SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2023

SAT 00:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl66hw)
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SAT 00:06 The Real Story (w3ct4q78)
How a flood exposed Libya’s broken state

Earlier this month two dams collapsed after torrential rain in eastern Libya. Whole neighbourhoods in the city of Derna were swept into the sea.
More than 15,000 Libyans are dead or missing and the full death toll may never been known.
Since the ousting of long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been riven by power struggles and currently has two governments - a UN-recognised one based in Tripoli, and another in the country's east backed by General Khalifa Haftar.
He has been calling the flooding a natural disaster but many Libyans disagree, saying the eastern government had neglected the dams despite prior warnings about their fragile condition.
There have been protests in Derna against the leadership in the region but anger is also being expressed across the country. The anguish and anger across Libya have now developed into demands for an investigation. But who will conduct this investigation?
Libya is rich in oil wealth but the country's infrastructure is crumbling and the elites are increasingly accused of rampant corruption.
Could this be a reset moment for Libya?

Shaun Ley is joined by:
Mary Fitzgerald - A writer and researcher focused on Libya and non-resident scholar for the Middle East Institute think tank.
Tarek Megerisi - Senior policy fellow with the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Elham Saudi - Co-founder and Director of Lawyers for Justice in Libya, an NGO focusing on accountability, human rights and the rule of law in Libya.

Also in the programme:
Othman Abdul Jalil - Minister for health for the Eastern Libyan government.
Noura El-Jerbi - A Libyan journalist from Derna but now living in Turkey.


Produced by Ellen Otzen and Zak Brophy

Image: A view from the area as search and rescue efforts continuing in disaster zones after the floods in Derna. Credit: Hamza Al Ahmar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.


SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl6b80)
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SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172yzrrkn7hvnb)
NYC floods: State of Emergency declared

A state of emergency has been declared in New York City as strong storms cause flash flooding which have affected the subway, streets and highways and closed at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport closed on Friday.

The US is edging closer to a government shutdown after Republicans rejected a last-minute funding deal in the House of Representatives.

The latest on the UAW strikes in America with 7000 more workers at Ford and General Motors now set to join the industrial action.

And Rahul Tandon speaks to the mixologist who’s just been voted the world’s best bartender.
IMAGE CREDIT: Michael M.Santiago/Getty Images


SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl6g04)
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SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tjvlkrrnb)
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SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj25wt8j)
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SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3ct4tkx)
India’s first gold medal and Pakistan’s trailblazing captain Nida Dar

Pakistan’s Nida Dar discusses her incredible year. The 36-year-old has become captain of the Pakistan Women's team, made her 100th ODI appearance for her country and broke into the top ten of the ICC All Rounder rankings. She tells Stumped about her journey to the national team and how vital next year’s launch of a Women’s Pakistan Super League will be for the growth of the sport in Pakistan.

Plus Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell react to India winning their first cricket gold medal at the Asian Games. It’s been described by Jemimah Rodrigues as one of the biggest achievements for the women’s team after they beat Sri Lanka by 19 runs in China.

Also with the Cricket World Cup only a week away and the biggest names in the sport descending on India, they discuss which players will shine and who has a point to prove.

IMAGE: Nida Dar from Pakistan reacts to bowling Maddy Green from New Zealand as Suzie Bates from New Zealand looks on during the 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup match between New Zealand and Pakistan at Hagley Oval on March 26, 2022 in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Credit: Peter Meecham/Getty Images)


SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl6kr8)
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SAT 03:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct4v0j)
Venezuela's extraordinary prison raid

Last week Venezuela sent 11,000 troops into the notorious Tocorón jail to retake control. For years it's been run by inmates, and was headquarters to the international crime organisation, the Aragua Train, although its leader, Héctor Guerrero, escaped. BBC Mundo's Valentina Oropeza shares insights into the story and the prison, which boasted a pool, nightclub and even a mini-zoo.

Esports at the Asian games
The 19th Asian Games kicked off in the Chinese city of Hangzhou last Saturday. Esports made its debut as a medal winning event, and the high price tickets in the space-age stadium rapidly sold out. BBC Chinese Zhijie Shao sheds light on esports, and some of the regional geopolitics also on display.

Lebanon's celebration gun deaths
An average of eight people a year are killed in Lebanon by stray bullets from celebratory gunfire, and despite widespread calls to end this deadly ritual, many seem unwilling to leave their guns behind for big events. Carine Torbey of BBC Arabic has been looking into the causes and social significance of this problem.

Syrian single mums in Turkey
Turkey has the world’s largest refugee population with an estimated 3.3 million Syrians living there. Attitudes to them have shifted, and many now face outright hostility from Turks wanting them gone. BBC Turkish journalist Fundanur Öztürk recently reported on the sexual harassment facing Syrian single mothers in this hostile environment.

Gurkhas in the Indian Army
For decades, Nepal has allowed its Gurkha soldiers to join the Indian army under a special agreement. The tradition has been passed down through the generations, but since India unilaterally changed its contracts to a short four-year term the Nepali government has paused recruitment, as the BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan explains.

(Photo: An armored vehicle drives near the Tocorón prison, Aragua State, Venezuela. Credit: Yuri Cortez/AFP)


SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3ct4x7x)
The first cat cafe

The world's first cat cafe opened in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998.

It started with just five street cats.

For the first few months they hardly had any visitors. Then a film crew made a TV programme about the cafe, and it eventually became a global tourist destination.

Cat cafes have become a worldwide phenomenon.

Tracy Chang, founder and owner, tells her story to Gill Kearsley.

(Photo: Inside the first cat cafe. Credit: Tracy Chang)


SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl6phd)
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SAT 04:06 The Real Story (w3ct4q78)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:06 today]


SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl6t7j)
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SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tjvlks3wq)
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SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj25x5hx)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 05:32 The Comb (w3ct5j05)
Kim Chakanetsa combs the continent for the African stories that matter.


SAT 05:50 More or Less (w3ct5b6y)
Is the UK really ahead in cutting carbon emissions?

The UK Prime Minister has announced several changes to key policies designed to help Britain reach net zero by 2050. In a major speech justifying what many see as a watering down of commitments, Rishi Sunak championed Britain’s achievements to date in cutting emissions. But where does the UK actually stand compared to other countries? Tim Harford talks to Hannah Ritchie from Our World in Data and author of “Not the End of the World”.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Nathan Gower, Jon Bithrey
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Engineer: James Beard

(Photo: Smoke rising out of chimneys at Ratcliffe on Soar power station
Credit: David Jones / PA)


SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl6xzn)
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SAT 06:06 Weekend (w172z37fnxb9578)
Thousands flee Nagorno-Karabakh into Armenia

Ninety thousand ethnic Armenians have fled the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh since it was re-taken by Azerbaijan last week after a lightning military campaign. The United Nations says it's sending a mission to the territory this weekend to assess the humanitarian situation, after Azerbaijan said it would allow such a visit to take place.

Also in the programme: two deadly suicide bombs have killed dozens of people and injured many more attending Friday prayers in Pakistan; and a man has been arrested over the killing of the US rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996.

Joining Krupa Padhy to discuss this and more is Emma Graham-Harrison, senior international affairs correspondent at the UK’s Guardian newspaper, and Elizia Volkmann, freelance journalist, based in Tunisia.

(Picture: Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh cross the border with Azerbaijan by car, carrying their belongings with them, near the village of Kornidzor in Armenia. Credit: Anatoly Maltsev/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)


SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl71qs)
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SAT 07:06 Weekend (w172z37fnxb98zd)
US urges Serbia to withdraw troops from Kosovo border

Washington has called on Serbia to withdraw its forces from close to the border with Kosovo. The US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said a large and unprecedented Serbian military deployment near the frontier was a very destabilising development.

Also in the programme: the jailed leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party has said he’s going on hunger strike until restrictions on him and other prisoners are lifted; we meet the Russian singer-songwriter who now lives in London in exile.

Joining Krupa Padhy to discuss this and more is Emma Graham-Harrison, senior international affairs correspondent at the UK’s Guardian newspaper, and Elizia Volkmann, freelance journalist, based in Tunisia.

(File photo: a Kosovo police officer looks on, in the aftermath of a shooting incident in Kosovo. Credit: REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski)


SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl75gx)
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SAT 08:06 Weekend (w172z37fnxb9dqj)
White House warns of escalation between Kosovo and Serbia

Washington has called on Serbia to withdraw its forces from close to the border with Kosovo. The US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said a large and unprecedented Serbian military deployment near the frontier was a very destabilising development. We will speak to the US ambassador to Kosovo.

Also in the programme: the United Nations says it's sending a mission to Nagorno-Karabakh this weekend to assess the humanitarian situation there; and we meet one of the first openly queer, transgender K-pop acts.

Joining Krupa Padhy to discuss this and more are Emma Graham-Harrison, senior international affairs correspondent at the UK’s Guardian newspaper, and Elizia Volkmann, freelance journalist, based in Tunisia.

(File photo: an armed Kosovo Police officer greets a young boy while patrolling the village of Banjska in Kosovo. Credit: GEORGI LICOVSKI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)


SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl7971)
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SAT 09:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct5b2c)
War and fatigue in Ukraine

Winter is approaching once again in the war and, for all the combat in the summer, the situation remains largely unchanged for both Ukrainian and Russian forces. There is talk that the conflict could go on for many years.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is still firmly focused on victory for Ukraine but he admits that the mood among some of his international backers appears to be changing. But on the battlefields, what are the attitudes of Ukrainians?

Host Lukwesa Burak speaks to two Ukrainian soldiers, Yuriy, who was a journalist before the war broke out, and Olena, a sniper in the army who first joined as a volunteer in 2014.

We hear from families, including Olha, whose husband, father and brother are all fighting. “It’s constant fearing, constant uncertainty,” she tells us. “I never let my phone out of my hands, I always have it to check they are okay.”

We also bring together three journalists who are covering the conflict: Ukraine correspondent for the UK’s Financial Times, Christopher Miller, freelance journalist and documentary maker, Jessica Daly and Andriy Kulykov, a Ukrainian radio journalist for more than 40 years. They share with host of the BBC’s Ukrainecast, Vitaliy Shevchenko, that they are tired of reporting on the loss of life. But they say it motivates them to keep recording what they believe is the story of this century.

BBC OS Conversations is a Boffin Media production in partnership with the OS team.

(Photo: Olha and her husband Yevhen in Ukraine. Credit: Annika Udovenko)


SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj25xnhf)
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SAT 09:32 Pick of the World (w3ct5b96)
Bees should not be able to fly... but they do

What do you know about the Bee Paradox? We break down the science. Plus, your dodgy tattoo regrets.


SAT 09:50 Over to You (w3ct4rpv)
The challenges of telling a personal tragedy

My Indian Life is a podcast that celebrates being young in India today and features a Bollywood star as its presenter. But a recent edition was different: it was about a pioneering female mountain climber who died tragically before the programme could be broadcast. We hear your feedback and the show’s producer talks about striking the right editorial tone.

Plus, a listener says she misses not being able to bookmark programmes in BBC Sounds after first hearing a trailer.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
A Whistledown production for BBC World Service


SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl7dz5)
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SAT 10:06 Sportshour (w3ct4s9m)
Rylee Foster is 'braver' following a near-fatal car accident

Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster discusses signing for Wellington Phoenix two years after a near-fatal car accident left her with seven fractured bones in her neck. Doctors feared she would never play football again and for a time she had to wear a “halo” device. Foster believes she’s a braver person for all she has been through and tells us about her recovery and the significance of her 10:16 tattoo.

Brazilian weightlifter Monique Araujo tells us how competing for a refugee team at the recent IWF World Championships has helped save her life. She fled her home country after being targeted due to her sexual orientation.

Plus, Jo Butterfield describes how she’s continuing to train for the 2026 Winter Paralympics, while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. The wheelchair curler – who won Gold in the Club throw at the 2016 Summer Games - is aiming to become the first athlete from Great Britain to win Gold in a Summer and Winter Paralympics.

Photo: Rylee Foster celebrates after the Barclays FA Women's Championship match between Liverpool and Sheffield United at Prenton Park. (Credit: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)


SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl7jq9)
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SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tjvlksvch)
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SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj25xwzp)
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SAT 11:32 Unspun World with John Simpson (w3ct5hn0)
Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?

Now Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, can anyone in Russia challenge President Putin’s power? BBC Russian news editor Famil Ismailov gives us his vision of the future for Ukraine.

Machismo in Mexico is alive and kicking, but it looks like the country’s heading for its first female president. South America correspondent Katy Watson analyses what this might mean for women’s rights and society as a whole. Plus, after more than a decade in South Africa, BBC correspondent Andrew Harding reflects on the highs and lows and his hopes for the nation’s future.

Produced by Pandita Lorenz and Ben Watt

Photo: Russia's President Vladimir Putin waves as he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (not pictured) in Russia, September 13, 2023
Credit: North Korea's Korean Central News Agency via REUTERS


SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl7ngf)
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SAT 12:06 The Documentary (w3ct60st)
October 1973: The war that changed everything

It is a war with many names - The Yom Kippur War, the Ramadan War, the October War. What is clear 50 years after it was fought is that it was a conflict that really did change the world. Michael Goldfarb tells the story of the war that began on the 6 October 1973 and ended less than three weeks later - yet somehow the Israeli and Arab states combatants, as well as the rest of the world, still live with the aftermath today.

