SATURDAY 13 AUGUST 2022

SAT 00:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8p777)
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SAT 00:06 The Real Story (w3ct33p8)
Is the US getting serious about climate change?

This week the US Senate passed the biggest package of climate change measures in American history. The Inflation Reduction Act, which is expected to be passed by the House and signed into law by President Biden, includes $369bn in funding for climate and clean energy policies. Its backers hope it will reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. But the bill had no Republican support in the Senate, raising doubts about just how long-lasting its impacts might be. So, is the US getting serious about climate change? And why do the political divisions about what to do about it run so deep?

Paul Henley is joined by a panel of guests.
Producers: Paul Schuster and Ellen Otzen.


SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8pbzc)
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SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172ydpz28pp7wq)
US consumers spending more

Sam Fenwick is joined by Ralph Silva, broadcasting analyst from Yorkville University in Canada and Yoko Ishikura, a Professor at Hitotsubashi University and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network.

People in the US are spending more than earlier in the year as the country's consumer sentiment survey results rise to a three-month high.

Mayonnaise is one of the world’s most versatile condiments and now it's even being used to measure inflation. Tracy Alloway, a financial journalist with Bloomberg and co-host of the ODD LOTS podcast, tells us more.

Last year Pernilla Nyrensten made history when she became the first female founding chief executive to float her company on the Stockholm stock exchange in its 160-year history. The company has recently been valued at over one billion dollars.

(Picture: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 10: People shop at a grocery store on June 10, 2022 in New York City. Picture Credit: Getty Images).


SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8pgqh)
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SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tfwmntbw)
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SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wctzw)
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SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3ct370y)
Australia: The perfect team?

Australia’s domination of the women’s game continues! Aside from winning both the T20 and ODI formats of the World Cup, as well as being the holders of the Ashes, they are now Commonwealth Games gold medallists! We find out what makes them so successful from bowler Megan Schutt.

We discuss Trent Boult's decision to opt out of his international contract with New Zealand in order to spend more time with his family and play in domestic leagues around the world.

Plus, we reflect on the life and legacy of legendary South African umpire Rudi Koertzen, following his death at the age of 73.

IMAGE: Megan Schutt and Meg Lanning of Team Australia celebrate after winning the gold medal following the Cricket T20 - Gold Medal match between Team Australia and Team India on day ten of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Edgbaston on August 07, 2022 on the Birmingham, England. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)


SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8plgm)
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SAT 03:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct37zk)
The end of the 'eternal' glacier?

Indonesia's famous 'Eternity Glacier' in Papua province is shrinking fast, and experts say it could disappear by 2024. Meanwhile many of the glaciers of the Andes in South America are also on the retreat. Valdya Baraputri of BBC Indonesian and BBC Mundo's Alejandra Martins share this story of climate change in their regions.

Black and Arab
How are black people across the Arab region affected by racism? For BBC Arabic, Nareeman Dosa reports from Tunisia, the first Arab country to make racial discrimination a criminal offence. Nareeman is a black woman of Sudanese heritage and her documentary, Black and Arab, also led to discoveries about her own identity.

India and Pakistan: 75 years after Partition
To mark 75 years since India and Pakistan’s independence and the Partition, BBC Hindi and BBC Urdu have collaborated to make a podcast series called Baat Sarhad Paar or Conversations Across The Border. Big names from music, art and literature in both countries discuss their shared culture and how this chapter of history affects people today. Asif Farooqi of BBC Urdu and Rupa Jha from BBC Delhi explore the connections.

Goodbye to Bangkok's 'fast and furious' Number 8 bus
The buses operating on Bangkok's Number 8 route are famous for their sometimes alarming speed and reckless driving, earning them the nickname 'fast and furious'. But the authorities have decided to remove them from the roads. BBC Thai's Tossapol Chaisamritpol was a frequent traveller on the Number 8 and shares his stories.

(Photo: Carstensz Glacier. Credit: Gr8ph1cs via gettyimages)


SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3ct3bwt)
The nightclub that changed Ibiza

In June 1973, the nightclub Pacha opened in Ibiza. Other clubs with the capacity to fit thousands of people on the dancefloor opened in the years after, turning Ibiza into a destination for music and party lovers from around the world. Vicky Carter speaks to Carlos Martorell who organised Pacha’s opening party and Francis Van Orden, a Dutch hippy who danced all night on the opening night.

(Photo: Sunset over the sea with boats in the distance. Credit: BBC and Minnow Films)


SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8pq6r)
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SAT 04:06 The Real Story (w3ct33p8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:06 today]


SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8ptyw)
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SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tfwmp5l8)
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SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wd678)
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SAT 05:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct42gb)
The confidence of a cockroach

“Jump off the dumpster of doubt!” Comedian Tumi Morake on challenging her fear of failure, what her daughter can learn from a cockroach, and why she should never feel too afraid to “jump, my baby, jump”. Tumi was the first African woman to have her own Netflix special, and the first woman to present Comedy Central Presents in Africa. She explains why overcoming self-doubt can lead to rewards and adventures.

