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.
Lithium is the electro-chemical element - big in batteries and bipolar disorder. But will lithium-powered cars ever deliver, and if so, does Bolivia hold the keys? Show more
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.
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 two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
In the Balance
Peace, Love and Higher Returns
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week we pitch our tent at a financial festival to host a whole range of discussions, from who will create the money of the future to how oil has changed humanity. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Jostein Gaarder talks about his novel Sophie’s World, the story of a teenage girl and a philospher. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
New techniques and technology have been developed, but will cheating in sport ever cease? 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.
How #RamadanProblems brings support in the month of fasting; a roundup of the BBC Trending week; and how images shared under #GazaUnderAttack may not be all they seem. Show more
Over to You
The Trends in News Consumption
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The 'weird' or the 'fun' and consumption via mobile buck the latest trends in news according to the Reuters Institute Digital Report. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Liberia, Egypt, Nepal, North Korea and Iceland
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Jane Labous meets Liberian sex workers, Louisa Loveluck in Egypt, John Murphy climbs Everest, Ed Butler investigates North Korean Restaurants; Emma Jane Kirby on Icelandic elves. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Fifty years on since the Civil Rights Act was passed, Oona King discovers her American family’s role in the fight for equality. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Ukrainian forces regain Sloviansk; Russia internet freedom; Belgium: united by football?
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.
What is coincidence and why do we attach meaning to it? Jo Fidgen hears World Service listeners’ gripping coincidence stories. Show more
Sporting Witness
Argentina at World Cup 78
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How Argentina won its first World Cup when hosting the tournament under military rule. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Would you like to have an invisibility cloak? The dangerous allure of the unseen with Philip Ball, Susan Blackmore and Kenan Malik. Show more
Over to You
The Trends in News Consumption
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The 'weird' or the 'fun' and consumption via mobile buck the latest trends in news according to the Reuters Institute Digital Report. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Assignment
Shaking Hands with the Enemy
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Are international regulations designed to stop money and equipment reaching terrorist organisations, curtailing vital aid programmes in some of the world's most troubled regions? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Digital Planet
Facebook Emotion Manipulation
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Facebook Emotion Manipulation; Amnesty’s Panic Button; Im-Able; Rebooting Explorer 3 Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Unexpected Elements
STAP Retraction, Informed Consent, Earthquakes in Oklahoma
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
A claim that stem cells can be made quickly by adding acid to adult cells has been retracted. Plus, oil extraction and earthquakes in Oklahoma and Facebook's emotion research. 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.
From Brasil, Ben James talks to pundits, reporters and fans from around the world about the latest action at the World Cup.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Liberia, Egypt, Nepal, North Korea and Iceland
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Jane Labous meets Liberian sex workers, Louisa Loveluck in Egypt, John Murphy climbs Everest, Ed Butler investigates North Korean Restaurants; Emma Jane Kirby on Icelandic elves. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Central American exodus, as desperate parents send their children across the US border. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Iraqis remember abuse in Abu Ghraib jail, plus a US soldier on the Awakening movement. British serial killers Fred and Rose West, Soviet holiday camps and Oklahoma - the musical! Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Palestinian father accuses Israeli police; Ukraine rebels retreat; cricket vs rounders
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Would you like to have an invisibility cloak? The dangerous allure of the unseen with Philip Ball, Susan Blackmore and Kenan Malik. Show more
Sporting Witness
Argentina at World Cup 78
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How Argentina won its first World Cup when hosting the tournament under military rule. 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.
What is coincidence and why do we attach meaning to it? Jo Fidgen hears World Service listeners’ gripping coincidence stories. Show more
Over to You
The Trends in News Consumption
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The 'weird' or the 'fun' and consumption via mobile buck the latest trends in news according to the Reuters Institute Digital Report. 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
Peace, Love and Higher Returns
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week we pitch our tent at a financial festival to host a whole range of discussions, from who will create the money of the future to how oil has changed humanity. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Liberia, Egypt, Nepal, North Korea and Iceland
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Jane Labous meets Liberian sex workers, Louisa Loveluck in Egypt, John Murphy climbs Everest, Ed Butler investigates North Korean Restaurants; Emma Jane Kirby on Icelandic elves. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Lithium is the electro-chemical element - big in batteries and bipolar disorder. But will lithium-powered cars ever deliver, and if so, does Bolivia hold the keys? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Iraqis remember abuse in Abu Ghraib jail, plus a US soldier on the Awakening movement. British serial killers Fred and Rose West, Soviet holiday camps and Oklahoma - the musical! 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
Peace, Love and Higher Returns
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week we pitch our tent at a financial festival to host a whole range of discussions, from who will create the money of the future to how oil has changed humanity. 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.
How #RamadanProblems brings support in the month of fasting; a roundup of the BBC Trending week; and how images shared under #GazaUnderAttack may not be all they seem. Show more
Sporting Witness
Argentina at World Cup 78
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How Argentina won its first World Cup when hosting the tournament under military rule. Show more
