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,22 Sep 2026,49 mins

Major US television networks suspend their pooled coverage of Trump

Newsday

Available for 29 days

CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they will sue the Trump administration after the three US media outlets were barred from the White House. President Donald Trump announced the ban on Friday, accusing the organisations of writing "fiction or lies" about his team. The companies said their reporters were denied access to the building on Saturday. Two million people in Japan are under evacuation orders as typhoon Dujuan bares down with winds over eighty miles per hours. We'll speak to our reporter in Tokyo. At the United Nations General Assembly, there's hope for cooperation on artificial intelligence. (Photo: Journalists travelling with the White House press pool run across East End Avenue towards Gracie Mansion during a meeting between US President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdan; Credit: Bing Guan/Reuters)

Programme Website
More episodes