| 00:00 | 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTThe Sackman - a very different Father Christmas 00:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTWhy do women live longer than men? Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing 00:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTTechnology experts club together to defeat cyber criminals 00:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTThe latest methods, high-tech and low, used to diagnose Alzheimer’s 00:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTTop science stories from 2012 on the BBC World Service 00:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 00:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTA Russian adoptee living in Texas takes on Vladimir Putin over a new adoption ban
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 00:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTDo ethics fly out of the window as we chase profit? Or is an ethical code key to business?
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| 01:00 | 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTA Palestinian journalist's story of growing up in Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC. 01:50GMTPascale Harter presents highlights of the year from the United States.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC. 01:50GMTThis week, highlights of the year from around the world. In this edition: Latin America.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC. 01:50GMTHighlights of the year from Africa. Presented by Pascale Harter.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC. 01:50GMTChina's superlatives, pushy Indian parents, sweaty South Korea and animist rites in Burma
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC. 01:50GMTA year-end tour of the world concludes with stories from Europe.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTWhy do women live longer than men? Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing 01:50GMT40 years ago the US launched its heaviest aerial bombardment of the Vietnam War.
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| 02:00 | 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:05GMTLullabies in the Arab world are a form of self-expression. How are they evolving? 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTSyrian mental health professionals’ testimony on psychological scars of Syrian refugees 02:50GMTHow exiles from the Nazis helped British intelligence listen in on German prisoners-of-war
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:05GMTStephen Sackur talks to Sir Geoffrey Nice who led the prosecution of Slobodan Milosević 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTPhiona Mutesi, the Ugandan slum dweller whose life was changed by chess
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:05GMT2/2Anita Rani speaks to British Indians about their love of cinema. 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTOutlook in Lapland: Jo Fidgen finds out how to survive the sub-zero temperatures
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:05GMTEx-England rugby captain Lewis Moody talks about his battle with bowel disease 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTTheir fathers fought the Soviets and each other: the children of the Mujahideen want peace
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:05GMTTwo farmer’s daughters in Burma object to the expansion of a Chinese backed copper mine. 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTColonel Joe Kittinger, the first man to jump from space
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:05GMTBelle de Jour aka Dr Brooke Magnanti is calling for prostitution to be decriminalised. 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTFootball's biggest stories of the week on the BBC.
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:05GMTMaking sense of gaps in our lives that take us out of our routine. 02:50GMTCan a story be too dangerous to cover?
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| 03:00 | 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world. 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMT500 years after the Reformation, John Laurenson on Germany's Protestant spirit today.
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world. 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTIn a festive-themed Strand we hear about Christmas tunes from South Africa and Chile. 03:50GMTThe British popstar Dusty Springfield went on tour in apartheid South Africa in 1964
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world. 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTA look back on the cultural highlights of 2012 from Africa. 03:50GMTOn December 25th 1989, Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were executed by firing squad.
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world. 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTCultural highlights of 2012 with the BBC World Service's partner stations in North America 03:50GMT40 years ago the US launched its heaviest aerial bombardment of the Vietnam War.
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world. 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTA year of arts and culture Down Under - green theatre, Maori Shakespeare and The Hobbit. 03:50GMTIn 1980 thousands died in the Nigerian city of Kano in an uprising by an Islamic sect.
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTA special edition of The Strand all about A Room for London. 03:50GMTIn December 1999 a young Dutch man won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show.
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:05GMTThe contemporaneous attempt to preserve the memory of life in the Warsaw Ghetto
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| 04:00 | 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:05GMTThe many ways the Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm have been adapted over the years.
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world. 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTWhy do women live longer than men? Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing 04:50GMTPascale Harter presents highlights of the year from the United States.
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world. 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTTechnology experts club together to defeat cyber criminals 04:50GMTThis week, highlights of the year from around the world. In this edition: Latin America.
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world. 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTThe latest methods, high-tech and low, used to diagnose Alzheimer’s 04:50GMTHighlights of the year from Africa. Presented by Pascale Harter.
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world. 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTTop science stories from 2012 on the BBC World Service 04:50GMTChina's superlatives, pushy Indian parents, sweaty South Korea and animist rites in Burma
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:05GMTTwo farmer’s daughters in Burma object to the expansion of a Chinese backed copper mine. 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTThe strange customs and conduct that make up ‘good manners’. Where do they come from? 04:50GMTA year-end tour of the world concludes with stories from Europe.
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:05GMTA buffet of treats from the most interesting stories of 2012. Presented by Pascale Harter. 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTPeter Day takes a look at the trends we'll be hearing about in 2013.
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| 05:00 | 05:00GMTEgypt referendum reaction, Syria bakery bombing, Antarctic ice, Timbuktu shrines destroyed
| 05:00GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world.
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| 05:00GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world.
