SATURDAY 18 JULY 2020

SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydwbp6)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172x18trxrnks3)
US homelessness rise forecast

The US government may have an impending housing crisis on its hands - the likes of the one that hit America after the financial crisis of 2008-9. We speak to the author from New Republic who says the federal government hasn't learned a thing about keeping track of the inevitable evictions and foreclosures. Plus, we talk about the fashion in hiring bikes and scooters – and why some are terribly annoyed at the whole business. It’s been 250 years since Captain Cook arrived in Australia, claiming the country for the British: the subsequent colonial settlement had consequences for the people who had lived there for more than 50,000 years. We assess the impact on Aboriginal people years later. And on World Emoji Day, we ask when is it every appropriate to send your boss a smiley. We discuss all this with guest Roxanne Taylor from ABC news in Australia.


(Image: A homeless person's shanty in Detroit. Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)


SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydwgfb)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b7tvkg6vg)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pq8p0ktpq)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3cszhjd)
Are the West Indies heading for Test greatness?

Alison Mitchell is at Old Trafford in another bio-secure bubble as England's men look to bounce back from last week's defeat to the West Indies. Windies star batsman Jermaine Blackwood joins us to reflect on his match-winning innings, as we discuss whether they can become the best Test team on the planet. We also reflect on England’s decision to drop Jofra Archer after he broke bio-secure protocols. And we look at the return of recreational cricket in England and ask how the club game is coping amid lockdowns around the world.

Image: West Indies captain Jason Holder celebrates with John Campbell after winning the first Test match against England in Southampton. (Getty Images)


SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydwl5g)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 03:06 The Fifth Floor (w3cszjh8)
Risking death for a fragment of jade

The world’s largest jade mines are in Myanmar. It’s an industry worth an estimated $30 billion a year for the mine owners. But it's a hazardous living for the hundreds of thousands who scavenge through mountains of rubble in search of fragments of jade. Earlier this month 172 died when one of those piles collapsed. A BBC Burmese team visited the area last weekend - their editor in London, Soe Win Than, shares their findings.

Ertugrul: the Turkish conquest of Pakistan
It’s a story of strength, courage, and the foundation of a great empire. The Turkish TV series Ertugrul is set eight centuries ago, its hero is a tribal leader whose son Osman founded the Ottoman Empire. It’s gripped audiences in Turkey and beyond, and a version dubbed into Urdu is a hit in Pakistan. Aliya Nazki of BBC Urdu is a fan.

My home town: Khartoum, Sudan
Mohanad Hashim remembers the streets and bridges of his childhood in Khartoum, and the military coup of 1985.

Sudan’s social reforms
After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms. Non-Muslims will be allowed to drink alcohol; the apostasy law, public flogging and FGM will be banned. As Mohanad Hashim leaves the BBC to return to Sudan to work as a journalist, he shares his impressions on the announcements.

“I am not sick, I am gay”
In many countries around the world, homosexuality is seen as a disorder to be cured. For BBC Arabic, Jordanian journalist Areej spoke to two anonymous survivors of ‘gay conversion therapy’ about their experiences for her documentary.



Image: Scavengers pick through precarious cliffs of discarded rubble for jade fragments
Credit: BBC


SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3cszmv4)
South Korea's 1980s prison camps

A so-called Social Purification project led to thousands of ordinary citizens being imprisoned under the military government in South Korea in the 1980s. Under the pretence of clearing the streets of vagrants and undesirables, people were sent to camps disguised as 'social welfare centres' where many of them suffered torture, forced labour, and physical and sexual abuse. Bugyeong Jung has been speaking to Seung-woo Choi who was taken to a centre in the port city of Busan when he was just 13 years old.

Photo: Seung-woo Choi talking to reporters outside South Korea's National Assembly. Credit BBC.


SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydwpxl)
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SAT 04:06 The Real Story (w3cszcn4)
Is the WHO fit for purpose?

