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Health Check
The physiological challenges facing World Cup football players
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How will football players cope with the heat and humidity in Brazil?; The end-of-life therapy that helps ease patients’ fear of dying; How to help a friend who is depressed Show more
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A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Rescues, forgiveness and Baltic pants
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Trapped in shipwreck for three days Harrison Okene tells of his rescue. PLus, India's postal runners, father-son story in 424 texts, forgiving my daughter's killer, Baltic pants. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Brasil, Brazil
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A panorama of stories from a global giant: from the devoted Snake Man of Bahia to the struggles over land in the Amazon, from Recife's resentments to cherished national myths Show more
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Arianna Huffington of news internet site The Huffington Post talks about her spiritual journey via Greece, India, England and the US. Show more
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What makes gold so valuable? With Kwasi Kwarteng, Maria Alicia Uribe and Nicholas Kotov Show more
In May 1959, for the first time America sends two monkeys into space and brings them back alive. Show more
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Global Business
Packaging in a Pickle
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Modern living generates increasing amounts of packaging to wrap up the things we buy. That generates widespread criticism of an industry. Peter Day investigates. Show more
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Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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Newshour
Did Qatar buy the World Cup?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Millions of alleged bribery documents surface; Life after captivity; Vitiligo model
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Unexpected Elements
Mapping the Ocean Floor; Colorado River; Beauty and the Brain; Footballers Heat
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
We really do know less about the ocean floor on Earth than we do about the surface of Mars, Venus and the Moon. In the case of the Red Planet, the maps are about 250 times better. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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A US Army veteran too busy trying to stay out of jail to think about Afghanistan’s future. Show more
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Outlook
Rescues, forgiveness and Baltic pants
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Trapped in shipwreck for three days Harrison Okene tells of his rescue. PLus, India's postal runners, father-son story in 424 texts, forgiving my daughter's killer, Baltic pants. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Bobby Friction traces how young India is expressing itself in the massive rise in independent music and festivals. Recorded on location at NH7 in Bangalore. Show more
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World Book Club
Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Maya Angelou reflects on some of her earliest and most difficult memories in this special commemorative edition of World Book Club from our archive. Show more
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Taleban welcomes prisoner swap 'victory'; FIFA corruption allegations; inside the mind of a vicious S African police chief.
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Maya Angelou on death: “Admitting that I will die…liberates one” Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Trending
The Extreme World of ‘Pick-up Artist’ Hate
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
After Elliot Rodger kills six people, BBC Trending delves into the misogyny of ‘pick-up artist’ haters. Plus we hear from the group trying to stop rude driving in Russia. Show more
Economist Thomas Piketty's theories on inequality and capital have been the talk of the economic and political worlds. Is the Financial Times right that he got his numbers wrong? Show more
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Dr Tiffany Jenkins asks what our brains can tell us about art. Can there ever be a recipe for beauty? Or are the great works beyond the powers of neuroscience? Show more
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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Outlook
Rescues, forgiveness and Baltic pants
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Trapped in shipwreck for three days Harrison Okene tells of his rescue. PLus, India's postal runners, father-son story in 424 texts, forgiving my daughter's killer, Baltic pants. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
How to get ahead in diplomacy, from negotiations to polite language, secret code words to bringing your own sandwiches. Show more
Economist Thomas Piketty's theories on inequality and capital have been the talk of the economic and political worlds. Is the Financial Times right that he got his numbers wrong? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
What makes gold so valuable? With Kwasi Kwarteng, Maria Alicia Uribe and Nicholas Kotov Show more
Over to You
Is the Threat to Journalists Growing?
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In recent weeks journalists have been killed for doing their jobs in Ukraine, Libya and Central African Republic. What can be done to make journalists safer in their work? Show more
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Live news, business and sport from around the world.
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Science In Action
Searching the Ocean
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Searching the Ocean; Low Density Supersonic Decelerator; Google Cars; Colorado River; Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction Show more
