Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
London riots - area sealed off; former Italian PM on debt crisis; Coney Island concrete
14 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Riots in north London; government troops attack Syria's largest eastern city
14 Aug 2011,·50 mins
38 die in Afghan helicopter crash; Al Shabaab abandon Mogadishu; Light of Asia shines anew
13 Aug 2011,·50 mins
US copter downed in Afghanistan; Israel protests; the allure of the female roller derby.
13 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Europe tries calming markets; Senegal's new youth movement and Muslim prisoners in the USA
12 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
World markets drop, Syria's Christians caught in the middle, Uday Hussein's body double.
11 Aug 2011,·55 mins
China food safety arrests; NGOs leave UK detainee inquiry; the five rules of parenting
Egypt's Mubarak in court; Italy's economic troubles and lost Hitchcock found.
10 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Syria Hama eyewitness; US debt deal; and sarcasm in the workplace.
09 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Details of US debt deal; South African race row; reggae star on Ivorian reconciliation
08 Aug 2011,·55 mins
US diplomat's scathing remarks on Syria; Ramadan and Arab Spring and extreme yodelling.
07 Aug 2011,·50 mins
Syrian government attacks Hama; forced sterilisations in the US; Ramadan in Libya
07 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Turkey's military resignations; "slutwalk" in India and a drumming good workout
06 Aug 2011,·50 mins
Urgent talks to settle US debt crisis; El Bulli closes; Delhi slut walk
06 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Poland plane crash report; who killed General Younes?and body slapping therapy in Japan.
05 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Libyan rebel leader buried; Chinese alarm over US debt; social media constitution
Anger at Chinese rail crash; and should immigrants speak the language of the new country?
04 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Pakistan accused of abuses of activists in Balochistan; and the 100-year-old beauty queen.
Countdown to 2012 Olympics; mayor of Kandahar killed; maths of the metropolis
03 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Libyan rebels' new representative to UK; 2012 Olympics countdown; women in men-only clubs
Anders Behring Breivik's lawyer speaks; Libyan rebel rivalry; cracking ancient codes
02 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Father's tribute to Utoya victim; Malema facing bribery allegations; Amy Winehouse funeral
What were Breivik's influences? Fears of a US default; Vatican recalls Dublin ambassador
01 Aug 2011,·55 mins
Norway terror suspect confesses in court; emergency famine talks; DSK maid speaks out
Norway mourns the victims of Friday's attacks; Australia debates new cigarette packaging
31 Jul 2011,·50 mins
Breivik's hate manifesto; immigration in Norway; and what was the killer like at school?
31 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Police charge 32-year-old Norwegian man under terrorism laws with Friday's double attack
30 Jul 2011,·50 mins
