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Outlook

Outlook Weekend: Pick of the Week

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Bodies: From the albino journalist from Cameroon who confronted a witch doctor and to the armless Indian man who's discovered a love of cricket Show more

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Unexpected Elements

Elephant Anti-Poaching Patrol

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Elephant Anti-Poaching Patrol; Mosul Dam Warning; Storks and Junk Food; Artificial Intelligence; CRISPR Gene Drives; Neanderthal Genome Show more

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Unexpected Elements

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Elements

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
BBC World Service West and Central Africa

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Mobeen Azhar meets users of Mephedrone, GHB/GBL and Crystal Meth, and explores the drug-fuelled sex party scene in gay communities across the world. Show more

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The Arts Hour

Uzo Aduba, Anohni, Javier Marias

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Emmy award-winning actress Uzo Aduba on her latest role Show more

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The Newsroom

Turkey Suspends Football Match over Security Fears

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Turkish authorities postpone football match between two major teams in Istanbul for security reasons; President Obama on his way to Cuba - first visit by US president in 88 years Show more

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Heart and Soul

America's Mosques - A Story of Integration

America's Mosques: New Mosques

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

What roles have mosques had in American history and how have Muslim communities changed? Show more

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The History Hour

China-Vietnam Border War 1979

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Former communist allies China and Vietnam fought a short but bloody war in 1979. Also this week, the man who proved the Turin Shroud was a fake. Show more

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The Forum

The Human Face: How We See Each Other

Duration: 41 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

How humans and machines interpret facial expressions. Show more

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Over to You

My Perfect Country

Duration: 9 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Listeners get the chance to ask My Perfect Country presenter, Fi Glover, about the series; the World Service coverage of the European migrant crisis is back on the table. Show more

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Newsday

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HARDtalk

OSCE Secretary General - Lamberto Zannier

Duration: 23 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Stephen Sackur speaks to the OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier. In a new era of tension between Moscow and the West, how much use is his organisation? Show more

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The Why Factor

Supernatural Powers

Duration: 18 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

Available for over a year

Mike Williams asks why supernatural beliefs still appear to have such a strong hold across different societies, crossing boundaries of wealth and education. Show more

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Newsday

Airforce One Touches Down in Cuba with Obama

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC World Service Online

President Obama has begun an historic tour of Cuba; a new deal has begun on migrants between the EU and Turkey; a teenage scientist has won $150,000 for inventing a new device. Show more

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