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The booming and lucrative business of multinational companies suing governments. Michael Robinson asks if these little-known lawsuits threaten the democratic process. Show more
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What became of the US project to build schools in Afghanistan? Show more
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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.
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In the Balance
IMF: Fit for the Future?
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Set up to ensure global stability, must the IMF be overhauled to bring it into line with 21st Century needs? One of the IMF's leaders answers his critics and talks about change Show more
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Labour's surprise victory over war-time leader Winston Churchill, plus building the Aswan Dam, inside Tehran's red-light district and a failed drug bust in Texas. Show more
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The World This Week
How Africans Brought 'Africa's Pinochet' To Book
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
History is made in Africa as one country puts a former dictator of another in the dock. Chad's deposed leader, Hissene Habré, goes on trial on war crimes charges in Senegal. Show more
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The Conversation
Pilots: Niloofar Rahmani and Esther Mbabazi
27 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Afghan Air Force pilot Captain Niloofar Rahmani discusses dealing with threats and nervous passengers with Rwanda's first ever female pilot First Officer Esther Mbabazi Show more
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Placido Domingo on his opera competition Operalia, actor Amy Poehler on animated movie Inside Out and Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman. Show more
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Newshour
Obama's Historic Visit to Kenya
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Obama hails Africa's growth and potential; Turkey strikes IS and PKK; Afghan women poets
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From Our Own Correspondent
Roadside Revelations
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Lessons learned while travelling in Kenya, Greece and Brazil - and what decades of work around the world have taught one BBC reporter Show more
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What became of the US project to build schools in Afghanistan? Show more
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World silver medallist Murielle Ahoure, Commonwealth champion Blessing Okagbare and double European champion Dafne Schippers line up in the women's 100m. Show more
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Kenya's David Rudisha returns to the scene of his incredible Olympic gold medal winning world record run as he lines up in the 800m. Show more
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A round-up of the days sporting action including the Diamond League athletics in London. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Trending
Manga Series Banned in China
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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China bans successful Japanese manga series Death Note to 'protect the healthy development of youth'. Show more
Over to You
How can BBC World Service Improve?
10 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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What would you ask the Controller of BBC World Service English? Global listeners give their view of what the network may be missing and how the journalism output could be improved. Show more
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HARDtalk
Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative - Bryan Stevenson
23 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Why are America's race-based wounds so slow to heal? Show more
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Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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Technetium is essential for medical imaging, yet supplies of this short-lived manmade element are far from guaranteed. Show more
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What became of the US project to build schools in Afghanistan? Show more
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Newshour
Obama Urges Kenya to Tackle Corruption
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Obama plea for gay rights in Kenya; Turkey targets PKK; First ships sail new Suez Canal Show more
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A haul of planets from Nasa's Kepler telescope includes a world sharing many characteristics with Earth. Show more
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Meet the ordinary Italians who are dealing with the impact of the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Show more
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The Inquiry
What Does China’s Stock Market Crash Tell Us?
23 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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China’s rollercoaster stock market has provoked panic in recent weeks. We examine what these dramatic events tell us - not about the Chinese stock market, but about China itself. Show more
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The role of Buddhism in the debate over Japans military future, seventy years after the end of the second world war Show more
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Obama's corruption warning to Kenya, new Yemen truce, fans pay for new football players.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Esa Khan, Afghan soldier who single-handedly stopped Taliban attack; Christine Ha, champion chef who's blind; Oggi Tomic, filmmaker shot at by birth family during Sarajevo siege Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Labour's surprise victory over war-time leader Winston Churchill, plus building the Aswan Dam, inside Tehran's red-light district and a failed drug bust in Texas. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Roadside Revelations
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Lessons learned while travelling in Kenya, Greece and Brazil - and what decades of work around the world have taught one BBC reporter Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
In the Balance
IMF: Fit for the Future?
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Set up to ensure global stability, must the IMF be overhauled to bring it into line with 21st Century needs? One of the IMF's leaders answers his critics and talks about change Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Meet the ordinary Italians who are dealing with the impact of the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Show more