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The Elliptical Pool Table
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
The ancient Greeks saw magic in the geometry of an ellipse we put it to the test on a special pool table. Also how to predict the English Premier League. Show more
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Business Daily
Russia on the Rocks?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
As the Russian economy tanks, what are President Putin's options? Also in the programme, London's super-rich boy racers, and the app that defines your taste in emails. Show more
Witness History
Mass Executions in Iran
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
In the summer of 1988 thousands of political prisoners were suddenly executed in Iran. The killings, ordered by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, were kept secret at the time Show more
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The Arts Hour
Rachel Brown, Stephen Fry, Carlos Gamerro
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
"I kind of just like to blend genres together" - Rachel Brown Show more
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World Update
IS Destroys 2000 Year Old Temple
55 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
Bad algorithms; Asian markets fall; Art from plastic waste; Panama Canal safety fears
(Image: Baal Shamin Temple Credit: Elizabeth Roberts)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
China stock woes, IS destroy ancient temple, One Direction to take a break. Show more
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Outlook
My Son was Shot Dead for Playing Loud Music
55 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
In 2012, Ron Davis's son, 17-year old black teenager Jordan, was shot dead by a 45 year old white man in a dispute that started over loud music. Show more
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The Why Factor
Talking about Death
18 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
It’s something that will come to all of us. So why is it so hard to talk about death? Mike Williams meets a woman facing her own mortality and another who looks after the dying. Show more
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The Elliptical Pool Table
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
The ancient Greeks saw magic in the geometry of an ellipse we put it to the test on a special pool table. Also how to predict the English Premier League. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
As the 4 men who foiled a suspected terror attack on a train receive France's top honour, we ask; what would you have done? Voices from Lebanon after street protests turn violent Show more
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The Essential
BBC Trending: Don’t Punch Me! It’s A Prank
10 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
From tickling beards to terrifying the public, the comedy prank continues to go viral online. BBC Trending is at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe asking: is it even funny anymore? Show more
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Sport Today
Six of the Best for Shelly-Ann
28 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins her 6th World Championship gold medal in Beijing. Show more
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World Business Report
Global Markets React to China's 'Black Monday'
28 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Global stocks plunge on fears over the world's second largest economy. Show more
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Germany France migrant talks, Last Sierra Leone Ebola victim released, World markets fall
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Newshour
China's "black Monday"
55 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
hundreds of billions wiped off world markets; Sepp Blatter speaks; fine art of forgery
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HARDtalk
Werner Herzog, Film Director
24 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
The film-maker Werner Herzog is responsible for some of the most beautiful images captured on film but after fifty years making movies is his love of film as intense as ever? Show more
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The Conversation
Inside Soap Operas: Simone Singh and Sarah Mayberry
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
"We try and spread the villainy across the sexes", a television script writer from Australia and an Indian soap opera star on how to thrill an audience. Show more
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Sep Blatter 'I'm not corrupt' / Surfing king recognised by web / Big Ben loses time Show more
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World Business Report
Global Markets React to China's 'Black Monday'
28 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Global stocks plunge on fears over the world's second largest economy. Show more
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Discovery
Women on the ‘Problem with Science’
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Claudia Hammond talks to women scientists in India, Nigeria, Bolivia, the US and the UK. What's holding back women in science? What can be done about gender inequality in the lab? Show more
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Business Matters
Global Markets Nosedive on China Economic Woes
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Frankfurt, Paris and then New York all end the day in negative territory - triggered by the collapse of the Shanghai Composite. Show more
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