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
Cracking China: The Economic Powerhouse
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Why is it so difficult to do business with China? This economic powerhouse has proven difficult for foreign businesses to crack. How do succeed there? We tell all. Show more
Witness History
The Queen's Coronation
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Two Maids of Honour remember the crowning of Queen Elizabeth the Second in London in 1953. Show more
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HARDtalk
Harold Koh - Legal Adviser, US State Department 2009-13
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
From drone strikes to Guantanamo, is it time for the US to redefine its 'war on terror'? Show more
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Physicists crack the structure of HIV’s protein coat, genes from forgotten plants reborn to breed crops able to deal with climate change and cultural influence on human genetics. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Egypt and Azerbaijan
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
An Egyptian morgue is accused of manipulating autopsies to cover up police brutality; in Azerbaijan a billionaire follows his island dream. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
News and issues making the headlines each day.
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Have Your Say
Assad's warning to Israel
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, has warned Israel that he will retaliate in kind to any future air strikes on his country. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Fifth Floor
Weapons and the media
50 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
David Amanor investigates the language of weaponry unpicked; Football Chechen style; A question of identity - what is an Arab Jew? And fishing bodies out of the river in Colombia. 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.
Trapped in Qusair: 'there's no food, it's like hell'; mammoth blood; rare interview with Libyan militia leader
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Do people everywhere experience similar mental health problems and respond to the same treatments? Or are our minds tightly bound to the culture in which we live? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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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.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Business Report
Youth unemployment crisis in Europe
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Unemployment in the eurozone has reached a new record high, according to official figures. Show more
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World Have Your Say
Mumbai mannequins, Nigeria anti-homosexuality bill and FIFA anti-racism.
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Mumbai's proposed ban on mannequins, Nigeria's homosexuality bill and FIFA's anti-racism.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Make-up is a multi-million dollar industry with sales around the world but are we just being sold a dream or is there something more innate in why we wear it? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Egypt and Azerbaijan
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
An Egyptian morgue is accused of manipulating autopsies to cover up police brutality; in Azerbaijan a billionaire follows his island dream. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC Africa Debate
Is Africa under threat from Islamist extremists?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Many see Africa as a breeding ground for violent Islamist extremism. But is this true? And if it is, how big is the threat? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Former Kremlin adviser flees Russia
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Sergei Guriev on leaving Russia; dire conditions in Qusair; Nile Rogers talks disco
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Fifth Floor
Weapons and the media
50 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
David Amanor investigates the language of weaponry unpicked; Football Chechen style; A question of identity - what is an Arab Jew? And fishing bodies out of the river in Colombia. 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.
World Business Report
Youth unemployment crisis in Europe
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Unemployment in the eurozone has reached a new record high, according to official figures. 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.
World Football
Palestine's Mahmoud Sarsak, FIFA congress and Ghana's Kwesi Appiah
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The former Palestinian player Mahmoud Sarsak talks about his arrest, detension and torture by Israeli authorites.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
Living on a prayer in the Eurozone
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Living on a prayer in the Eurozone - as youth unemployment crisis deepens. Figures out on friday revealed that unemployment in the single currency zone has reached record levels. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Manufacturing is evolving for the 21st century. Peter Day hears from some pioneers in the field of digital fabrication about how it applies to the way we think about making things. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Fifth Floor
Weapons and the media
50 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
David Amanor investigates the language of weaponry unpicked; Football Chechen style; A question of identity - what is an Arab Jew? And fishing bodies out of the river in Colombia. 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.
World Football
Palestine's Mahmoud Sarsak, FIFA congress and Ghana's Kwesi Appiah
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The former Palestinian player Mahmoud Sarsak talks about his arrest, detension and torture by Israeli authorites.
