SATURDAY 14 AUGUST 2021

SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz18zfx6)
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SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172xvqgts5wt6x)
Taliban advance in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, the Taliban have seized half of the country's provincial capitals, and with the capital Kabul now in its grasp, we hear from Zuhal, a student who fears that women's rights will be at stake if the Taliban return to power. Also in the programme, China's third busiest port, Ningbo-Zhoushan has been partially shut down, due to a worker being infected with coronavirus. Nick Sevidies is editor of the shipping magazine Loadstar, and tells us how it might impact the global shipping industry. And in Scotland, Edinburgh officials tackling antisocial behaviour and housing shortages have taken the first step towards a crackdown on Airbnbs and other short-term rentals. Plus, the BBC's Frey Lindsay reports on how tensions are rising, as the European Union and Turkey try to negotiate renewed funding for a migration deal made at the height of the migrant crisis in 2016, which limited the number of asylum seekers arriving on EU shores. We talk to football finance expert Kieran Maguire about the financial difficulties faced by football leagues since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. And TV critic Scott Bryan explains Amazon's decision to move the filming of the upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series from New Zealand to the UK.

Throughout the show, we will be joined by Peter Ryan ABC's Senior Business Correspondent in Sydney.

(Image: Makeshift camps have now sprung up in the capital Kabul. Credit: Getty Images.)


SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz18zknb)
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SAT 02:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct1mv6)
On the frontline in Afghanistan, as one city after another falls to the Taliban

Stories from Afghanistan, Greece, Cuba and Norway.

The speed at which the Taliban have overrun towns and cities in Afghanistan has shocked even the most pessimistic observers, with US officials warning that the government in Kabul may not hold out for long. Just before the Taliban attacked the provincial capital of Kandahar, Shelly Kittleson flew down to see troops and civilians prepare for the coming onslaught.

The fires ravaging Greece have been described by some as among the worst natural disasters visited upon the country. The Greek prime minister described them as an ‘ecological catastrophe’. But not all Greeks agree, arguing that the government failed adequately to prepare for them. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of land have been destroyed and more than 60,000 people have had to flee their homes. Our reporter, Bethany Bell has been to one Greek island which was particularly damaged.



They have not really seen much in the way of anti-government demonstrations in Cuba – not on the scale of those which took place recently, and not in so many cities and towns across the island. Yet conditions in Cuba are far from normal, with severe economic troubles aggravated by the Coronavirus outbreak. Our resident correspondent in Havana, Will Grant, has just returned to his post, and found things had changed in the brief time he had been away.

Norwegians are often proud of the stories from World War Two, when the country came under German occupation. There are tales of legendary figures carrying out heroic acts of resistance. Yet less is spoken about the fact that Norway had a homegrown Nazi leader during the occupation, Vidkun Quisling. Indeed, the writer and novelist, Ben Macpherson was surprised to find he could rent Quisling’s holiday home in the fjords, and suspects this might say something about Norway, and its attitude to the past.


SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkhdrwnxxq)
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SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3ct1lbt)
Olympic cricket and a congested calendar

Ian Watmore, ECB Chair and head of the International Cricket Council's Olympic working group, joins us to talk about the bid for the sport to be included at Los Angeles 2028 and the beginning of the Hundred.

Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell discuss the injuries affecting England's bowling options heading into the second Test against India

And we'll hear how the inaugural British Gorkhali League is promoting cricket amongst British Nepalese players.

Photo: The torch is lit at the Los Angeles Coliseum as the city was officially named as host of the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)


SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz18zpdg)
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SAT 03:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct20f9)
Russian mercenaries in Libya

We hear how BBC Russian and BBC Arabic collaborated in a joint investigation into the role of mercenaries from Russia's secretive Wagner Group in the conflict in Libya. Kateryna Khinkulova and Nader Ibrahim explain how they identified Russian fighters and uncovered evidence of suspected war crimes.

China's wandering elephants
A herd of elephants have finally returned to their nature reserve in southern China after leaving it 17 months ago to trek over 500 kilometres. It is still unclear why the elephants embarked on the journey. BBC Chinese editor Howard Zhang tells us about reactions to the wayward elephants.

Why are South Korean women reclaiming short hair?
When South Korean archer An San won three gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, many online comments focussed on her short hair, not her sporting success. An was labelled a feminist, a loaded term in South Korea. Julie Yoonnyung Lee of BBC Korean explains the background to the controversy.

Goodbye Lionel Messi
After 21 years, the great Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi has left Barcelona to start a new career with Paris Saint Germain, amid tears from himself and his fans. Among those mourning his departure is BBC Mundo’s Enric Botella, who’s from Barcelona.

