| 00:00 | 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTChildren haven't been allowed to leave their homes for more than a month. 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTStories of comfort, solidarity and hope behind closed doors in the coronavirus pandemic.(R)
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTFor the first time in history, producers are paying buyers to take oil off their hands.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTPresident Trump will sign an executive order to suspend immigration into the US
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTProtesters against stay-at-home rules in the US are getting increasingly vocal.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTThere will be another 484bn dollars to help small businesses in the US.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTSmall businesses across America are desperately waiting for federal financial assistance.
| 00:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 00:06GMTCare home workers, living in slums during a pandemic, and the Covid-19 vaccine volunteers 00:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 00:32GMTHow countries across the world are responding to the rise of China(R)
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| 01:00 | 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation's special envoy for Covid-19 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTHow instincts let spiders build complex structures(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTWe visit farmers growing lettuce, herbs and strawberries indoors in the middle of cities 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTAnne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity.(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTThis is the account of one hospital’s race to help those made ill by the Coronavirus 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTCould data from wearable fitness trackers track COVID-19?(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTSome nations are beginning to tentatively lift lockdowns. What's the best way to do it? 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTWhy was Covid-19 so deadly in Italy?(R)
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's State Secretary for International Communication 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMT4/4Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic. 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMTIsabel Sandoval on politics, immigration and filmmaking in the USA
| 01:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06GMTHow social media influencers are earning less in lockdown and rethinking what they do.(R) 01:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32GMT10/10Helena Merriman tells the true story of a man who dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall(R) 01:50GMTThe editor of Coronavirus Global Conversations on how the series is made(R)
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| 02:00 | 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTWhat can the social media generation learn from the ancient art of persuasion?(R) 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTChallenging period myths and making menstruation easier(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMT1/4Listeners across the globe share their experiences of lockdown and the coronavirus crisis 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTCountertenor Jakub Józef Orliński prepares for the title role in Handel’s opera Tolomeo
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTA new space telescope promises to transform our view of the universe. 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTHas the epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTHoney bees, cow dung and mulch; how a company in Zimbabwe is preventing deforestation 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTThe tough question being faced by many in developing countries.
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTWhy do women in Canada give birth to somebody else’s baby without getting paid?(R) 02:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32GMTBrescia's Simon Skrabb talks about life in lock-down.
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTA tale of survival from the world's highest peak: Nepal's earthquake remembered(R) 02:50GMTThe great American playwright revealed a lot about himself in BBC interviews(R)
| 02:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06GMTAre millennials across the world being hit by a mid-20s crisis?(R)
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| 03:00 | 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTA pianist and activist who fought for women’s votes and better lives(R) 03:50GMTHow French teenagers invented a sport by running, jumping and vaulting around their town.(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTJim LeBrecht remembers a revolutionary summer camp in the 1970s for disabled teenagers(R) 03:50GMTA deadly explosion on a drilling rig led to an environmental disaster in the US(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTTrauma led Lynsey Crombie to compulsive cleaning but now she’s sharing her skills on TV(R) 03:50GMTA woman who died in the US in 1940 was captured and enslaved in West Africa as a child(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTGerman artist Carlotta has a brain disorder: she can’t recognise faces, not even her own(R) 03:50GMTAbdul Sattar Edhi built one of the biggest welfare charities in the world(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTTV star and fitness instructor Derrick Evans wants to help people keep fit in lockdown(R) 03:50GMTThe development of a ventilation system that was a precursor to modern ventilators.(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTWhat will the pandemic mean for the rivalry between the world's two superpowers?(R)
| 03:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 03:06GMTSingapore sees a surge in Covid-19 cases among its migrant workers(R) 03:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 03:32GMTWHO official says there’s "no fast track" to normal when it comes to reopening economies(R)
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| 04:00 | 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTTests are being bought and imported from many global companies - but are they reliable?
