| 00:00 | 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTWhen Ol’ Blue Eyes made Australia see red 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTAlex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTA passenger helps overcome Richard Reid, plus US apology for Japanese American internment(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTBritish actress Olivia Colman talks about playing two queens(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTComposer Bob Chilcott explores the history of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTWhat's your brew? Friendly microbes making our fare tastier(R) 00:50GMTThe former Sudanese refugee who carried the flag for the USA at the 2008 Olympics.(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTBBC correspondents forecast the leading news stories for the year ahead(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTIn culturally conservative Pakistan, can a female movie star be an agent of change?(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTCrowdScience goes interstellar to examine the future of space travel(R)
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| 01:00 | 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTA shutdown over budget spending could drag on beyond Christmas. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTNew analysis shows the ‘Humungous Fungus’ is older and bigger than previously thought(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTWe look back at some of the best international coverage we brought you this year.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTWe look back at the main business stories of the year.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTA review of the past year and a look-ahead to 2019 in global business news.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTUS shares rose on Thursday in the last hour of trading after earlier dive
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTIt will be used by chips in Chinese cars, mobile phones and commercial map services
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe protests pose the biggest threat yet to the president in his three-decade rule 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTHow India is tackling sexual harassment in the workplace(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. 02:32GMTThe study looking at longer ambulance response times in lower income US neighbourhoods(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. 02:32GMTWhy is there a hierarchy of musical instruments?(R) 02:50GMTWhat to look out for on Christmas Eve(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 profile of US First Lady Melania Trump, one of the world’s most recognisable women(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. 02:32GMTHow weddings in Uganda are costing couples more than they bargained for.(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. 02:32GMTTwo British firefighters revisit the scene of Armenia's devastating earthquake in 1988.(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. 02:32GMTNatalie Mackinnon’s new drama Lurker shows how social media fandom can become obsession
| 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. 02:32GMTSex advice for the land of the Kama Sutra. This episode discusses sex in a detailed way 02:50GMTWhat were the highlights of the BBC World Service in 2018?(R)
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| 03:00 | 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTWhere do you draw the line in comedy between what’s funny and what’s going too far?(R) 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTTwo female parkour athletes who perform urban acrobatics
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTSmall boxes of books placed across the world are bringing people together 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTAnna Cunningham follows Mo Abudu onto the set of her latest film Chief Daddy
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTIs Islam ready to empower women?(R) 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMT4/5What effect could solar winds have on life on Earth?
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTMillions of us take a vitamin tablet every day, but how did they become so popular? 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTHow some of our strangest food stories panned out.
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTIn culturally conservative Pakistan, can a female movie star be an agent of change?(R) 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTThe former Liverpool and Roma player John Arne Riise looks back on his career.
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTJournalists digest the year’s serious and funny stories, with a nod to social media(R) 03:50GMTIn December 1943, a British charity created gallantry medals for animals serving in war.(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTHow and why Childish Gambino’s This is America video echoed around the world in 2018
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| 04:00 | 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTVolcanic activity from Anak Krakatoa has been blamed for the first tsunami.
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTOver 500 died in Lombok in August, now over 370 are dead in Java and Sumatra
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTHe has been detained for over three years on charges of state subversion
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTMore than a million people won't be allowed to vote until after the winner is declared.
