World Service Schedule

Taking control

From growing up on Skid Row to controlling your destiny and achieving sporting success

Surviving an Avalanche

Stories from people who've been buried by snow

Stories from the New Silk Road: The Bering Sea

Anna Holligan reports from Alaska on China’s expanding role in the Bering Sea

18/01/2026 01:06 GMT

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5. The Book of Gramarye

Hawkin risks his life for ancient knowledge

Senna’s first Formula 1 win

In 1985, Ayrton Senna won his first Formula 1 race in torrential rain

18/01/2026 02:06 GMT

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What effect does exercise really have on depression?

New review compares exercise, medication and psychological therapy in treating depression

Hungary

Jonny Dymond chairs a debate with leading Hungarian politicians and academics

Greenlanders reject Trump's takeover plan

Inuit people reflect on a painful history of colonisation - and their future choices

The Child Cancer Scam

5. The agency

We go to Israel where this shape-shifting organisation is registered

18/01/2026 05:06 GMT

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

Stories from the New Silk Road: The Bering Sea

Anna Holligan reports from Alaska on China’s expanding role in the Bering Sea

Trump tariff threat over Greenland 'unacceptable', European leaders say

UK prime minister Keir Starmer said the move was "completely wrong"

EU calls emergency meeting on Greenland

Trump says its ‘time for Denmark to give back’ to the US

Uganda's internet services restored

Internet access is back in Uganda after a shutdown imposed during the election period.

Greenlanders reject Trump's takeover plan

Inuit people reflect on a painful history of colonisation - and their future choices

Should we all eat the Mediterranean way?

How the Mediterranean diet came to be the world's most researched and recommended diet.

No brother left behind

The apprenticeship scheme that helped the Nigerian Igbo people build generational wealth

Kenyans lured to Russia's frontline

The promise of a good job has tricked some into fighting in the war in Ukraine

18/01/2026 11:06 GMT

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

5. The Book of Gramarye

Hawkin risks his life for ancient knowledge

South Korea study does not show Covid vaccine causes cancer

In 2025 a paper in South Korea claimed that Covid-19 jab was linked to cancer

Surviving an Avalanche

Stories from people who've been buried by snow

The Netherlands: 10 new cities?

The Netherlands is experiencing a housing crisis. Could 10 new cities be the answer?

EU holds emergency meeting over US tariff threats

Donald Trump threatened tariffs over countries opposed to Greenland annexation

Could ancient rice seeds help fight climate change?

We're in India to see if rice farmers have found a solution to a big climate problem

The Happy Pod: The injection that saved my sight

The new sight-saving treatment inspired by one woman's determination not to go blind

18/01/2026 19:06 GMT

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How live programming is made

We go behind the scenes of the BBC World Service to hear how live programming is made

Science down under

The Unexpected Elements team takes a trip down under to discover some Australian science.

Danish PM: "Europe won't be blackmailed"

European leaders continue to weigh their response to President Trump's tariff threats

18/01/2026 22:06 GMT

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

Kenyans lured to Russia's frontline

The promise of a good job has tricked some into fighting in the war in Ukraine

Could ancient rice seeds help fight climate change?

We're in India to see if rice farmers have found a solution to a big climate problem

The Netherlands: 10 new cities?

The Netherlands is experiencing a housing crisis. Could 10 new cities be the answer?