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTThe President says he will sign an executive order to suspend all immigration to the US
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTIs President Trump on the campaign trail as he bans green cards?
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTAlmost 20% of the money migrants normally send home will be missing due to the pandemic
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTTrump administration experts say the virus weakened when exposed to sunlight
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTAre India’s coronavirus-hit businesses ready for a comeback? 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTA substance with allegedly magical properties is being sold online…only it doesn’t exist.(R) 04:50GMTBabies are much smarter than their parents might realise(R)
| 04:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 04:06GMTSome nations are beginning to tentatively lift lockdowns. What's the best way to do it?(R) 04:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 04:32GMTIsabel Sandoval on politics, immigration and filmmaking in the USA(R)
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| 05:00 | 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTSmall shops can now open but schools and hairdressers won't open until the 4th of May
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTIn a tweet he says the move is to protect American jobs
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTHe says this will last for 60 days and apply only to those seeking permanent residency.
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThey are expected to sign off on a rescue package for states hardest-hit by the virus
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTThe decision to ease the lockdown has got support but some say it's too soon
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTAre millennials across the world being hit by a mid-20s crisis?
| 05:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06GMTIs meritocracy just a utopian idea?(R) 05:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32GMT10/10Helena Merriman tells the true story of a man who dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall(R) 05:50GMTIs it helpful to ask which countries are faring better in tackling the coronavirus?
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| 06:00 | 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTGermany opens small shops while India allows farmers back onto their fields 06:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 06:32GMTHow instincts let spiders build complex structures(R)
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTTrump tweets that he'll sign an executive order to save US jobs during coronavirus crisis 06:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 06:32GMTAnne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity.(R)
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTWhy has Portugal been hit far less severely than its neighbour Spain? 06:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 06:32GMTCould data from wearable fitness trackers track COVID-19?(R)
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTThey are expected to sign off on a rescue package for states hardest-hit by the crisis 06:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 06:32GMTWhy was Covid-19 so deadly in Italy?(R)
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTThe lockdown is eased but there are concerns as there are over 20,000 Covid-19 cases 06:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTThe most compelling reports from BBC business programmes over the past week
| 06:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06GMTCare home workers, living in slums during a pandemic, and the Covid-19 vaccine volunteers(R) 06:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 06:32GMTChallenging period myths and making menstruation easier(R)
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| 07:00 | 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation's special envoy for Covid-19(R) 07:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 07:32GMTIn Africa’s developing countries, people are struggling under lockdown 07:50GMTA deadly explosion on a drilling rig led to an environmental disaster in the US
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTWe visit farmers growing lettuce, herbs and strawberries indoors in the middle of cities(R) 07:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 07:32GMTThe economic cases for lifting lockdown in developing African countries 07:50GMTA woman who died in the US in 1940 was captured and enslaved in West Africa as a child
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTThis is the account of one hospital’s race to help those made ill by the Coronavirus(R) 07:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 07:32GMTHow the coronavirus pandemic could send globalisation into reverse 07:50GMTAbdul Sattar Edhi built one of the biggest welfare charities in the world
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTSome nations are beginning to tentatively lift lockdowns. What's the best way to do it?(R) 07:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 07:32GMTA crunch meeting of EU leaders today aims to show Italy solidarity against coronavirus 07:50GMTThe development of a ventilation system that was a precursor to modern ventilators.
