Venezuela earthquakes: nearly 600 people now confirmed dead
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The Venezuelan government says a search and rescue operation is ongoing to find thousands of people still missing after two huge earthquakes on Wednesday. Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, says nearly 600 people are now known to have died. The United Nations says more than a thousand international search and rescue workers have been deployed. Also: a spy scandal in Ukraine as a top agent is jailed for passing secrets to Russia; King Charles reveals his 17 million dollar tax bill; Paris restricts alcohol due to a severe heatwave; more than a million people are asked to evacuate their homes in Japan ahead of a tropical storm; and we bring you the latest from the FIFA World Cup.
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| 0:33.9 | I'm Alex Ritson and at 15 hours GMT on Friday the 26th of June, these are our main stories. |
| 0:41.8 | Nearly 600 people are known to have died in two huge earthquakes which struck Venezuela on Wednesday. |
| 0:48.5 | Life in prison for a former high-ranking security official in Ukraine for passing secrets to Russia. |
| 0:55.2 | And Japan is bracing itself for two tropical storms approaching. |
| 1:01.5 | Also in this podcast, Egypt and Iran are annoyed that their World Cup match in Seattle |
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| 1:28.7 | International rescue teams are arriving in Venezuela to help find survivors trapped under |
| 1:33.8 | rubble of collapsed buildings after two powerful earthquakes. |
| 1:37.9 | The president, Delci Rodriguez, says nearly 600 people are now known to have died. |
| 1:43.2 | Many more people are feared dead, |
| 1:45.4 | with others left homeless or too afraid to stay in damaged, unsafe buildings, |
| 1:50.3 | sleeping in the streets after the disaster. The earthquakes struck on Wednesday evening, |
| 1:55.1 | a national holiday in Venezuela, which meant more people would have been at home than on a normal weekday. |
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