| 00:00 | 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTIn the wreckage of Ghouta, a man goes about restoring his home - and his future(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTFriday, April 13th 2029 – mark it in your calendar...an asteroid is coming(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTMax Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTHost Daliso Chaponda is joined by six comedians from around the world.(R)
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| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTHow US newspapers delayed reporting military strike amid national security concerns(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMT4/6We go undercover in Ukraine to try to catch the scammers in action
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTExciting developments in science, in cervical cancer, xenotransplantation, fusion energy(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTThe BBC's annual poll of the most promising acts for 2026 and the latest UK Music charts
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| 01:00 | 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTGeneticist George Church on mapping the world's DNA and a mammoth 'de-extinction' project(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTTrump said the US will ‘run the country’ after capturing President Maduro and his wife(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTOur picks for who will have the power and influence to shape the next year’s big stories(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTOfficials have for years run war games on Venezuela – here's what they predicted.(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTTrump’s refusal to rule out military force is causing anxiety in Europe and Nato.(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMT2025 was the year of youth-led protests across the world. What’s next for the movement?(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTWill tries his new powers, but the Dark appears(R) 01:50GMTThe swimsuit was worn to break 23 records in the Olympic pool before it was banned
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| 02:00 | 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTFuse ODG tells DJ Edu about his new album(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTWhy South Africa's global impact in the fight against tuberculosis is under threat.
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTFrom burping cows to cool buildings, experts pitch low-cost ideas to cut emissions fast.(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTThe man who hunts for messages in bottles and the people who sent them
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTThe latest gadgets, the future in assistive tech and upcoming gaming releases in 2026.(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTWe are joined by former Australia opener Matthew Hayden for our post-Ashes debrief.
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTWhat impact might taxes on contraceptives have in China?(R)
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| 03:00 | 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTHow buddy schemes and friendship hours are helping people in Sweden make friends(R) 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTRabia Balkhi is one of the most famous Afghan poets, but she also died for love(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTPsychologist John Amaechi was a bookish and unsporty British kid who ended up in the NBA(R) 03:50GMTOn 15 April 1989, there was a crowd crush at a football match in Sheffield, England(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTThe psychologist John Amaechi was the NBA's first player to publically come out as gay(R) 03:50GMTIn 1982, Isabel Allende published her bestselling novel, The House of the Spirits(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTCamille O'Sullivan had always loved singing, but fear of failure was holding her back(R) 03:50GMTIn 1999, Dame Tracey Emin’s unmade bed was nominated for the prestigious Turner art prize(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTRemembering the late Eva Schloss – Holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister(R) 03:50GMTIn 1969, a Japanese cartoon about a traditional family premiered on Fuji TV(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTHow Anne Frank’s diary led Eva Schloss to find her brother’s hidden Holocaust paintings(R) 03:50GMTA New Zealand soldier's account of surviving one of the worst battles of World War One(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTIs there anywhere left on Earth that is unaffected by humans?(R)
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| 04:00 | 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTOlympic medallists on their careers sliding down an ice track, face first, at top speed
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTWe follow comedian Ismo Leikola as he performs in both English and Finnish
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMT6/10Pressure builds on President Kennedy to order a military strike on Cuba
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTThe smartest nutrition advice from 2025 to help you feel better in 2026
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTExploring close neighbourly relations between Jews and Muslims in Morocco
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTExciting developments in science, in cervical cancer, xenotransplantation, fusion energy(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTReactions to the capture of Venezuela's President - and his record while in power 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTWhy an Australian man raised nearly two million dollars to help an elderly US veteran
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| 05:00 | 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTOn Saturday, Trump vowed the US would "run" the country 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTCan a laugh be passed down between generations? Caroline Steel has a giggle finding out.(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTAt a hearing in New York, Mr Maduro insisted he was still the president of Venezuela 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTMarnie Chesterton travels to the birthplace of quantum theory armed with one question(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTSecretary of State Rubio told US lawmakers that President Trump plans to buy Greenland 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTThe latest gadgets, the future in assistive tech and upcoming gaming releases in 2026.(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe 37-year-old woman was killed after being shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTWhat impact might taxes on contraceptives have in China?(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTIt follows the fatal shooting of a women by immigration agents yesterday. 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTWhat rare earths have been found in Greenland, and why do we want them?(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTWill tries his new powers, but the Dark appears(R) 05:50GMTWe investigate if there are actually 300 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's reserves
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTThe man who hunts for messages in bottles and the people who sent them(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTMr Trump has again insisted the US is now in charge of Venezuela
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTRodríguez said she was pained by what she called the "kidnapping" of Maduro and his wife
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTThe White House said it was considering "a range of options" to acquire Greenland
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTThe Trump administration says it was an incident of self-defence.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTAt least four people were killed in the capital Kyiv and Lviv suffered damage.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTUnrest spreads despite an internet blackout and a defiant address by the Supreme Leader
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTUS military launches major strikes on IS targets in Syria
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| 07:00 | 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTVenezuela's interim leader said she sought balanced, respectful relations with Washington
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTSpeaking to Fox News, the opposition leader expressed warm support for President Trump
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTThe US president has renewed threats to annex the strategic, mineral-rich island
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTA US immigration agent has shot dead a woman in the city of Minneapolis.
