Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
World Service,·5864 episodes
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
24 Dec 2009,·55 mins
UN punishes Eritrea for "aiding" Somali insurgents and UK legal highs become illegal.
Police clash with climate campaigers in Copenhagen. We talk to activist Bianca Jagger.
23 Dec 2009,·55 mins
Obama's health care reforms 'on a precipice', plus conflict and al-Qaeda in Yemen.
22 Dec 2009,·55 mins
Copenhagen summit is suspended after African protest. How much are you worth to society?
21 Dec 2009,·55 mins
The fourth US hiker in Iran, an AIDS drug failure and coping with breast cancer.
The UN's aid agency for Palestinians, UNWRA, marks its 60th year. A cause for celebration?
20 Dec 2009,·50 mins
20 Dec 2009,·55 mins
19 Dec 2009,·55 mins
19 Dec 2009,·50 mins
Bidding for Iraqi oil, Iranian students angry at Dutch ban, and a very large cocktail.
18 Dec 2009,·55 mins
Zimbabwe's Mugabe says his party is tearing itself apart. And Avatar meets Star Trek.
17 Dec 2009,·55 mins
President Obama accepts his Nobel Peace Prize, but did he deserve it? And does pink stink?
16 Dec 2009,·55 mins
Ireland's strict abortion laws are challenged in the European Court of Human Rights.
15 Dec 2009,·55 mins
An Iraqi musician tells us about fears for his students as bombs kill scores in Baghdad.
14 Dec 2009,·55 mins
Another crisis in the Anglican church as a second American gay bishop is elected.
13 Dec 2009,·50 mins
13 Dec 2009,·55 mins
The Russian president: nightclub fire which killed more than 100 people is a criminal act
12 Dec 2009,·55 mins
12 Dec 2009,·50 mins
Reaction to the World Cup draw, and the Sudanese girl given 50 lashes for wearing a skirt.
11 Dec 2009,·55 mins
10 Dec 2009,·55 mins
Our reporter witnesses a Somali bombing and we look at the poisioning of an Iranian doctor