Live news, business and sport from around the world.
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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.
Business Daily
Psychopathy: A Necessary Business Skill?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Does it help to have psychopathic traits when trying to forge a career in business? We look at the links between psychopathy, leadership and capitalism. Show more
Witness History
The Opening of Guantanamo
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A commander of the controversial US prison at Guantanamo Bay remembers the first months of its existence and the first detainees
arriving from Afghanistan in January 2002 Show more
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Taylor Swift, Hozier and Ed Sheeran on the BBC's weekly UK pop chart countdown. Show more
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French police close in on suspected attackers, Sri Lanka's new President, Taking Bollywood to Senegal
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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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The Fifth Floor
The Challenges for Cartoonists of the Middle East
50 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Middle Eastern cartoonists; peeling back the story of the onion; an audience with the 8th most famous Tanzanian; reporting from the Siege of Mount Sinjar; a song to define Rwanda. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Economist - Costas Lapavitsas
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What next for Greece if anti-auterity party Syriza wins the elections in January? Show more
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Science In Action
Antibiotic Discovery
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Antibiotic discovery; Fast-changing genes help malaria hide; Fossil fuel reserves; American Astronomical Society Meeting Show more
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Newshour
Paris reels from dual hostage crises
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Attackers take hostages north east of the capital and at a kosher supermarket in the east
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Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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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.
Business Daily
Psychopathy: A Necessary Business Skill?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Does it help to have psychopathic traits when trying to forge a career in business? We look at the links between psychopathy, leadership and capitalism. Show more
A chance to hear extracts from some of our most thought provoking broadcasts Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Automated cars, drones, wearable health devices and other gadegets at the annual Computer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Business Report
US Labor Secretary: Challenge is to make sure prosperity is shared
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
US Labor Secretary, Tom Perez, says the key challenge is to make sure prosperity is shared. Also, companies' cyber security is at risk from staff as well as hackers, warns report. Show more
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World Have Your Say
Two hostage situations in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks
55 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
Hostages, as well as the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack, are killed as the Police and security forces bring two hostage situations to an end. We hear from witnesses. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Turning straw into sugar, Lesotho's trout farms for Japanese sushi, healthy Dunkin Donuts and the gorwing popularity of craft beer in South Korea. Show more
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HARDtalk
Economist - Costas Lapavitsas
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What next for Greece if anti-auterity party Syriza wins the elections in January? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Islamist gunmen killed 12 at and near the offices of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. They died in a police shoot-out two days later, after taking a hostage, who survived. Show more
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A special programme with James Coomarasamy in Paris .
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Fifth Floor
The Challenges for Cartoonists of the Middle East
50 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Middle Eastern cartoonists; peeling back the story of the onion; an audience with the 8th most famous Tanzanian; reporting from the Siege of Mount Sinjar; a song to define Rwanda. 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.
Islamist gunmen killed 12 at and near the offices of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. They died in a police shoot-out two days later, after taking a hostage, who survived. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
France Terror Siege Information Emerges
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
More information emerges about the sieges in France. We get the latest from our correspondent on the ground. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Fifth Floor
The Challenges for Cartoonists of the Middle East
50 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Middle Eastern cartoonists; peeling back the story of the onion; an audience with the 8th most famous Tanzanian; reporting from the Siege of Mount Sinjar; a song to define Rwanda. 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.
What absolute monarch Sultan Qaboos's 'benevolent dictatorship' has done for Oman's climate of exceptional religious tolerance. 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.
A new California law gives immigrants who do not have visas the right to drive. Show more