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTRussia says it used the missile known as an Oreshnik on overnight Ukraine strikes
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTAnother night of anti‑government protests sweeps Iran, with crowds defying the authorities
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTTrump weighs military strike options on Iran after protester killings
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| 08:00 | 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTNikki Bedi speaks to Mexican actor Diego Calva about representing Latin America on screen 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTDonald Trump says US companies are going to go into Venezuela and fix its oil industry 08:50GMTOn 15 April 1989, there was a crowd crush at a football match in Sheffield, England
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTIs AI helping to make fashion more sustainable? Or could it make the problem worse? 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWe speak to our business correspondents in Singapore and Delhi to discuss the year ahead 08:50GMTIn 1982, Isabel Allende published her bestselling novel, The House of the Spirits
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTNigel Casey talks about life as the UK’s ambassador in Putin’s Russia 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWe speak to the BBC's Technology Editor and North America technology correspondent 08:50GMTIn 1999, Dame Tracey Emin’s unmade bed was nominated for the prestigious Turner art prize
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTCan Kenya’s plan for digital outsourcing solve its jobs crisis? 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTThe United Arab Emirates has become the largest backer of projects in the continent 08:50GMTIn 1969, a Japanese cartoon about a traditional family premiered on Fuji TV
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTAmol Rajan speaks to Mustafa Suleyman, the British Artificial Intelligence pioneer 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWe meet tech entrepreneur and member of the Dutch royal family, Constantijn van Oranje 08:50GMTA New Zealand soldier's account of surviving one of the worst battles of World War One
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTPresident Trump repeats his threat to take over Greenland
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTIranians defy internet blackout as rights groups warn of ‘massacre’ amid renewed protests
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| 09:00 | 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTCan a laugh be passed down between generations? Caroline Steel has a giggle finding out.(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTWhy South Africa's global impact in the fight against tuberculosis is under threat.(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTFrom burping cows to cool buildings, experts pitch low-cost ideas to cut emissions fast.(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTThe man who hunts for messages in bottles and the people who sent them(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTWhat rare earths have been found in Greenland, and why do we want them?(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTHow has life changed for Venezuelans after the detention of Nicolas Maduro?(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTThe latest gadgets, the future in assistive tech and upcoming gaming releases in 2026.(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTReactions to the capture of Venezuela's President - and his record while in power(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTThe smartest nutrition advice from 2025 to help you feel better in 2026(R)
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| 10:00 | 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTMax Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTHost Daliso Chaponda is joined by six comedians from around the world.(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTHarriett Gilbert speaks with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about The Palace of Illusions(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTHow US newspapers delayed reporting military strike amid national security concerns 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTExciting developments in science, in cervical cancer, xenotransplantation, fusion energy
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTHow being told to conform makes some more determined to do it "their way".
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTIs AI helping to make fashion more sustainable? Or could it make the problem worse?(R) 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTWhy has a documentary about Taraneh Alidoosti been watched by millions in Iran?
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| 11:00 | 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTTrump said the US will ‘run the country’ after capturing President Maduro and his wife
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTOur picks for who will have the power and influence to shape the next year’s big stories
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTOfficials have for years run war games on Venezuela – here's what they predicted.
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTTrump’s refusal to rule out military force is causing anxiety in Europe and Nato.
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMT2025 was the year of youth-led protests across the world. What’s next for the movement?
