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Weekend
China’s birth rates drop to lowest level in 70 years
53 minutes
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China joins long list of nations where birth rates are falling despite its scrapping of one-child policy. Show more
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Weekend
Malta’s police chief resigns after criticism over investigation into journalist’s murder
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Malta's head of police has been criticised for not investigating government officials or following up on financial crime Show more
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Weekend
White House appoints legal team to defend Trump in impeachment trial
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Kenneth Starr, whose investigation led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment, one of legal team defending Trump in impeachment trial Show more
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The Australian Open has been criticised for the decision to play the event’s qualifying tournament in conditions which several players have argued were hazardous to their health Show more
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Over to You
BBC News Persian and the Iran crisis
9 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
How have the BBC’s international teams reported events related to Iran in the past few weeks? We look at BBC Persian’s reporting of them. Show more
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Heavy rainfall in Australia douses some of the bushfires that have been ravaging the country for months. Show more
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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Wardian case
10 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward's miniature greenhouses enabled plants to spread far beyond their native lands - and became a powerful tool for British colonisers. Show more
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The History Hour
Storming the Stasi HQ
53 minutes
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The fall of East Germany's secret police; racism, injustice and a child execution in the US, plus the killing of Osama Bin Laden; and the man who saved aristocrats' houses Show more
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Assignment
Ayahuasca: Fear and healing in the Amazon
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Psychedelic plants, the spiritual tourism backlash - and sexual abuse. Show more
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Digital Planet
Tech tracking Australian fires
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Tech tracking Australian fires and HAM Radio connecting people and Cangomoto – the safer way to travel in Rwanda and the DRC, and digitising the Natural History Museum in London. Show more
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The Inquiry
Why does Ukraine have such a corruption problem?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
President Trump is facing a trial in the Senate over accusations he sought foreign help to smear a likely election rival. How did Ukraine’s chequered past lead to his impeachment? Show more
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China has invested heavily not just in Africa’s roads and railways, but also in the media sector. Frenny Jowi examines whether this is changing the way Kenyans see China. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events. Show more
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Boston Calling
Persian projects
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Was the killing of Qasem Soleimani legal? US officials and legal scholars disagree. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Who belongs here?
23 minutes
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India's citizenship controversy; China's crackdown extends to Kazakhs; mourning an Iranian in Lebanon; how Carlos Ghosn escaped Japan's justice system. Show more
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HARDtalk
Seth Freedman: Spying for Harvey Weinstein
23 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Who polices the shadowy world of private intelligence? Seth Freedman was an investigator for Black Cube. Show more
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CrowdScience
What is infinity?
34 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
We delve into a universe of maths, physics and philosophy, as we tackle questions on topics from infinity to quantum mechanics. Show more
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President Trump's trial in the Senate is due to begin on Tuesday. But might it actually help him and the Republicans? Show more
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Global Business
Hydrogen: The answer to Climate Change?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Once dubbed ‘fuel of the future’ but hydrogen powered transport is now a reality. Show more
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Dr Ruja carefully curated an image of herself as a business genius. Jamie looks at how, with our fragmented media, it’s getting easier to create a fake reality. Show more
Over to You
BBC News Persian and the Iran crisis
9 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
How have the BBC’s international teams reported events related to Iran in the past few weeks? We look at BBC Persian’s reporting of them. Show more
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The Documentary
Greenland: Why music matters
50 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Kate Molleson explores music’s place on the world’s largest island. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Who belongs here?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
India's citizenship controversy; China's crackdown extends to Kazakhs; mourning an Iranian in Lebanon; how Carlos Ghosn escaped Japan's justice system. Show more
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Boston Calling
Persian projects
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Was the killing of Qasem Soleimani legal? US officials and legal scholars disagree. Show more