The consequences of the war were immediate. Arab oil producers for the first time united and raised the price of oil precipitously. The resulting inflation in the developed world would end the post World War Two economic boom virtually overnight. In the Anglosphere this inflation would ebb and flow for the rest of the decade and only come to an end with the election of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan who broke its back by neutering unions with their "cost of living plus" contracts.

In Israel, within months, five of the right-wing nationalist political parties united into a new political party called Likud, which means consolidation. In 1977, the Likud would be elected to government. It has been in power, either alone or in coalition, for most of the half century since the war and its expansionist ideology-building settlements in "Samaria", the West Bank Palestinian land captured in 1967-would come to redefine Israel.

In Egypt, Anwar Sadat, negotiated the return of the Sinai that more than 5000 Egyptians died trying to recapture. His signature on the Camp David Accords was his death sentence. He was assassinated three years later. Among those imprisoned and tortured for their role in the assassination plot was Ayman al-Zawihiri, who would found al-Qaeda and recruit Osama bin-Laden to the cause.

(Photo: Israeli soldiers plug their ears as they fire shells in October 1973 at the Syrian front lines on the Syrian Golan Heights, two weeks after the beginning of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. Credit: Gabriel Duval/AFP)


SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl7s6k)
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SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172z09mlns4ffz)
100,000 Armenians flee Nagorno Karabakh

More than 100,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia from Nagorno Karabakh since Azerbaijan took control of the territory.

Also in the programme: Slovakia votes in election that may see it end its support for Ukraine; and people born using a sperm or egg donor in the UK, who turn 18 after tomorrow, will be able to find out the identity of the donor because of a change in the law which ends former donor's anonymity.

(Photo: Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh region ride in a car transporting chickens upon their arrival in the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia on 27 September 2023. Credit: Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze)


SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl7wyp)
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SAT 14:06 Sportsworld (w172z1ky9sn86xx)
Live Sporting Action

On Sportsworld Saturday, we'll have eight Premier League games to discuss, including live match commentary of Manchester United versus Crystal Palace at Old Trafford from 1400 GMT.

The former Arsenal, Chelsea, Aston Villa and England defender Anita Asante and the former Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham and Republic of Ireland defender Stephen Kelly will be back on Lee James’ Sportsworld team.

Plus, we’ll also have the latest from the day’s action at golf’s Ryder Cup in Italy and the Rugby World Cup in France.

Photo: Sofyan Amrabat, Casemiro of Manchester United and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi of Crystal Palace during the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (Credit: MB Media/Getty Images)


SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl8cy6)
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SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tjvlktpld)
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SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj25yr6l)
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SAT 18:32 The Comb (w3ct5j05)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 today]


SAT 18:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct4sjd)
Cara Honeychurch's tenpin strike

Australian tenpin bowler Cara Honeychurch on her incredible streak of becoming World Champion and Bowler of the Year in 1996, then winning three golds at the Commonwealth Games in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur.

She speaks to Ashley Byrne in this Made in Manchester production for BBC World Service.

(Photo: Cara Honeychurch bowling in Melbourne, Australia in 2003. Credit: Jeff Crowe / Sport the Library)


SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl8hpb)
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SAT 19:06 The Evidence (w3ct5l4j)
The Evidence

Is the world becoming more allergic?

In this episode of The Evidence on the BBC World Service, Claudia Hammond will be looking at allergies, which are becoming increasingly common in high income countries, and in towns and cities. Not only can they make life difficult and miserable, but some allergies can be dangerous and even life-threatening for some.

Recorded with a live audience and made in collaboration with Wellcome Collection in London, Claudia Hammond and a panel of medical experts examine different types of allergies - from asthma to newly discovered allergies such as alpha-gal syndrome – and unpick the widely accepted view that allergies are still on the rise globally.

Claudia will be asking what allergies are and what is the purpose of them? What can we do to try and prevent them? And what are the best ways of accurately and safely diagnosing them? The Evidence will also be looking at the latest cutting-edge research, which suggests that some possible cures are on the horizon.

On stage with Claudia are Dr Paul Turner, Consultant Paediatric allergist at St. Mary’s Hospital in London; Carsten Flohr, who is Professor of Dermatology at St. John’s Institute of Dermatology at King’s College London; Professor Sejal Saglani, Director of the Centre for Paediatrics & Child Health at Imperial College, London and Professor Alexandra Santos, Professor of Paediatric Allergy at King’s College London.

Producer: Helena Selby
Sound engineers: Alan Zani and Chris Banner
Production Co-ordinators: Siobhan Maguire & Liz Tuohy

Photo credit: Viktor Cvetkovic


SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl8mfg)
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SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct4vll)
Beninese-French singer songwriter Angélique Kidjo

Nikki Bedi is joined by critic Katie Puckrik and French author and film maker David Foenkinos to discuss the cultural highlights of the week.

Beninese-French singer songwriter Angélique Kidjo talks about collaborating with someone from a totally different genre of music - the American minimalist composer Philip Glass.

US comedian Ziwe, known for her satirical commentary on politics and race, discusses the awkwardness of interviews.

Filmmaker Gregg Araki, director of The Living End and The Doom Generation, reflects on his indie movies about lovers on the run.

Award-winning British author Zadie Smith on changing her mind and finally writing a historical novel after saying she would not.

French novelist, playwright and filmmaker David Foenkinos tells Nikki about his latest book, translated into English with the title Second Best. It follows the life of a fictional boy who just missed out on being chosen to play Harry Potter in the series of movies based on JK Rowling's Hogwarts books.

And New Zealand writer and comedian Rose Matafeo talks about where to go next after the end of her successful series, Starstruck.

Plus music from one of the most influential Mexican bands of all time, La Sonora Santanera.

Presenter: Nikki Bedi
Producer: Paul Waters

(Photo: Angelique Kidjo Performs At Stern Grove Festival. Credit: Steve Jennings/Getty Images)


SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl8r5l)
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SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172z09mlns5df0)
US government shutdown temporarily avoided

The US House of Representatives has approved a temporary funding bill aimed at avoiding a government shutdown due to start at midnight. The deal includes disaster funds, but no US aid for Ukraine. A Republican congressman tells us why he would vote against the deal.

Also in the programme: In Greece, people are counting the cost of the devastating floods that hit the centre of the country after Storm Daniel in early September; and as a suspect is arrested after the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, we hear why it's taken so long.

(Picture: A view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Picture credit: Ken Cedeno/Reuters)


SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl8vxq)
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SAT 22:06 Music Life (w3ct4mgc)
Let the pressure make a diamond with Xefer, Apashe, Kovacs and Raja Kumari

Xefer, Apashe, Kovacs and Raja Kumari discuss singing in English or their native languages, overcoming obstacles due to where you live, and how to evolve as an artist through songwriting.

Xefer was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and her journey in music started on YouTube where she would upload covers of herself performing songs in English of the likes of Bruno Mars, Jessie J and Paramore. She released her first single, Judge, in 2016, followed by her debut album, Uncaged, in 2017. Since then her style has changed and evolved, writing hit singles in Bengali such as Nei Proyojon, Jhumka and Harbo Na.

Apashe is a Belgian electronic music producer who is known for his bass-heavy anthems and expert sampling skills. His cinematic sound blends electronic music with elements of orchestral and classical music and has soundtracked the trailers for blockbuster films including John Wick: Chapter 2 and Fast & Furious: Hobbes and Shaw. He’s also currently touring the world with a live brass orchestra.

Kovacs is a singer from the Netherlands who spent her early years performing at open mic nights and wowing audiences with her powerful yet vulnerable sound. Her debut single, My Love, became a number one hit across Europe in 2013 and this year she released her album Child of Sin.

Indian-American rapper and singer Raja Kumari originally trained as an Indian classical dancer before discovering hip-hop through the Fugees’ album The Score. She’s since become a star in both the US and India, collaborating with everyone from Gwen Stefani to Sidhu Moose Wala, headlining huge festivals and founding her own label, Godmother Records.


SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl8znv)
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SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172z2sqdvz4zwr)
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SAT 23:20 Sports News (w172z1k3w21m12w)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


SAT 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj25zby7)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SAT 23:32 Tech Life (w3ct4tqf)
Be My AI: When innovation and privacy clash

An AI-powered tool helped blind people make sense of the world - then ran into privacy concerns. Be My AI user, the BBC's Sean Dilley, in Washington DC, tells us what happened next.

A rare interview with the boss of Spotfiy, Daniel Ek, who tells us there is a place for AI in music making.

Plus, reporter Marc Cieslak tells us about second thumbs and brain hacking, as he explores the mind boggling world of neural interface technology.

(Photo: A blind man using a mobile phone. Credit: Agrobacter/Getty Images)

SUNDAY 01 OCTOBER 2023

SUN 00:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl93dz)
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SUN 00:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct5b2c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:06 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj25zgpc)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


SUN 00:32 The Comb (w3ct5j05)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 on Saturday]


SUN 00:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct4sjd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:50 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl9753)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


SUN 01:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct4wk1)
How inflation affects the entire cosmos

This week on the show that brings you the science behind the news, there are lots of stories about inflation in economies across the world. When inflation happens your money doesn’t go as far, so what does psychology say about how much money you really need to make you happy?

We humans aren’t the only ones experiencing inflation either, trees are suffering from it too. We find out what happens when the balance of supply and demand of nutrients between trees and fungi is disrupted by climate change.

And then we take a look at the bigger picture - the much bigger picture - as cosmologist Ghazal Geshnizjani tells us about how the entire universe once existed in a space smaller than a marble.

Plus, are Romanian bear populations inflating? We probe a scientist about spider webs – why do they look the way they do? And we look at vaping – it’s illegal in some countries while smokers in other countries are encouraged to take it up.

All that plus your emails, WhatsApps and some unexpected elephants.

Presenter: Caroline Steel, with Godfred Boafo and Andrada Fiscutean.

Produced by Ben Motley, with Alex Mansfield, Sophie Ormiston and Margaret Sessa Hawkins.


SUN 02:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl9bx7)
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SUN 02:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tjvlkvnkf)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj25zq5m)
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SUN 02:32 Health Check (w3ct4pdj)
The deadly practice of gum lancing

Gum lancing is a tradition practiced on babies in some parts of the world. It’s done with good intentions, and involves extracting the teeth of infants with symptoms such as a fever or diarrhoea in the belief it will cure them.

It can be fatal though, with tooth buds sometimes being removed using unsafe, unsterile instruments such as nails, and without anaesthesia.

We hear from a family in Kenya who lost children that underwent the procedure, a dentist raising awareness of its dangers in the country, and Claudia Hammond speaks to dental public health expert Dr Kristina Wanyonyi-Kay to find out more about the practice.

Claudia is also joined by BBC health reporter Smitha Mundasad to discuss new research on the Covid drug molnupiravir, suggesting it could be leading to new mutations of the virus passing between people.

We also hear from a listener who wants to know if eye exercises can stop our sight deteriorating as we get older, and from an ophthalmologist with the answer.

And how scientists have discovered specific wiring in the brains of mice that leads them to begin nesting when they’re getting ready to sleep. Claudia and Smitha look at what this could tell us about our own bedtime preparations.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Dan Welsh
Content editor: Erika Wright
Additional production: Dr Kristina Wanyonyi-Kay


SUN 03:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl9gnc)
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SUN 03:06 The Documentary (w3ct60st)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl9ldh)
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SUN 04:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct4ntg)
Ukraine: The view from the Donbass

The fate of the Donbass - Ukraine's eastern industrial belt, where a majority of people are Russian speakers - is at the heart of the current war. It's not easy for outsiders, especially from the Western press, to gauge public opinion in the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. So Nick Sturdee spoke to some of the people he's met there over the year to hear what they have been through since 2014.

Niger's capital, Niamey, has seen daily, noisy demonstrations of support for the military junta which mounted a coup at the end of July and ousted the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. The country's new rulers have mobilised mass discontent with French influence and involvement in Niger - and France has agreed to withdraw its diplomats and troops. But how deep is the Nigerien people's backing for the junta - and how long will it last? Mayeni Jones found plenty of obstacles to reporting on its future on a recent journey into Niger.

Although Syria's government has enjoyed a partial international rehabilitation in recent months - with its President Bashar al Assad welcomed back into meetings of the Arab League - the Syrian people's suffering is not over. Hundreds of thousands of households are still missing their loved ones who were killed, imprisoned or disappeared by the security forces. Many of them have paid out huge sums for any information on what happened to their relatives, as Lina Sinjab describes.

And from one of the world's driest cities, Peter Yeung reports on an ingenious technical fix to the problem of supplying water to homes. It almost never rains in Peru's capital, Lima - but the city's fast-growing suburbs need water for cooking, washing, drinking and growing food. Could a clever network of 'fog catchers' harvest usable water from thin air?

Producer: Polly Hope
Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman

(Photo: A woman walks past a destroyed hospital building in the settlement of Novoaidar, Luhansk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, 29 January, 2023. Credit: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)


SUN 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj25zynw)
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SUN 04:32 Trending (w3ct5d97)
India's latest 'love trap'

Videos taken across India are going viral on social media. They show hordes of men harassing and even attacking young couples in the street.

The clips are accompanied by a hashtag #BhagwaLoveTrap - and have been inspired by an inflammatory narrative.