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe closure is now in its sixth day and affects about 25% of government programmes
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTBBC correspondents forecast the leading news stories for the year ahead(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe Nigerians giving up their European dreams, and the online guru promising paradise(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTThe Amazon rainforest used to absorb greenhouse gases. Now, it may be emitting them(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. 05:32GMTCould we lose weight just by exercising our brain?(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 story of one of the most iconic photos of the last 50 years(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 mouse is 50 years old, but how will we interface in the future?(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. 05:32GMTClaudia Hammond explores some common myths in neuroscience(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. 05:32GMTFrom robots landing on asteroids to flying closer to the sun than ever before.(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 stories, trends, and conversations likely to shape social media in 2019.(R) 05:50GMTThe numbers that made 2018
| 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. 05:32GMTTwo British firefighters revisit the scene of Armenia's devastating earthquake in 1988.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTThe first wave killed more than 250 people
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTMartha Erika Alonso became the first female governor of Puebla just two weeks ago
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTOver 400 people are dead and 150 are still missing
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTA million people won't be able to vote until March... well after president is declared
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTHundreds of thousands of federal workers have been left in limbo
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTDelayed election due to take place on Sunday
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTDRC election day arrives after a two-year delay
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| 07:00 | 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTMore than 250 people are dead on the islands of Java and Sumatra
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTMore than 370 are dead and over 1000 injured
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTIt will resume in July for the first time in three decades
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTThe Presidential election in the DRC has been postponed in some parts of the country
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTOpposition candidates are to discuss their concerns
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTProtests hit some regions in the run-up to election
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTSyrian Hassan al-Kontar recounts his months stranded in Kuala Lumpur airport
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| 08:00 | 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTAt least 250 people died after a tsunami hit its shores. 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWill legal cannabis and smart scooters transform the smoggy air that Angelenos breathe? 08:50GMTOn Christmas Eve 1950 four students took the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTThe husband and wife were a senator and governor respectively 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTThe history of the spice trade, from Zanzibar to India, and the human misery behind it 08:50GMTAt Christmas 1980 strange objects and lights were seen over a military base in England.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTA government official says the incident occurred near Damascus 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTKnown as a mecca for Russian money laundering, Cyprus is trying to clean up its act 08:50GMTThe world held its breath in December 1979 as Soviet troops poured into Afghanistan
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTWe discuss the logistical problems facing the Congolese authorities. 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTSome US cities have still not recovered from the 2008 property meltdown 08:50GMTMeet the trautonium, the early electronic instrument promoted by the Nazis.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTMore than one million voters excluded from the Sunday's poll 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWhat role can businesses play in filling Africa's cartographical gaps? 08:50GMTIn December 1943, a British charity created gallantry medals for animals serving in war.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTA look at the problematic run-up to the DRC’s national poll 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTHow India is tackling sexual harassment in the workplace
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks a consecutive third term 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTHow some of our strangest food stories panned out.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTHas the movement moved away from its original remit as its founder fears?(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTAmerica is addicted to painkillers and tens of thousands of people are dying of overdoses(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTBritish actress Olivia Colman talks about playing two queens(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTComposer Bob Chilcott explores the history of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTWhat's your brew? Friendly microbes making our fare tastier 09:50GMTThe former Sudanese refugee who carried the flag for the USA at the 2008 Olympics.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTBBC correspondents forecast the leading news stories for the year ahead
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTThe BBC's weekly UK pop chart countdown
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTThe Nigerians giving up their European dreams, and the online guru promising paradise(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTSinging the most famous Christmas solo as millions listen(R)
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| 10:00 | 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThey began after bread and fuel price rises were announced
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe Iranian President has presented his first budget since sanctions were reintroduced
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTTokyo will also withdraw from conservation body, the International Whaling Commission
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTNews and issues making the headlines each day.
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTAn African regional delegation cannot confirm if Sunday's election will be free or fair.
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTCaroline Barker looks back at the best Sportshour stories from the past twelve months
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe protests pose the biggest threat yet to the president in his three-decade rule(R) 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMT4/5What effect could solar winds have on life on Earth?(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 female parkour athletes who perform urban acrobatics(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. 11:32GMTAnna Cunningham follows Mo Abudu onto the set of her latest film Chief Daddy(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. 11:32GMTHow weddings in Uganda are costing couples more than they bargained for.(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. 11:32GMTHow some of our strangest food stories panned out.(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 former Liverpool and Roma player John Arne Riise looks back on his career.(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 stories, trends, and conversations likely to shape social media in 2019.(R) 11:50GMTWhat were the highlights of the BBC World Service in 2018?
