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Business Daily
Sweden - a Bit Too Equal?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Sweden is one of the world's most equal societies, yet some feel the high taxes and large welfare state that entails have gone too far, as Manuela Saragosa discovers in Stockholm. Show more
In the summer of 1964 writer Ken Kesey and his Merry Band of Pranksters took a psychedelic journey - experimenting with LSD while driving across America in a converted school bus. Show more
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HARDtalk
Writer and film-maker - Xiaolu Guo
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What should the role of the artist or writer be in China today? Show more
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Superfast Internet; Simpleye; The Dark Net; Saudi Smart City Show more
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Gaza ceasefire; how to age; N Korea beach party; Kate Bush returns; who are the Kurds?
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The world is our Newsroom, join us as we find out what is happening right now around the world.
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Outlook
My Father's Helicopter Was Shot Down
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister meets Azeri journalist Sevinj Osmanqizi. She has spent years investigating the death of her father after his helicopter was shot down in 1991. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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Should a man who killed 300 times be released set free?; IMF boss investigated; sheepdog algorithms
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The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Poetry has always had an essential role to play in Arab literature, a tradition that is thriving and includes a huge televised competition to find the best poet in the Middle East Show more
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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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World Business Report
IMF's Lagarde under investigation
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The head of the IMF is formally investigated in a fraud probe which has rocked France. Show more
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World Have Your Say
What's it like to be an armed police officer?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Police officers who carry guns discuss when and why they use their weapons.
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One woman’s experience of getting a diagnosis of colon cancer nearly half way through her pregnancy; why football is helping the health of the homeless in Denmark. Show more
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HARDtalk
Writer and film-maker - Xiaolu Guo
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What should the role of the artist or writer be in China today? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
IMF's Lagarde under investigation
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The head of the IMF is formally investigated in a fraud probe which has rocked France. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
A Poet at War
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The cost of war in eastern Ukraine is brought home to Steve Rosenberg by a poet in Luhansk. Yana Lyushnevskaya speaks to old friends in Crimea about nationalism and identity. Show more
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Newshour
Fighting in southern Ukraine
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pro-Russia tanks in Novoazovsk; Egypt opens Gaza crossing; one couple's oak anniversary
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Outlook
My Father's Helicopter Was Shot Down
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister meets Azeri journalist Sevinj Osmanqizi. She has spent years investigating the death of her father after his helicopter was shot down in 1991. 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.
World Business Report
IMF's Lagarde under investigation
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The head of the IMF is formally investigated in a fraud probe which has rocked France. 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.
Poetry has always had an essential role to play in Arab literature, a tradition that is thriving and includes a huge televised competition to find the best poet in the Middle East Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
Lagarde Under Investigation
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Jon Bithrey and his guests, Paddy Hirsch from Marketplace and The Guardian's Tania Branigan, discuss the investigation into IMF chief Christine Lagarde for alleged negligence. 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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One woman’s experience of getting a diagnosis of colon cancer nearly half way through her pregnancy; why football is helping the health of the homeless in Denmark. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
My Father's Helicopter Was Shot Down
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister meets Azeri journalist Sevinj Osmanqizi. She has spent years investigating the death of her father after his helicopter was shot down in 1991. 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.
Assignment
Guatemala’s Addicts Behind Bars
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pentecostal churches in Guatemala run many of the country's compulsory drug rehabilitation centres. But just how safe and effective are they? Linda Pressly reports. Show more
