Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
African migrant hostages in Sinai; Australian floods; Evelyn Glennie on the aural world
07 Jan 2011,·55 mins
A bombing near an army barracks in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. And the end of year quiz.
Khordorkovsky sentenced; reforming the Taliban and the grandmother turned superhero
06 Jan 2011,·55 mins
President Laurent Gbagbo's defiance; corruption in Syria and do celebrity diets work?
05 Jan 2011,·55 mins
Denmark foils terror plot; UN pressure on Ivory Coast; should Billy the Kid be pardoned?
Iran executes man accused of spying for Mossad; and Winnie Mandela - the Opera.
04 Jan 2011,·55 mins
African leaders visit Laurent Gbagbo; Rare earth exports; Films preserved for posterity
Jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky convicted in second trial, but is it political?
02 Jan 2011,·55 mins
The Khodorkovsy verdict; are NGOs out of control in Haiti? The future of football finance
Sectarian violence in Nigeria; US winter travel chaos, and the music of Paolo Conte.
Turkey and Israel relations; earth tremors in New Zealand; and Italian singer Paolo Conte.
02 Jan 2011,·50 mins
Thousands flee Ivory Coast, many dead in Pakistan attack and Christmas around the world.
01 Jan 2011,·55 mins
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
01 Jan 2011,·28 mins
01 Jan 2011,·25 mins
START treaty ratified;Rare access to Alassane Ouattara's hotel;Catalonian Christmas ritual
29 Dec 2010,·55 mins
West African leaders join condemnation of Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo.
More deaths in Ivory Coast; Nigerian girls trafficked; can wristbands help athletes?
Is the suspected Wiki leaker a political prisoner? And North Korea's 'sacred war'
Mercenaries in Ivory Coast; Obama repeals "don't ask don't tell" and India's onions.
Funds are frozen for Ivory Coast's Gbagbo and the pope's Christmas message on the BBC
Nigeria offers Gbagbo sanctuary; Iraq approves government; jail for fake Prisoner Of War
27 Dec 2010,·55 mins
Republicans help push nuclear treaty to near-ratification; and Laurent Gbagbo's US lawyer
Belarus' election tension; European snow chaos; and science lecturers do stand up comedy
UN urges Laurent Gbagbo to step down; snow chaos in north Europe, and tweeting in court.
Belarus election protests; Sudanese plans to reinforce Islamic laws; Top Chinese words
26 Dec 2010,·55 mins
Standoff in Ivory Coast; skyscraper squatters; can silence unseat the Christmas No 1?
26 Dec 2010,·50 mins
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repealed; Sudan President 'stole billions'; Mazembe lose to Inter
25 Dec 2010,·55 mins
Sudan's president accused of huge cash hoard and the denial of the Sudanese government
25 Dec 2010,·50 mins
Ivory Coast crisis; Julian Assange, and the dangers of parliamentary brawling.
24 Dec 2010,·55 mins
