The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The Fifth Floor
Reporting the truth in Nigeria
27 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Reporting in Nigeria; remembering the war in Vietnam; the Hunt for Phoney - Part one; and street names across the world. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Heart and Soul
The Turbaned Christians of Kenya
27 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
The Akorino are a conservative Christian sect from Kenya. Wairimu Gitahi finds out more about this turbaned sect and their battle to hold on to their traditional ways. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Mary Beard and Abdul-Rehman Malik join Paul Henley for Egypt, African football and Manet.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Mary Beard and Abdul-Rehman Malik join Paul Henley for Egypt, Prince Harry and a looks quiz.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The World Debate
Is Democracy Winning?
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Are democracies best equipped to deal with the complex challenges of a globalized world? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
In the Balance
Does Business have a responsiblity beyond making a profit?
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Are companies there to please their shareholders or do good? Can they do both? And as the Davos meeting takes place, we debate whether exclusivity is all it's cracked up to be. 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.
Peter Day looks at the future of Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, as the EU carries out a top level investigation of its grip on the European gas market. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Do you live by the coast, or far inland? This week’s programme looks at the goods, ideas and dangers that can come from the sea, to reach us all. Show more
A ‘new’ BMI calculation has been proposed by Oxford Mathematician Professor Nick Trefethen but does it really address the problem with a calculation that is over a century old. 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.
The Fifth Floor
Reporting the truth in Nigeria
27 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Reporting in Nigeria; remembering the war in Vietnam; the Hunt for Phoney - Part one; and street names across the world. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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.
In the Balance
Does Business have a responsiblity beyond making a profit?
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Are companies there to please their shareholders or do good? Can they do both? And as the Davos meeting takes place, we debate whether exclusivity is all it's cracked up to be. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Syria, Georgia, Italy, Sweden, Australia and Lithuania
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
From wombats in Australia to a prisoner release in Georgia, Pascale Harter presents. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Peter Day looks at the future of Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, as the EU carries out a top level investigation of its grip on the European gas market. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Exchanges at the Frontier
Robert Langer - Biochemical Engineer
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
What life-saving treatments are in the pipeline from the realm of medical tissue engineering? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Violent protests in Egypt; Kyrgyz bride-snatching; Paul McCartney talks vegetarianism
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Documentary
Voices from the Ghetto
53 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Oyneg Shabbat was the contemporaneous and clandestine project to record the history, life and death of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw during World War II. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Do you live by the coast, or far inland? This week’s programme looks at the goods, ideas and dangers that can come from the sea, to reach us all. Show more
A ‘new’ BMI calculation has been proposed by Oxford Mathematician Professor Nick Trefethen but does it really address the problem with a calculation that is over a century old. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
In the Balance
Does Business have a responsiblity beyond making a profit?
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Are companies there to please their shareholders or do good? Can they do both? And as the Davos meeting takes place, we debate whether exclusivity is all it's cracked up to be. 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.
The ENCODE project recently announced that much of our genome is not junk, in other words doing nothing. Adam Rutherford reports on the significance of this major discovery. Show more
Witness History
The Capture of USS Pueblo
9 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
American spy ship USS Pueblo was captured by North Korean forces forty-five years ago.
The crew were held for almost a year, but they found small ways to resist. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Do you live by the coast, or far inland? This week’s programme looks at the goods, ideas and dangers that can come from the sea, to reach us all. Show more
How BBC World Service and BBC World News is distributed in North America. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Documentary
Voices from the Ghetto
53 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Oyneg Shabbat was the contemporaneous and clandestine project to record the history, life and death of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw during World War II. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Syria, Georgia, Italy, Sweden, Australia and Lithuania
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
From wombats in Australia to a prisoner release in Georgia, Pascale Harter presents. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Peter Day looks at the future of Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, as the EU carries out a top level investigation of its grip on the European gas market. Show more