More than six months after the outbreak of the coronavirus, a team from the World Health Organization will - for the first time - be given access to physical samples of the virus inside China. It’s an important moment for the WHO, which has been accused of providing patchy scientific advice and reacting too slowly to the threats posed by the virus. There has been an especially critical reaction from the agency’s biggest donor, the United States. Donald Trump has begun the process of withdrawing the US from the WHO, accusing it of being under the 'total control' of China and of 'misleading the world' about the coronavirus. The WHO chief said the organisation needs to reflect on its role during the pandemic and has launched an independent evaluation. So are the criticisms fair? And what difference will investigations inside China make now? Is the organisation still fulfilling its mandate? How has it changed through the years and crucially, does it need the United States to survive? Join Ritula Shah and guests as they discuss whether the World Health Organization is fit for purpose.


SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydwtnq)
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SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b7tvkgl2v)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pq8p0l5y3)
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SAT 05:32 Trending (w3cszvrz)
The online heroes of the coronavirus pandemic

They’re going viral for all the right reasons. Health care workers, scientists and experts have been spreading sound facts and solid advice about coronavirus.

It’s a push back against all the misinformation, speculation and conspiracy theories that have been swirling around about the pandemic.
In this programme we’ll meet four Covid-19 information heroes – from India, the US, and the UK. Each comes from a different background, and they all have different motivations driving what they’re doing online. So what are their strategies for getting sound science to the public? And in a social media world fuelled by emotion, how do they reflect both the facts and the human toll of the disease?

Presenter: Mike Wendling
Reporter: Sean Allsop

Photo Caption: Illustration of a phone with a heart
Photo Credit: Getty Images/BBC


SAT 05:50 James Naughtie’s Letter to America (w3ct0whl)
Letter three

“They still rattle with old stories.” The railroads were once the iron sinews of America, crossing the Rockies and the desert, linking the coasts, carrying grain and cattle and oil. This episode includes reflections on Hurricane Katrina, the day when James Naughtie first met the soon to be Senator Barack Obama and his first visit to Graceland.


SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydwydv)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 06:06 WorklifeIndia (w3cszvgy)
Is American education losing its charm for Indian students?

It is generally a busy time of the year for Indian students looking for opportunities to pursue a foreign education. Studies show that Indian students pay about $10-13bn every year in overseas tuition fees, and an American education sits right at the top for most students.

In the last 20 years, the number of Indian students who went abroad has increased by more than 1,000%, according to a recent report. In the US alone, there are currently more than 200,000 Indian students.

But the picture is grim this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. With many universities switching to online education, and government policy flip-flops adding to the uncertainty, is the dream American education losing its charm?

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we discuss how foreign education is evolving, and whether an overseas degree remains a top pick for Indian students.

Presenter: Devina Gupta

Contributors: Jasrine Dham, undergraduate student, Brown University; Sudhanshu Kaushik, founder and executive director, NAAIS; Vanisha Sharma, PhD student, Cornell University


SAT 06:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pq8p0l9p7)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 06:32 Global Questions (w3ct0wj3)
Global Questions

Focus on America

The United States has a higher Coronavirus death toll than any other country in the world, with infection rates still dangerously high. To what extent can the blame be laid at the door of the White House? President Trump has consistently downplayed the impact of the virus. How badly could that hurt his chances of re-election in November? Or are individual states responsible? After all, they’ve handled lockdowns differently, with some governors prioritising the economy and an early return to work. Has the pandemic laid bare the fractures and fissures in American society, with the poor and ethnic minorities disproportionately hit? Experts claim countries like the USA have been particularly badly affected as they don’t have a socialised health system (26 million US citizens still don’t have health insurance). The economic and social consequences of the lockdown are taking their toll as Covid19 continues to wreak havoc. America was shaken by the death of Floyd George and the Black Lives Matter movement is gaining momentum. Could Coronavirus change America for good?
Presented by Zeinab Badawi.