The theory suggests Hindu men are trying to seduce Muslim women and lure them away from their communities - but there’s scant evidence to support the idea.

Shruti Menon meets the Muslim activists pushing the idea of a ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’, and asks what’s behind it.

And she hears from a Hindu leader who thinks the theory is nonsense, and claims the reverse is happening instead.

Presenter: Shruti Menon
Producer: Sam Judah
Editor: Flora Carmichael


SUN 04:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct4sjd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:50 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl9q4m)
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SUN 05:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tjvlkw0st)
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SUN 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj2602f0)
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SUN 05:32 The Documentary (w3ct618n)
Donor babies: A question of identity

For many people around the world, donation of sperm or an egg can be the difference between becoming parents and not. But while this donation can make their dream of parenthood come true, what are the considerations for the end result, the child themselves?

Donation and IVF can help jump the hurdles when it comes to the physical process of conception for would-be parents, but what about the emotional and psychological impact on the people who eventually find out they are not biologically related to one or both of their parents?

Louise McLoughlin, herself donor-conceived, hears from people around the world who have been faced with the news they are not the identity they assumed they were. Among them are the triplets who discovered the origin of their conception via a drunk aunt at a party, and a woman who found out she was donor-conceived after doing a DNA test; she tracked down her biological father and many of her half-siblings. Also, she hears from people angry that families did not reveal their true identities until much later in life and some whose lack of biological family knowledge has led to difficulties managing chronic health conditions.

Presenter: Louise McLoughlin
Producer: Ashley Byrne and Kurt Brookes
A Made in Manchester production for BBC World Service

(Photo: Presenter Louise McLoughlin. Credit: Louise McLoughlin)


SUN 06:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl9twr)
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SUN 06:06 Weekend (w172z37fnxbd24c)
The US avoids government shutdown

The United States has narrowly avoided a government shutdown after both houses of Congress approved a short-term funding bill in a rare show of cross-party unity. The last ditch resolution will keep the government running for a further 45 days, but excludes further aid for Ukraine.

Also in the programme: former Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico beats his rivals in the country's election but will need to win over allies to form a government; and we meet the American musician and photographer Henry Diltz.

Joining Krupa Padhy to discuss this and more are Christina Lamb, who is chief foreign correspondent for Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, and Silo Boccanera who is a Brazilian journalist based in London.

(Picture: Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gives a thumbs-up after the Senate passed a stop-gap measure to fund the government in the US Capitol in Washington. Credit: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)


SUN 07:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bl9ymw)
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SUN 07:06 Weekend (w172z37fnxbd5wh)
Populist party wins Slovakia election but needs allies for coalition

With counting almost completed in Slovakia's general election, the party of former prime minister Robert Fico looks set to win the most votes. The pro-Moscow populist promised to end military aid to Ukraine in a campaign that was marked by high volumes of online disinformation.

Also in the programme: a new two-part version of the Hindu epic The Mahabharata is being performed in Canada; and the United Nations is sending a team to Nagorno-Karabakh to assess the humanitarian needs in the Caucasus enclave.

Joining Krupa Padhy to discuss this and more are Christina Lamb, who is chief foreign correspondent for Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, and Silo Boccanera who is a Brazilian journalist based in London.

(Picture: Robert Fico, the leader of the Smer-SSD party, walks outside his party's headquarters on the day of Slovakia's early parliamentary election. Credit: REUTERS/Eva Korinkova)


SUN 08:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blb2d0)
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SUN 08:06 Weekend (w172z37fnxbd9mm)
Pro-Moscow leader wins Slovakia's general election

A pro-Russian party has emerged as the largest in the parliamentary election in Slovakia - until now a staunch backer of Ukraine. The populist SMER party won 22 percent of the vote, and its disgraced leader, Robert Fico, could be on track to become Prime Minister for the fourth time, although difficult coalition talks lie ahead.

Also in the programme: Poland's main opposition holds what it calls the "march of a million" in the streets of Warsaw; and we meet the South Korean composer and music director Jung Jae-il.

Joining Krupa Padhy to discuss this and more are Christina Lamb, who is chief foreign correspondent for Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, and Silo Boccanera who is a Brazilian journalist based in London.

(Picture: Robert Fico, the leader of the Smer-SSD party. Credit: JAKUB GAVLAK/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)


SUN 09:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blb644)
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SUN 09:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct4ntg)
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SUN 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj260kdj)
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SUN 09:32 Outlook (w3ct4rbk)
How a girl from Mexico fought to dance in the clouds

When Irene García Hernández was six years old, she looked up at the sky and saw men spinning around a pole on ropes, 36 metres above the ground. They were performing the ‘Danza de los Voladores’, or Dance of the Flyers, a tradition dating back thousands of years in Mexico which is typically the preserve of men. A rebel by nature, Irene was set on becoming a flyer too. She’d have to overcome family barriers, and her fears, to become one of the few Mexican women to dance in the sky.

Presenter and producer: Louise Morris
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707

(Photo: The Danza de los Voladores being performed in Cuetzalan del Progreso, Mexico. Credit: Gerardo Borbolla)


SUN 10:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blb9w8)
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SUN 10:06 Music Life (w3ct4mgc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:06 on Saturday]


SUN 11:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blbfmd)
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SUN 11:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tjvlkwr8l)
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SUN 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj260sws)
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SUN 11:32 Trending (w3ct5d97)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


SUN 11:50 More or Less (w3ct5b6y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:50 on Saturday]


SUN 12:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blbkcj)
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SUN 12:06 The Evidence (w3ct5l4j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:06 on Saturday]


SUN 13:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blbp3n)
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SUN 13:06 Newshour (w172z09mlns7bc2)
Slovakia elections: Populist party wins vote

The Smer-SSD party led by former PM Robert Fico had a clear lead with almost 24% of the vote despite exit polls suggesting victory by a liberal centrist party.

Also on the programme: The US Congress suspends aid to Ukraine, we hear from a concerned Ukrainian politician; Poland sees hundreds of thousands turn out for an opposition rally ahead of elections; and former US President Carter celebrates his 99th birthday.

(Photo: Slovak former Prime Minister Robert Fico talks to media after Slovakia's parliamentary elections at party's headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia Credit: Martin Divisek/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)


SUN 14:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blbsvs)
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SUN 14:06 Music Life (w3ct4mgc)
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SUN 15:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blbxlx)
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SUN 15:06 Sportsworld (w172z1ky9snc7l4)
Live Sporting Action

Sunday Sportsworld has second half commentary of the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Brentford.

The former Cameroon defender Sebastien Bassong and current Nigeria international Ashleigh Plumptre join Delyth Lloyd to discuss all the big football talking points from the weekend, including the start of the new WSL season.

Plus we’ll also have reaction to the culmination of golf's Ryder Cup in Italy.

Photo: Brian Harman of Team United States hits his tee shot on the eighth hole during the Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club. Credit: (PGA of America via Getty Images)


SUN 19:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blcdlf)
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SUN 19:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tjvlkxq7m)
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SUN 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj261rvt)
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SUN 19:32 Unspun World with John Simpson (w3ct5hn0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:32 on Saturday]


SUN 20:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blcjbk)
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SUN 20:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct4wk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 01:06 today]


SUN 21:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blcn2p)
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SUN 21:06 Newshour (w172z09mlns89b3)
Biden vows to stand by Ukraine, despite budget fiasco

President Biden says the US cannot allow support for Ukraine to be interrupted, a day after Congress dropped such funding provisions to agree a last minute budget deal to avoid a government shutdown.

Also in the programme: Tens of thousands of Poles have joined an opposition rally in Warsaw ahead of crucial elections; and former US President Jimmy Carter celebrates turning 99.

(Photo: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden. Credit: Getty)


SUN 22:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blcrtt)
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SUN 22:06 The Climate Question (w3ct5bkl)
Are disabled people forgotten in climate disaster plans?

About 16 percent of the world’s population is thought to be disabled, but they are still 2 to 4 times more likely to be injured or killed in a natural disaster than those who are not disabled.

Emma Tracey, from the BBC’s Access All podcast, investigates for The Climate Question, meeting disabled people who have dealt with extreme weather events first hand. As well as those who are researching and enforcing change, even in the places you’d least expect it

Emma is joined by:

Sébastien Jodoin, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law of McGill University, Canada
Kera Sherwood-O'Regan, an Indigenous and disabled climate justice advocate, New Zealand
Gaele Sobott, writer, living in Sydney, Australia
Kemi Yemi-Ese, visual artist from Austin Texas, US
Setareki Macanawai CEO, Pacific Disability Forum based in Fiji

Presenter: Emma Tracey, BBC Access All
Producers: Octavia Woodward and Jordan Dunbar
Series Producer: Simon Watts
Editor: China Collins
Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton
Production Coordinators: Sophie Hill, Jacqui Johnson


SUN 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj262436)
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SUN 22:32 Pick of the World (w3ct5b96)
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SUN 22:50 Over to You (w3ct4rpv)
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SUN 23:00 BBC News (w172z2r12blcwky)
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SUN 23:06 The Newsroom (w172z2sqdvz7wsv)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 23:20 Sports News (w172z1k3w21pxzz)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


SUN 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj2627vb)
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SUN 23:32 Outlook (w3ct4rbk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:32 today]

MONDAY 02 OCTOBER 2023

MON 00:00 BBC News (w172z2r12bld0b2)
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MON 00:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct4ntg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:06 on Sunday]


MON 00:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvj262clg)
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MON 00:32 Trending (w3ct5d97)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 on Sunday]


MON 00:50 More or Less (w3ct5b6y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:50 on Saturday]


MON 01:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwhzbc)
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MON 01:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw28zk)
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MON 01:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh6blr)
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MON 01:32 Happy News (w3ct5hv3)
Uncovering the wonders of the universe

Our weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world. This week, will asteroid dust give clues to the origins of the universe? Jubilation in East Africa as the 2027 Cup of Nations is awarded to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. And, celebrating words of hope and joy from around the world.

Presenter Jackie Leonard. Music produced by Iona Hampson.


MON 02:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwj32h)
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MON 02:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw2dqp)
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MON 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh6gbw)
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MON 02:32 CrowdScience (w3ct4y4m)
What is consciousness?

It's pretty obvious to each of us that we are conscious, as we go about our days and feel the experience of just ‘being ourselves'. But how do we know that someone else is conscious?

It’s something we lose during dreamless sleep, under anaesthesia or in a coma. But what exactly is consciousness? On the one hand, it’s pretty obvious - it’s what we all feel as we go about our daily lives. It's the experience of 'being you'. On the other hand, it gets pretty tricky when we try to pin down the science of it all. How do we know that someone (or something) else is conscious?

CrowdScience listener Sylvester was wondering about this and he got in touch with a few questions on the subject. What is the relationship between our consciousness and reality? Is it all just a hallucination? When does it start and stop? Does consciousness reside in a particular part of the brain?

Host Marnie Chesterton sets out to tackle this elusive but utterly fundamental quality of life and sees how researchers are attempting to conceptualise and study it.

In the relatively young field of consciousness multiple theories have emerged. A new way of testing them - an adversarial collaboration - is offering a novel approach to not just consciousness research but science more broadly. We visit one lab in Frankfurt that's running experiments for the most recent adversarial collaboration and trying to test two theories of consciousness – Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNW) and Integrated Information Theory (IIT) – against each other.

Looking at these and other concepts of consciousness like Qualia, Marnie tries to understand this central tenet of our human experience that, in many ways, remains one of the great mysteries of science.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton
Producer: Sam Baker
Editor: Richard Collings
Production Coordinator: Jonathan Harris
Studio Manager: Sarah Hockley

Featuring:

Anil Seth, Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex in Brighton, England
Lucia Melloni, Max Planck for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt, New York University & Project Lead for COGITATE
Nao Tsuchiya, Monash Data Futures Institute, Turner Institute for Brain & Mental Health, Monash University

(Image: Active Human Brain. Credit: PM Images / Getty Images)


MON 03:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwj6tm)
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MON 03:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct4y03)
Surviving earthquakes

Earthquakes strike suddenly, leaving death and destruction in their wake. But around the world, people are trying to do what they can to make them less deadly.

We hear from Haiti, where a seismometer developed for hobbyists is now being used by citizens to build the country’s first earthquake risk map.

Over in Zurich, we meet the scientist using tennis balls to buffer buildings in poor countries from shockwaves. And in Indonesia, we find out how a Virtual Reality game is helping students prepare for terrifying tremors.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporter: Claire Bates
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Hal Haines
Editor: Penny Murphy

Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk

Image: A woman in Haiti holding a Raspberry Shake (Credit: Eric Calais)


MON 03:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh6l30)
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MON 03:32 Pick of the World (w3ct5b96)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:32 on Saturday]


MON 03:50 Over to You (w3ct4rpv)
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MON 04:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwjbkr)
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MON 04:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw2n6y)
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MON 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh6pv4)
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MON 04:32 The Conversation (w3ct4tvz)
Women living with ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) research and diagnosis has historically been male-centric, often overlooking or misdiagnosing women and girls. This gender bias has led to a lack of understanding and support for women with ADHD, perpetuating misconceptions and underrepresentation. Kim Chakanetsa speaks to two women who have the condition to debunk some of the stereotypes associated with ADHD.

