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In the Balance
Precarious Future
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Technology has shaken up working culture. We ask how to make work pay in the digital economy? Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Art in the Era of Fake News
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How should artists respond to fake news and how might it change the way we view images? Show more
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Weekend
Hundreds of Immigrants Arrested in US
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Pro-immigrant advocates say Trump administration is responsible for "surge" of detentions. Show more
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Weekend
North Korea Launches Test Missile Towards Japan
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
The ballistic missile was fired just as the US and Japanese leaders were meeting Show more
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Weekend
Japan Condemns North Korea Missile Test
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the test is "absolutely intolerable". Show more
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Trending
NATO’s Claims of Russian ‘Misinformation’
18 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The Russian news agency Sputnik has a base in Scotland but are NATO’s allegations about them using social media for ‘misinformation’ true? Show more
Over to You
Desert Islands Discs on the World Service’s Shores
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Could Desert Island discs become a permanent fixture? Plus, a listener's concern about racial stereotyping is finally addressed by Health Check. Show more
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Heart and Soul
Standing Trial for Blasphemy
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Rebecca Henschke investigates how a high-profile blasphemy trial is testing Indonesia’s founding principles Show more
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The Newsroom
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Japan and the US condemn the firing of a ballistic missile by North Korea into the Sea of Japan; Switzerland votes on whether it should relax strict rules on citizenship Show more
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More or Less
Hans Rosling - the Extraordinary Life of a Statistical Guru
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The world lost a legend this week - Hans Rosling. A master communicator with passion for global development. Tim Harford looks at his life. Show more
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World Questions
Warsaw
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby and a panel of key voices discuss Poland's new era of change with a public audience in the centre of Warsaw. Show more
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Newshour
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile Test
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
North Korea test-fires a missile into the Sea of Japan. Show more
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The BBC World Service drama that's made and set in Nigeria.
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Swansea v Leicester from the Liberty Stadium
(Photo: Swansea players celebrate scoring Credit: Getty Images)
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Swansea v Leicester from the Liberty Stadium
(Photo: Leicester's Riyad Mahrez Credit: Getty Images)
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The day's top stories from the Premier League and the very latest from Rugby Union's Six Nations.
(Photo: Chelsea's Eden Hazard Credit: Getty Images)
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English progressive rock legend Rick Wakeman is Cerys’s musical guest this month Show more
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Mexicans protest against President Trump; Jazz legend Al Jarreau dies; La La Land scoops Baftas Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Love, Laughter and Literature
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The Syrian radio station making a joke of jihadis; a zoo in Northern Nigeria is a hotspot for lovers; the classic literary types of today's Russia and Japan's lonely young people Show more
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In the Balance
Precarious Future
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Technology has shaken up working culture. We ask how to make work pay in the digital economy? Show more
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The History Hour
Sanctuary Cities in the USA
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How US cities like San Francisco became safe havens for undocumented migrants, Tilikum the killer whale that killed, discovering DNA, free whiskey galore and Kenya's hit song. Show more
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The Newsroom
Romania Anti-Government Protests Continue
14 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Huge crowds in Bucharest brave the cold to demand the government's resignation, BAFTA winners announced Show more
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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The Conversation
Vloggers
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Two popular female vloggers from India and the US give their take on rising to internet fame Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 2017/02/13 01:06 GMT: High stakes in Trudeau-Trump meeting
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
There are high economic stakes as Canada's PM Justin Trudeau heads to Washington. Show more
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The Food Chain
The Plankton Problem
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How the organisms at the centre of our food web are stressed - and what that means for our plate. Show more
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