| 00:00 | 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTStories from the Philippines, Chile, a Greek island and years of global climate talks(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTA Madagascan family share their Famadihana tradition, the turning of the bones(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTWomen activists in the Caribbean, the last case of Smallpox in Europe and assisted dying.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTLive music, comedy, leading artists and a live audience on The Arts Hour tour in Portugal(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTLady Nade explores the roots of country and Americana and its debt to black music(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTHow did a Germanic tribe come to inspire an architectural style and a global subculture?(R) 00:50GMTHow England's top players fought for their salary cap to be lifted in 1961.(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTWhat the emergence of the Omicron variant says about global cooperation against Covid(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTA new variant in a festive season(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTSaudi Arabia says it’s going green. But will the reality live up to the rhetoric?(R) 00:50GMTThe British experimental film-maker who spoke out about Aids in the 1980s.(R)
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| 01:00 | 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTStock markets set for a volatile week, as concern over a new Covid variant spreads 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTThe story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the 1970s.(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTMore countries have closed their borders over Omicron Covid variant fears.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe Omicron coronavirus variant could pose an inflation risk
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTPresident Biden seeks to reassure Americans that port disruptions are being tackled
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTIt has been 20 years since the spectacular collapse of US energy giant Enron.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTWe hear the effect on the US stock markets of the latest US employment figures 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTHow easy or difficult is it to make the switch to an entirely new skillset?
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTHow the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
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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. 02:32GMTIn the 1980s, world leaders acted quickly to stop an environmental catastrophe
| 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. 02:32GMTMeet the internet instigators who are who are organising protests through social media
| 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. 02:32GMTTen years after the Arab Spring, what did the 2011 protests achieve in Tunisia and Egypt?
| 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. 02:32GMTKorea is one of the most tired nations on earth and helping people sleep is big business.
| 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. 02:32GMTLouis Saha remembers playing for Sir Alex Ferguson.
| 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. 02:32GMTPakistan Cricket Board Chair Ramiz Raja on their T20 World Cup run and a women's PSL.
| 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 acclaimed artist creates a residency space and organic farm in Nigeria(R)
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| 03:00 | 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTWhy we rage against those who refuse to wait their turn(R) 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTIn 2021, Jeremy Bowen discussed the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict(R) 03:50GMTA listener asks whether correspondents parachuted into a country can tell the full story?(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTThe Belgian chorister-turned-doctor who conducts a choir for people without vocal cords(R) 03:50GMTHow Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic.(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTWhen Yonghi Yang was six, her parents made a choice the family have lived with ever since(R) 03:50GMTThe experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus.(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTInside the elaborate and oddball scheme to steal some of the world’s most valuable books(R) 03:50GMTHow the first successful Aids drug was developed and approved in record time in 1987(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTWhen Kitty Tait was struggling with her mental health, she opened a bakery(R) 03:50GMTHow activists fought successfully for cheaper Aids treatment in South Africa.(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTIrish band Westlife talk about their new album, plus new songs from George Ezra and Gayle
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTHarriett Gilbert talks to the award-winning Trinidadian-British author Monique Roffey(R)
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| 04:00 | 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTIs being optimistic really the best way to live your life?(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTHow genetic engineering became big business(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTPIX instant payment limits introduced to reduce kidnappings in Brazil.(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTOmicron Covid variant – what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTHow the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTProfessor Stuart Russell discusses the successes and failures of AI, and potential risks(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTHarder (and hotter) words are traded over Tigray; tales from Venezuela, Vienna and Seoul 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTThe Cultural Frontline asks what’s the future for arts, media and culture in Afghanistan(R)
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| 05:00 | 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTWe speak to a health official as Cyril Ramaphosa attacks the travel bans as Afrophobia 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTTwo women discuss the psychological and physical benefits of cold water swimming
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTBarbados becomes the world's newest republic - replacing Queen Elizabeth with a president 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTThe acclaimed artist creates a residency space and organic farm in Nigeria
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTMississippi is trying to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTConfronting the realities of care for patients with the most severe illnesses
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe safety of Peng Shuai is a matter of concern after she made sexual assault allegations 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTA German and a Brit share food memories of growing up during World War Two
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTWe go to India which has become the latest country to record cases of the variant 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTJane O’Brien meets American women of faith on both sides of the abortion debate
| 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. 05:32GMTSaudi Arabia says it’s going green. But will the reality live up to the rhetoric? 05:50GMTRos Atkins looks at the debate around abortion rights in the US
| 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. 05:32GMTMeet the internet instigators who are who are organising protests through social media(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTHealth ministers from the world's richest countries gather for emergency talks
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTIn a speech, Prince of Wales acknowledged the "appalling atrocity of slavery"
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTWe hear from a rape survivor who is begging the Court not to upend abortion rights.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTOmicron variant is rapidly becoming the dominant strain in South Africa
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTNew rules mean unvaccinated people can only meet up to two others not in their household
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTOmicron variant appears to spread twice as fast as Delta
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTUS and Russia to hold talks after rising tension over Ukraine
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| 07:00 | 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTWe speak to a leading epidemiologist about how the world should best respond to the risk
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTPrince Charles said slavery was a stain on the shared history of Britain and Barbados
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTThe future of abortion rights in the US face legal challenge
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTOmicron variant fuelling sharp rise in Covid cases amongst younger population
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTA South African scientist explains what their research tells us about the new strain
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTOmicron has been found in close to 40 countries
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTFrench Republican Party chooses first female Presidential candidate
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| 08:00 | 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to the man behind Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTHow hard is life in Afghanistan for the female half of the population? 08:50GMTHow Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTUsing floating solar panels and a see-through pyramid to help the climate 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTAuthoritarians are keeping each other afloat, with help from the West's financial system 08:50GMTThe experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTIs Donald Trump still at the heart of American conservatives' worldview? 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTCan the new government's renewable energy plan overcome German nimbyism and Russian gas? 08:50GMTHow the first successful Aids drug was developed and approved in record time in 1987
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTThe election of a Republican as Governor of Virginia sends a message to President Biden 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTTwo decades have passed since the scandal, but could another Enron happen today? 08:50GMTHow activists fought successfully for cheaper Aids treatment in South Africa.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTThe American rock band REM split up in 2011 after 31 years together(R) 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTCould a more equitable global vaccine rollout have stopped the new variant? 08:50GMTThe British experimental film-maker who spoke out about Aids in the 1980s.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTEarly data suggests Omicron may evade some immunity to Covid-19 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTTwo women discuss the psychological and physical benefits of cold water swimming(R)
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTOmicron variant has now been detected in over thirty countries 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTA German and a Brit share food memories of growing up during World War Two(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTIn the 1980s, world leaders acted quickly to stop an environmental catastrophe(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTIs being optimistic really the best way to live your life?(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTMeet the internet instigators who are who are organising protests through social media(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTHow genetic engineering became big business(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTTen years after the Arab Spring, what did the 2011 protests achieve in Tunisia and Egypt?(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTPIX instant payment limits introduced to reduce kidnappings in Brazil.(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTKorea is one of the most tired nations on earth and helping people sleep is big business.(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTOmicron Covid variant – what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTWhat next for the social media platform after Jack Dorsey quits? 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTHow the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTA new variant in a festive season 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTRana Rahimpour explains how religion, democracy and ideals combine in Iran 09:50GMTListeners quiz presenter Ros Atkins on how his extended news analysis series is made
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTHarder (and hotter) words are traded over Tigray; tales from Venezuela, Vienna and Seoul(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTHerbert Nitsch broke the record for deepest free dive but fell asleep on the way back up
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| 10:00 | 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMT'Sculpting' air using smells, and how opera is helping Covid patients breathe more easily(R) 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTUnearthing the truth behind some of the biggest pieces of climate change disinformation(R) 10:50GMTA tricky statistical phenomenon at play.(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTLive music, comedy, leading artists and a live audience on The Arts Hour tour in Portugal(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTProfessor Stuart Russell discusses the successes and failures of AI, and potential risks
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTHow did a Germanic tribe come to inspire an architectural style and a global subculture? 10:50GMTHow England's top players fought for their salary cap to be lifted in 1961.
