Epstein files: More than three million new pages released
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The US Justice Department releases millions more pages of files in its Epstein investigation. Victims of the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, have promised to fight on, after they accused the US Department of Justice of protecting abusers. Also: Mexico's president warns that US tariffs on countries helping Cuba could trigger a humanitarian crisis. Claudia Sheinbaum's comments come after President Trump signed an executive order threatening additional tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba. Iran’s foreign minister insists his country is ready to discuss its nuclear programme with the US. Anti-ICE protests take place across the US following fatal shootings in Minneapolis. We look back at the life of the Emmy-winning actress, comedian and screenwriter Catherine O'Hara who has died at the age of 71. And, Bridgerton season four is on our screens. The Regency era drama is number 1 on the streaming platform, Netflix.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.4 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of the 31st of January, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.5 | The US Justice Department releases over 3 million more documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:24.6 | Mexico's president, Claudia Shanebaum, warned that US tariffs on countries helping Cuba could trigger a humanitarian crisis. |
| 0:32.6 | Thousands of protesters have again gathered in the city of Minneapolis in the United States |
| 0:38.1 | to demand the withdrawal of federal immigration agents. |
| 0:43.7 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:46.0 | Being watched and being followed by the same faces I see in different places, |
| 0:53.0 | it was something that I couldn't comprehend. |
| 0:57.0 | We'll hear from a human rights YouTuber who's won a court case after his phone was infected |
| 1:01.9 | with spyware. |
| 1:07.1 | So three million pages, 180,000 images and 2,000 videos. |
| 1:12.6 | In other words, it's going to be a busy few weeks for lawyers, journalists and anyone else just curious, to sift through the latest, and we're told last dump of files relating to the case of the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 1:26.8 | We're told there are references to public figures who've previously been associated with Epstein, |
| 1:31.3 | including the former Microsoft boss, Bill Gates, President Donald Trump and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. |
| 1:37.3 | But there's no suggestion that appearing in the files implies any wrongdoing, |
| 1:41.3 | and many people who have featured in previous releases have denied any |
| 1:45.2 | illicit behaviour in relation to the late sex offender. |
| 1:48.6 | Women who were abused by Epstein want criminal charges brought against some of his associates. |
| 1:53.9 | Todd Blanche is US Deputy Attorney General. |
| 1:57.0 | There's this built-in assumption that somehow there's this hidden trance of information of men that we know about, that we're covering up or that we're choosing not to prosecute. |
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