Dr Kai Syng Tan is an award-winning artist and academic from Singapore who uses creativity to promote conversations for positive change around neurodiversity. They are currently Associate Professor in Arts and Cultural Leadership University of Southampton.

Dr Jane Sedgwick is a senior lecturer and researcher in adult ADHD and an advanced mental health nurse practitioner. As well as being an ADHD therapist/coach she is an executive board member of the UK Adult ADHD Network. She is originally from Zimbabwe.

Produced by Emily Naylor

(Image: (L) Kai Syng Tan (R) Jane Sedgwick.)


MON 05:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwjg9w)
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MON 05:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8c68f)
Mexico church: Nine dead and 30 trapped after Tamaulipas roof collapse

A rescue operation is taking place in Mexico, after a church collapsed while a service was underway. At least nine people have been killed.

As the United States pauses funding for Ukraine's war effort, the European Union's most senior diplomat says Europe's commitment to support Kyiv is unwavering.

The number of ethnic Armenians who have fled from Nagorno-Karabakh is estimated to have topped 100,000 people. Many of the refugees have now arrived in the Armenian town of Goris.

And a BBC Africa documentary “Predators On The Pitch: inside Africa's biggest football scandal” is asking whether the football authorities in Gabon and further afield failed to protect children?


MON 06:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwjl20)
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MON 06:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8cb0k)
Mexico church: Nine dead and 30 trapped after Tamaulipas roof collapse

At least nine have died after a church collapses in Mexico. There is dramatic CCTV video of the moment when the church just crumbles, its roof appearing to fall in.

Armenia struggles to deal with a massive influx of refugees. An estimated 100,000 ethnic Armenians have fled the region of Nagorno-Karabakh in neighbouring Azerbaijan.

And how to handle migrants is also on the agenda within the European Union as the border between Italy and France becomes the latest hotspot in Europe's efforts to control the flow of migrants entering the continent.

And in Slovakia the pro-Russian politician Robert Fico has won the country's election. He's now expected to start talks to form a coalition government.


MON 07:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwjpt4)
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MON 07:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8cfrp)
Slovakia elections: Populist party wins vote

Slovakia is the latest country in Europe to deliver success for populist politicians at the polls. Pro-Russian candidate Robert Fico has won the most votes and many around Europe will be watching closely to see what sort of coalition government he puts together.

Russia is expanding its attacks on Ukraine's grain export infrastructure, forcing farmers to hide their harvests and their agricultural equipment.

It's 5 years since journalist and opponent of the Saudi government Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Has his death had any real consequences for Saudi Arabia?

And Paris is under attack from bedbugs. A wave of panic and disgust has spread across the country as travellers have posted photos and videos purportedly showing the insects in public places.


MON 08:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwjtk8)
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MON 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct4p3j)
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar: Can he steer Pakistan through political turmoil?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar. Can he steer the country through its current political turmoil until postponed elections are held?


MON 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh75tn)
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MON 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct4mv4)
Fashion: The rise of sports brands

Twenty-five years ago Puma became the first big sports brand to collaborate with a fashion house.

Since then all of the big players have been collaborating with celebrities, sports stars and high fashion brands.

Hannah Mullane speaks to Heiko Desens, the creative director at Puma about how these big collaborations work behind the scenes and what they mean for business, and fashion designer Alejandro Gómez Palomo explains how collaborating with a sports brand has elevated his business.

Presenter/Producer: Hannah Mullane

(Picture: Rihanna at the Puma fashion show. Credit: Getty Images)


MON 08:50 Witness History (w3ct4xb6)
The oil crisis of 1973

In October 1973, Arab nations protested the American support of Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria by slashing oil production, causing prices to sky rocket.

Dr Fadhil Chalabi was deputy secretary general of Opec (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries). In 2014 he spoke to Alex Last about the embargo.


(Picture: Empty gas pump in 1973. Credit:Getty Images)


MON 09:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwjy9d)
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MON 09:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw37yl)
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MON 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh79ks)
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MON 09:32 CrowdScience (w3ct4y4m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


MON 10:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwk21j)
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MON 10:06 The History Hour (w3ct4w5n)
The Lampedusa disaster and cat cafes

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear about the sinking of a migrant boat off Lampedusa in 2013 which was one of the Mediterranean’s worst shipwrecks.
Also, we find out about Wally Hendrickson, the US physicist who volunteered to be dropped into the front line of the Vietnam War to remove fuel rods from a reactor.
Plus, the opening of the world's first cat cafe in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998.

Contributors:
Amnasager Araya who survived the Lampedusa tragedy after being rescued by Vito Fiorino.
Annalisa Camilli, correspondent for Internazionale magazine.
Wally Hendrickson who removed the fuel rods from the reactor in Vietnam.
André Turcat, the French pilot of Concorde’s maiden flight.
The star of the telenovela, Kassandra, Coraima Torres, and Tony Paez who distributed the show.
Tracy Chang, founder of the first cat cafe in Taiwan.

(Photo: A woman on a boat heading for Lampedusa. Credit: Getty Images)


MON 11:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwk5sn)
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MON 11:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw3hfv)
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MON 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh7k21)
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MON 11:32 The Conversation (w3ct4tvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


MON 12:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwk9js)
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MON 12:06 Outlook (w3ct4qgh)
The moment that made me love my face

Imagine spending decades avoiding mirrors because you hate your face. This was a reality for Jono Lancaster for much of his life. Jono was born with a rare genetic condition called Treacher Collins Syndrome or TCS. It affected the way his facial bones developed while he was in his mother's womb and meant that he was born looking different from other people. It was when Jono caught sight of himself in a mirror one day at the gym that everything changed. He's written a memoir called Not All Heroes Wear Capes.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: June Christie

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707

(Photo: Jono Lancaster. Credit: Debbie Todd)
(Film clip used in Lost and Found plug: from The Wizard of Oz\Victor Fleming\MGM)


MON 12:50 Witness History (w3ct4xb6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


MON 13:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwkf8x)
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MON 13:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw3qy3)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh7sk9)
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MON 13:32 CrowdScience (w3ct4y4m)
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MON 14:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwkk11)
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MON 14:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2g68g)
EU foreign ministers meet in Kyiv

EU foreign ministers meet in Kyiv for the first time amid growing calls from a few politicians to stop helping Ukraine. Estonia’s Foreign Minister, Margus Tsahna, tells us the bloc remains united behind Kyiv.

Also in the programme: human rights groups tell the UN Egypt's systematic practice of torture amounts to a Crime Against Humanity; and is it possible to be an elite athlete while refusing to travel for environmental reasons? We hear from one young sportswoman who has taken a stand.

(IMAGE: EU-Ukraine foreign ministers meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine October 2, 2023/ CREDIT: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS)


MON 15:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwkns5)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct4p3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


MON 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh811k)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


MON 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct4zdt)
The Trump Organisation on trial

The civil fraud trial against Donald Trump's empire begins in New York. The former US president and his two adult sons are also accused of inflating the value of their properties. We get the latest from our correspondent.

Asia faces one of the worst economic outlooks in half a century, according to the World Bank. We hear about the factors that led the institution to reduce its growth forecast for China and other neighbouring economies.

And Indonesia launches The Whoosh, the first high-speed railway in South East Asia. We look into the details.

(Picture: Former US President Donald Trump. Picture credit: Reuters)


MON 16:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwksj9)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 16:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqkhv5x)
Almost all Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh

Armenia says more than 100,000 people have fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region. It means that that almost the entire population of the ethnic Armenian enclave has left since Azerbaijan seized the region last week. Azerbaijan has said it wants to reintegrate the area and treat its residents as equals, but an Armenian spokesman said this was just a "lie". We bring together people who have fled and explain the developments.

President Zelensky has told EU foreign ministers meeting in Kyiv that victory for Ukraine depends on their continued support. We speak to our correspondent about concerns that the Western support may be wavering.

The French government says it will take action after reports of a “widespread” rise in bedbugs in Paris. We hear experiences by some of the residents.

We talk about the “Taylor Swift effect” after the US singer attended another NFL game, bringing a spending boost to American football.

Presenter: Anna Foster.

(Photo: Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh sit in a car with their belongings on its rooftop, as they cross the border with Azerbaijan near the village of Kornidzor, Armenia, 29 September 2023 Credit: ANATOLY MALTSEV/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)


MON 17:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwkx8f)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 17:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqkhyy1)
Migrants in Italy

The UN says the number of migrants who have died or disappeared crossing from North Africa to Europe has tripled since last year. Italy is the main entry point to the EU. But many who arrive there don’t want to stay and increasing numbers are travelling north to try to cross into France. We speak to our correpondent Mark Lowen who has met some of the people at that shared border.

We talk about the “Taylor Swift effect” after the US singer attended another NFL game, bringing a spending boost to American football.

Simone Biles has made history, becoming the first woman to land a Yurchenko double pike vault. We get a gymnast to explain the move and the skills it requires.

The Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose discoveries enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. Our health correspondent explains.

Presenter: Anna Foster.

(Photo: Migrants queue in border town of Ventimiglia, Italy, May 15, 2023. Credit: Candida Lobes/MSF/Handout via REUTERS)


MON 18:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwl10k)
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MON 18:06 Outlook (w3ct4qgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


MON 18:50 Witness History (w3ct4xb6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


MON 19:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwl4rp)
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MON 19:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw4gdw)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh8j12)
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MON 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct4stg)
2023/10/02 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


MON 20:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwl8ht)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 20:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct4ntg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:06 on Sunday]


MON 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh8ms6)
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MON 20:32 Discovery (w3ct4nnz)
Metamorphosis: Bee brains and the cockroach

Erica McAlister on the bee intellect and whether bigger brains are always better. Plus cockroaches may be reviled by many people, but Erica discovers the extraordinary flexibility of their simple nervous system led to the birth of neuroendocrinology.

(Photo: A honey bee feeding on nectar from Echinacea purpurea. Credit: Barnaby Perkins)


MON 21:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwld7y)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


MON 21:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2h1hc)
WHO recommends new malaria vaccine

The World Health Organization has recommended a new vaccine that is 75% effective against malaria, a disease which claims hundreds of thousands of children’s lives each year. We speak to one of the scientists who developed it.

Also in the programme: Former US President Donald Trump is in court facing allegations he fraudulently inflated the value of his properties and we speak this year's winners of the Nobel Prize for medicine, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, whose work was critical in developing effective mRNA vaccines, which were crucial in developing COVID19 vaccines.

(Picture: A child receives a malaria vaccine. Credit: Reuters/Ratner)


MON 22:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwlj02)
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MON 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct4p3j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


MON 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh8w8g)
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MON 22:32 The Conversation (w3ct4tvz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


MON 23:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwlmr6)
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MON 23:06 The Newsroom (w172z2sqs48gmz3)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 23:20 Sports News (w172z1k47bbxp57)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


MON 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh900l)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


MON 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct4zh2)
Trump in court in fraud case

The former president faces a civil lawsuit and a fine of $250m for alleged fraud committed through the Trump Organization.

Speaking outside the courtroom Mr Trump said the lawsuit was a politically motivated "witch hunt".

Roger Hearing hears the latest from the case, and finds out more about what the Trump Organization is worth and how it got to where it is today.

(Image: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Manhattan courthouse, where he attends the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)

TUESDAY 03 OCTOBER 2023

TUE 00:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwlrhb)
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TUE 00:06 The History Hour (w3ct4w5n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:06 on Monday]


TUE 01:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwlw7g)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 01:06 Business Matters (w172yzrrxxjxdms)
Trump on trial

Donald Trump criticises a judge and prosecutor as he attends the opening of a fraud trial that threatens his business organisation.

The former President is accused of overstating the value of his business and property in order to get bank-loans, which he denies,

Roger Hearing discusses this and other business stories from around the world with Jessica Khine, Corporate Advisor for Astris Advisory in Penang, Malaysia and Peter Morici, Economist at the University of Maryland in Virginia.

(Picture: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Manhattan courthouse, where he attends the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2023. Credit: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)


TUE 02:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwlzzl)
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TUE 02:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw59ms)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh9c7z)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 02:32 The Documentary (w3ct63cx)
Will the unicorns of the sea fall silent?

The term “narwhal” derives from the old Nordic for “nár + hvalr”, meaning corpse + whale, which, for these animals, is quickly becoming prophetic. Climate change, with its accompanying increase in human marine activity, has led to the Arctic Ocean becoming noisier. As narwhal rely on sound to communicate and navigate their surroundings, this could result in the extinction of populations like East Greenland's narwhal by as soon as 2025. This is the canary in the coalmine moment for the deep-sea mammals, along with the people who rely on them.

Mary-Ann Ochota investigates how this issue is at once political, cultural, and environmental by talking to the scientists, traditional hunters, and activists, who are all seeking a solution.

(Image: A male and female narwhal, Monodon monoceros, have been digitally created and added to this underwater image of the oceans surface. Credit: David Fleetham/Getty Images)


TUE 03:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwm3qq)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 03:06 Outlook (w3ct4qgh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Monday]


TUE 03:50 Witness History (w3ct4xb6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Monday]


TUE 04:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwm7gv)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 04:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw5k41)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbh9lr7)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 04:32 In the Studio (w3ct4yfp)
The Visitors

After its award winning premier in 2020, a new production of The Visitors by Indigenous playwright Jane Harrison sees us on the eve of colonisation. The first fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour on the 26 January 1788 bringing with them convicts, disease and violence. The play asks, what if we saw this moment from the Aboriginal perspective? What if they could decide whether or not to let the fleet land? As seven tribal elders watch the fleet arrive they must decide whether to stop them, or welcome them. The production is part of Sydney Opera House’s 50th anniversary program and is co-produced by STC and Moogahlin Performing Arts.

