BBC’s The World Today

Monday - Thursday, 8:00 - 9:00pm


A fast-paced survey of the day’s top headlines around the world from the BBC World Service. Featuring insightful interviews with newsmakers and BBC correspondents around the globe.

GlobalNews: 21 May 12 PM Yemen attack

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Scores killed in Yemen suicide bomb / Lockerbie bomber buried / Chess in India.

GlobalNews: 21 May 12 AM Obama and Karzai at NATO conference

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NATO leaders lay out the path towards their withdrawal in 2014 / Libya gets ready to bury the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing / A look back at the life of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees

GlobalNews: 20 May 2012 Lockerbie Bomber Dies

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Lockerbie Bomber, Al-Megrahi dies; Italy quake; NATO discusses Afghanistan pull-out.

GlobalNews: 19 MAY 12 Aborted space launch

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Aborted US space lauch to the International Space Station / Bomb blast in Syria / Call to Prayer / Top Hat.

GlobalNews: 18 May 12 PM The trading of Facebook shares

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Facebook fanfare on stock market debut / European stock markets hit slump / Legendary Arab singer, Warda, dies.

GlobalNews: 18 May 12 AM Facebook sets share price in $100bn flotation

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Social networking company set to release some 420 million shares priced at $38 each/ President Obama holds African food security talks/ The right protocol for a Diamond Jubilee lunch/ Tributes paid to disco icon Donna Summer

GlobalNews: 17 May 12 PM Mladic trial suspended

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Cameron's warning about Eurozone / Spain auctions off bonds / Greeks' anxiety over economy / Denmark's push for renewable energy / Is Harry Potter great literature ? / Internet stardom for London's singing fish-seller.

GlobalNews: 17 May 12 AM Greece: Merkel 'playing poker with lives'

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Greek leftist leader George Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of 'playing poker with people's lives'/ ICC: Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda 'will be caught'/ Robotic arm controlled by thought/ Cuba's art extravaganza

GlobalNews: 16 May PM The trial of Ratko Mladic

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Mladic trial opens in the Hague / Witnesses coerced, says Liberia's Charles Taylor / The pliosaur who suffered painful arthritis.

GlobalNews: 16 May 12 AM Mladic Trial Begins

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Mladic to face charges of genocide/ Truth Commission in Brazil/ New drug in Russia/ Carlos Fuentes

GlobalNews: 15 May 12 PM Greek parties fail to form coalition

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Hollande sworn-in as French president / Charges against former Murdoch aide / Palestinians mark anniversary of "The Catastrophe" / How one native American tribe is tackling alcoholism / How a 9 year-old boy became a sensation - with cardboard.

GlobalNews: 15 May 12 AM Greek currency crisis

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What if Greece quit the Eurozone? / Conflict minerals / Gamers celebrate Diablo's return

GlobalNews: 14 May 12 PM Did NATO kill Libyan civilians ?

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Fresh fighting in Syrian city of al-Rastan / How Greeks respond to political stalemate / Reality TV show angers America's Iranian community / The world's longest taxi-journey.

GlobalNews: 14 May 12 AM Massacre in Monterrey

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Narco-gang massacre in Mexico / Nato under fire for civilian deaths / Historic victory for Manchester City football club

GlobalNews: 13 May 12 PM

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Afghan advisor killed / Uganda LRA man caught / Austrian cat cafe

GlobalNews: 12 May 12 PM

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New Greek vote likely / Indonesia plane recovery / Berlin train

GlobalNews: 11 May 12 PM Contraction of Eurozone economy predicted

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Spain bolsters banks as eurozone contracts / Breivik trial disrupted by relative / London 2012's Olympic tower.

GlobalNews: 11 May 12 AM JP Morgan lost billions

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JP Morgan lost billions//Algeria elections//Pills to prevent HIV infections//Clooney raises fund for Obama//World Chess Championship returns to Moscow

GlobalNews: 10 May 12 PM Suicide car bombs in Damascus.

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Many killed in bombs in Syria / German chancellor says 'No change of course' / London Olympic flame lit.

GlobalNews 10 May 12 AM: Obama supports gay marriage

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Obama supports gay marriage//Alegria elections//Sukhoi Superjet missing over Indonesia//Fragile ceasefire in Homs//Universal flu vaccine//Vidal Sassoon has died

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