Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5863 episodes
Egypt's standoff between activists and the army; protests in Japan; Russian drag races
17 Apr 2011,·50 mins
Netherlands shooting; British evacuation in Ivory Coast; and love in the pit.
16 Apr 2011,·55 mins
Nigeria goes to the polls at last; Gaza battles; the orchestra with nine married couples.
16 Apr 2011,·50 mins
Nato: no apology for rebel attack, Ivory Coast's Iron Lady; and jogging in the air
15 Apr 2011,·55 mins
British newspaper admits phone hacking; deadly clashes in Syria; reading for promotion
Portugal asks EU for a multi-billion dollar bailout; and the agony of surrogacy in France.
14 Apr 2011,·55 mins
Who bombed Libyan rebels? Brazil school shooting; George Washington's belongings auctioned
Gbagbo refuses to surrender; Libyan rebels say NATO is failing civilians; and jumping cows
13 Apr 2011,·55 mins
Portugal seeks EU help; more fighting in Ivory Coast and an artificial eye from stem cells
Laurent Gbagbo won't surrender, Libya's rebels export oil and Sudan's lost boys
12 Apr 2011,·55 mins
Ivory Coast minister claims 'ceasefire;' Gaddafi's son Saif; does class still matter?
UN: Karzai 'emotional' over Koran burning; children flee Ivory Coast; beauty reinvented.
10 Apr 2011,·55 mins
French military reinforcements to Ivory Coast; Omagh's grief, and London's cult of beauty.
10 Apr 2011,·50 mins
Gaddafi sends envoy to Europe: Newshour speaks to the Greek Foreign Minister who met him
UN and French action in Ivory Coast; Ai Wei Wei's wife on his arrest; and Dylan in China
The fight for Ivory Coast, Nigeria tries to go to the polls and the Arab First Ladies.
09 Apr 2011,·50 mins
Nine dead in Kandahar during Koran protests; India wins cricket; Nigeria postpones poll
09 Apr 2011,·55 mins
Ouattara's forces corner Gbagbo in Abidjan; we speak to FM Dgedge; and protests in Syria
08 Apr 2011,·55 mins
Ivorian battle for Abidjan intensifies; Libyan civilian deaths; and music to commute by
Libya foreign minister defects; fighting in Ivory Coast; a controversial book on Gandhi
07 Apr 2011,·55 mins
Fears of violence in Ivory Coast; did allied raids kill Libyan civilians; space tourism
New gains for Ouattara in Ivory Coast; Assad offers little new; FBI appeals for code help
06 Apr 2011,·55 mins
No end to emergency rule in Syria; who's arming Libyan rebels; the biggest cricket match.
London opens it's doors to Libya debate; Ivory Coast violence, and we hear from Spiderman.
05 Apr 2011,·55 mins
Bolstering the consensus against Gadaffi;cricket showdown in India;Miss Marple's facelift
Have the rebels captured Sirte? 70 killed in Yemen blast, and sticky times with superglue
03 Apr 2011,·55 mins
A special investigation into Russian football racism. And the latest from Libya and Syria.
Latest from Gaddafi's hometown; unrest in Syria; a rather riled rapping rubbish-collector
Gadaffi's forces pull back under allied fire; Russian football racism; Japanese quake aid
03 Apr 2011,·50 mins
Libyan fighting, protests in Syria, and the woman who changed U.S. politics.
02 Apr 2011,·55 mins