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Business Daily
A New Canal for Panama
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A hundred years after the construction of the Panama canal, a project to widen it is underway. But will this 5 billion dollar project deliver the results which had been hoped for? Show more
Witness History
Tokyo Rose - The Most Hated Woman in America
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 1949 a Japanese-American woman, known as"Tokyo Rose", was wrongly convicted for making propaganda broadcasts on behalf of Japan during the Second World War. Show more
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Joanna Haigh studies the influence of the sun on the earth's climate using satellites. She talks to Jim al-Khalili about her fascination with climate and how it is changing. Show more
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The world is our Newsroom – join us as we find out what is happening right now around the world.
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Outlook
We saved 47 drowning migrants
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister talks to Vito Fiorino about a fishing trip earlier this month when he and his friends came across hundreds of migrants in the sea off Lampedusa. Show more
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Lyse Doucet reports from a besieged suburb of Damascus; Turkey's iron silk road; up all night in Ghana's churches
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Lyse Doucet reports from a besieged suburb of Damascus; Turkey's iron silk road; up all night in Ghana's churches
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The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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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.
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Business Report
A tunnel connecting Europe and Asia
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Marmaray Tunnel links Turkey's European and Asian sides but is it money well spent? And the Dutch Rabobank has to pay over a billion dollars in fines for rate rigging. Show more
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World Have Your Say
How do countries spy on each other?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We speak to those who have worked for intelligence agencies around the world about the realities of eavesdropping and surveillance. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Business Report
A tunnel connecting Europe and Asia
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Marmaray Tunnel links Turkey's European and Asian sides but is it money well spent? And the Dutch Rabobank has to pay over a billion dollars in fines for rate rigging. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Digital Planet
CEATEC Electronics Tokyo
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Highlights from CEATEC in Tokyo; the banking software scanning your emotional response to money; the innovative hearing aid that cuts out background noise to improve hearing Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Tapped Phones and Stopped Clocks
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How alleged NSA mobile-phone bugging has unwelcome historical resonance in Germany; why Israeli and Palestinian neighbours were further separated by an hour's time difference Show more
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US ambassador Robert Ford on Syria deputy PM dismissal; bitcoin ATM; R Kelly or R Jelly?
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
A tunnel connecting Europe and Asia
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Marmaray Tunnel links Turkey's European and Asian sides but is it money well spent? And the Dutch Rabobank has to pay over a billion dollars in fines for rate rigging. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
We saved 47 drowning migrants
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister talks to Vito Fiorino about a fishing trip earlier this month when he and his friends came across hundreds of migrants in the sea off Lampedusa. 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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The Chinese government wants to have 200 million graduates in the workforce by 2020. But cracks in the plan are showing, with many graduates not finding the jobs they want. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
Argentina's Media Monopoly Crackdown
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Argentina's top court has confirmed a law to stop anyone owning too much of the media. Is it a crackdown on free speech or big media monopolies? 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
CEATEC Electronics Tokyo
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Highlights from CEATEC in Tokyo; the banking software scanning your emotional response to money; the innovative hearing aid that cuts out background noise to improve hearing Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Sri Lanka and Italy
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Fergal Keane remembers his days as a cub reporter, and meets an editor still going strong in Jaffna; Joanna Robertson learns why traditional artisans are shutting up shop in Rome Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
We saved 47 drowning migrants
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister talks to Vito Fiorino about a fishing trip earlier this month when he and his friends came across hundreds of migrants in the sea off Lampedusa. 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.
The Chinese government wants to have 200 million graduates in the workforce by 2020. But cracks in the plan are showing, with many graduates not finding the jobs they want. Show more
