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Assignment
Turkey’s Political Football
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
How has rivalry on the football field reflected the political divisions in Istanbul and Turkey as a whole? Show more
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The Sudanese opposition calls for civil disobedience after three leaders are arrested. Show more
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Weekend
Hong Kong protests over extradition law
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
Protesters say that judicial independence is under threat. Show more
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Weekend
Thousands gather to protest in Hong Kong
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
The demonstration is expected to be the biggest since the 2014 "Umbrella" movement. Show more
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The Food Chain
Finding a food champion: The finalists
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
The people changing the way we produce, consume and think about food. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Mexico and the Migrants
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
The USA plays hardball with Mexico over migration and trade; women changing the Japanese workplace; memories of Poland's 1989 elections and echoes of the slavery era in S Carolina Show more
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Heart and Soul
The wind phone
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
In Japan an unusual phone booth has become a place where the living can call the dead. Show more
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Outlook
The Cuban aristocrat with a revolutionary secret
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
In the 1950s, Natalia Bolivar was a rich socialite with a secret. She was an undercover urban guerrilla, using her privileged status to try to bring down the government. Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Art to believe in
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
The Cultural Frontline speaks to artists about how their faith informs and inspires their work Show more
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The Documentary
Praying for petrol
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
How is Mexico’s illegal petrol trade creating a new culture through film, song and prayer? Show more
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Newshour
Hundreds of thousands protest in Hong Kong
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
People are marching in Hong Kong against a proposed extradition law. Show more
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The Documentary
Ticket to a new life
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
Many Pacific Islanders enter New Zealand’s visa lottery. What happens to the winners? Show more
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Global Business
Plastic backlash: The business response
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
The last eighteen months have seen a global public backlash against plastic. Caroline Bayley asks how businesses have responded and what opportunities it has brought. Show more
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Newshour
Hong Kong protests end in violence
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
Huge crowds march against bill allowing extradition to China. Show more
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Texting Keith Olbermann
The visit, part one
18 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
After two and a half years, the time has come. On a work trip to New York, Ros heads to Keith's penthouse overlooking Central Park to meet the man behind the texts. Show more
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Dwarf wheat
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
Predictions of mass starvation might have been averted by Norman Borlaug’s work tinkering with the genetic design of wheat – but worries about overpopulation continue. Show more
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People Fixing The World
Can sleep deprivation help treat bipolar disorder?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
An Italian psychiatrist asks patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder to stay awake for 36 hours at a time, in an attempt to alleviate their depressive symptoms. Show more
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Discovery
Why do we get déjà vu?
26 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
4/6 Two questions today for Rutherford and Fry. What is déjà vu and is anything really random. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 2019/06/10 00:06 GMT: Hong Kong protesters oppose extradition bill
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
Hundreds of thousands of people have demonstrated against China's controversial bill Show more
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Science In Action
US foetal tissue research ban
35 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
The Trump administration halts scientific research on tissue derived from human embryos Show more
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Health Check
Defining the limits of human endurance
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanAvailable for over a year
Mapping the metabolic ceiling of long-term endurance events; A new DIY smear test that women can do in their own home; The worrying low levels of bone density in middle aged men Show more
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