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Over half the world’s deaths go unrecorded, but without knowing what kills us countries can’t plan their health services. India’s One Million Deaths study. Broadcast 16 July 2014. 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.
Outlook
Shipwreck, Jail, Inferno and Comedy
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Sentenced to death: Matthew Bannister speaks to the man held for 5 years in Iran and the wife who fought to free him. Plus surviving an Arctic shipwreck, and an Australian inferno Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Fighting Back, Against the Odds
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Martin Patience on corruption in China; Alice Cuddy on Cambodian forced marriages; Will Grant on Mexican self censorship; Georgina Kenyon in Australia; Helier Cheung in Singapore. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The child survivors of Nazi concentration camps keeping memories of the Holocaust alive in the UK. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Time to Rethink What is 'Normal'?
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How do we decide what is normal, when it comes to how we feel and how we behave? With Uta Frith, Lennard Davis and Jerry Pinto. Show more
Witness History
The Fall of General Somoza
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In July 1979 left-wing Sandinista rebels toppled the last member of the Somoza dynasty that had ruled Nicaragua for more than 50 years. 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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Sodium is the grist of the chemicals industry, producing soap and paper among other things. But it also plays a controversial role in human health - and murder. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The War That Changed the World
Germany: The Waging of War
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How did technological and industrial development revolutionise World War One? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
60 Palestinians killed in Gaza
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Scores killed in attack on Gaza neighbourhood; British PM says downing of Malaysian airliner “direct result of Russia destabilising a sovereign state"
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Unexpected Elements
Ebola Virus; Azolla in Britain; One Million Deaths Study
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
The current Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing down; azolla, the invasive pond-weed, has found a home in the UK; the One Million Deaths Study with surprising results. 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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Child migrants from Central America crossing the US-Mexico border face deportation and ignite protest. 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.
Outlook
Shipwreck, Jail, Inferno and Comedy
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Sentenced to death: Matthew Bannister speaks to the man held for 5 years in Iran and the wife who fought to free him. Plus surviving an Arctic shipwreck, and an Australian inferno Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A showcase of musical talent featuring Ava, and Dona Onete from Brazil, Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux, Sicotropico, Ocean's Acoustic, Lucas Santtana, Curumin and Cienfue from Panama. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Deadliest day in Gaza war; MH17 victims put on train by rebels; actor James Garner dies
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Arts Hour
Nadine Gordimer, S.P Balasubrahmanyam, Okwiri Oduor
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
A tribute to South African writer Nadine Gordimer. Plus new writing talent Okwiri Oduor, Indian playback singer S.P Balasubrahmanyam, Richard Linklater on his film Boyhood. 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 Israel-Gaza conflict has trended around the world; and why deaf people are throwing buckets of water over their heads in the UK. Show more
The Tour de France has reached the mountains. But what is the best body type to win the yellow jersey? Why are the cyclists thin, while sprinters are bigger with bulging muscles? 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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Adam Hart looks at how new developments in understanding insect behaviour, plant cell growth and sub cellular organisation are influencing research into developing robot swarms Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Shipwreck, Jail, Inferno and Comedy
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Sentenced to death: Matthew Bannister speaks to the man held for 5 years in Iran and the wife who fought to free him. Plus surviving an Arctic shipwreck, and an Australian inferno 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.
Mike Williams explores the moon in culture, how it affects life on Earth and he asks Alan Bean – one of the handful of people who have walked on it – what the moon is really like. Show more
The Tour de France has reached the mountains. But what is the best body type to win the yellow jersey? Why are the cyclists thin, while sprinters are bigger with bulging muscles? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Time to Rethink What is 'Normal'?
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How do we decide what is normal, when it comes to how we feel and how we behave? With Uta Frith, Lennard Davis and Jerry Pinto. Show more
Over to You
A 'Pop-up' News Service for Thailand
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The new ‘pop-up’ news service on Facebook for listeners in Thailand, following the military coup and its censorhip of international media channels. 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.
Science In Action
ISEE-3 Reboot Project
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Crowdfunded space hackers have managed to restart an old comet-chasing NASA satellite, plus respect for local customs needed to contain the Ebola virus. Show more
