The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newsday
24/08/2020 04:06 GMT: US allows wider use of blood plasma treatment
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Live news, business and sport from around the world. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newsday
24/08/2020 05:06 GMT: Coronavirus: US allows blood plasma treatment
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Live news, business and sport from around the world. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newsday
24/08/2020 06:06 GMT: US allows wider use of blood plasma treatment
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Live news, business and sport from around the world. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Katie Hill: When a politician's nude photos are leaked
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
What does the case of Katie Hill tell us about the internet, technology, sexism and modern politics? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Business Daily
A nudge in the right direction
18 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Can a nudge - or a shove - persuade us to act for the common good? Show more
Witness History
Margaret Ekpo - Nigeria's feminist pioneer
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The trades union activist and politician who fought for Nigerian independence. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Why Factor
Confidence: How it can help us
24 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How confidence can motivate, get us off the couch, make us healthier, enterprising, decisive and help us live up to our potential Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
CrowdScience
What’s the yeast doing inside my bread?
33 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Yeast: the tiny organism with massive potential Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC OS Conversations
Covid-19 'long-haulers'
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
People who have had Covid-19 but are still, month laters, suffering from debilitating symptoms. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Trending
Can an algorithm be racist?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Computer scientist Robert Elliott Smith says algorithms are prejudiced by nature. As their influence over our lives has grown, he says, they have torn societies apart. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Conversation
Mechanics: Patrice Banks and Sandra Aguebor
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Nigeria's first female mechanic and an American mechanic want women to get to know their cars so they do not get ripped off at the repair shop. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
The life and crimes of a bearded lady: part one
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
BL Shirelle grew up in a ‘crack house’ in Philadelphia and by 12 years old she was dealing drugs herself. But she found her escape through writing poetry and rap music. Show more
Witness History
Margaret Ekpo - Nigeria's feminist pioneer
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The trades union activist and politician who fought for Nigerian independence. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
CrowdScience
What’s the yeast doing inside my bread?
33 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Yeast: the tiny organism with massive potential Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
24/08/2020 13:06 GMT: US allows emergency Covid-19 plasma treatment
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
FDA gives emergency authorisation to use blood plasma to treat Covid patients. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
First broadcast 24/08/2020 14:32 GMT: Rio Tinto bosses lose bonuses over destroyed Aboriginal caves
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Mining giant Rio Tinto has cut the bonuses of three executives over the destruction of two ancient caves in Australia. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
More or Less
Obesity and poker
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Would fewer people have died from Covid-19 if we were thinner? And what poker teaches us about statistics. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC OS
2020/08/24 16:06 GMT: Kenosha shooting: Protests in US after police shoot black man
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
Video footage appears to show the man, Jacob Blake, being shot in the back many times Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin 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
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 two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Discovery
Professor Emma Bunce
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Emma Bunce tells Jim Al-Khalili why she is intrigued by the gas giants Jupiter and Neptune Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
24/08/2020 20:06 GMT: Belarusian opposition members rounded up
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Security forces in Belarus have rounded up more prominent members of the opposition. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Katie Hill: When a politician's nude photos are leaked
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
What does the case of Katie Hill tell us about the internet, technology, sexism and modern politics? Show more
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
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The History Hour
The siege at Ruby Ridge
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The standoff in 1992 that galvanised the American far-right; plus, growing up with Saddam Hussein, the invention of the asthma inhaler and digging up King Richard III of England. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
Republican party begins vote rallying
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
At the opening day of the Republican Convention, we are picking apart the polls Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Documentary
Red State refugees
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Can refugees save the small, conservative town of Cactus, Texas? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
The life and crimes of a bearded lady: part one
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
BL Shirelle grew up in a ‘crack house’ in Philadelphia and by 12 years old she was dealing drugs herself. But she found her escape through writing poetry and rap music. Show more
Witness History
Margaret Ekpo - Nigeria's feminist pioneer
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The trades union activist and politician who fought for Nigerian independence. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Discovery
Professor Emma Bunce
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Emma Bunce tells Jim Al-Khalili why she is intrigued by the gas giants Jupiter and Neptune Show more
