Live News Schedule Thursday 8 May 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
2. 01:00
  BBC News—08/05/2025 00:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
3. 01:06
  Big Boss Interview—Fed keeps interest rates unchanged despite Donald Trump pressure
  The US central bank says tariffs have created "so much uncertainty"
4. 02:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
5. 03:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
6. 04:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
7. 05:00
  BBC News—08/05/2025 04:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 05:06
  Newsday—Russian President's unilateral ceasefire is now active
  Ukraine says Moscow violated it within minutes of it coming into effect.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—08/05/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
3. 10:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
4. 11:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
2. 12:15
  Politics Live—08/05/2025
  The big political issues of the day.
3. 13:00
  World at One—08/05/2025
  News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
4. 13:45
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
5. 14:00
  BBC News—08/05/2025 13:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 14:06
  Newshour—Events mark 80 years since end of World War Two in Europe
  The anniversary of the end of the conflict is being remembered across the continent
7. 15:00
  Starmer unveiling details of US-UK tariff deal
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
8. 17:00
  PM—08/05/2025
  Full coverage of the day's news
9. 17:11
  BBC OS—New pope is elected
  White smoke emerges from the chimney in the Vatican - a new pope has been elected
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Evening
1. 18:00
  BBC OS—New pope is elected
  White smoke emerges from the chimney in the Vatican - a new pope has been elected
2. 19:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
3. 20:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
4. 21:00
  Question Time—Hull
  Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Hull
5. 22:00
  The World Tonight—New Pope elected
  Robert Prevost from the United States has become the new head of the Catholic Church
6. 22:30
  Newsnight—The Trump/Starmer trade deal unwrapped
  The US President and the UK Prime Minister strike a deal on trade.
7. 23:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
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Late
1. 00:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
2. 01:00
  BBC News—09/05/2025 00:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
3. 01:06
  Big Boss Interview—How will the new Pope manage the Vatican's finances?
  Robert Prevost becomes first American pope and will be known as Pope Leo XIV
4. 02:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
5. 03:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
6. 04:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
7. 05:00
  BBC News—09/05/2025 04:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 05:06
  Newsday—First North American Pope
  He has chosen to take the name of Pope Leo 14th