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More or Less
How often do people have sex?
9 minutes
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Looking at sex and statistics in Japan and America. Show more
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Weekend
Putin brands Western sanctions as stupid
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The Russian president criticises the West for the sanctions it has imposed. Show more
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Weekend
Body of murdered British journalist identified in Brazil
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Police say remains found in Amazon are those of Dom Phillips. Show more
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Weekend
Gunmen attack Sikh temple in Kabul
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Fears for the safety of worshippers after multiple blasts in Afghan capital. Show more
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Over to You
The challenges of revealing a defector’s story
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How the BBC WS got the inside story on life at the top of the North Korean regime. We speak with the show’s producer. Show more
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Sportshour
Riding into the record books at Royal Ascot
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Hollie Doyle rides into the Royal Ascot record books, becoming the most successful female jockey in the history of the meeting. Show more
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Newshour
18/06/2022 12:06 GMT: Sikh temple in Kabul attacked
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The last Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul has been attacked by militants using guns, grenades and a car bomb. Show more
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The Real Story
The repatriation of precious artefacts
49 minutes
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Is it time for major museums to return items they’ve acquired from around the world? Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Murder in the Brazilian Amazon
23 minutes
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Why Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira faced deadly danger in the Amazon; plus disillusion in French politics; a row over Afrikaans in South Africa and the nomadic herders of Iran. Show more
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Heart and Soul
The Church's slave plantation: Part one
27 minutes
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What are the consequences of the Church of England's historic slave plantations in Barbados today? Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
What next for Afrofuturism?
27 minutes
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Rapper Lous and the Yakuza, fashion designer Adebayo Oke Lawal, filmmakers Sharon Lewis and Dimeji Ajibola and poet Gary Jackson Show more
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Digital Planet
Archiving music in glass
39 minutes
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Storing music data in glass; data-driven city planning in Barcelona. Show more
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Sporting Witness
Baseball's bionic man
9 minutes
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The story of baseball pitcher Tommy John's elbow injury in 1974 and the revolutionary surgery that was named after him. He became known as the Bionic Man.
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Newshour
18/06/2022 20:06 GMT: UK government announces a trial of electronic tags for some asylum seekers
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Tags are worn on the ankle and are usually given instead of custodial sentences. Show more
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Music Life
Do weird stuff and have fun doing it, with Nova Twins, Dream Wife, Cassyette and Yonaka
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Nova Twins, Cassyette, Dream Wife's Alice Go and Theresa Jarvis of Yonaka discuss why a song doesn’t have to be personal to be meaningful. Show more
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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The Documentary
The climate tipping points
50 minutes
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Justin Rowlatt discovers how global warming may trigger irreversible changes to our planet. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Murder in the Brazilian Amazon
23 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Why Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira faced deadly danger in the Amazon; plus disillusion in French politics; a row over Afrikaans in South Africa and the nomadic herders of Iran. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Cultural Frontline
What next for Afrofuturism?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service News InternetAvailable for over a year
Rapper Lous and the Yakuza, fashion designer Adebayo Oke Lawal, filmmakers Sharon Lewis and Dimeji Ajibola and poet Gary Jackson Show more
