Learning English from the News Podcast
Learn the language you need to understand news stories in English. Every week we discuss one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
Learn the language you need to understand news stories in English.
Every week we talk about one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.
And in our special Our World in English episodes, we share documentaries from around the world and across the BBC in simple English.
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Episodes to download
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Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK says
Wednesday
Two years after Navalny died, European scientists have tested samples from his body.
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Our World in English: The battle for the cowboy way of life
Fri 13 Feb 2026
People in Montana, US worry that they will lose the land the makes the place special.
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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl half-time show was the first ever to be almost entirely in Spanish
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Women secretly filmed with new tech
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Men are secretly filming women and then posting these videos online to make money.
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Doomsday Clock: Highest ever disaster risk
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Experts have warned that the world is the closest it has ever been to disaster.
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Greenland: Trump clashes with allies
Wed 21 Jan 2026
US President Trump's latest comments about Greenland have led to criticism.
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Iran protesters killed
Wed 14 Jan 2026
More than 2,400 people have reportedly been killed after a government crackdown.
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US seizes Venezuelan president Maduro
Wed 7 Jan 2026
The US military have arrested the Venezuelan president. Learn news vocabulary.
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2025: The year's big news stories
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Neil and Pippa look at some of the biggest headlines from the year
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Japan bans baby names like Pikachu and Kitty
Christmas Eve 2025
Japan changes the law to stop parents giving their children names considered strange.
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Australia teen social media ban
Wed 17 Dec 2025
Australia's social media ban for under-16s has started.
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Our world in English: Love in a warzone
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Adela falls in love and moves to Kharkiv in Ukraine. Adapted from a BBC Eye documentary.
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Syria: One year since Assad's fall
Wed 10 Dec 2025
It's one year since Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was forced to leave the capital.
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Deadly fires in Hong Kong investigated
Wed 3 Dec 2025
Hong Kong leader orders investigation into deadly fires which killed at least 151 people
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First treasure recovered from $20bn sunken ship
Wed 26 Nov 2025
A ship that sunk in 1708 is thought to have $20bn worth of treasure on it
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Death penalty for former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina
Wed 19 Nov 2025
The former prime minister of Bangladesh has been sentenced to death
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COP30: Are climate talks effective at fighting climate change?
Wed 12 Nov 2025
International leaders gather for COP30 climate talks.
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Fastest glacier melt in modern history
Wed 5 Nov 2025
An Antarctic glacier shrunk by 50% in just two months.
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'Storm of the century' hits Caribbean
Wed 29 Oct 2025
Hurricane Melissa is the strongest hurricane in modern history to hit Jamaica
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Historic jewels stolen from Louvre
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Historic jewels, worth millions of euros have been stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris
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Hostages released in Gaza ceasefire agreement
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees were exchanged on Monday
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Solar and wind beat coal for first time
Wed 8 Oct 2025
More electricity has been generated through wind and solar power than coal for 1st time
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Taliban cut off internet
Wed 1 Oct 2025
Afghanistan's Taliban Government has cut internet services in the country
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Trump's unproven autism claim
Wed 24 Sep 2025
Donald Trump has made the unproven claim there's a link between autism and Tylenol.
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza: UN commission
Wed 17 Sep 2025
A UN commission of inquiry says that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
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'God's influencer': First millennial saint named
Wed 10 Sep 2025
Catholic church names 15-year-old boy the first millennial saint.
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Heatwaves speed up ageing process, study says
Wed 27 Aug 2025
A study in Taiwan has found that peoples' biological age increases during heatwaves.
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Ukraine: Presidents discuss end to war
Wed 20 Aug 2025
President Zelensky met President Trump days after Trump met President Putin in Alaska
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Is prostate cancer over-treated?
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Charity Prostate Cancer UK says some people are being treated when they don't need to be.
