The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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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.
Internships in China; designer Masha Ma; Sudan's currency problem. Show more
Witness History
Hurricane Katrina
9 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
In August 2005 a massive hurricane hit the city of New Orleans in the USA. It flooded the area resulting in widespread death and destruction. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Real Story
Crash, Contagion or Correction?
50 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Is another financial crisis inevitable? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Update
Austrian Police Confirms Death of 71 Migrants
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Australasia
Migrants drown off Libyan coast; Top design for Afghan girls school; Brazil's recession
(Photo Credit: AP)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Austria migrant truck toll rises, 200 drown in Mediterranean,10 years after Katrina. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Fifth Floor
Beirut's 'You Stink' Protests
50 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Living through Beirut's rubbish crisis; An ode to the monsoon; Acrobatics at the Edinburgh Festival and a glossary of Iran's foreign relations - from old fox to vicious wolf. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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Science In Action
Trawling Depth Restrictions in EU Waters
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Trawling depth restrictions; Genetic obesity switch; Editing DNA with CRISPR; Whistling language and the brain; 3D printed beaks; Citizen science on safari. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
How can Europe solve its migrant crisis? Plus, growing up with same-sex parents. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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Dafne Schippers adds World Championship 200m gold to her silver in the 100m. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
Brazil Enters Recession
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
We talk to Daniel Gallas, our South America business correspondent, about the series of setbacks that have hit Brazil. 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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More or Less
China Stock Market Crash
9 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
The Chinese stock market may have crashed but was it really ‘Black Monday’? And the strange fact about sprinters legs. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Suffocated or Drowned, the Journey into Europe
50 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Are people-smugglers to blame, one migrant's journey; radio saving lives during Katrina.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Suha Arafat, Widow of Yasser Arafat
23 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Earlier this year Zeinab Badawi met the widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. In a rare interview Suha Arafat tells her why she thinks her husband was assassinated. Show more
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World Football
Football's doping conspiracy
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Is there a conspiracy of silence when it comes to doping in football? 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.
World Business Report
Brazil Enters Recession
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
We talk to Daniel Gallas, our South America business correspondent, about the series of setbacks that have hit Brazil. 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.
The Why Factor
Why do people sacrifice their lives?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
What is the true nature of modern sacrifice? Mike Williams speaks to bereaved families of people who have given their lives. Show more
More or Less
China Stock Market Crash
9 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
The Chinese stock market may have crashed but was it really ‘Black Monday’? And the strange fact about sprinters legs. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
New Orleans - 10 Years After Katrina
50 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Hurricane Katrina broke land over New Orleans 10 years ago. We examine the recovery. Plus, Brazil is now officially in recession - so what went wrong? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Europe's borders are buckling under the pressure of growing numbers of migrants. But should the EU be welcoming migrants as a plus, rather than fearing them as a drain? Show more
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Heart and Soul
Young, British and Imam in Training
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Samira Ahmed explores the role of Imams in connecting to young British Muslims Show more
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