World Service Schedule

Can Syria’s Kurds save their women’s revolution?

What’s the future for Syria’s Kurds now they’re losing their autonomy

Iran: the regional fallout

After US-Israeli attacks on Iran, surrounding countries have been drawn into the conflict

How is war being fought in space?

Space warfare, space manufacturing and satellite data at Space Comm Expo

09/03/2026 01:06 GMT

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The Life Scientific: Pierre Friedlingstein

Pierre Friedlingstein on the pivotal role of carbon in predicting climate change.

09/03/2026 02:06 GMT

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

What keeps the universe in balance?

What keeps the stars burning? And is the universe in balance?

Super seagrass

The fight to regrow vital seagrass meadows and protect them from climate change

Inside Russia’s ‘Youth Armies’

How Russia is making soldiers out of Ukrainian children

09/03/2026 04:06 GMT

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

How to share a top job

Two women in the UK and Switzerland on the opportunities sharing exec roles can bring

Mojtaba Khamenei to become Iran's new supreme leader

He replaces his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was killed at his compound in Tehran

Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father in Iran

Mojtaba Khamenei to become Iran's new supreme leader

New supreme leader chosen in Iran inspite of threats

Mojtaba Khamenei to become Iran's new supreme leader

Samantha Power, former US Ambassador to UN: Closing USAID was soft power suicide

Caitriona Perry speaks to the former US ambassador Samantha Power who led USAID

The book that built the modern economy

Wealth of Nations 250 years on: what’s the state of Adam Smith’s free market today?

Triumph of the Will: A Nazi propaganda film

In 1934 one of the most controversial propaganda movies ever made was filmed at Nuremberg

09/03/2026 09:06 GMT

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

What keeps the universe in balance?

What keeps the stars burning? And is the universe in balance?

Sweden and the USA's diplomatic freeze and Elvis in the UK

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

09/03/2026 11:06 GMT

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

Spain stands up to Trump

Pedro Sanchez’s anti-war and pro-immigration views have caused clashes with the US leader.

A boy named ‘stand up’ and his battle to take down a statue

Simukai means 'stand-up' – and he does, against the legacy of colonialism

Triumph of the Will: A Nazi propaganda film

In 1934 one of the most controversial propaganda movies ever made was filmed at Nuremberg

09/03/2026 13:06 GMT

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

How to share a top job

Two women in the UK and Switzerland on the opportunities sharing exec roles can bring

As the price of oil surges, markets tumble

G7 nations will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss surging oil prices

Samantha Power, former US Ambassador to UN: Closing USAID was soft power suicide

Caitriona Perry speaks to the former US ambassador Samantha Power who led USAID

The book that built the modern economy

Wealth of Nations 250 years on: what’s the state of Adam Smith’s free market today?

Bangladesh rations fuel for private motorists

The US/Israel war with Iran has disrupted global oil supplies.

Iran war: How will oil price spikes affect us?

The price of a barrel of oil passed $100 for the first time in four years

Iranian missiles intercepted over Turkey

We have the latest on the US-Israeli war on Iran

A boy named ‘stand up’ and his battle to take down a statue

Simukai means 'stand-up' – and he does, against the legacy of colonialism

Triumph of the Will: A Nazi propaganda film

In 1934 one of the most controversial propaganda movies ever made was filmed at Nuremberg

09/03/2026 19:06 GMT

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

2026/03/09 GMT

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

Iran: the regional fallout

After US-Israeli attacks on Iran, surrounding countries have been drawn into the conflict

The Life Scientific: Tony Juniper

Explorations in the world of science.

Oil prices appear to stabilise after a surge

G7 finance ministers meet to discuss turmoil caused by the US-Israeli war against Iran

09/03/2026 22:06 GMT

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Oil prices ease as Trump says Iran war over “pretty quickly”

But prices are still much higher than before conflict started

Samantha Power, former US Ambassador to UN: Closing USAID was soft power suicide

Caitriona Perry speaks to the former US ambassador Samantha Power who led USAID

How to share a top job

Two women in the UK and Switzerland on the opportunities sharing exec roles can bring