World Service Schedule

Canada

Sky-high tariffs, threats of annexation and now, a federal election. Big issues debated

WTO says global trade will fall this year

The WTO warns that a tariff war between the US and China will have an impact worldwide

17/04/2025 01:06 GMT

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Braille and me

A celebration of Braille from around the world, 200 years after it was invented

The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid, part 2

ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.

The Khmer Rouge take power in Cambodia

In April 1975 the four-year rule of the brutal Khmer Rouge began in Cambodia

17/04/2025 03:06 GMT

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What’s the future for Indigenous food?

First Nations people in Canada talk about opportunities and barriers to food security.

US judge threatens to hold Trump officials in contempt

He accuses them of defying his orders in a gang deportation case

Trump officials may face contempt charges

A US judge says they disregarded an order to stop deportations to El Salvador

US to hold talks on Ukraine with European allies

It will be the highest level of transatlantic engagement about the war since February

What does President Putin want now?

How Trump’s return to office reshapes Putin’s strategic ambitions

Armenia: Silicon Valley of the Caucasus?

The small country in the South Caucasus has big tech ambitions

Clearing landmines in Cambodia

Aki Ra laid hundreds of landmines for the Khmer Rouge, but began clearing them in 1992.

17/04/2025 08:06 GMT

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Braille and me

A celebration of Braille from around the world, 200 years after it was invented

The Media Show: Britain's steel crisis and SNL’s leap across the Atlantic

Reporting the battle to save the UK’s last major steelworks

The Kurdish issue: Part one

What does the future hold for Kurdish people?

17/04/2025 10:06 GMT

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What’s the future for Indigenous food?

First Nations people in Canada talk about opportunities and barriers to food security.

The penguin that followed a teacher home

Tom Michell on the lessons he learned from his adopted rescue bird

Clearing landmines in Cambodia

Aki Ra laid hundreds of landmines for the Khmer Rouge, but began clearing them in 1992.

17/04/2025 12:06 GMT

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Have we found an animal reservoir of mpox?

Investigating the mystery of which animals form reservoirs of mpox in the wild.

US holds talks on Ukraine with European allies

Trump’s top officials hold talks on ending Ukraine war with its European allies

What does President Putin want now?

How Trump’s return to office reshapes Putin’s strategic ambitions

European Central Bank cuts rates warning of "exceptional uncertainty"

ECB will “wait and see” if planned tariffs trigger inflation across the Eurozone

Ukraine: US hold talks with European allies

Top US diplomats are in Paris to discuss efforts to end the war in Ukraine

Italy's Meloni meets Donald Trump

The Italian Prime Minister will be trying to represent the interests of the EU

The penguin that followed a teacher home

Tom Michell on the lessons he learned from his adopted rescue bird

Clearing landmines in Cambodia

Aki Ra laid hundreds of landmines for the Khmer Rouge, but began clearing them in 1992.

17/04/2025 18:06 GMT

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

2025/04/17 GMT

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

Braille and me

A celebration of Braille from around the world, 200 years after it was invented

Any more for Moore’s Law?

It's 60 years since Gordon Moore predicted computing power would double every two years

Trump attacks Fed boss for not cutting interest rates

The president said Jerome Powell's "termination cannot come fast enough"

What does President Putin want now?

How Trump’s return to office reshapes Putin’s strategic ambitions

What’s the future for Indigenous food?

First Nations people in Canada talk about opportunities and barriers to food security.

17/04/2025 22:06 GMT

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

Global trade uncertainty 'is off the charts'

The IMF warns that economic growth will suffer due to tariffs and the ongoing trade war

The Media Show: Britain's steel crisis and SNL’s leap across the Atlantic

Reporting the battle to save the UK’s last major steelworks

The Happy Pod: Life-saving rat retires

Carolina, a giant African pouched rat, has spent seven years sniffing out Tuberculosis