World Service Schedule

Vaccinating rabies’ reservoir dogs

Can the WHO’s Zero by 2030 be achieved for dog-mediated rabies?

19/05/2025 00:06 GMT

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Unstoppable: Inge Lehmann

How seismologist Inge Lehmann rewrote geophysics by discovering Earth’s inner core

19/05/2025 01:06 GMT

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

Is my yoghurt really alive?

Local culture and local cultures at the Sofia Science Festival in Bulgaria

Helping Chile’s stolen children

How a small NGO is helping people in Chile to trace their birth families

The children with a digital school teacher

The classroom tablet revolution in Malawi - plus the boy who brought anime to Pakistan.

People who love the six tiny dots of Braille

Braille is celebrating 200 years. We hear your on a celebratory documentary

19/05/2025 03:06 GMT

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The next generation of women wrestlers

Wrestlers from China and India on honing their craft in a male-dominated industry

Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer

A statement from his office said he had an aggressive form of the disease

Well wishes pour in for Joe Biden

The former US president has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer

Israel to allow basic amount of food into Gaza

The move ends a ten week blockade that has brought the territory to the brink of famine

Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist - giving voice to victims of violence

Doris Salcedo talks about her work showing the devastation of political violence and war

Nuclear power’s global revival

More countries are investing in nuclear fission - but are there better energy options?

Lunch atop a Skyscraper

In 1932, a photo was taken showing 11 ironworkers eating lunch at the top of a skyscraper

19/05/2025 08:06 GMT

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

Is my yoghurt really alive?

Local culture and local cultures at the Sofia Science Festival in Bulgaria

Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

19/05/2025 10:06 GMT

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

The next generation of women wrestlers

Wrestlers from China and India on honing their craft in a male-dominated industry

Chile's ice mermaid and her record-breaking glacial swims

Bárbara Hernández swam for 45 minutes in Antarctic waters of 2°C

Lunch atop a Skyscraper

In 1932, a photo was taken showing 11 ironworkers eating lunch at the top of a skyscraper

19/05/2025 12:06 GMT

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

Is my yoghurt really alive?

Local culture and local cultures at the Sofia Science Festival in Bulgaria

UK and EU strike post-Brexit deal on food, fishing, defence and ports

The UK and the European Union have agreed a series of deals aimed at resetting relations

Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist - giving voice to victims of violence

Doris Salcedo talks about her work showing the devastation of political violence and war

UK-EU deal: What impact could it have on businesses?

The EU and the UK have announced a deal setting out post-Brexit relations

Israel to allow 'minimal' aid into Gaza

An 11-week blockade of Gaza has brought the territory to the brink of famine

Trump and Putin phone call on Ukraine

We have the latest on the phone conversation between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

Chile's ice mermaid and her record-breaking glacial swims

Bárbara Hernández swam for 45 minutes in Antarctic waters of 2°C

Lunch atop a Skyscraper

In 1932, a photo was taken showing 11 ironworkers eating lunch at the top of a skyscraper

19/05/2025 18:06 GMT

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

2025/05/19 GMT

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

Evacuating Gaza's sick children

Fergal Keane travels with two young cancer patients as they head to Jordan for treatment.

Unstoppable: Hedy Lamarr

Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.

Trump and Putin hold two-hour phone call on Ukraine

President Trump says Russia and Ukraine to 'immediately' start ceasefire negotiations

Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist - giving voice to victims of violence

Doris Salcedo talks about her work showing the devastation of political violence and war

The next generation of women wrestlers

Wrestlers from China and India on honing their craft in a male-dominated industry

19/05/2025 22:06 GMT

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

From fishing to food exports: What's the UK's deal with the EU?

We examine the UK and EU's new deal on post-Brexit relations

Sweden’s Vipeholm experiments and the Intervision Song Contest

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes