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This week Global Business is back in Japan. Peter Day reports from this island nation about the very traditional work culture, and its effects on modern-day Japanese economy. Show more

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Samurai Bushido is one of the last exponents of the ancient Sikh Indian martial art of Shastar Vidiya. Hardeep Singh Kohli meets him. Show more

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Pascale Harter with the pick of recent international dispatches. Stories on Latvia's summer solstice, Syria's rebels, Nigerian chaos, Indonesian cloves, Croatian waterways and Sweden's welfare state. Show more

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The gap between rich and poor is growing around the world. But should that worry us? Justin Rowlatt and his guests discuss whether inequality is actually a good thing. Show more

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Sustainability at the Olympics, Rio +20 reaction, and Jamaican herbs. Show more

How the injured runner inspired millions by hobbling to the finish of his Olympic race. Show more

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This week Global Business is back in Japan. Peter Day reports from this island nation about the very traditional work culture, and its effects on modern-day Japanese economy. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Robert Elms discusses the pride that puts a swagger in the step of Londoners. He reflects on music from Noel Coward, Lily Allen, The Clash and The Kinks. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Samurai Bushido is one of the last exponents of the ancient Sikh Indian martial art of Shastar Vidiya. Hardeep Singh Kohli meets him. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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Burundi roadtrip and lifeline radio in the Great Lakes; Iranian hooch; Egyptian army's parallel economy; and presidential promises - broken or kept? Show more

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

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The gap between rich and poor is growing around the world. But should that worry us? Justin Rowlatt and his guests discuss whether inequality is actually a good thing. Show more

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Niall Ferguson reflects on the causes and lessons of the global financial crisis. Show more

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BBC News reports from around the world.

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This week Global Business is back in Japan. Peter Day reports from this island nation about the very traditional work culture, and its effects on modern-day Japanese economy. 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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In Assignment Peter Marshall talks to the law enforcement officers who secured the conviction of James Ibori, one time governor of Nigeria's oil rich Delta State. Show more

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Doctors are developing a way of injecting oxygen directly into the blood of patients. Batteries that run off glucose in our bodies, manicuring turtles, plus why tomatoes have lost their flavour. Show more

In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China after 150 years of British rule.

There were ceremonies and fireworks to celebrate the end of colonialism - but some residents were not happy. Show more

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Our selfish and our selfless selves. Are they so very different? Insights from the novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, an ant entomologist and a neuroscientist. Show more

The Avengers is breaking box office records. But what is the highest-earning film ever if you adjust for inflation? And are birthdays killing us? 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.

The gap between rich and poor is growing around the world. But should that worry us? Justin Rowlatt and his guests discuss whether inequality is actually a good thing. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

BBC News reports from around the world.

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Sustainability at the Olympics, Rio +20 reaction, and Jamaican herbs. Show more

In June 1947 the diary of Anne Frank was published for the first time.

Witness has been speaking to her first cousin and closest surviving relative, 87-year-old Buddy Elias. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Our selfish and our selfless selves. Are they so very different? Insights from the novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, an ant entomologist and a neuroscientist. Show more

This week on Over To You, Rajan Datar discusses the coverage of Euro 2012 by the international media and local media in Ukraine and Poland.

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

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The medicinal uses of psychedelic plants and fungi, and a new centre opens in Taiwan to promote the safe use of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Show more

The Avengers is breaking box office records. But what is the highest-earning film ever if you adjust for inflation? And are birthdays killing us? Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Pascale Harter with the pick of recent international dispatches. Stories on Latvia's summer solstice, Syria's rebels, Nigerian chaos, Indonesian cloves, Croatian waterways and Sweden's welfare state. Show more

Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.

Samurai Bushido is one of the last exponents of the ancient Sikh Indian martial art of Shastar Vidiya. Hardeep Singh Kohli meets him. Show more