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 05:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTLooking back at 2012: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 05:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTDo ethics fly out of the window as we chase profit? Or is an ethical code key to business?
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| 06:00 | 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:05GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:05GMTA review of the week with the latest news. 06:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 06:32GMTCatrin Nye explores the exorcisms taking place in Britain's South Asian communities.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:05GMTA review of the week with the latest news. 06:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 06:32GMTWhy do women live longer than men? Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing 06:50GMTIn 1980 thousands died in the Nigerian city of Kano in an uprising by an Islamic sect.
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| 07:00 | 07:00GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world.
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| 07:00GMTLive news, business and sport from around the world.
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:05GMTPaul Henley discusses today's news with guests June Arunga Kimani and Alex Von Tunzelmann
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:05GMTPaul Henley discusses today's news with guests Riazat Butt and Mike Carlson
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| 08:00 | 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTFidelity's Anthony Bolton looks at prospects for global stockmarkets in 2013. 08:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTAs trade links flourish, what is life like for Africans in China, and Chinese in Africa? 08:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTShould older people work longer - and how far should governments remove barriers to that? 08:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWhy do employers often ignore people with learning disabilities who can do a good job? 08:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTKarl Lagerfeld talks about clothes, his cat and why money is no longer a motivation. 08:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:05GMTPaul Henley discusses today's news with guests June Arunga Kimani and Alex Von Tunzelmann
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:05GMTPaul Henley discusses today's news with guests Riazat Butt and Mike Carlson
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| 09:00 | 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:05GMTStephen Sackur talks to Sir Geoffrey Nice who led the prosecution of Slobodan Milosević 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTJack Reacher and Les Miserables. 09:50GMTThe British popstar Dusty Springfield went on tour in apartheid South Africa in 1964
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:05GMT2/2Anita Rani speaks to British Indians about their love of cinema. 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTIn a festive-themed Strand we hear about Christmas tunes from South Africa and Chile. 09:50GMTOn December 25th 1989, Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were executed by firing squad.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:05GMTEx-England rugby captain Lewis Moody talks about his battle with bowel disease 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTA look back on the cultural highlights of 2012 from Africa. 09:50GMT40 years ago the US launched its heaviest aerial bombardment of the Vietnam War.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:05GMTTwo farmer’s daughters in Burma object to the expansion of a Chinese backed copper mine. 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTCultural highlights of 2012 with the BBC World Service's partner stations in North America 09:50GMTIn 1980 thousands died in the Nigerian city of Kano in an uprising by an Islamic sect.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:05GMTBelle de Jour aka Dr Brooke Magnanti is calling for prostitution to be decriminalised. 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTA year of arts and culture Down Under - green theatre, Maori Shakespeare and The Hobbit. 09:50GMTIn December 1999 a young Dutch man won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:05GMTOwen Bennett-Jones discusses the coming year with top BBC correspondents.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:05GMTA buffet of treats from the most interesting stories of 2012. Presented by Pascale Harter. 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTLooking back at 2012: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections
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| 10:00 | 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:05GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 10:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTDo ethics fly out of the window as we chase profit? Or is an ethical code key to business?
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 10:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTA Russian adoptee living in Texas takes on Vladimir Putin over a new adoption ban
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| 11:00 | 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:05GMTThe BBC news programme where you set the agenda. 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTThe Sackman - a very different Father Christmas 11:50GMTPascale Harter presents highlights of the year from the United States.
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:05GMTThe BBC news programme where you set the agenda. 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTWhy do women live longer than men? Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing 11:50GMTThis week, highlights of the year from around the world. In this edition: Latin America.
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:05GMTReaction to President Morsi's victory after Egypt's new controversial constitution passed. 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTTechnology experts club together to defeat cyber criminals 11:50GMTHighlights of the year from Africa. Presented by Pascale Harter.
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:05GMTThe CAR calls for help with dealing with rebels; and how to deal with the US fiscal cliff? 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTThe latest methods, high-tech and low, used to diagnose Alzheimer’s 11:50GMTChina's superlatives, pushy Indian parents, sweaty South Korea and animist rites in Burma
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:05GMTIndian women women discuss saftey concerns following Delhi bus gang rape. 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTTop science stories from 2012 on the BBC World Service 11:50GMTA year-end tour of the world concludes with stories from Europe.
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTPeter Day takes a look at the trends we'll be hearing about in 2013.
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:05GMTIn a special programme, we look back at 2012's Cultural Olympiad.
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| 12:00 | 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:05GMTAmerican Robin Reineke identifies the bodies of migrants found on the Mexican border 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTJack Reacher and Les Miserables. 12:50GMTThe British popstar Dusty Springfield went on tour in apartheid South Africa in 1964
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:05GMTPhiona Mutesi, the Ugandan slum dweller whose life was changed by chess 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTIn a festive-themed Strand we hear about Christmas tunes from South Africa and Chile. 12:50GMTOn December 25th 1989, Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were executed by firing squad.
