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Live news, business and sport from around the world.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
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What are China's leaders cooking up in their private meeting in Beijing? Plus, the big ideas from a "blue sky" conference in Berlin. Show more
On November 11th 1918 at 11am, the guns of World War One finally fell silent. Show more
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The Why Factor
Optimism and Pessimism
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Dr Michael Mosley, a self proclaimed 'proud pessimist' and 'pragmatic optimist' Roz Taylor discuss why we should see the glass as being half-full or half-empty. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Sri Lanka's lasting agony
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Frances Harrison on the allegations of continuing disappearances, torture and rape plaguing Colombo; Justin Rowlatt on a Mars mission inspiring street kids and space scientists Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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Outlook
Israeli Mum: I'd Meet My Son's Killer
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 2002, Robi Damelin's son David was serving in the West Bank when he was killed by a Palestinian sniper. She tells Matthew Bannister why she would like to meet her son's killer. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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Newshour
National Calamity declared in Philippines
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
What are China's leaders cooking up in their private meeting in Beijing? Plus Lucy Kellaway on why abuse delivered in person is the best way to get a business to change direction. Show more
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What attracts thousands of pilgrims to the Scottish island of Iona every year? Show more
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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 typhoon unlike all other devastates the Philippines
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We ask if anything could have been done to prevent the destruction wrought by the storm. And China's leadership is deciding on the economic policy for the next decade. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Have Your Say
Searching for missing loved ones in the Philippines
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We hear stories of Filipinos looking for friends and relatives in the disaster zone.
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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 typhoon unlike all other devastates the Philippines
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We ask if anything could have been done to prevent the destruction wrought by the storm. And China's leadership is deciding on the economic policy for the next decade. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Australian geneticist Jenny Graves discusses the evolution of sex genes in her country's weird but wonderful fauna, the end of men and singing to her students in lectures. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
US joins aid agencies for typhoon relief as Philippines diaspora calls for help; World Jewish Congress chief on Nazi art
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 typhoon unlike all other devastates the Philippines
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We ask if anything could have been done to prevent the destruction wrought by the storm. And China's leadership is deciding on the economic policy for the next decade. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Israeli Mum: I'd Meet My Son's Killer
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 2002, Robi Damelin's son David was serving in the West Bank when he was killed by a Palestinian sniper. She tells Matthew Bannister why she would like to meet her son's killer. 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.
The musical and political story of bossa nova, the first modern music of Brazil. Show more
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Business Matters
Philippines in 'National Calamity'
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A state of national calamity has been declared in the Philippines 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.
Australian geneticist Jenny Graves discusses the evolution of sex genes in her country's weird but wonderful fauna, the end of men and singing to her students in lectures. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Israeli Mum: I'd Meet My Son's Killer
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In 2002, Robi Damelin's son David was serving in the West Bank when he was killed by a Palestinian sniper. She tells Matthew Bannister why she would like to meet her son's killer. 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 musical and political story of bossa nova, the first modern music of Brazil. Show more
