The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Inquiry
Will the pandemic get worse in the winter?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Predicting what a Covid winter will look like is complex and there are reasons both to be worried and to be reassured. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Business Daily
Trump's climate rollback
18 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Environmental regulations are being systematically weakened and repealed by the US government. Show more
Witness History
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
The US dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima on August 6th 1945. Three days later a second atomic bomb was detonated over Nagasaki. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Assignment
Algeria's plague revisited
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
A tale of two plagues in the Algerian port city of Oran. What are the parallels between the fictional disease spread by rats in a world famous novel by Albert Camus and Covid-19? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Do choirs spread coronavirus; global round up of pandemic; Covid in children in Indonesia Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
The Fall of the Roman Empire
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Why did the huge western Roman empire shrink to the point where a Goth king could topple the last emperor? Show more
Sporting Witness
The first woman to climb Everest
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
The story of Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei who in 1975 became the first woman to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, Everest. She was 35. 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 Food Chain
Single parents: Cooking solo
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
The loneliness, the responsibility, the money, and food's power to create unique bonds. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Fosse and Verdon: The legacy of a dancing family
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Two superstars of dance, Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon revolutionised the modern musical. But Nicole Fosse recalls how life wasn't always as smooth as her parents' famous choreography Show more
Witness History
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
The US dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima on August 6th 1945. Three days later a second atomic bomb was detonated over Nagasaki. 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.
Do choirs spread coronavirus; global round up of pandemic; Covid in children in Indonesia Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
06/08/2020 13:06 GMT: State of emergency in Beirut
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East Asia
A state of emergency is declared in Beirut after Tuesday's devastating blast. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
First broadcast 06/08/2020 14:32 GMT: Beirut reconstruction could cost up to $15bn
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
The governor of Beirut has estimated reconstruction of the city could cost up to $15bn. 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.
BBC OS
2020/08/06 16:06 GMT: Beirut blast: The story of a street
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East Asia
How the people of Armenia street are trying to recover Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Witness History
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
The US dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima on August 6th 1945. Three days later a second atomic bomb was detonated over Nagasaki. 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.
BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Science In Action
Counting the heat health threat from climate change
33 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Future heat death toll; the infections we catch from wildlife; do colds protect us from Covid-19; anglerfish sex and immunity Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
06/08/2020 20:06 GMT: President Macron of France visits the Beirut explosion site
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East Asia
He promised international aid and said that political change was needed in Lebanon. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Inquiry
Will the pandemic get worse in the winter?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Predicting what a Covid winter will look like is complex and there are reasons both to be worried and to be reassured. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
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 latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
The Fall of the Roman Empire
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Why did the huge western Roman empire shrink to the point where a Goth king could topple the last emperor? Show more
Sporting Witness
The first woman to climb Everest
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
The story of Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei who in 1975 became the first woman to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, Everest. She was 35. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
New York's Attorney General takes aim at the NRA
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Letitia James has announced a lawsuit aimed at dissolving the powerful National Rifle Association 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.
Heart and Soul
Will coronavirus change my faith?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Sodaba Haidare looks at how different faiths will change post pandemic. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Fosse and Verdon: The legacy of a dancing family
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Two superstars of dance, Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon revolutionised the modern musical. But Nicole Fosse recalls how life wasn't always as smooth as her parents' famous choreography Show more
Witness History
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
The US dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima on August 6th 1945. Three days later a second atomic bomb was detonated over Nagasaki. 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.
Science In Action
Counting the heat health threat from climate change
33 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Future heat death toll; the infections we catch from wildlife; do colds protect us from Covid-19; anglerfish sex and immunity Show more
