Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
Listen live for the latest reports and analysis on the battle for Tripoli
29 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Rebel forces storm Tripoli; end of road for Colonel Gadaffi?; Can rebel leadership unite
"Bloody battles" as hundreds of Libyan rebels arrive in the capital, Tripoli.
28 Aug 2011,·55 mins
New front lines in Libya; Norway remembrance; and call centre comedy in Edinburgh
28 Aug 2011,·50 mins
Libyan rebels close in on Tripoli; UN heads to Syria; and blogging with cancer in Italy
27 Aug 2011,·50 mins
Exchanges of gunfire in Tripoli; Iran jails US hikers; a call for sperm of football fans
27 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
26 Aug 2011,·55 mins
US Syria policy; British Council chief on Afghan attack and can classical ever be cool?
Calls for Assad to step down; Israel attacked, retaliation in Gaza; celebs behaving badly
25 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Attacks on Israeli buses, Libyan rebels seize refinery and selling a house with a skeleton
UN Hariri killing charges. Should sperm donors be recognised? Royalties for rock stars
24 Aug 2011,·55 mins
English courts sentence rioters; India corruption protests; and Glasgow's zombie invasion.
Fresh phone hacking claims; Indian hunger striker freed; how did Butch Cassidy really die?
23 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Indian authorities detain anti-corruption activist and new love letters from Mrs Simpson.
Bombs across Iraq; Colonel Gadaffi defiant on TV; and the plan to make Hitler female
22 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Palestinian refugees flee Syrian camp; Mubarak trial won't be televised; why beauty pays
Reports of Syria under attack; US advice on the England riots; the bavarian cow on the run
21 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Many dead after insurgent attack in Afghanistan, re-branding England, India's Elvis dies.
21 Aug 2011,·50 mins
A policeman tells his story of the riots, Glee on the big screen, Berlin wall at 50.
20 Aug 2011,·50 mins
Top Republican joins US presidential race; policeman's view of riots; volleyball short row
20 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Philadelphia considers curfew; The Pippa bottom lift; No wedding for Bert and Ernie
19 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Have riots stoked race tension? Ban on share speculation; tongue op to speak Korean
British leader reacts to riots;Footballers strike in Spain;Germans avoid an office kiss
18 Aug 2011,·55 mins
British PM: poverty not behind riots; Italy's debt debate; kissing colleagues in Germany
England riot aftermath; drought in Kenya and Elvis' mystery woman.
17 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Causes of the England riots; Turkish diplomacy in Syria; the post-disaster Japanese psyche
England riots: criminality or social deprivation? and shares plunge in volatile trading
16 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Special coverage of the England riots.
Riots in London worsen, Stock Markets drop, and is it all over for hitchhiking?
15 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Second night of rioting in London; volatile markets; and a five star hotel in Gaza