Regina Botros follows the director Wesley Enoch, the writer Jane Harrison and the cast through the challenges of the play as it reflects, quite poignantly, the current political climate in Australia.

Producer: Regina Botros
Executive producer: Stephen Hughes

(Photo: Cast of The Visitors. Credit: Daniel Boud)


TUE 05:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwmc6z)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 05:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8g35j)
UN votes to send Kenyan-led international security force to Haiti

The United Nations has authorised sending a Kenyan-led international security force to Haiti, which has been plagued by gang violence.

Also ahead, an estimated 100,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have arrived in Armenia.

As well as turmoil in Nagorno-Karabakh, Europe is facing several other security challenges, including the Ukraine war, and growing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo. Does the continent have the unity to deal with these?

And a guide for tough times - how words of Stoic Philosophy helped Ryder Cup golf champion Rory McIlroy to victory.


TUE 06:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwmgz3)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 06:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8g6xn)
UN votes to send Kenyan-led international security force to Haiti

The United Nations has authorised sending a Kenyan-led international security force to Haiti, which has been plagued by gang violence.

Security in Europe in focus with growing tensions between Kosovo and neighbouring Serbia.

The former CEO of the global fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch and his partner face allegations of exploitation from men who say they were recruited for sex events.

And the fate of ethnic Armenians leaving Nagorno-Karabakh; many could find their way to Russia.


TUE 07:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwmlq7)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 07:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8gbns)
UN votes to send a Kenyan-led international security force to Haiti

The United Nations has authorised sending a Kenyan-led international security force to Haiti, which has been plagued by gang violence.

The European Parliament is to debate Azerbaijan’s invasion of the self declared Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh last month.

And in Japan a new law banning discrimination against sexual minorities has failed to address the issue of no legal recognition of same sex unions, much to the frustration of some families.


TUE 08:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwmqgc)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 08:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct4y04)
Coconuts fixing the world

We eat millions of tonnes of coconuts every year - with the dense white flesh of the fruit making a tasty snack and the juice a refreshing drink.

But the inedible husk and shell go to waste – and it’s this part that innovators and entrepreneurs around the world are now putting to work to solve a whole host of problems.

In Sierra Leone, a personal tragedy was the catalyst for young entrepreneur Alhaji Siraj Bah to start a business which takes the coconut husk and turns it into an alternative to charcoal - which is good for the forests and could potentially save lives too.

And we hear about the start-up using coconut to keep fish, fruit and vegetables cool for longer without using any plastic.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporters: Eric Mugaju
Producer: Craig Langran
Series producer: Tom Colls

Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk

(Photo: Farmers in Teluk Payo village, south Sumatra are peeling the skin of coconuts to be turned into copra or charcoal, 13 July, 2022. Credit: Sigit Prasetya/Getty Images)


TUE 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhb2qr)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct4n45)
Fashion: Dupe culture

Duplicate products, or dupes, are flooding social media.

Dupes are clothes, beauty products, homeware that are cheaper than the recognisable brand, but still look similar.

We hear from shoppers and fashion experts about this growing trend and its impact on the market.

And we speak to athleisure wear company Lululemon, who are trying to work out how to respond to the number of dupes of their products that are now on the market.

Producer/presenter: Deborah Weitzmann

(Image: Leggings on mannequins. Credit: Getty Images)


TUE 08:50 Witness History (w3ct4xgr)
The oilfield that changed Kazakhstan

In the wake of the USSR breaking up, Kazakhstan was wrestling with the challenges of independence; hyperinflation, the economy collapsing and food shortages.

But three-and-a-half kilometres underground on the north-east shore of the Caspian Sea, a giant financial opportunity was lying dormant – The Tengiz Oil Field. Less than two years after gaining sovereignty, the government signed the “deal of the century”.

The state partnered with American company Chevron and started drilling to access the estimated 25 billion barrels of oil in the ground.

Tengiz is the sixth largest oilfield in the world, and its resources would change Kazakhstan from a fledgling state, to one of the largest oil producers in the world.

Johnny I’Anson speaks to Bruce Pannier, a news correspondent in Central Asia for over 30 years, who saw first-hand the chaos of independence and the growth of wealth in the country.

(Picture: Tengiz Oil Field. Credit: Getty Images)


TUE 09:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwmv6h)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 09:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw64vp)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhb6gw)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 09:32 The Documentary (w3ct63cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


TUE 10:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwmyym)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 10:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct4vll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:06 on Saturday]


TUE 11:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwn2pr)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 11:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw6dby)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhbfz4)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 11:32 In the Studio (w3ct4yfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


TUE 12:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwn6fw)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 12:06 Outlook (w3ct4qx1)
Writing poems, and waiting to be arrested

Tahir Izgil is one of the most highly respected living Uyghur poets. Tahir was born near Kashgar, in Xinjiang province, and from an early age he was immersed in the poetry of his culture. When the Chinese state clamped down on the Uyghur community, he lived under constant threat of arrest, and says he couldn’t even perform his poems. So he decided to try and escape his homeland.

Tahir has a memoir out about his experiences called Waiting to Be Arrested at Night, translated by Joshua Freeman.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707

(Photo: Tahir Hamut Izgil Credit: Aséna Izgil)


TUE 12:50 Witness History (w3ct4xgr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


TUE 13:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwnb60)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 13:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw6mv6)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhbpgd)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 13:32 Discovery (w3ct4nnz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Monday]


TUE 14:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwnfy4)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 14:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2k35k)
UN Security Council approves Haiti mission

The UN Security Council has approved a plan to send an international force to Haiti, including many Kenyan police officers. But can they quell the gang violence plaguing the country? We hear from Kenya's foreign minister:

Also in the programme: as the US government issues its first fine for space debris, we hear why defunct satellites in orbit are such a problem; and why people in the town where Hitler was born are sceptical about a plan to turn his home into a police station to deter neo-Nazi tourists:

(IMAGE:People fleeing gang violence take shelter at a sports arena, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 1, 2023 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo)


TUE 15:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwnkp8)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 15:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct4y04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


TUE 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhbxyn)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct4zpv)
FTX founder heads to court

Sam Bankman-Fried's trial begins in New York with jury selection. The executive is accused of seven counts of conspiracy and fraud over the collapse of the crypto exchange. We get the latest from our correspondent in New York.

Evergrande's shares jump as trading in the firm resumes. The company halted trading in the Hong Kong exchange after it confirmed that its billionaire founder was being investigated by Chinese authorities.

And Burger King's brand owner is facing criticism for continuing their operations in Russia 18 months after having said it would leave the country. We find out why it's taking so long for the firm to exit Russia.

(Picture: Sam Bankman-Fried. Picture credit: Reuters)


TUE 16:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwnpfd)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 16:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqklr30)
Severe drought in Brazil's Amazon

The authorities in the city of Manaus have declared a state of emergency, and biologists have carried out autopsies on more than a 100 river dolphin carcasses found floating on a tributary of the Amazon. We hear about the impact on residents reliant on waterways and speak to a local researcher.

Pope Francis has suggested he would be open to having the Catholic Church bless same-sex couples. We speak to our reporter in the Vatican.

There's been criticism in Kenya of its decision to lead a multinational security force to tackle criminal gangs in Haiti. We speak to our Africa security correspondent and get reaction from Haitians.

We continue to monitor the humanitarian crisis in the Caucasus and speak to aid workers and volunteers who have been helping people fleeing the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

We hear warnings against a viral "bone smashing" trend.

Presenter: Anna Foster.

(Photo: Researchers from the Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development retrieve a dead dolphin from Tefe lake, which flows into the Solimoes river, that has been affected by the high temperatures and drought in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil, October 2, 2023. Credit: Bruno Kelly/Reuters)


TUE 17:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwnt5j)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 17:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqklvv4)
Kenya's mission to Haiti

There's been criticism in Kenya of the government's decision to send a security force to Haiti to tackle criminal gangs. We hear about the reaction in Kenya and talk to people in Haiti about the impact of the gang violence on everyday life.

Clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch says it is investigating allegations against its former CEO. It comes after a BBC investigation that revealed how Mike Jeffries has been accused of exploiting men at sex events he hosted around the world. We speak to our correspondent who has been reporting on the story.

We continue to monitor the humanitarian crisis in the Caucasus and speak to aid workers and volunteers who have been helping people fleeing the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Presenter: Anna Foster.

(Photo: People fleeing gang violence take shelter at a sports arena, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 1, 2023. Credit: Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo/Reuters)


TUE 18:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwnxxn)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 18:06 Outlook (w3ct4qx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


TUE 18:50 Witness History (w3ct4xgr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


TUE 19:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwp1ns)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 19:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw7c9z)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhcdy5)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct4syz)
2023/10/03 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


TUE 20:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwp5dx)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 20:06 The Documentary (w3ct63cx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


TUE 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhcjp9)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 20:32 Tech Life (w3ct4tqg)
Where are we on the road to EV?

Shiona McCallum takes Tech Life on the road to find out more about electric vehicles and the challenges of rolling them out globally. Monica Miller is in Singapore experiencing some of the new cars on the block and Alasdair Keane joins Nissan's Formula E team in France.

(Picture: Shiona McCallum plugging in an EV)


TUE 21:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwp951)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 21:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2kydg)
Pakistan orders illegal immigrants to leave, including 1.73m Afghans

The government of Pakistan has said all illegal migrants must leave the country by the end of the month or face expulsion.

Also in the programme: the Nobel Physics Prize has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Hullier for their research into experimental methods of generating extremely short pulses of light - or attosecond science; and police in the Indian capital, Delhi, have raided the offices and homes of journalists working for the independent news website, Newsclick.

(Photo: Afghan refugee girl living in Peshawar, Pakistan. Credit: Getty Images)


TUE 22:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwpdx5)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 22:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct4y04)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


TUE 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhcs5k)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 22:32 In the Studio (w3ct4yfp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


TUE 23:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwpjn9)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 23:06 The Newsroom (w172z2sqs48kjw6)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 23:20 Sports News (w172z1k47bc0l2b)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


TUE 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhcwxp)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct4zs3)
McCarthy ousted as Speaker

The US House of Representatives has voted to remove its speaker for the first time in history, following a motion introduced by the Republican Matt Gaetz.

McCarthy had been criticised for reaching a temporary spending deal with the Democrats to avoid a government shutdown.

Roger Hearing gets reaction to the vote, and finds out what it means for Congress.

(Picture: Former Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (C) walks to his office following a vote on the House floor that vacated his leadership in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 03 October 2023. Credit: SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

WEDNESDAY 04 OCTOBER 2023

WED 00:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwpndf)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 00:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct4vll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:06 on Saturday]


WED 01:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwps4k)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 01:06 Business Matters (w172yzrrxxk09jw)
Speaker McCarthy voted out

The US House of Representatives has voted to remove the Republican Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, the first time in history that the chamber has removed its Speaker from office.

It follows a motion put forward by Republican rebel Matt Gaetz who had criticised Mr McCarthy for reaching a temporary spending deal with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown.

Roger Hearing discusses this and more business news from around the globe with Satoshi Shimoda, Senior Journalist at Nikkei in Tokyo and Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist at Invesco, in New York.

(Picture: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy responds to a question from the news media as he walks to the House floor in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 03 October 2023. Credit: SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)


WED 02:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwpwwp)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 02:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw86jw)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhd852)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 02:32 The Climate Question (w3ct5bkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:06 on Sunday]


WED 03:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwq0mt)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 03:06 Outlook (w3ct4qx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Tuesday]


WED 03:50 Witness History (w3ct4xgr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwq4cy)
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WED 04:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw8g14)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhdhnb)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 04:32 The Documentary (w3ct2zvc)
Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime

Talking Heads emerged out of the post punk scene of the late 1970s. Once in a Lifetime is the iconic single taken from their album Remain in Light. With its looped synthesizer and Afrobeats inspired by Fela Kuti, it seemed to pre-empt the consumerism and ennui of the 1980s. Writer Ian Gittins interviewed the band's lead singer, David Byrne, and later wrote the book Once in a Lifetime. He says Byrne had in mind people of a certain middle-class existence, who seemingly breeze through life with ease, when he wrote the lyrics. They may get to middle age or reach a crisis point and ask, "How did I get here?"

For a song that invites us to question our lives, it has a surprisingly emotional core that encourages people to be grateful and make positive changes in their lives where necessary. For Glaswegian Gerry Murphy, that meant becoming more present for his family after serious illness forced him to reconsider the amount of time he devoted to his career. He went on to write the book And You May Find Yourself: A Guided Practice to Never Fearing Death Again.

Ian Peddie was inspired by the song to leave his dead-end existence in Wolverhampton in the mid-1980s to 'find himself in another part of the world', following his dreams. Kelly Waterhouse says the song symbolises gratitude for all the things she takes for granted and sometimes struggles with in her life as a busy working mother.

And singer Angelique Kidjo recorded her own version of Once in a Lifetime in 2018, after coming full circle with the song from her arrival in Paris in 1983 after fleeing the dictatorship in her home country of Benin. She heard the song at a student party and recognised the Afrobeats adopted by David Byrne and Brian Eno that made her feel both joyful and homesick at the same time.

