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.
Innovation can drive economies. But how do you have new ideas - and how do you sell them? Business Daily visits a man who claims to have invented a brand new musical keyboard. 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.
HARDtalk
Timo Soini - Leader, The Finns Party
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stephen Sackur talks to the leader of the Finnish nationalist party, known as the True Finns, who wants to see the Eurozone dismantled. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
How Amish Tripathi's trilogy about Lord Shiva led to the largest advance ever paid by an Indian publisher. Show more
Witness History
Gay in the US military
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1975 a US airman told his superior officers he was gay, to challenge the ban on homosexuals in the military. His name was Leonard Matlovich. 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 30: North Korea scraps peace pact with South
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Your reaction to the news that North Korea is ending its peace pact with South Korea.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Science In Action
Learning from the Japanese earthquake
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What we’ve learnt about earthquakes and tsunamis in the two years since the magnitude 9, 2011 Tohoku quake in Japan. Roland Pease talks to experts studying the region. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Georgia and Austria: Dealing with dictators
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
60 years after Stalin’s death, Damien McGuinness learns the great tyrant is still commemorated in his homeland; but Bethany Bell sees few traces of Hitler left in his birthplace. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Football
The Destruction of Theo Bucker
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Lebanon national coach Theo Bucker says he’s “destroyed” after one of his players is banned for life for allegedly fixing a match. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
How Amish Tripathi's trilogy about Lord Shiva led to the largest advance ever paid by an Indian publisher. Show more
Witness History
Gay in the US military
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1975 a US airman told his superior officers he was gay, to challenge the ban on homosexuals in the military. His name was Leonard Matlovich. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
What If...
What If... Women Ruled the World?
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The status, responsibilities and realities of women in power. The US State Department has had three female heads in 15 years. How has this changed the organisation? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Innovation can drive economies. But how do you have new ideas - and how do you sell them? Business Daily visits a man who claims to have invented a brand new musical keyboard. 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.
Venezuela mourns Chavez; Bin Laden's son-in-law in NY court; Russian FM Sergei Lavrov.
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 Football
The Destruction of Theo Bucker
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Lebanon national coach Theo Bucker says he’s “destroyed” after one of his players is banned for life for allegedly fixing a match. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Timo Soini - Leader, The Finns Party
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stephen Sackur talks to the leader of the Finnish nationalist party, known as the True Finns, who wants to see the Eurozone dismantled. 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
Upbeat news for the US jobs market
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
On WBR we decode the US jobs figures out today - they were much better than expected. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Have Your Say
WHYS 60: Should every day be International Women's Day?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Over the last few months the news has been dominated by domestic violence and the pay gap - so should every day be International Women's Day? 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.
What role does silence play in our lives and why can it be so poignant or so awkward? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Georgia and Austria: Dealing with dictators
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
60 years after Stalin’s death, Damien McGuinness learns the great tyrant is still commemorated in his homeland; but Bethany Bell sees few traces of Hitler left in his birthplace. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Timo Soini - Leader, The Finns Party
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stephen Sackur talks to the leader of the Finnish nationalist party, known as the True Finns, who wants to see the Eurozone dismantled. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Strand Archive
Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Hitler: Look Who's Back; Chinese Art; Alien Revolution at the Royal Observatory. Show more
Witness History
Gay in the US military
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1975 a US airman told his superior officers he was gay, to challenge the ban on homosexuals in the military. His name was Leonard Matlovich. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Venezuela's state funeral, Tibetan blogger's award, Kenyan elections: view from the US.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Football
The Destruction of Theo Bucker
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Lebanon national coach Theo Bucker says he’s “destroyed” after one of his players is banned for life for allegedly fixing a match. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
Upbeat news for the US jobs market
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We decode the US jobs figures out today - they were much better than expected. Plus our review of a dramatic week in business. 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.
Innovation can drive economies. But how do you have new ideas - and how do you sell them? Business Daily visits a man who claims to have invented a brand new musical keyboard. Show more
Witness History
Gay in the US military
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1975 a US airman told his superior officers he was gay, to challenge the ban on homosexuals in the military. His name was Leonard Matlovich. 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.
Boston Calling
US diplomacy: 21st Century style
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How US diplomacy is changing with the times, a Venezuelan-American reflects on Hugo Chavez, an Egyptian-American marathon man and rediscovering Abraham Lincoln's foot doctor. 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.
World Business Report
Upbeat jobs news for the US
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We decode the latest US jobs figures which were better than expected. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Georgia and Austria: Dealing with dictators
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
60 years after Stalin’s death, Damien McGuinness learns the great tyrant is still commemorated in his homeland; but Bethany Bell sees few traces of Hitler left in his birthplace. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Timo Soini - Leader, The Finns Party
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stephen Sackur talks to the leader of the Finnish nationalist party, known as the True Finns, who wants to see the Eurozone dismantled. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Football
The Destruction of Theo Bucker
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Lebanon national coach Theo Bucker says he’s “destroyed” after one of his players is banned for life for allegedly fixing a match. 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 Strand Archive
Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Hitler: Look Who's Back; Chinese Art; Alien Revolution at the Royal Observatory. Show more
Witness History
Gay in the US military
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1975 a US airman told his superior officers he was gay, to challenge the ban on homosexuals in the military. His name was Leonard Matlovich. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Every year thousands of young men and women make the treacherous journey from Eritrea to Egypt via Sudan. Many fall victim to unscrupulous people traffickers. Mike Thomson reports. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
What role does silence play in our lives and why can it be so poignant or so awkward? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Georgia and Austria: Dealing with dictators
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
60 years after Stalin’s death, Damien McGuinness learns the great tyrant is still commemorated in his homeland; but Bethany Bell sees few traces of Hitler left in his birthplace. Show more
