Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
Obama speech questions Palestinian statehood; trauma on death row; REM splits
28 Sep 2011,·55 mins
Ex Afghan president killed; Didier Drogba on Ivorian reconciliation; and low aspirations.
27 Sep 2011,·55 mins
More violence in Yemen; trial of earthquake scientists; should kids see smoking in films?
Yemen protesters killed; Holocaust opera in London; conjoined twins survive operation.
26 Sep 2011,·55 mins
Violence flares in Yemen; Obama demands tax hikes for the rich; creationism vs evolution
Squeeze the rich?; Who killed Dag Hammarskjold? Bush House closes its doors to public.
25 Sep 2011,·50 mins
DSK's first interview; African workers abused by anti-Gaddafi forces; oligarch punch-up
25 Sep 2011,·55 mins
US links Pakistan to Haqqani militants; Syrian opposition meet; the Fonz's royal award
24 Sep 2011,·55 mins
Sports body re-assesses drug ban; classic music hall re-opens its doors; UK computer games
24 Sep 2011,·50 mins
Palestine wants full statehood at UN; 57 -too old to be a mum? and story-writing, by tweet
23 Sep 2011,·55 mins
Syrian incursion into Lebanon; China general's son sentenced; Wild parrots learn to speak
French and British leaders in Libya, Denmark votes, the cook who lost her sense of smell
22 Sep 2011,·55 mins
Cameron and Sarkozy visit Libya; UBS' rogue trader; and we explore man caves
Libya's new leader not worried about power vacuum; Colombian justice and NASA's new rocket
21 Sep 2011,·55 mins
Insurgents attack Kabul; Iran to free US spy-case hikers; new lie detector revealed
20 Sep 2011,·55 mins
Militants attack Kabul; the cost of America's economic woe; China's 7 year love letter
British banks overhaul; 100 people feared dead after Nairobi blast; whisky's global appeal
19 Sep 2011,·55 mins
Scores die in Kenya fuel blast; Gaddafi forces strike back; why is Serena Williams angry?
Ten years on from 9/11, Claire Bolderson finds out how the attacks changed America.
18 Sep 2011,·55 mins
America Remembers 911; Gaddafi's son flees to Niger; UK police rescue 'slaves'
Zanzibar ferry sinks; Egypt on alert; and is the giant crocodile depressed?
17 Sep 2011,·50 mins
Zanzibar ferry disaster; the power of a photograph; why do we love a villain?
17 Sep 2011,·55 mins
More fighting in Libya; General Musharraf on 9/11; the washout at Flushing Meadows
16 Sep 2011,·55 mins
Obama's jobs plan; US plans for 9/11 anniversary; New Zealand's Rugby World Cup challenge
Delhi blast kills more than 10; Gaddafi not in Niger, says FM; and Saab's last days
14 Sep 2011,·55 mins
NHL team president pays tribute to hockey player crash victims; and text as poetry
British soldiers condemned for Baha Mousa death; Gaddafi still in Libya; Chinese wine wins