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Newsday
20/08/2020 04:06 GMT: Kamala Harris attacks Trump 'failure of leadership'
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Joe Biden's running mate savaged Mr Trump's record in her VP nomination acceptance speech. Show more
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Newsday
20/08/2020 05:06 GMT: Barack Obama savagely attacks his successor Donald Trump
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Mr Obama told the Democratic National Convention his successor President Donald Trump treats the US presidency as though it were nothing but a reality show. Show more
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Newsday
20/08/2020 06:06 GMT: Harris becomes first black female VP nominee
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The Democratic Party has have formally endorsed Kamala Harris as their candidate for Vice President in a historic move for the US. Show more
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The Inquiry
How close are we to a vaccine for Covid-19?
23 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
Researchers around the world are racing to find a vaccine for Covid-19. How close are we to having one? Show more
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Business Daily
Sudan: Dealing with Covid and Sanctions
18 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
Relief efforts are impeded by Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism Show more
Witness History
The Guatemalan syphilis scandal
9 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
How American doctors carried out secretive experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s, injecting people with syphilis and gonorrhea without their consent. Show more
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Assignment
Barbara Demick: True stories from North Korea
27 minutes
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Print journalist Barbara Demick explains how she created ‘narrative non-fiction’ books about North Korea and Tibet – in one case without even going to the place she wrote about. Show more
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Health Check
Covid immunity clues from a fishing boat in the Pacific
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on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
Certain antibodies appear to provide protection against Covid re-infection in Pacific fishermen; India Covid cases soar; horses helping with anxiety and depression in California Show more
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Rajan Datar and guests explore the largest pyramid ever built - the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Pyramid of Khufu after the Pharaoh who commissioned it as his tomb. Show more
How India's female hockey players inspired a generation of sportswomen as well as a Bollywood film Show more
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The Food Chain
Food media's moment of reckoning?
27 minutes
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Resignations, racism and revolt changing the way we write about food. Show more
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US army General Russel L. Honoré was the man in charge of bringing order to the chaos in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Now he is a well-known environmental campaigner. Show more
Witness History
The Guatemalan syphilis scandal
9 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
How American doctors carried out secretive experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s, injecting people with syphilis and gonorrhea without their consent. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Health Check
Covid immunity clues from a fishing boat in the Pacific
27 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
Certain antibodies appear to provide protection against Covid re-infection in Pacific fishermen; India Covid cases soar; horses helping with anxiety and depression in California Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
20/08/2020 13:06 GMT: Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader 'poisoned'
53 minutes
on BBC World Service
Doctors in Russia say they're fighting to save a prominent opponent of President Putin, Alexei Navalny, who is unconscious in hospital after a suspected poisoning. . Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 20/08/2020 14:32 GMT: Washington asks UN to reimpose Iran sanctions
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The US is asking the United Nations to reimpose international sanctions on Iran. Show more
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BBC OS
2020/08/20 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: The impact on children with special needs
53 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for years
We speak to parents of kids with special needs about how the pandemic has affected them Show more
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Witness History
The Guatemalan syphilis scandal
9 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
How American doctors carried out secretive experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s, injecting people with syphilis and gonorrhea without their consent. 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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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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Greenland Ice Sheet; stalagmites and climate change; world temperature record; the dimming of Betelgeuse Show more
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Iran nuclear deal: US to demand ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions Show more
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The Inquiry
How close are we to a vaccine for Covid-19?
23 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
Researchers around the world are racing to find a vaccine for Covid-19. How close are we to having one? Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Rajan Datar and guests explore the largest pyramid ever built - the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Pyramid of Khufu after the Pharaoh who commissioned it as his tomb. Show more
How India's female hockey players inspired a generation of sportswomen as well as a Bollywood film Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Joe Biden makes his case to become the next president of the US Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
What does it mean to ask "God to keep you safe" in the time of a pandemic? What is the meaning and scope of divine protection? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
US army General Russel L. Honoré was the man in charge of bringing order to the chaos in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Now he is a well-known environmental campaigner. Show more
Witness History
The Guatemalan syphilis scandal
9 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
How American doctors carried out secretive experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s, injecting people with syphilis and gonorrhea without their consent. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Greenland Ice Sheet; stalagmites and climate change; world temperature record; the dimming of Betelgeuse Show more
