Vladimir Putin began the full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022. In a wide-ranging speech at the Valdai foreign policy forum, Putin told his audience that he believed that international conflicts were highly likely to continue, but would get better as “Western hegemony” weakened.

He also insisted that Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian economic targets were a direct response to Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s oil refineries and its ships in the Black Sea.

“Now from every direction we’re receiving calls ‘let’s stop’. But they started it,” he said.

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Dame Esther Rantzen the broadcaster, charity founder, and assisted dying campaigner has died at the age of 86.

Her family have paid tribute to her as the “most wonderful mother” and a “cherished grandmother”. She was known for presenting the BBC TV programme, That’s Life, and later went on to set up Childline, the helpline for children suffering abuse or neglect in the UK.

Recently, she had campaigned for the legalisation of assisted dying.

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A pilot on an Israel-bound flight stabbed another pilot and “apparently tried to crash the plane”, said Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

The plane was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv when it plummeted 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than two minutes, before being diverted to Saudi Arabia.

One passenger reports “terrible screams throughout the plane” before “three to five guys burst into the cockpit” and subdued an attacker.

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A flight bound for Tel Aviv, Israel, with about 170 people on board issued a hijack alert after one pilot reportedly stabbed another, and tried to crash the plane.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the pilot was arrested after the flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

Defence Minister Israel Katz has claimed the incident was an “attempted jihadist terror attack”.

The airline, Flydubai, has confirmed that an altercation took place on the flight deck, but says the motives aren’t yet known. Passengers have now been flown to Ben Gurion Airport on another Flydubai plane (pictured).

Also in the Global News Podcast:

03:45 Russia pounds Ukrainian energy facilities in the capital Kiev and surrounding areas
09:13 Gaza is still under near daily attack – we hear how children in the territory are coping
13:32 In Iraq, after two decades of US military presence, its final troops are withdrawn
16:11 The Chinese AI company, Moonshot, announces investigation after a security firm says it persuaded two of its AI models to discuss making chemical and biological weapons
18:31 A giant bear known as ‘Backpack’ has been announced as the winner of the 2026 Fat Bear Week in Katmai National Park in Alaska

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Fifteen years ago, the film The Social Network told the story of Facebook’s rise to global prominence. As Meta faces growing scrutiny from regulators and pours billions into AI, a new movie examines what the company allegedly knew about the harms linked to Facebook.

Jeff Horwitz is the journalist whose reporting inspired the new film, The Social Reckoning, which hits cinemas next week. Horwitz helped expose internal debates at Meta over misinformation, teenage well-being, political polarisation and the tension between keeping users safe and growing the business.

After a turbulent year for the company and amid declining public trust, The Global Story’s Tristan Redman talks to Horwitz about whether Meta can reinvent itself while remaining one of the world’s most powerful tech giants.
New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you’re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

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00:00 INTRO
00:58 The Facebook Files and The Social Reckoning
04:30 From Facebook to Meta
06:28 How Facebook’s algorithm changed social media
08:19 What went wrong at Meta?
11:16 Why young people turned against Facebook
13:14 Meta’s problems with young people
14:19 What Meta knew about teen safety
16:36 Can parents protect children from social media?
18:06 Can Meta recover from its problems?
19:01 What’s next for Meta?
20:32 Meta’s big bet on AI
22:14 Can AI save Meta?
23:23 Is AI ready to replace social media?
24:59 Can Meta survive another tech shift?
26:06 Meta’s response

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