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's State Secretary for International Communication(R) 07:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 07:32GMTWhat will the end of lockdown measures really look like? 07:50GMTThe great American playwright revealed a lot about himself in BBC interviews
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTWhy do women in Canada give birth to somebody else’s baby without getting paid?(R) 07:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 07:32GMTHow countries across the world are responding to the rise of China
| 07:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06GMTA new space telescope promises to transform our view of the universe.(R) 07:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 07:32GMTThe tough question being faced by many in developing countries.(R)
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| 08:00 | 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTWhat can the social media generation learn from the ancient art of persuasion?(R) 08:50GMTCan professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?(R)
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMT1/4Listeners across the globe share their experiences of lockdown and the coronavirus crisis(R)
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTHas the epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?(R)
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTHoney bees, cow dung and mulch; how a company in Zimbabwe is preventing deforestation(R)
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTIbrahima faced a terrifying choice - to separate his conjoined twins or risk losing them
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTAre India’s coronavirus-hit businesses ready for a comeback?(R) 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTA substance with allegedly magical properties is being sold online…only it doesn’t exist.(R) 08:50GMTThe editor of Coronavirus Global Conversations on how the series is made
| 08:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 08:06GMTSingapore sees a surge in Covid-19 cases among its migrant workers(R) 08:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32GMTThe highs and lows of America's first flying newsman, Jerry Foster(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTInternational experts take a look at the science surrounding Covid-19(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTOn this week’s The Arts Hour Nikki Bedi’s guests are commentator William Lee Adams and
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTTwo very different uses for everyday waste in Paraguay and Sweden(R)
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTThe mapmaker who defined the modern world 09:50GMTHow the Northern Irish pentathlete became a hero for winning gold at the 1972 Olympics.
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTWhat will the pandemic mean for the rivalry between the world's two superpowers?
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMTWe discuss a surprise pick at the NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers
| 09:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06GMT4/4Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic.(R) 09:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32GMTOne of Cameroon's biggest artists shares his tips for staying ahead in the music business(R)
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| 10:00 | 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTChallenging period myths and making menstruation easier(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTCountertenor Jakub Józef Orliński prepares for the title role in Handel’s opera Tolomeo(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTA new space telescope promises to transform our view of the universe.(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTThe tough question being faced by many in developing countries.(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTBrescia's Simon Skrabb talks about life in lock-down.(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMT1/4Listeners across the globe share their experiences of lockdown and the coronavirus crisis(R)
| 10:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 10:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 10:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 10:32GMTIsabel Sandoval on politics, immigration and filmmaking in the USA(R)
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| 11:00 | 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTJim LeBrecht remembers a revolutionary summer camp in the 1970s for disabled teenagers 11:50GMTA deadly explosion on a drilling rig led to an environmental disaster in the US(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTTrauma led Lynsey Crombie to compulsive cleaning but now she’s sharing her skills on TV 11:50GMTA woman who died in the US in 1940 was captured and enslaved in West Africa as a child(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTGerman artist Carlotta has a brain disorder: she can’t recognise faces, not even her own 11:50GMTAbdul Sattar Edhi built one of the biggest welfare charities in the world(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTTV star and fitness instructor Derrick Evans wants to help people keep fit in lockdown 11:50GMTThe development of a ventilation system that was a precursor to modern ventilators.(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTA tale of survival from the world's highest peak: Nepal's earthquake remembered 11:50GMTThe great American playwright revealed a lot about himself in BBC interviews(R)
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTEd O'Brien of the band Radiohead on his solo project. And Enter Shikari on the new album
| 11:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06GMTHow the flu pandemic of 100 years ago affected every corner of the world(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTWhat can the social media generation learn from the ancient art of persuasion?(R) 12:50GMTCan professional predictors help us understand the course of the coronavirus pandemic?(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMT1/4Listeners across the globe share their experiences of lockdown and the coronavirus crisis(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTHas the epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTHoney bees, cow dung and mulch; how a company in Zimbabwe is preventing deforestation(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 12:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32GMTIbrahima faced a terrifying choice - to separate his conjoined twins or risk losing them(R)
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTThe Belgian government has announced plans to lift the country's coronavirus restrictions
| 12:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06GMTChildren in Spain are now allowed to leave their homes for up to an hour per day.
