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.
America’s oldest licenced pizzeria thrives a year after flooding from super storm Sandy Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Presented by Paul Henley with guests Michael Keating and David Runciman.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Presented by Paul Henley with guests Michael Keating and David Runciman.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Presented by Paul Henley with guests Michael Keating and David Runciman.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Manuela Saragosa and her guests ask whether we'll always be condemned to economic cycles of boom and bust. Plus we find out about Mindfulness at work. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Book Club
Albert Camus - The Outsider
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Albert Camus' classic novel The Outsider is discussed by Camus' biographer Oliver Todd and Professor David Walker. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
We speak to Maziah Mahusin, the country’s first female athlete to compete at the Olympics last year as she trys to qualify for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. 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.
We all do it… don’t we? If your answer is no perhaps you’re doing it right now. This week Mike Williams explores why we lie. Show more
More or Less
Have 100,000 Christians died as martyrs?
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How true are claims that there is an unreported global war on Christians? The Vatican says the 100,000 statistic is a credible number. But is it? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Exchanges at the Frontier
Jitendra Goswami
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Justin Rowlatt meets Professor Jitendra Nath Goswami in Ahmedabad, to discuss India's Mars Orbiter Mission. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Pakistan reacts to Hakimullah Mehsud killing
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
US accused of scuppering Pakistan-Taliban peace talks; Inter American Court compensates man tortured under Pinochet; should casting directors get Oscars too?
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.
Origins of SARS, Moon dust, Dark matter, Genetics role in Alzheimer's Show more
This week a Twitter storm called for one of Pakistan’s most popular TV channels to be banned. Show more
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.
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.
Manuela Saragosa and her guests ask whether we'll always be condemned to economic cycles of boom and bust. Plus we find out about Mindfulness at work. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Razia Iqbal talks to Shirley Williams, one of Britain’s best known politicians. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Massive storms in Central America, Indira Gandhi's murder, plus Black Monday on Wall St. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
French journalists killed in Mali
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
French journalist on murdered colleagues; Pakistan accuses US; Pussy Riot concerns
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The current state of the internet and social media in China, recorded at the British ambassador's residence in Beijing. With Hu Yong, Qiao Mu, Priscilla Jiao and Jeremy Goldkorn. Show more
More or Less
Have 100,000 Christians died as martyrs?
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How true are claims that there is an unreported global war on Christians? The Vatican says the 100,000 statistic is a credible number. But is it? 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.
We all do it… don’t we? If your answer is no perhaps you’re doing it right now. This week Mike Williams explores why we lie. Show more
Over to You
Over To You - Outside Source
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The concept of "open journalism" is explained by Ros Atkins, presenter of Outside Source, the new World Service programme which launched this week. 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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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
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Going to work
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Restoring the street-lights in Lagos, struggling as a carpenter in Rome, surviving as a journalist in northern Sri Lanka, or in bear-infested mountains, it's all in a day's work. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
America’s oldest licenced pizzeria thrives a year after flooding from super storm Sandy Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Massive storms in Central America, Indira Gandhi's murder, plus Black Monday on Wall St. 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.
Manuela Saragosa and her guests ask whether we'll always be condemned to economic cycles of boom and bust. Plus we find out about Mindfulness at work. 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.
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
This week a Twitter storm called for one of Pakistan’s most popular TV channels to be banned. Show more
