Questions answered on Global News Podcast: 124 answers from 16 episodes

▸Fresh mass protests in France

2026-11-05 · 7 questions

Q1Why are people protesting in France in November 2026, according to the BBC's Hugh Schofield?Q2What did Frank Gardner say about the bomb threats against European flights?Q3What was Russell Brand found guilty of at Southwark Crown Court?Q4Who is expected to win New Zealand's general election between Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins?Q5Why did Cristiano Ronaldo retire from international football with Portugal?Q6Why did the Italian chef sacked for refusing pineapple on pizza lose his case in Australia?Q7What did Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw say about Black Doves series two?

▸Trump blames Iran war for midterm defeat

2026-11-05 · 8 questions

Q1Did Trump blame the Iran war for the Republicans losing the 2026 midterms?Q2What did J.D. Vance say about the Iran war after the midterm defeat?Q3Can the new Democratic Congress stop Trump's war with Iran?Q4Will the Democrats winning Congress change US policy on the war in Ukraine?Q5Why was Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years in prison in Hong Kong?Q6What is in the communist secret police files Hungary has published online?Q7Why is South Korea upset about North Korea's UNESCO bid for taekwondo?Q8Who is winning the 2026 Alaska Senate race between Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan?

▸Democrats storm to success in US midterm elections

2026-11-04 · 8 questions

Q1Why did Democrats win the 2026 US midterms, according to BBC correspondent Nomia Iqbal?Q2What did Donald Trump say about the 2026 midterm losses and his veto power?Q3Which Democrats should you watch for the 2028 presidential race after the 2026 midterms?Q4How did Abdul El-Sayed become the first Muslim US senator by winning Michigan?Q5Why was James Talarico's Texas Senate win such a big result in the 2026 midterms?Q6What does the 2026 midterm result mean for the US war with Iran, according to Jeremy Bowen?Q7Why are Arab parties central to Israel's coalition talks after the 2026 election?Q8Why did Volodymyr Zelensky give Melania Trump the Order of Princess Olga?

▸Democrats projected to take control of US Congress

2026-11-04 · 7 questions

Q1Did Democrats win the House in the 2026 US midterms, according to the BBC's Global News Podcast?Q2How did Roy Cooper flip North Carolina's Senate seat in the 2026 midterms?Q3What does Sarah Smith say a Democratic House can do in Trump's last two years?Q4Why does Iowa farmer Ryan Marcord blame Trump's tariffs for his rising costs?Q5How does Lyse Doucet say the 2026 midterms could affect the Iran and Ukraine wars?Q6How big was James Talarico's Texas Senate win for Democrats in the 2026 midterms?Q7Is Chris Pappas the first openly gay man elected to the US Senate?

▸Americans vote in pivotal midterm elections

2026-11-03 · 9 questions

Q1Which Senate races did the BBC Global News Podcast single out in the 2026 US midterms?Q2How did Obamacare price rises shape the 2026 Georgia Senate race, according to the BBC?Q3Why did immigration fade as a midterm issue in Ohio, according to BBC reporter Tom Bateman?Q4What did BBC's Paul Moss say about the bomb threats that diverted flights across Europe?Q5How did Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel die, and what did the BBC say about player safety?Q6What did King Charles say about the slave trade at the 2026 Commonwealth summit in Antigua?Q7Why are Bangladesh garment workers demanding a $240 monthly wage?Q8Did North Korea steal $6.3 billion from Binance, and how did Kim Yo-jong respond?Q9What does mogging mean, the Collins word of the year for 2026?

▸Ukraine accuses Russia of hitting school used as aid centre

2026-11-03 · 8 questions

Q1What did BBC Monitoring's Vitaly Shevchenko say about the Russian strike on the Zaporizhzhia aid centre?Q2What did Ione Wells say would count as a good night for Republicans in the 2026 US midterms?Q3What did Iowa farmers tell the BBC about Trump's Argentine beef imports and the national debt?Q4Why did Snapchat settle the social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles?Q5What is the Zeptoverse and what did Harry Cliff's team detect at CERN?Q6How could the UK science funding cut affect British physicists working at CERN?Q7Did the son of Dutch couple Jan and Els think their duo euthanasia came too soon?Q8Why was Channel 4's Million Pound Shot game show a hoax?

▸Ukraine and Russia hit by fake emergency alerts

2026-11-02 · 7 questions

Q1What happened with the fake nuclear alerts sent to phones in Ukraine and Russia in November 2026?Q2Who claimed responsibility for the hack of Ukraine's and Russia's emergency alert apps?Q3How did hackers attack supermarket fridges and freezers across Europe?Q4What evidence does Sudan say shows Ethiopia lets the RSF launch drone attacks?Q5Why are police in Finland investigating Google's data centre site in Muhos?Q6How did Donald Trump close his 2026 midterm campaign rallies, according to the BBC?Q7Why is Ohio a key battleground in the 2026 US midterm elections?

▸Trump celebrates shock endorsement ahead of US midterms

2026-11-02 · 7 questions

Q1What could Democrats do if they win the House in the 2026 midterms, according to the BBC's Sarah Smith?Q2Why did Democrat Haley Stevens endorse Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race?Q3How close is the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico?Q4How did Karl Bushby walk from Patagonia to Hull without using any transport?Q5Why are young people protesting across Europe, from France to Germany?Q6What is Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City and why is it being built?Q7How did Kimi Antonelli become Formula One's youngest ever world champion?