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| 13:00 | 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTGermany has reopened small shops, car dealerships and bicycle stores
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTHe said the move was to protect American jobs
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTBritish government facing criticism for not taking part in EU scheme to purchase supplies
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTIt is the first case worldwide examining the use of torture in the Syrian war
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTDisinfectants are hazardous substances and can be poisonous if ingested
| 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. 13:32GMTIbrahima faced a terrifying choice - to separate his conjoined twins or risk losing them(R)
| 13:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06GMTThe mapmaker who defined the modern world(R) 13:50GMTBabies are much smarter than their parents might realise(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation's special envoy for Covid-19(R) 14:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 14:32GMTEurope's biggest economy, Germany, has taken some tentative steps towards normality
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTWe visit farmers growing lettuce, herbs and strawberries indoors in the middle of cities(R) 14:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 14:32GMTAn alliance of agencies say the Covid-19 outbreak could cause widespread food insecurity
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTThis is the account of one hospital’s race to help those made ill by the Coronavirus(R) 14:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 14:32GMTThere are calls for a green recovery in the wake of the coronavirus economic slowdown
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTSome nations are beginning to tentatively lift lockdowns. What's the best way to do it?(R) 14:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 14:32GMTAs Ramadan begins we hear how coronavirus impacts the economy in countries marking it
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's State Secretary for International Communication(R) 14:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 14:32GMTWe find out how musicians on three continents are coping with life under lockdown
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
| 14:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06GMTAre millennials across the world being hit by a mid-20s crisis?(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTGhana has eased restrictions on areas under coronavirus lockdown 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTHow instincts let spiders build complex structures(R)
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTA massive dip in global oil demand is having a negative effect on African countries 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTAnne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity.(R)
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTCameroon government admits army involvement in the killing of civilians in February 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTCould data from wearable fitness trackers track COVID-19?(R)
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTPolice in Morocco arrest more than fifty thousand people for violating Covid19 measures 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32GMTWhy was Covid-19 so deadly in Italy?(R)
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTSouth African government outlines path to social and economic recovery 15:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
| 15:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06GMTLive sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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| 16:00 | 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTParamedics in the US, Ireland, Singapore, Australia and Chile share their experiences
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTWe hear from the virus front line in New York, Dublin, Singapore and Chile
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTWe hear from residents of crowded communities in Rio, Nairobi and Chennai, India.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTWe hear from volunteers for Covid-19 vaccine trials.
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTWe speak to Spanish mothers about keeping their children indoors for six weeks
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTThe most compelling reports from BBC business programmes over the past week(R)
| 16:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 16:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 16:32GMTHow countries across the world are responding to the rise of China(R)
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| 17:00 | 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTThere's a political stand-off brewing in Lesotho in the midst of a coronavirus lockdown 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTChallenging period myths and making menstruation easier(R)
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTKenyans ask why they have to be put into quarantine despite testing negative for COVID19 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTCountertenor Jakub Józef Orliński prepares for the title role in Handel’s opera Tolomeo(R)
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTOn World Earth Day we take a look at how a global lockdown is helping the world breathe 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTA new space telescope promises to transform our view of the universe.(R)
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTWe look at how Tanzania has been dealing with covid19 without locking down it's economy 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTThe tough question being faced by many in developing countries.(R)
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTWe talk to South African energy entrepreneur helping light up Sierra Leone 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTBrescia's Simon Skrabb talks about life in lock-down.(R)
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMT10/10Helena Merriman tells the true story of a man who dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall 17:50GMTBabies are much smarter than their parents might realise(R)
| 17:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06GMTSingapore sees a surge in Covid-19 cases among its migrant workers(R) 17:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 17:32GMTIsabel Sandoval on politics, immigration and filmmaking in the USA(R)
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| 18:00 | 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. 18:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 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. 18:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 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. 18:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 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. 18:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 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. 18:32GMTBBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 18:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06GMTHow the flu pandemic of 100 years ago affected every corner of the world(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. 18:32GMTHas the epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?(R)
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| 19:00 | 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTHow the food delivery service has become a lifeline for Nigerians under lockdown 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTAnne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTHow an African hand washing expert is helping save lives in the time of coronavirus 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTCould data from wearable fitness trackers track COVID-19?
