The BBC Global News Podcast for June 20th leads with escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, including traded airstrikes and European ministers meeting to de-escalate the crisis, focusing on Iran's nuclear enrichment program and ballistic missile development. The podcast also covers Russia's offer to mediate, the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, Italy's plan to boost African economic development to curb illegal immigration, a corruption scandal threatening Spain's government, China's criticism of a British warship sailing through the Taiwan Strait, and the recovery of Thailand's Indo-Chinese tiger population. Additionally, the podcast touches on a book about crows winning an illustration award and a duet between Andrea Bocelli and tennis star Yannick Sinner.