▸Violent protests in France for the third weekend in a row

2026-11-01 · 8 questions

Q1Why were there violent protests in France for a third weekend in November 2026?Q2Is Andy Burnham offering a UK apology for the transatlantic slave trade?Q3Why does Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani question a British apology for slavery?Q4How did Melania Trump's ceasefire get civilians out of Oleshky in Ukraine?Q5Why is Bangladesh facing dengue and measles outbreaks at the same time?Q6What happened to UN worker Mohammed al-Shami held by the Houthis in Yemen?Q7What did Jimmy Wales say about AI and Wikipedia on its 25th birthday?Q8What is in the British Library's Agatha Christie exhibition in London?

▸The Happy Pod: Personalised cancer vaccine shows promise in major trial

2026-10-31 · 8 questions

Q1How much did the personalised melanoma vaccine cut the risk of cancer returning in the global trial?Q2How does the personalised mRNA melanoma vaccine work, according to the BBC's Fergus Walsh?Q3When could the personalised melanoma vaccine be licensed, and what are the caveats?Q4How did Nigerian singer Steve Monite find out he had become famous as the King of Boogie?Q5How did neighbours in Huntsville, Alabama make an autistic boy's doorbell birthday wish come true?Q6How does the Parkinson's UK Brain Bank work, and who can donate?Q7Why does Kibera Ballet School teacher Mike Wamaya use ballet to help children in Nairobi?Q8How did conservationist Aristide Kamla clear Lake Ossa's invasive weed to protect African manatees?

▸US approves sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine

2026-10-31 · 8 questions

Q1How many Patriot missiles did the US approve for Ukraine, and when will they arrive?Q2Does Peter Dickinson think 500 Patriot missiles are enough for Ukraine this winter?Q3Why did Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper shut down in 2026?Q4Why did US tech stocks like Intel, Alphabet and Amazon fall in late October 2026?Q5Are Cuban American voters in Florida turning against Trump over deportations?Q6Why is Activision removing Itaewon crowd crush footage from the new Call of Duty?Q7How did Mark Kermode help restore Ken Russell's banned film The Devils?Q8Why does Felix Taylor call Arthur Machen a pioneer of weird fiction?

▸Residents leave devastated Russian-occupied Oleshky

2026-10-30 · 8 questions

Q1How are residents being evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky, according to the BBC Global News Podcast?Q2What did Zarina Zabriskie say about life in Oleshky under Russian occupation?Q3What does Vitaly Shevchenko say about Russia's progress on the Ukrainian front line this year?Q4How did the Binance hack happen, and is North Korea behind it, according to the BBC?Q5Why are Syrians struggling with the cost of living under President Ahmed al-Sharaa?Q6What role does Isaac Herzog play after Israel's 2026 election, according to James Landale?Q7Why does Professor Sarah Hawkes say the manosphere should be treated as a public health problem?Q8Can eating fruit peels and vegetable stalks boost fibre, according to the BBC's Michelle Roberts?

▸Venezuelan opposition leader criticises US oil deal

2026-10-30 · 8 questions

Q1What did Maria Corina Machado say about Venezuela's oil deal with the US?Q2When does Maria Corina Machado say Venezuela will hold its next presidential election?Q3Could Maria Corina Machado be arrested again after returning to Venezuela from exile?Q4What caused the high-speed train crash south of Madrid that killed at least 69 people?Q5What is life like in Kherson during the ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump and Pope Leo?Q6Why are there two Dan Sullivans on the Alaska Senate ballot in the 2026 midterms?Q7What happened to Erin Patterson's appeal against her death cap mushroom murder conviction?Q8How are young Iranians celebrating Halloween despite the ban in Iran?

▸Deadly Russian drone hits Ukrainian railway station

2026-10-29 · 7 questions

Q1Why are Russian drones getting through Ukraine's air defences, according to the BBC's Vitaly Shevchenko?Q2Could Arab-led parties join Israel's next government after the 2026 election, according to the BBC?Q3How could Benjamin Netanyahu stay in power after Israel's 2026 election, according to James Landale?Q4What caused the high-speed train crash near Urda in Spain that killed at least 69 people?Q5Why are families of Seoul crowd crush victims demanding changes to Call of Duty?Q6How will Ofcom check users' ages for the UK's under-16 social media ban?Q7Did comets bring the ingredients for life to Earth, according to Cambridge researcher Richard Anslow?

▸Bolsonaro declares himself 'Brazil's leader'

2026-10-29 · 8 questions

Q1Why does Flavio Bolsonaro claim to be Brazil's true leader after losing to Lula?Q2How did Flavio Bolsonaro get out of Brazil and reach Miami, according to the BBC?Q3Will Bolsonaro's flight to the US strain Brazil's relations with Trump and Argentina?Q4What caused the high-speed train crash near Madrid that killed at least 68 people?Q5How could Spain's second train disaster in a year affect Pedro Sanchez's snap election?Q6Why are Indonesians protesting for the forest fires to be declared a national disaster?Q7Why did a veteran touch a great white shark on a tagging trip off Georgia?Q8Why are Neighbours actors objecting to AI microdramas using Margot Robbie's old scenes?

▸Dozens killed in train crash in Spain

2026-10-28 · 8 questions

Q1What did the BBC Global News Podcast report about the October 2026 train crash near Urda in Spain?Q2Why does the Urda train crash reopen Spain's debate about rail safety, according to the BBC?Q3How many seats did Netanyahu and Eisenkot win in Israel's 2026 election, according to the BBC?Q4Could Arab-led parties become kingmakers after Israel's 2026 election, as the BBC reported?Q5Who will lead Serbia's government after the Students' List beat Aleksandar Vucic, according to the BBC?Q6Why do Bahamian students want a formal apology from King Charles for slavery?Q7Why were Villa Vie Odyssey cruise passengers put ashore in Cambodia?Q8What did Michael Douglas say about his father and the nepo baby label in his memoir interview?

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