| 00:00 | 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTFour clever ways to reduce carbon emissions from deliveries(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTLindsey Fitzharris tells the story of Ignaz Semmelweiss, the hand washer(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTIn December 1989 a wave of protests finally deposed communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTCome with Nikki Bedi to the biggest country music festival in Europe – Country to Country(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTHow Star Wars changed the cinematic universe in 1977(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTFrom dining in Song-dynasty China to the modern open kitchen(R) 00:50GMTIn 1969, Mary Raine became the first woman to report on football for the BBC.(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTLyse Doucet and guests gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2020 has in store.(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTWhat does Mia Khalifa's story tell us about the porn industry and 21st century culture?(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTWe explore the power of light to impact our health and wellbeing.(R)
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| 01:00 | 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe issues in Hong Kong and China are having spill-over effects for companies too. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTMobile phones are improving lives and yields for millions of farmers around the world.(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTUS plane maker Boeing has replaced its CEO in the wake of two deadly crashes.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTEditor Martin Webber looks back at the big business stories of 2019.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTHow technology and attitudes play a growing role in an increasingly diverse workforce
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTCan businesses help create a more equal society?
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTBek Air plane comes down near Almaty airport
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTFires in Australia, locusts in Somalia and a revelation from our Religion Editor(R) 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTWe meet the companies trying to give women a cleaner and safer cooking environment.(R)
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| 02:00 | 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTEmergency food supplies help starving children – but may fuel obesity(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTA father can continue to influence a son long after they have stopped living together(R) 02:50GMTExploring the maths secrets of The Simpsons.(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTThe town of Ii in northern Finland is a green trailblazer(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTA song about a broken relationship that has become a melancholy Christmas anthem(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTIceland's glaciers are melting and scientists predict they could all be gone in 200 years(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTJoin the Stumped team as they look back at what has been a huge year of cricket in 2019.
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTWhat - and who - might Jamie and Georgia find at the Miss OneLife 2019 Beauty Pageant? 02:50GMTWe’re handing over the entire programme to you for our annual listener review of 2019(R)
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| 03:00 | 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTHow the wife of US President Franklin Roosevelt became a powerful political operator(R) 03:50GMTHow a wonder goal took the US to the football World Cup for the first time in decades(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTSam Jalloh’s war-torn journey to becoming a top tennis player in Sierra Leone(R) 03:50GMTPioneering work in the 60s into combination chemotherapy to try to find a cure for cancer(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTTroy Winget and Andrea Quint Fleck found there was more between them than a good haircut(R) 03:50GMTOn 24 December 1979 Soviet troops started pouring into Afghanistan(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTPresenter Mozhdah Jamalzadah’s focus on women’s rights made her some dangerous enemies(R) 03:50GMTThe true story of one of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly.(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTMalat Wei and Jess Markt are taking wheelchair basketball and their story to South Sudan(R) 03:50GMTThe ground-breaking circus was formed by a group of street performers in Quebec in 1984.(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTThree music-lovers share songs that tell the stories of their lives(R) 03:50GMTIn December 1972 the US military launched its heaviest bombardment of Hanoi.(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTThe Soviet War in Afghanistan told through its teenage soldiers and their music.
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| 04:00 | 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTDo some comics risk promoting misunderstanding and perpetuating stereotypes in comedy?(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTThe Jaipur and Ake festivals attract thousands of readers, what’s so special about them?
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTStopping forest fires with goats and more – an update on projects we’ve visited before 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTWorld renowned iconographer Aidan Hart creates an icon for Christmas
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTFifty years on, what was the significance of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon?(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMT1/5Is China interfering in Australian politics?
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTDespite heroic efforts to vaccinate against this crippling disease, why does it persist? 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTThe Netflix star and best-selling author rising to the top of the culinary world
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTWhat does Mia Khalifa's story tell us about the porn industry and 21st century culture?(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTMani Djazmi looks back on some of his favourite interviews of the decade
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTLyse Doucet and guests gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2020 has in store.(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTOur place in the world: thoughts from Syria, Turkey, Cuba, Mexico, Uganda and Greenland(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTFacebook content moderators in Europe are suing over alleged psychological trauma(R)
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| 05:00 | 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTWe delve into the Crowdscience archive to hear how our shows changed listeners’ lives(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTPhilip Ball tells the story of Ramon Llull, the medieval prophet of computer science(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTWe return to our special 18th birthday show from the BBC Radio Theatre.(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTWhy play matters: balancing time spent on video games with time outside, being active(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTCan a role-playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes?(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTThe first trial of Rubin Carter and John Artis in the spring of 1967(R) 05:50GMTHow should we treat our elders?
