The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Inquiry
Is There A New Nuclear Arms Race?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Despite reducing their nuclear stockpiles both Russia and the US have committed huge sums to upgrade their remaining arsenals. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Founders of #100sareepact explain how they inadvertently created a worldwide movement and we explore how social media feeds are tailored according to the things you view Show more
Sporting Witness
Judit Polgar - Chess Prodigy
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How the Hungarian chess prodigy overcame sexism in her sport and defeated the all-time great Gary Kasparov. 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.
Outlook
Selfie stick, Overcoming Disability, Water Man
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The men who became each other's eyes and hands, the Chilean who sung his way out of poverty, an early version of the selfie stick, farming buffalo in the snow, India's Water man Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Sea, Land, Air ... and queues
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Correspondents' insights into Libya's migrant crisis; how Ethiopia's Tigray region fights drought with terracing; poor air quality in India and long lines outside Venezuelan shops Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Seventh-day Adventist community of Lorna Linda that are living up to 10 years longer than most Americans. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Assignment
Who's Afraid of Teatr Doc?
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Teatr Doc is widely praised for its hard-hitting plays about contemporary Russia. Lucy Ash finds that for the country's most controversial theatre company, the show must go on Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Founders of #100sareepact explain how they inadvertently created a worldwide movement and we explore how social media feeds are tailored according to the things you view Show more
Should the BBC World Service be keeping up with the Kardashians' visit to Armenia? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Celebrating the 25 years since the Hubble telescope was launched. Robots that guide you and others that help you cook. Unravelling the contents of Einstein and teenage brains. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The War That Changed the World
Australia: The Legend of Anzac
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Australia and the legend of Anzac - how Australia's experience of WW1 differed from that of other nations. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Med; How IS was built; Tortoise on the loose
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Inquiry
Is There A New Nuclear Arms Race?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Despite reducing their nuclear stockpiles both Russia and the US have committed huge sums to upgrade their remaining arsenals. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
In the Balance
Rana Plaza: a lesson forgotten?
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Are the lessons of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster, in which 1129 workers died, forgotten amid new pressures in the global textiles sector and a world-wide race to the bottom? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Book Club
Guenter Grass - The Tin Drum
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Another chance to hear the late Nobel Prize-winning author Guenter Grass answer listeners' questions about his novel The Tin Drum 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.
The Seventh-day Adventist community of Lorna Linda that are living up to 10 years longer than most Americans. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
In April 1992, two Los Angeles gangs signed a cease-fire. Plus, the Khmer Rouge take Phnom Penh, the Oklahoma City bombing, and playwright Joe Orton. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Who are the migrant smugglers?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Are the migrants crossing the Mediterranean aware of the danger?; the mystery killer illness in south eastern Nigeria; and what's behind the fight over net neutrality in India? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Sea, Land, Air ... and queues
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Correspondents' insights into Libya's migrant crisis; how Ethiopia's Tigray region fights drought with terracing; poor air quality in India and long lines outside Venezuelan shops Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
How will UK political parties form a government if there is no clear winner at the forthcoming election? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The World This Week
Cigar diplomacy: Cuba and US on road to friendship
25 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
A handshake between Presidents Obama and Castro brought to an end half a century of enmity between the US and Cuba. Our man says it must have been written in the stars. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
In the Balance
Rana Plaza: a lesson forgotten?
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Are the lessons of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster, in which 1129 workers died, forgotten amid new pressures in the global textiles sector and a world-wide race to the bottom? 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.
Founders of #100sareepact explain how they inadvertently created a worldwide movement and we explore how social media feeds are tailored according to the things you view Show more
Sporting Witness
Judit Polgar - Chess Prodigy
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How the Hungarian chess prodigy overcame sexism in her sport and defeated the all-time great Gary Kasparov. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
Does Google Search Change Equal Mobile-geddon?
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Will small businesses suffer as Google changes its search algorithm to favour mobile-friendly websites? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Less than fifteen years since Argentina last plunged into a serious economic crisis, there are fears that trouble is looming again. Peter Day reports from Buenos Aires Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Magnetic particles, galaxies and leaders. With physicist Stephen Blundell, astrophysicist Katherine Freese and advertising executive Richard Hytner. Show more
Should the BBC World Service be keeping up with the Kardashians' visit to Armenia? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Director of the Documentary India’s Daughter - Leslee Udwin
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Was Leslee Udwin's documentary about the Delhi gang rape sensationalist? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Conversation
Children's Authors: Leslea Newman and Candy Gourlay
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
"All the stories were of these pink-skinned children with fluffy pets", a Filipino children's author who never saw "herself" in kids' books talks to an American author Show more
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