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How to use mathematics to find your life partner. And, what are the chances that two friends with the same due dates giving birth on the same day? Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

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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.

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The Australina businesswoman who fell for an online fraudster. Plus, the man hoping to be the first African in space and helping teenage mums in Colombia. Show more

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Will Archbishop Romero be made an oficial saint? Mark Dowd explores the reactions in El Salvador. Show more

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Do France’s Muslims feel there's a place for them in a strongly secular French Republic? Show more

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The Transatlanctic Trade and Investment Partnership deal is currently being negotiated between the US and the EU. What impact will it have on business, employment and democracy? Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

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Yona Laks and Vera Kriegel speak about their experiences as part of Josef Mengele’s experiments on Jewish twins at Auschwitz. Show more

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Marine Biologist Mary Hagedorn aims to save the coral reefs for future generations by adapting human in vitro fertilisation techniques to create a coral sperm bank. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

Key Nigerian city under attack; Japan's proactive pacifism; solo dining

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

New developments in materials mean that cheaper photovoltaic cells could be on the horizon, helping to make electricity generated by solar cells more available. 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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We find out why Russia has signalled an end to nuclear co-operation with the US. And, Cuban migrants fear an end to America’s ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy as relations improve. 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.

Will Archbishop Romero be made an oficial saint? Mark Dowd explores the reactions in El Salvador. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

What is it about the sounds in the slums of Govindpuri, that makes them special and unique? Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

Al Jazeera's Peter Greste 'extradited' to Australia; Nigeria defends anti Boko Haram 'volunteers'; Obama's new corporate tax plan.

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

Life seems normal in Libya, rallying with Spain's Podemos party, the German Pegida movement, tales from a Malian refugee in Burkina Faso and a story of sex in Paris. Show more

The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.

We find out why Russia has signalled an end to nuclear co-operation with the US. And, Cuban migrants fear an end to America’s ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy as relations improve. 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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The mystery donor "rewarding" French gamers - who is he and why were the gamers advised to give their money back? Plus: "trolls" named and shamed by Ecuador’s President. Show more

How to use mathematics to find your life partner. And, what are the chances that two friends with the same due dates giving birth on the same day? 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.

Where does the food in your fridge come from and how did it get there? We looks at the business and exact science of moving food around the world and how it has changed our diet. Show more

The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.

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The Australina businesswoman who fell for an online fraudster. Plus, the man hoping to be the first African in space and helping teenage mums in Colombia. 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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It's "brutal on the body" but what is the emotional side of being a stuntwoman? Hollywood and Bollywood stunt artists discuss the pressure to be strong and bold, skinny and safe. Show more

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Fewer people are writing by hand, but does it matter? With cognitive neuroscientist Karin James, author Mohsin Hamid and calligrapher Paul Antonio. Show more

We get a flavour of BBC Taster, the new place for you to try out and tell the BBC what you think of their ideas. And is talking dating too 'tabloid' for the World Service? 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.

Where does the food in your fridge come from and how did it get there? We looks at the business and exact science of moving food around the world and how it has changed our diet. Show more