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.
One of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies is caught up in what Chinese authorities say was a half-billion-dollar cash and sexual favours bribery scandal. Show more
In 1983 violence erupted between the Sinhala majority and the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Tamils were killed in the mob attacks in Colombo. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
First broadcast in 2013. Sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle have forged singing careers spanning more than six decades, and are known as the 'Nightingales of India'. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Increasing numbers of seismologists say that hopes of forecasting earthquakes may be doomed, because the earth is too complicated. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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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 Have Your Say
Royal Baby Boy: The World Reacts
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy. We hear from our BBC Language Services colleagues about how their audiences are reacting. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle were sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. Both were finally exonerated - and they met and fell in love. 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.
Newshour
Britain Celebrates Royal Birth
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Will the royal baby have a modern upbringing? Plus, Sri Lanka's ethnic tensions which erupted in 1983, and boiler room scams.
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.
First broadcast in 2013. Sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle have forged singing careers spanning more than six decades, and are known as the 'Nightingales of India'. 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.
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
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Why is arable land in sub Saharan Africa not being cultivated to produce food? And, are US banks about to be kicked out of the commodities game? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Have Your Say
The nastiness of the US abortion debate / Royal baby media frenzy
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
An American teenage girl has received abuse online after she held a sign protesting against abortion legislation. Also, has the media gone too far with the story of the Royal baby? 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.
Digital Planet
Rewiring Our Digital World
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Academic Ethan Zuckerman on why the internet has failed to connect us across cultures. Plus, refining weather forecasts in Rio de Janeiro and code-controlled NodeCopters that fly Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Egypt and Singapore
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A father bereaved after clashes in Egypt. Plus, parents swot up her maths to help her daughter through the pressured Singaporean school system Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
First broadcast in 2013. Sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle have forged singing careers spanning more than six decades, and are known as the 'Nightingales of India'. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
Who owns Africa's arable land?
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Sub Saharan Africa has lots of land that could produce food. So why isn't it? And might US banks about to be kicked out of the commodities game? 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.
Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle were sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. Both were finally exonerated - and they met and fell in love. 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
Who owns Africa's arable land?
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Sub Saharan Africa has lots of land that could produce food. So why isn't it? And might US banks about to be kicked out of the commodities game? 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.
First broadcast in 2013. Sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle have forged singing careers spanning more than six decades, and are known as the 'Nightingales of India'. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
Britain's Boiler Room Scam
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Three men get US jail terms for their part in one of Britain's biggest investment frauds. And as Prince William gets two weeks off, we compare paternity leave around the world. 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.
Digital Planet
Rewiring Our Digital World
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Academic Ethan Zuckerman on why the internet has failed to connect us across cultures. Plus, refining weather forecasts in Rio de Janeiro and code-controlled NodeCopters that fly Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Innovation in Zambia & transportation in South Africa
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The innovative way of getting diarrhoea treatment to villages in Zambia. And, a taxi ride revealing old and new racial divisions in South Africa. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle were sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. Both were finally exonerated - and they met and fell in love. 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.
First broadcast in 2013. Sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle have forged singing careers spanning more than six decades, and are known as the 'Nightingales of India'. Show more
