Sport, but not as you know it.

Nothing is ever quite as expected.

Amazing sports stories from the BBC World Service.

If the story is wriggly, contentious, or hard to tame, I'll cover it.

Listen now, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janet Jalil, and in the early hours of Tuesday 31st of October, these are our main stories.

Israel has completed the first known rescue of a hostage seized by Hamas

since the group abducted more than 200 people earlier this month.

As Israel intensifies its ground operation in Gaza, the head of the UN's relief agency for

Palestinians has described conditions there as an unbearable human tragedy.

In other news, the leadership of Britain's former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson,

has been fiercely criticised that a public inquiry into the Covid pandemic.

Also in this podcast, the word pumpkin comes from the ancient Greek word pepon,

meaning large melon.

Around the world, these rotund squashes are turned into lanterns for Halloween.

And what do you do with your pumpkins once Halloween is over?

We'll give you a few tips.

Israel says it's freed one of its soldiers who was abducted by Hamas.

The Israeli military said private orate mega dish was doing well.

It's the first known rescue of a hostage since Hamas seized more than 200 people from Israel

earlier this month. The group released a video on Monday thought to be recorded under

...