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How the World Changed Music
Yembe Laroco – Celia Cruz
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How radio launched the career of Cuban salsa star Celia Cruz but also helped to rescue the country’s economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Show more
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Anger in Nigeria over postponed elections; Trump invokes emergency powers to build wall Show more
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Anger in Nigeria over delayed poll; Colombia's Foreign Minister on Venezuela Show more
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The lost generation of children born in conflict zones; the Berlin Festival Show more
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The Documentary
So where are the aliens?
27 minutes
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If space aliens are out there…why haven’t we found them? Show more
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Sportshour
One player, one legal case and the future of Women's football in Argentina
35 minutes
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Maca Sanchez is suing the Football Federation because they don't support women's football Show more
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Trending
The man reporting on Africa’s most secretive state
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A Facebook page aims to cover one of the world’s most repressive countries: Eritrea Show more
Over to You
Cerys Matthews on the art of the music interview
9 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Cerys Matthews answers questions about interviewing some of the biggest names in music. Plus reactions to a heated edition of Global Questions and The Forum at the North Pole. Show more
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Newshour
Nigeria Postpones Elections Hours Before People Due to Vote
53 minutes
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The Nigerian president has appealed for calm after the last-minute postponement of elections. Show more
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Sporting Witness
Why I invented the sports bra
9 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
When Lisa Lindahl couldn't find a comfortable bra to run in, she decided to design one. In 1977 she and a friend fashioned the first modern sports bra and built a company. Show more
The History Hour
Iceland jails its bankers
53 minutes
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Why Iceland jailed 40 bankers after the 2008 crash, the birth of the EU plus America's first female airline pilots and homeless, drunk and yet a genius in the USSR. Show more
Assignment
Can we fix it? The inside story of match fixing in tennis
27 minutes
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After police in Spain break up a major tennis match-fixing ring, Assignment reveals the inside story of how players and betting gangs are corrupting the lower levels of the game. Show more
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Digital Planet
Using AI to predict heart attacks
27 minutes
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Using AI to predict heart attacks. Also, can tech help the homeless, why start-ups are setting up in Mumbai, and saving podcasts from digital oblivion. Show more
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The man behind the protests. In episode three of the drama, a young journalist goes to France to meet the Ayatollah. #FalloftheShah
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Newshour
Nigeria Disappointed: Last Minute Postponement of Elections
53 minutes
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Nigeria delays its elections on the same day they were due to take place Show more
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Boston Calling
Forty years of consequences
27 minutes
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Protests, backchannels and secrets. The story of the Iranian Revolution. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Fancy Footwork
23 minutes
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Tackling Liberian President George Weah; migrant stories from the US-Mexico border; trolls run amok on Filipino social media; and Dominica grows green again after Hurricane Maria Show more
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HARDtalk
Deputy President, Kenya - William Ruto
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Is Kenya's ruling political partnership in danger of collapse? HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur talks to the country's Deputy President William Ruto. Show more
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CrowdScience
Where was the last place humans made home?
30 minutes
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Our species started in Africa, but what was the last habitable landmass we reached? CrowdScience investigates the where, when and how of the human journey to settle the planet. Show more
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The World This Week
Turkey slams China's treatment of Uighurs
23 minutes
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Ankara ended Muslim states' long silence over Beijing's treatment of its Muslim minority. China had denied that a Uighur musician had died in detention. Show more
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Global Business
Brexit: Germany gets ready
27 minutes
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Hamburg in Germany has had close business links with Great Britain for centuries. So how are companies in the port city preparing for the UK's departure from the EU? Show more
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How Carter and Artis's case made its way back into the headlines in 1975. Show more
Over to You
Cerys Matthews on the art of the music interview
9 minutes
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Cerys Matthews answers questions about interviewing some of the biggest names in music. Plus reactions to a heated edition of Global Questions and The Forum at the North Pole. Show more
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What’s on the minds of women in Pakistan right now? Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Fancy Footwork
23 minutes
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Tackling Liberian President George Weah; migrant stories from the US-Mexico border; trolls run amok on Filipino social media; and Dominica grows green again after Hurricane Maria Show more
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Boston Calling
Forty years of consequences
27 minutes
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Protests, backchannels and secrets. The story of the Iranian Revolution. Show more
