Live News Schedule Saturday 16 August 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 02:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from across the BBC.
2. 03:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
3. 04:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
4. 05:00
  BBC News—16/08/2025 04:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
5. 05:06
  The Newsroom—16/08/2025 04:06 GMT
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
6. 05:30
  BBC News Summary—16/08/2025 04:30 GMT
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
7. 05:32
  Dear Daughter—Bombs overhead
  Firyal wakes to the sound of bombing. How can she reassure her three-year-old daughter?
8. 05:50
  Sporting Witness—The referee who invented the red card
  How a referee invented the red and yellow card system to caution and send off a player.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  BBC News—16/08/2025 05:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 06:06
  Weekend—Trump and Putin fail to agree peace deal in Alaska
  Trump says he can overcome the 'significant points' of difference with Putin on Ukraine
3. 07:00
  Today—16/08/2025
  Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
4. 09:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
5. 10:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
6. 11:00
  BBC News—16/08/2025 10:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
7. 11:06
  The Newsroom—16/08/2025 10:06 GMT
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
8. 11:30
  BBC News Summary—16/08/2025 10:30 GMT
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
9. 11:32
  The Interview—Captain Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 commander.
  Captain Jim Lovell, commander of the doomed Apollo 13 space mission to the Moon.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
2. 13:00
  BBC News—16/08/2025 12:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
3. 13:06
  Newshour—Trump touts progress towards peace deal
  After Alaska summit ends without agreement, US president wants full Ukraine peace deal
4. 14:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
5. 15:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
6. 16:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
7. 17:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
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
  BBC News—16/08/2025 20:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
5. 21:06
  Newshour—Ukraine: Trump pushing ahead with diplomacy despite no breakthrough
  Putin says Alaska summit 'very useful' as Trump pivots on Ukraine ceasefire
6. 22:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
7. 23:00
  BBC News—16/08/2025 22:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
8. 23:06
  The Newsroom—16/08/2025 22:06 GMT
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
9. 23:30
  BBC News Summary—16/08/2025 22:30 GMT
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
10. 23:32
  Assignment—Tajikistan’s last, lonely hyenas
  One man’s determination to save the last few striped hyenas of Tajikistan(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
2. 01:00
  BBC News
  The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
3. 01:32
  Happy News—The Happy Pod: Mountaintop matchmaking
  In the Swiss Alps, notebooks left in mountaintop letterboxes are being used to find love
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. 04:30
  BBC News Summary—17/08/2025 03:30 GMT
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 04:32
  The Fifth Floor—Comedians and Afghan weddings
  How Afghans found alternative ways to celebrate weddings after the Taliban banned music
9. 05:00
  BBC News—17/08/2025 04:01 GMT
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 05:06
  The Newsroom—17/08/2025 04:06 GMT
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
11. 05:30
  BBC News Summary—17/08/2025 04:30 GMT
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
12. 05:32
  The Documentary—Birding the gender gap
  How studying female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature(R)