Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
Anders Breivik shows no remorse; Bahrain government accused; the ethics of magicians
24 Apr 2012,·55 mins
Argentina nationalises YPF oil; jail for former Nigerian governor; end of a classic Lada
Norway reacts to Breivik in court; new World Bank president; Spain's king in hunting row
23 Apr 2012,·55 mins
Norway's mass killer in court;does the World Bank matter; living with Parkinson's disease.
Kabul foreign embassies attacked; Syria ceasefire under strain; over-explanatory trailers
22 Apr 2012,·55 mins
Afghanistan attacks; new take on war on drugs; Can Nigerian woman head World Bank?
South Sudan open to UN troops; Iran nuclear talks resume; Burma's buried Spitfires.
21 Apr 2012,·55 mins
UN to send monitors to Syria; Sudan conflict intensifies; and a Scottish joke too far.
Syria's fragile truce strained; are meat and climate linked?; Axl Rose snubs Hall of Fame
20 Apr 2012,·55 mins
The perils of friendship with China's Bo Xilai; protests in Egypt; Titanic "mirage" theory
Secret sterilisations in Uzbekistan; Sudan border fighting; and the best and worst jobs.
18 Apr 2012,·55 mins
Truce in Syria? enforced sterilisation in Uzbekistan; does sport and politics mix?
Syria ceasefire appears to hold; Sony sacks 6% of workers; how hope springs from trauma
Syria ceasefire holds, US politics on stay-at-home-moms, Serbian art thieves.
Syrian offensive continues; UK US terror extradition; and are we all hypocrites?
17 Apr 2012,·55 mins
Bo Xilai's wife arrested for murder. What if Syria's peace plan fails? Defining insanity.
Syrian cross-border shootings, talent versus training in sport and flashmob proposals.
16 Apr 2012,·55 mins
Turkey slates Syria border shootings; challenges for South Africa's ANC; London's sewers.
Syria backtracks on withdrawal; Afghan US deal on night raids; great Czech egg hunt
15 Apr 2012,·55 mins
North Korea rocket launch; "Titanic" sets sail 100 years on; and what is "The Talk"?
An avalanche in the Himalayas; a special report from Zimbabwe; and a smelly fish revival
14 Apr 2012,·55 mins
Avalanche engulfs Pakistani troops; a look at life in Zimbabwe; the revival of the kipper
Mali rebels declare independence. 20 years after Bosnia's war. Ngozi Nkonjo Iweala.
12 Apr 2012,·55 mins
Bahraini hunger striker; Greece reflects on pensioner suicide; Should Augusta allow women?
Turkey needs help with Syrian refugees; Bahrain protests; and how to declare independence
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
Mogadishu theatre bomb; Ai Wei Wei's webcam shut down; why beautiful women are criticised
11 Apr 2012,·55 mins
Somali National Theatre destroyed;Mali eyewitness;the sound of pollution;and...Londongrad?
New terror charges in France; Assad's Uncle says time to step down; Sgt. Pepper 2012
10 Apr 2012,·55 mins
US reward for the head of Lashkar; Mali chaos; transgender woman in beauty pageant.
