World Service Schedule

Hockey Night

Inspirational stories from the hockey world. Interviews with people defying the odds

Jewish Australians on the Bondi Beach attacks

Jewish people in Australia and around the world talk about antisemitism

Elephant conservation in Botswana

Botswana has more elephants than any other country but conservation is complex

21/12/2025 01:06 GMT

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1. Midwinter Eve

This night will be bad. Tomorrow will be beyond all imagining

A Cold War hockey match

In 1961, after the Berlin wall went up, Scotland’s women’s hockey team faced West Germany

21/12/2025 02:06 GMT

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Behind the Huntington’s disease breakthrough

The world’s first gene therapy to treat Huntington’s disease

United in space: How we built the ISS

How nations collaborated to create the International Space Station

Ukraine's defiance in Pokrovsk

At Ukrainian bases and arms factories in the east, self-reliance is the new watchword

The Child Cancer Scam

1. The video

Seven-year-old Khalil has cancer. Can making a campaign video save him?

21/12/2025 05:06 GMT

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Elephant conservation in Botswana

Botswana has more elephants than any other country but conservation is complex

Evidence of mass-killings in Sudan

Satellite researchers say the RSF militias are burning bodies to cover up Darfur attacks

US seizes second Venezuelan oil tanker

Maduro regime accuses Trump administration of 'international piracy'

Thousands mourn Bondi Beach victims in nationwide memorial

Crowd members jeer at Australian Prime Minister at Hanukkah shooting remembrance event

Ukraine's defiance in Pokrovsk

At Ukrainian bases and arms factories in the east, self-reliance is the new watchword

What is the ultimate hangover cure?

Find out what happens in your body after you’ve had alcohol and whether any remedies work

Saving mothers with portable ultrasound

How technological innovations are helping with the health of new mothers

Living in fear on South Africa's farms

Farmers in South Africa fear theft and violence, but why do these crimes happen?

21/12/2025 11:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

1. Midwinter Eve

This night will be bad. Tomorrow will be beyond all imagining

The shocking world of US health costs

Can the same pill cost $3 in a pharmacy and $750 in a hospital?

Thousands gather at Bondi Beach to pay their respects

Australian Prime Minister booed at memorial event

Q&A: The jobs of the future, nitrous oxide, ice cores

Your questions on green careers, temperature predictions and dating ancient ice cores

Positive news stories

21/12/2025 19:06 GMT

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Ask the controller

Your questions answered by controller of BBC World Service English, Jon Zilkha

Why are we sad when television series end?

The end of Australian soap opera Neighbours has us looking at the science of being sad

US pursuing another Venezuelan oil tanker

Reports that the US coastguard may be trying to intercept another Venezuelan oil tanker

21/12/2025 22:06 GMT

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Living in fear on South Africa's farms

Farmers in South Africa fear theft and violence, but why do these crimes happen?

Q&A: The jobs of the future, nitrous oxide, ice cores

Your questions on green careers, temperature predictions and dating ancient ice cores

Stolen brides of Kazakhstan: the fightback

What if a stranger decided to marry you? Would you agree