| 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. 11:32GMTNatalie Mackinnon’s new drama Lurker shows how social media fandom can become obsession(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTJason Padgett was a party animal before a vicious attack turned him into a maths prodigy 12:50GMTOn Christmas Eve 1950 four students took the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTDennis Aabo Sørensen was the first amputee to feel touch through a prosthetic 12:50GMTAt Christmas 1980 strange objects and lights were seen over a military base in England.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTHow one man’s lies led to the wrongful conviction of 62 people and an unlikely friendship 12:50GMTThe world held its breath in December 1979 as Soviet troops poured into Afghanistan(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTEdward Potter's fishing boat sank during Hurricane Irma 12:50GMTMeet the trautonium, the early electronic instrument promoted by the Nazis.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTJournalists digest the year’s serious and funny stories, with a nod to social media 12:50GMTIn December 1943, a British charity created gallantry medals for animals serving in war.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTEver since 1927 Ol’ Man River’s song has had many powerful currents
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTA special New Year concert recorded at London's Royal Opera House(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. 13:32GMTWhy is there a hierarchy of musical instruments? 13:50GMTWhy does Father Christmas wear red and white? It is not for the reason you may think
| 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 profile of US First Lady Melania Trump, one of the world’s most recognisable women
| 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. 13:32GMT4/5What effect could solar winds have on life on Earth?(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. 13:32GMTTwo British firefighters revisit the scene of Armenia's devastating earthquake in 1988.
| 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. 13:32GMTSinging the most famous Christmas solo as millions listen
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTOpposition candidate appeals to constitutional court
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTViolence erupts between supporters of the government and opposition
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| 14:00 | 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTFormer PM Nawaz Sharif has been sentences to 7 years in jail for corruption
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTThree civilians are reported to have been killed; a senior security source blamed IS
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTVoting in Sunday's election is delayed in three cities over security and Ebola fears
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTUS President Donald Trump said the US had no plans to pull out of Iraq
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTSyria says it's entered a city previously under the control of US backed forces.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTPremier League goals and sporting debate with Lee James and the Sportsworld Team
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTHow and why Childish Gambino’s This is America video echoed around the world in 2018(R)
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| 15:00 | 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 15:11GMTSmall boxes of books placed across the world are bringing people together(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTA trade war erupts; Malaysia's government is toppled by a scandal; K-pop goes global.
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTIs Islam ready to empower women?(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTNearly one million bank workers in India have gone on strike
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTMillions of us take a vitamin tablet every day, but how did they become so popular?(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTWe analyse why global stock markets are keeping investors on their toes
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTThe top trends in phones, artificial intelligence, and tech finance. 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTElections in Bangladesh approach, amid violent protests
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:04GMTTottenham Hotspur vs Wolverhampton Wanderers from Wembley
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTWhat's your brew? Friendly microbes making our fare tastier(R) 15:50GMTThe former Sudanese refugee who carried the flag for the USA at the 2008 Olympics.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 16:32GMTAt least 373 people have died after a 'volcano tsunami' hit coastal towns
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTSuicide bombers have attacked the Libyan foreign ministry in Tripoli with explosives
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTSecond migrant child has died in US detention.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTRival fans directed 'monkey chants' at Napoli’s Senegalese player Kalidou Koulibaly
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTThe Syrian government says its troops have entered the northern city of Manbij.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:04GMTTottenham Hotspur vs Wolverhampton Wanderers at Wembley
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTPremier League debate plus updates from Manchester United vs Bournemouth
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| 17:00 | 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTLast week was the worst for American stocks in a decade
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTSuicide bombers have attacked the Libyan foreign ministry in Tripoli with explosives
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTSecond migrant child has died in US detention.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTRival fans directed 'monkey chants' at Napoli’s Senegalese player Kalidou Koulibaly
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTThe Syrian government says its troops have entered the northern city of Manbij.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTThe day's top stories from the Premier League and beyond.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTPremier League debate plus updates from Manchester United vs Bournemouth
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| 18:00 | 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTJason Padgett was a party animal before a vicious attack turned him into a maths prodigy(R) 18:50GMTOn Christmas Eve 1950 four students took the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTDennis Aabo Sørensen was the first amputee to feel touch through a prosthetic(R) 18:50GMTAt Christmas 1980 strange objects and lights were seen over a military base in England.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTHow one man’s lies led to the wrongful conviction of 62 people and an unlikely friendship(R) 18:50GMTThe world held its breath in December 1979 as Soviet troops poured into Afghanistan(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTEdward Potter's fishing boat sank during Hurricane Irma(R) 18:50GMTMeet the trautonium, the early electronic instrument promoted by the Nazis.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTJournalists digest the year’s serious and funny stories, with a nod to social media(R) 18:50GMTIn December 1943, a British charity created gallantry medals for animals serving in war.(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. 18:32GMTNatalie Mackinnon’s new drama Lurker shows how social media fandom can become obsession(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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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. 19:32GMTOne of the world's most prolific strikers in conversation with Steve Crossman.
