Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,24 Aug 2026,49 mins

Iranian currency, the rial, falls to a record low

Newsday

Available for 28 days

The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, has dismissed the threats of Washington to put more sanctions as signs of desperation in Washington. We go live to Iran. BBC gains rare access to the office of a provincial governor in Afghanistan: we hear how Taliban officials grapple with everyday issues like divorce. President Trump says Canada wants "the benefits of being a State, without being one" after trade talks between the two countries collapse. (Photo: An Iranian man reads a copy of the Iranian daily newspaper Hamshahri displaying a picture of US President Donald Trump; Credit:Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/Shutterstock)

Programme Website
More episodes