On Air: 05:00 – 05:06
BBC News
Next: 05:06 – 06:00
Newsday
19/03/2024 05:06 GMT
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Read more
Global News Podcast
The day’s top stories from BBC News
Where To Be A Woman
Where can women live their best lives? We begin with body image
Dear Daughter: Season 3
Nadiya Hussain of the Great British Bake Off on raising teenagers
Africa Daily
Alan Kasujja delves into the news shaping Africa
BBC World Service YouTube
Explore animations and video box sets
Getting in touch with World Service
How to listen, contact us and sign up for the newsletter
Pinyin: The man who helped China to read and write
In 1958, Zhou Youguang introduced a new writing system in China
Jan Egeland: Is the international community failing to protect the most vulnerable?
Stephen Sackur speaks to the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council
Pay gap
Where in the world are women more likely to be paid the same as their male colleagues?
Contested waters: Crimea
How water is used as a weapon of war following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Planet of the puppeteers
Ana Crăciun-Lambru and Heather Lai discuss the magic of puppetry
Is the BMI fatphobic?
How useful is the Body Mass Index?