Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
The internal, regional and international implications of the release of Aung San Suu Kyi
20 Nov 2010,·55 mins
UN makes urgent Haiti appeal; Aung San Suu Kyi latest; Asian games open
19 Nov 2010,·55 mins
Is Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed? The dangers of tweeting and the new Spider Girl comics
Iraq power sharing deal; the G20 meets, and a triple amputee completes a 5000 km run
18 Nov 2010,·55 mins
Iraq finally forms a government; and a new Michael Jackson song - but is it really him?
Cameron in China; George Bush's memoir and are social networks an occupational hazard?
16 Nov 2010,·55 mins
Obama reaches out to the Muslim world and debate over drugs aiding artistic creativity
British PM's speech in China; Rapid growth in South Korea; Bubbles in the Milky Way
Russian journalists under threat; illegal kidney transplants, and how a flower upset China
Obama in India; Burmese elections and working for welfare
15 Nov 2010,·55 mins
US right to kill American terror suspects, uranium smuggling and can parenting be taught?
Burma Votes; Somalia's child soldiers; US/Cuban 'ballet diplomacy'
14 Nov 2010,·50 mins
Burma's election; Gebrselassie retires; and 75 years with talking books
14 Nov 2010,·55 mins
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
13 Nov 2010,·50 mins
13 Nov 2010,·55 mins
12 Nov 2010,·55 mins
11 Nov 2010,·55 mins
Obama takes responsibility for defeat; a 10 year old mother; and storing nuclear waste
10 Nov 2010,·55 mins
The latest from Washington, where the mid-term elections have dealt a bitter blow to Obama
Voting under way in US mid-term elections; and should convicts be allowed to vote?
09 Nov 2010,·55 mins
US mid-term elections; Greek parcel bombs; Berlusconi scandal
Air security tightens; reaction from Yemen; and 30 days to write a novel
07 Nov 2010,·55 mins
Suspect bomb-maker identified; Vietnam and Russia sign nuclear deal; cannabis laced sweets
07 Nov 2010,·25 mins
Ivory Coast election; Yemen bomb latest; Fake foreigners in China
07 Nov 2010,·50 mins
We hear from a survivor of the Iraqi church attack, and why alcohol is worse than heroin
Yemen explosives bound for the US; Tsunami survivors in Indonesia; Ivory Coast elections
06 Nov 2010,·50 mins
Yemen bomb plot, Afghan drugs bust and exporting American football to Britain
06 Nov 2010,·55 mins
05 Nov 2010,·55 mins