The big winners at the Oscars
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
One Battle After Another wins best picture at the 98th Oscars, while Jessie Buckley wins best actress for her role in Hamnet, and Michael B. Jordan best actor for Sinners. Other winners include Frankenstein and Sentimental Value, while Amy Madigan takes home an Academy Award for best supporting actress and KPop Demon Hunters wins best Animated Feature Film.
Also: Donald Trump widens his calls for other countries to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine tells the BBC he's left the country. Ukraine's president accuses Hungary of trying to force Kyiv to re-open a Russian pipeline transporting oil. Thousands gather in Mexico to attempt a new Guinness World Record for the largest-ever football lesson, and we look at the revival of the Dull Men's Club.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the global news podcast. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Monday, the 16th of January, these are our main stories. |
| 0:19.3 | The speeches, the winners and the losers will bring you the |
| 0:23.0 | biggest stories from the Oscars. Donald Trump pleads for allies to help secure a key |
| 0:28.5 | shipping route blocked as a consequence of the U.S. Israel War with Iran. We hear from one former |
| 0:34.9 | U.S. ambassador. The United States doesn't need the Straits of Pormuz for our energy needs. |
| 0:41.2 | So from his perspective, it is a reasonable request that those who are affected by it should help. |
| 0:47.6 | But will that help from allies be forthcoming? |
| 0:53.1 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:55.2 | I'm outside of Uganda and I'm out of danger, at least out of reach of the |
| 0:59.9 | Ugandan regime. |
| 1:01.4 | The Ugandan opposition leader Bobby Wine tells the BBC why he's fled the country. |
| 1:07.1 | And we hear all about a club for dull men. |
| 1:19.3 | The winners of the most coveted awards in Hollywood have been named. |
| 1:23.7 | The Oscars in Los Angeles gave the biggest nod to the political thriller, |
| 1:29.3 | one battle after another, which got six awards, including the prize for Best Picture. |
| 1:35.2 | Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for the Vampire Film Sinners, and here he is speaking backstage afterwards. |
| 1:36.5 | I'm here because of the people that came before me. You know, Sydney and Denzel and, you know, |
| 1:43.2 | Halle Berry and Forrest and, you know, all those actors who graced the stage |
| 1:48.2 | and not looking for awards and not looking for acknowledgement. |
| 1:54.5 | They're artists. |
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