(Photo: Musician David Byrne, founding member and principal songwriter of the American New Wave band Talking Heads. Credit: Jack Mitchell/Getty Images)


WED 05:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwq842)
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WED 05:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8k02m)
US House of Representatives is in recess after Speaker is ousted

Political shockwaves spread across the United States as the Republican party's Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy is removed.

Afghan officials have accused the Pakistan government of harassing Afghanis living in their country, the comments come after Islamabad promised to expel the 1.7 million Afghan refugees within its borders.

Armenia says it will join the International Criminal Court - a move that could have implications for President Putin of Russia.


WED 06:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwqcw6)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 06:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8k3tr)
US House of Representatives votes to oust Republican leader in historic first

An unprecedented vote in the US house of representatives removes the speaker - Republican Kevin McCarthy - from office; we look the political and constitutional implications of the move.
A bus crash in the Italian city of Venice has left at least 21 people dead, with several children among the deceased.
Some 365 senior Roman Catholics have gathered in Rome for a Synod where they will discuss the future direction of the church: on the agenda is the role of women in the church and blessing same-sex relationships.


WED 07:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwqhmb)
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WED 07:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8k7kw)
Kevin McCarthy ousted: US House of Representatives faces days of paralysis

Kevin McCarthy becomes the latest casualty of bitter political divides within the US Republican party as the Speaker of the House of Representatives is voted out after criticism from the right wing of the party.

Pakistan says it will expel 1.7 million Afghans from its territory prompting angry reactions from Kabul - we look at what deteriorating relations between the two neighbours means for the exiled population.

And we hear what a prominent public statue of the former Soviet leader Josef Stalin reveals about what Russia thinks about some of the dark periods in its history.


WED 08:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwqmcg)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct4p81)
Paolo Gentiloni: Are divisions costing the EU on the global stage?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Paolo Gentiloni, the European Union's economy commissioner. He’s at the centre of efforts to turn the bloc into an economic superpower capable of rivalling the US and China. But is the EU simply too divided to project real geopolitical power?


WED 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhdzmv)
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WED 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct4n8p)
Fashion: Doing business in Paris

Paris is the most visited city in the world and one of the things it’s known for, is fashion. But what is it about the City of Light that makes it a popular destination for businesses?

In this programme, Hannah Mullane speaks to a personal shopper, who relies on fashion tourists for her business, as well as fashion start-ups choosing to base themselves in Paris.

Hannah also meets a stylist and fashion agent, who moved from Italy to Paris, to make the most of the opportunities that the fashion industry has to offer.

Producer/presenter: Hannah Mullane

(Picture: Two women holding shopping bags. Credit: Fabulous You Paris)


WED 08:50 Witness History (w3ct4xk0)
Nigeria strikes oil

In 1956 commercial quantities of oil were discovered in the Nigerian village Oloibiri.

It marked the start of a huge oil industry for Nigeria but came at a cost for villages in the Niger Delta.

Chief Sunday Inengite was 19-years-old when prospectors first came to his village in search of crude oil.

In 2018 he spoke to Alex Last about the impact of the discovery.

(Photo: An oil worker at an oil well in Nigeria. Credit: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)


WED 09:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwqr3l)
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WED 09:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw91rs)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhf3cz)
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WED 09:32 The Climate Question (w3ct5bkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:06 on Sunday]


WED 10:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwqvvq)
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WED 10:06 The Documentary (w3ct60st)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Saturday]


WED 11:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwqzlv)
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WED 11:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw9981)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhfbw7)
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WED 11:32 The Documentary (w3ct2zvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


WED 12:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwr3bz)
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WED 12:06 Outlook (w3ct4r3t)
Called to climb: Why I take photographs from skyscrapers

Isaac Wright was a US army veteran living with PTSD when he picked up his camera and started to climb. Still in his early 20s, he found that climbing buildings - and taking pictures of the dazzling views below - gave him a sense of peace and purpose.

As he travelled across the US with his camera, scaling skyscrapers and bridges, Isaac felt he had finally found his calling. But not everyone would see it that way. Climbing skyscrapers is usually illegal and it was about to catch up with him. 

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Zoe Gelber

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707

(Photo: Isaac on a skyscraper in Hong Kong. Credit: @Errorflict)


WED 12:50 Witness History (w3ct4xk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


WED 13:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwr733)
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WED 13:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vw9jr9)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhflch)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 13:32 Tech Life (w3ct4tqg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Tuesday]


WED 14:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwrbv7)
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WED 14:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2n02n)
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy voted out

What's next for the Republican Party after the ouster of US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy? We hear from Congressman Matt Rosendale, one of the eight Republicans who voted for him to go.

Also in the programme: as a UN deadline passes to renew the mandate of the only international body monitoring atrocities in Ethiopia, is this evidence of double standards? And we talk to the scientist threatened with dismissal for refusing to compromise his green principles and fly back to Europe from Oceania after a field trip overran.

(IMAGE: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talks to the media as he walks to the House floor in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 02 October 2023 / CREDIT: EPA/Shawn Thew)


WED 15:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwrglc)
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WED 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct4p81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


WED 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhftvr)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct4zvc)
Indonesia's ban of e-commerce on social media comes into force

The government says it wants to protect local small businesses, which were facing competition from online cheaper retailers. We get the latest from our correspondent in Jakarta.
Also in the programme, we talk to the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates, Suhail al-Mazrouei, about the role of the OPEC+, fuel prices and the rumours about the UAE mulling a departure from the oil producers cartel.
And South Africans in the province of Gauteng are seeing water supply cuts as part of a "water shifting" scheme, the latest stopgap to one of the many infrastructure issues the country faces.
(Picture: An Indonesian children clothing trader sells live on her social media at a shop in Tanah Abang textile market, Jakarta, Indonesia. Picture credit: BAGUS INDAHONO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)


WED 16:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwrlbh)
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WED 16:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqkpn03)
Kenyan schoolgirls hit by unknown illness

Health authorities in Kenya are investigating an unknown illness after more than 90 high school students were admitted in various hospitals in Kakamega, Western Kenya. We hear from some of their parents and speak to our health correspondent in Nairobi.

Pakistan has ordered all unauthorised Afghan migrants to leave the country by the end of October. We bring together some of the people affected to discuss what they are planning to do now.

We have an update from Italy where at least 21 people including several children have died after a bus crashed off a flyover near Venice and burst into flames on Tuesday night.

We talk about Pamela Anderson’s makeup-free appearance at Paris fashion week and hear from women who embrace a more natural look with grey hair and little makeup.

Pope Francis has urged the world's politicians to move beyond the mentality of appearing to be concerned about global warming while lacking the courage to produce substantial change. Our religion editor joins from the Vatican where the global meeting of bishops has started today.

Presenter: Anna Foster.


WED 17:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwrq2m)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 17:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqkprr7)
Afghans in Pakistan

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has said that Pakistan's threat to expel all undocumented Afghan migrants is unacceptable, and has urged Islamabad to reconsider. We hear from some of the Afghans in Pakistan about what they are planning to do now.

After a group of hardline Republicans ousted the US House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, we explain the role of the speaker and what happens next.

Nigerian police have detained Afrobeats star Naira Marley for questioning over the death of a fellow singer, MohBad. Our correspondent in Nigeria explains.

Presenter: Anna Foster.

(Photo: An Afghan woman attends a tailoring class at the Skills Academy for Needy Aspirants (SANA) in Peshawar, Pakistan July 13, 2023. Credit: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)


WED 18:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwrttr)
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WED 18:06 Outlook (w3ct4r3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


WED 18:50 Witness History (w3ct4xk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


WED 19:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwrykw)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 19:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwb872)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhg9v8)
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WED 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct4t17)
2023/10/04 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


WED 20:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flws2b0)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 20:06 The Climate Question (w3ct5bkl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:06 on Sunday]


WED 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhgfld)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 20:32 Health Check (w3ct4pdk)
Malaria vaccine backed by WHO

A vaccine for malaria that can be produced cheaply on a large scale has been recommended for use by the World Health Organisation. It was developed by the University of Oxford, and is only the second malaria vaccine to be developed.

Claudia Hammond is joined by New Scientist health reporter Clare Wilson to look at how the new vaccine works, and why it’s proven so hard to find a way to inoculate against malaria.

We also look at major new research that’s found women are facing major inequalities in cancer care around the world, with calls for a feminist approach to cancer prevention, detection, and treatment.

Claudia and Clare also discuss this week’s announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Professors Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are sharing the prize for their work developing the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines.

And we hear whether or not there’s evidence that mental health ‘first aid’ courses have real medical benefits.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Dan Welsh
Editor: Erika Wright


WED 21:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flws624)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 21:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2nv9k)
US House of Representatives paralysed

Without a speaker no business can be conducted. Has this action damaged the Republican party? We hear from one of the rebels and one of the moderates.

Also on the programme: we hear from the first indigenous person to be elected to the role of premier of a province in Canada. Wab Kinew is from the Ashinaabe First Nation; and we also hear from one of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Professor Moungi Bawendi.

(Picture: Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Credit: Reuters)


WED 22:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flws9t8)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct4p81)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


WED 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhgp2n)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 22:32 The Documentary (w3ct2zvc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


WED 23:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwsfkd)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 23:06 The Newsroom (w172z2sqs48nfs9)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 23:20 Sports News (w172z1k47bc3gzf)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


WED 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhgsts)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct4zxm)
The Great Bond Sell-off

Government debt around the world is becoming less attractive, causing bond prices to tumble.

As a result, the yield - the money bondholders can expect to make from their credit notes, has gone up.

Roger Hearing finds out what this will mean for the prospect of future interest rate rises from central banks.

(Picture: A trader looks at screens at the Madrid bourse June 1, 2012. Credit: REUTERS/Andreas Comas)

THURSDAY 05 OCTOBER 2023

THU 00:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwsk9j)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 00:06 The Documentary (w3ct60st)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Saturday]


THU 01:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwsp1n)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 01:06 Business Matters (w172yzrrxxk36fz)
What's behind the global bond sell-off?

Governments around the world are finding it harder to borrow as Bond prices fall.

It means that yields are up, but could lead to higher interest rates for longer.

Roger Hearing discusses this and more business stories from around the world with Mehmal Sarfraz, Co-Founder of The Current PK in Lahore, and Sarah Kunst, managing director of Cleo Capital, in San Francisco.

(Picture: An investor walks past an electronic board displaying live market data at a stock broker's office in central Bangkok, Thailand, August 19, 2015. Credit: REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo/File Photo)


THU 02:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwssss)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 02:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwc3fz)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhh525)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 02:32 Assignment (w3ct4m7m)
Gabon’s dark football secret

Gabon is football crazy and it’s the dream of most young footballers to play internationally. But, in 2022 a long serving coach for youth national teams admitted to charges of raping, grooming, and exploiting young players. He faces up to 30 years in prison.

BBC Africa Eye’s Khadidiatou Cissé travels to Gabon to investigate one of the biggest sexual abuse scandals in the history of football. She speaks with victims and eyewitnesses who reveal a shocking culture of sexual abuse and despair, with claims that many people knew, and many stayed silent. We follow a coach who, at personal risk, is determined to bring about change. Football’s world governing body, Fifa, is facing accusations of failing to take effective action over the scandal.

Presenter: Khadidiatou Cissé
Producer: Stephanie Stafford and Suzanne Vanhooymissen
BBC Eye editors Rebecca Henschke and Tom Watson
Sound engineer: Neil Churchill
Assignment series editor: Penny Murphy

(Photo: Child holding football boots)


THU 03:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwsxjx)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 03:06 Outlook (w3ct4r3t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Wednesday]


THU 03:50 Witness History (w3ct4xk0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwt191)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 04:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwcby7)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhhdkf)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 04:32 The Food Chain (w3ct4v7b)
Can you eat your way to 100?

What if you could reach a great age through your dietary choices? Imagine – that the food you eat has a direct effect on how long you live. An appealing concept, but can it be backed up by research?

In this programme, Ruth Alexander explores the dietary habits of centenarians, to find out if there are any similarities in what they eat and whether their diets have had a bearing on their longevity.

She speaks to 100-year-old Betty Webb, to find out how much food has played a role in reaching a century, and discovers more about “Blue Zones” – geographical areas where some researchers claim people live longer than average lifespans.

If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk

(Picture: An older woman holding a slice of watermelon. Credit: Getty Images/BBC)

Producer: Elisabeth Mahy


THU 05:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwt515)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 05:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8mwzq)
Kaiser Permanente: Over 75,000 US healthcare workers go on strike

The largest health care strike in US history is underway, employees say they are overworked and underpaid.

Why do worker strikes seem to be on the rise in the US?

Talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh hit a roadblock.

The US is building a new wall to keep out migrants.

The relationship between Bangladesh and Russia is burgeoning raising questions for some of Bangladesh's other allies.

And in sports there's been an incredible win for Newcastle in the Champions League


THU 06:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwt8s9)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 06:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8n0qv)
European leaders gather at a summit in Granada

Leaders in Spain will discuss the war in Ukraine and the migration crisis.

American military aid to Ukraine has been thrown into question with the removal of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy.

What's the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijan's forces take over?