Image: Russian mercenaries in Libya
Credit: Wagner telegram group


SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3ct1wyx)
Inside an East German jail

Vera Lengsfeld was a prominent human rights activist in East Germany who was arrested and jailed for taking part in a peaceful protest. She was sent to Hohenschönhausen, the main political prison of the former East German Communist Ministry of State Security, the Stasi. There she was kept in solitary confinement until shortly before the Berlin Wall came down. Vera Lengsfeld spoke to Lucy Williamson about her time in jail.

This programme is a rebroadcast.

Photo: A cell inside Hohenschönhausen Prison which has now been made into a museum. Credit: Flickr Commons.


SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz18zt4l)
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SAT 04:06 The Real Story (w3ct1hss)
Silencing dissidents

A year on from the disputed election in Belarus, the country’s president has denied claims his security services were involved in the death of dissident Vitaly Shishov, who was found hanged in neighbouring Ukraine last week. The death follows EU accusations that Minsk effectively “hijacked” a plane en route to Lithuania earlier this year, forcing it to land in Belarus where a journalist on board who was a critic of the president was arrested. Technology allows many dissidents to continue impacting events whether they live at home or abroad. But reports suggest spyware developed in Israel and sold to multiple governments may have been used to target rights activists, journalists and lawyers. The company behind the software denies any wrongdoing and says it’s intended for use against criminals and terrorists. But with surveillance systems proliferating and activists increasingly voicing fears over their safety, is the role that dissidents play under threat?

Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of expert guests. Producers: Paul Schuster and Zak Brophy.


SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz18zxwq)
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SAT 05:06 The Cultural Frontline (w3ct1psz)
Literature in lockdown: Meron Hadero and Emilia Clarke

On this week’s Cultural Frontline we consider the pleasure and the pain of literature in lockdown from the perspective of both writers and readers.

Meron Hadero, the first Ethiopian writer to win The Caine Prize for African Writing, tells presenter Datshiane Navanayagam how she found refuge on the page in the pandemic and why she is drawn to write about displacement.

The award-winning Australian novelist Tara June Winch reveals the impact of the coronavirus on her writing routine.

The British actor and Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke discovered the essays of the late British author Jenny Diski during lockdown. Emilia speaks to poet and academic Dr Ian Patterson, who was married to Jenny, to discuss the power of cultural escapism in isolation.

And, after revisiting her own early work during the pandemic, the renowned Russian author Ludmila Ulitskaya looks back on the radical reading that made her a writer in the Soviet Union.

Presenter: Datshiane Navanayagam
Producers: Kirsty McQuire, Olivia Skinner, Paul Waters

(Photo: Meron Hadero Credit: Meron Hadero)


SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkhdrwp953)
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SAT 05:32 Trending (w3ct1xzt)
Who is TikTok’s masked vigilante?

Think you’re safe being an anonymous TikTok troll or cyber bully? Think again.

The Great Londini could be your worst nightmare come true.

You might think you’re anonymous - but if you leave a threatening, racist or homophobic comment on someone’s video, Londini will find out who you are. If you’re a kid, he’ll contact your parents or your school. If you’re an adult, he'll really tell on you.

In just a few months, the mysterious online vigilante has gained a huge following for his efforts to clean up TikTok. Londini says he’s doing the job that the platform should be.

But does social media need moderation vigilantes - or are they a problem in themselves?

Presenter: Sophia Smith Galer

Editor: Ed Main
Photo: The Great Londini
Photo credit: BBC


SAT 05:50 More or Less (w3ct2dkc)
How good were the performances at the Tokyo Olympics?

A year later than planned, The Tokyo Olympics, have now finished. Thousands of athletes have competed in events that few thought might go ahead and there’s been record success.

This week we take a look at Olympic numbers – how many records were broken in Tokyo, what factors might have influenced the races and what else can the data tell us?

Tim Harford speaks to Dr Joel Mason, who runs the blog, Trackademic.

Producer: Olivia Noon
Editor: Richard Vadon


SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz1901mv)
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SAT 06:06 Weekend (w172xyt9tt0bfwy)
United States plans evacuation of Kabul

As Taliban forces close in on the Afghan capital, Kabul, the US prepares to airlift out its diplomatic staff and others.

US government scientists confirm that July was the world’s hottest month on record.

And a look at how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the cultural sector.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Jacquelin Magnay, the European correspondent of The Australian, and William Jordan, Middle East and North Africa expert and former US State Department official.

