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The Cultural Frontline
Farah Bashir: The art of childhood
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Farah Bashir, author of Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir, shares the challenges for girls growing up in a conflict zone Show more
BBC News Summary
07/08/2021 04:30 GMT
2 minutes
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Trending
Anti-vaxxers only
18 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
They’re organising online dating, house shares and even blood banks, but for unvaccinated people only! Meet the opponents of Covid vaccines who are taking things one step further. Show more
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Weekend
Biden told not to attend memorial events by families of 9/11 victims
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Families want the president to declassify files about the attacks Show more
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Weekend
Uncontrolled wildfires spread across Greece
50 minutes
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Two people have been killed as a result of the fires Show more
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Weekend
Taliban announce release of prisoners in captured town
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Hundreds of prisoners said to be freed by Taliban in captured Shebhergan Show more
BBC News Summary
07/08/2021 07:30 GMT
2 minutes
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BBC News Summary
07/08/2021 08:30 GMT
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Sportshour
Gold Medals and Grandmasters
49 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable 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
BBC News Summary
07/08/2021 10:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for years
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Newshour
07/08/2021 12:06 GMT: Afghan Taliban claim to have captured a second provincial capital
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
Afghan Taliban on verge of capturing the northern city of Sheberghan, fiefdom of Abdul Rashid Dostum Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC News Summary
07/08/2021 17:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for years
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BBC Proms on the World Service
Dido's Lament and the Fourth Symphony by Brahms
53 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for years
Highlights from the 2021 season of BBC Proms, the UK's greatest classical music festival. Show more
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BBC News Summary
07/08/2021 19:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for years
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This Is Africa
SKORP and Bella Shmurda
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for years
Two exciting new voices in African music, Algerian rapper SKORP and Nigeria's Bella Shmurda, get their chance to shine in the TIA spotlight. Show more
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Newshour
07/08/2021 20:06 GMT: Afghanistan: Sheberghan falls to the Taliban following US airstrikes
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
This is the second regional capital to fall to the militants since Friday 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
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
BBC News Summary
07/08/2021 22:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for years
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Unexpected Elements
Record-shattering weather
1 hour, 5 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Sudden extreme temperatures and climate change; vocalisations in despotic and tolerant primate leaders; mirror life; genetic origins of Middle East people Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
Farah Bashir: The art of childhood
27 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Farah Bashir, author of Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir, shares the challenges for girls growing up in a conflict zone Show more
BBC News Summary
08/08/2021 00:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for years
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Trending
Anti-vaxxers only
18 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
They’re organising online dating, house shares and even blood banks, but for unvaccinated people only! Meet the opponents of Covid vaccines who are taking things one step further. Show more
Over to You
Did the BBC WS Olympics coverage cross the finishing line?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Listeners tell us what they think of the BBC World Service’s coverage of the Olympics. Plus, why did a panel debate on Cuba fail to have any contributors from Cuba itself? Show more
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Global Questions
08/08/2021 GMT
23 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Audiences from around the world question their leaders on global issues.
BBC News Summary
08/08/2021 01:30 GMT
2 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for years
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The WannaCry investigation leads to an uncomfortable discovery. An accidental hero faces up to his past. Show more
Sporting Witness
The Golden Couple of the first Tokyo Olympics
9 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
British runners Ann Packer and Robbie Brightwell were the media darlings of the 1964 Olympics in Japan Show more
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World Book Club
Crime and Punishment: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
49 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
Damnation and redemption in 19th Century St Petersburg. Show more
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Business Weekly
Repairing Lebanon’s economy
50 minutes
on BBC World Service West and Central AfricaAvailable for over a year
The most compelling reports from BBC business programmes over the past week Show more
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