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMT4/6We go undercover in Ukraine to try to catch the scammers in action(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTWill tries his new powers, but the Dark appears(R) 11:50GMTWe investigate if there are actually 300 billion barrels of oil in Venezuela's reserves(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTPsychologist John Amaechi was a bookish and unsporty British kid who ended up in the NBA 12:50GMTOn 15 April 1989, there was a crowd crush at a football match in Sheffield, England(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThe psychologist John Amaechi was the NBA's first player to publically come out as gay 12:50GMTIn 1982, Isabel Allende published her bestselling novel, The House of the Spirits(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTCamille O'Sullivan had always loved singing, but fear of failure was holding her back 12:50GMTIn 1999, Dame Tracey Emin’s unmade bed was nominated for the prestigious Turner art prize(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTRemembering the late Eva Schloss – Holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister 12:50GMTIn 1969, a Japanese cartoon about a traditional family premiered on Fuji TV(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTHow Anne Frank’s diary led Eva Schloss to find her brother’s hidden Holocaust paintings 12:50GMTA New Zealand soldier's account of surviving one of the worst battles of World War One(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTIs there anywhere left on Earth that is unaffected by humans?
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTCaught in the middle of geopolitical storm, what next for Greenland?(R)
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| 13:00 | 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTOlympic medallists on their careers sliding down an ice track, face first, at top speed(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTWe follow comedian Ismo Leikola as he performs in both English and Finnish(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMT6/10Pressure builds on President Kennedy to order a military strike on Cuba(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTThe smartest nutrition advice from 2025 to help you feel better in 2026(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTExploring close neighbourly relations between Jews and Muslims in Morocco(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe exiled son of Iran's former shah urges Iranians to protest and seize city centres
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. As mass protests continue in Iran, President Pezeshkian says he's willing to negotiate
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| 14:00 | 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTHandcuffed Maduro surrounded by armed police during transfer to New York court
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTMaria Corina Machado has said the removal of President Maduro is a huge step for freedom
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTThe White House says the President has been discussing 'a range of options'
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTDemonstrators demand immigration officials leave the city
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTAyatollah Khamenei described demonstrators as vandals aiming to please a foreign power
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTLive sport from around the world - including the English FA Cup.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTLive sport from around the world - including the English FA Cup.
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| 15:00 | 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTNikki Bedi speaks to Mexican actor Diego Calva about representing Latin America on screen(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTDonald Trump says US companies are going to go into Venezuela and fix its oil industry(R) 15:50GMTFinance, economy and business news from BBC journalists around the world
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTIs AI helping to make fashion more sustainable? Or could it make the problem worse?(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTWe speak to our business correspondents in Singapore and Delhi to discuss the year ahead(R) 15:50GMTEuropean leaders rally around Greenland after President Trump says US 'needs Greenland'
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTNigel Casey talks about life as the UK’s ambassador in Putin’s Russia(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTWe speak to the BBC's Technology Editor and North America technology correspondent(R) 15:50GMTPresident Trump says Venezuela to turn over millions of barrels of 'sanctioned oil' to US
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTCan Kenya’s plan for digital outsourcing solve its jobs crisis?(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTThe United Arab Emirates has become the largest backer of projects in the continent(R) 15:50GMTUS Secretary of State to meet Danish officials next week over the territory's future
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTAmol Rajan speaks to Mustafa Suleyman, the British Artificial Intelligence pioneer(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTWe meet tech entrepreneur and member of the Dutch royal family, Constantijn van Oranje(R) 15:50GMTA trade agreement between the EU and the South American trade bloc is approved
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| 16:00 | 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTThe UN Security Council has been holding an emergency meeting on Venezuela
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTThe Venezuelan government has intensified the suppression of political opponents
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTOne of the tankers was seized in the North Atlantic and another in the Caribbean
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTAnti-government protesters and security forces clashed in several locations on Wednesday
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTAn internet blackout has been in place for 24 hours.
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| 17:00 | 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTVenezuela's ousted leader has made his first appearance at a New York court
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTPresident Trump has issued fresh warnings to other nations after the Venezuela operation
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTWe find out what's known about the two tankers
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTThe shooting of 37-year-old woman sparked protests overnight
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTReza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's late former shah, has posted on X.
