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Newsday
11/04/2022 04:06 GMT : French elections: Macron and Le Pen fight for presidency
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on BBC World Service South Asia
Emmanuel Macron will face the far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential election after seeing off ten other rivals in the first round Show more
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Newsday
11/04/2022 05:06 GMT : French elections: Le Pen could take Presidency
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on BBC World Service South AsiaAll candidates - except the far right Eric Zemmour - have urged their voters not to support Marine Le Pen in the second round Show more
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Newsday
11/04/2022 06:06 GMT : French elections: Macron wins over Le Pen
50 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAll candidates - except the far right Eric Zemmour - have urged their voters not to support Marine Le Pen in the second round Show more
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HARDtalk
Tsai Ming-yen: Could Putin’s strategy be a template for China to follow?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Could Putin’s strategy be a template for China to follow? Stephen Sackur speaks to Taipei’s representative to the EU, Tsai Ming-yen. Show more
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Business Daily
Lebanon's wheat crisis
18 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
We speak to people in Lebanon who are struggling to buy bread as prices soar and wheat imports from Ukraine dry up. One bakery in Beirut tells us it’s found a solution. Show more
Witness History
Nato intervenes in Kosovo
9 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
In 1998, Nato intervened with air strikes to prevent atrocities by Serbian forces in Kosovo. Hear from the late Madeleine Albright, who was US Secretary of State at the time. Show more
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CrowdScience
How many fossils are there?
28 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Marnie Chesterton gets out her pocket calculator and tries to work out how many fossils are left on Earth. Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Sudan: Art and political change
27 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Film-makers Amjad Abu Alala and Suzannah Mirghani, artist Reem Aljeally, musician Wafa Mustafa and Prof Salah M Hassan on the changing situation for Sudanese artists. Show more
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More or Less
Did tea-drinking cut deaths in the Industrial Revolution?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Could an explosion in tea-drinking explain a decline in deaths in the industrial revolution? Tim Harford dusts down the data. Show more
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The Conversation
Women who puzzle
27 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Tantan Dai, from China, is one of the world’s fastest sudoku solvers. Anna Shechtman is an American crossword compiler. They speak to Kim Chakanetsa about the world of puzzles. Show more
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Outlook
The drag queen who ran for president of the United States
41 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Terence Smith launched his campaign to run for United States president in drag. His mission was not to win, but instead, to raise awareness about the Aids crisis. Show more
Witness History
Nato intervenes in Kosovo
9 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
In 1998, Nato intervened with air strikes to prevent atrocities by Serbian forces in Kosovo. Hear from the late Madeleine Albright, who was US Secretary of State at the time. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Newshour
11/04/2022 13:06 GMT: Macron targets Le Pen as run-off campaign begins
50 minutes
on BBC World Service South Asia
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events. Show more
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HARDtalk
Tsai Ming-yen: Could Putin’s strategy be a template for China to follow?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Could Putin’s strategy be a template for China to follow? Stephen Sackur speaks to Taipei’s representative to the EU, Tsai Ming-yen. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 11/04/2022 14:32 GMT : Shehbaz Sharif to become Pakistan's Prime Minister
27 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Can the new leader tackle the economic issues that led to Imran Khan's departure? Show more
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BBC OS
2022/04/11 16:06 GMT: Macron targets Le Pen in election run off
50 minutes
on BBC World Service South Asia
The French president won the first round vote yesterday Show more
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Witness History
Nato intervenes in Kosovo
9 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
In 1998, Nato intervened with air strikes to prevent atrocities by Serbian forces in Kosovo. Hear from the late Madeleine Albright, who was US Secretary of State at the time. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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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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Newshour
11/04/2022 20:06 GMT: Pakistan gets a new PM after week-long uncertainty
50 minutes
on BBC World Service South Asia
Shehbaz Sharif has been sworn in as prime minister, after the ousting of Imran Khan. 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 History Hour
The Falkands War
50 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Two contrasting accounts of the conflict in the South Atlantic from an islander and an Argentine conscript. Show more
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Business Matters
Pakistan gets new PM
50 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Pakistan's parliament has selected Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister, after Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in the early hours of Sunday. Show more
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The Documentary
Healing with fire on koala country
27 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
In the land of the Yuin people, cultural burning is being reintroduced to protect the habitat of the last known koala population. Show more
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Outlook
The drag queen who ran for president of the United States
41 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
Terence Smith launched his campaign to run for United States president in drag. His mission was not to win, but instead, to raise awareness about the Aids crisis. Show more
Witness History
Nato intervenes in Kosovo
9 minutes
on BBC World Service South AsiaAvailable for over a year
In 1998, Nato intervened with air strikes to prevent atrocities by Serbian forces in Kosovo. Hear from the late Madeleine Albright, who was US Secretary of State at the time. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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