Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
Aleppo under attack; 3-person in vitro fertilisation; Salman Rushdie interview.
17 Sep 2012,·55 mins
NATO strike kills Afghan women; Royals sue over photos; and who is behind the prophet film
16 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Afghan women killed in air strike; China-Japan island row; Pope peace call at Beirut mass
Egypt urges US action on film; Kate's topless pictures reprints; and reading Moby Dick
15 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Taliban attack NATO camp Bastion; Moby-Dick reading voyage; Muslim protests spread
Several die in video protests, Libyan arms arrive in Syria and the world's hottest place.
14 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Egypt protests continue over video; UK sports star Mo Farah; royal photo controversy
Anti-American protests grow, new monkey species and Danish couples get baby-making time.
13 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Arab protests spread in Egypt and Yemen; China's missing leader; homage to the fridge
Libya Special: attack at US consulate; and the doctor who tried to save ambassador Stevens
12 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Catalan separatists march; Protestors storm US embassy in Cairo; a hit album 40 years on
Bin Laden raid doctor speaks out; Maj Gen Mood on Syria conflict; most endangered species
Syrian defector Manaf Tlass speaks out; new Somalia president; Stradivarius on the cheap
10 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Bagram prison handover; Indian cartoonist sedition charge; Somalia president vote
A look back at the London 2012 Games and coverage of the closing Paralympics ceremony.
09 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Paralympics final day, Iraqi Vice President death sentence and what makes a good mate
Egypt reports Sinai death toll; Munich 1972 survivor speaks; Good smells and bad tastes
08 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
US jobs figures; Haqqani network's terrorist designation; and forced lunch breaks?
07 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Jobs disappointment for Obama; possible family feud in French shooting; record Arctic melt
France murders mystery deepens; speeding blade runners; NGO neutrality questioned.
06 Sep 2012,·55 mins
ECB unveils new euro rescue plan; QR code on gravestones; and Clinton on Obama
Senussi lands in Libya; Julius Malema on being a radical; Honduras plans private cities.
05 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Gaddafi's spy chief extradited; new novel on war in Iraq; and from F1 to the Paralympics
Colombia announces talks with FARC; Kenya shells Shabab base; ex-Navy SEAL on No Easy Day.
04 Sep 2012,·55 mins
UK Christians' human rights plea; Bin Laden book released; and rise of 'sock puppeting'
S Africa frees Marikana miners; Dionne Warwick 50 years in music; Mexico eggs crisis
03 Sep 2012,·55 mins
Interview with new UN Syria envoy; Paralympics fairness row; Mrs Thatcher's power dresses
Imam who accused girl is arrested; Sun Myung Moon dies; is it ok to laugh at disability?
02 Sep 2012,·55 mins