Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
Romney Iowa success;the race murder that changed Britain;why silence is golden in Paris
11 Jan 2012,·55 mins
Guilty verdict in UK race murder; Nigeria fuel protests; should artists hire help?
10 Jan 2012,·55 mins
France calls for tougher Iran sanctions; US election year begins; Stephen Lawrence verdict
South Sudan vice-president on Jonglei fighting; faulty breast implants; knitting the news
09 Jan 2012,·55 mins
Breast implant maker denies health risk; Mubarak back in court; Korean pop wows Japan.
Thousands flee Sudanese town; Can Haiti ever be truly independent?
08 Jan 2012,·55 mins
South Sudan tries to contain tribal violence; Nigeria stops fuel subsidy; Olympic gambling
Interview with the head of the Arab League's Syria mission; states of emergency in Nigeria
07 Jan 2012,·55 mins
Ethiopian troops take Somali town, Arab League in Syria,and the Newshour quiz of the year.
How austerity will hit spain, the Iron Lady's expenses; do you really know Auld Lang Syne?
06 Jan 2012,·55 mins
South Sudan fighting; 44,000 heritage sites lost in China; and Henry back to Arsenal.
Egyptian police raid NGO offices; New York mayor irks Muslims; restoring Leonardo da Vinci
05 Jan 2012,·55 mins
Arab League's Syria mission in question; Straits of Hormuz tension; pop and the Bible
Chef Heston Blumenthal cooking hospital food, Qatar's influence, Nigeria religious tension
04 Jan 2012,·55 mins
Tensions rise between US and Iran; punished for fighting the Nazis; broom battling Priests
Church's attacked in Nigeria as worshipers gather for Christmas mass;
01 Jan 2012,·55 mins
Eyewitnesses to the attacks in Nigeria; a rally in Karachi; spending Xmas with Twitter
Protests over Jewish extremism; Syrians plead to Arab League; North Korea's media machine.
Fears of massacre in Syria; Israel's growing gender segregation; shopping bags at dawn.
Arab League in Syria; Baghdad bomb attack; and why there hasn't been an "African Spring"?
Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia / Money culture / Protests against segregation
Thousands rally against Russia elections; Libyan independence day; Bethlehem shepherds
31 Dec 2011,·55 mins
Who's behind the bombings in Syria? Wife of China's dissident; Angelina Jolie's new film
30 Dec 2011,·55 mins
Damascus suicide bombings; breast implant fears; the ethics of separating conjoined twins.
Bombs in Baghdad; Pakistan PM accuses military of conspiracy; should militants tweet?
29 Dec 2011,·55 mins
Multiple bomb blasts claim lives in Iraq; undercover in Syria; the legislation of history.
Calls for Bird flu research to be censored; Falkland flag row; the French food revolution
28 Dec 2011,·55 mins
Britain reacts to ban on Falklands boats; racism in football; sensitive Santa
Iraq deputy PM warns over sectarianism; France alert on breast implants;Teacher dress code
27 Dec 2011,·55 mins
The US and Iraqi sectarianism;France's controversial woman of 2011; gay marriage benefits.