Newshour

About Newshour

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

Publisher

BBC World Service

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jun 2022

Latest episode

6 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

1,905 of 1,956 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Tech shares tumble worldwide

   Technology shares across the world have plummeted over concerns of a slowdown in AI development in the US. Newshour debates the rights and wrongs of data centres. Also in the programme: Paraguay's banking scandal; and the harmful effects of space weather. Correction: In this programme we referred to a demonstration in the Netherlands where 100 protesters broke into a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam. We wrongly implied that the NGO Global Action Plan was coordinating this protest. However, the direct action at the data centre in the Netherlands was not coordinated or promoted by the Global Action Plan campaign. (Picture: People walk past an electronic board displaying Japan's Nikkei 225 index trading in Tokyo, Japan, 06 November 2026. Credit: EPA)

2. 

   5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Protesters in France escalate their demands

   More than 600,000 protesters have taken part in rallies and marches across France, according to France's interior ministry, with five unions joining a day of action demanding more money for wages and public services. Also on the programme: flights are disrupted across Europe by bomb hoaxes. Who might be behind them? And the count continues in Mississippi to choose a new Senator. (Picture: Riots in Lyons. Credit: Reuters)

3. 

   5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   More huge protests in France

   Host Sarah Smith interviews union organizer Jean Dubois about widespread French protests against the rising cost of living.

Inside a recent episode

Tech shares tumble worldwide

Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Whether you believe that or not, it's sort of making people think again a little bit about AI, there have been concerns about increasing regulation. And then there's been the simple worry that there might be a bubble forming, that these colossal valuations couldn't be justified by prospective earnings. […]

Who has been a guest on Newshour

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rajini Vaidyanathan
• Ana Brnabic
• Michael Douglas

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

964 ratings

Spotify

4.4 / 5

1,090 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

98

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

93

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