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:05GMTOutlook in Lapland: Jo Fidgen finds out how to survive the sub-zero temperatures 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTA look back on the cultural highlights of 2012 from Africa. 12:50GMT40 years ago the US launched its heaviest aerial bombardment of the Vietnam War.
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:05GMTTheir fathers fought the Soviets and each other: the children of the Mujahideen want peace 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTCultural highlights of 2012 with the BBC World Service's partner stations in North America 12:50GMTIn 1980 thousands died in the Nigerian city of Kano in an uprising by an Islamic sect.
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:05GMTFootball's biggest stories of the week on the BBC. 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTA year of arts and culture Down Under - green theatre, Maori Shakespeare and The Hobbit. 12:50GMTIn December 1999 a young Dutch man won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show.
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:05GMTInterviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:05GMTLeading Indian female police officer speaks to NH; uncertain future for Mali's musicians
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| 13:00 | 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:05GMTStephen Sackur talks to Sir Geoffrey Nice who led the prosecution of Slobodan Milosević 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTFidelity's Anthony Bolton looks at prospects for global stockmarkets in 2013. 13:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:05GMT2/2Anita Rani speaks to British Indians about their love of cinema. 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTAs trade links flourish, what is life like for Africans in China, and Chinese in Africa? 13:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:05GMTEx-England rugby captain Lewis Moody talks about his battle with bowel disease 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTShould older people work longer - and how far should governments remove barriers to that? 13:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:05GMTTwo farmer’s daughters in Burma object to the expansion of a Chinese backed copper mine. 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTWhy do employers often ignore people with learning disabilities who can do a good job? 13:50GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:05GMTA guide to Burma’s extraordinary year. What are the challenges for 2013?
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:05GMTMaking sense of gaps in our lives that take us out of our routine. 13:50GMTTim Harford and guests look back at the most surprising statistics of 2012.
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:05GMTPhysicist Mildred Dresselhaus's work has led the way for developments in nanotechnology
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| 14:00 | 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:05GMTSyria’s Russian air defences; Tibet self-immolation; Jonathan Miller on life and art.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:05GMTPope Benedict calls for peace in Syria; Burma plane road landing; Newshour presenter quiz.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:05GMTChaotic scenes at Lagos fire; Oxfam: donor fatigue at starving kid ads; what use poetry?
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:05GMTBhutto's son addresses thousands; Belarus opposition leader; Victorian marriage guidance.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:05GMTNorman Schwartzkopf dies; India rape victim fights for life; celebrity fads: bad science.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 14:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 14:32GMTLooking back at 2012: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:05GMTOwen Bennett-Jones discusses the coming year with top BBC correspondents.
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| 15:00 | 15:00GMTA traditional celebration of Christmas Carol Service from King's College, Cambridge.
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:05GMTHer Majesty the Queen's traditional Christmas message to the Commonwealth. 15:10GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTOutlook in Lapland: Jo Fidgen finds out how to survive the sub-zero temperatures
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTTheir fathers fought the Soviets and each other: the children of the Mujahideen want peace
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTColonel Joe Kittinger, the first man to jump from space
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTFootball's biggest stories of the week on the BBC.
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:05GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTCatrin Nye explores the exorcisms taking place in Britain's South Asian communities.
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| 16:00 | 16:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi...
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:05GMT2/2Anita Rani speaks to British Indians about their love of cinema. 16:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi...
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:05GMTEx-England rugby captain Lewis Moody talks about his battle with bowel disease 16:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi...
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:05GMTTwo farmer’s daughters in Burma object to the expansion of a Chinese backed copper mine. 16:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi...
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:05GMTBelle de Jour aka Dr Brooke Magnanti is calling for prostitution to be decriminalised. 16:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 16:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with intervi...
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:05GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:05GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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| 17:00 | 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTNew figures suggest Toyota could become the world's number one carmaker again.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:05GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:05GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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| 18:00 | 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:05GMTThe BBC news programme where you set the agenda.
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:05GMTThe BBC news programme where you set the agenda.
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:05GMTAn Oxfam report says the image of Africa in the UK media is harmful to the aid effort.
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:05GMTWe discuss the "fiscal cliff" and tea workers in NE India burning their boss to death.
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:05GMTAs doctors treat the Indian student raped in Delhi, how can attacks like this be stopped?
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 18:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 18:32GMTDo ethics fly out of the window as we chase profit? Or is an ethical code key to business?
