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Weekend
First death from coronavirus outside China
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A man has died of coronavirus in the Philippines, the first outside China Show more
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Weekend
Coronavirus: First death outside China reported in Philippines
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
A man has died in The Philippines from the coronavirus, the first person outside China Show more
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Weekend
Coronavirus: death in the Philippines is the first outside China
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
A man has died of Coronavirus in the Philippines, the first outside China Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
How China's coping with coronavirus
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Getting to the heart of the coronavirus outbreak in Hubei province. Plus: Brumadinho rebuilds, morale in Afghanistan's armed forces; Poland and Russia argue over the facts of WWII Show more
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Newshour
2020/02/02 13:06 GMT: Coronavirus kills outside China
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
A 44-year-old Chinese man has died from Coronavirus in the Philippines Show more
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Tim Harford tries to sort fact from fiction in the story of the Netherlands' 'tulip mania'. Was this the first great financial bubble? Show more
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Global Business
The business of Beethoven
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. Clemency Burton-Hill looks at the little-known story of Beethoven the entrepreneur. Did he really invent the gig economy? Show more
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Music Life
Drumming for legends with Tony Allen, Billy Cobham, Femi Koleoso and Dele Sosimi
24 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Femi Koleoso of Ezra Collective and Dele Sosimi, from Fela Kuti's band Egypt 80, are joined by two of the greatest drummers of all time, Billy Cobham and Tony Allen. Show more
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Newshour
2020/02/02 21:06 GMT: Man wearing fake bomb device shot dead by British police
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Police investigating an Islamist terrorist incident in south London have confirmed that the attacker had only been released from jail several days ago. Show more
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Tim Harford tries to sort fact from fiction in the story of the Netherlands' 'tulip mania'. Was this the first great financial bubble? Show more
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Heart and Soul
The Quran-rescuing monk of Timbuktu
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How a Benedictine monk is trying to preserve endangered manuscripts. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 2020/02/03 01:06 GMT: Is $173bn enough to keep China's economy afloat?
23 minutes
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China's central bank will release $173 billion to combat the effects of the coronavirus. Show more
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How Professor Bradford Parkinson and his team developed GPS: the Global Positioning System. Show more
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