2026-06-26
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This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Alex Ridsson and at 15 hours GMT on Friday the 26th of June these are our main stories.
Nearly 600 people are known to have died in two huge earthquakes which struck Venezuela on Wednesday.
Life in prison for a former high-ranking security official in Ukraine for passing secrets to Russia
and Japan is bracing itself for two tropical storms approaching.
Also in this podcast, Egypt and Iran are annoyed
that their World Cup match in Seattle coincides with the city's gay pride march.
But the organizers call for tolerance.
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