Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
Somalia's drought crisis, South Sudan is born, and Betty Ford's legacy.
16 Jul 2011,·55 mins
How hacking scandal affects Murdoch; Tahrir protests; last space shuttle launch countdown
15 Jul 2011,·55 mins
End of space shuttle era, Somalia's abandoned children, party time in Juba.
Dead soldiers' relatives' phones hacked, Somalia drought refugees, first ever tickle spa.
14 Jul 2011,·55 mins
News of the World axed; EU rule on Iraqi man held without charge; Untapped energy in Japan
Cameron calls for phone-hacking inquiry; Lagarde faces the press; A giant wombat found.
13 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Have UK tabloids gone too far? Lagarde on new IMF role; why Mexicans are staying at home
Phone hacking outrage; Netherlands' Srebrenica guilt; does celeb culture make women dumb?
12 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Drought emergency in Africa; Dutch blamed for Srebrenica; and treasure in Kerala temple
New DSK lawsuit; Chavez returns home; anger at gay pride event at US embassy in Pakistan
11 Jul 2011,·55 mins
New Thai prime minister; Syrian forces now in Hama; can Brazil protect its rainforests?
Thai ruling party faces defeat; obese kids' liver disease 'timebomb'; gay marriage dollars
10 Jul 2011,·50 mins
Thailand's first woman PM, the Harrods dress code, Coney Island's boardwalk.
10 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Bahrain responds to torture allegations, Minnesota shuts down, and the voice of the USSR.
09 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Talk to end crisis in Bahrain, Assad removes Hama governor and boxing fight of the year.
09 Jul 2011,·50 mins
Could case against former IMF chief collapse? Chinese Communists at 90; NBA lockout
08 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest; Syrian protests; and Bolivia defends coca leaves
A French hostage freed by Taliban tells of ransom; UK strikes; and terrapins on the runway
06 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Huge public sector strike in Britain; French hostages freed; mother-in-law etiquette
Greece passes austerity plan; protests in Tahrir Square; and is New York boring?
Greece strikes intensify over spending cuts; mass protests in Minsk; Arab Spring hip hop
Attack on Kabul hotel; new IMF chief appointed, and space debris.
05 Jul 2011,·55 mins
UN says 10 million are affected by drought in the Horn of Africa; Thatcher's handbag sold
Arrest warrant for Gaddafi; Khmer Rouge leaders face trial; boy survives whale attack
04 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Afghan central banker flees, drugs epidemic in the USA, and where is Hugo Chavez?
Wen Jiabao in UK; LulzSec hackers disband; former extremists at anti-terror conference
03 Jul 2011,·50 mins
Damascus dissidents, Gaza's Picasso, and will the Yuan save the Euro?
03 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Fatal Afghanistan hospital bombing; Global diabetes rates rise; Green Card lottery lawsuit
02 Jul 2011,·55 mins
Libya footballers defect; controversy over Gay Pride Google Doodle; Afghan hospital attack
02 Jul 2011,·50 mins
Former Rwandan minister guilty of genocide; should governments ban insulting language?
01 Jul 2011,·55 mins
