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Imam Khalid Latif considers what happens when world religions change their minds, and how they revise, update and apologise. Show more

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Pascale Harter presents stories from Italy, Syria, North Korea, the USA, Algeria and Libya. Show more

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France is famous for its lifestyle, but is its social model sustainable? As the French go to the polls, Justin Rowlatt and guests discuss the big electoral issue - l'economie, stupide. Show more

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One Planet looks at how we use our planet, and how what we do affects our lives. Show more

How the American sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200m world record at the 1996 Olympics. Show more

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Peter Day finds out how French business is faring during the Euro crisis. Show more

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Tamsin Greig explores a belief among psychologists and sociologists that soap operas shape societies in subtle but profound ways. Show more

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Imam Khalid Latif considers what happens when world religions change their minds, and how they revise, update and apologise. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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

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.

A fresh look at the week's global news from the World Service's 27 language sections Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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

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.

France is famous for its lifestyle, but is its social model sustainable? As the French go to the polls, Justin Rowlatt and guests discuss the big electoral issue - l'economie, stupide. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Nigeria is at a crossroads between chaos and a modern state. Can it become the pioneer for Africa? Mark Doyle investigates. Show more

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One hundred years ago, Robert Scott's bid to reach the South Pole first may have ended in tragedy but Kevin Fong argues the scientific discoveries were much more important than who won the polar race. Show more

How the American sprinter, Michael Johnson, shattered the 200m world record at the 1996 Olympics. 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.

Peter Day finds out how French business is faring during the Euro crisis. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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

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As The World Shakespeare festival gets underway in London a celebration of how the bard staged the world and the world has staged the bard. Show more

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Across the world, newspapers are littered with stories of murders and other crimes: a world we want to avoid in person, yet we also seem to want to read about it. Show more

Are we experiencing the greatest wave of extinction since the dinosaurs? "Every hour," it has been claimed, "three species disappear." Is it possible to verify those numbers? 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.

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

France is famous for its lifestyle, but is its social model sustainable? As the French go to the polls, Justin Rowlatt and guests discuss the big electoral issue - l'economie, stupide. 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.

One Planet looks at how we use our planet, and how what we do affects our lives. Show more

How dissidents in the USSR were routinely declared insane and kept in mental institutions. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Across the world, newspapers are littered with stories of murders and other crimes: a world we want to avoid in person, yet we also seem to want to read about it. Show more

This week on Over to You, Rajan Datar hears listener’s reactions to the coverage of the Titanic anniversary. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.

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Experts making plans to tackle any health issues that might arise in this year's Olympic Games. Plus the 40th anniversary of the CT or CAT scan. Show more

Are we experiencing the greatest wave of extinction since the dinosaurs? "Every hour," it has been claimed, "three species disappear." Is it possible to verify those numbers? Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Pascale Harter presents stories from Italy, Syria, North Korea, the USA, Algeria and Libya. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Peter Day finds out how French business is faring during the Euro crisis. Show more