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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Prohibition
10 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
When the US outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, it inadvertently created one of the most successful black markets in the world. Show more
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Democrats order the White House to hand over key documents; Tunisia and democracy Show more
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Ongoing security clampdown in Kashmir; Democrats order White House to hand over documents Show more
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Five years after the kidnapping of the Chibok girls; transgender artists and the opera Show more
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The Documentary
How to buy your own country
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
The winners and losers from the booming global citizenship trade. Show more
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Sportshour
Alberto Salazar: The inside story
35 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
The story of how a top athletics coach was banned for four years for doping violations. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Trending
Can an algorithm be racist?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Computer scientist Robert Elliott Smith says algorithms are prejudiced by nature. As their influence over our lives has grown, he says, they have torn societies apart. Show more
Over to You
Is Brexit compelling listening - or have you had enough?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Do you value the extensive coverage about Brexit - or are you fed up and think the BBC WS is reporting it too much? Plus another in our regular series How I Hear. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Hong Kong: Transport paralysed in clampdown on rioters
53 minutes
on BBC World Service News Internet
Hong Kong suspends metro system and closes banks after violent protests. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Prohibition
10 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
When the US outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, it inadvertently created one of the most successful black markets in the world. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The History Hour
The birth of the People's Republic of China
53 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
To mark 70 years of communist China we hear from a soldier at the founding ceremony, a comrade of Mao's and a repentant Red Guard. Also the 1967 pro-communist Hong Kong protests. Show more
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Assignment
Undercover with the clerics: Iraq’s secret sex trade
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
The clerics facilitating so-called ‘pleasure marriages’ in return for payment. The personal cost for many women is enormous. Show more
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Digital Planet
Mobile data costs falling globally
43 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Mobile data costs falling globally. Also Blue broccoli and nanobots – getting girls into tech careers, bidding for government business in Kenya and a 3D printed gun conviction. Show more
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The Inquiry
Is Africa facing another debt crisis?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
It’s been almost 15 years since a successful campaign to erase the crushing debts of Africa’s poorest countries. Now, debt levels are again creeping up. Show more
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Zimbabwean author and essayist Panashe Chigumadzi asks what part language plays in our regard for other animals. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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An ageing society, why having babies is a problem, and attitudes to foreigners - an audience and panel in Tokyo open up about Japan's issues with Jonny Dymond and World Questions. Show more
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Ethiopia's Oromos celebrate thanksgiving in the capital
53 minutes
on BBC World Service News Internet
Oromo people celebrate Irreecha in Addis Ababa for the first time in more than a century. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
A wider menu
23 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
How Poland's choices have widened over the past 30 years; Vanuatu's trade in passports; Kuki rebel forces in India wait it out; and cricket powder vs malnutrition in Madagascar Show more
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Boston Calling
Who's listening?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
‘I would like you to do us a favour’: The phone call that ignited a political storm. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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HARDtalk
Actor and activist - Jameela Jamil
23 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Is Jameela Jamil's campaign to make us feel better about our bodies working? Zeinab Badawi interviews the British actress and activist about her criticism of celebrities. Show more
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CrowdScience
Do green spaces make us healthier?
33 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Is there more to living alongside greenery? Show more
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The new government put its Brexit proposals to the EU. Will it get approval from Brussels - and parliament? Show more
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Global Business
Managing volunteers: Free and easy?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
From the National Trust to the local football club, huge parts of our economy rely on volunteers. But how easy is it to manage a workforce who can walk out at a moment's notice? Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The son jarocho of Veracruz, Mexico remains popular thanks to bands like Mono Blanco and Quetzal. Show more
Over to You
Is Brexit compelling listening - or have you had enough?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Do you value the extensive coverage about Brexit - or are you fed up and think the BBC WS is reporting it too much? Plus another in our regular series How I Hear. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Book Club
Héctor Abad - Oblivion
50 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
A tribute to the author's late father, whose criticism of the Colombian regime led to his brutal murder by paramilitaries in 1987. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
A wider menu
23 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
How Poland's choices have widened over the past 30 years; Vanuatu's trade in passports; Kuki rebel forces in India wait it out; and cricket powder vs malnutrition in Madagascar Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Boston Calling
Who's listening?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
‘I would like you to do us a favour’: The phone call that ignited a political storm. Show more
