Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

BBC News reports from around the world.

Heart and Soul examines the role of the National Church of Iceland and how it is responding to the country's financial collapse. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Live global news, business and sport from the BBC.

Important stories from the world's biggest sport. With the BBC's Alan Green. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Live global news, business and sport from the BBC.

Live global news, business and sport from the BBC.

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Your daily journey into global arts, culture and entertainment, with Bidisha. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

The G20 summit in London may have ended in amity but Business Weekly takes a sceptical look at whether free trade really works outside the economics theory classroom. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

North Korea holds off a controversial rocket test-firing - though the launch could come soon; NATO leaders meet to discuss how to proceed in Afghanistan - but the Italian PM is busy on the phone. Show more

Mark Tully examines how he has seen India gain in self-confidence and shrug off its legacy of post-colonial prickliness. Show more

This week, how science programmes are getting a higher profile on the network. Plus listeners give their verdict on the new-look BBC World Service website. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Alan Johnston with insights into world events from BBC correspondents.

Shahubiddin Yakub Quraishi talks to Owen Bennett-Jones on The Interview Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

North Korea is ready to launch a powerful rocket, NATO at 60 & how safe is Iraq?

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

This week, an interview with Israeli entrepreneur Dov Moran who sold his company M-systems to San Disk. He has now reinvested in a new company Modu which makes tiny modular mobile phones. Show more

Important stories from the world's biggest sport. With the BBC's Alan Green. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Live sports action from around the world.

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Live sports action from around the world.

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Live sports action from around the world.

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

BBC News reports from around the world.

Coverage of the day's top international sporting events and a round up of results.

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

The weekly programme that covers political and policy issues in the UK. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Harriett Gilbert talks to writer Kate Grenville about her book The Secret River. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

A show of transatlantic unity as NATO leaders back America's new Afghan strategy and Bollywood producers go on strike demanding more from multiplex cinemas.

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Your daily journey into global arts, culture and entertainment, with Bidisha. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

This week, an interview with Israeli entrepreneur Dov Moran who sold his company M-systems to San Disk. He has now reinvested in a new company Modu which makes tiny modular mobile phones. Show more

Contemporary and classic tracks from around the world. Playlist at bbcworldservice.com Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Live global news, business and sport from the BBC.

Mark Tully examines how he has seen India gain in self-confidence and shrug off its legacy of post-colonial prickliness. Show more

This week, how science programmes are getting a higher profile on the network. Plus listeners give their verdict on the new-look BBC World Service website. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Your daily journey into global arts, culture and entertainment, with Bidisha. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Harriett Gilbert talks to writer Kate Grenville about her book The Secret River. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

Mark Tully examines how he has seen India gain in self-confidence and shrug off its legacy of post-colonial prickliness. Show more

This week, how science programmes are getting a higher profile on the network. Plus listeners give their verdict on the new-look BBC World Service website. Show more

Only the BBC brings you world news every half hour.

Live global news, business and sport from the BBC.

How did our universe begin? How did galaxies, stars and planets form? How did life begin and was there ever life on Mars? Why are we here? Jon Stewart investigates the big questions of the cosmos. Show more