(Photo: Taliban militants gather around a provincial government office after taking control of Herat, Afghanistan. Credit: EPA/STRINGER)


SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz1905cz)
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SAT 07:06 Weekend (w172xyt9tt0bkn2)
United States plans evacuation of Kabul

As Taliban forces close in on the Afghan capital, Kabul, the US prepares to airlift out its diplomatic staff and others. Former US ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham gives us his reflections on the latest developments.

Also: Are Covid-19 booster vaccines necessary? As some countries start to roll out booster programmes, we get an expert opinion from Danny Altmann, Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London.

And a look at the benefits of talking to strangers with author Joe Keohane, author of ‘The Power of Strangers’.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Jacquelin Magnay, the European correspondent of The Australian, and William Jordan, Middle East and North Africa expert and former US State Department official.

(Photo: Taliban militants gather around a provincial government office after taking control of Herat, Afghanistan. Credit: EPA/STRINGER)


SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz190943)
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SAT 08:06 Weekend (w172xyt9tt0bpd6)
United States plans evacuation of Kabul

As Taliban forces close in on the Afghan capital, Kabul, the US prepares to airlift out its diplomatic staff and others. We talk to a journalist with family in Kandahar, one of the Afghan cities that has already fallen to the Islamists.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and other issues are Jacquelin Magnay, the European correspondent of The Australian, and William Jordan, Middle East and North Africa expert and former US State Department official.

(Photo: Taliban militants gather around a provincial government office after taking control of Herat, Afghanistan. Credit: EPA/STRINGER)


SAT 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkhdrwpndh)
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SAT 08:32 The Conversation (w3ct1p8v)
My baby triggered a terrifying breakdown

For many women having a newborn baby is one of the happiest times of their lives - but for a tiny proportion that new arrival begins a terrifying nightmare. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women who experienced extreme psychosis after the birth of their child.

When Catherine Cho’s first child was three months old she and her husband embarked on an extended trip to visit family and friends back home in the US. Their Korean relatives warned that they shouldn’t be travelling so far before the baby was 100 days old. Stressed and exhausted Catherine started seeing frightening things that weren’t there. That trip ended with her admission to an involuntary psychiatric ward, separated from her husband and child and not able to understand who she was or how she got there. She’s written a book about her journey back to reality called Inferno: A Memoir.

Lobeh Osagie-Asiah was born in Gambia and grew up in London. After a psychotic episode when she was a student, she was diagnosed as bipolar and knew she might be at risk of a recurrence in pregnancy or birth. But it wasn't until after her fourth child was born that she experienced postpartum psychosis: she became convinced she was on a mission and that people were trying to kill her to take her baby. She says the getting through the experience has made relationships with her husband, family and friends, so much stronger.

If you are feeling emotionally distressed, or worried about a friend or relative there are links to support organisations on the programme website.

Produced by Jane Thurlow

IMAGE DETAILS
L: Lobeh Osagie-Asiah [courtesy Lobeh Osagie-Asiah]
R: Catherine Cho [credit Alastair Levy]


SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz190dw7)
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SAT 09:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct2d62)
Afghanistan

The Taliban is advancing towards Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, as foreign forces prepare to fully withdraw from the country. Thousands of people are being displaced and many more are fearful about what lies ahead.

Reporting the news in the country can result in death threats and loss of life, and host Nuala McGovern hears from Afghan journalists who are determined to continue working despite the dangers, including losing colleagues.

Two women also share their fears for the future, concerned that their rights will go back two decades to a time, when women were not allowed to work or leave the house without an escort. “Every night I have personally nightmares,” one said. “Nightmares of the Taliban coming or killing you and the next morning, when you get up, you feel like you’re so exhausted.”

(Photo: People stranded at the Pakistani-Afghan border wait to cross the border after it was reopened at Chaman, Pakistan, 13 August 2021. Credit: AKHTER GULFAM/EPA)


SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkhdrwps4m)
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SAT 09:32 World Of Wisdom (w3ct2hdh)
Self-help for the spirit

Life presents many personal challenges. Three spiritual advisors – Sister Dang Nghiem, Dr Shefali Tsabary and Eckhart Tolle offer guidance to members of the public from across the world on coping with anxiety, the pressures of parenting and how to learn life-lessons from the pandemic.


