Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Business Daily
America: Nation of deadbeats
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How debt has defined America and continues to do so. We look at the dangers of the growing US structural deficit and explore the US's history of debt and default. Show more
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
In Japan the majority of crimes are solved by the use of confessions. But there’s growing concern that too many of these confessions are forced and unsound. Mariko Oi investigates. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Strand Archive
Hear My Country Spain
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Spanish DJ Paula Quintana on how economic uncertainty and the rise of people power are reflected in the music of Spain today. Show more
How Samuel Beckett's existentialist masterpiece revolutionised the theatre 60 years ago. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
News and issues making the headlines each day.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Have Your Say
#WHYS: Are attitudes towards rape changing in India?
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
World Have Your Say team are from a park in New Delhi near to the anti –rape protests, to find out whether people there believe attitudes towards rape in India have now changed. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Health Check
The Cocktail Party Effect
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The cocktail party effect. Why do we hear our own name above everything else in a crowded noisy room? Claudia Hammond finds out about pioneering psychologist, Donald Broadbent. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Shopping in India and 'dementia village' in the Netherlands
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stories about local shops and new supermarkets in India, and a report on a village for dementia patients in the Netherlands. Presented by Pascale Harter. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
I Should Have Taken JFK's Bullet
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The eyewitness account of the assassination of American President John F. Kennedy by Clint Hill, the secret service agent who tried to save his life. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Strand Archive
Hear My Country Spain
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Spanish DJ Paula Quintana on how economic uncertainty and the rise of people power are reflected in the music of Spain today. Show more
How Samuel Beckett's existentialist masterpiece revolutionised the theatre 60 years ago. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
In Japan the majority of crimes are solved by the use of confessions. But there’s growing concern that too many of these confessions are forced and unsound. Mariko Oi investigates. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Business Daily
America: Nation of deadbeats
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How debt has defined America and continues to do so. We look at the dangers of the growing US structural deficit and explore the US's history of debt and default. Show more
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Delhi gang rape suspects charged
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Rape suspects charged; Pakistan militant chief killed; Depardieu given Russian citizenship
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Writing the Syrian Revolution
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister meets the Syrian Alawite writer Samar Yazbek whose diaries of the revolution in her country won an award. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
In Japan the majority of crimes are solved by the use of confessions. But there’s growing concern that too many of these confessions are forced and unsound. Mariko Oi investigates. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
Spain's brain drain
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
With one in four Spaniards out of work, there's an exodus of young Spanish talent fed up with not being able to find a job. We hear just how disillusioned Spanish youth is. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Have Your Say
WHYS 60: Pakistani militant drone death / Paparazzi law
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What has a drone attack on a Pakistani militant leader achieved and should there be laws regulating the paparazzi?
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Roland Pease looks forward to two great comets in the skies of 2013 and discusses the further exploration of Mars by rovers and new orbiting probes. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Shopping in India and 'dementia village' in the Netherlands
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stories about local shops and new supermarkets in India, and a report on a village for dementia patients in the Netherlands. Presented by Pascale Harter. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
In Japan the majority of crimes are solved by the use of confessions. But there’s growing concern that too many of these confessions are forced and unsound. Mariko Oi investigates. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Strand Archive
Esa Pekka Salonen and technology arts apps
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Esa Pekka Salonen discusses the launch of his classical music app Show more
How Samuel Beckett's existentialist masterpiece revolutionised the theatre 60 years ago. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Newshour: 03/01/2013 (2100 GMT)
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The roots of sexual violence; footballers with depression; China's copycat architecture
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Writing the Syrian Revolution
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister meets the Syrian Alawite writer Samar Yazbek whose diaries of the revolution in her country won an award. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Business Daily
America: Nation of deadbeats
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How debt has defined America and continues to do so. We look at the dangers of the growing US structural deficit and explore the US's history of debt and default. Show more
How Samuel Beckett's existentialist masterpiece revolutionised the theatre 60 years ago. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Roland Pease looks forward to two great comets in the skies of 2013 and discusses the further exploration of Mars by rovers and new orbiting probes. Show more
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
From Our Own Correspondent
Shopping in India and 'dementia village' in the Netherlands
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stories about local shops and new supermarkets in India, and a report on a village for dementia patients in the Netherlands. Presented by Pascale Harter. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
In Japan the majority of crimes are solved by the use of confessions. But there’s growing concern that too many of these confessions are forced and unsound. Mariko Oi investigates. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Writing the Syrian Revolution
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister meets the Syrian Alawite writer Samar Yazbek whose diaries of the revolution in her country won an award. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Strand Archive
Esa Pekka Salonen and technology arts apps
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Esa Pekka Salonen discusses the launch of his classical music app Show more
How Samuel Beckett's existentialist masterpiece revolutionised the theatre 60 years ago. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Roland Pease looks forward to two great comets in the skies of 2013 and discusses the further exploration of Mars by rovers and new orbiting probes. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Shopping in India and 'dementia village' in the Netherlands
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stories about local shops and new supermarkets in India, and a report on a village for dementia patients in the Netherlands. Presented by Pascale Harter. Show more