| 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. 19:32GMTKenya's Samwel Mwangi lost his left leg in 2016. Now he wants to race at Tokyo 2020
| 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. 19:06GMTA special New Year concert recorded at London's Royal Opera House
| 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. 19:32GMTHow India is tackling sexual harassment in the workplace(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTWhere do you draw the line in comedy between what’s funny and what’s going too far?(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTThe story of one of the most iconic photos of the last 50 years
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTSmall boxes of books placed across the world are bringing people together(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTThe mouse is 50 years old, but how will we interface in the future?
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTIs Islam ready to empower women?(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTClaudia Hammond explores some common myths in neuroscience
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTMillions of us take a vitamin tablet every day, but how did they become so popular?(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTFrom robots landing on asteroids to flying closer to the sun than ever before.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTIn culturally conservative Pakistan, can a female movie star be an agent of change?(R) 20:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 20:32GMTCrowdScience goes interstellar to examine the future of space travel
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTA festive feast of worldwide laughter from some of the brightest comics around the globe
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTEver since 1927 Ol’ Man River’s song has had many powerful currents(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTDoctors in Sudan have gone on strike as anti-government protests enter their sixth day
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTSudanese security forces prevent demonstrators from marching on the presidential palace.
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTPresident Putin hails 'big success' with Avangard, a new type of strategic weapon
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTA top UN official tells Newshour about the long term damage caused by the war in Yemen
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTSyrian army has entered the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in 6 years
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTEfforts to prevent the DR Congo vote descending into violence on the eve of elections
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTBangladesh opposition calls for election rerun, complaining of fraud and intimidation
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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. 22:32GMTAmerican banks have told the US Treasury they're well-funded, but investors are worried.
| 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. 22:32GMTA trade war erupts; a scandal topples the Malaysian government and K-pop goes global.
| 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 Dow Jones Industrial Average saw its largest one-day point gain in history
| 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 analyse why global stock markets are keeping investors on their toes
| 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 US retailer set itself a deadline of Friday to find a buyer
| 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 Amazon rainforest used to absorb greenhouse gases. Now, it may be emitting them
| 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. 22:32GMTSex advice for the land of the Kama Sutra. This episode discusses sex in a detailed way(R) 22:50GMTWhat were the highlights of the BBC World Service in 2018?(R)
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| 23:00 | 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTWhy is there a hierarchy of musical instruments?(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTTwo female parkour athletes who perform urban acrobatics(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTA profile of US First Lady Melania Trump, one of the world’s most recognisable women(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTAnna Cunningham follows Mo Abudu onto the set of her latest film Chief Daddy(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMT4/5What effect could solar winds have on life on Earth?(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTHow weddings in Uganda are costing couples more than they bargained for.(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTTwo British firefighters revisit the scene of Armenia's devastating earthquake in 1988.(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTHow some of our strangest food stories panned out.(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTThe stories, trends, and conversations likely to shape social media in 2019. 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTThe former Liverpool and Roma player John Arne Riise looks back on his career.(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTThe Nigerians giving up their European dreams, and the online guru promising paradise 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTThe mouse is 50 years old, but how will we interface in the future?(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTNatalie Mackinnon’s new drama Lurker shows how social media fandom can become obsession(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTSinging the most famous Christmas solo as millions listen(R)
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