ITV News - What You Need To Know Podcast
1) How Trump action on Iran risks regniting trade war with China
With Donald Trump blowing hot and cold on whether the US will strike Iran or not - how will this uncertainty and unpredictability play out with Iran's biggest trading partner - China? At least two tho...Show More
2) Would upgrading ketamine to Class A stop the drug's surge?
Would upgrading ketamine to class A stop the drug's surge? The cheap, widely available drug can shred and shrink users bladders' - leaving them constantly rushing to the toilet.It can even kill, with ...Show More
3) Why Birmingham can't end its bin crisis one year on
It's been a whole year since Birmingham's refuse workers first went on strike. Since then bin-bag-lined streets, rats and horrible smells have all become an unwanted feature of the UK's second city. B...Show More
4) Will Trump's Venezuelan oil gamble pay off after ousting Maduro?
Captured amid gunfire in Caracas, Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has now appeared in a New York court to face multiple drugs and wepaons charges.The US accuses him of leading a cartel responsibl...Show More
5) Cyclones to wildfires: reporting on a year of extreme weather
Heatwaves in Europe, wildfires in Hollywood and catrastrophic cyclones in South East Asia.Extreme weather has been a constant and growing threat in 2025.Good Morning Britain meteorologist and weather ...Show More
6) Venezuela tanker seizure and Honduras election 'interference': What's Trump's Latin America plan?
The former president of Honduras - Juan Orlando Hernandez - was in a US prison, charged with smuggling 400 tonnes of cocaine into the United States.But, just ahead of a very tense presidential electio...Show More
7) What criminal charges could be brought over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal?
It is the biggest miscarriage of justice in British History. But almost two years after the ITV drama made it a burning issue, are we any closer to justice over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal?Hund...Show More
What criminal charges could be brought over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal?
13:15 | Dec 8th, 2025
8) Sri Lanka floods: why have they been so catastrophic?
Homes swept away, communities left isolated and more than a thousand deaths confirmed.A battering of cyclones on parts of Asia in the past week has brought mass flooding and displaced millions.In Sri ...Show More
9) The man whose Gaza war zone filming stunned the world
For over two years, video journalist Mohammed Abu Safia has risked his life filming the war in Gaza for ITV News.Separated from his family, his footage stunned the world as he captured what was happen...Show More
10) Will new rights help renters find and keep a home?
"The only time that I need help, I have been completely failed" says Geraldine, who is set to be evicted from her home with her 12 year old daughter. She cannot afford anywhere else.The government was...Show More