The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Exploring early embryonic development of dinosaurs; Making the brain transparent; Gelada baboons talk like humans; Appreciating music in the brain Show more
Over to You
Coverage of Margaret Thatcher's death
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We explore how the World Service reacted to the death of the former British Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher, with the help of Andrew Whitehead, Editor of BBC World Service News. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
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.
Reducing repeat suicide attempts by sending supportive postcards; The US campaign to help patients understand prescription medication; The health crisis in CIS countries Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Latoya tries to escape her sleepy Jamaican fishing village, and so changes lives forever. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Heart and Soul
Beyond The War: Faith And Culture In West Africa
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Heart and Soul explores the sacred catfish and mud mosques of West Africa. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Progress: Are we Making Any?
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Advances in science, social justice and personal prosperity suggest that things can only get better. So why are so many of us afraid they might get worse? Show more
Over to You
Coverage of Margaret Thatcher's death
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We explore how the World Service reacted to the death of the former British Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher, with the help of Andrew Whitehead, Editor of BBC World Service News. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Why do humans kiss? Is it a universal trait? When European explorers travelled the world, they met tribes that didn't kiss. So is it a learnt response after all? Show more
More or Less
Margaret Thatcher in numbers
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Baroness Margaret Thatcher, who has died aged 87, was Britain’s first female prime minister and one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Documentary
The Forgotten Black Cowboys
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Sarfraz Manzoor tells the story of the African American cowboys. How did they get airbrushed out of movies and history books? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Documentary
The Truth About Pope Francis
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Mark Dowd is in Buenos Aires to find out about Pope Francis' past, speaking to colleagues, friends and his sister about him. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
LSE anger at BBC Panorama over North Korea trip
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
BBC criticised for North Korea film; Venezuela election; Guantanamo prison unrest
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Unexpected Elements
Red meat and heart disease risk; a database of Rhino DNA; the life of Professor Robert Edwards, IVF pioneer.
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
Does eating lean red meat increase the risk of heart disease? A Database is created of all rhino DNA fingerprints; and a look at the achievements of IVF pioneer Robert Edwards. 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.
The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Global Business
Battle of the Business Schools
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Peter Day travels to Boston where there is a growing rivalry between two of the world's leading management schools, Harvard Business School and the Sloan School at MIT. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
"Most of my clients went to prison" John Grisham Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Clashes at Guantanamo Bay; the BBC criticised over secret filming trip to N Korea; and the music inspired by Margaret Thatcher
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Latoya tries to escape her sleepy Jamaican fishing village, and so changes lives forever. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 13 March 2013: Risky business
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What we never knew about Japan's Fukishima disaster, a Ukrainian needle exchange, the simple life in Yemen, a new start for Bangladeshi street vendors and France's unlikely hero. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Reducing repeat suicide attempts by sending supportive postcards; The US campaign to help patients understand prescription medication; The health crisis in CIS countries Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Discovery
Annette Karmiloff-Smith on toddlers and TV
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Should babies under two watch TV? Jim talks to psychologist Annette Karmiloff-Smith. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
North Korea threatens the US with a missile attack; the Associated Press news agency bans "illegal" from its lexicon and how to improve health through ethnic pride. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world’s Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Why do humans kiss? Is it a universal trait? When European explorers travelled the world, they met tribes that didn't kiss. So is it a learnt response after all? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Kenya and Mali
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Gabriel Gatehouse weighs up the inaugural omens for Kenya's new President in Nairobi; Alex Duval Smith gets used to some noisy new rural neighbours in a once-leafy part of Bamako Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Progress: Are we Making Any?
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Advances in science, social justice and personal prosperity suggest that things can only get better. So why are so many of us afraid they might get worse? Show more
More or Less
Margaret Thatcher in numbers
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Baroness Margaret Thatcher, who has died aged 87, was Britain’s first female prime minister and one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
"Most of my clients went to prison" John Grisham Show more
