Meet the charity which is providing free breakfasts for three million children across sixteen countries. We visit a school to see how Mary's Meals is helping children to focus on learning. Their biggest programme is in Malawi in south-east Africa, and for many students there, it's a reason to stay in school.
Also on the podcast, we hear from the micro-farm in Montreal growing fruit and veg for local people on low incomes. Plus a social club trying to combat loneliness in Venezuela by bringing elderly people together for a dance, and the Italians coming together to save a tiny island from developers.
The Happy Pod, our weekly collection of uplifting and inspiring stories from around the world. Part of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
Presenter: Ankur Desai. Music composed by Iona Hampson.
It’s Andrew Breitbart’s world, we’re all just living in it.
Tragically, Breitbart himself is not. He died suddenly on March 1, 2012 at just 43 years of age.
In his life, Breitbart was always a pioneer, pushing media and politics to the edges of the map only to open a completely new frontier. There’s something fitting to him exploring the frontier of eternity just a little before the rest of us in his earthly death. Breitbart spent most of his career at the confluence of Hollywood, media, and politics. He was one of the first men on the right to clearly see the complete picture. “Celebrity is everything in this country,” Breitbart once said. “Media is everything. It's everything.”
After listening to a radio interview with Breitbart, Larry O’Connor, then a show manager for Broadway productions, contacted Breitbart and wanted to write for his blog Big Hollywood. O’Connor found Breitbart, but Breitbart also found O’Connor. Now a radio host with Washington, D.C.’s WMAL, probably the most influential political radio station in the country, and author of a new book titled “Shameless Liars,” O’Connor joined "The Signal Sitdown" to discuss how Andrew Breitbart saw the rise of Trump, and the efforts to take him down like the Russiagate hoax, coming.
Is Novo Nordisk losing its lead in the weight-loss market? And what caused Meta’s shares to jump? Plus, why did shoppers rush to buy Apple’s iPhones? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
Millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. But what if you could take control of your finances—not just to have more money, but to build a life you actually want? In this episode, we talk about what financial freedom really means, the most common mistakes people make with money, and the practical steps to set your kids up for future success—from the right accounts to how to use them.
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On the "CBS News Weekend Roundup," host Allison Keyes gets the latest on the economy, the Federal Reserve and tariffs from CBS's Linda Kenyon at the White House and CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger. We'll hear from CBS's Tom Hanson on how cuts in federal funding are affecting certain school programs. In the "Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes" segment, a discussion about urban farming and its role in helping to sustain communities of color.
President Trump says he's ordered two nuclear submarines to "be positioned in appropriate regions" in response to what he called "foolish and inflammatory" comments by Russia's former leader, Dmitry Medvedev. In a recent post, Mr Medvedev said US threats of tough sanctions on Russia over Ukraine were “a step towards war”. Mr Trump did not say if he was referring to nuclear powered or nuclear armed submarines. Also: Trump fires lead official on economic data as tariffs and weaker job growth cause market drop; Rhino horns turned radioactive to fight poachers in South Africa.
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President Trump fires official overseeing employment data after dismal jobs report. Four killed at a Montana bar; suspect still at large. President Trump orders nuclear submarines repositioned after statements from Russian official
CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
Thursday night, President Trump announced new tariff rates, and a new deadline. For weeks, the administration said that new, tougher tariffs would go into effect August 1 — instead, most countries won't see the new rates kick in for at least a week.
Meanwhile, new numbers from the Labor Department show job growth slowed sharply this spring, as President Trump's earlier, worldwide tariffs started to bite. Shortly after their release, Trump said he was firing the head of the government agency that produced that report.
White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben and economic correspondent Scott Horsley discuss the consequences of Trump's tariffs so far and going forward.
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President Trump says he wants to help the people of Gaza to live, following a visit by his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to a controversial US and Israeli- backed aid site in the territory. Plus, the BBC investigates the cases of 160 children shot dead inside the Gaza Strip.
Also in the programme: Malawi hits its UN development goals for HIV and AIDS ahead of its targets; radioactive injections aimed at saving South Africa's rhinos; and we follow the market reaction to Donald Trump's global tariff deals -- and new US job figures.
