2025-11-19
27 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Janet Jalil and at 16 Hours GMT on Tuesday the 18th of November these are our main stories.
Britain's security service warns politicians that Chinese spies are carrying out a relentless campaign to influence and interfere with their work.
As anger grows in the Philippines about alleged corruption that led to inadequate flood defences,
prosecutors file charges.
A human rights group accuses the French oil giant Total of complicity in war crimes in Mozambique.
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We've seen vaccinators get into boats to reach people that live on the banks of rivers and don't have roads to reach their villages.
The pursuit to prevent cervical cancer and save hundreds of thousands of lives.
And should there be a spysometer, an index grading food's hotness?
The so-called golden era of thriving relations between Britain and China following the handover of Hong Kong is now a fading memory.
Relations have deteriorated sharply in recent years.
Last month,
a case against two British men accused of spying for China collapsed suddenly,
sparking recriminations.
There are also security concerns about plans for a new Chinese mega embassy in London near its financial centre.
Now the Domestic Intelligence Service has warned members of the British Parliament to be aware of possible Chinese espionage.
The UK security minister, Dan Jarvis, addressed MPs.
This activity involves a covert and calculated attempt by a foreign power to interfere with our sovereign affairs in favour of its own interests.