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| 01:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32Settler attacks in the West Bank have reached a record high, says the UN.(R)
| 01:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement.(R)
| 01:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 01:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 01:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 01:32Is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else?(R)
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| 02:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 02:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 02:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 02:32What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before?
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| 05:00 | 05:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06The debate follows the mass shooting at Bondi Beach that left fifteen people dead
| 05:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06The Trump administration accuses Venezuela of using oil money to fund drug-related crime
| 05:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06Some include references to Donald Trump and flight logs for Epstein's private jet.
| 05:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06Kenyans lured to Russia with promises of well paid jobs get caught up in Ukrainian war.
| 05:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06US says the attack was coordinated with the Nigerian government
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| 05:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 05:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 05:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 05:32What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before?(R)
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| 06:00Writer and broadcaster Lord Melvyn Bragg is the first Today guest editor this Christmas.
| 06:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06He says Kenyans should know that Russia is "not the place to be".
| 06:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06US says initial assessment is that 'multiple ISIS terrorists' were killed in their camps
| 06:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 06:06The fighting has killed dozens and displaced thousands over nearly three weeks.
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| 07:00 | | | | 07:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06We hear from one man who says Russia is "not the place to be".
| 07:00Sir James Dyson is the second Today guest editor this Christmas.
| 07:00Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett is the third Today guest editor this Christmas.
| 07:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 07:06Zelensky says Russia 'doesn't want peace', ahead of Florida meeting with Trump.
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| 08:00 | | | | 08:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC. 08:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 08:32How the home of Father Christmas turned holiday magic into a booming business(R) 08:50In 1996, the Tamagotchi was first released in Japan
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| 09:00 | 09:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
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| 09:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC. 09:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32Your questions on green careers, temperature predictions and dating ancient ice cores(R)
| 09:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 09:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before?(R)
| 09:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 09:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 09:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.(R)
| 09:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC. 09:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32Join Americast for insights and analysis on what's happening inside Trump's White House.(R)
| 09:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC. 09:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 09:32Revisiting some of the most powerful stories from 2025(R)
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| 11:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement.
| 11:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32Is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else?
| 11:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:32Can Apple really end its made-in-China business model?
| 11:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 11:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 11:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 11:322/6More videos of sick children pleading for help appear. Who is the man behind the camera?(R)
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| 12:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 12:06The biggest events of the year and what it was like on the inside as they happened.
| 12:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC. 12:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 12:32After decades of extinction, wild jaguars are roaming once again in Northern Argentina.(R)
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| 13:00 | 13:00The US Coast Guard attempts to intercept an oil tanker. 13:45The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
| 13:00The Government raises the planned inheritance tax relief threshold for farmers. 13:45The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
| 13:00President Zelensky outlines an updated 20-point US-Ukrainian peace plan. 13:45Conversations around social isolation tend to focus on the elderly. But are there others?
| 13:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32The new drugs, gadgets and vaccines making a difference(R)
| 13:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 13:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 13:32A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.(R)
| 13:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06The truce was agreed following extensive diplomacy by Chinese officials.
| 13:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 13:06As much as half the country not expected to vote due to an ongoing civil war.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06Myanmar government election campaign appears to involve bombing schools and churches
| 14:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06We hear from a resident of Odesa on the Black Sea coast
| 14:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06President Zelensky has presented a draft deal to end the war in Ukraine
| 14:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06A leading Bangladeshi politician, Tarique Rahman, has returned home from exile
| 14:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 14:06US President Donald Trump said the Christmas Day strikes were "powerful and deadly"
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| 14:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC. 14:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 14:32From deep ocean to inner ear, scientists are uncovering how whales record our climate.
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| 15:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 15:06His Majesty the King's Christmas Message to the Commonwealth 15:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 15:32We look at the biggest business and economic stories from 2025
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| 15:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC. 15:30A masked man hatches a dangerous plan to harm a British Royal.
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| 16:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06The Ukrainian leader has revealed details of a draft deal to end the war.
| 16:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 16:06Somalia is holding its first direct elections in more than 50 years
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| 16:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC. 16:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 16:324/10Soviet ships carry nuclear missiles to Cuba. But the US can’t prove it(R)
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| 17:00 | 17:00Chris Rea, known for hits including Driving Home for Christmas, has died.
| 17:00Two men found guilty of gun plot, aiming to do "untold harm" to British Jews.
| 17:00Latest peace proposal is most significant softening from Ukraine on territory.
| 17:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 17:06We look at what shaped cinema in 2025
| 17:00President Trump said the attacks targeted Islamic State group fighters.
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| 18:00 | 18:00A round-up of the day's top news and sport with Chris Warburton and Sarah Mulkerrins.
| 18:00A round-up of the day's top news and sport with Chris Warburton and Sarah Mulkerrins.
| 18:00The latest updates and analysis from the BBC.
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| 18:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 18:06The biggest events of the year and what it was like on the inside as they happened.
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| 19:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
| 19:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32England's Esmie Morgan and Nigeria's Ashleigh Plumptre look back on a summer to remember.
| 19:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 19:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 19:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 19:32BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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| 20:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
| 20:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 20:06Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06400 Palestinians reportedly killed since ceasefire began
| 21:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06Trump travelled many more times on Epstein’s private jet than was previously reported.
| 21:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06Is the plan workable and would Ukrainians accept it?
| 21:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06Tarique Rahman promises to unite people of all faiths
| 21:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 21:06Missile strikes were aimed at militants linked to the Islamic State group
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| 22:00 | 22:00The government says it will ban trail hunting in England and Wales. 22:45If Britain found itself at war with Russia, could it fight for more than a few weeks?
| 22:00The largest organised hunger strike in over 40 years is to continue. 22:45The UK's falling birth rate is part of what the UN calls a "global fertility slump".
| 22:00EU, France, Germany condemn US State Dept. for denying visas to 'radical activists' 22:45The BBC's Theo Leggett on why cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier.
| 22:00The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. 22:06The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen 22:30The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. 22:32We look at the biggest business and economic stories from 2025(R)
| 22:00British campaigner Imran Ahmed granted temporary reprieve after visa revocation 22:45Is your nostalgic dream really just good marketing? 22:57Find more stories like these on the BBC Sounds homepage.
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