| 00:00 | 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTWhat does the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi trials think they achieved?(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTTwo women from DRC and the US share their surrogacy stories
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTThis week we hear about three small solutions trying to make a dent on some big problems. 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTMarlon James - Jamaican Novelist
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTHow dark is the reality behind Hollywood's glitz?(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTFour years on since the collapse of the Rana Plaza has anything changed in Bangladesh?
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTMaking sense of the digital currency and the ideology of its founders, fans and future 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTWhat will this mean for food producers, and the quality and sustainability of your food?
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTNiklas Frank on his father's crimes and the legacy of the Nazi era(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTRelive the highs and lows on the road to Russia 2018.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTTales from Saharan migrant routes, Abkhaz borders, a small Mexican town and the Silk Road 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTFacial recognition could transform personal security but how easily can it be fooled?(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTThree musicians forced to leave their home come together to tell their story in song.(R) 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTA summary of revelations about child protection measures and predators on YouTube.(R) 00:50GMTThe best of listener's comments and highlights from 2017(R)
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| 01:00 | 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTA look at how Hong Kong's economy is faring, two decades after the handover. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTMothering tips from chimps and understanding the power of touch from a gorilla(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTWhat does the coming year have in store for business, industry and the tech sector?
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTWhat are the implications of another five years of Putin's policies?
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTShipbuilding giant shares fall after investors reacted to plans to raise fresh funds
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThe value of Bitcoin fell by 11% after South Korea announced new crypto-currency rules
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTSouth Korea said the ship had transferred 600 tonnes of oil to a North Korean vessel.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTIt will be the first fully democratic handover of power for more than 70 years(R) 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTThe credits and deficits of music production in the digital age(R)
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| 02:00 | 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTKing Felipe VI urged coexistence, rather than confrontation over independence 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTFilms about lives of dementia patients help with anxiety(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTAlexei Navalny said an election without him would lack legitimacy 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTCatherine Carr asks why excessive drinking can sometimes seem to be socially acceptable(R) 02:50GMTMeasuring the energy used to keep the crypotcurrency secure(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTCritically ill patients from a rebel-held suburb near Damascus are being evacuated 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMT2/3How a hallucinogenic ceremony led to an attempt to climb Cerro Autana in Venezuela(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTA further twelve critically ill patients are evacuated from rebel-held area of Damascus 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTFortune-telling via Turkish coffee grounds, a practice popular across the Middle East.(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 journey up the 'suicidal' Pilcomayo river that separates Paraguay from Argentina...(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. 02:32GMTGryla the child-eating hag and other ancient characters looking for naughty children(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. 02:32GMT2/4How a 13-year old girl mapped metamorphosis in the 1600s. Naomi Alderman presents(R)
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| 03:00 | 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTA young villager says Rohingya Muslims live in constant danger in Rakhine state
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTA fraud conviction against Mr Navalny has made him ineligible to be a candidate
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTThe poll is said to have gone smoothly
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTUN Emergency Relief Co-ordinator says people in Yemen face an apocalyptic situation.
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTThe former international football star wins run-off vote with more than 60% of the vote
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTCan huge sums of money donated by the world's richest businesspeople undermine democracy? 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTThree musicians forced to leave their home come together to tell their story in song.
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTTales from Saharan migrant routes, Abkhaz borders, a small Mexican town and the Silk Road(R) 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTPrayer is both a highly individualized activity and a profoundly communal act 03:50GMTHow two pilots became the first to fly non-stop around the world without refuelling(R)
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| 04:00 | 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTWhat does the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Nazi trials think they achieved?(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTTwo women from DRC and the US share their surrogacy stories(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThis week we hear about three small solutions trying to make a dent on some big problems.(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTMarlon James - Jamaican Novelist(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTHow dark is the reality behind Hollywood's glitz?(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTFour years on since the collapse of the Rana Plaza has anything changed in Bangladesh?(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTMaking sense of the digital currency and the ideology of its founders, fans and future(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTWhat will this mean for food producers, and the quality and sustainability of your food?(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTNiklas Frank on his father's crimes and the legacy of the Nazi era(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTRelive the highs and lows on the road to Russia 2018.(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTBBC journalists attempt to forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTWhy some people want to eradicate the lionfish from Florida's waters(R)
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| 05:00 | 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTRoman Catholic leader condemns human traffickers and says foreigners should be welcomed 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTReindeer castration, plants get chatty and more quirky science revealed.(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTPolice clash with protestors angry at the president's decision to pardon a predecessor 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMT2/4How a 13-year old girl mapped metamorphosis in the 1600s. Naomi Alderman presents(R)
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe Red Cross and Red Crescent are evacuating critically ill patients from Eastern Ghouta 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMTThe credits and deficits of music production in the digital age(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. 05:32GMTPrizewinning scientists: how the brain reacts to rewards(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. 05:32GMTRoland looks back through some of the best science stories of 2017(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. 05:32GMTA round-up of the best Stumped interviews, features and clips of 2017.