And Pakistan's order to oust illegal migrants from the country has over one million Afghan asylum seekers worried.


THU 07:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwtdjf)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 07:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8n4gz)
Sikkim: Race against time to save people after flash floods

A search and rescue operation is underway for more than 100 missing in north-east India. This follows flash floods that have killed at least 14 people.

The European Union has reached an historic agreement on how member states will deal with a sudden increase in asylum seekers. It comes as EU and other European countries meet in Spain to discuss the problem.

The Conservative Party leader in the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, tells his party conference that he will deliver reforms. But can he do enough in the short time left to get his party re-elected?

And how a football world cup could be played in six countries.


THU 08:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwtj8k)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 08:06 The Inquiry (w3ct4wdh)
Why can’t Germany build enough homes?

The German government was elected with a plan to build 400,000 new homes a year – but it fell short last year by over 100,000. The country’s house building industry is in crisis, with hundreds of companies going into liquidation this year as order books are emptying and demand for new homes has fallen. So why can’t Germany build enough homes?

A combination of high construction costs caused by inflation since the Covid pandemic, and increases in interest rates in recent years has produced a difficult business environment for a construction sector that is a significant part of the German economy. Along with falling demand, industry experts fear that regulations and bureaucracy are a factor in causing the crisis.

Charmaine Cozier hears from:
Dirk Salewski President of the German Housebuilding Federation who attended a recent summit hosted by Chancellor Olaf Scholz when the government announced a 14 point plan to revive housing construction.
Alice Pitinni is the research director at Housing Europe, the European Federation of Public Co-operative and Social Housing and says there is a growing affordable housing crisis in Europe.
Ireland has endured it's own housing crisis in the past - Michelle Norris, is professor of social policy at University College Dublin, and says Ireland has repeated some of Germany’s mistakes.
Jens Boysen-Hogrefe is a senior economist at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy – he says the country faces a tough situation, that worse is yet to come, but it is not a repeat of the post-reunification boom and bust of the 1990s.



CREDITS
Presenter - Charmaine Cozier
Producer - Phil Reevell.
Researcher - Matt Toulson
Editor - Tara McDermott



(Photo: A construction worker is seen on the roofing for a new residential building in Dortmund, western Germany, on April 18, 2023) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)


THU 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhhwjy)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct4mzn)
Fashion: Paying less for the wedding dress?

In the UK, brides spend an average of £1,400 on a dress for the big day.

But inflation and the rising cost of living means that's starting to change. We look at the trend of spending less on wedding dresses - buying them ready-to-wear from a boutique in London, or even from a supermarket.

And we're in India where some brides are starting to spend less - not always easy when spending lavishly on weddings is often the expectation.

Produced and presented by Deborah Weitzmann with additional presenting from Devina Gupta.

(Image: Ruth in her second hand wedding gown. Image credit: Greg Milner)


THU 08:50 Witness History (w3ct4xdh)
The Amoco Cadiz oil spill

In 1978, the Amoco Cadiz tanker ran aground off the coast of France.

The supertanker split, releasing more than 220,000 tonnes of crude oil into the sea.

It was the largest oil spill caused by a tanker at the time.

Marguerite Lamour is the former secretary to Alphonse Arzel, the mayor of Ploudalmézeau in Brittany. He played a crucial role in the region's campaign for compensation.

Marguerite shares her experiences in this programme presented by Esther Egbeyemi.

(Photo: The Amoco Cadiz shipwreck. Credit: Pierre Vauthey/Getty Images)


THU 09:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwtn0p)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 09:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwcynw)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhj092)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 09:32 Assignment (w3ct4m7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


THU 10:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwtrrt)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 10:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct4wk2)
Complete shutdown

How would it feel wake up years later? After the US narrowly avoided a government shutdown, we look at how complicated systems - such as living things - can just press pause.

Could humans ever hibernate like bears and squirrels? Or even like simpler animals that can be revived after 46,000 years.

Also, which way does antimatter fall under gravity? And how might IVF save a functionally extinct species of rhino?

Presenter: Caroline Steel, with Chhavi Sachdev and Philistiah Mwatee.
Producer: Alex Mansfield, with Margaret Sessa-Hawkins, Ben Motley and Sophie Ormiston


THU 11:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwtwhy)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 11:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwd654)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhj7sb)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 11:32 The Food Chain (w3ct4v7b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


THU 12:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwv082)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 12:06 Outlook (w3ct4qp8)
The prison escape and the wooden keys

Tim Jenkin grew up in apartheid-era South Africa. At his school, he was taught that non-white neighbours ‘weren’t like real people.’ But when Tim moved to London the year after finishing school, he had a total shift in perspective. He encountered anti-apartheid films which cast his country in a completely different light and came to the realisation that ‘I had been lied to my entire life.’

Tim returned to South Africa for university and met an underground network of students who, like him, were eager for change. After graduation, Tim and his classmate Stephen Lee joined the African National Congress (ANC), an anti-apartheid group then considered a terrorist organisation by the South African government.

By the mid-1970s, Tim and Stephen were travelling across South Africa, secretly distributing ANC literature. But in March 1978, the South African police caught up with them and Tim was sentenced under the Terrorism Act to 12 years in a Pretoria prison.

Tim began to plan his escape as soon as he entered the prison. Examining the lock on his cell-door, he decided to make a key to open it. Using smuggled tools from the prison wood-shop, Tim constructed a key that would fit the door’s dimensions; it opened first time. But there were many more doors, and many more keys, between Tim and freedom.

Tim wrote a book about his experience, which was made into a film, both called Escape from Pretoria.

(This interview was first broadcast in March 2020)

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Thomas Harding Assinder

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707

(Photo: Tim Jenkin. Raw Television)


THU 12:50 Witness History (w3ct4xdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


THU 13:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwv406)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 13:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwdfnd)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhjh8l)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 13:32 Health Check (w3ct4pdk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Wednesday]


THU 14:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwv7rb)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 14:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2qwzr)
What's left in Nagorno-Karabakh?

The BBC goes inside Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnic Armenian enclave, after Azerbaijan undertook a lightening offensive causing residents to flee for Armenia. Also on the programme: flash floods in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in north-east India have led to a number of deaths; and the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

(PHOTO: Thousands of ethnic Armenians flee breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Goris, Armenia - 29 Sep 2023)


THU 15:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwvchg)
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THU 15:06 The Inquiry (w3ct4wdh)
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THU 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhjqrv)
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THU 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct4zkb)
The economic impact of the Cricket World Cup

More than US$250 million will be spent on advertising during the tournament. We look at the economic impact the event can have in India, the host.

As FIFA announces in which countries the 2030 Football World Cup will take place, we find out what this can mean for one of the six hosts: Morocco.

And a recent report says the gender wage gap in the Netherlands has increased to 7.4% in the last two years. We look into the reasons why this is happening.

(Picture: New Zealand's Devon Conway in action as he hits four runs off the bowling of England's Mark Wood. Picture credit: Reuters)


THU 16:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwvh7l)
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THU 16:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqksjx6)
Migration in Europe

The EU's foreign affairs chief has warned that if political infighting in Washington undermines US support for Ukraine, Europe will not be able to fill the gap. We also talk about solutions to tackle irregular migration that the summit is expected to discuss. Our diplomatic correspondent joins from the summit.

We also hear from people in the countries where many people are attempting to leave and find a better life in Europe. Our population correspondent joins to explain.

We bring together two Syrians from the southern city of Sweida where people have been protesting against poor living conditions and rising cost of living.

A global gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople is underway at the Vatican discussing the future of the church, where women, their voices and their votes, are taking center stage for the first time. We bring together two Catholic women to discuss what they are expecting from the gathering.

Presenter: Lukwesa Burak.

(Photo: A handout photo made available by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of Europe shows France's President Emmanuel Macron (L), British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (C), and European Council President Charles Michel (R) during the opening ceremony of the third meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) Summit at the Congress Hall in Granada, Spain, 05 October 2023. Credit: JUANJO MARTIN/PEUE/HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock )


THU 17:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwvlzq)
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THU 17:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqksnnb)
Warmest September on record

Climate scientists say last month was the world's hottest September on record by an extraordinary margin. We hear more from our climate expert.

We bring together two Syrians from the southern city of Sweida where people have been protesting against poor living conditions and rising cost of living.

Our correspondent explains the debate on migration at a conference of European leaders in Spain. We also talk about solutions to tackle irregular migration with our population correspondent.

We find out about reports that Iran's morality police has beaten a 16-year old girl for not wearing a hijab on a Tehran metro.

BBC disinformation expert explains how a campaign has used artificial intelligence to impersonate the former leader of Sudan, adding confusion to the country in the middle of civil war.

Presenter: Lukwesa Burak.

(Photo: Drinking water in heatwave. Credit: EPA)


THU 18:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwvqqv)
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THU 18:06 Outlook (w3ct4qp8)
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THU 18:50 Witness History (w3ct4xdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


THU 19:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwvvgz)
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THU 19:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwf545)
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THU 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhk6rc)
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THU 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct4swq)
2023/10/05 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


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THU 20:06 Assignment (w3ct4m7m)
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THU 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhkbhh)
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THU 20:32 Science In Action (w3ct4scx)
The best and the worst

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weismann for their contributions to developing the fundamentals that led to life saving mRNA vaccines. Although funding and support were not always assured on their road to the Nobel, Katalin Karikó tells Roland she used these setbacks to drive her towards success.

On the other side of the coin, allegations of scientific misconduct over bold room temperature superconductivity claims. Earlier this year, eleven authors submitted a paper to Nature. Now, eight of them are calling for a retraction. Science journalist Dan Garisto covers the story.

Also this week, NASA Ames researcher Jacob Kegerreis details how Saturn got its rings. Hint: It’s a smashing story.

And, what is the most fear inducing sound in the world? Lions roaring? Gunshots? According to mammals in South Africa it is the human voice. Fear-ecologist Liana Zanette explains.


Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Ella Hubber
Editor: Martin Smith
Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth


(Image: Katalin Karikó. Credit: Mark Makela / Getty Images)


THU 21:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flww2z7)
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THU 21:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2rr6n)
Ukraine seeks support as Russia carries out deadly attack in Kharkiv

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed western allies at a summit in Granada, Spain. He spoke of the importance of carrying on with their support to fight Russia. Today there's been another deadly attack by Russia leaving more than 50 people dead. American Ambassador to NATO, Julianne Smith, says she is sure the US is prepared to continue with support for Ukraine – but the politicians are signalling that this may not be the case.

Also in the programme: We speak with a woman who fled Nagorno-Karabakh with her three children; and the world has now seen the hottest September on record – just how hot is it?

(Photo: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the European Political Community Summit in Grenada, Spain. Credit: EPA/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service)


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THU 22:06 The Inquiry (w3ct4wdh)
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THU 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhkkzr)
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THU 22:32 The Food Chain (w3ct4v7b)
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THU 23:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwwbgh)
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THU 23:06 The Newsroom (w172z2sqs48rbpd)
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THU 23:20 Sports News (w172z1k47bc6cwj)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


THU 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhkpqw)
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THU 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct4zml)
WTO cuts world trade forecast by over 50%

The World Trade organisation has halved its estimate for global exports growth this year - from 1.7% to just 0.8%. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO director-general, said the projected slowdown was “cause for concern, because of the adverse implications for the living standards of people around the world”.

(Picture: Close-up on a manager working at a warehouse. Picture credit: Getty Images)

FRIDAY 06 OCTOBER 2023

FRI 00:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwwg6m)
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FRI 00:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct4wk2)
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FRI 01:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwwkyr)
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FRI 01:06 Business Matters (w172yzrrxxk63c2)
WTO cuts world trade forecast by over 50%

The World Trade organisation has halved its estimate for global exports growth this year - from 1.7% to just 0.8%. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO director-general, said the projected slowdown was “cause for concern, because of the adverse implications for the living standards of people around the world”.

(Picture: Glass globe representing international business and trade. Picture credit: Getty Images)


FRI 02:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwwppw)
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FRI 02:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwg0c2)
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FRI 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhl1z8)
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FRI 02:32 Tech Life (w3ct4tqg)
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FRI 03:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwwtg0)
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FRI 03:06 Outlook (w3ct4qp8)
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FRI 03:50 Witness History (w3ct4xdh)
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FRI 04:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwwy64)
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FRI 04:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwg7vb)
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FRI 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhl9gj)
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FRI 04:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct4pk2)
Young Catholics on the Francis revolution

Pope Francis has launched the biggest consultation in the history of the Catholic church. Since the process started three years ago, millions of Catholics worldwide have given their responses to the question: “What steps does the Spirit invite us to take in order to grow in our journeying together?”

Responses to that question have differed depending on where in the world the respondent is from. Some answers have generated controversy. Now Bishops from across the globe are gathering at the Vatican in Rome to discuss the working document based on the consultation process. But for Pope Francis, this is not an administrative meeting – he has said this synod is a unique assembly which has an important spiritual dimension, and he wants it to be “a religious moment.”

Caroline Wyatt brings three young Catholics together to discuss the future of their church. Maike Sieben is from Germany and a recent graduate from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government who volunteered in the General Secretariat of the Synod in the Vatican. Isioma Coker is an HR consultant for an international company, who lives in Nigeria. She is the founder of Young and Catholic Nigeria on Instagram. And Zac Davis is based in the US. He is the senior director for digital strategy for America magazine and he co-hosts the podcast, Jesuitical.

