BBC News
09/12/2021 05:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
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Newsday
09/12/2021 05:06 GMT : Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted for taking part in a vigil
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
He is among other activists and over two dozen politicians to have been charged over it. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 06:01 GMT
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Newsday
09/12/2021 06:06 GMT : New Zealand's radical new smoking law
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
If the law is enacted, those aged 14 or born after 2008 won't be able to buy tobacco at all. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newsday
09/12/2021 07:06 GMT : Pressure on British PM over reports of a 2020 Christmas party
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
There are claims of at least three other gatherings in Downing Street, all denied but not fully explained. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 08:01 GMT
5 minutes
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Inquiry
How will we cope with the Omicron variant?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
What are the possible implications as the Omicron variant spreads around the world? Experts from South Africa, the US and Europe assess the dangers and the remedies available. Show more
BBC News Summary
09/12/2021 08:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Business Daily
The arms race in cyberspace
18 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Will the next war be waged online? We ask Nicole Perlroth, winner of the 2021 Financial Times Business Book of the Year for This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends. Show more
Witness History
The Aldi kidnap
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The abduction of Theo Albrecht, co-founder of the discount supermarket chain ALDI. A man of great wealth, but so shy and retiring his kidnappers were unsure they had the right man. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 09:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Assignment
Poland’s fractured borderlands
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided about how to deal with an unfolding humanitarian disaster. Show more
BBC News Summary
09/12/2021 09:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Health Check
Omicron variant news
26 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Update on the new Omicron variant now in many countries across the world. Could Viagra be a candidate drug for Alzheimer's disease? Plus the science of smell loss. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 10:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Algae: Slime life
39 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
A spotlight on underappreciated organisms that are indispensable to the presence of life on earth. Show more
Sporting Witness
The Tibetan football team
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How a group of exiles set up the first Tibetan national team in 2001. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 11:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC News Summary
09/12/2021 11:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Food Chain
(Film) Set menu
28 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The gruelling job of feeding cast and crew on a major movie or TV production. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 12:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
From 'half-nerd' to Hong Kong student leader
41 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How "ordinary" Hong Kong student Nathan Law took on authorities in Beijing - and what the personal costs have been. Show more
Witness History
The Aldi kidnap
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The abduction of Theo Albrecht, co-founder of the discount supermarket chain ALDI. A man of great wealth, but so shy and retiring his kidnappers were unsure they had the right man. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 13:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC News Summary
09/12/2021 13:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
BBC News
09/12/2021 14:01 GMT
5 minutes
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
09/12/2021 14:06 GMT: Omicron could threaten supplies of Covid vaccines to poorer countries
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
The WHO expresses concern as rich countries mobilise their response to the new variant Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 15:01 GMT
5 minutes
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BBC News Summary
09/12/2021 15:30 GMT
2 minutes
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World Business Report
First broadcast 09/12/2021 15:32 GMT : New Zealand to phase out smoking
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
New Zealand is to ban sale of tobacco to its next generation, aiming to phase out smoking. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 16:01 GMT
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BBC OS
2021/12/09 16:06 GMT: Ethiopia: Gunmen steal food aid
50 minutes
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The UN has halted aid distribution to two towns after its warehouses were looted Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 17:01 GMT
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BBC News
09/12/2021 18:01 GMT
5 minutes
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The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Health Check
Omicron variant news
26 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Update on the new Omicron variant now in many countries across the world. Could Viagra be a candidate drug for Alzheimer's disease? Plus the science of smell loss. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 19:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News Summary
09/12/2021 19:30 GMT
2 minutes
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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.
BBC News
09/12/2021 20:01 GMT
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BBC News
09/12/2021 21:01 GMT
5 minutes
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The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
BBC News
09/12/2021 22:01 GMT
5 minutes
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
Sports News
09/12/2021 GMT
9 minutes
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
BBC News Summary
09/12/2021 22:30 GMT
2 minutes
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The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
First broadcast 09/12/2021 22:32 GMT : WHO warns rich countries could hoard vaccines
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The World Health Organization says fears over new Covid-19 variants could prompt rich countries to hoarde vaccines, preventing them from reaching the developing world. Show more
BBC News
09/12/2021 23:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Witness History
The Aldi kidnap
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The abduction of Theo Albrecht, co-founder of the discount supermarket chain ALDI. A man of great wealth, but so shy and retiring his kidnappers were unsure they had the right man. Show more
BBC News
10/12/2021 00:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Forum
Algae: Slime life
39 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
A spotlight on underappreciated organisms that are indispensable to the presence of life on earth. Show more
Sporting Witness
The Tibetan football team
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How a group of exiles set up the first Tibetan national team in 2001. Show more
BBC News
10/12/2021 01:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
US Starbucks store votes to unionise
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Workers at a branch of Starbucks in upstate New York have become the first employees at a Starbucks-owned store to form a union since the 1980s. Show more
BBC News
10/12/2021 02:01 GMT
5 minutes
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC News Summary
10/12/2021 02:30 GMT
2 minutes
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The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Football
Portland's Larrys Mabiala and Syria's Oliver Kass Kawo
29 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Ahead of the MLS Cup final we hear from Portland Timbers defender Larrys Mabiala. And Syrian international Oliver Kass Kawo discusses his first goal for the country. Show more
BBC News
10/12/2021 03:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
From 'half-nerd' to Hong Kong student leader
41 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How "ordinary" Hong Kong student Nathan Law took on authorities in Beijing - and what the personal costs have been. Show more
Witness History
The Aldi kidnap
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The abduction of Theo Albrecht, co-founder of the discount supermarket chain ALDI. A man of great wealth, but so shy and retiring his kidnappers were unsure they had the right man. Show more
BBC News
10/12/2021 04:01 GMT
5 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC News Summary
10/12/2021 04:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for years
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