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| 18:00 | 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTPsychologist John Amaechi was a bookish and unsporty British kid who ended up in the NBA(R) 18:50GMTOn 15 April 1989, there was a crowd crush at a football match in Sheffield, England(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTThe psychologist John Amaechi was the NBA's first player to publically come out as gay(R) 18:50GMTIn 1982, Isabel Allende published her bestselling novel, The House of the Spirits(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTCamille O'Sullivan had always loved singing, but fear of failure was holding her back(R) 18:50GMTIn 1999, Dame Tracey Emin’s unmade bed was nominated for the prestigious Turner art prize(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTRemembering the late Eva Schloss – Holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister(R) 18:50GMTIn 1969, a Japanese cartoon about a traditional family premiered on Fuji TV(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTHow Anne Frank’s diary led Eva Schloss to find her brother’s hidden Holocaust paintings(R) 18:50GMTA New Zealand soldier's account of surviving one of the worst battles of World War One(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 18:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 18:32GMTTrump says the US oil industry will be 'up and running' in Venezuela within 18 months.
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTEver larger cars are creating new challenges for emissions and the environment. 18:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 18:32GMTExploring close neighbourly relations between Jews and Muslims in Morocco(R)
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| 19:00 | 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTCaught in the middle of geopolitical storm, what next for Greenland?(R)
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTWe follow comedian Ismo Leikola as he performs in both English and Finnish(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTIn the wreckage of Ghouta, a man goes about restoring his home - and his future(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTMarnie Chesterton travels to the birthplace of quantum theory armed with one question
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTWhy South Africa's global impact in the fight against tuberculosis is under threat.(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTThe latest gadgets, the future in assistive tech and upcoming gaming releases in 2026.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTFrom burping cows to cool buildings, experts pitch low-cost ideas to cut emissions fast.(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTWhat impact might taxes on contraceptives have in China?
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTThe man who hunts for messages in bottles and the people who sent them(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTWhat rare earths have been found in Greenland, and why do we want them?
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTHow has life changed for Venezuelans after the detention of Nicolas Maduro? 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTHow do these enigmatic insects know that the time is right to emerge into the light?
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTNikki Bedi interviews Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao about her new film Hamnet
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTExciting developments in science, in cervical cancer, xenotransplantation, fusion energy(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTMaduro and his wife were seized from their Caracas compound on Saturday
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTThe commitment was signed in a meeting with Ukraine's president and senior US envoys.
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTThe US has seized a Russian-flagged vessel in the North Atlantic linked to Venezuelan oil
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTVice-President J.D.Vance insists Renee Good was shot by officer in self defence.
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTMass protests: but how will the Iranian authorities respond?
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTFresh protests across the country as exiled crown prince calls for nationwide strikes
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTInterviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
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| 22:00 | 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTWe talk to people in Caracas just days after the president’s ouster
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTA student and business owner share their hopes for the future
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTThe US says it has seized oil tankers linked to Venezuelan oil in the North Atlantic
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTGreenland minister tells BBC they “have no appetite for becoming Americans.”
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTPresident Trump discusses Venezuela’s oil with US executives from the major US oil firms.
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTMani Martin talks about the life-changing experience that inspired his latest album
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTWhy has a documentary about Taraneh Alidoosti been watched by millions in Iran?(R)
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| 23:00 | 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTNikki Bedi speaks to Mexican actor Diego Calva about representing Latin America on screen(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTOlympic medallists on their careers sliding down an ice track, face first, at top speed(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTIs AI helping to make fashion more sustainable? Or could it make the problem worse?(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTWe follow comedian Ismo Leikola as he performs in both English and Finnish(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTNigel Casey talks about life as the UK’s ambassador in Putin’s Russia(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMT6/10Pressure builds on President Kennedy to order a military strike on Cuba(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTCan Kenya’s plan for digital outsourcing solve its jobs crisis?(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTThe smartest nutrition advice from 2025 to help you feel better in 2026(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTAmol Rajan speaks to Mustafa Suleyman, the British Artificial Intelligence pioneer(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTExploring close neighbourly relations between Jews and Muslims in Morocco(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTHow being told to conform makes some more determined to do it "their way".(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTEver larger cars are creating new challenges for emissions and the environment.(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTWhy South Africa's global impact in the fight against tuberculosis is under threat.(R)
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