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Global news and analysis from the BBC World Service, twice a day, every day of the year. Join our leading team of presenters for the best interviews, features and analysis of world events.

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Recent episodes (10)

  • Yemen plot latest 31 Oct 10

    Sun, 31 Oct 10

    Duration:
    50 mins

    Suspect bomb-maker identified; Vietnam and Russia sign nuclear deal; cannabis laced sweets in LA

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  • Ivory Coast elections 31 Oct 10

    Sun, 31 Oct 10

    Duration:
    47 mins

    Can today's Presidential election in Ivory Coast end eight years of civil war? After the discovery of bombs on US bound cargo planes, what needs to be done to improve screening? And Tiger Woods is just about to lose the world's number one golf spot.

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  • Yemeni arrest 30 Oct 10

    Sat, 30 Oct 10

    Duration:
    50 mins

    A young woman detained in connection with bomb plot; Karzai angered over Russian involvement; the Boss on writing the perfect song

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  • Yemen Explosives Latest 30 Oct 10

    Sat, 30 Oct 10

    Duration:
    47 mins

    The explosives found in cargo planes coming from Yemen were bound for Jewish centres in the US - how big a plot is this? In the US, are new rules on campaign finance threatening democracy? And in Ivory Coast, the first elections in a decade in a country once known for stability.

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  • Security Alert 29 Oct 10

    Fri, 29 Oct 10

    Duration:
    50 mins

    Fast moving developments on the suspicious packages that triggered security alerts in the US, Britain and Dubai.

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  • US-Russian drug raids in Afghanistan 29 Oct 10

    Fri, 29 Oct 10

    Duration:
    50 mins

    Joint US-Russian drug raids in Afghanistan; Tougher rules to prevent eurozone crisis; and Sarkozy's luxury jet

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  • Should women be able to freeze their eggs and ovaries? 28 Oct 10

    Thu, 28 Oct 10

    Duration:
    50 mins

    New medical techniques will allow women to freeze their ovaries; Southern Pakistan is still under flood water and a marriage blessing goes wrong in the Maldives

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  • Indonesian Tsunami 28 Aug 10

    Thu, 28 Oct 10

    Duration:
    50 mins

    The latest from Indonesia's tsunami - we speak to a survivor; the head of Britain's MI6 goes public

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  • Indonesia volcano latest 27 Oct 10

    Wed, 27 Oct 10

    Duration:
    50 mins

    Eye-witness report from Java; Obama on the "Daily Show; and Bond car sells for millions

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  • Airport Security 27 Oct 10

    Wed, 27 Oct 10

    Duration:
    50 mins

    British Airways chairman attacks airport security demands; on the ground in Java's volcano land; and radicalization in Tajikistan

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