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598 - The kid-fluencers selling younger looking skin

Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the BBC’s international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.

598 - The kid-fluencers selling younger looking skin

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Episodes

The kid-fluencers selling younger looking skin

Britain’s decade of political chaos

Why aren’t more people quitting their jobs?

How to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon

Could Trump-backed ‘El Tigre’ become the next president of Colombia?

Hungary pays couples to have babies: Does it work?

Iran, the US and Israel: who really won?

What are Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump up to in Albania?

The World Cup referee barred from the United States

The world according to Marco Rubio

World Cup 2026: Your questions answered

The Trump-endorsed Brit running for California governor

North Korea goes even more nuclear

How the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño could change the world

The battle to save James Bond from becoming slop

Why the UK banned Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur

The dark side of reality TV

How did prediction markets get so big?

From campus to the Vatican, is an AI backlash growing stronger?

World Cup 2026: The most political of all time?

Is Iran schooling Trump in the art of the deal?

Is the US losing the EV race?

Ebola: How worried should the world be?

Has the US set the stage for military intervention in Cuba?

'The Doping Olympics': a look inside the Enhanced Games

Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers

Inside the war in Lebanon

The American mayor accused of working for China

Did Trump and Xi get what they wanted?

Eurovision: A song contest in turmoil

President Xi’s purges

Russell Brand, born again

Operation Ajax: The CIA’s Iran coup

The AI chatbot users falling into delusional spirals

What Elon Musk did next

What do Iranians think of the war?

European leaders are defying Trump. At what cost?

Why is Russia shutting off the internet?

The US and Israel entered the Iran war together. Is Israel now being sidelined?

How Ukraine won a battle with robots alone

What was the Iran deal that Trump ripped up?

Is China ‘winning’ the Iran war?

Live in London: Is the 'special relationship’ between the US and the UK over?

What are UFO hunters really searching for?

The Iran peace talks that didn’t happen

The global network hunting predators on the internet

How Pakistan became the peacemaker

While the world’s eyes were on Iran, what happened in Gaza?

The Chinese cyber-attack that could have stolen data from every American

Mythos: The AI model that’s ‘too powerful’ for public release

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