India's deadly nightclub fire
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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More than 20 people have been killed in a fire at a nightclub in the Indian state of Goa. Also: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says the US will "keep killing" alleged drug smugglers in the waters off Latin America. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he had "very substantive" talks with Washington about a possible ceasefire. We look at the logistical worries facing the 2026 men's football World Cup. And some early Oscar favourites are already racking up film awards in New York and London.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | This is the Global News Podcasts from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm Pete Ross and in the early hours of Sunday the 7th of December, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.1 | Police in India say more than 20 people have been killed in a fire |
| 0:22.7 | at a nightclub in Goa. And the US Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegeseth, issues a fresh justification |
| 0:29.0 | of attacks on alleged drug trafficking boats. Also in this podcast, we have the latest from |
| 0:37.3 | peace talks on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. |
| 0:40.7 | The Vatican returns indigenous cultural artifacts to Canada. |
| 0:44.4 | These are not simply artifacts. |
| 0:46.7 | They are our belongings, our ancestors, vital indicators of our nation's histories. |
| 0:53.3 | And we've an update on the schedule for next year's World Cup. |
| 1:00.0 | As we record this podcast, Indian emergency workers are gathered outside a popular nightclub in Goa, |
| 1:06.4 | where a fire has killed at least 25 people. |
| 1:09.5 | The police deputy general said it was an unfortunate incident. |
| 1:17.6 | Alok Kumar said the fire in Arpura was reported a few minutes past midnight |
| 1:22.7 | when ambulances and fire trucks rushed to the scene. |
| 1:26.3 | He said the blaze had been contained. |
| 1:28.6 | Videos on social media show rescuers carrying the dead and injured on stretchers down the |
| 1:33.8 | narrow stone staircase of the building. The BBC's Vickers Pandey is at the scene in Goa. |
| 1:39.7 | This is Birch Club in Goa behind me where a deadly fire broke out between 1 and 1.30 a.m. last night. |
| 1:46.4 | Now, one eyewitness was just outside on the road here told us that he heard a lot of screaming and shouting and people rushing out of the club. |
| 1:53.9 | And when he reached the gate, he saw one of the buildings had turned into a complete fireball. |
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