World Update Episodes by date: May 2011

May 2011

Tue 31 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  31/05/2011
  
  Libya military defections, French diet battle, Australia suspends cow exports to Indonesia
  
  First broadcast: 31 May 2011
Mon 30 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  30/05/2011
  
  The Arab Spring and the Palestinians / Germany phases out nuclear power / Number blindness
  
  First broadcast: 30 May 2011
Fri 27 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  27/05/2011
  
  Mladic in the dock; Cheryl Cole's X Factor snub - can the US cope with the Geordie accent?
  
  First broadcast: 27 May 2011
Thu 26 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  26/05/2011
  
  News and issues making the headlines each day.
  
  First broadcast: 26 May 2011
Wed 25 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  25/05/2011
  
  Obama in London / Ash cloud chaos / Oprah's last show
  
  First broadcast: 25 May 2011
Tue 24 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  24/05/2011
  
  Large scale NATO attack on Tripoli; Overcharging Obama for beer; The first digital G8
  
  First broadcast: 24 May 2011
Mon 23 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  23/05/2011
  
  Taliban attack Pakistan naval base / Obama in Ireland / another side of Bob Dylan
  
  First broadcast: 23 May 2011
Fri 20 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  20/05/2011
  
  Obama Mid East speech / New hope for paraplegics / Are there too many film sequels?
  
  First broadcast: 20 May 2011
Thu 19 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  19/05/2011
  
  Strauss-Kahn resigns / Obama to give Middle East speech / Bionic hand
  
  First broadcast: 19 May 2011
Wed 18 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  18/05/2011
  
  Libya defection, Canadian journalist freed, Queen visits Croke Park
  
  First broadcast: 18 May 2011
Tue 17 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  17 May 11 Queen Visit Bomb Defused
  
  Discovery of explosive device on Queen Elizabeth's visit to Ireland; does youth end at 35?
  
  First broadcast: 17 May 2011
Mon 16 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  16/05/2011
  
  IMF head charged with attempted rape / Portugal heads for bail-out / 'planking' craze
  
  First broadcast: 16 May 2011
Fri 13 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  13/05/2011
  
  Pakistan blast, mood in Syria, birdsong smartphone app
  
  First broadcast: 13 May 2011
Thu 12 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  12/05/2011
  
  Uganda's Museveni sworn in / Demanjuk trial / School for adventurous kids
  
  First broadcast: 12 May 2011
Wed 11 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  11/05/2011
  
  Syrian eyewitness in Homs / Mexican crime reporter / Cannes film festival opens
  
  First broadcast: 11 May 2011
Tue 10 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  10/05/2011
  
  New York Times journalist gets access to Syria, Microsoft eyes Skype, Obama Ireland
  
  First broadcast: 10 May 2011
Mon 9 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  09/05/2011
  
  Pakistan under pressure / Japanese children return to school / French football racism row
  
  First broadcast: 09 May 2011
Fri 6 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  06/05/2011
  
  Items found in Bin Laden compound, the best country to be a mum, morality of assassination
  
  First broadcast: 06 May 2011
Thu 5 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  05/05/2011
  
  News and issues making the headlines each day.
  
  First broadcast: 05 May 2011
Wed 4 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  04/05/2011
  
  Pakistan politician on Osama Bin Laden's death, Spotify vs iTunes, North Korean prisons
  
  First broadcast: 04 May 2011
Tue 3 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  03/05/2011
  
  US-Pakistan cooperation, Canadian elections, Obama's week
  
  First broadcast: 03 May 2011
Mon 2 May
- - 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
  02/05/2011
  
  Extended special coverage of Osama bin Laden's death
  
  First broadcast: 02 May 2011