About this episode

The episode covers the conviction of a baby trafficking ring in Indonesia and various global news events.

In Indonesia, 19 people are convicted of trafficking at least 34 babies. The leader of the group, a 70 year-old woman, was sentenced to seven years in prison. The trafficking ring illegally bought babies in West Java and sold them for adoption in Indonesia and Singapore. Also: a deal to secure an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the disarmament of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah faces its first test on the ground. US military says it struck at Iran's ability to launch attacks into the Strait of Hormuz, on the tenth night in a row of US strikes. A mansion in north London, which provided vital intelligence during the Second World War, opens to the public for the first time. The deadly Ebola outbreak continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo, affecting several provinces across the country. Why no Italian tour guides will be taking visitors up Mont Blanc this week. And we look at the rise of live shopping on TikTok. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert…

Topics covered

• baby trafficking
• international news
• Middle East conflict
• Ebola outbreak
• live shopping
• historical sites

Keywords

• baby trafficking
• Indonesia
• Ebola outbreak
• Lebanon
• Hezbollah
• Mont Blanc
• TikTok
• current affairs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hezbollah, TikTok

Places: Indonesia, West Java, Singapore, Lebanon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mont Blanc

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