World Service Schedule

Greece: Rescuers on trial

The aid workers put on trial for people-smuggling after saving migrants from drowning

Ukraine's power struggle

Heat and light in short supply in Kyiv - while worries surge over risks to nuclear plants

How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds?

50 years since Concorde’s first commercial flight, is aviation going supersonic again?

26/01/2026 01:06 GMT

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Frontiers of Earth Science

The very latest developments in the world of Earth science with Roland Pease

26/01/2026 02:06 GMT

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Do fish know what they look like?

Are there self-aware shoals of fish drifting through our oceans?

Wild horses in the American West

Innovative solutions to the unwieldy population of wild horses in the American West

Protest in the age of the 'Kill Switch'

How some governments turn off the internet

26/01/2026 04:06 GMT

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Taking a fresh look at women’s designer shoes

Women making footwear that platforms the skills and culture of Egypt and India

Outrage grows in Minneapolis over the fatal shooting of a nurse

Trump says there'll be a thorough review and agents will leave Minneapolis at some point

Trump indicates agents will leave Minneapolis at some point

Minnesota Governor renews call for President Trump to pull federal agents from the state

Minnesota governor calls on Trump to remove ICE agents

Protesters have taken to the streets after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti

Nicholas Opiyo, human rights lawyer: Ugandans want change

Catherine Byaruhanga speaks to human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo about Ugandan politics

How global conflict is changing air travel

Airspace closures due to war zones, are now forcing substantial rerouting of flights

John Logie Baird invents television

On 26 January 1926, John Logie Baird demonstrated the prototype for television

26/01/2026 09:06 GMT

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Do fish know what they look like?

Are there self-aware shoals of fish drifting through our oceans?

The priest behind a new airport and Agatha Christie

An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there

26/01/2026 11:06 GMT

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Is Cuba next?

Why the US capture of Nicolas Maduro spells trouble for Cuba.

My dad’s video tape connected me to his lost life

Soon after the Bosnian war, Alisa Smajlović received a VHS tape from her missing father

John Logie Baird invents television

On 26 January 1926, John Logie Baird demonstrated the prototype for television

26/01/2026 13:06 GMT

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Taking a fresh look at women’s designer shoes

Women making footwear that platforms the skills and culture of Egypt and India

Trump says he is 'reviewing everything; about Minneapolis killing

Republican senators join calls for a fuller investigation into Saturday’s shooting

Nicholas Opiyo, human rights lawyer: Ugandans want change

Catherine Byaruhanga speaks to human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo about Ugandan politics

How global conflict is changing air travel

Airspace closures due to war zones, are now forcing substantial rerouting of flights

North Sea nations bet big on wind power

Ten European countries pledge $11.3 billion investment in offshore wind

Calls grow for full inquiry into Minnesota shooting

President Trump is sending his top border official to Minnesota

Trump to send top border offical to Minnesota

There is a growing call for or a full inquiry into Alex Pretti's shooting

My dad’s video tape connected me to his lost life

Soon after the Bosnian war, Alisa Smajlović received a VHS tape from her missing father

John Logie Baird invents television

On 26 January 1926, John Logie Baird demonstrated the prototype for television

26/01/2026 19:06 GMT

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2026/01/26 GMT

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

Ukraine's power struggle

Heat and light in short supply in Kyiv - while worries surge over risks to nuclear plants

The Life Scientific: Peter Knight

Peter Knight on quantum computing and the strange physics of light.

Israel: remains of final Gaza hostage returned

Ran Gvili was one of 251 hostages taken in the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023

26/01/2026 22:06 GMT

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How are businesses impacted by protests in Minneapolis?

Protests continue over ICE agents sent by Donald Trump to remove illegal immigrants

Nicholas Opiyo, human rights lawyer: Ugandans want change

Catherine Byaruhanga speaks to human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo about Ugandan politics

Taking a fresh look at women’s designer shoes

Women making footwear that platforms the skills and culture of Egypt and India