Over 160 people dead in Venezuela earthquakes
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
A huge rescue and recovery operation is under way across northern Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes struck on Wednesday evening, killing more than 160 people and injuring over 1,000. Rescue teams are searching for survivors in Caracas and several other states after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude tremors hit during a national holiday, when many people were at home. Also: in Washington, a meeting between Donald Trump and Republican senators descends into a heated row over Iran; oil prices fall back to pre-war levels after the US and Iran agree a 60-day ceasefire; police arrest the owners of one of Hong Kong’s last independent bookshops; the Vatican begins a five-year laser restoration of Raphael’s sixteenth-century Loggia in the Apostolic Palace in the Italian city of Trieste; Europe's only gender-segregated beach becomes the centre of a row between tourists and locals; and why young South Koreans are placing orders on fake delivery apps.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm Andrew Peach and at 15 hours GMT on Thursday the 25th of June, these are our main stories. |
| 0:16.9 | In Venezuela, at least 164 people have died after two earthquakes, |
| 0:21.7 | but experts say the number could rise into the thousands. |
| 0:25.2 | The United States has promised a quick response. |
| 0:27.9 | China, India and the EU have also pledged to help Venezuela. |
| 0:32.0 | In Washington, Donald Trump locks horns with Republican senators over the war in Iran. |
| 0:38.6 | Also in this podcast... |
| 0:40.3 | They haven't paid any financial cost, emotional costs, |
| 0:44.4 | a low-way risk of indulging their imagination. |
| 0:47.1 | And so the fantasy is more rewarding than the reality. |
| 0:50.8 | Why South Korea's Gen Zia's are finding comfort in apps that do nothing. |
| 0:58.8 | First, a huge rescue and recovery operations underway across northern Venezuela after two back-to-back |
| 1:04.4 | earthquake struck overnight. The tremors measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude hit the capital Caracas in several states at around 6 of the evening local time on Wednesday. |
| 1:16.0 | It could be felt as far away as Bogota in neighbouring Colombia. That's 1,500 kilometres away. |
| 1:21.6 | 164 people are known to have died. More than 1,000 were injured. Those figures are expected to rise. Buildings |
| 1:28.5 | remain without power. The metro system and the main international airport remain closed. |
| 1:33.7 | Venezuela was celebrating a national holiday when the quake struck, meaning many people were |
| 1:38.2 | at home at the time. Venezuela's acting president, Delci Rodriguez, has declared a state of emergency. |
| 1:44.3 | Here she is speaking to the nation during a televised address. |
| 1:51.5 | I want to inform that the state most affected by this earthquake is Laguerre State. |
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