BBC meets Venezuela earthquake survivors

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.3 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In Venezuela, rescue teams are searching through collapsed buildings for survivors after last week’s devastating earthquakes, with international help now reaching some of the worst-hit areas. The BBC hears from people who have been left with nothing, as thousands sleep outdoors or in makeshift shelters.

Also: Israel’s recognition of the mass killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide prompts a furious reaction from Turkey. Gazans try to rebuild lives and livelihoods, despite much of the Palestinian territory still lying in ruins. Uganda’s biggest independent media group is ordered to close, raising fears over press freedom. Eleven people die in a plane crash in eastern France. A journalist investigates the Nigerian cybercrime network behind a romance scam that targeted his mother. Canada reaches the last 16 of the men's football World Cup after a dramatic win against South Africa. The Large Hadron Collider - the world's most powerful particle accelerator - shuts down for a four-year upgrade. And a vigilante nicknamed Mexico’s Batman goes viral after catching alleged motorcycle thieves.

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Photo: BBC correspondent Will Grant at a baseball stadium in Venezuela where displaced families have come to shelter after the earthquakes Credit: BBC

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0:00.0	This is the Global News Podcasts.
0:07.0	This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:11.6	I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Monday the 29th of June, these are our main stories.
0:16.7	The survivors who have lost everything in Venezuela's earthquakes criticise the government's response.
0:22.2	Turkey lashes out at Israel's government
0:24.4	for recognising the massacre of Armenians
0:27.2	more than a century ago as genocide.
0:30.2	Eleven skydivers are killed in a crash
0:32.3	the deadliest private plane accident in France's history.
0:38.6	Also in this podcast.
0:40.6	Oh, amazing. That was awesome. What a shot.
0:43.2	We're going to take down whoever's in front of us. Let's go Canada.
0:45.6	Incredible. We're going to win the next one too. It's going to be great.
0:48.0	A World Cup host is first into the last 16.
0:51.1	And we find out what Mexico's motorbike vigilante is doing with lots of
0:55.6	adhesive tape.
1:02.1	Rescue workers in Venezuela are still in the critical stage where people can be found alive
1:08.0	after last week's earthquakes. But as more international teams arrive in the worst-hit areas to help,
1:13.7	they know time is running out for the tens of thousands of people who are still unaccounted for.
1:19.1	There have been rare moments of hope, though.
1:24.7	What you're hearing there are rescuers pulling a man and his teenage son alive from the rubble on Sunday.
1:31.7	But there's also growing frustration among some Venezuelans about the way the authorities are handling the rescue operation.
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