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTWhat the emergence of the Omicron variant says about global cooperation against Covid
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe FA’s Kelly Simmons on how far the women’s game has come throughout the years
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTShould we change the way we think about the end of our lives?(R) 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTJane O’Brien meets American women of faith on both sides of the abortion debate(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. 11:32GMTTwo women discuss the psychological and physical benefits of cold water swimming(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 acclaimed artist creates a residency space and organic farm in Nigeria(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. 11:32GMTConfronting the realities of care for patients with the most severe illnesses(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 German and a Brit share food memories of growing up during World War Two(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. 11:32GMTLouis Saha remembers playing for Sir Alex Ferguson.(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 Nigerian rapper talks about his journey from humble beginnings to musical success
| 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. 11:32GMTTen years after the Arab Spring, what did the 2011 protests achieve in Tunisia and Egypt?(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThe Belgian chorister-turned-doctor who conducts a choir for people without vocal cords 12:50GMTHow Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTWhen Yonghi Yang was six, her parents made a choice the family have lived with ever since 12:50GMTThe experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTInside the elaborate and oddball scheme to steal some of the world’s most valuable books 12:50GMTHow the first successful Aids drug was developed and approved in record time in 1987(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTWhen Kitty Tait was struggling with her mental health, she opened a bakery 12:50GMTHow activists fought successfully for cheaper Aids treatment in South Africa.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThe new Chinese surveillance system targeting international students and journalists 12:50GMTThe British experimental film-maker who spoke out about Aids in the 1980s.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTHarriett Gilbert talks to the award-winning Trinidadian-British author Monique Roffey
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTIs Jacob Zuma the victim of an elaborate international conspiracy to poison him?(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. 13:32GMTIs being optimistic really the best way to live your life?(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. 13:32GMTHow genetic engineering became big business(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. 13:32GMTPIX instant payment limits introduced to reduce kidnappings in Brazil.(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. 13:32GMTOmicron Covid variant – what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children(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. 13:32GMTHow the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTResearchers say Omicron appears to be spreading twice as fast as the Delta variant.
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTPope condemns treatment of migrants during visit to Lesbos.
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| 14:00 | 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTMeetings at the WHO and the G7 countries are taking place to combat latest Covid variant.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTMarib is the last government stronghold in the north of Yemen
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTMississippi state wants to ban all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTNew cases in the country double in 24 hours as the new variant Omicron spreads
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTCovid cases are surging at an unprecedented rate, as the Omicron variant takes hold.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTLive sport from around the world - including the English Premier League.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTThe work of composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim explored by actor Maria Friedman
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| 15:00 | 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to the man behind Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTMore countries including Japan have closed their borders over Omicron Covid variant fears
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTUsing floating solar panels and a see-through pyramid to help the climate(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTHigh street fashion giant Inditex has appointed the founder's daughter as its new chair
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTIs Donald Trump still at the heart of American conservatives' worldview?(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTThe European Union has launched a global investment scheme to rival China's Belt and Road
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTThe election of a Republican as Governor of Virginia sends a message to President Biden(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTAmid concern about tennis player Peng Shuai the WTA has suspended its China tennis events
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTThe American rock band REM split up in 2011 after 31 years together(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTShell has pulled out of the controversial Cambo oil field development west of Shetland
| | 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTFour rising stars discuss how they make their music(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTOur health experts explain how concerned we should be about the "heavily mutated" variant
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTWe hear reaction from three generations of one Barbadian family
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTThe US Supreme Court is hearing arguments on Mississippi's ban on abortion
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTCovid vaccinations could be made mandatory by February in Germany
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTHow far has the new variant travelled in the week since it was named?
