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Newsday
30/03/2020 04:06 GMT: US: hundreds of thousands of deaths predicted from Covid-19
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Trump extends social distancing measures in the US after previously saying the outbreak would be over by Easter. Show more
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The Conversation
How to be a good man
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
What is toxic masculinity and how can it be challenged? Show more
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Newsday
30/03/2020 05:06 GMT: Spain: tougher measures introduced
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
838 people were confirmed dead on Sunday - the country's worst day yet. Show more
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Newsday
30/03/2020 06:06 GMT: New York City: a report from an exhausted frontline nurse
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
President Trump extends social distancing measures in the US after previously saying the outbreak would be over by Easter. Show more
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HARDtalk
Albert Woodfox: Life after solitary confinement
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
What does freedom really mean for someone who spent four decades in solitary confinement? Stephen Sackur speaks to former member of the Black Panther movement, Albert Woodfox. Show more
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Business Daily
Coronavirus: Preppers and the Pandemic
18 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC. Show more
Witness History
Britain's first woman judge
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Rose Heilbron was celebrated internationally as a leading courtroom lawyer in 1950s Britain. She became the first woman judge to sit at London's Old Bailey criminal court. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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During this Coronavirus pandemic, governments are ‘dusting off plans built for wartime.’ Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Outlook
My life as a frontline doctor in Afghanistan
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
MMarzia Salam Yaftali is the Chief Physician of the only hospital in Kunduz - she discusses her experience of the Taliban, misogyny and the threat of coronavirus. Show more
Witness History
Britain's first woman judge
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Rose Heilbron was celebrated internationally as a leading courtroom lawyer in 1950s Britain. She became the first woman judge to sit at London's Old Bailey criminal court. 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 latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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World Business Report
First broadcast 30/03/2020 14:32 GMT: Coronavirus boosts gaming industry
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Whilst many businesses suffer as a result of coronavirus, gaming is bucking the trend. Show more
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC OS
2020/03/30 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus: Your questions answered
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East Asia
Our health expert answers questions from around the world about the pandemic. Show more
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Witness History
Britain's first woman judge
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Rose Heilbron was celebrated internationally as a leading courtroom lawyer in 1950s Britain. She became the first woman judge to sit at London's Old Bailey criminal court. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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Discovery
Elizabeth Fisher: Chromosomes in mice and men
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Elizabeth Fisher, Professor of Neurogenetics at University College London, talks to Jim al-Khalili about why it took 13 years to introduce human chromosomes into mice Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events. Show more
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The Why Factor
Why do we find it hard to cut our losses?
24 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Knowing when to cut our losses is a skill that’s important in all areas of our lives. Sandra Kanthal examines why we should learn to avoid the 'sunk cost' fallacy. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The History Hour
The AIDS memorial quilt - a patchwork of loss
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
How an LGBTQ+ activist decided to commemorate friends who had died with a quilt, plus sequencing the 1918 flu virus, five years of war in Yemen, and an attack on South Korea Show more
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Business Matters
Oil price collapses to 18-year low
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Plunging demand, surging supply, and strained storage capacity have put so much downward pressure on oil prices that US shale producers are now producing at a loss. Show more
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People Fixing The World
Regrowing the rainforest
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Meet the man who has spent the past 40 years turning a patch of exhausted farmland in the Amazon back into rainforest. Show more
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The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
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Witness History
Britain's first woman judge
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East AsiaAvailable for over a year
Rose Heilbron was celebrated internationally as a leading courtroom lawyer in 1950s Britain. She became the first woman judge to sit at London's Old Bailey criminal court. Show more
