# Learning English from the News

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Author: BBC
Episodes: 386

## Resource

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. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

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## Episodes
- [Do people trust the news?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/do-people-trust-the-news) — 2026-07-22T14:00:00+00:00
- [Is coffee good for your brain?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/is-coffee-good-for-your-brain) — 2026-07-15T14:00:00+00:00
- [Taylor Swift wedding](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/taylor-swift-wedding) — 2026-07-08T10:19:00+00:00
- [Venezuela earthquakes: Search for survivors continues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/venezuela-earthquakes-search-for-survivors-continues) — 2026-07-01T10:32:00+00:00
- [Keir Starmer resigns as UK prime minister](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/keir-starmer-resigns-as-uk-prime-minister) — 2026-06-24T11:11:00+00:00
- [US-Iran peace deal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/us-iran-peace-deal) — 2026-06-17T11:58:00+00:00
- [World Cup excitement and concern](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/world-cup-excitement-and-concern) — 2026-06-10T10:20:00+00:00
- [El Niño: What to expect](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/el-ni-o-what-to-expect) — 2026-06-03T11:26:00+00:00
- [Is social media 'the new smoking'?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/is-social-media-the-new-smoking) — 2026-05-27T11:32:00+00:00
- [Deadly Ebola virus spreads](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/deadly-ebola-virus-spreads) — 2026-05-20T14:50:00+00:00
- [Hantavirus ship evacuated](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/hantavirus-ship-evacuated) — 2026-05-13T11:40:00+00:00
- [Iran war puts global food production at risk, says fertiliser boss](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/iran-war-puts-global-food-production-at-risk-says-fertiliser-boss) — 2026-05-06T13:35:00+00:00
- [Trump shooting attempt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/trump-shooting-attempt) — 2026-04-29T13:35:00+00:00
- [Mass shooting at Mexican pyramids](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/mass-shooting-at-mexican-pyramids) — 2026-04-22T14:02:00+00:00
- [Hungary election landslide](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/hungary-election-landslide) — 2026-04-15T12:29:00+00:00
- [Artemis II takes humans further from Earth than ever before](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/artemis-ii-takes-humans-further-from-earth-than-ever-before) — 2026-04-08T11:55:00+00:00
- [US Court: YouTube and Meta built addictive platforms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/us-court-youtube-and-meta-built-addictive-platforms) — 2026-04-01T13:37:00+00:00
- [Our World in English: Fighting child marriage through football](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/our-world-in-english-fighting-child-marriage-through-football) — 2026-03-27T12:07:00+00:00
- [Earth ‘pushed beyond its limit’ UN warns](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/earth-pushed-beyond-its-limit-un-warns) — 2026-03-25T15:13:00+00:00
- [Cuba protests: millions without power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/cuba-protests-millions-without-power) — 2026-03-18T14:23:00+00:00
- [Global impact of US-Israel war with Iran](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/global-impact-of-us-israel-war-with-iran) — 2026-03-11T13:37:00+00:00
- [US-Israel war with Iran](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/us-israel-war-with-iran) — 2026-03-04T12:20:00+00:00
- [Violence after Mexican drug leader killed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/violence-after-mexican-drug-leader-killed) — 2026-02-25T12:04:00+00:00
- [Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK says](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/russia-killed-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-with-frog-toxin-uk-says) — 2026-02-18T14:10:00+00:00
- [Our World in English: The battle for the cowboy way of life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/our-world-in-english-the-battle-for-the-cowboy-way-of-life) — 2026-02-13T10:42:00+00:00

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