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The call of Anastasia
The new quasi-religious movement that is spreading across villages in Germany
04/05/2025 00:01 GMT
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Is extinction a thing of the past?
Scientists have used new technology to extract ancient DNA
04/05/2025 00:30 GMT
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
BBC Trending: From a smuggler’s TikTok to tragedy
BBC Trending tracks the digital footprint of a wanted people smuggler.
The Flying Mother and the first Giro D'Italia Femminile
How Maria Canins won the Giro D'Italia Femminile which was first raced in 1988.
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Mycetoma’s only research centre destroyed
What happens when the world’s only research centre for a neglected disease is destroyed?
04/05/2025 02:01 GMT
Abdulrazak Gurnah - Paradise
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
04/05/2025 03:01 GMT
Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world.
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A review of the week with the latest news.
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A fresh start
The bakeries and eateries employing staff with criminal records or history of addiction
04/05/2025 09:01 GMT
Tackling bias in health
We meet the solution-seekers trying to make healthcare more equal
04/05/2025 09:30 GMT
Global stories from the BBC’s 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi
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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
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How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world
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Leaving Israel for Cyprus
Thousands of Israelis are making a new home in Cyprus in the wake of 7th October
04/05/2025 12:01 GMT
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
04/05/2025 13:01 GMT
Stories on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.
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Positive news stories
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Live Sporting Action
Live sport from around the world - including the English Premier League.
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The Kurdish issue: Part three
What does the future hold for Kurdish people?
04/05/2025 19:01 GMT
The news you know, the science you don't.
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Is it ever ok to be late?
The science of punctuality - plus how to say sorry and inside China's beauty industry
Talk back to the BBC and challenge the programme makers.
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Science in Action
The BBC brings you all the week's science news.