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTHow would you feel if a robot took your job?
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| 06:00 | 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTIS was uprooted after a long fight in Iraq, but it was never completely defeated
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTThe three East Asian nations pledge to boost financial ties
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTHong Kong has seen six months of anti-government protests
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTHigh summer temperatures and strong winds helped spread the flames
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTThe aircraft with 98 people on board crashed shortly after take off from Almaty airport
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTChile’s President allows a public vote on new constitution
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTSamoan government declares Measles outbreak over, lifts state of emergency
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| 07:00 | 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTThe jihadists are managing to regroup - should the West be worried?
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTThe leaders are meeting in China
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTSome threw petrol bombs, while police used pepper spray and batons
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTHigh summer temperatures and strong winds helped spread the flames
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTAn airliner belonging to Bek Air with 98 people on board has crashed near Almaty airport
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTChile’s President allows a public vote on new constitution.
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTFive hospitalised after stabbing at home of New York Rabbi
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| 08:00 | 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTIS was uprooted after a long fight in Iraq, but it was never completely defeated 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTSmart sensors can improve citizens' lives, especially when residents are put in charge 08:50GMTPioneering work in the 60s into combination chemotherapy to try to find a cure for cancer
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTThe three leaders discuss trade and also North Korea 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTFrom Shenzhen to Toronto, city streets are becoming a valuable source of big data 08:50GMTOn 24 December 1979 Soviet troops started pouring into Afghanistan
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTChristmas Eve rallies have lead to clashes 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWill giant drones one day ferry us all through the heavens all on our way to work? 08:50GMTThe true story of one of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTMembers of the Likud Party began voting Thursday 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTFacebook and Elon Musk are among those investigating brain probes for mind reading 08:50GMTThe ground-breaking circus was formed by a group of street performers in Quebec in 1984.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTSixty people have survived the crash of a Bek Air plane at Almaty airport 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWhen will artificial intelligence be capable of providing intelligent conversation? 08:50GMTIn December 1972 the US military launched its heaviest bombardment of Hanoi.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTChile’s President allows a public vote on new constitution 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWe meet the companies trying to give women a cleaner and safer cooking environment.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTFive hospitalised after stabbing at home of New York Rabbi 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTThe Netflix star and best-selling author rising to the top of the culinary world(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTWith the US and French presidents questioning its future, Nato is in crisis(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMT“It’s an extraordinary circumstance, unlike any other we’ve had in our history.”(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTCome with Nikki Bedi to the biggest country music festival in Europe – Country to Country(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTHow Star Wars changed the cinematic universe in 1977(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTFrom dining in Song-dynasty China to the modern open kitchen 09:50GMTIn 1969, Mary Raine became the first woman to report on football for the BBC.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTLyse Doucet and guests gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2020 has in store.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTFires in Australia, locusts in Somalia and a revelation from our Religion Editor 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTThe town of Ii in northern Finland is a green trailblazer(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTOur place in the world: thoughts from Syria, Turkey, Cuba, Mexico, Uganda and Greenland(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTMeet the Anglicans harnessing the power of sport to reconnect people with faith(R)
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| 10:00 | 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTIsis in Iraq: Militants 'getting stronger again'
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTLeaders of China, Japan and South Korea meet over trade links and North Korea
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMT35 civilians have been killed in an attack on a military base and a town
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTBenjamin Netanyahu's Likud party votes to decide on the party's next leader
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTMillions of young people who have fled conflict at risk of sub-zero temperatures
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTWe look back at some of the big sporting stories of the year including Superbowl LIII
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMT1/5Is China interfering in Australian politics?(R) 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTCosta Rica's 100-year-old calypso king and the worldwide search for his lost recordings(R)
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| 11:00 | 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTThe Jaipur and Ake festivals attract thousands of readers, what’s so special about them?(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTWorld renowned iconographer Aidan Hart creates an icon for Christmas(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTA song about a broken relationship that has become a melancholy Christmas anthem
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTThe Netflix star and best-selling author rising to the top of the culinary world(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTMani Djazmi looks back on some of his favourite interviews of the decade(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTThe first trial of Rubin Carter and John Artis in the spring of 1967(R) 11:50GMTWe’re handing over the entire programme to you for our annual listener review of 2019
