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Business Daily
Turkey's Economy in Crisis?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Focus on Turkey - as an emerging economy, how vulnerable is it to monetary policy in the West? Show more
Witness History
Germany's Guest Workers
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In the 1960s hundreds of thousands of foreign workers were invited to Germany to power the country's economic regeneration. Most came from Turkey or southern Europe. Show more
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Does 'paid media' threaten democracy? Shilpa Kannan investigates corruption in India where there are 250 radio stations, 850 TV channels and 93,000 newspapers and magazines. Show more
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Discovery
Fructose: the Bittersweet Sugar
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Headlines say that fructose is as 'addictive as cocaine' and responsible for the obesity epidemic. Yet the EU says the fruit sugar is healthy. Mark Porter explores the truth. Show more
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World Update
Do some children's books promote "limiting gender stereotypes"?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
Russian President Putin approves Crimea annex and says referendum complies with international law /
Scottish poverty / White House medals for minority soldiers
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BBC World Service and British local radio stations look at issues of concern to different diaspora communities in Britain. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Dutch man Ed Houben decided he wanted to help women trying to have a baby by having sex with them for free. We join Ed as he visits his 98th child. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Putin signs treaty annexing Crimea; Sri Lanka defends detention of human rights activists; Errol Morris on his Rumsfeld film.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Putin signs treaty annexing Crimea; Sri Lanka defends detention of human rights activists; Errol Morris on his Rumsfeld film.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Does 'paid media' threaten democracy? Shilpa Kannan investigates corruption in India where there are 250 radio stations, 850 TV channels and 93,000 newspapers and magazines. 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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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
After Putin's Crimea Speech
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What do sanctions and alienation from the West mean for Russian businesses and the country's economy? And why it might be time to stop judging children's books by their cover. Show more
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World Have Your Say
Russia Have Your Say
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What do Russians make of what Vladimir Putin is doing in Crimea? Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Business Report
After Putin's Crimea Speech
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What do sanctions and alienation from the West mean for Russian businesses and the country's economy? And why it might be time to stop judging children's books by their cover. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Does 'paid media' threaten democracy? Shilpa Kannan investigates corruption in India where there are 250 radio stations, 850 TV channels and 93,000 newspapers and magazines. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
CERN collaborates with the Tribeca Film Institute at a Hacakthon with scientists, technologists, filmmakers and hackers to create revolutionary ways of telling the science story. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Syria and Egypt
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In a cafe in Beirut, Lina Sinjab meets old friends three years after violence erupted in Syria; Robin Denselow takes a trip down an unseasonably deserted Nile. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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
After Putin's Crimea Speech
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What do sanctions and alienation from the West mean for Russian businesses and the country's economy? And why it might be time to stop judging children's books by their cover. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Dutch man Ed Houben decided he wanted to help women trying to have a baby by having sex with them for free. We join Ed as he visits his 98th child. 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 robots who care for dementia patients and movie downloads in a second. This is the future that South Korea is investing in. Peter Day reports. Show more
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Business Matters
Russia Annexes Crimea
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
As jubilant Russians celebrate the annexation of Crimea, we hear why Bill Browder, once one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia, thinks sanctions don't go far enough. 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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CERN collaborates with the Tribeca Film Institute at a Hacakthon with scientists, technologists, filmmakers and hackers to create revolutionary ways of telling the science story. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Israel and the USA
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Marijke Peters gets her head around the mind-boggling security system at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport; in Philadelphia, Tara Isabella Burton witnesses a speed-eating contest. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Dutch man Ed Houben decided he wanted to help women trying to have a baby by having sex with them for free. We join Ed as he visits his 98th child. 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 robots who care for dementia patients and movie downloads in a second. This is the future that South Korea is investing in. Peter Day reports. Show more
