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Denmark is on course to generate 50% of its electricity from wind power in the next three years. Show more

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New Hong Kong leader chosen by a specially-appointed committee. Show more

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Beijing-backed Carrie Lam is elected as the new Hong Kong chief executive. Show more

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Beijing-favoured candidate Carrie Lam is elected as Hong Kong chief executive. Show more

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Network Controller, Mary Hockaday explains the decision to axe World Have Your Say and outlines other changes to the schedule including new arts programming. Show more

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The fastest growing religion in Iceland is Norse paganism. Why are people choosing to take up a religion that was banned in the country 1,000 years ago? Show more

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Carrie Lam is backed by Chinese Government but is opposed by pro-democracy groups, Pakistan begins building fence on border with Afghanistan Show more

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Valley Fontaine asks why we do yoga and how has it become so popular. Millions of us do yoga every day; but there’s controversy about whether we’re doing it for the right reasons. Show more

“Superstar” economics – how the gramophone led to a winner-take-all dynamic in the performing industry. And innovations have created superstar economics in other sectors too. Show more

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The glamour, graft and glory at the most important thoroughbred horse auction on earth. Show more

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Carrie Lam vows to heal divisions as pro-democracy activists dismiss election as a sham Show more

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On Sunday 3rd April the BBC World Service will be broadcasting live from the Oxford Literary Festival, between 14:00 and 16:00 BST. As part of the Identity season, presenters Anu Anand, Jamie Coomarasamy and Jo Fidgen will look at ideas of identity being discussed at the Festival, with international authors and thinkers, performers and festival go-ers.

Do leaders shape their people’s identity, or is it the other way around? And can it ever be said that we end up with the leaders we deserve? Show more

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The day's top stories including Formula One, Test cricket and World Cup qualifiers.

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How can women's boxing build upon it’s moment in the Olympic spotlight?

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The second-half of the World Cup qualifier from Wembley between England and Lithuania.

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrested at protest, Mosul offensive intensifies, Thousands take part in Yemen protests, Uber takes self-driving vehicles off the road. Show more

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The fastest growing religion in Iceland is Norse paganism. Why are people choosing to take up a religion that was banned in the country 1,000 years ago? Show more

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Opposition leader Alexei Navalny among those detained in anti-corruption rally. Show more

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A hand-mounted exoskeleton for surgeons; Japan’s extreme weather-predicting K computer; Social networks guide to weather forecast; Protecting accelerometers from attack Show more

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An influential "objectivist" philosopher; a political assassination in Colombia; the deportation of Estonians to Siberia; the killing of King Faisal. Show more

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The Russian President meets Hassan Rouhani in Moscow. Show more

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Hear about an abandoned Afghan boy who survived on his wits, the ex-fraudster who ended up a barrister and the homeless New Yorker who hustled herself a Harvard education Show more

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Looking back, what does the last surviving prosecutor at the Nazi trials think they achieved? Zeinab Badawi speaks to 98-year-old Ben Ferencz in Florida about the nature of evil. Show more

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Is the humble spud the solution to the global food supply? Show more

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The protesters wanted Prime Minister Medvedev to resign over corruption allegations. Show more

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