| 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. 05:32GMTA journey up the 'suicidal' Pilcomayo river that separates Paraguay from Argentina...(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTGoverning moon miners, asteroid hunters and space junk(R) 06:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 06:32GMTWhy do so many societies demonise women by branding them witches?(R) 06:50GMTWhy a statue of George Orwell has been erected at the BBC HQ(R)
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTPauline Dakin's family life was full of secrets, fear and unpleasant surprises(R) 06:50GMTThe game has become a holiday tradition with families around the world.(R)
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTDr Abdel Kader Haidara managed to hide thousands of ancient books from Islamist militants(R) 06:50GMTThe African-American winter holiday was invented in Los Angeles in 1966.(R)
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTAmateur violin maker Danny Houck tries to build a copy of one of the world's best violins(R) 06:50GMTHow Viv Nicholson became a celebrity in Britain after winning the football pools in 1961.(R)
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTAsem Hasna lost his leg to a bomb in Syria. He then became a prosthetics designer(R) 06:50GMTMountaineers risked their lives to camouflage landmarks in the Russian city during WW2.(R)
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTAnti-government demonstrations spread across Iran
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTClashes break out at anti-establishment protests in Iranian cities
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| 07:00 | 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTIt casts doubts on the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTMusicians have brought the sounds of the island's recovery into Christmas songs
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTCivilians have been evacuated from a rebel-held near the capital Damascus
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTUN Emergency Relief Co-ordinator says people in Yemen face an apocalyptic situation.
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTPresident Trump says inquiry has not discovered any collusion.
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTAnti-government protests spread to several Iranian cities
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTWas 2017 a good year for women's rights in Saudi Arabia and Iran?
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| 08:00 | 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTSecurity forces allegedly brutalise Rohingya civilians in Rakhine state 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTA look back at the highlights from Business Daily this year. 08:50GMTThe game has become a holiday tradition with families around the world.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTVoters are to elect their next president 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTKim Gittleson investigates the revival of a barter system on the Italian island. 08:50GMTThe African-American winter holiday was invented in Los Angeles in 1966.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTCritically-ill patients have been evacuated from a rebel-held suburb near Damascus 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTThe smart city solutions to the globe’s urgent transport problems. 08:50GMTHow Viv Nicholson became a celebrity in Britain after winning the football pools in 1961.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTAfghan government says a suicide bomb attack in Kabul has killed at least forty people. 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTThe causes and effects of pollution, and the solutions to toxic city air. 08:50GMTMountaineers risked their lives to camouflage landmarks in the Russian city during WW2.
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTFormer football star George Weah has been elected as Liberia's president. 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTLarge parts of the world are going cashless. But is it really the end of coins and notes? 08:50GMTHow two pilots became the first to fly non-stop around the world without refuelling
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMT82 Nigerian schoolgirls were freed from Islamist group Boko Haram in 2017 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTA student cycles round a bend on Bolivia's Death Road and a most unexpected thing happens
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTMark Lowen looks at how Turkey's post-failed coup purge has led to an exodus of academics 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWhat will this mean for food producers, and the quality and sustainability of your food?(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTJoin Nikki Bedi for highlights of The Arts Hour on Tour’s first year on the road(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTThomas Sankara: why his assassination and time in power still haunts Africa to this day(R) 09:50GMTHurricane force storms led to 6 deaths and 50 sailors airlifted in a daring sea rescue.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMT3/6How the music of the dying Ottoman Empire was reborn and reinvented in the United States.(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTKilobyte to Brontobyte: naming monster numbers, social media review and matters of habit
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTBBC journalists attempt to forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTRag'N'Bone Man on an amazing 2017. Plus, former One Direction's Louis Tomlinson
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTFour years on since the collapse of the Rana Plaza has anything changed in Bangladesh?(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTGryla the child-eating hag and other ancient characters looking for naughty children(R)
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| 10:00 | 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe Pope stressed that faith demanded that foreigners be welcomed everywhere
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTIt's a race between Vice-President Joseph Boakai and former footballer George Weah
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTIn his first interview since leaving office Barack Obama speaks at length to Prince Harry
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTAuthorities say a bomb attack on Shia cultural centre in Kabul has killed at least 40
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTSouth Korea has seized a Hong Kong ship suspected of handing over oil to North Korea
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTA look back at a year when President Trump and the world of sport clashed
