Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Bromine-based flame retardants are all over your home, but do they pose a risk to your health? Show more
Witness History
Los Topos - Mexico's Earthquake Rescuers
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How a huge earthquake in Mexico City in 1985 led to the creation of an elite rescue group, known as 'The Moles'. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Peter Bofinger - Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Is the dominance of Germany's economic model now Europe's biggest problem? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Digital Planet
Brighton Digital Festival
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Highlights from Brighton Digital Festival including digital archaeologists, artists who make and interact with robots, and a composer who uses a lap top as a musical instrument. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Nairobi noir; a school for husbands; Northern Ireland racism; life in Luhansk.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world is our Newsroom, join us as we find out what is happening right now around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
I Was a North Korean Prison Guard
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Ahn Myung-chul tells Matthew Bannister how he changed being a model guard in one of North Korea's notorious prison camps. 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.
Newshour
Tension mounts in Scottish referendum campaign
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
One day until Scotland votes on independence; Ebola vaccine trials; Eating Ortolan
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Owen Bennett-Jones and a panel of guests discuss the key questions raised by Thursday’s referendum on Scottish independence.
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.
BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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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World Business Report
Scotland decides
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
With voting hours away, views on the potential business impact of a vote for independence Show more
We hear from young voters at St Andrews University backing both sides of the referendum in Scotland. Show more
World Have Your Say
Scotland's Students Discuss Referendum
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We speak to young Scottish voters backing both sides of the referendum at St Andrews University. 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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Health Check
Ebola Vaccine Being Tested on Humans
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Testing an Ebola vaccine on human volunteers, non-surgical circumcision in Rwanda, what’s the best way to clean your teeth and what are the new global goals for health after 2015? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Peter Bofinger - Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Is the dominance of Germany's economic model now Europe's biggest problem? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
Scotland decides
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
With voting hours away, views on the potential business impact of a vote for independence Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Ivory Coast and Estonia
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Lucy Ash hears how Ivory Coast is using soap opera and 'husband schools' to educate errant men ; Allis Moss takes a trip to Tallinn and reflects on European dreams in the Baltic Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Last day of Scotland campaign
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Last minute flurry to persuade Scottish voters; did the West push Ukraine into a bad deal? Are chimpanzees natural killers?
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
I Was a North Korean Prison Guard
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Ahn Myung-chul tells Matthew Bannister how he changed being a model guard in one of North Korea's notorious prison camps. 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
Scotland decides
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
With voting hours away, views on the potential business impact of a vote for independence 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.
The legacy of the great New Orleans piano player James Booker - aka the Black Liberace. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Janet Yellen announces quantitative easing is to end in October. She also sounds a note of warning about Europe's extremely slow economic growth and low inflation. 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.
Health Check
Ebola Vaccine Being Tested on Humans
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Testing an Ebola vaccine on human volunteers, non-surgical circumcision in Rwanda, what’s the best way to clean your teeth and what are the new global goals for health after 2015? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
I Was a North Korean Prison Guard
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Ahn Myung-chul tells Matthew Bannister how he changed being a model guard in one of North Korea's notorious prison camps. 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
Ivory Coast's School for Husbands
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In Ivory Coast, men are going back to the classroom. It's an innovative project dubbed the 'school for husbands' - and designed to save the lives of mothers and children. Show more
