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Newsday
19/10/2020 04:06 GMT: Chile inequality protests turn violent
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Vandals burn down two churches in Santiago, and at least eighteen officers are injured. Show more
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Newsday
19/10/2020 05:06 GMT: Polls close in Bolivia's presidential election
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The election comes after last year's disputed poll which forced Evo Morales to resign Show more
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Newsday
19/10/2020 06:06 GMT: Could Evo Morales return to Bolivia?
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Exit polls say Morales' political heir, socialist candidate Luis Arce, won the country's presidential election, taking more than 52% of the vote Show more
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HARDtalk
Armando Iannucci: Is this a bad time to be funny?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Can the creator of Veep find humour amid the world's crises? Show more
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Business Daily
Biotech: Guilt-free palm oil?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
A commodity associated with tropical deforestation may soon have a synthetic replacement - but what will it mean for the farmers whose livelihoods depend on palm oil plantations? Show more
Witness History
Why Portugal decriminalised all drugs
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
In the grip of a drugs crisis, the country took a radical approach in 2001 and became the first country in the world to decriminalise all drugs. Show more
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When Katty Met Carlos
America’s economic divide
35 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Why is one of the world’s wealthiest countries home to such extremes of inequality and poverty? Show more
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CrowdScience
Why do I blush?
32 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Does blushing have some sort of evolutionary purpose? And why do we yawn? Anand Jagatia finds out the answers to curious CrowdScience listeners’ questions. Show more
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Comedians vs. the News
Wonho Chung and Carol Zoccoli
29 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Comedy stars from Jordan and Brazil join Jess and Eman to give their take on the world’s headlines. This week, what does it take to be crowned the most beautiful camel in Dubai? Show more
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Trending
Disinfo wars and the all-American ‘troll farm’
18 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Colin Wood was delighted to start writing for a new political website. But he soon found out it was a plot, orchestrated by Russian trolls. Show more
More or Less
Auction Theory - Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Tim Harford explains the contribution that this year’s Nobel memorial prize winners for economics have made to auction theory. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The Conversation
#MeToo: The lawyers
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Two leading sexual harassment lawyers talk to Kim Chakanetsa about how the #MeToo movement has changed the way legal systems handle cases. Show more
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Outlook
The space genius who needed a guide to life on earth
44 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
How a bereaved astrophysicist was helped by three pages of instructions from her late husband, as she adjusted to the new world around her. Show more
Witness History
Why Portugal decriminalised all drugs
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
In the grip of a drugs crisis, the country took a radical approach in 2001 and became the first country in the world to decriminalise all drugs. 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.
CrowdScience
Why do I blush?
32 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Does blushing have some sort of evolutionary purpose? And why do we yawn? Anand Jagatia finds out the answers to curious CrowdScience listeners’ questions. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
19/10/2020 13:06 GMT: French police visit suspected militant Islamists after beheading
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
French police are visiting suspected militant Islamists after the beheading of a teacher last week. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 19/10/2020 14:32 GMT: Europe further tightens coronavirus restrictions
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Belgium and Italy are among the latest countries to tighten restrictions over Covid-19. Show more
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BBC OS
2020/10/19 16:06 GMT: Being a teacher in France
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
A conversation between teachers after the beheading of Samuel Paty 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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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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What are the boundaries between acceptable and unwanted touch? Show more
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Newshour
19/10/2020 20:06 GMT: Bolivia election: Evo Morales's ally Luis Arce set for win
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
The exiled former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, says he'll return to the country Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
HARDtalk
Armando Iannucci: Is this a bad time to be funny?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Can the creator of Veep find humour amid the world's crises? 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.
The History Hour
CNN and the 24-hour news revolution
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
How the launch of CNN in 1980 transformed news and politics, plus the end of Lebanon's civil war and Saddam Hussein's plans to become a film mogul. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
European countries tighten covid lockdowns
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
A raft of Europe countries put their citizens under lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic returns with a vengeance Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The Documentary
A perfect match
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The inequalities in US healthcare exposed through a deeply personal story. Show more
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Outlook
The space genius who needed a guide to life on earth
44 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
How a bereaved astrophysicist was helped by three pages of instructions from her late husband, as she adjusted to the new world around her. Show more
Witness History
Why Portugal decriminalised all drugs
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
In the grip of a drugs crisis, the country took a radical approach in 2001 and became the first country in the world to decriminalise all drugs. 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 are the boundaries between acceptable and unwanted touch? Show more
