Global News Podcast

Before taking on Antarctica's 160 kilometre ultramarathon, Stephanie Case said she wanted to show her daughter what mothers can achieve even in the toughest places on Earth. The Canadian ultra-runner has now made history, becoming the first woman to complete the race. Case says she wanted to prove that ''motherhood isn't the finish line''.
Also: we catch up with a young Sudanese boy who received a surprise message from his favourite footballer, the Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior. We visit a drama workshop where actors use sound to create theatre for blind and visually impaired people. How robotic kits with chopsticks are inspiring children around the world. The African athletes who have made history at the Youth Olympic Games in Senegal. Plus the chimpanzee in Florida that had his own drone delivery service of bananas.
(Photo: Stephanie Case pictured after completing the Antarctic Ice Ultra 2026. Credit: Reuters)
Presenter: Chantal Hartle.
Music composed by Iona Hampson

On Friday, the US made the rare decision to ground flights nationwide, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded. An overloaded air traffic control system triggered communications failures across the country. The White House says there's no evidence of a cyberattack. Flights resumed after four hours, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that getting the aviation network back to normal will take time.
Also: Divisions deepen inside the Trump administration as the US Commerce Secretary comes under criticism for his failure to ban exports of advanced Nvidia chips to a company linked to a suspected Chinese spy. Microsoft says its services are gradually returning to normal after a global outage that affected hundreds of millions of people. Pope Leo says he's overcoming cancer as huge crowds turn out to welcome him in Peru. We report from India, where members of the Gen-Z "Cockroach" protest movement face growing legal pressure and detentions. And the grand final of the first-ever Asian Eurovision Song Contest is about to get underway.
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Photo: Plane landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after the US FAA issued a national ground stop.
Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

A global Microsoft outage hits schools, doctors and businesses. The tech giant is scrambling to fix the issue - but with so many of us relying on its products such as Outlook and Teams, it has prompted a conversation about how reliant we are on its services. Microsoft says it's not found any evidence that malicious activity caused the problems, and in its latest update it reported that "broader improvements" were being observed in North America and Europe.
Also: El Salvador soldiers use combat robot dogs equipped with assault rifles to re-take the national football stadium from gangs in Haiti. The FBI says North Korean hackers used fake video calls in a 400-million dollar crypto hack. Mauricio Pochettino is finally confirmed as Manchester United's new manager. We go inside a secret wartime bunker rediscovered beneath cliffs on the south coast England.
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Photo: The icons for several Microsoft apps, including Microsoft Outlook.
Credit: Yui Mok / PA

Ukraine's President Zelensky has welcomed efforts by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, to secure European involvement at the next round of peace talks with Russia. He was speaking alongside the US envoys in Dublin, where they'd flown to brief Mr Zelensky on their earlier discussions with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Mr Zelensky said it made sense for Europeans to be involved as Ukraine would eventually be an EU member.
Also: One of the most powerful men in the AI industry -Jensen Huang- will appear before Congress in the US after being forced to resign over a sex and spying scandal. Schools in Italy have been evacuated for a second day in a row after receiving hoax bomb threats. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has awarded a medal to the guard who reprimanded his group for laughing at Arlington National Cemetery. Haiti's security forces say they've regained control of the country’s main stadium in the capital Port au Prince, which has held by gangs for two years. How Pakistan is leading the way in solar energy... and, as matcha continues to boom, a new Japanese matcha congress meets to try and stop it being a victim of its own success.
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Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting in Moscow, Russia.
Credit: Sergey Builkin / Sputnik

Nvidia's chief financial officer, Colette Kress, will take over as interim CEO following Jensen Huang's departure. Shares in the company plummeted as US markets opened. It comes days after Huang admitted to an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, although Beijing denies the allegations. It also follows a New York Times report of a second affair with an executive at his own company.