PANEL
Matthew Mackowiak Chairman of the Travis County Republican Party he is also a DC-based political and communications consultant and President of Potomac Strategy Group.
Moe Vila Former Senior Advisor to Joe Biden, he is the first Hispanic to serve in two senior executive roles in the White House, first during the Clinton Administration as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Advisor for Latino Affairs in the office of Vice President Al Gore, and later during the Obama Administration as Director of Administration for Vice President Joe Biden.


SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydx24z)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 07:06 Business Weekly (w3ct0sns)
Racial discrimination in banking

In this episode we investigate racial discrimination in the banking system and find out how it affects the businesses owned by people of colour. We’ll also ask why so few governments plan effectively for catastrophe and hear about the impact that has had on the ability to react to Covid-19 - and what it might mean for future challenges. Plus we’ll hear from the Welsh choir who are longing to sing together once again. Presented by Lucy Burton.

(Image: Vintage illustration of a group of rich men wearing top hats on Wall Street, 1927. Illustration by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)


SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydx5x3)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 08:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3csz9pq)
Coronavirus halts LA again

California is under lockdown again. The state governor this week ordered the recently opened bars, cinemas, gyms and the rest, to shut their doors again after a spike in coronavirus infections. Hospitals are running dangerously short of beds and there are fears about the capacity of the state’s health system to cope with another rise in cases. California is the most populous state in the US and Los Angeles is the second biggest city in the country. David Willis reports from the place where they’re accustomed to making movies, not feeling like they’re in one.

It is 19 years since the end of war in the Balkans - the series of interlinked ethnic conflicts which led to the breakup of Yugoslavia - and 25 years since the massacre of Srebrenica. Yet, as the anniversary of Srebrenica showed this week, the lack of local recognition about what happened, suggests that the region has not put its past behind it, and is not safe from it. What happened was nothing short of genocide, according to the United Nations. But who benefits from continuing to deny it? Guy Delauney investigates.

Ghana was one of the main centres from which enslaved people were transported to the United States from the 1600s onwards. In 2000, Ghana passed a law offering citizenship to African Americans of Ghanaian ancestry. To mark the 400th anniversary of the first ship carrying enslaved African people to America, Ghana’s president Akufo-Addo declared 2019 the "Year of Return". Many African Americans heeded the call to visit Ghana. Some decided to make a new life there. Thomas Naadi has met some of the returnees.

Italy’s first holiday season since coronavirus hit is now underway. This week there have been reports of tempers rising on Italian beaches as people have jostled for space to set down their towels, with social distancing proving tricky. The resort of Rimini, on the Adriatic coast, had hoped this would be their year to shine the spotlight on their local and world-renowned filmmaker Federico Fellini. However, many of those celebrations will now have to proceed with face masks securely on. Not all seems to be lost for Rimini’s Fellini year though – as Juliet Rix has found.

Presenter: Pascale Harter
Producer: Bethan Head

(Image: A woman walks past the closed El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)


SAT 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pq8p0lk5h)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 08:32 Kalki Presents: My Indian Life (w3ct0t3x)
Saving the planet

Two young Indians on a mission to make the world a better, cleaner place to live. Aarushi Majumder got her whole neighbourhood recycling in inner-city Mumbai. And Arun Krishnamurthy’s fight to clean waste from his village pond in rural Chennai kick-started a national campaign for cleaner water. #MyIndianLife
Send us your stories: myindianlife@bbc.com
And let us know what you think: #MyIndianLife


SAT 08:50 Resolves (w3ct0v7g)
Resolves

Professor Malik Peiris

Professor Malik Peiris, a clinical and public health virologist based at the School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong, is best known for his work to identify the SARS virus in 2003. He resolves to learn the language of politics and economics, as well as science.

