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Weekend
Powerful typhoon hits the Philippines
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
A review of the week with the latest news. Show more
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Weekend
US candidates in last weekend dash to win votes
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
A review of the week with the latest news. Show more
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Weekend
Nearly 90 million Americans cast early vote
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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From Our Own Correspondent
Power and the people in the USA, Nigeria and Chile
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Whoever wins the US Presidency, Nick Bryant says, wider trends in American society will continue. Plus the protests which rocked Nigeria and a vote on a new constitution for Chile Show more
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Outlook
The celestial treasure hunters
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How an awe-inspiring and insatiable hunt for space rocks led to fortune but also unexpected danger. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Evidence for lockdowns, why a more targeted approach is recommended; herd or population immunity; how common is SARS-Cov-2 reinfection; does exposure to Covid-19 provide immunity Show more
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Newshour
01/11/2020 13:06 GMT: US Election 2020: Biden and Trump in last weekend dash round swing states
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Biden has a solid lead in the polls, but his advantage is narrower in swing states that could decide the election Show more
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The Big Idea
Big ideas: The body
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
David Edmonds talks to some of the experts behind fascinating research on the human body. Show more
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The Big Idea
Understanding emotions: Should we follow our hearts?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How noticing things in our bodies can help us read our feelings. Show more
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Music Life
The ‘Lost Beats’ folder with Felicia Douglass, Sly5thAve, Leon Michels and Tiana Major9
33 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Felicia Douglass chats to Sly5thAve, Leon Michels and Tiana Major9 about how skills and hobbies they’ve acquired during quarantine have fed into their work. Show more
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Newshour
01/11/2020 21:06 GMT: Turkey earthquake: Search efforts continue for third day
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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More or Less
Asymptomatic Covid-19 cases
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Is it true that 86% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 didn’t have any symptoms? Show more
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BBC OS Conversations
US election: Race and policing
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Conversations with serving officers, Black Lives Matter protesters and former Neo-Nazis Show more
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The science of affectionate touch, from the skin to brain Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 02/11/2020 01:06 GMT: Two days until US election
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Americans of all ideologies will be holding their breath, hoping their candidate won. Show more
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When Katty Met Carlos
What do women voters want?
32 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Women voters could decide the 2020 presidential election. So what do they want? Show more
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The Forum
Dido of Carthage: A love story gone wrong
40 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Dido was allegedly a powerful queen who founded the ancient city of Carthage but what can we hope to know about someone who may have lived some 3000 years ago? Show more
Sporting Witness
Natalia Partyka - Youngest paralympian
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The Polish table tennis champion who began her Paralympic career aged just 11. Show more
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CrowdScience
Can I learn to sing in tune?
33 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Why are some of us tone deaf – is it a problem in the ears, the throat or the brain? And is singing ability down to raw talent, or can you improve with practice? Show more