SAT 09:50 Over to You (w3ct1l1s)
Striking the right note for the Proms

The Proms are back, but what are the challenges of broadcasting classical music globally? We hear from the Proms producer. Plus, listeners give us their thoughts on series two of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter, a show that bills itself as “amazing things humans have learnt from the animal kingdom”.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon


SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz190jmc)
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SAT 10:06 Sportshour (w172y0q2x2ggyn0)
Life after the Olympic flame goes out

Swimmer Markus Rogan was a double Olympic silver medallist in 2004 in Athens and a world record holder, before it all fell apart. He learnt the hard way about what can happen when the Olympic flame is extinguished. For some like him, when their sporting careers end a new unexpected challenge arises. Markus tells us about his struggle for a new identity and purpose away from the sporting arena, and his advice to other athletes facing that same challenge

Kaleigh Gilchrist was badly injured in an accident when the balcony she was standing on collapsed. That almost cost her her place at the Games, and much more. Thankfully she made a full recovery and with the additional year delay to the Olympics, she was ready to take her part in what would eventually turn out to be a gold medal for her and the rest of the USA Women's water polo team. Her second Olympic gold

Plus we preview the new Premier League season

Photo: Markus Rogan in action in 2006 (Credit: Friedemann Vogel/Bongarts/Getty Images)


SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz190nch)
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SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxllqf38br)
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SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkhdrwq0mw)
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SAT 11:32 WorklifeIndia (w3ct2f3j)
India-Pakistan love stories

Ever since partition in 1947, India and Pakistan have been locked in conflict. Often, the two nations are in the news for increasing hostilities along the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir. The two countries have a shared history and similar cultures, but despite many attempts at resolving their disputes, lasting peace and good neighbourly relations have eluded them.

As both countries prepare to mark their 75th year of independence, we hear from those who dared to love and marry across the borders. What has life been like for them? What is it that they yearn for the most? Would love beyond borders conquer collective prejudices?

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we bring you love stories from India and Pakistan that are filled with hope, even in the face of grave challenges.

Presenter: Devina Gupta

Contributors: Sarita Singh Sodha, ex-royal, Ghanerao; Zoya Fatima Rizvi and Mir Irfan Hussain Najafi, India-Pak couple; Shazman Mansoor and Mansoor Ali, India-Pak couple


SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz190s3m)
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SAT 12:06 World Questions (w3ct1wfj)
World Questions: Disability

More than a billion people are disabled - that’s 15 percent of the world’s population. With a panel of leading disabled academics, campaigners and politicians, World Questions examines the challenges and opportunities facing disabled people across the globe right now.

Presenter: Scout Bassett, US Paralympic athlete

Panel:
Ambassador Catalina Devandas: Costa Rican ambassador to the United Nations (Geneva)
Yetnebersh Nigussie: Ethiopian disability rights campaigner (Kenya)
Baroness (Tanni) Grey-Thompson: Former Paralympic athlete (UK)
Judy Heumann: Campaigner and former advisor to President Obama (USA)

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

(Image: Disability rights protesters at a rally outside a New York courthouse, Credit: Erik McGregor/Getty Images)


SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz190wvr)
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SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172xv57jgjhw5c)
Taliban advance on Kabul

The Taliban offensive is getting closer to Kabul, displacing hundreds and thousands of people as it sweeps across Afghanistan. What can other countries do to help avoid more suffering?

Also in the programme: Russia expels the BBC's Moscow Correspondent Sarah Rainsford as part of its media clampdown; and as global records show July was the hottest month ever recorded, we hear from US firefighters and from Sicily, where agriculture and tourism are threatened by the heat.

(Image: Taliban fighters in Herat, Afghanistan's third largest city, in the northwest of the country / Credit: AFP via Getty Images)


SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz1910lw)
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SAT 14:06 Sportsworld (w172y0tcnzw7nbp)
Live Sporting Action

Live Sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis including the English Premier League.

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SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz191hld)
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SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxllqf43kn)
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SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkhdrwqvvs)
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SAT 18:32 Trending (w3ct1xzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 today]


SAT 18:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct1l8k)
Kenya's Paralympic Record-Breaker

In 1995, promising Kenyan runner Henry Wanyoike suffered a stroke and lost his sight. After initially feeling depressed, Henry learnt how to run tethered to a guide and went on to a set a series of long-distance running records for the blind. Henry Wanyoike talks to Alex Last.

(Photo: Henry Wanyoike, right, with his guide on a run in 2013. Credit: Getty Images)


SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz191mbj)
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SAT 19:06 BBC Proms on the World Service (w3ct2gdd)
Pergolesi's Stabat Mater

Broadcast programme:
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater

Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Tim Mead (counter-tenor)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

The BBC Proms are back in the Royal Albert Hall in London with a six-week season of concerts featuring leading British orchestras as well as international soloists and conductors.

The works of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi became so popular in the later 18th century that music publishers sometimes printed compositions by other people under Pergolesi's name to increase sales. Sadly, the composer didn't live to enjoy his Europe-wide popularity, having succumbed to illness at the age of just 26. His Stabat Mater, composed towards the end of his life but only published a dozen years later, became widely praised – and imitated - for the strikingly beautiful yet harmonically daring lines that the two vocal soloists sing. Over the centuries, many composers have set the medieval Latin text about the suffering of the Virgin Mary but Pergolesi's 1736 version remains the benchmark to this day.

