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Newsday
23/03/2021 05:06 GMT : Niger attack: 100 villagers killed
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The killings come less than a week after gunmen killed 58 people in the same region Show more
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Newsday
23/03/2021 06:06 GMT : US mass shooting: 10 dead in grocery store
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
A journalist gives us his reaction to the Boulder shootings: "I'm 25 years old and I have already covered 4 mass shootings" Show more
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Newsday
23/03/2021 07:06 GMT : Germany: Angela Merkel announces new lockdown
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Germany shuts down for three weeks as the number of cases rise. Is one issue the slow pace of vaccine rollout? Show more
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People Fixing The World
How to reuse a demolished building
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Is it possible to construct a new building, just by reusing materials from homes and offices that have been knocked down? Show more
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Business Daily
Could China pull the plug on coal?
18 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
A letter sent to the Bangladeshi government suggests that Beijing may be clamping down on the biggest source of carbon emissions. Show more
Witness History
Banksy’s first street art mural
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Street artist Banksy began spray-painting graffiti in his home city of Bristol in the 1990s. It is widely believed that his first large mural was a piece called Mild, Mild West. Show more
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The Documentary
A constitutional conversation
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Is it time the US Constitution got a 21st Century makeover? Show more
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In the Studio
Arash – Making music in the sun
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The singer/songwriter superstar Arash creates new music in his studio in Dubai and draws on his Persian roots to blends the sounds of East and West. Show more
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The Arts Hour
The Arts Hour Virtually on Tour in Stockholm
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The Arts Hour takes a virtual visit to Stockholm with music, comedy, a live audience and leading filmmakers to discuss how Swedish artists are responding to the pandemic. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Discovery
Patient zero: The December transplant
41 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Patient Zero tells the stories of disease outbreaks: where they begin and why they happen. Show more
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Outlook
Abandoned at sea for three years
44 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Merchant seaman Vikash Mishra was left adrift for nearly three years after the ship's owners ran out of money. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Newshour
23/03/2021 14:06 GMT: UK falls silent to remember Covid victims
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
The UK has marked the first anniversary of the first lockdown by holding a minute's silence to remember the victims of Covid-19. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 23/03/2021 15:32 GMT : Germany imposes strict Easter coronavirus lockdown
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Germany will impose a near complete halt over Easter, in response to a coronavirus surge. Show more
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BBC OS
2021/03/23 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: Brazil’s doctors under pressure
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Brazillian doctors tell us how they’re coping in the pandemic Show more
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Discovery
Patient zero: The December transplant
41 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Patient Zero tells the stories of disease outbreaks: where they begin and why they happen. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
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.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
World Business Report
First broadcast 23/03/2021 22:32 GMT : Black families in Chicago to receive reparations in historic first
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Sixteen black families living in a suburb of Chicago are to be given twenty-five thousand dollars in reparations for housing discrimination. Show more
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Witness History
Banksy’s first street art mural
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Street artist Banksy began spray-painting graffiti in his home city of Bristol in the 1990s. It is widely believed that his first large mural was a piece called Mild, Mild West. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Arts Hour
The Arts Hour Virtually on Tour in Stockholm
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The Arts Hour takes a virtual visit to Stockholm with music, comedy, a live audience and leading filmmakers to discuss how Swedish artists are responding to the pandemic. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
Gamestop posts 9th consecutive quarter sales loss
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Gamestop has posted its 9th consecutive quarter sales loss. Wall Street Journal’s technology reporter Sarah Needleman talks us through the company's rise. Show more
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HARDtalk
Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee: Is the concept of ‘one country, two systems’ dead?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Will the Biden Administration prompt Beijing to think twice about the crackdown on pro-democracy activism in Hong Kong? Show more
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Project 17
Goal 10: Reducing inequality
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
As a black teenager in Baltimore in the USA, 17-year-old Monet knows her chances of going to college and getting a decent job are not as good as those of her white peers. Show more
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Outlook
Abandoned at sea for three years
44 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Merchant seaman Vikash Mishra was left adrift for nearly three years after the ship's owners ran out of money. Show more
Witness History
Banksy’s first street art mural
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Street artist Banksy began spray-painting graffiti in his home city of Bristol in the 1990s. It is widely believed that his first large mural was a piece called Mild, Mild West. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
How our relationship with water evolved through time and shaped our deepest psychology. Show more
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Digital Planet
AI chatbot takes witness statements
45 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
AI chatbot takes witness statements. Also, using machine learning to understand tinnitus and Shrouk El-Attar, the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year on the tech she designs. Show more
