So many wonderful memories. BBC World Service

The tragedy of war in Lebanon from min 25 here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

One of Iran’s most prominent contemporary writers and literary critics, Mahsa Moebali, reflects on three weeks of war in an interview with Weekend's Celia Hatton www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Amr Moussa, a former foreign minister of Egypt and a former Arab League Secretary General, reflects on the US-Israeli war with Iran with Weekend's Julian Worricker. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The extraordinary story of 2 siblings reunited after 63 years by a police detective while investigating an unsolved homicide from 1971.The victim turned out to be their mother. Weekend's Julian Worricker spoke with detective Wade Zufall& Marie and Chuck Sharkey www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The extraordinary story of 2 siblings reunited after 63 years by a police detective while investigating an unsolved homicide from 1971.The victim turned out to be their mother. Weekend's Julian Worricker spoke with detective Wade Zufall& Marie and Chuck Sharkey www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

If you missed attacks on Iran live on the radio this morning you can listen back as the story unfolded in real time: Trump’s statement, descriptions of the jets & bombs over Tehran, live updates from Jerusalem from Joaquin Floto and Lyse Doucet tying it all together👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

On Weekend this morning we marked 4 years of war in Ukraine. Julian Worricker caught up with former tennis pro player Sergiy Stakhovsky who’s been fighting for his country from the very first days of the Russian full scale invasion An extraordinary account www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

On Weekend this morning we turned the spotlight onto those who suffered at Epstein’s hands and who helped bring about his downfall. Julian Worricker spoke to Marina Lacerda who met Epstein in New York in 2002 when she was just 14. A very powerful interview www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

On Weekend this morning we turned the spotlight onto those who suffered at Epstein’s hands and who helped bring about his downfall. Julian Worricker spoke to Marina Lacerda who met Epstein in New York in 2002 when she was just 14. A very powerful interview www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

On Weekend this morning we marked 4 years of war in Ukraine. Julian Worricker caught up with former tennis pro player Sergiy Stakhovsky who’s been fighting for his country from the very first days of the Russian full scale invasion An extraordinary account www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

BBC World Service faces funding cliff edge in seven weeks, says Tim Davie www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

War crimes prosecutors seek 45 years' prison for Kosovo ex-president www.reuters.com/world/war-cr...

'All of our gowns were bloodied” An Iranian doctor recounts the scenes from her clinic during the violent crackdown of protests in the country in early January. For her security she is not being named. Her words are spoken by a translator. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our legendary colleague Anthony Loyd of the Times speaking to Julian Worricker on war and peace in Ukraine live from Donbas. From min 27 here 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It’s been one of those days in the office…

Epstein survivor: DOJ partial files release 'sucks' www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Peroni fontana in London

RIP Ornela Vanoni m.youtube.com/watch?v=z4nh...

Gorgeous autumn day

A message in a bottle- written by 2 Australian soldiers on their way to fight in the WW1 in 1916 in Europe- has been found 109 yrs later.Weekend’s Julian Worricker spoke to Deb Brown, her daughter discovered the bottle &Ann Turner, the granddaughter of one of soldiers www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Photojournalist Lynsey Addario is the winner of two Pulitzer prizes and many other awards for her work over the past couple of decades. She has covered conflicts from Libya, to Afghanistan, Sudan and Ukraine. Her storied career is now subject of a new film “Life+War”. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Twenty-five years ago, pro-democracy protests took place in Belgrade and forced the Serb authoritarian leader Slobodan Milosevic to step down. Srdja Popovic, one of the leaders of the student protest movement Otpor spoke to Weekend's Julian Worricker. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Summer skies

Kallas said today that any deal between Washington and Moscow to end the war in Ukraine must include Ukraine and the EU, adding that she will convene a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday to discuss next steps. www.reuters.com/world/kallas...

Polish FM Sikorski says that changing of borders by force “has resonance for every European. We fought two bloody wars over the issue of national minorities across international borders . . . Putin has sent tanks in and that should not stand” His interview on Weekend👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Never-before-heard home recordings of Woody Guthrie, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th Century, are released, more than half a century after his death. Weekend spoke to Guthrie's granddaughter Anna Canoni& his daughter Nora about the new album. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Local residents allege the shooter was an Israeli settler. Basel Adra, co-director of the Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" pays tribute to his colleague and friend, Awdah. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen was shot dead this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Local residents allege the shooter was an Israeli settler. Basel Adra, co-director of the Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" pays tribute to his colleague and friend, Awdah. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert tells Julian Worricker on the BBC World Service’s Weekend programme that the Israeli military’s newly announced tactical pause comes too late. “Because the whole world is pissed off with us, and I think that they have a good reason for it,” he says.

As the war in Gaza has dragged on, the debate has grown more heated - about whether that most serious of legal terms - genocide - should be applied to Israel's actions in Gaza. In May a group of UN experts said this on the matter: ‘While States debate terminology-is it or is it not genocide?

London running out of…Chocolate swirls

This morning on BBC World Service we took time to Remember Srebrenica. We recalled what happened&heard from survivors & relatives. David Rhode told us how he uncovered the first mass graves 30 years ago. With guests Arminka Helic and Steven Erlanger👇from min 26:30 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia 30 years ago was the worst single atrocity on European soil since World War Two. The journalist David Rohde, who uncovered and told the world about the mass graves after the genocide, recalls how he came across the story www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Srebrenica. Never forget.

Former Commanding General of the US Army in Europe Ben Hodges says he has “zero confidence” in US Director of National Intelligence, Gabbard. The retired general also told the BBC’s Weekend programme that he is sceptical about US military intervention in Iran. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The conflict between Israel & Iran is a "powder keg [that] has already blown up", according to Robert Malley, the lead negotiator of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Speaking to the BBC World Service’s Weekend, Malley says the current hostilities "may well head in a more dangerous direction".

So great to have colleagues @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social and Chris Brown as panel guests on Weekend this morning. If you missed the show live, you can catch up here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

French MPs backed a bill this week that would promote Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French army captain wrongly convicted of treason in 1894, to the rank of Brigadier Genera. His great-grandson Michel Dreyfus, has been speaking to Julian Worricker on Weekend programme 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Israeli military is continuing with a new offensive in Gaza, despite possible ceasefire talks with Hamas in Qatar. Weekend's Rebecca Kesby spoke to Asma, a teacher and mother of two daughters who is in Jabalia, in the north of Gaza, on Friday. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Top UN official told the BBC this week that Israel denying food to Gaza is 'weapon of war' Gazans have been starving for two and a half years now. This is a heartbreaking interview I did with a Gaza surgeon - father of small children - in December 2023 #Weekend www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

When in Rome

RIP Mario Vargas Llosa. Thank you especially for Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, one of my most loved books

Laura Delano was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 14 and was prescribed 19 psychiatric medications. After 14 years she walked away from the treatment altogether. She details that journey in her memoir… She’s been speaking to Weekend’s Julian Worricker www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Laura Delano was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 14 and was prescribed 19 psychiatric medications. After 14 years she walked away from the treatment altogether. She details that journey in her memoir… She’s been speaking to Weekend’s Julian Worricker www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sergiy Stakhovsky is no ordinary Ukrainian soldier. He’s a former professional tennis player who, in 2013, famously knocked Roger Federer out of Wimbledon. But fast forward to today and he's swapped his racket for a rifle, serving in Ukraine's armed forces. 🎧Hear more from Sergiy: bbc.in/4ifc4tj