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Governments in several European countries run security raids on suspected Islamist terrorists in the wake of the Paris attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket 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.
If women had an equal slice of the global economy output could soar by as much as 40%. So it seems like a no brainer that women might then look forward to a fairer share? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Teaching nomads to read and write in 1970s Somalia. The mystery of WWII Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg who saved Jews from the Nazis, and the death of the ‘Queen of Crime’. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Aya Medany discusses struggle of balancing the needs of her sport with her Muslim faith. 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.
Trending
Exposing racists and getting them fired, the vigilantes policing the internet
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Spanish video satirist accused of mocking victims of terrorism; and the virtues and excesses of the online morality police. Show more
Over to You
Coverage of Paris and Boko Haram attacks
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
World Service audiences ask: Why did the attack on Charlie Hebdo journalists in Paris receive disproportionate coverage to a massacre at the hands of Boko Haram in Nigeria? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Meryl Streep talks about her latest film Into the Woods. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Troops on the streets of Belgium
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Belgium deploys troops against Islamist threat; Ghana's President calls for anti-Boko Haram force; should able actors play disabled roles?
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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Mike Williams asks why are we loyal, and who are we really loyal to? Is it other people, or our own values? Show more
More or Less
Are 95% of Terrorism Victims Muslim?
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Tim Harford investigates the popular statistical claim. Plus: the death toll of the Boko Haram attack in Baga, Nigeria. 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.
If women had an equal slice of the global economy output could soar by as much as 40%. So it seems like a no brainer that women might then look forward to a fairer share? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Professor Nazneen Rahman and her search for genes that can cause cancer. Her work identifying genetic mutations has led to new more effective treatments being developed. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Creator of the "Wimpy Kid"; pomegranates in art and poetry; dyslexic Indian dancer; artist who choreographed the Beijing Olympics; Rwandan music; Syrian painter in exile. 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.
Teaching nomads to read and write in 1970s Somalia. The mystery of WWII Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg who saved Jews from the Nazis, and the death of the ‘Queen of Crime’. 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.
Mike Williams asks why are we loyal, and who are we really loyal to? Is it other people, or our own values? Show more
Over to You
Coverage of Paris and Boko Haram attacks
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
World Service audiences ask: Why did the attack on Charlie Hebdo journalists in Paris receive disproportionate coverage to a massacre at the hands of Boko Haram in Nigeria? 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.
The battle between the Catholic Church and Italy’s notorious mafia gangs. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Protect and Survive
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Meeting survivors and family of the school massacre in Peshawar, and other insights from BBC correspondents. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Global Business
Twenty-first Century Unlimited
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The rise of frugal innovation and the benefits it could bring. Plus, Dame Ellen MacArthur on the circular economy and the low-cost incubator for the developing world. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Teaching nomads to read and write in 1970s Somalia. The mystery of WWII Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg who saved Jews from the Nazis, and the death of the ‘Queen of Crime’. 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.
If women had an equal slice of the global economy output could soar by as much as 40%. So it seems like a no brainer that women might then look forward to a fairer share? 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.
Trending
Exposing racists and getting them fired, the vigilantes policing the internet
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Spanish video satirist accused of mocking victims of terrorism; and the virtues and excesses of the online morality police. Show more
Sporting Witness
South Africa win the Africa Cup of Nations
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How a football victory in 1996 helped South Africa heal the wounds of Apartheid. Show more