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTHow would you feel if a robot took your job?(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTSam Jalloh’s war-torn journey to becoming a top tennis player in Sierra Leone 12:50GMTPioneering work in the 60s into combination chemotherapy to try to find a cure for cancer(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTTroy Winget and Andrea Quint Fleck found there was more between them than a good haircut 12:50GMTOn 24 December 1979 Soviet troops started pouring into Afghanistan(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTPresenter Mozhdah Jamalzadah’s focus on women’s rights made her some dangerous enemies 12:50GMTThe true story of one of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTMalat Wei and Jess Markt are taking wheelchair basketball and their story to South Sudan 12:50GMTThe ground-breaking circus was formed by a group of street performers in Quebec in 1984.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThree music-lovers share songs that tell the stories of their lives 12:50GMTIn December 1972 the US military launched its heaviest bombardment of Hanoi.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTSinger and saxophonist Seun Kuti meets vocalists Sheila Maurice Grey and Eno Williams
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTComposer Lin-Manuel Miranda, shares the eight tracks he’d want to take to a desert island.(R)
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| 13:00 | 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTA father can continue to influence a son long after they have stopped living together(R) 13:50GMTExploring the maths secrets of The Simpsons.(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTThe town of Ii in northern Finland is a green trailblazer
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMT1/5Is China interfering in Australian politics?(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTIceland's glaciers are melting and scientists predict they could all be gone in 200 years
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTMeet the Anglicans harnessing the power of sport to reconnect people with faith
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTDozens of people are reported to have been killed by a car bomb in Mogadishu this morning
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTPolice say suspect is in custody after fleeing scene of stabbing in Orthodox Jewish area
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| 14:00 | 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTFive people get the death sentence for the murder of Saudi Journalist, Jamal Khashoggi
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTJapan, China and South Korea hold talks amid heightened concern about North Korea
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTThirty-five civilians have been killed in an attack on a military base and a town
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTMembers of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party are voting to decide the party's next leader
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTDozens of people have survived a plane crash in Kazakhstan
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTThe Soviet War in Afghanistan told through its teenage soldiers and their music.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTDo some comics risk promoting misunderstanding and perpetuating stereotypes in comedy?(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTAmid concern about energy consumed to power the internet, we consider the growing impact
| 15:00GMTA celebration of Christmas with the annual Carol Service from King's College Cambridge
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTCoverage of Her Majesty the Queen's traditional Christmas message to the Commonwealth. 15:11GMTFifty years on, what was the significance of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon?(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTBoeing’s 737 Max remains grounded; Brexit on track; have we reached peak Netflix?
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTDespite heroic efforts to vaccinate against this crippling disease, why does it persist?(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTAlthough more firms offer paternity leave for dads, we find out why many don't take it up
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTRory Cellan-Jones and the BBC Online tech team look at smart cities, AI, gaming and more. 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTWe look at the global board games industry, estimated to be worth $12bn by 2023
| 15:01GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:04GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTFrom dining in Song-dynasty China to the modern open kitchen(R) 15:50GMTHow should we treat our elders?(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTDennis Muilenburg faced criticism over deadly crashes of 737 Max airliner
| 16:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 16:32GMTThe Indian cabinet approves more than a billion dollars in funds for a detailed census.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTMore than 20 people have died in clashes with police
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTBarham Salih threatens to resign in protest at the coalition's choice of prime minister
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTThe plane crashed just after take-off, killing at least 12 people
| 16:01GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:04GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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| 17:00 | 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTPM Scott Morrison rejects calls to limit coal industry
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTThe Indian cabinet approves more than a billion dollars in funds for a detailed census.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTMore than 20 people have died in clashes with police
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTBarham Salih threatens to resign in protest at the coalition's choice of prime minister.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTThe plane crashed just after take-off, killing at least 12 people
| 17:01GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:04GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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| 18:00 | 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTSam Jalloh’s war-torn journey to becoming a top tennis player in Sierra Leone(R) 18:50GMTPioneering work in the 60s into combination chemotherapy to try to find a cure for cancer(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTTroy Winget and Andrea Quint Fleck found there was more between them than a good haircut(R) 18:50GMTOn 24 December 1979 Soviet troops started pouring into Afghanistan(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTPresenter Mozhdah Jamalzadah’s focus on women’s rights made her some dangerous enemies(R) 18:50GMTThe true story of one of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTMalat Wei and Jess Markt are taking wheelchair basketball and their story to South Sudan(R) 18:50GMTThe ground-breaking circus was formed by a group of street performers in Quebec in 1984.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTThree music-lovers share songs that tell the stories of their lives(R) 18:50GMTIn December 1972 the US military launched its heaviest bombardment of Hanoi.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 18:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 18:32GMTThe first trial of Rubin Carter and John Artis in the spring of 1967(R) 18:50GMTThe health risks some of the frontrunners in the US presidential race face.