Caroline also hears other voices from around the world, to explore just what Pope Francis’s revolution means to them.

Presenter: Caroline Wyatt
Producer: Julia Paul
Editor: Helen Grady
Production co-ordinator: Mica Nepomuceno


FRI 05:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwx1y8)
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FRI 05:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8qswt)
Russian attack on civilian Ukrainian village condemned

Our top story is the Russian airstrike on the Ukrainian village of Hroza, which killed more than 50 people; there has been substantial international condemnation of what is the deadliest missile strike on Ukraine in more than a year - we talk live to our correspondent.

On migration: the United States has announced it will resume direct deportation flights to Venezuela - meaning a deal has been reached between Washington and Caracas, which have been on very bad terms.

And our business news will look at the next frontier for fashion: space.


FRI 06:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwx5pd)
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FRI 06:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8qxmy)
Russia carries out deadliest missile attack on Ukraine for more than a year

We focus on the Russian airstrike on the Ukrainian village of Hroza, which killed more than 50 people - will it stop growing cracks in western support already showing and the impact on the war effort.

European leaders are debating their policies on Ukraine and, in particular, the migration crisis - the summit in Spain is being watched for the degree of consensus on a much anticipated migration pact.

On the 50th anniversary of the October War - also known as the Yom Kippur War or the Ramadan War - which started in the Middle East in 1973 on this day we take a look at how it changed the course of Arab-Israeli relations.


FRI 07:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwx9fj)
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FRI 07:06 Newsday (w172z075mr8r1d2)
Deadliest attack in a year carried out in eastern Ukraine

At least 51 people have been killed by a missile attack in the east of Ukraine - we hear how this accounts for half the population of the village of Hroza.

Elsewhere, a drone attack kills at least 100 at a Syrian military college during a graduation ceremony; the Syrian authorities have retaliated and the United Nations has called for calm.

And Paris is fighting a bed bug infestation - but as we hear it's not just a problem for the French capital - we ask an expert how worried we should be about the tiny mites.


FRI 08:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwxf5n)
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FRI 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct4nz0)
Lord Deben: Is short-term politics undermining climate action?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Conservative politician and former UK environment minister Lord Deben. After Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a major shift in green policies, is political short-termism undermining climate action?


FRI 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhlsg1)
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FRI 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct4mpm)
Fashion: Becoming a designer

We speak to Greek designer Dimitra Petsa - founder of Di Petsa - a brand which has been worn by celebrities around the world.

She graduated from fashion school five years ago and since then has launched her own fashion brand.

Very few make it in the fashion world - Dimitra explains how she did it from mentors and getting exposure to creating business plans and coming up with business strategies.

Producer/presenter: Hannah Mullane

(Picture: Models wearing Di Petsa clothing. Credit Di Petsa)


FRI 08:50 Witness History (w3ct4x7y)
Protectors of the Amazon

In 2003, an oil company entered the indigenous Sarayaku community’s territory in the Ecuadorian Amazon in search of oil.

Neither the government nor the firm had consulted the community beforehand.

The locals responded by filing a lawsuit against the company. The ruling of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights would go onto become an important case for indigenous communities all over the world.

Former Sarayaku president Jose Gualing and community leader Ena Santi recall the landmark case.

A Munck Studios production for BBC World Service presented by Isak Rautio.

(Photo: Ecuadorian rainforest. Credit: Fabio Cuttica/Reuters)


FRI 09:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwxjxs)
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FRI 09:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwgvkz)
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FRI 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhlx65)
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FRI 09:32 Science In Action (w3ct4scx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Thursday]


FRI 10:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwxnnx)
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FRI 10:06 The Real Story (w3ct4q79)
How do we stop rapid insect decline?

As human activities rapidly transform the planet, the global insect population is declining at an unprecedented rate. In the UK, a recent survey suggested the number of flying insects have fallen by almost 60% in less than 20 years. Some are calling it an impending 'insect apocalypse'.
Their disappearance matters because insects are the most diverse group of organisms on the planet and the foundation of every freshwater and land based ecosystem. They provide food for birds, bats and small mammals; they pollinate around 75% of the crops in the world; they replenish soils and keep pest numbers in check. You may not always like insects in your personal space but you certainly need them to survive.
Insect population collapses could mean significant crop failures, collapsing food webs, bird extinctions, disease outbreaks and more. We're going to explore why it's happening and what can be done to mitigate it.

Shaun Ley is joined by:
Dr Erica McAlister - Principal curator of fleas and flies at the Natural History Museum in London and an honorary fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.

Dr David Wagner - Professor of ecology and evolutionary behaviour at the University of Connecticut where he specialises in caterpillars, butterflies, moths, insect conservation and global insect decline.

Oliver Milman - US environment correspondent for The Guardian newspaper and author of The Insect Crisis.

Also in the programme:
Dr Kendra Klein - senior staff scientist with Friends of the Earth in the United States.

Julian Little - a plant biochemist with 35 years of experience in the agricultural industry including time as head of communications for Bayer in the UK.

(Image: A butterfly rests at the Butterfly Garden in Konya, Turkey. Credit: Serhat Cetinkaya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)


FRI 11:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwxsf1)
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FRI 11:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwh327)
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FRI 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhm4pf)
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FRI 11:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct4pk2)
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FRI 12:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwxx55)
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FRI 12:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct4v0k)
Pakistan and Iran: Expelling Afghans

Presented by Sana Safi

Millions of Afghans living in Pakistan and Iran are facing growing pressure to return to Afghanistan. In Pakistan, around 1.7 million unauthorised Afghan asylum seekers have been ordered to leave by the end of this month. In Iran, the authorities say there are five million Afghans living without legal status, and forced removals are increasing. We hear from BBC Urdu’s Asif Farooqi and BBC Persian’s Zia Shahreyar about the latest developments.

Turkish beach towel revolution
Fences, fees for sun loungers and private beach clubs are on the rise in Turkey, and in many tourist areas it's becoming increasingly difficult to find a free place to lay your beach towel. But now some locals are protesting, as Mahmut Hamsici of BBC Turkish explains.

Celebrating Mahatma Gandhi's iconic loincloth
BBC Indian marked the anniversary of Gandhi's birth this week with a story about the history of his iconic loincloth or dhoti, and why he chose to wear it, as Vandana in Delhi explains.

Flappy Bird and beyond: Vietnam's gaming industry
Vietnam today has become a regional hub for game app development, spurred on by the success of Flappy Bird, which 10 years ago took the world by storm. Thuong Le from BBC Vietnamese is a gaming fan, and tells us about the growth of the homegrown games development industry.

Sudan's all-female rap group
BBC Arabic's Sarah Magdy took her personal interest in conflict rap to report a story for their culture show about Sudan's first all-female rap group, 249 Gang.

(Photo: Afghan families on the road in Pakistan's Khyber district, returning to Afghanistan. Credit: Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images)


FRI 12:50 Witness History (w3ct4x7y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


FRI 13:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwy0x9)
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FRI 13:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwhbkh)
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FRI 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhmd5p)
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FRI 13:32 Science In Action (w3ct4scx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Thursday]


FRI 14:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwy4nf)
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FRI 14:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2tswv)
Iranian activist wins Nobel Peace Prize

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi. We'll hear from someone who's known her for twenty years.

Also in the programme: A Ukrainian member of parliament tells us that she is - as she puts it - "desperately worried" about future levels of American military support; and new evidence that the first humans in North America were not quite as destructive as first thought.

(Photo: Nagres Mohammadi, pictured here in 2007, is serving a lengthy sentence in Evin prison. Credit: Getty Images)


FRI 15:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwy8dk)
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FRI 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct4nz0)
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FRI 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhmmny)
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FRI 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct4z89)
High US jobs growth fuels rate rise expectations

Employers added 336,000 jobs in September, almost double the 170,000 estimated. We look into the implications this can have on the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy.

Russia has lifted a ban on seaborn exports of diesel weeks after imposing a ban to protect the domestic supply. We get the latest details.

One of the world's largest oil and gas companies, Exxon Mobil, could buy the biggest oil producer in Texas, Pioneer Natural Resources. We find out what this could mean for the industry.

(Picture: A 'now hiring' sign on the window of a Hair Cuttery salon in Bethesda, US. Picture credit: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)


FRI 16:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwyd4p)
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FRI 16:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqkwft9)
Ukraine Attack: UN launches investigation

A Russian strike in north-eastern Ukraine has killed at least 51 people. The attack happened in the village of Hroza in the Kharkiv region. We will be hearing from our correspondent in Ukraine as well as from people from the area.

The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi. She was honoured for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran. We will speak to our correspondent.

We will hear from Arab speaking gamers about the latest release of the video game Assassin's Creed and how it has Arabic dialogue at its heart.


FRI 17:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwyhwt)
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FRI 17:06 BBC OS (w172z0w0zqkwkkf)
UN sending investigators following Ukraine town attack

The United Nations is sending investigators to a Ukrainian village which was hit in a missile strike on Thursday, killing more than fifty people. Every family in the small town of Hroza has been affected by yesterday's missile attack, according to the country's Interior Minister. We hear from our special correspondent.

The release of the newest video game in the Assassins creed series - Assasin's Creed Mirage which is set in 9th Century Baghdad and is causing a lot of excitement in the gaming community, especially the Arabic speaking one as for the first time the original language of the game is Arabic. We hear from gamers in Egypt.

A drone attack on a military academy in Syria has killed at least 89 people. We spoke to our Syrian colleague from BBC Arabic.

A football club in France released a statement on Monday - indicating that one of the club’s supporters was the victim of a sexual assault during Sunday’s game against Nantes. We speak to female football fans about their experiences.


FRI 18:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwymmy)
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FRI 18:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct4v0k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


FRI 18:50 Witness History (w3ct4x7y)
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FRI 19:06 The Newsroom (w172z2tk6vwj218)
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FRI 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhn3ng)
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FRI 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct4sr6)
2023/10/06 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.


FRI 20:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwyw46)
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FRI 20:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct5b2d)
Fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh

The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is at the centre of one of the world’s longest running disputes that goes back more than 100 years.

The latest conflict involved a lightening military operation by Azerbaijan. It resulted in nearly 120,000 Armenians, virtually the entire population, leaving Nagorno-Karabakh and making a difficult journey – across the border – to Armenia,

Host Anna Foster hears from three women who took that single route. What might normally be an hour and a half’s drive through mountains took several days; meaning many people were without food and water.

“People were freezing. People were trying to find something to eat,” says humanitarian aid worker Mary Asatryan. “You would see people getting out of their cars and searching for grass or something to have at least something to eat.”

We’ll also hear from three volunteers in Armenia, who are meeting people at the end of that journey and trying to help with basic provisions and psychological support.

On the other side of the dispute are the Azerbaijanis. And they share their views and experiences spanning back over the decades.

(Photo: An elderly woman and children sit on bags of belongings as residents gather in central Stepanakert to leave Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited by ethnic Armenians, September 25, 2023. Credit: David Ghahramanya/Reuters)


FRI 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhn7dl)
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FRI 20:32 CrowdScience (w3ct4y4n)
Can humans be part of healthy ecosystems?

Humans have an outsized impact on the planet: we’ve wreaked havoc on countless ecosystems and one study estimates only 3% of land on Earth remains untouched by our influence. CrowdScience listener Teri has witnessed the harmful effects of development on natural habitats near her home. She wonders whether we can ever function as part of a healthy ecosystem?

We look for answers in Teri’s home state, California. Humans have lived here for over 10,000 years and its first inhabitants formed a connection to their landscape unlike the exploitative approach of many later settlers. Today, the beliefs and traditions of the Karuk Tribe of northern California still emphasise a symbiotic relationship with nature, seeing plants and animals as their relations.

Over the past couple of centuries much of the Karuk’s land has been degraded by mining, the timber industry and the outlawing of traditional burning practices. Tribal members show us how they’re working to try to restore ecological balance.

As for the rest of humanity: can we rein in our destructive relationship to nature; or even have a beneficial effect on our local and more urban ecosystems?

Contributors:

Kathy McCovey - Karuk Tribe member and cultural practitioner
Dr Steward Pickett - Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Bill Tripp - Karuk Tribe member and Director of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources
Dr Frank Kanawha Lake - US Forest Service Research Ecologist and Tribal Liaison
Will Harling - Co-lead, Western Klamath Restoration Partnership

Presenter: Caroline Steel
Producer: Cathy Edwards
Editor: Richard Collings
Production Co-ordinator: Jonathan Harris
Studio Manager: Giles Aspen & Steve Greenwood

(Image: Huckleberries and tanoak acorns gathered near a burn site. Credit: Stormy Staats)


FRI 21:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwyzwb)
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FRI 21:06 Newshour (w172z09myy2vn3r)
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FRI 22:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwz3mg)
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FRI 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct4nz0)
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FRI 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhngwv)
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FRI 22:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct4pk2)
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FRI 23:00 BBC News (w172z2r1flwz7cl)
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FRI 23:06 The Newsroom (w172z2sqs48v7lh)
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FRI 23:20 Sports News (w172z1k47bc98sm)
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FRI 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172z2rvwbhnlmz)
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FRI 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct4zbk)
First broadcast 06/10/2023 21:32 GMT

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.