injured in another round of deadly Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded for more air defence weapons, saying ballistic missile interceptors ‘could have saved the lives of those killed today'. For months, Ukraine has been warning about shortages after Donald Trump backtracked on his promise to let Ukraine manufacture missiles locally. In response to the attack, the EU's Ursula von der Leyen said ‘Russia must pay' – but will it? Lucy Hough talks to the Guardian's Russia affairs correspondent, Pjotr Sauer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Cameroon's 93-year-old president has not been seen for many weeks. The Guardian's Eromo Egbejule and Giovanni Wanneh tell Annie Kelly how the country is managing without its leader, and why Cameroonians still have hope for the next chapter. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Les incendies dans la forêt amazonienne à leur plus bas niveau historique L'Odyssée de Christopher Nolan, nouveau cheval de bataille de la droite conservatrice américaine Le début de campagne difficile de Bruno Retailleau Zinédine Zidane, nouveau sélectionneur de l'équipe de France

In this episode of The Intelligence Report, Dylan Welch sits down with Sahara Maazel and Suman Shah, two high school sophomores and co-founders of the Youth Climate Action Alliance (YCAA), to discuss how young people can turn climate concern into meaningful action.From launching community solar initiatives and recycling programs at their own schools to building a network of 16 partner schools across New York City, Sahara and Suman share how they transformed a shared passion for the environment into a growing movement focused on practical, school-based climate solutions.The conversation explores the importance of collaboration over confrontation, how students can work with school administrators to create change, and why making climate action local helps inspire more people to get involved. They also discuss the future of renewable energy, artificial intelligence, climate policy, entrepreneurship, and their aspirations to make an impact on the global stage.This episode is an inspiring look at the next generation of environmental leadership and a reminder that meaningful change often starts with a small group of people willing to take the first step.Topics discussed:Youth leadership in climate actionBuilding the Youth Climate Action AllianceCommunity solar and sustainability initiativesOrganizing climate programs in schoolsClimate policy and advocacyRenewable energy and AIEntrepreneurship and climate innovationThe future of environmental leadershipSupport the show

Gianni Infantino's reign as Fifa president is in severe peril after the collapse of his plans to sell off parts of the World Cup to private investment. Many Concacaf countries are considering following Europe's lead by formally removing their support for Infantino, and there are widespread calls to remove him from his post. Lucy Hough speaks to columnist Jonathan Liew – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Dozens of people died attempting to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after an estimated 50,000 crossed from Morocco last week. The incident has led to a political crisis in Spain and criticism from EU countries. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian's European community affairs correspondent, Ashifa Kassam – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

He was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019, and had announced his candidacy for the 2028 presidential elections. But Ekrem İmamoğlu is now behind bars, and his trial, on charges including fraud and organised crime, could take 12 years By Kaya Genç. Read by Philip Ishak Arditti This piece first appeared in the Dial. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

We kick off today's show with some incredible news and huge gratitude as Tara celebrates winning the South Carolina Broadcasters Association's Personality of the Year Award!

Donald Trump has declared a breakthrough in negotiations over the disarmament of Hamas in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, but Israeli government officials have voiced scepticism over the deal. Lucy Hough speaks to Julian Borger, the Guardian's senior international correspondent – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis reports from Bordeaux, as wildfires in the region and beyond cause the biggest peacetime evacuation in French history. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

The US military has carried out a wave of airstrikes against Iran in response to Tehran targeting American bases in Jordan. The strikes were launched after Donald Trump vowed to hit Iran ‘very hard' following a days-long pause in fighting. Iran has expanded its military strikes in the region, raising fears of an all-out war. Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian senior international reporter Peter Beaumont – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Firefighters in France and Spain are facing another day battling wildfires that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated, with another heatwave expected to hit this week. French authorities have said this year's wildfires, particularly the Gironde fire near the south-western city of Bordeaux, are ‘completely exceptional'. Lucy Hough speaks to Europe environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don't want to forget my abortion and I don't want to forget theirs By Erin Maglaque. Read by Lanna Joffrey. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod