The Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service presents a series of global news stories. These include renewable energy surpassing coal as the world's biggest source of electricity, the status of ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel on the second anniversary of the October 7th attacks, and the Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded for discoveries about the immune system. The podcast also offers insights into life in North Korea, where food shortages are leading to the hunting of wild animals to the point of extinction, and discusses efforts to freeze the eggs of an endangered butterfly species to aid in conservation. Additionally, the podcast examines the appointment of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News and the transformations of Instagram as it turns 15.
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