BBC The World Tonight

The World Tonight

When it comes to daily news, The World Tonight takes international events seriously and covers them in depth. Using the BBC's international network of correspondents we report on what is going on, put it in context and provide a forum for debate on the big issues facing us all. The presenter team is led by Ritula Shah. It is broadcast Monday to Friday at 10pm on BBC Radio 4 and lasts for 45 minutes.
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4 Episodes

President Biden commutes many death row sentences

President Biden has commuted the sentences of nearly all the federal inmates on death row in the United States.We'll hear from a woman who's been told that her mother's murderer will no longer be executed and we'll also speak to a death row prisoner who's sentence was commuted today We…
23 Dec 6PM 41 min

Two killed after car ploughs into crowd at German Christmas market

Two people have been killed, including a child, after a car drove into crowds at a Christmas market in the Germany city of Magdeburg. Sixty-eight people were injured. The leader of Saxony says the suspect is believed to be a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian doctor.US Members of Congress are debating into…
20 Dec 5PM 40 min

Lord Mandelson set to be UK ambassador to US

The Labour grandee Lord Peter Mandelson looks likely be the next UK ambassador to the United States. We ask how he'll fare negotiating with President Trump's White House.Also tonight:As Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband is jailed for 20 years after the rape trial that shocked the world, survivors of sexual assault tell…
19 Dec 5PM 41 min

Campaigners angry as government denies Waspi women payouts

Campaigners feel stung by the government's decision not to pay compensation to the "Waspi" women affected by state pension age changes. One Labour MP tells us it's a mistake. Also tonight:The former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has resigned as a priest, over his handling of a child abuse investigation…
17 Dec 5PM 37 min