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The Newsroom
US Confirms Paris Climate Deal Pullout
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
The US will continue to participate in climate meetings during withdrawal process. Show more
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Weekend
Venezuela Opens Disputed New Constituent Assembly
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Venezuela proceeds with constituent assembly; Kenya election; Edinburgh Festival Show more
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Broadcast from Edinburgh as the city's world-renowned festival of arts and culture begins Show more
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We are in Edinburgh, as the city's world-renowned festival of arts and culture begins Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Can Music Influence our View of the World?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Ramy Essam is an Egyptian musician whose song ‘Irhal’ became the anthem for the Arab Spring in 2011. Show more
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Sportshour
The Legacy of Bolt
26 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Sportshour speaks to Usain Bolt's best friend and people, whose lives have been changed by the Jamaican record holder and we investigate athletics issues with nationality Show more
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Global Business
Fish to Share
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Lesley Curwen explores the potential future of fishing in the UK, after it leaves the EU. She visits ports at both ends of the Britain to hear the hopes and fears of fishermen. Show more
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Newshour
Rwanda election: President Paul Kagame wins by landslide
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Supporters of Rwanda's President have been celebrating his landslide re-election. Show more
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Why Cubans love their irresistible music “son”, and consider it a part of their identity and “the DNA of Cuban culture”. Show more
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Newsroom
New Venezuela Body Sacks Chief Prosecutor
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Venezuela's constituent assembly sacks outspoken government critic; Iran: President Rouhani warns US against 'political suicide'; Usain Bolt set for last 100m race Show more
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Trending
Child Safety Whistleblowers
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Whistleblowers from inside YouTube’s voluntary Trusted Flaggers Scheme tell us that the company is failing to respond to the vast majority of reports from them and the public. Show more
Over to You
Who Decides If Gay Is OK? Your Questions Answered
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The presenter of 'Who Decides If Gay Is OK?' answers your questions, and The Proms are back! But how is the BBC World Service tailoring them for a global audience? Show more
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Igor Levit plays Beethoven’s groundbreaking Third Piano Concerto, plus a world premiere from rising British composer Tom Coult. Show more
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Heart and Soul
The Jamaican Bible Remixed
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
To mark Jamaican Independence Day, British theologian Professor Robert Beckford travels to Jamaica in an attempt to legitimise the use of the Patois bible Show more
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Newshour
UN Security Council Unanimously Votes To Impose Sanctions On North Korea
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
The British UN ambassador on why North Korea's recent missile tests went too far. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Fake News and Cardboard Shields
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Foreboding ahead of Kenya's election, the Venezuelan protesters risking their lives, what makes for a webcam star in China and the small German town which was home to Elvis. 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 Inquiry
Who Gets to Have Their Own Country?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
You might think simple rules decide the creation of nation states. You'd be wrong. Show more
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The World This Week
Increasingly isolated: Trump on Russia
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
As legal pressure on the president grows, splits are appearing with Republicans in Congress. And Russia's worried about US sanctions. Show more
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Science In Action
Gene Editing Human Embryos
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Using gene editing in human embryos. Also, hunting for the invasive Harlequin ladybird and big data reveals one and a half thousand more minerals yet to be discovered. Show more
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Oxygen appeared on earth over two billion years ago and life took off. Now it makes up just over a fifth of the air. Trevor Cox tells the story of oxygen on earth and in space. Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Can Music Influence our View of the World?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Ramy Essam is an Egyptian musician whose song ‘Irhal’ became the anthem for the Arab Spring in 2011. Show more
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World Book Club
Delphine de Vigan - No and Me
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
French writer Delphine de Vigan discusses No and Me - her prize-winning novel, which tackles the true meaning of home and homelessness, with Harriett Gilbert and listeners. Show more
