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The Cultural Frontline
Japan: Art and the Olympics
27 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
As the Olympics start in Tokyo, we’re focusing on Japanese artists who are examining history, re-inventing tradition and telling new stories. Show more
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Trending
The anti-vax influencer plot that flopped
18 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
A mystery sponsor secretly offered to pay social media stars to spread lies about the risks from a Covid vaccine. The plot failed spectacularly but who and what was behind it all? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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Over to You
Investigating a format unchanged for 66 years
9 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
Listeners react to From Our Own Correspondent and ask how it’s put together. Plus another in our regular series about listeners' everyday lives and habits, How I Hear. Show more
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Sportshour
Sportshour at the Tokyo Olympic Games
49 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
Live Saturday morning global sports show with reports, debate and humour. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
24/07/2021 12:06 GMT: Can the Taliban be stopped from retaking Afghanistan?
50 minutes
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Taliban gaining territory after the exit of foreign forces: can they retake Afghanistan? Show more
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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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How a new modern Japan emerged on the world stage at the 1964 Olympic Games Show more
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How a teenager's life was changed by the war in Darfur in Sudan, plus Norway's worst day of terror, the first law on domestic violence in Brazil and the fame of Vincent van Gogh. Show more
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
24/07/2021 20:06 GMT: Ethiopia Tigray crisis: New front opens
50 minutes
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Fighters from Tigray have entered the Afar region Show more
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Music Life
'Good for the ego, bad for the soul' with Manika Kaur, Ali Riaz Baqar, Gurujas Khalsa and Abi Sampa
31 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
Manika Kaur, Ali Riaz Baqar, Gurujas Khalsa and Abi Sampa are four musicians offering new perspectives on traditional Asian music. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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DeepMind publishes 350,000 of the molecular structures which make all living things tick. Plus, Covid-19 vaccination strategy reimagined, the seismic sensitivities of elephants. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Cultural Frontline
Japan: Art and the Olympics
27 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
As the Olympics start in Tokyo, we’re focusing on Japanese artists who are examining history, re-inventing tradition and telling new stories. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Trending
The anti-vax influencer plot that flopped
18 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
A mystery sponsor secretly offered to pay social media stars to spread lies about the risks from a Covid vaccine. The plot failed spectacularly but who and what was behind it all? Show more
Over to You
Investigating a format unchanged for 66 years
9 minutes
on BBC World ServiceAvailable for over a year
Listeners react to From Our Own Correspondent and ask how it’s put together. Plus another in our regular series about listeners' everyday lives and habits, How I Hear. Show more
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The Tokyo Olympics are underway, a year later than planned Show more
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What happened to those who helped spirit the stolen money away?
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How a new modern Japan emerged on the world stage at the 1964 Olympic Games Show more
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How a network of black performance venues in a segregated USA shaped music history. Show more
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Business Weekly
The great vaccine passport debate
50 minutes
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As entry to many venues across the UK, France and Italy looks set to be conditional on proof of vaccination, Business Weekly explores the controversy over vaccine passports. Show more
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