The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newsday
09/03/2021 05:06 GMT : 'Trapped' Myanmar protesters allowed to leave
53 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Hundreds of protestors were surrounded by the military in an apartment block before it ended the operation Show more
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Newsday
09/03/2021 06:06 GMT : Myanmar protesters protected by residents
53 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
A group of trapped protesters say they've managed to escape after army abandons its cordon Show more
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Newsday
09/03/2021 07:06 GMT : Myanmar protesters escape army roundup in Rangon
53 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
After a tense all night siege and house-to-house searches, the military lifts its cordon around a district in Rangon. Show more
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People Fixing The World
The magic greenhouse
23 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
A greenhouse cooled and humidified by seawater and the wind is transforming arid land. In Somaliland, vegetables have been grown in a spot thought too hot and dry for farming. Show more
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Business Daily
The digital currency race
18 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Central banks and companies around the world are rushing to develop their own digital currencies. Why are they doing it? And how might it upend our relationship with money? Show more
Witness History
Cixi: China's most powerful woman
9 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
The Empress Dowager Cixi ruled for 47 years until her death in 1908. But it wasn't until the 1970s that her story began to be properly told. Show more
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The Documentary
The empty desk: Covid, women and the US economy
23 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Nada Tawfik explores economic empowerment, opportunity and pay for women in the US economy Show more
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In the Studio
Chick Corea: Accomplishing the goal of art
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Shortly before he died, the legendary jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea was writing a new Concerto for Jazz Trio. We follow his process as he works on the piece. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Arts Hour
Singer and broadcaster Cerys Matthews
53 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
It’s a music special on this week’s Arts Hour as Nikki Bedi talks to singer, broadcaster, author and poetry-lover Cerys Matthews Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Discovery
The Life Scientific: Jane Hurst
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Jane Hurst talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the mouse sex pheromone that's so alluring to females that she named it after Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice Show more
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Outlook
I hated the word 'albino'
44 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Mala Bhargava struggled to accept her white hair and skin, until her picture in the magazine she wrote for made her famous across India. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Newshour
09/03/2021 14:06 GMT: Myanmar protesters flee military assault
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Australasia
Dozens of anti-coup protesters escape after being trapped overnight. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 09/03/2021 15:32 GMT : OECD: Prospects brighter for global economy
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
A leading international agency has upgraded its forecast for global growth for this year. Show more
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BBC OS
2021/03/09 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: Vaccine volunteers
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Australasia
Taking part in the trials which helped give Covid vaccines to the world Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Witness History
Cixi: China's most powerful woman
9 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
The Empress Dowager Cixi ruled for 47 years until her death in 1908. But it wasn't until the 1970s that her story began to be properly told. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
First broadcast 09/03/2021 22:32 GMT : WHO: One in three women subjected to violence
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Mexican women want the government to address the country's record on the murder of women Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
In the Studio
Chick Corea: Accomplishing the goal of art
27 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Shortly before he died, the legendary jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea was writing a new Concerto for Jazz Trio. We follow his process as he works on the piece. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Arts Hour
Singer and broadcaster Cerys Matthews
53 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
It’s a music special on this week’s Arts Hour as Nikki Bedi talks to singer, broadcaster, author and poetry-lover Cerys Matthews Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
WHO: One in three women experience violence
53 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Almost 1,000 women were victims of femicide in Mexico in 2020 Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Jewher Ilham: Fears for her Uighur family in China
23 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
A systematic policy of repression of the Muslim Uighur population in China is well documented. It has become a geopolitical issue, but is anything going to change? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Seventeen-year-old Ruhani doesn't want to work in a garment factory like her mother. But what other work opportunities are open to young people in Bangladesh? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
I hated the word 'albino'
44 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
Mala Bhargava struggled to accept her white hair and skin, until her picture in the magazine she wrote for made her famous across India. Show more
Witness History
Cixi: China's most powerful woman
9 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
The Empress Dowager Cixi ruled for 47 years until her death in 1908. But it wasn't until the 1970s that her story began to be properly told. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
How scientific research has offered radical new ways of recognising forests as communities of mutually supportive trees. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Digital Planet
The cost of bias in AI fintech
40 minutes
on BBC World Service AustralasiaAvailable for over a year
AI money lending losses. Also Problematic Smartphone Use and Virtually Shakespeare. Show more
