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World Update Episodes

  1. Scotland says no to independence

    Full coverage and analysis from Dan Damon in Edinburgh and Rob Watson in London

  2. Scotland says no to independence

    Full coverage and analysis with Dan Damon in Edinburgh and Rob Watson in London

  3. Muslim plea for Henning release

    Open letter condemns Islamic State

  4. Scottish Independence: Last Day of Campaigning

    Nairobi noir; a school for husbands; Northern Ireland racism; life in Luhansk

  5. US Air Strikes on IS Militants

    Skyscrapers 'can reduce pollution'; forced conversion in Pakistan; video game sexism

  6. World Leaders Meet in Paris to Tackle IS

    Scotland's whisky industry; US, NATO military exercises in Ukraine; MERS at the Hajj

  7. Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide

    Judge clears athlete of murder but says he acted negligently when he used his gun

  8. 12/09/2014

    News and issues making the headlines each day.

  9. 11/09/2014

    News and issues making the headlines each day.

  10. Will Scotland break away from the UK?

    Special programme on British identity

  11. First Official Report into MH17 Tragedy

    China's Uighurs; South Sudan food shortages; new Dr Seuss book; Man Booker shortlist

  12. Turkey role in IS crisis

    Turkey's complicated position against The Islamic State

  13. Ukraine-Russia ceasefire hopes

    Joan Rivers and Israel; WHO Ebola decisions; Syrian Kurds vs IS; Jacobean theatre

  14. Islamic extremism, Ukraine top NATO agenda

    British female jihadists; green colonialism; dynamite fishing; Ebola medical shortages

  15. UK emergency meeting over IS threat

    Russia and the west; mapping the caliphate; maggot therapy; Ferguson's new gangs

  16. Report says "ethnic cleansing" in Northern Iraq

    Obama in Estonia; translators without borders; the ethical robot; Detroit water shortage

  17. Pakistan anti-government protests continue

    Hong Kong democracy; babies with three parents; mapping a caliphate; little Liberia

  18. Putin wants Ukraine to call ceasefire

    Children and guns; Iceland volcano; Lesotho's new "gold" rush; the 麻豆社 Proms look east

  19. US: Russian troops involved in Ukraine fighting

    California drought; footballing head injuries; Ebola conference; DRC massacre

  20. Tension in Afghanistan over disputed election

    Gaza ceasefire; how to age; N Korea beach party; Kate Bush returns; who are the Kurds?

  21. Ukraine, Russian presidents meet in Minsk

    The right age for sex ed; Kabul expats' fear; Iran's water shortage; Libya latest

  22. Islamic State threatens Turkmens with death

    Tributes to Lord Attenborough; DRC confirms ebola; reformed jihadist; Ferguson funeral

  23. US: Islamic State "beyond just a terrorist group"

    Peshmerga volunteers; Ferguson's black and white churches; Dr Who returns; Victorian loos

  24. Britain's jihadists

    Who's to blame for extremism in the UK?

  25. Tributes to US journalist beheaded by IS

    Hiroshima landslides; animals' super senses; War Horse in China; lessons for Ferguson

  26. Police: criminals have infiltrated crowds in Ferguson

    Egyptians living in graveyards; Iraq's displaced millions; Suarez back on the pitch

  27. National Guard to be sent to Ferguson

    Assange breaks silence; dealing with water wasters; UK anti-semitism; working dads

  28. Stories from Yazidi Refugees

    Yazidis in northern Iraq make a renewed call for foreign intervention

  29. US unlikely to launch Iraq rescue mission

    Pope in South Korea; email-free holidays; Islamabad at a standstill

  30. US: 130 military advisers in northern Iraq

    The dangers of legal highs; tributes to Lauren Bacall; top prize for female maths prof

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