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How access to fitness improves women's lives
Two women who've created female-centered fitness communities
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30/12/2025 00:01 GMT
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The history of toys
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week’s Witness History episodes
30/12/2025 01:01 GMT
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
30/12/2025 01:30 GMT
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Nukes for nothing: The deal that broke Ukraine's trust
An exploration of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, intended to enshrine Ukraine's security.
30/12/2025 02:01 GMT
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Four Months in Gaza
A raw and intimate perspective on the terror, anger, and hope of living through war.
30/12/2025 03:01 GMT
'My skin colour was a constant reminder of mum’s betrayal'
M People star Andrew Lovell’s home life hid a terrible – yet beautiful – secret
SMS: The invention of text messaging
The invention of the Short Message Service changed how we communicate around the world
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Haroon Mirza
Oonagh Cousins meets artist Haroon Mirza
30/12/2025 05:01 GMT
Trump hopes to reach phase two of Gaza ceasefire 'very quickly'
President Trump warns Hamas would have "hell to pay" if it did not disarm quickly
30/12/2025 06:01 GMT
Trump warns Hamas if it does not disarm quickly
The US president made the comments as he met Israeli Prime Minister
30/12/2025 07:01 GMT
Trump says Gaza reconstruction could 'begin pretty soon'
Donald Trump said he hoped to reach phase two of the Gaza peace plan very quickly
30/12/2025 08:01 GMT
Making friends in Sweden
How buddy schemes and friendship hours are helping people in Sweden make friends
30/12/2025 08:30 GMT
What is oshikatsu and can it boost Japan's economy?
We explore the idea of being closer to your idols - often through buying merchandise
Radio Free Europe
Seventy-five years ago, RFE started broadcasting to audiences behind the Iron Curtain
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Zadie Smith
Nikki Bedi talks to writer Zadie Smith about her new essay collection, Dead and Alive
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Is the AI boom actually a bubble?
Could AI be the biggest market bubble since the dot-com crash?
30/12/2025 12:01 GMT
My life-defining walk across the world with my best friend
Tom Turcich took his rescue puppy Savannah on a 48,000 kilometre walk
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Is Yemen's civil war escalating again?
Saudi-led forces launch attack on Yemeni port
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Iran's store owners take to the streets in anger
Massive protests in Iran as shopkeepers shut their stores
30/12/2025 16:01 GMT
Protests in Iran are spreading
Iranians are protesting over rising prices and the plummeting value of the currency
30/12/2025 17:01 GMT
UAE agrees to end operations in Yemen
Saudi Arabia told the UAE to withdraw its forces from Yemen
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
30/12/2025 20:01 GMT
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Tech Life's look back at 2025
We bring you Tech Life highlights from a fascinating year in global tech.
30/12/2025 21:01 GMT
UAE says it will withdraw from Yemen
Regional powers the UAE and Saudi Arabia clash over influence in the south of Yemen
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Billionaire investor Warren Buffett retires
The 95-year-old steps back after decades in finance.
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