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTTales from Saharan migrant routes, Abkhaz borders, a small Mexican town and the Silk Road(R) 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTA summary of revelations about child protection measures and predators on YouTube.(R) 10:50GMTThe best of listener's comments and highlights from 2017(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 from DRC and the US share their surrogacy stories(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. 11:32GMTMarlon James - Jamaican Novelist(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. 11:32GMTFortune-telling via Turkish coffee grounds, a practice popular across the Middle East.(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. 11:32GMTWhat will this mean for food producers, and the quality and sustainability of your food?(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. 11:32GMTRelive the highs and lows on the road to Russia 2018.(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTIranian authorities urge people not to join any further anti-government protests 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTCan huge sums of money donated by the world's richest businesspeople undermine democracy?(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTIran's Revolutionary Guard threaten a crackdown of anti-government protests 11:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32GMTWe meet the women who make our clothes.(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTPauline Dakin's family life was full of secrets, fear and unpleasant surprises 12:50GMTThe game has become a holiday tradition with families around the world.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTDr Abdel Kader Haidara managed to hide thousands of ancient books from Islamist militants 12:50GMTThe African-American winter holiday was invented in Los Angeles in 1966.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTAmateur violin maker Danny Houck tries to build a copy of one of the world's best violins 12:50GMTHow Viv Nicholson became a celebrity in Britain after winning the football pools in 1961.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTAsem Hasna lost his leg to a bomb in Syria. He then became a prosthetics designer 12:50GMTMountaineers risked their lives to camouflage landmarks in the Russian city during WW2.(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTWhat's in a name? Big names, no names, nicknames, tricky names, taboos and trends 12:50GMTHow two pilots became the first to fly non-stop around the world without refuelling(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTBBC journalists attempt to forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThis week we hear about three small solutions trying to make a dent on some big problems.(R) 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTRoland looks back through some of the best science stories of 2017(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. 13:32GMTCatherine Carr asks why excessive drinking can sometimes seem to be socially acceptable 13:50GMTMeasuring the energy used to keep the crypotcurrency secure(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. 13:32GMT2/3How a hallucinogenic ceremony led to an attempt to climb Cerro Autana in Venezuela
| 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. 13:32GMTFour years on since the collapse of the Rana Plaza has anything changed in Bangladesh?(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTIS claims it carried out a suicide attack in Kabul in which at least 40 died 13:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32GMTA journey up the 'suicidal' Pilcomayo river that separates Paraguay from Argentina...
| 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. 13:32GMTGryla the child-eating hag and other ancient characters looking for naughty children
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTGovernment supporters rally in Tehran after two days of anti-government protests
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTProtesters face the nation's "iron fist" if demonstrations don't end, the IRGC says
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| 14:00 | 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTThe Middle East was at the heart of Pope Francis's address
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTA former international footballer and a Vice-President fight it out for the top job
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTIn his first interview since leaving office, Barack Obama sits down with Prince Harry
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTIs the two-state solution over after Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital?
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTAt least ten people have been killed in an attack on a church in Cairo
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTIt began with an attempt to prevent workers becoming preoccupied with politics
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTWhy some people want to eradicate the lionfish from Florida's waters(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTQueen Elizabeth II's traditional Christmas message to the Commonwealth 15:12GMTIn-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities. 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTUS economy grows; Macron urges climate change action; Zimbabwe's President Mugabe resigns
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTThis week we hear about three small solutions trying to make a dent on some big problems.(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTBoxing Day shoppers in Britain appear to have chosen to stay home and buy online
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTHow dark is the reality behind Hollywood's glitz?(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTInvestors reacted to Hyundai Heavy's plans to raise about $1.2bn by selling new shares.
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTMaking sense of the digital currency and the ideology of its founders, fans and future(R) 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTThe value of Bitcoin fell by 11% after South Korea announced new crypto-currency rules
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTRory Cellan-Jones looks at key developments in AI during 2017 and what's coming in 2018. 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTSouth Korea said the ship had transferred 600 tonnes of oil to a North Korean vessel
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTPremier League goals and sporting debate with Lee James and the Sportsworld Team.
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTStand-up comedy from around the world on BBC World Service
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| 16:00 | 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTWe hear reaction to Guatemala recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTA British woman has been jailed for three years for smuggling painkillers into Egypt.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTUkraine and separatist rebels in the east of the country exchange prisoners
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTA bomb attack on a Shia cultural centre in Kabul has killed more than forty people.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTA constitutional court ruling is a blow to South Africa's President
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTCoverage of Liverpool vs. Leicester, live from Anfield.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTCoverage of West Brom vs. Arsenal, live from The Hawthorns.
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| 17:00 | 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTWe hear reaction to Guatemala recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTPeople in Liberia are voting in a runoff election for a new president.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTUkraine and separatist rebels in the east of the country exchange prisoners
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTA bomb attack on a Shia cultural centre in Kabul has killed more than forty people.
