Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
Europe's bank deal a big deal? Libyan prisoners "tortured"; a Holocaust survivors' pageant
29 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Obama's healthcare triumph; Barclays bank scandal; China riots: a first-hand account
28 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Bank rate fixing scandal spreads; eurozone divided at summit; French say adieu to Minitel
Nigeria birth control; Californian city faces bankruptcy; Bush House memories
27 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Queen's historic handshake with ex-IRA chief; Syrian conflict 'worsens'; Cost of a fat tax
Assad says Syria in state of war; US power not in decline; Reading in prison
26 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Are you too old for sex? Turkey warns Syria over border; Europe considers common treasury.
Syria & Turkey dispute jet incident; Mohamed Morsi the mechanic; hacking into Hawking
25 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Egypt after its first free presidential election; Putin in Israel; remembering Anne Frank
Muslim Brotherhood candidate declared winner of Egypt's presidential election.
24 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Egypt awaits run-off results; online life after death; inside the minds of football fans
Greece asks for more time to pay its debts; riots in Sudan; Paraguay's president ousted.
23 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Turkish plane in Syrian space?; Mexico's 'drugs lord' bungle; Turing's legacy
Turkish plane missing near Syria; will home advantage boost London 2012 medal tally?
22 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Breivik defence says "he's sane"; German-Greek rivalry; and Ai Wei Wei on freedom.
Jordan grants asylum to Syrian pilot; Breivik's psychatrist; Zimbabwean MPs take HIV test
21 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Pakistan judge issues warrant for PM candidate; India's water shortage; Morality of tax
Greece gets a government; Egypt election result delayed; parents who bring sons to be shot
20 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Julian Assange's mother on his asylum bid; New Greek government; and China's superhero
Russian Syria-bound ship heads home; Ecuador gives Assange refuge; the parliamentary pound
19 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Pakistan court disqualifies PM Gilani; Greece close to coalition; Mandela and Shakespeare
Has the Greek crisis been averted? Michigan's vagina protest; Royal Ascot dress code
18 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Egypt's military denies coup; Greece elections; and a writer living on a train.
Pro-bailout victory in Greek election; Olympics ticket sale allegations; Rodney King dies.
17 Jun 2012,·55 mins
Vital Greek elections ; Reflections on Syria and a brain scan that tell if your lying.
ASSK's Nobel journey; UN monitors suspend Syria mission; On Argentina's buses
16 Jun 2012,·55 mins
A special programme marking Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel lecture
with Live coverage of the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony for Aung San Suu Kyi
Obama's young migrant plan; ICC chief interview; and freedom in Burma
15 Jun 2012,·55 mins
ASSK's life; diplomats, businessmen and ordinary Burmese on the changes sweeping Burma