Presenter Andrew McGregor is joined by professor Suzanne Aspden from Oxford University.

[Photo: Soprano Carolyn Sampson performs Pergolesi with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. Credit: Chris Christodoulou/BBC]


SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz191r2n)
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SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct1rt9)
Musician Jon Batiste

On The Arts Hour this week, Nikki Bedi is joined by composer Shiva Feshareki and broadcaster and musician Jess Gillam, to discuss the cultural highlights of the week.

The pianist, activist and Oscar winner Jon Batiste talks about his new album ‘We Are’ and tells us why he wants to make social music.

Australian actor Hugh Jackman takes us behind the scenes of his new film Reminiscence and reveals the iconic role he (maybe) could have played.

Syrian instrumentalist Maya Youssef shares her personal perspective on the healing power of music.

The American writer Jean Hanff Korelitz discusses her new book ‘The Plot’.

Shiva Feshareki and Jess Gillam talk about their careers in music and look forward to one of the world’s biggest classical music festivals, the BBC Proms.

British Jazz star Nubya Garcia explains how her Caribbean roots shape her.

Plus the Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett reveals how her dreams inspire her writing.

(Photo: Jon Batiste. Credit: Bennett Raglin/Stringer)


SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz191vts)
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SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172xv57jgjjv4d)
Afghan conflict: Taliban take Mazar-e-Sharif

Taliban fighters have captured Mazar-e-Sharif, the last major city in northern Afghanistan which was still under government control. The Taliban are now in control of more than half of the provincial capitals in the country. The only major cities to remain under government control are Kabul and Jalalabad.

Also in the programme: We hear from Haiti where more than two-hundred people have been killed in a strong earthquake, and the annual Edinburgh arts festival returns a year after it was cancelled due to the global pandemic.

(Photo: More than a quarter of a million people have been displaced in Afghanistan. Credit: Getty Images)


SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz191zkx)
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SAT 22:06 Music Life (w3ct1hc7)
School first, music second with Vagabon and Vieux Farka Touré

Vagabon, Vieux Farka Touré, Mary Lattimore and Mereba discuss the impact family can have on musical journeys, the perks and perils of collaborating with other musicians, and how cultural origins can mean that a musical life is looked down upon.

This week’s host is Laetitia Tamko, better known as Vagabon. Born in Cameroon and growing up in New York City, Vagabon’s music fuses pop, indie and punk. Her debut album Infinite Worlds was released in 2017, taking influence from a huge span of genres, everything from post-punk to dream pop. She performs in both English and French, and recently released a track with Courtney Barnett.

She’s joined by Ethiopian-American singer, songwriter and producer Mereba. She released her debut record The Jungle is the Only Way Out in 2019, and has since collaborated with 6lack, J.I.D and other breakout artists from America’s exciting hip-hop and R&B scenes. Vieux Farka Touré is the son of legendary Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré, and has carved out his own legacy as a musician, taking influence from West African rhythms, blues, and rock. Finally, Mary Lattimore is a harpist from Los Angeles who has played alongside Thurston Moore, Jarvis Cocker, and Kurt Vile. Her music takes simple components, often just a harp and loop pedal, and creates vast, experimental soundscapes.


SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172xzjnz1923b1)
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SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172xyws4ztgdw0)
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SAT 23:20 Sports News (w172y0sk788lghn)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


SAT 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkhdrwrglf)
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SAT 23:32 The Documentary (w3ct2hdt)
Hiroshima successors

When photographer Haruka Sakaguchi set out to Hiroshima document atomic bomb survivors' stories, she discovered they were far more difficult to find than she expected. Stigmatisation and survivor’s guilt discourage many from disclosing their past, and with dwindling survivors left to tell their story, memories of the atomic bomb are fading.

But a new generation has developed an unusual method of keeping those memories alive. Denshosha are the designated guardians of survivors’ memories. They act as storytellers, working with survivors to record their story and pass it down to future generations, embodying the survivor in a deeply personal way, so they do not permanently disappear.

To understand the importance of remembering, Haruka speaks with Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow and Nagasaki survivor Yasuaki Yamashita, hearing what happened that day and how it stayed with them, along with Keiko Okinishi, a denshosha who now passes on her mother’s story - despite it being a secret for much of her life.

(Photo: Setsuko Thurlow, of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and survivor of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima, poses with medal of Nobel Prize. Credit: David Benito/Getty Images)