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How the Ebola virus disease in West Africa is affecting health services throughout the region, already struggling to deal with seasonal cholera and malaria outbreaks. 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.
Dee is joined by guests John Fisher Burns and Matthew Green to discuss Libya, Iraq and mobile phone rage Show more
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Mending Minds, Statues and Trombones
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Afghan psychiatrist tells Jo Fidgen about treating the Taliban. Plus artist Alison Lapper on art and staring, New Orleans's Trombone Shorty, and the woman jailed for losing baby. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Experiencing China
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Our correspondents give their different takes on life in China. We explore politics, Maoist history and the attitudes of Chinese tourists to Europe. Show more
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Why are women in the Mormon church not only barred from becoming priests, but are kicked out of the church for campaigning to change those rules? Show more
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Blood, in sickness and in health. With writer Lawrence Hill, forensic pathologist Gillian Leak and blood scientist Kikkeri Naresh. Show more
In August 1947, British India was divided into two new countries - India and Pakistan. But millions of people found themselves on the wrong side of the new borders. Show more
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Global Business
Philosophy/Deep Thoughts
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Peter Day talks to business people who are being inspired by the great philosophers and finds out what company leaders can learn from their ideas and theories. Show more
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Francine Houben discusses how second cities around the world can find a new shape and her focus on transport patterns and the way people use public space. Show more
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Tripoli airport seized; Ukrainian troops; Noisy tennis
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Health systems struggling with cholera and malaria are stretched further by Ebola. TB in the Americas may have come from seals, not Europeans. And is a solar super storm overdue? Show more
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A Yazidi community in America tries desperately to help friends and family in Iraq. 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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Outlook
Mending Minds, Statues and Trombones
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Afghan psychiatrist tells Jo Fidgen about treating the Taliban. Plus artist Alison Lapper on art and staring, New Orleans's Trombone Shorty, and the woman jailed for losing baby. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
DD Guttenplan explores what happened in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964, an incident that led to war between the US and North Vietnam. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The author of the Song of Ice and Fire series – televised as A Game of Thrones - talks about Tolkein. Show more
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Trending
Why are People Calling for an #ISISmediablackout?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Should people share images of the beheading of James Foley? How a man with dwarfism got on YouTube. And who are the ‘Cyber-Hindus’? Show more
As the Gaza conflict continues, why are men over-represented in civilian death tolls, and how are the statistics gathered? Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander report. Show more
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Discovery
Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part One
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Roland Pease examines how bacteria are developing resistance to an increasing number of antibiotics. How bleak is the future for global health? Show more
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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Outlook
Mending Minds, Statues and Trombones
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Afghan psychiatrist tells Jo Fidgen about treating the Taliban. Plus artist Alison Lapper on art and staring, New Orleans's Trombone Shorty, and the woman jailed for losing baby. 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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Why do we feel the need to discuss other people’s lives? Gossiping’s been punished in the past, but it’s big business and may, Mike Williams explains, be good for us Show more
As the Gaza conflict continues, why are men over-represented in civilian death tolls, and how are the statistics gathered? Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander report. Show more
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Blood, in sickness and in health. With writer Lawrence Hill, forensic pathologist Gillian Leak and blood scientist Kikkeri Naresh. Show more
A question on the way the statistics are being presented/ Show more
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Icelandic Volcano; Solar Storms, Life Under the Ice; Neanderthal Extinction Show more
