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Pakistan's Hijra, or third gender, community are resisting a new and emerging transgender identity which they believe threatens their long established culture. Show more

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Terror attempt foiled in Australia; Venezuela to vote on constituent assembly; how should a president behave? Show more

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Thwarted terror attack in Australia; the human sardines of Dubrovnik; Hassan Rouhani's challenges Show more

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Venezuela to vote in a new assembly with powers to rewrite the constitution; Opera on a sleeper train from Aberdeen to London Show more

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The unique properties of the Black Sea make it an archaeologist’s dream but an ecologist’s nightmare. Show more

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Will the US fund Afghanistan's Air Force? Plus: Rwanda's durable President, conspiracy theories amid the ashes of European wildfires, and the drug war's impact on a Mexican town Show more

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What does the live streaming practice tell us about modern China? This week we meet the super fan, and witness his first face-to-face interaction with his favourite live streamer. Show more

Following an episode of the Food chain about the Hadza people a listener from Kenya complains about the word ‘tribe’ being used throughout. Show more

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Gun attack in German city of Konstanz leaves 2 dead, including attacker / Venezuelans are electing a new assembly to rewrite the constitution - opposition calls for boycott Show more

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How Putin learned to stop worrying and love internet espionage Show more

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The 2017 season of specially selected broadcasts from the BBC Proms opens with a celebration of one of Handel’s best-loved works Show more

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President Maduro puts plans for a constituent assembly to the vote. Show more

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Mark Tully discusses the lasting effects of the Partition of India in 1947 on generations of Indians. Show more

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Several people have been killed in Venezuela as voting begins in a divisive election for a new assembly to rewrite the constitution. Show more

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Two marine archaeologists from Thailand and Australia talk to Kim Chakanetsa about their love of history, the thrill of discovery, and the dangerous reality of diving. Show more

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Venezuela's government holds a deeply divisive election for a new assembly to rewrite the constitution. Show more

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Nina Robinson investigates the resurgence of Kirtan, an ancient form of Sikh worship, amongst the YouTube generation. Show more

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AlphaBay and Hansa shut down; Radical Technologies; Shared City; Telling stories about AI Show more

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The horrific use of aversion therapy to "cure" homosexuality in 1960s Britain; plus a 99-year-old former aide to Chiang Kai Shek; and ending communal housing in the former USSR. Show more

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Life in an anti-gay church, a sanitary pad designer accused of black magic, and the uncontrollable swearing caused by Tourette's syndrome Show more

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Currency derives value not from the preciousness of the substance of which it is made, but trust in the government which issues it. Show more