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| 17:00 | 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTWe hear how South Africans feel about travel bans imposed against their country
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTOfficials say it was identified before the variant was first reported by South Africa
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTWe speak to some of the people affected by travel restrictions around the world
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTWe hear how Covid-19 is affecting the holiday season this year
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTThe reasons behind one of the world's highest Covid vaccination rates
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| 18:00 | 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTThe Belgian chorister-turned-doctor who conducts a choir for people without vocal cords(R) 18:50GMTHow Gaetan Dugas was mistakenly identified as the 'patient zero' of the Aids epidemic.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTWhen Yonghi Yang was six, her parents made a choice the family have lived with ever since(R) 18:50GMTThe experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTInside the elaborate and oddball scheme to steal some of the world’s most valuable books(R) 18:50GMTHow the first successful Aids drug was developed and approved in record time in 1987(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTWhen Kitty Tait was struggling with her mental health, she opened a bakery(R) 18:50GMTHow activists fought successfully for cheaper Aids treatment in South Africa.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTThe new Chinese surveillance system targeting international students and journalists(R) 18:50GMTThe British experimental film-maker who spoke out about Aids in the 1980s.(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. 18:32GMTSaudi Arabia says it’s going green. But will the reality live up to the rhetoric?(R) 18:50GMTHow England's top players fought for their salary cap to be lifted in 1961.(R)
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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. 19:06GMTIs Jacob Zuma the victim of an elaborate international conspiracy to poison him?
| 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. 19:32GMTJane O’Brien meets American women of faith on both sides of the abortion debate(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTInterviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTHouthi rebels in Yemen close in on Marib, a key oil-rich city
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTInterviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTInterviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTInterviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTOscar-winning Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi on their documentary The Rescue
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTSuccession at the world’s largest clothing retailer, Inditex
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| 21:00 | 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTIn the 1980s, world leaders acted quickly to stop an environmental catastrophe(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTHow genetic engineering became big business
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTMeet the internet instigators who are who are organising protests through social media(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTPIX instant payment limits introduced to reduce kidnappings in Brazil.
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTTen years after the Arab Spring, what did the 2011 protests achieve in Tunisia and Egypt?(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTOmicron Covid variant – what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTKorea is one of the most tired nations on earth and helping people sleep is big business.(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTHow the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTWhat next for the social media platform after Jack Dorsey quits?(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTOur world would fall apart without adhesives - but how do they hold things together?(R)
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTJames and Jennifer Crumbley are accused of ignoring warning signs
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTThe Pope made his remarks on a visit to a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
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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. 22:32GMTTwitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief executive of the company.
| 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. 22:32GMTHigh street fashion giant Inditex has appointed the founder's daughter as its new chair
| 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. 22:32GMTThe European Union has launched a global investment scheme to rival China's Belt and Road
| 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. 22:32GMTAmid concern about tennis player Peng Shuai the WTA has suspended its China tennis events
| 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 hear the effect on the US stock markets of the latest US employment figures
| 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. 22:32GMTThe Cultural Frontline asks what’s the future for arts, media and culture in Afghanistan
| 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. 22:32GMTHerbert Nitsch broke the record for deepest free dive but fell asleep on the way back up(R)
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| 23:00 | 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to the man behind Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTTwo women discuss the psychological and physical benefits of cold water swimming(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTUsing floating solar panels and a see-through pyramid to help the climate(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTThe acclaimed artist creates a residency space and organic farm in Nigeria(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTIs Donald Trump still at the heart of American conservatives' worldview?(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTConfronting the realities of care for patients with the most severe illnesses(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTThe election of a Republican as Governor of Virginia sends a message to President Biden(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTA German and a Brit share food memories of growing up during World War Two(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTThe American rock band REM split up in 2011 after 31 years together(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTLouis Saha remembers playing for Sir Alex Ferguson.(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTFour rising stars discuss how they make their music
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTShould we change the way we think about the end of our lives?(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTRana Rahimpour explains how religion, democracy and ideals combine in Iran(R) 23:50GMTIs it true wearing a mask reduces Covid-19 incidence by 53%?
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