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Professor Paul Collier argues the rich world has a duty towards the developing world - a duty not to drain it of its best and brightest talent. Show more
Witness History
Danish Jews Escape the Holocaust
9 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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During WWII, most of the Jews in Denmark escaped Nazi death camps thanks to a tip-off by a German diplomat about a planned roundup. 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
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Can ash trees be saved from the deadly ash dieback fungus? Adam Hart looks at the latest scientific research and asks if it is enough to save Europe’s ash trees. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Have Your Say
Should Malala be Allowed to be a Normal Teenager?
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Malala's autobiography I am Malala is out today. Tomorrow marks the anniversary of her shooting by the Taliban and on Friday she may become the world's youngest nobel laureate. Show more
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Outlook
I Played Basketball for Gaddafi
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Nigerian-born American basketball player Alex Owumi explains how he was trapped in Benghazi for 16 days without food and water. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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.
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
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World Business Report
Madoff aides go on trial
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Aides and former employees of Bernie Madoff have gone on trial in New York. And the European Parliament in Strasbourg has voted through a raft of anti-smoking measures. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Have Your Say
Libya USA; Smoking; Brazil Education
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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We hear from Libya and USA and ask if there's a problem with how Anas al-Liby was seized? What makes young people want to smoke? Also, what's wrong with Brazil's education system? 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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Digital Planet
ChatPerf: Smelling Your Phone
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
The app that lets you send smells with a text message called ChatPerf. Plus, designing technology in the style of nature and a new wi-fi system to detect falls for over 65s. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Greece and France
11 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Mark Lowen asks if Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party is now discredited, and Joanna Robertson on the French "gouter", mid-afternoon sweet pastries to tide you over till dinner. 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
Madoff aides go on trial
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Aides and former employees of Bernie Madoff have gone on trial in New York. And the European Parliament in Strasbourg has voted through a raft of anti-smoking measures. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Nobel for Higgs boson researchers
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Nobel Prize for "God particle" scientists; EDL leader quits; age certificate for pop videos?
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
I Played Basketball for Gaddafi
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Nigerian-born American basketball player Alex Owumi explains how he was trapped in Benghazi for 16 days without food and water. 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
Madoff aides go on trial
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Aides and former employees of Bernie Madoff have gone on trial in New York. And the European Parliament in Strasbourg has voted through a raft of anti-smoking measures. 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
Yellen to be Next Head of US Federal Reserve
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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President Obama will nominate Janet Yellen as the next head of the US Federal Reserve. Also, a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh kills at least nine people. 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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Digital Planet
ChatPerf: Smelling Your Phone
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
The app that lets you send smells with a text message called ChatPerf. Plus, designing technology in the style of nature and a new wi-fi system to detect falls for over 65s. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
A Special Edition on Lebanon
11 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
In this special edition on the impact of the Syrian conflict on Lebanon, Kevin Connolly tells the story of Syrian refugees, and Caroline Anning fears for Lebanon's fragile peace. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
I Played Basketball for Gaddafi
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Nigerian-born American basketball player Alex Owumi explains how he was trapped in Benghazi for 16 days without food and water. 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