“I personally, in the small way that I can, have resolved to move beyond the laboratory, even beyond the health paradigm I’ve been in, and ask questions about the year-on-year economic growth that we have all taken for granted - in nature, nothing grows forever - and I’ve cut my working hours by fifty percent to study sustainable economics”.


SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydx9n7)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 09:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b7tvkh22c)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pq8p0lnxm)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 09:32 United Zingdom (w3ct0wl0)
United Zingdom

Maybe Liverpool isn't real, maybe we just dreamed it

Journalist Zing Tsjeng is on a journey around the UK trying to figure out what being British is all about. After living in the UK half her life, she wants to decide whether to trade her Singaporean passport for a British one. It's a tough dilemma as Singapore doesn't allow dual nationality and swapping the citizenship of the country she was raised in, for the one she now calls home now, feels like a big deal. Can talking to people from all over the country about their national and local identity help her decide whether to take the plunge and become British? Zing starts her great British adventure in Liverpool.

She meets arts writer Laura Brown. Zing's heard that some Liverpudlians feel so strongly tied to the city that they say they're 'Scouse not English', and she's hoping Laura - who lives and breathes Liverpool - can help her get her head around this. Laura explains how Liverpool's rich and sometimes painful history, its underground arts scene - even its geography and weather - have shaped the city's sense of itself as defiantly different from the rest of the UK.


SAT 09:50 Over to You (w3cszf4j)
How to keep listeners engaged with a 65-year-old format

It is a format that has remained deceptively simple for 65 years. Jasper Corbett, editor of From Our Own Correspondent, explains what makes the programme so appealing to the World Service international audience, why he welcomes contributions from listeners and answers their questions.
Plus the BBCs director of News and Current Affairs, Fran Unsworth, tells us what impact the loss of a large number of jobs across the BBC might have on the World Service.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon


SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydxfdc)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 10:06 Sportshour (w172x3bvp22f762)
Washington's NFL team agree to change their name

“What story are we telling about America?” – Washington’s NFL team agree to change their name.

We discuss the Washington Redskins decision to change their controversial name and logo following years of opposition from Native American communities and recent pressure from major club sponsors. Mark Trahant - who is a member of Idaho’s Shoshone-Bannock Tribe and editor of Indian Country Today - tells us the name was offensive because “it came from the era when natives were sold by body parts”. He also recalls being told by his father as a six year old boy not to use the ‘R word’ and he believes all teams that use Native American words and symbols will eventually have to change their names. The “Washington Red Tails” is among the favourites to be the team’s next name and we’re joined by Martin McCauley, who owns the trademark to that name along with a host of others. The Washington fan tells us all about his unusual hobby of trademarking potential team names, how he won’t stand in Washington’s way if they want to use one of his names and he explains why he’s hired a lawyer this week.

The former NBA player calling for the current season to be abandoned - Etan Thomas played for the Washington Wizards, Oklahoma City Thunder and Atlanta Hawks during his professional career. He's now calling on NBA commissioner Adam Silver to cancel the current season due to the risks associated with playing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thomas says of Silver "Valuing the lives of human beings over economic motivations is a concept that is absent from Donald Trump. You are not him." He also tells us it’s “tragic” that Elena Delle Donne, who suffers from chronic Lyme Disease, was denied the opportunity to opt out of the upcoming WNBA season.

2082 miles on an exercise bike while shielding from coronavirus and battling stage 4 bowel cancer - Keith Farquharson recently completed the 2018 Tour de France course on an exercise bike to raise money for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. He chose the 2018 course as that was the year he was first off work with cancer and he watched the race live on TV. He says he juggled the virtual race, with working full-time, a young family and having cancer treatment.

We check in on the second test between England and West Indies. Former West Indies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite joins us to discuss the latest action in the test, the series so far and living in a bio-secure bubble in order to be at the ground.

Following a big week off the pitch for Manchester City we’re joined by broadcaster Natalie Paweleck to discuss the club’s FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal, the clubs hopes of ending this season with three trophies and if their victory at CAS could see Pep Guardiola extend his stay as manager.