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTThey started in response to rising prices and they've spread to a number of cities
| 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. 17:06GMTCoverage of West Brom vs. Arsenal, live from The Hawthorns.
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| 18:00 | 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTPauline Dakin's family life was full of secrets, fear and unpleasant surprises(R) 18:50GMTThe game has become a holiday tradition with families around the world.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTDr Abdel Kader Haidara managed to hide thousands of ancient books from Islamist militants(R) 18:50GMTThe African-American winter holiday was invented in Los Angeles in 1966.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTAmateur violin maker Danny Houck tries to build a copy of one of the world's best violins(R) 18:50GMTHow Viv Nicholson became a celebrity in Britain after winning the football pools in 1961.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTAsem Hasna lost his leg to a bomb in Syria. He then became a prosthetics designer(R) 18:50GMTMountaineers risked their lives to camouflage landmarks in the Russian city during WW2.(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTWhat's in a name? Big names, no names, nicknames, tricky names, taboos and trends(R) 18:50GMTHow two pilots became the first to fly non-stop around the world without refuelling(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTMore anti-government protests in Iran, despite a warning against illegal gatherings 18:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 18:32GMT2/3How a hallucinogenic ceremony led to an attempt to climb Cerro Autana in Venezuela(R)
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTThe day's top stories from the Premier League and beyond.
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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. 19:32GMTWe join the world’s cyclists on the gruelling Vuelta a Colombia race(R)
| 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. 19:06GMTIt is the first swap in 15 months 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 Shia cultural centre was holding a meeting at the time 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 small number of people have been arrested in Tehran 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. 19:06GMTIt will be the first fully democratic handover of power for more than 70 years 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTFortune-telling via Turkish coffee grounds, a practice popular across the Middle East.(R)
| 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. 19:32GMTPrayer is both a highly individualized activity and a profoundly communal act(R) 19:50GMTPhones, lawn mowers and how Kim Kardashian helped the public understanding of risk
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| 20:00 | 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTOpposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been barred from standing against Vladimir Putin
| 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. 20:06GMTInterviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTRajan Datar and guests explore the origins and evolution of flamenco 20:50GMTThe best of listener's comments and highlights from 2017
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTIt began with an attempt to prevent workers becoming preoccupied with politics(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTCatherine Carr asks why excessive drinking can sometimes seem to be socially acceptable(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMT2/4How a 13-year old girl mapped metamorphosis in the 1600s. Naomi Alderman presents
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMT2/3How a hallucinogenic ceremony led to an attempt to climb Cerro Autana in Venezuela(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTThe credits and deficits of music production in the digital age
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTFour years on since the collapse of the Rana Plaza has anything changed in Bangladesh?(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTPrizewinning scientists: how the brain reacts to rewards
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTA journey up the 'suicidal' Pilcomayo river that separates Paraguay from Argentina...(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTRoland looks back through some of the best science stories of 2017
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTA summary of revelations about child protection measures and predators on YouTube. 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTFacial recognition could transform personal security but how easily can it be fooled?
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTClashes increase in Iran between anti-government protesters and the police
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTGovernment restricts Telegram and Instagram, which have been used to organise protests
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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 economy grows; Macron urges climate change action; Zimbabwe's President Mugabe resigns
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTCounting is under way in Liberia, where voters have been choosing a new president 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 implications for the Russian economy of another five years of Putin policies.
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe biggest prisoner swap since war began in 2014 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. 22:32GMTInvestors reacted to Hyundai Heavy's plans to raise about $1.2bn in a fresh rights issue
| 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 value of Bitcoin fell by 11% after South Korea announced new crypto-currency rules
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTSome people have been chanting slogans against the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei 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. 22:32GMTSouth Korea said the ship had transferred 600 tonnes of oil to a North Korean vessel
| 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. 22:32GMTCan huge sums of money donated by the world's richest businesspeople undermine democracy?(R)
| 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. 22:32GMTGryla the child-eating hag and other ancient characters looking for naughty children(R)
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| 23:00 | 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTJoin Nikki Bedi for highlights of The Arts Hour on Tour’s first year on the road(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTThomas Sankara: why his assassination and time in power still haunts Africa to this day(R) 23:50GMTHurricane force storms led to 6 deaths and 50 sailors airlifted in a daring sea rescue.(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMT3/6How the music of the dying Ottoman Empire was reborn and reinvented in the United States.(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTKilobyte to Brontobyte: naming monster numbers, social media review and matters of habit(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTBBC journalists attempt to forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTIt will be the first fully democratic handover of power for more than 70 years(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTWe meet the women who make our clothes.
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTHow Black activists invented a new holiday, flying around the world and Leningrad in WW2. 23:59GMTWe hear the Chimes and Strikes of Big Ben in London as we wish everyone a Happy New Year
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