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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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A review of the week with the latest news.

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

A review of the week with the latest news.

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

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The Pakistani father speaking out against drone strikes. Plus the bugman of Hollywood, Sochi's skiing sisters, and the radio presenter reuniting families with Jo Fidgen. Show more

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A programme with all mod cons: Pascale Harter has reporters' stories of domestic dramas and dilemmas from Gaza, France, Zanzibar, the USA, Greece and Denmark Show more

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Rustam Qobil examines Islam in Afghanistan, taking a closer look at the Sufi and Shia minorities. Show more

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Ex-Guantanamo detainees in Pakistan and Afghanistan talk about freedom and the way the prison changed their lives and thinking. Show more

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How young Iranian musicians and singers are breaking restrictions on the public performance of music and songs - and how some leave Iran to do it. Show more

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Tin may seem old-fashioned, but it plays some surprising roles in the world economy - from the glue that holds our electronic world together, to a revolution in glass-making. Show more

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Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison on the disastrous highs and lows of bipolar disorder, a condition that she has herself. Show more

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Ukrainian forces on alert as NATO meets; Xinjiang separatists to blame for China attack?

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New climate modelling suggests offshore wind turbines could slow down hurricanes, twins can feel pain differently, Google glasses and other wearable computers Show more

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A gay Russian who fears persecution at home seeks asylum - and a new life - in the US. Show more

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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

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The Pakistani father speaking out against drone strikes. Plus the bugman of Hollywood, Sochi's skiing sisters, and the radio presenter reuniting families with Jo Fidgen. Show more

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Harriett Gilbert speaks to author Elif Shafak about her novel 'The Forty Rules of Love'. Show more

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Newshour speaks to Ukraine's ambassador to the UN, a Russian MP and General Wesley Clark

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“I used to imagine Nat King Cole was my father” - jazz singer-songwriter Gregory Porter. Show more

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“Flesh eating” prophecy trends on Filipino social media, thousands follow an account set up Oscar Pistorius’s PR team and the game of Pokemon no one controls. Show more

Is it possible to become an expert - a professional golfer, for example - on practice alone? Or do you need innate talent? 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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Rustam Qobil examines Islam in Afghanistan, taking a closer look at the Sufi and Shia minorities. Show more

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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.

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The Pakistani father speaking out against drone strikes. Plus the bugman of Hollywood, Sochi's skiing sisters, and the radio presenter reuniting families with Jo Fidgen. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

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Mike Williams traces the history of privacy and ponders what a society without it might look like. Show more

Rachel McCormack visits old friends in Catalonia to gauge their thoughts on independence; Mary Harper meets a Somali man with three months' training running a psychiatric hospital Show more

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Are expectations a help or a hindrance? Should we expect the best or the worst? With Predrag Petrovic, Baba Shiv and Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis. Show more

Is it possible to become an expert - a professional golfer, for example - on practice alone? Or do you need innate talent? Show more

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Live news, business and sport from around the world.

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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

How the situation in Ukraine has developed over the last few months. Show more