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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Wasp and keyhole surgery
18 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Scared of wasps? They could help keep you alive, perhaps transforming life-saving surgery. To listen online, visit www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals Show more
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Global supply chain disruption
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Ros Atkins on how global supply chain problems have led to some shortages in the West. Show more
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Weekend
Biden makes a surprise visit to Congress amid House deadlock
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
President Biden tries to rally his caucus after infrastructure bill vote is delayed. Show more
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Weekend
Pre-COP26 climate talks wrap up in Milan
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
Environmental ministers from around the world finish a 3-day meet-up in Milan Show more
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Weekend
Climate activists take to the streets in Milan
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
Alongside the pre-COP climate talks, activists express their outrage. Show more
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Sportshour
"Golf saved me, twice"
49 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Professional golfer Ken Green on how the sport saved him, in the face of unimaginable trauma Show more
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Newshour
02/10/2021 12:06 GMT: Philippines president says he will retire
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Rodrigo Duterte says he would not run to be vice-president next year. Show more
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Claudia Hammond is joined by experts to answer questions about the coronavirus Covid-19. Show more
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DJ Edu speaks to DBN Gogo, one of the few women at the heart of South Africa’s phenomenally successful Amapiano scene. Show more
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Newshour
02/10/2021 20:06 GMT: What next for President Duterte?
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Philippines president says he won’t run for vice-president. Show more
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Music Life
All my instruments have names with Esperanza Spalding, Marcos Valle, Patrick Paige II and Tom Misch
32 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Esperanza Spalding, Marcos Valle, Patrick Paige II and Tom Misch discuss why playing music is dangerous, the sound of your first love, and why drinking on stage is a bad idea. Show more
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Sports News
02/10/2021 GMT
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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World Book Club
Wole Soyinka
49 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka discusses English PEN centenary and his new novel. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Flight MH17: Victims’ families share their stories
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, apparently by a ground-to-air missile, and 298 died. Four men are on trial in the Netherlands, but the dock is empty, with none yet caught. Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Faïza Guène and Omar El Akkad
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
French author Faïza Guène on writing about the pull between two identities and Chilean theatre director Ramona Suarez on telling the stories of Haitian migrants. Show more
