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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.

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.

Stalling growth in China, Eurozone debt, plunging oil prices. How big a year will 2015 be for the global economy? The BBC's big brains get together to read the runes for 2015. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

An unexpected discovery to prove the Big Bang Theory, Guantanamo camp opens, plus saving the Clinton presidency, the failed Prague spring and South Asia's best-loved music show. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

After release from jail should a conviction for rape mean an end to your sporting career? 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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Showing ‘face’: from drinking three litres of alcohol in China to calling out the Taliban in Pakistan, BBC Trending gets behind the video challenges trending this week. Show more

How do you listen? We hear from a BBC Hindi listener who catches up using the chat app Line on his smartphone. And listeners play us their unofficial national anthems. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

Eddie Redmayne on playing Stephen Hawking, Gurinder Chadha on taking her film Bend it Like Beckham to the stage and we hear from Michael Keaton on new movie Birdman. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

Paris - the manhunt and the aftermath; Nigeria slaughter; Cardiff City blues

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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With photography, the portrait is now available to all. Mike Williams explores our fascination for capturing images of the human face; others and our own. Show more

Most cancers are caused by 'bad luck' according to reports of a new study. But, actually, the study doesn't say that. Tim Harford finds out what the research really tells us. 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.

Stalling growth in China, Eurozone debt, plunging oil prices. How big a year will 2015 be for the global economy? The BBC's big brains get together to read the runes for 2015. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.

Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

Margaret Keane and the Big Eyes art fraud; Film composer Ennio Morricone; Crime writer James Ellroy; South Korean violinist Kyung Wha Chung; Japan's village of dolls. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

Deadly Boko Haram attacks; future of French Jews; more Muslim backlash feared after Paris shooting

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

An unexpected discovery to prove the Big Bang Theory, Guantanamo camp opens, plus saving the Clinton presidency, the failed Prague spring and South Asia's best-loved music show. 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.

With photography, the portrait is now available to all. Mike Williams explores our fascination for capturing images of the human face; others and our own. Show more

How do you listen? We hear from a BBC Hindi listener who catches up using the chat app Line on his smartphone. And listeners play us their unofficial national anthems. 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.

Dispatches on Turkey's crackdown on press freedom; Putin's appeal for Russia; what Germany's Pegida movement wants; motherhood in Mexico and the ethics of visiting Antarctica Show more

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The vloggers who start off making videos in their bedroom and end up being courted by big brands. Can these new relationships disrupt the old ways of marketing? Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

An unexpected discovery to prove the Big Bang Theory, Guantanamo camp opens, plus saving the Clinton presidency, the failed Prague spring and South Asia's best-loved music show. 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.

Stalling growth in China, Eurozone debt, plunging oil prices. How big a year will 2015 be for the global economy? The BBC's big brains get together to read the runes for 2015. 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.

Showing ‘face’: from drinking three litres of alcohol in China to calling out the Taliban in Pakistan, BBC Trending gets behind the video challenges trending this week. Show more

How the American showmen won over basketball fans in Moscow during the Cold War. Show more