Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
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Business Daily
Elemental Business: Calcium
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Calcium is the great structural element - the basis of most of the great architecture in nature as well as many of the incredible structures made by man. Show more
Witness History
The Downfall of Jean-Bertrand Aristide
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti was forced out of power by a countrywide uprising in February 2004. He had lost the support of both domestic and international backers. Show more
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Assignment
India’s Wedding Detectives
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The number of families in India employing detectives to spy on future brides and grooms is on the rise. Ed Butler investigates. Show more
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UAE may make breastfeeding mandatory for the first two years of a child’s life. Environmental factors alter pain perception. Praising children with low self-esteem can backfire. Show more
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Thai PM hearing sabotaged / Korean "comfort women" statue anger /The male biological clock
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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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The Somali community in Wales – how the Somali see the wider Welsh community and how the Welsh community see them. Show more
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Newshour
Pro-Russian gunmen occupy parliament in Crimea.
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Assignment
India’s Wedding Detectives
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The number of families in India employing detectives to spy on future brides and grooms is on the rise. Ed Butler investigates. 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
Royal Bank of Scotland reports biggest loss since the financial crisis
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
RBS lost more than $13 billion last year but still pays bonuses. Also, German Chancellor Angela Merkel tells the British Parliament she wants Britain to stay in Europe. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Have Your Say
How divided is Ukraine?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
As armed men seize Crimea's regional parliament, do Ukrainians want to stay together? Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Business Report
Royal Bank Of Scotland Confirms $13 Billion Loss
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Royal Bank of Scotland lost more than $13 billion last year but still paid bonuses. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Assignment
India’s Wedding Detectives
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The number of families in India employing detectives to spy on future brides and grooms is on the rise. Ed Butler investigates. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Science In Action
Autism Causes Explained
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
New research may begin to explain why more boys than girls have autism; tracking Bengal tigers in Nepal by their DNA; Could wind turbines stop hurricanes? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Italy and Canada
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Ruth Alexander interviews Raffaele Sollecito, convicted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher; in a Canadian university, Sian Griffiths meets an ambitious Afghan student. Show more
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Is Russia about to seize Crimea? Arizona's anti-gay law vetoed; should pre-nups be binding?
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
Royal Bank Of Scotland Confirms $13 Billion Loss
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Royal Bank of Scotland lost more than $13 billion last year but still paid bonuses. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
I Turned my Monastery into a Hospital
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Bishop Agapit tells Jo Fidgen why the monks of Mikhailovsky Golden Domed Monastery have opened their doors to help treat protesters injured in Ukraine's recent crisis. Show more
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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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World Football
Frank Leboeuf on Ivory Coast Egos
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
World Cup winner-turned-actor Frank Leboeuf says there are too many egos in the Ivory Coast team for them to succeed in Brazil. And Sepp Blatter remembers Mario Coluna. Show more
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Business Matters
Ukraine's New Economic Minister on His Plans
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pavlo Sheremeta, Ukraine's newly appointed Economy ministers tells us that he is prepared to engage with Russia. 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.
Science In Action
Autism Causes Explained
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
New research may begin to explain why more boys than girls have autism; tracking Bengal tigers in Nepal by their DNA; Could wind turbines stop hurricanes? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Ukraine and Mexico
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What Ukraine's Russians fear from the protests in Kiev; the capture of Mexico's powerful drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
I Turned my Monastery into a Hospital
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Bishop Agapit tells Jo Fidgen why the monks of Mikhailovsky Golden Domed Monastery have opened their doors to help treat protesters injured in Ukraine's recent crisis. 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.
World Football
Frank Leboeuf on Ivory Coast Egos
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
World Cup winner-turned-actor Frank Leboeuf says there are too many egos in the Ivory Coast team for them to succeed in Brazil. And Sepp Blatter remembers Mario Coluna. Show more
