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Gaming Brazil's election
21 minutes
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Brazilian gamers have been a source of support for President Jair Bolsonaro. But is that all about to change? Show more
More or Less
Did the WHO get some of its excess death estimates wrong?
9 minutes
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Tim Harford looks at the World Health Organisation’s latest estimates of the pandemic’s death toll Show more
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Weekend
North Korea announces more deaths from Covid
50 minutes
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More than 170,000 new cases of coronavirus have been reported by the authorities. Show more
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Weekend
US: Improving women's rights in the Taliban's interests
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A US official tells the BBC the Taliban stand to gain by improving women's rights. Show more
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Weekend
Has Russia withdrawn from Ukrainian second city?
23 minutes
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US analysts say Russia appears to have withdrawn from positions around Kharkiv. Show more
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Over to You
New podcast Lives Less Ordinary
9 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Lives Less Ordinary is from the team who produce Outlook. So what lies in store? Plus, The Grand Egyptian Museum documentary - a listener complains it was insufficiently critical. Show more
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Sportshour
FA Cup final bonanza
40 minutes
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We preview the Men's and Women's FA Cup final taking place at Wembley this weekend Show more
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Newshour
14/05/2022 12:06 GMT: North Korea's rapidly spreading Covid-19 outbreak a "great disaster"
50 minutes
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Leader Kim Jong-un says the outbreak is the greatest disaster his country has ever faced. Show more
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Heart and Soul
Kenya's last great Laibon
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Stuart Butler travels to Kenya to meet Mokompo, one of the country's last laibons and discover their spiritual secrets. Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
The art of memory
27 minutes
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Director Lola Arias on asking people to share their past on stage, artist William Kentridge goes back to his roots and novelist Sophie Jai on her childhood memories in Trinidad Show more
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Digital Planet
North Korean digital control
45 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Digital control in North Korea. Also, clean drinking water at the push of a button and how the military uses augmented and virtual reality. Show more
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Trending
Gaming Brazil's election
21 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Brazilian gamers have been a source of support for President Jair Bolsonaro. But is that all about to change? Show more
Sporting Witness
The footballer trapped in Syria
9 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
How Nigerian Olaniyi Gideon was caught up in the Civil War in Syria while playing for a local club. Show more
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World Questions discusses Germany’s changing political landscape in Berlin Show more
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Newshour
14/05/2022 20:06 GMT: People returning to Kharkiv, says mayor
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Russian soldiers tried for 11 weeks to encircle Ukraine's second largest city Show more
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Music Life
Eurovision 2022 with Cornelia Jakobs, MARO, Alexandra Rotan (KEiiNO), SuRie and Dami Im
34 minutes
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2022 hopefuls Cornelia Jakobs and MARO meet three former contestants - SuRie, Dami Im and KEiiNO's Alexandra Rotan - to discuss how to create a Eurovision classic. Show more
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The Documentary
Billionaire ball game
50 minutes
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How the super-rich bought English football and Chelsea FC became a sanctioned asset. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Living through Shanghai’s lockdown
23 minutes
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All normal routines are suspended in a Chinese megacity; complaints of a two-tier refugee system in Switzerland; why Finland’s always battle-ready; Jamaica's cannabis economy. Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
The art of memory
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Director Lola Arias on asking people to share their past on stage, artist William Kentridge goes back to his roots and novelist Sophie Jai on her childhood memories in Trinidad Show more
