TransPennine Eurovision Express

Today, the seized President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro has appeared in a New York court charged with narco-terrorism. As Maduro pled not guilty he told the court he was a “decent man” and “still the president of his country”. The highly televised spectacle of the Venezuelan lea ...  عرض المزيد

Today, we look at who’s in power now in Venezuela, after President Donald Trump said the US will ‘run’ the country.Maduro's Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez has been named interim president, who Trump says is talking to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.Chief political corresponden ...  عرض المزيد

Can Ukraine get another Eurovision winner with Tvorchi? We hear from sound producer Andrii Hutsuliak and Tvorchi vocalist Jeffrey Kenny on their Eurovision experience and hopes for this year’s contest.The BBC’s Frank Gardner and Barbara Plett-Usher bring us up to speed on this we ...  عرض المزيد

Eurovision might best be described as “the Olympics meets American Idol”: a singing contest where countries face off for the number one spot in musical glory. It’s incredibly campy, silly, and mostly very fun. But this year’s Eurovision — which wrapped on the weekend — was dogged ...  عرض المزيد

Amol and Nick review the year in news, featuring the biggest moments and their favourite interviews from the Today programme in 2023. They’re joined by some familiar voices including Chris Mason, Martha Kearney and friend of the pod, statistician Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter. Wit ...  عرض المزيد

Si vota per rinnovare il parlamento ed eleggere il presidente, e l’attenzione è rivolta soprattutto alle presidenziali, una sorta di referendum sul presidente in carica Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Il 9 maggio è cominciata a Liverpool l’edizione 2023 di Eurovision, la gara canora più vi ...  عرض المزيد