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| 19:00 | 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTComposer Lin-Manuel Miranda, shares the eight tracks he’d want to take to a desert island.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTWe meet the companies trying to give women a cleaner and safer cooking environment.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTDo some comics risk promoting misunderstanding and perpetuating stereotypes in comedy?(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTPhilip Ball tells the story of Ramon Llull, the medieval prophet of computer science
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTStopping forest fires with goats and more – an update on projects we’ve visited before(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTWe return to our special 18th birthday show from the BBC Radio Theatre.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTFifty years on, what was the significance of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon?(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTWhy play matters: balancing time spent on video games with time outside, being active
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTDespite heroic efforts to vaccinate against this crippling disease, why does it persist?(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTCan a role-playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes?
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTWhat does Mia Khalifa's story tell us about the porn industry and 21st century culture?(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTWe explore the power of light to impact our health and wellbeing.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTThe Arts Hour brings you a celebration of the best comedy talent from around the world
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTSinger and saxophonist Seun Kuti meets vocalists Sheila Maurice Grey and Eno Williams(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTSaudi Khashoggi verdict a "travesty" - UN Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTRussian-backed Syrian forces close in on major city in the rebel-held Idlib province
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMT27 members of a peace group have been kidnapped by the Taliban in western Afghanistan
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTWikipedia welcomes a court ruling declaring Turkey's nationwide ban as unconstitutional
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTIslamic State Group release a video claiming to show a mass execution of Christians
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTA truck bomb explosion in Somalia's capital city claims at least 76 lives
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTUkrainian government forces and Russian-backed rebels have exchanged dozens of prisoners
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| 22:00 | 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTUS plane maker Boeing has replaced its CEO in the wake of two deadly crashes.
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTAs firms battle for our attention at Christmas, what makes a perfect seasonal film?
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTBoeing’s 737 max remains grounded; Brexit on track; have we reached peak Netflix?
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTAlthough more firms offer paternity leave for dads, we find out why many don't take it up
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTWe look at the global board games industry, estimated to be worth $12bn by 2023
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTFacebook content moderators in Europe are suing over alleged psychological trauma
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:20GMTBBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world. 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTWhat - and who - might Jamie and Georgia find at the Miss OneLife 2019 Beauty Pageant?(R) 22:50GMTHow should we treat our elders?(R)
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| 23:00 | 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTA father can continue to influence a son long after they have stopped living together(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTThe Jaipur and Ake festivals attract thousands of readers, what’s so special about them?(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTThe town of Ii in northern Finland is a green trailblazer(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTWorld renowned iconographer Aidan Hart creates an icon for Christmas(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMT1/5Is China interfering in Australian politics?(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTA song about a broken relationship that has become a melancholy Christmas anthem(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTIceland's glaciers are melting and scientists predict they could all be gone in 200 years(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTThe Netflix star and best-selling author rising to the top of the culinary world(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTRory Cellan-Jones and the BBC Online tech team look at smart cities, AI, gaming and more.(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTMani Djazmi looks back on some of his favourite interviews of the decade(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTOur place in the world: thoughts from Syria, Turkey, Cuba, Mexico, Uganda and Greenland 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTCosta Rica's 100-year-old calypso king and the worldwide search for his lost recordings
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTHow would you feel if a robot took your job?(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTMeet the Anglicans harnessing the power of sport to reconnect people with faith(R)
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