Russia 'used frog toxin' to kill Alexei Navalny

俄罗斯曾使用青蛙毒素暗杀阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼

Global News Podcast

2026-02-15

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European countries say tests show Russia's Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a substance developed from a toxin found in Ecuadorian dart frogs. But the Kremlin denies killing the opposition leader. Also: Marco Rubio delivers a softer line to America's European allies at the Munich Security Conference; there are more global protests against the Iranian government; families of Venezuelan political prisoners go on hunger strike; the "Trump slump" affects US tourism; Cuba's cigar festival is snuffed out; palaeontologists discover giant sloth and elephant-like mastodon fossils; and we visit the British inmates learning how to garden. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
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  • Russia has been accused of murdering the opposition leader Alexei Navalny,

  • using a rare toxin originally found in a South American frog.

  • We hear about US attempts at the Munich Security Conference to heal wounds in the transatlantic relationship.

  • And why are visitor numbers to the United States significantly lower?

  • Also in this podcast, demands for all of Venezuela's political prisoners to be released.

  • The political prisoners are innocent.

  • They have no crime.

  • The crime is to be opposition.

  • So they don't really need amnesty for this.

  • They just need to be released.

  • And newly discovered remains of massive ancient mammals, which once roamed what is now Costa Rica.

  • It was hardly a great shock.

  • Tests have shown that Russia's most famous opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned.

  • Mr.