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:05GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis. 18:30GMTFootball and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTWhy do women live longer than men? Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing 19:50GMTPascale Harter presents highlights of the year from the United States.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTTechnology experts club together to defeat cyber criminals 19:50GMTThis week, highlights of the year from around the world. In this edition: Latin America.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTThe latest methods, high-tech and low, used to diagnose Alzheimer’s 19:50GMTHighlights of the year from Africa. Presented by Pascale Harter.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTTop science stories from 2012 on the BBC World Service 19:50GMTChina's superlatives, pushy Indian parents, sweaty South Korea and animist rites in Burma
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTThe strange customs and conduct that make up ‘good manners’. Where do they come from? 19:50GMTA year-end tour of the world concludes with stories from Europe.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:05GMTA buffet of treats from the most interesting stories of 2012. Presented by Pascale Harter. 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTPeter Day takes a look at the trends we'll be hearing about in 2013.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTLooking back at 2012: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections
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| 20:00 | 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:05GMTStephen Sackur talks to Sir Geoffrey Nice who led the prosecution of Slobodan Milosević 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTIn a festive-themed Strand we hear about Christmas tunes from South Africa and Chile. 20:50GMTThe British popstar Dusty Springfield went on tour in apartheid South Africa in 1964
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:05GMT2/2Anita Rani speaks to British Indians about their love of cinema. 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTA look back on the cultural highlights of 2012 from Africa. 20:50GMTOn December 25th 1989, Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were executed by firing squad.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:05GMTEx-England rugby captain Lewis Moody talks about his battle with bowel disease 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTCultural highlights of 2012 with the BBC World Service's partner stations in North America 20:50GMT40 years ago the US launched its heaviest aerial bombardment of the Vietnam War.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:05GMTTwo farmer’s daughters in Burma object to the expansion of a Chinese backed copper mine. 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTA year of arts and culture Down Under - green theatre, Maori Shakespeare and The Hobbit. 20:50GMTIn 1980 thousands died in the Nigerian city of Kano in an uprising by an Islamic sect.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:05GMTBelle de Jour aka Dr Brooke Magnanti is calling for prostitution to be decriminalised. 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTA special edition of The Strand all about A Room for London. 20:50GMTIn December 1999 a young Dutch man won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:05GMTPhysicist Mildred Dresselhaus's work has led the way for developments in nanotechnology
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:05GMTOwen Bennett-Jones discusses the coming year with top BBC correspondents.
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| 21:00 | 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:05GMTSunday Times to sue Armstrong; US firefighters shot dead at blaze; reindeer in decline
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:05GMTEgypt approves disputed draft constitution; Pope in Christmas plea on Syria; Newshour Quiz
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:05GMTSyria army police chief defects; UEFA appeals Serbia fine; Thunderbirds creator dies
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:05GMTBenazir Bhutto's son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari enters Pakistan politics.
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:05GMTRussia bans US adoptions.
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:05GMTDemos after rape death; Egypt academic job for controversial preacher; the sound of travel
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:05GMTObama to propose gun control; Mali musicians play on; Croatia sex education row.
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| 22:00 | 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:05GMTPhiona Mutesi, the Ugandan slum dweller whose life was changed by chess 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:05GMTOutlook in Lapland: Jo Fidgen finds out how to survive the sub-zero temperatures 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:05GMTTheir fathers fought the Soviets and each other: the children of the Mujahideen want peace 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTNew figures suggest Toyota could become the world's number one carmaker again.
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:05GMTColonel Joe Kittinger, the first man to jump from space 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:05GMTFootball's biggest stories of the week on the BBC. 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTThe latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:05GMTThe contemporaneous attempt to preserve the memory of life in the Warsaw Ghetto
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:05GMTA buffet of treats from the most interesting stories of 2012. Presented by Pascale Harter. 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTCan a story be too dangerous to cover?
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| 23:00 | 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTFidelity's Anthony Bolton looks at prospects for global stockmarkets in 2013. 23:50GMTThe British popstar Dusty Springfield went on tour in apartheid South Africa in 1964
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTAs trade links flourish, what is life like for Africans in China, and Chinese in Africa? 23:50GMTOn December 25th 1989, Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were executed by firing squad.
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTShould older people work longer - and how far should governments remove barriers to that? 23:50GMT40 years ago the US launched its heaviest aerial bombardment of the Vietnam War.
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTWhy do employers often ignore people with learning disabilities who can do a good job? 23:50GMTIn 1980 thousands died in the Nigerian city of Kano in an uprising by an Islamic sect.
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTKarl Lagerfeld talks about clothes, his cat and why money is no longer a motivation. 23:50GMTIn December 1999 a young Dutch man won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show.
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:05GMTMaking sense of gaps in our lives that take us out of our routine. 23:50GMTTim Harford and guests look back at the most surprising statistics of 2012.
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:05GMTBBC News reports from around the world. 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTA Russian adoptee living in Texas takes on Vladimir Putin over a new adoption ban
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