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Trump returns to the campaign trail; shaky ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan Show more
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Weekend
Frontline workers in UAE offered coronavirus vaccine
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
UAE offers experimental coronavirus vaccines to frontline workers; Trump back campaigning Show more
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Kim Jung-un shows off missiles at military parade; race, gender, and politics in America Show more
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The Food Chain
Facing fat hatred
29 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Why do fat people experience so much hatred? Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Has President Trump’s Covid-19 illness plagued his campaign?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
How the US President’s brush Covid-19 may affect the election campaign, protesting in Kyrgyzstan, difficulties single women face renting in Nigeria and cycling in the UAE. Show more
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Outlook
Why I didn’t make a sound for 12 years
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
How bad can it be losing your voice? Marie became mute at 13. She was ostracised, told she was cursed and put in a psychiatric unit. But years later something incredible happened. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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World Questions
Young Lebanon
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Young Lebanese opinion-formers debate the future of their country Show more
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Newshour
11/10/2020 12:06 GMT: Armenia Azerbaijan: Reports of fresh shelling dent ceasefire hopes
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
Armenian rocket has destroyed an apartment block in Azerbaijan's second city. Azeris have also been accused shelling civilian areas. Show more
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The Documentary
Spitfire stories
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
How a WW2 icon was made, piece by piece, against all odds. With historian Victoria Taylor. Show more
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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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Music Life
Floppy disks and cassette tapes with Témé Tan, Nick Hakim, Raquel Berrios and Ela Minus
29 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Témé Tan welcomes Nick Hakim, Raquel Berrios and Ela Minus to discuss the purpose of the work they make, and whether they imagine their albums as one piece or a playlist of songs. Show more
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Newshour
11/10/2020 20:06 GMT: Nagorno Karabakh: air raid sirens sound in the main city as shelling restarts
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
The faltering ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of breaches. Show more
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Comedians vs. the News
Josie Long and Ari Eldjárn
28 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Ari Eldjárn and Josie Long join Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini to tackle the global headlines. This week, what does it really mean to be vice-president of the United States? Show more
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A two year investigation to find a little girl taken from her mother in Iran. Show more
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BBC OS Conversations
US election: Testing positive for Covid-19
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Americans discuss President Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis Show more
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Discovery
Megadrought in Chile
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Decade of severe drought in Chile Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 12/10/2020 00:06 GMT: Aboriginal leaders testify about sacred site destruction by Rio Tinto
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
The destruction eventually brought about the downfall of the mining company's CEO. Show more
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When Katty Met Carlos
Is America’s democracy under threat?
30 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
President Trump’s hospitalisation for Covid-19 prompted many Americans to also worry about the health of the election process, and democracy itself. Show more
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The Forum
Writer Jorge Luis Borges: Mixing the magical with the mundane
44 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Fusing the fantastical with philosophy, the works of this Argentinian author are hard to pin down. Is that what accounts for his enduring fame? Show more
Sporting Witness
Africa's football revolution
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Ex-Premiership star Kolo Toure on how a team in Ivory Coast modernised football in Africa. Show more
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CrowdScience
Why do planets spin?
33 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
We head back in time to the creation of the solar system to discover how planets gained their spin. Show more
