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Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court; armed forces arrested in Mexico Show more
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Weekend
Should China's wild meat markets reopen?
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Authorities under pressure in China to reopen wild meat markets; Trump nominee announced Show more
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Weekend
A dissident club in Paris for refugees
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Journalists' dissident club for refugees in Paris; Trump announces Supreme Court pick Show more
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The Food Chain
Coronavirus: Obesity's defining moment?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Could the pandemic make the world tackle its obesity problem? Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
‘Death will come tomorrow’ in Yemen
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Our correspondent reflects on her native Yemen as the UN cuts aid by a third, the Greek-Turkish standoff in the eastern Mediterranean and how the dollar could help Cuba’s economy. Show more
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Outlook
Vietnam's first family of rock‘n’roll
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
A time of guitars, guerrilla fighters and illegal hairstyles – the Saigon siblings who made their name playing rock music to US troops during the Vietnam War. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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What we know about schools and virus spread; what makes a good test and trace system and which countries around the world are getting it right? Show more
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Newshour
27/09/2020 12:06 GMT: Azerbaijan and Armenia clash over disputed region
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events. Show more
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The Documentary
What has Nobel done for the world?
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
What it takes to win a Nobel prize and what it means for the lives and careers of winners. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The growing street protests in Belarus threaten not only President Lukashenko, the country's authoritarian leader, the stakes are high for President Putin too. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Music Life
Heart v technique with Norah Jones, Nitin Sawhney, Anoushka Shankar and Soumik Datta
32 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Nitin Sawhney, Norah Jones, Anoushka Shankar and Soumik Datta discuss the differences between being a solo artist and part of a band, and playing with heart over technique. Show more
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Newshour
27/09/2020 20:06 GMT: Violence Erupts In Nagorno-Karabakh
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Fears of war increase in the disputed border enclave between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Show more
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Comedians vs. the News
Enissa Amani and Neeti Palta
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Comedy stars from Germany and India join Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini to find the funny in the world’s news. This week, why are India and China at loggerheads over a border? Show more
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A two year investigation to find a little girl taken from her mother in Iran. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The Big Idea
The truth about marriage
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
And how your relationship may be less stable than you think. Show more
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BBC OS Conversations
Coronavirus: Back to normal in Wuhan?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
What life is like now in the Chinese city where Covid-19 was first detected Show more
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Discovery
The seeded cloud
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
"Could you make a machine to make it rain in minutes?" asks listener Alexander from Hampshire, aged 12. Rutherford and Fry dive into the clouded story of weather modification. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 28/09/2020 00:06 GMT: Donald Trump fires back at bombshell tax claims
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The US President says claims he paid just $750 in federal income tax in 2016 are 'fake news'. Show more
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When Katty Met Carlos
America humbled?
31 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Katty and Carlos open the series with a bold and difficult question: has America been humbled by the Covid-19 pandemic? Show more
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The Forum
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Rajan Datar explores one of the worst episodes in the history of American race relations, and finds out why until recently it was rarely mentioned in history books. Show more
Sporting Witness
Cathy Freeman
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The aboriginal runner who became the hero of the Sydney Olympics in 2000 Show more
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CrowdScience
Why am I embarrassed to be naked?
33 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
We all have naked bodies – so why are we so embarrassed to show them? Show more