And this week’s Sporting Witness tells the story of David Beckham signing for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer back in 2007.

Image: American Indian Movement protest the Washington Redskins as they arrive in town to play the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile HIgh in Denver, Co.(Getty Images)


SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydxk4h)
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SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b7tvkh9km)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pq8p0lxdw)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 11:32 The Documentary (w3ct0wjl)
DNA and me

Want to know who you really are? Take an at-home DNA test, just like over 26 million others have around the globe. But the question is: why?

For many, it’s just a bit of fun; for others it might be for medical insight. But for everyone, it promises to tell you who you really are – and for many, those results might come as a surprise. For BBC reporter Sophia Smith Galer and her father, an innocent at-home kit led to a series of shocking discoveries about their family.

From discovering her true biological grandfather to a superstar relative, understanding their family background won’t ever be the same again. With so many stories like theirs emerging around the globe, are at-home DNA test kits now the ultimate palm-reader, setting the paths for our future and sense of sef? Do we assume too much of what is still early science – and how much is our identity, really, controlled by our genes anyway?

Sophia explores what this new scientific determination offers, and what other stories that are emerging around the world like her and her father’s tell us about how we build a sense of identity today in 2020.

Presenter/producer: Sophia Smith-Galer

(Photo: Sophia Smith-Galer. Credit: Lai Jones)


SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydxnwm)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 12:06 Music Life (w3csz6t2)
'I get scared' with Azekel and Yukimi Nagano

Nigerian-born songwriter, producer, and musician Azekel welcomes Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon, Kwesi Arthur, and Shab.
Together, they talk about why it’s tricky writing with people you don’t know, what it’s like working with big names, and how important it is to express identity in music.

Azekel has collaborated with the likes of Gorillaz, Massive Attack, GAIKA, and Grammy-winning producer Om’Mas Keith (who’s worked with Frank Ocean and Anderson .Paak). Prince also tweeted about one of his songs, and Grace Jones is a fan. The lead singer of Swedish band Little Dragon, Yukimi Nagano has a Swedish-American mother and a Japanese father. The band are back with a new record called New Me, Same Us. Kwesi Arthur is a 25-year-old rapper and musician from Tema, Ghana. He initially wanted to be a footballer but was inspired to pursue a career in music after listening to Drake’s album Thank Me Later. And Shab is an Iranian singer-songwriter who is one of 13 brothers and sisters, a refugee now based in America. Her debut album is due later this year and the first track from it, Spell On Me, is produced by Grammy-winning producer Damon Sharpe (Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez). She describes the track as a “disco ode to female wildness”.


SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydxsmr)
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SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172x2ys9gxlz8b)
Protests continue in Russia’s far east

Tens of thousands of people in the Russian city of Khabarovsk join growing protests against the arrest of the local governor, Sergei Furgal, who was taken to Moscow on a murder charge.

Also in the programme: Rain and flooding on China’s Yangtze River affects millions; and US civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis dies.

(Photo: People take part in a rally in support of arrested governor in Khabarovsk. Credit: Reuters/ Evgenil Pereverzev.)


SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydxxcw)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 14:06 Sportsworld (w172x3l7nmhmg16)
FA Cup, Cricket, F1 and the return of Moto GP

Sportsworld is joined by our trusted football panel, Jose Fonte, Anita Assante and Benni Mccarthy to discuss all the latest football stories from around the world. We'll have all the build up to the FA Cup semi-finals and reaction from the week's Premier League matches.

Plus we'll get the latest from day three of the second test match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford. And we'll have updates from the qualifying of the F1 Grand Prix in Hungary. Plus more motor sport as the Moto GP returns.

And Sportsworld will bring you a special documentary on Italia '90 - a World Cup which remains in the memory of football fans everywhere.

Photo credit: Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes car at the Hungarian Grand Prix practice day (Getty Images).


SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydydcd)
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SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b7tvkj4sj)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pq8p0mrms)
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SAT 18:32 Trending (w3cszvrz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 today]


SAT 18:50 James Naughtie’s Letter to America (w3ct0whl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:50 today]


SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydyj3j)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 19:06 World Questions (w3cszt5y)
Coronavirus and Africa

As Coronavirus figures rise sharply in Africa, World Questions hears from the public across the continent and tackles some of the big social and political questions raised by the pandemic: The terrible choice between hunger and infection, police imposing lockdowns with brutality and the unexpected positives to come out of the pandemic.
Presented by Toyosi Ogunseye in Lagos with panellists and questioners across Africa.

On the panel:
Dr Matshidiso Moeti: WHO Regional Director for Africa, based in Congo
Bright Simons: Social entrepreneur, President of mPedigree, Ghana
Sabina Chege MP: Health Select Committee Chair, Kenya
Ralph Mathekga: Political analyst and writer, South Africa

Producer: Charlie Taylor
Studio Manager: Emma Harth

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: Students wear face masks following resumption of classes in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Credit: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images)


SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydymvn)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3cszk31)
Film-maker Mira Nair

This week on the Arts Hour with Nikki Bedi: actor David Oyelowo tells us when his Nigerian father finally accepted him as an actor, American playwright Katori Hall discusses her TV series, P Valley, set in a strip club and actor Alfre Woodard talks about her role as a death row prison warden in the movie Clemency.

Eurovision! First it was an international song competition, now it’s a movie. We hear from the star Will Ferrell. Steve Carell heads the stellar cast of Netflix series Space Force and reveals who should really have played his part.

Joining Nikki to discuss this week’s cultural highlights are broadcaster and Eurovision superfan William Lee Adams and filmmaker Mira Nair, who talks about her long awaited and much anticipated TV series A Suitable Boy, which is based on the novel by Vikram Seth.

(Photo: Mira Nair. Credit: Michael Tran/WireImage)


SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydyrls)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172x2ys9gxmy7c)
US presidents pay tribute to civil rights icon John Lewis

US presidents are among those paying tribute to John Lewis after the congressman died of cancer aged 80. We hear from Martin Luther King's son about the man who fought alongside his father for civil rights.

Also on the programme: Tens of thousands are protesting on the streets in the far east of Russia - should President Putin be worried? And a psychologist has advice on how to smile, when you're wearing a face covering in this time of the virus.

(Photo: U.S. Rep. John Lewis speaks at a news conference in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2019. Credit: REUTERS/Leah Millis)


SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydywbx)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SAT 22:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3csz9pq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


SAT 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pq8p0n7m9)
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SAT 22:32 Global Questions (w3ct0wj3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:32 today]


SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172x5nwtydz031)
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SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172x7b7tvkjrj5)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SAT 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172x5pq8p0nccf)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 23:32 The Why Factor (w3csytzb)
Separating the art from the artist

Why can’t we judge art at face value? How does the identity, behaviour and cultural context of the artist play a part in how we approach their artwork? Edwina Pitman explores why we can’t seem to separate the art from the artist.

Guests:
John Myatt, artist
Paul Bloom, Professor of psychology and cognitive science at Yale University
Michelle Hartney, artist
Lionel Shriver, novelist
Ananya Mishra, PhD researcher in English, University of Cambridge
Svetlana Mintcheva, Director of Programs, National Coalition Against Censorship, New York
Bob Sturm, Associate Professor in Speech, Music and Hearing at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Presented and Produced by Edwina Pitman
Editor: Richard Knight

(Photo: Woman looking at the Pablo Picasso painting The Dream. Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)


SAT 23:50 More or Less (w3ct0pxk)
Covid misconceptions and US deaths

Tim Harford talks to statistician Ola Rosling about his research into misconceptions about Covid-19. And an update on the epidemic in the US.