The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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Global Business
The Violins of Cremona
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making but can a niche industry survive in the modern world of mass production? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Presented by Paul Henley with Lijia Zhang in Beijing and Christopher Cook in London.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Presented by Paul Henley with Lijia Zhang in Beijing and Christopher Cook in London.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Presented by Paul Henley with Lijia Zhang in Beijing and Christopher Cook in London.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
In the Balance
The Big Migration Debate
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Would allowing free movement of workers across borders boost the global economy? Justin Rowlatt and Manuela Saragosa discuss the issues with a panel of guests and an audience. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Book Club
Malorie Blackman: Noughts and Crosses
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Bestselling British writer Malorie Blackman talks about her page-turning novel for teenagers and young adults, Noughts and Crosses. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Sportshour visits the stables of Geraldine Rees, the first woman to be allowed to compete in the Grand National. 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.
Trending
#SaveKessab: Why Armenians are tweeting about Syria
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
#SaveKessab has been trending this week, but some Syrians are critical. The hashtag used by freedom of speech campaigners in Ethiopia. And why is the internet obsessed with goats? Show more
Over to You
Funding the BBC World Service
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What the new licence fee funding arrangments mean for BBC World Service. And director Peter Horrocks responds to listeners' concerns about reporting Africa and business programmes Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
What’s Left Behind?
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Personal stories about the people, places and things left behind – dispatches sent home from BBC correspondents around the world. Show more
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Hacking, security and encryption - the history of the war between governments and geeks to control computer cryptography. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Large turnout in Afghanistan despite the rain; Kurt Cobain remembered; George W Bush the artist.
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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Boredom is experienced by everyone from production workers to philosophers - but is it only a negative emotion or is it necessary to motivating human behaviour? Show more
The unlikely 1954 World Cup victory which restored West German pride after WW2 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.
In the Balance
The Big Migration Debate
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Would allowing free movement of workers across borders boost the global economy? Justin Rowlatt and Manuela Saragosa discuss the issues with a panel of guests and an audience. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The unsung hero of Rwanda’s genocide - Captain Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese UN peacekeeper, who saved the children of murdered Hutu Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and others. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Why the Toyota Hilux truck is coveted by every insurgent group from Syria to Afghanistan. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The killing that galvanised Argentina; India's independence movement; BBC spaghetti hoax. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
High turnout in Afghan election; can Ukraine challenge Gazprom price hike? Banana "under threat".
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The World Debate
Brazil and the World
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Ritula Shah chairs a debate in Rio de Janeiro asking if Brazil’s emergence on to the world stage has lost momentum. 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.
Boredom is experienced by everyone from production workers to philosophers - but is it only a negative emotion or is it necessary to motivating human behaviour? Show more
Over to You
Funding the BBC World Service
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What the new licence fee funding arrangments mean for BBC World Service. And director Peter Horrocks responds to listeners' concerns about reporting Africa and business programmes 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.
In the Balance
The Big Migration Debate
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Would allowing free movement of workers across borders boost the global economy? Justin Rowlatt and Manuela Saragosa discuss the issues with a panel of guests and an audience. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
What’s Left Behind?
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Personal stories about the people, places and things left behind – dispatches sent home from BBC correspondents around the world. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Global Business
The Violins of Cremona
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making but can a niche industry survive in the modern world of mass production? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The killing that galvanised Argentina; India's independence movement; BBC spaghetti hoax. 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.
In the Balance
The Big Migration Debate
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Would allowing free movement of workers across borders boost the global economy? Justin Rowlatt and Manuela Saragosa discuss the issues with a panel of guests and an audience. 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.
Trending
#SaveKessab: Why Armenians are tweeting about Syria
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
#SaveKessab has been trending this week, but some Syrians are critical. The hashtag used by freedom of speech campaigners in Ethiopia. And why is the internet obsessed with goats? Show more
The unlikely 1954 World Cup victory which restored West German pride after WW2 Show more
