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Maiduguri, my home town, what it's like to have Boko Haram on your doorstep; Bin Laden's letters revealed; and why when you're remembering Russian Presidents you need to focus on their hair. Show more
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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Presented by Paul Henley with guests Riazat Butt and Christopher Dickey.
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Heart and Soul
The Man Behind The Prophet
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Ian Skelly goes to Lebanon to discover the life story of the enigmatic man behind one of the best-selling spiritual classics of the century, The Prophet. 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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From Our Own Correspondent
Ireland, Spain, the Congo, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pascale Harter presents stories from Ireland, Spain, the Congo, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
In the Balance
Press Barons: End of an Era?
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In the week that media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, attracted censure from an influential UK parliamentary committee, Justin Rowlatt and guests discuss the future for newspapers. 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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The Why Factor
Sustainability on the High Seas
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
One Planet looks at how we use our planet, and how what we do affects our lives. Show more
How the South African swimmer became the first athlete to compete at the Paralympic and Olympic games. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
BBC News reports from around the world.
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China’s been in the headlines over it's political strife. But behind this cracks are appearing in the country’s long economic boom. Peter Day reports Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Farayi Mungazi looks at the close links between sport and national identity in South Sudan and Australia. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Heart and Soul
The Man Behind The Prophet
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Ian Skelly goes to Lebanon to discover the life story of the enigmatic man behind one of the best-selling spiritual classics of the century, The Prophet. 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.
Maiduguri, my home town, what it's like to have Boko Haram on your doorstep; Bin Laden's letters revealed; and why when you're remembering Russian Presidents you need to focus on their hair. 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.
Coverage of the FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool from Wembley Stadium
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
BBC News reports from around the world.
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China’s been in the headlines over it's political strife. But behind this cracks are appearing in the country’s long economic boom. Peter Day reports 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.
World Book Club
Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Harriett Gilbert talks to acclaimed novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd about his haunting Whitbread prize-winning novel, Hawksmoor, with an audience at St George's Church, Bloomsbury. Show more
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In the broader scheme of things, are we, humans, just ‘cosmic pollution’? Show more
More or Less
A grand economic experiment?
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Are we witnessing a grand economic experiment being played out between Europe, trying to cut its way out of trouble, and the United States, trying to spend its way to redemption? 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.
In the Balance
Press Barons: End of an Era?
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In the week that media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, attracted censure from an influential UK parliamentary committee, Justin Rowlatt and guests discuss the future for newspapers. 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.
The Why Factor
Sustainability on the High Seas
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
One Planet looks at how we use our planet, and how what we do affects our lives. Show more
In 2002 a paralysed woman, known as Miss B, was allowed to die in a London hospital.
She had gone to the High Court to win the right to have a ventilator which kept her alive, switched off. Show more
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In the broader scheme of things, are we, humans, just ‘cosmic pollution’? Show more
Over to You
Adverts on the BBC World Service
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Rajan Datar considers the BBC's plans to look at new ways of funding the World Service, including an upcoming trial to run commercials between programmes. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
World Book Club
Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Harriett Gilbert talks to acclaimed novelist, biographer and critic Peter Ackroyd about his haunting Whitbread prize-winning novel, Hawksmoor, with an audience at St George's Church, Bloomsbury. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
From Our Own Correspondent
Ireland, Spain, the Congo, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pascale Harter presents stories from Ireland, Spain, the Congo, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
China’s been in the headlines over it's political strife. But behind this cracks are appearing in the country’s long economic boom. Peter Day reports Show more
