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Newsday
29/11/2021 05:06 GMT : Covid: South Africa's president calls for lifting of travel bans
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Cyril Ramaphosa attacks the bans as Afrophobia - saying it's a poor reward for being the country that identified the new variant Show more
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Newsday
29/11/2021 06:06 GMT : Borders shut in response to Omicron Covid strain
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Health ministers from the world's richest countries gather for emergency talks Show more
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Newsday
29/11/2021 07:06 GMT : Covid: G7 health ministers to discuss Omicron strain
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We speak to a leading epidemiologist about how the world should best respond to the risk - and what that risk actually is Show more
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HARDtalk
Nicolai Tangen: Can Norway move on from fossil fuels?
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Fossil fuels have given Norwegians vast wealth. Are they now ready to wean themselves off oil and gas? Nicolai Tangen heads the country's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund. Show more
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29/11/2021 08:30 GMT
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Business Daily
The plight of girls under the Taliban
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How hard is life in Afghanistan for the female half of the population, as the Taliban reassert control? Show more
Witness History
The Aids 'patient zero' myth
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How Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic. Show more
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The Climate Question
What can we learn from the fight to fix the ozone hole?
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In 1985 scientists discovered a dangerous hole in the earth’s atmosphere. Less than two years later, world leaders signed a landmark treaty banning the chemicals that cause it.. Show more
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29/11/2021 09:30 GMT
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CrowdScience
Which is better: Optimism or pessimism?
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Listener Hannah from Germany - a self-described pessimist - is intrigued as to whether the alternative, optimistic way of life is really the best way to be. Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
The air that we breathe: Scent artist Anicka Yi
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Scent artist Anicka Yi on 'sculpting' the air. English National Opera helping long Covid patients breathe and Qiu Xiaolong on his crime fiction about air pollution in China. Show more
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29/11/2021 10:30 GMT
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Unearthing the truth behind some of the biggest pieces of climate change disinformation. Show more
More or Less
Simpson’s Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading
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How a statistical phenomenon can make data misleading. Show more
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29/11/2021 11:30 GMT
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The Conversation
Women swimming in the wild
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An open water swimmer from South Africa meets the founder of a mental health charity from the UK to talk about how immersing themselves in cold water changed their lives. Show more
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Outlook
The choir without vocal cords
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The Belgian chorister-turned-doctor who conducts a choir for people who have had their voice box surgically removed. Show more
Witness History
The Aids 'patient zero' myth
9 minutes
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How Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic. Show more
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29/11/2021 13:30 GMT
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Newshour
29/11/2021 14:06 GMT: New cases of the Covid variant Omicron found in different parts of the world
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Meetings at the World Health Organisation and the G7 countries are taking place to discuss ways of combating the latest Covid variant. Show more
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29/11/2021 15:30 GMT
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World Business Report
First broadcast 29/11/2021 15:32 GMT : Countries shut borders over Omicron variant fears
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More countries including Japan have closed their borders over Omicron Covid variant fears. Show more
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BBC OS
2021/11/29 16:06 GMT: Omicron variant: What we know so far
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Our health experts explain how concerned we should be about the "heavily mutated" variant Show more
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Witness History
The Aids 'patient zero' myth
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How Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic. Show more
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BBC News Summary
29/11/2021 19:30 GMT
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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29/11/2021 22:30 GMT
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World Business Report
First broadcast 29/11/2021 22:32 GMT : Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down as CEO
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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief executive of the company. Show more
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29/11/2021 23:30 GMT
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The Conversation
Women swimming in the wild
27 minutes
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An open water swimmer from South Africa meets the founder of a mental health charity from the UK to talk about how immersing themselves in cold water changed their lives. Show more
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The History Hour
The assassination of the Mirabal sisters
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Women activists in the Caribbean, the last case of Smallpox in Europe, voluntary euthanasia in the Netherlands, the stolen art of Klimt plus Estonia's internet revolution. Show more
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Business Matters
More countries impose travel bans on Southern Africa
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More countries have closed their borders over Omicron Covid variant fears. Show more
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BBC News Summary
30/11/2021 02:30 GMT
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The Documentary
Internet instigators
27 minutes
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Nina Robinson meets the internet instigators who are organising protests and campaigns through social media Show more
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Outlook
The choir without vocal cords
41 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
The Belgian chorister-turned-doctor who conducts a choir for people who have had their voice box surgically removed. Show more
Witness History
The Aids 'patient zero' myth
9 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
How Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC News Summary
30/11/2021 04:30 GMT
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