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Could methane on indicate life on Mars? Microbes and power; Culinary herbs clean up polluted water Show more
Presenter Shaimaa Khalil and Liliane Landor, controller of the BBC's language services on the forthcoming 100 Women season. 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
Indigenous Rights and Medicine
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Effective healthcare for indigenous communities in Canada. Plus, the future for female condoms, tackling diabetes with a text message and climate change and malaria. Show more
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The woman at the centre of the Roman Polanski child sex scandal in 1978 on how her life was affected by that event nearly 40 years ago. Show more
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The Red Cross turns 150 this year, but is their humanitarian role still relevant? Michael Ignatieff investigates. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The Quiverfull Christians trying to transform society by raising large families in the hope of winning the world for Christ one baby at a time Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
With ever smarter technology monitoring our behaviour how far should we compromise privacy in the interest of security and efficieny? Show more
Presenter Shaimaa Khalil and Liliane Landor, controller of the BBC's language services on the forthcoming 100 Women season. 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.
Sad music has become increasingly popular according to a recent study, but why do people choose to listen to it? Show more
Formula 1 was certainly a dangerous sport during the 1970s, but were the risks really as high as some have claimed? Plus: do plastic bags take 1000 years to degrade? Show more
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'I describe it as projectile vomiting' - Sting on writing his new album The Last Ship Show more
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Newshour
Kenyan president condemns Nairobi attack
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Kenyan president condemns attack; Bo Xilai gets life; suicide bomb at Peshawar church
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Unexpected Elements
No Methane on Mars, Cilantro Cleans Drinking Water, Chemical Weapons
50 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Mars rover Curiosity does not find evidence of methane on Mars. And, how Cilantro provides a cheap way of cleaning drinking water. Plus,
how to get rid of chemical weapons. Show more
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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.
Techies are talking about the coming Internet of Things - 50 billion interconnected objects, from cows to coffee machines. Peter Day asks what it means and how it may happen. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
'I describe it as projectile vomiting' - Sting on writing his new album The Last Ship Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Security forces attempt Kenyan rescue;Germany election results;Pakistan Christians killed
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The woman at the centre of the Roman Polanski child sex scandal in 1978 on how her life was affected by that event nearly 40 years ago. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Red Cross turns 150 this year, but is their humanitarian role still relevant? Michael Ignatieff investigates. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
The Animal Kingdom
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Honoured, feared, tamed, gawked at and eaten: the complicated relationship between humans and animals as experienced from different cultures around the world. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Health Check
Indigenous Rights and Medicine
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Effective healthcare for indigenous communities in Canada. Plus, the future for female condoms, tackling diabetes with a text message and climate change and malaria. 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.
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Geoff Watts finds out how a brain surgery technique which puts electrodes deep in the brain is offering dramatic recovery to people with Parkinson's, depression and chronic pain. Show more
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World Business Report
Merkel ahead in German election
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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We assess what the result of the German election might mean for Europe's debt crisis. Also, continuing unrest in South Africa's mining sector, as workers negotiate a new pay offer. Show more
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A cat-and-mouse game intensifies with US Border Patrol as illegal crossings rise in Texas 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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Sad music has become increasingly popular according to a recent study, but why do people choose to listen to it? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Turkey and France: What Lies Beneath
11 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Diana Darke explores how Ankara's policy on water rights aims to redirect Kurdish grievances in the southeast; Chris Bockman sees an old WWII plane unearthed in the Pyrenees. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
With ever smarter technology monitoring our behaviour how far should we compromise privacy in the interest of security and efficieny? Show more
Formula 1 was certainly a dangerous sport during the 1970s, but were the risks really as high as some have claimed? Plus: do plastic bags take 1000 years to degrade? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
'I describe it as projectile vomiting' - Sting on writing his new album The Last Ship Show more