World Service

News & views from the BBC's international radio station.

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Newshour

12/04/2026 20:06 GMT

Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

22:00 BSTBBC News

12/04/2026 21:01 GMT

22:06 BSTThe Climate Question

Earthquakes and climate change

22:30 BSTBBC News Summary

12/04/2026 21:30 GMT

22:32 BSTTech Life

The problem with AI

23:00 BSTBBC News

12/04/2026 22:01 GMT

23:06 BSTThe Newsroom

12/04/2026 22:06 GMT

23:30 BSTBBC News Summary

12/04/2026 22:30 GMT

23:32 BSTThe Fifth Floor

Bringing India's daughters back home

00:00 BSTBBC News

12/04/2026 23:01 GMT

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Radio 4

Inquisitive speech radio to make sense of your world.

LIVE

21:30 BST

From Our Own Correspondent

Donald Trump and a dangerous ultimatum

The US president made extraordinary threats towards Iran, and Tom Bateman found there was limited space for reporters' questions about the war in the Pentagon briefings.

22:00 BSTWestminster Hour

12/04/2026

23:00 BSTIn Our Time

Handel's Messiah

23:45 BSTShort Works

Nora's Abyss by Aimée Walsh

00:00 BSTMidnight News

13/04/2026

00:15 BSTCrossing Continents

Albania: Land, Money and the Sea

00:45 BSTBells on Sunday

The church of St Mary's Patshull in Staffordshire

00:48 BSTShipping Forecast

13/04/2026

01:00 BSTSelection of BBC World Service Programmes

13/04/2026

05:00 BSTNews Summary

13/04/2026

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