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTAuthorities in Nigeria have shutdown Quranic schools to stop coronavirus from spreading 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTWhy was Covid-19 so deadly in Italy?
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTAngelique Kidjo has repurposed the 1960s hit song "Pata Pata" to spread word on covid19 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTAfrican governments urged not to forget fight against malaria amid coronavirus 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTWhat affects how much and where we sweat?
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's State Secretary for International Communication(R) 19:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32GMTOne of Cameroon's biggest artists shares his tips for staying ahead in the music business
| 19:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06GMTRadiohead’s Colin Greenwood talks music with Tamino, Caroline Polachek and Robert Glasper
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| 20:00 | 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTIn the US some take to the streets to protest against coronavirus restrictions
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTWhat will be the political consequences of President Trump's ban on immigration to the US?
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTA pastor says his church was threatened with Kalashnikovs over COVID-19 spread
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTEU leaders agree to inject billions of euros of emergency aid into Europe's economies
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTPresident Trump claims he was being "sarcastic" when suggesting injecting disinfectant
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTThe World Health Organisation says 'immunity passports' are no way to ease lockdowns
| 20:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06GMTAs lockdowns are slowly eased, should we all be wearing face masks?
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| 21:00 | 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTWhat can the social media generation learn from the ancient art of persuasion?(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTChallenging period myths and making menstruation easier(R)
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMT1/4Listeners across the globe share their experiences of lockdown and the coronavirus crisis(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTCountertenor Jakub Józef Orliński prepares for the title role in Handel’s opera Tolomeo(R)
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTA new space telescope promises to transform our view of the universe.(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTHas the epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?(R)
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTHoney bees, cow dung and mulch; how a company in Zimbabwe is preventing deforestation(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTThe tough question being faced by many in developing countries.(R)
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTHow social media influencers are earning less in lockdown and rethinking what they do. 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTBrescia's Simon Skrabb talks about life in lock-down.(R)
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTSingapore sees a surge in Covid-19 cases among its migrant workers 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTThe highs and lows of America's first flying newsman, Jerry Foster
| 21:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06GMTIsabel Sandoval on politics, immigration and filmmaking in the USA(R) 21:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 21:32GMTIbrahima faced a terrifying choice - to separate his conjoined twins or risk losing them(R)
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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 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTEurope's biggest economy, Germany, has taken some tentative steps towards normality
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTAn alliance of agencies say the Covid-19 outbreak could cause widespread food insecurity
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTThere are calls for a green recovery in the wake of the coronavirus economic slowdown
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTAs Ramadan begins we hear how coronavirus impacts the economy in countries marking it
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTWe find out how musicians on three continents are coping with life under lockdown
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTWHO official says there’s "no fast track" to normal when it comes to reopening economies
| 22:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06GMTThe world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32GMTA substance with allegedly magical properties is being sold online…only it doesn’t exist.(R) 22:50GMTBabies are much smarter than their parents might realise(R)
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| 23:00 | 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMT50 years since the near disaster on the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon.
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTOn this week’s The Arts Hour Nikki Bedi’s guests are commentator William Lee Adams and(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTTwo very different uses for everyday waste in Paraguay and Sweden(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTThe mapmaker who defined the modern world(R) 23:50GMTHow the Northern Irish pentathlete became a hero for winning gold at the 1972 Olympics.(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTWhat will the pandemic mean for the rivalry between the world's two superpowers?(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTStephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's State Secretary for International Communication(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTWhy was Covid-19 so deadly in Italy?(R)
| 23:00GMTThe latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 23:06GMTWe visit farmers growing lettuce, herbs and strawberries indoors in the middle of cities(R) 23:30GMTThe latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 23:32GMTAnne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity.(R)
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