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All around the world, people think education is in crisis. Peter Day asks why. Show more

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Carbon emissions from Amazon forest; Plant Clinics in Uganda; Glimpses of the very early Universe; Expedition to a dark lake in Antarctica Show more

How Zambia overcame tragedy to reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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Jide Macaulay on what it's meant for him to be Nigerian, Christian - and gay. Show more

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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.

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Are we all becoming more risk-averse, and what does that mean for the global economy? Lesley Curwen discusses risk with a panel of distinguished experts. Show more

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In from the cold: BBC Burmese editor on what it's like to report freely from his hometown, after years of exile. Show more

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Jason Palmer explores the past, present and future of Seti. In the second programme he looks at what sort of signal might ET send us, and how might we respond? Show more

A four-year bet between two scientists about climate change is settled. Plus, a sports statistician attempts to predict the results of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Tim Harford presents. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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Jide Macaulay on what it's meant for him to be Nigerian, Christian - and gay. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.

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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.

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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.

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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.

Football and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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Texas suffers its worst drought ever, plus conservative conservation and renewable layoffs. Show more

A four-year bet between two scientists about climate change is settled. Plus, a sports statistician attempts to predict the results of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Tim Harford presents. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Nina Robinson reports from two Olympic cities - Beijing who were hosts in 2008, and Rio de Janeiro, the hosts in 2016. Part 1 of 2 programmes. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Are we all becoming more risk-averse, and what does that mean for the global economy? Lesley Curwen discusses risk with a panel of distinguished experts. Show more

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Explore music from around the world, with presenter Lucy Duran Show more

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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

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The gap between the super-rich and the rest has grown sharply around the world. Michael Robinson examines its effects on London. Show more

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A special programme marking the start of the Africa Cup of Nations with full match reports, interviews and analysis from the opening games. Show more

Rajan Datar interviews World Service sports presenter Farayi Mungazi about his two-part series on sport and national identity. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Temptation: Can we resist it? Show more

How Zambia overcame tragedy to reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

BBC News reports from around the world.

BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.

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Carbon emissions from Amazon forest; Plant Clinics in Uganda; Glimpses of the very early Universe; Expedition to a dark lake in Antarctica Show more

On 18 of January 1943, German soldiers began a final drive to empty the Polish capital of Jews. It was also the day on which the first shots were fired in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

BBC News reports from around the world.

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

All around the world, people think education is in crisis. Peter Day asks why. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Temptation: Can we resist it? Show more

Rajan Datar interviews World Service sports presenter Farayi Mungazi about his two-part series on sport and national identity. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Explore music from around the world, with presenter Lucy Duran Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Assignment goes inside the fast and furious world of North American ice hockey. The sport's stars are national icons in Canada, but as Alex Captstick reports, there is a darker side to the game. Show more

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Jide Macaulay on what it's meant for him to be Nigerian, Christian - and gay. Show more