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.
Science In Action
Sustainable Farming
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Is genetic modification and organic farming the solution for sustainable food production?And how the palm oil genome may help slow deforestation. Show more
Over to You
Language Distribution in Africa
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A listener from Mali stresses the importance of the English programmes for practising their language skills. How are decisions made about which languages are broadcast in Africa? 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.
Health Check
The Occupational Hazards of Herring Processing
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Swedish fish-processing workers inhaling tiny particles of herring; The baby boxes given to every Finnish new mother; Norway’s discovery that breastfeeding protects against AMD 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 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.
People trafficking in Mexico and the faith in God that strengthens migrants trafficked by criminal gangs. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Shining a Light on Crystals
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Crystals are found growing naturally all over the world, and are among the oldest things on earth, so why are we creating new ones for the purposes of art and science? Show more
Over to You
Language Distribution in Africa
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A listener from Mali stresses the importance of the English programmes for practising their language skills. How are decisions made about which languages are broadcast in Africa? 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 are attitudes towards older people often so negative? Mike Williams talks to older people, and the young, and asks how might we re-think this period of our lives. Show more
More or Less
Analysing Chris Froome's Tour de France victory
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What do the numbers tell us about Chris Froome's Tour de France performance? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Judith Tebutt tells Dan Damon the story of how she and her husband David were kidnapped by Somali pirates. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Egypt's 'Third Square' Movement
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
New group is anti-Morsi, anti-army; claims of 'tyranny' in South Sudan; Mali votes Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Unexpected Elements
Sustainable Farming, Antarctic Architecture, Harmful Herring
50 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineMarrying Genetic Modification with organic farming to secure future food production
Building a home in Antarctica
The tiny particles of fish which cause big problems Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
“I’m playing this dance with this fame and it’s like playing with a drug,it’s very deadly” Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 27 July 2013: Our Past and Future
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
With stories from a Cambodian circus, southwestern Alaska's salmon runs, ancient Polynesian sea-going ships and a taxi hurtling from Cape Town's outskirts to its city centre Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Health Check
The Occupational Hazards of Herring Processing
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Swedish fish-processing workers inhaling tiny particles of herring; The baby boxes given to every Finnish new mother; Norway’s discovery that breastfeeding protects against AMD Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Shining a Light on Crystals
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Crystals are found growing naturally all over the world, and are among the oldest things on earth, so why are we creating new ones for the purposes of art and science? 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.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The Kenyan government's plans to boost the country’s technology sector. Will the plans deliver the growth the government wants? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
“I’m playing this dance with this fame and it’s like playing with a drug,it’s very deadly” Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
3 million attend Pope's Copacabana mass; Mali polls close; Hollywood's Summer of Doom
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 five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 27 July 2013: Our Past and Future
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
With stories from a Cambodian circus, southwestern Alaska's salmon runs, ancient Polynesian sea-going ships and a taxi hurtling from Cape Town's outskirts to its city centre Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Health Check
The Occupational Hazards of Herring Processing
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Swedish fish-processing workers inhaling tiny particles of herring; The baby boxes given to every Finnish new mother; Norway’s discovery that breastfeeding protects against AMD 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.
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.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
A Syrian-American doctor returns to his home country to help victims of the sectarian violence. 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 are attitudes towards older people often so negative? Mike Williams talks to older people, and the young, and asks how might we re-think this period of our lives. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
The French Edition: Patriotic Pants and Computer Hackers
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
David Chazan goes to meet the students studying computer hacking in Lille & Emma Jane Kirby talks to an entrepreneurial underwear maker tired of France's over-regulated labour laws Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Shining a Light on Crystals
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Crystals are found growing naturally all over the world, and are among the oldest things on earth, so why are we creating new ones for the purposes of art and science? Show more
More or Less
Analysing Chris Froome's Tour de France victory
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What do the numbers tell us about Chris Froome's Tour de France performance? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
“I’m playing this dance with this fame and it’s like playing with a drug,it’s very deadly” Show more
