World Service Schedule

Four Months in Gaza

A raw and intimate perspective on the terror, anger, and hope of living through war.

Rebuilding a life amid Syria's ruins

In the wreckage of Ghouta, a man goes about restoring his home - and his future

An armada for asteroid Apophis?

Friday, April 13th 2029 – mark it in your calendar...an asteroid is coming

05/01/2026 01:06 GMT

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

The Life Scientific: George Church

Geneticist George Church on mapping the world's DNA and a mammoth 'de-extinction' project

05/01/2026 02:06 GMT

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

Did I inherit my laugh?

Can a laugh be passed down between generations? Caroline Steel has a giggle finding out.

Making friends in Sweden

How buddy schemes and friendship hours are helping people in Sweden make friends

Afghanistan's love poetry princess

Rabia Balkhi is one of the most famous Afghan poets, but she also died for love

05/01/2026 04:06 GMT

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

The fast and fearless women of skeleton

Olympic medallists on their careers sliding down an ice track, face first, at top speed

Trump warns new Venezuelan leader

On Saturday, Trump vowed the US would "run" the country

Venezuela's new leader calls for respectful relations

Mr Trump has again insisted the US is now in charge of Venezuela

Delcy Rodriguez invites Donald Trump to collaborate

Venezuela's interim leader said she sought balanced, respectful relations with Washington

Actor Diego Calva: Latin America is more than violence, salsa music and food

Nikki Bedi speaks to Mexican actor Diego Calva about representing Latin America on screen

What's the future for Venezuelan oil?

Donald Trump says US companies are going to go into Venezuela and fix its oil industry

The Hillsborough Disaster

On 15 April 1989, there was a crowd crush at a football match in Sheffield, England

05/01/2026 09:06 GMT

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

Did I inherit my laugh?

Can a laugh be passed down between generations? Caroline Steel has a giggle finding out.

The American Freedom Train and the invention of text messaging

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes

05/01/2026 11:06 GMT

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

What’s next for Venezuela?

Trump said the US will ‘run the country’ after capturing President Maduro and his wife

The unlikely NBA star who hated sport and his body, part 1

Psychologist John Amaechi was a bookish and unsporty British kid who ended up in the NBA

The Hillsborough Disaster

On 15 April 1989, there was a crowd crush at a football match in Sheffield, England

05/01/2026 13:06 GMT

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

The fast and fearless women of skeleton

Olympic medallists on their careers sliding down an ice track, face first, at top speed

Trump warns new Venezuelan leader as Maduro set to appear in court

Handcuffed Maduro surrounded by armed police during transfer to New York court

Actor Diego Calva: Latin America is more than violence, salsa music and food

Nikki Bedi speaks to Mexican actor Diego Calva about representing Latin America on screen

What's the future for Venezuelan oil?

Donald Trump says US companies are going to go into Venezuela and fix its oil industry

05/01/2026 GMT

Finance, economy and business news from BBC journalists around the world

Handcuffed Nicolás Maduro transferred to New York court

The UN Security Council has been holding an emergency meeting on Venezuela

Nicolás Maduro pleads not guilty to drugs charges

Venezuela's ousted leader has made his first appearance at a New York court

The unlikely NBA star who hated sport and his body, part 1

Psychologist John Amaechi was a bookish and unsporty British kid who ended up in the NBA

The Hillsborough Disaster

On 15 April 1989, there was a crowd crush at a football match in Sheffield, England

05/01/2026 19:06 GMT

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

2026/01/05 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.

Rebuilding a life amid Syria's ruins

In the wreckage of Ghouta, a man goes about restoring his home - and his future

What is Quantum?

Marnie Chesterton travels to the birthplace of quantum theory armed with one question

Venezuela's Maduro pleads not guilty to drug charges

Maduro and his wife were seized from their Caracas compound on Saturday

05/01/2026 22:06 GMT

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

What’s daily life like in post-Maduro Venezuela?

We talk to people in Caracas just days after the president’s ouster

Actor Diego Calva: Latin America is more than violence, salsa music and food

Nikki Bedi speaks to Mexican actor Diego Calva about representing Latin America on screen

The fast and fearless women of skeleton

Olympic medallists on their careers sliding down an ice track, face first, at top speed