Episode 11 letter writer: Tumi

Listen online at bbcworldservice.com/deardaughter


SAT 05:50 More or Less (w3ct3k50)
Is opinion polling broken?

The opinion polling industry’s reputation has taken a battering in recent years, as high profile slip-ups in the US presidential election exposed frailties. So should we write them off? Not according to Economist data journalist G Elliot Morris, who’s written a book called Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them.


Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Jon Bithrey
Editor: Richard Vadon
Programme Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Engineer: Rod Farquhar


SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8pyq0)
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SAT 06:06 Weekend (w172ykwjshh9927)
Salman Rushdie stabbed

The acclaimed British author Salman Rushdie is seriously injured after being attacked during an event in New York.

Also, it's been revealed the search warrant for Donald Trump's Florida home was partly based on suspicion of violations of the US Espionage Act.

Plus, worries that one of Europe's most important rivers is becoming impassable for some commercial vessels because of dropping water levels.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Professor Chandrika Kaul, professor of history at St Andrew's University specialising in India and British colonial history; and Dr Fuad Musallam, a political anthropologist specialising in Lebanon at the London School of Economics.

(Image: British author Salman Rushdie speaks as he presents his book "Quichotte" in Vienna, Austria. Credit: HERBERT NEUBAUER/APA/AFP via Getty Images)


SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8q2g4)
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SAT 07:06 Weekend (w172ykwjshh9dtc)
US Congress passes legislation on climate change

A key piece of legislation has passed the US Congress aimed at tackling climate change. and despite compromises, environmental campaigners say its effects will be felt around the world.

Also, the writer Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator in hospital after being attacked with a knife while on stage in New York State. We'll have the latest on his condition and on the attack.

Plus, how close are we to getting a result in the Kenyan presidential elections?

And the man who ran across Ireland in under 24 hours.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Professor Chandrika Kaul, professor of history at St Andrew's University specialising in India and British colonial history; and Dr Fuad Musallam, a political anthropologist specialising in Lebanon at the London School of Economics.

(Image: House Democrats pose for photos after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi signed the Inflation Reduction Act after the House passed the legislation. Credit: Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)


SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8q668)
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SAT 08:06 Weekend (w172ykwjshh9jkh)
Kenyans anticipate election results in tight race

Five days after Kenyans voted for a new president, we ask how soon we can expect a result? Will supporters of both main candidates be willing to accept the result when it does come?

Also, the author Salman Rushdie has been attacked on stage in New York by a man wielding a knife.

Plus, we'll be live in Afghanistan, where it's almost a year since the Taliban seized control of the capital Kabul. The BBC's Lyse Doucet will be reflecting on that year and what's it's meant for people who remained in the country.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Professor Chandrika Kaul, professor of history at St Andrew's University specialising in India and British colonial history; and Dr Fuad Musallam, a political anthropologist specialising in Lebanon at the London School of Economics.

(Image: People watch news and discuss politics in a restaurant as they wait for election results on August 12, 2022 in Eldoret, Kenya. Credit: Ed Ram/Getty Images)


SAT 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wdkgn)
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SAT 08:32 The Conversation (w3ct37m6)
Women crossing borders and seeking refuge

According to the United Nations, at the end of 2021, 89.4 million people around the world had been forced to flee their homes as a result of persecution, conflict, human rights violations or other events. Among them are nearly 27.1 million refugees. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women from Afghanistan and Zimbabwe about having to leave their country.

Hajira Zaman is 29 years old and left Afghanistan in November 2021. She’d been working in a dentist’s clinic when the Taliban entered the clinic and told her she couldn’t work with a male doctor – unless she took her husband, brother or father with her. After threats from the Taliban she, her husband and young son fled the country. Hajira was nine months pregnant and had her baby shortly after arriving in Pakistan.

Nyasha Masi is a refugee from Zimbabwe living in Cape Town. She was abused by her family for being gay and forced into marriage. She made the devastating decision to leave without her three year old daughter and escaped to South Africa. She now works with the charity Safe Place International and has set up her own group for LGBTI+ refugees called Pachedu. Her daughter (now a teenager) has joined her.

Produced by Jane Thurlow

(Image: (L) Nyasha Masi, courtesy Nyasha Masi. (R) Hajira Zaman, courtesy Hajira Zaman.)


SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8q9yd)
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SAT 09:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct417t)
Drought

We're seeing drought all around the world. Without significant rainfall, lakes and rivers have been drying-up, pastures are becoming dusty deserts and crops are failing to grow.

As well as the devastating effect on nature, drought has an economic and human cost - particularly in the poorest parts of the world. The United Nations warns that millions are at risk of severe hunger, in particular in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.

We hear from two families in Kenya who are struggling with rising food prices as their own crops fail. Michael tells us about the impact on his mother, who has a small farm, and Odongo worries about the health effects of the drought on the people living in Nairobi.

France is experiencing its worst drought since records began. We bring together two French wine growers who are desperate for rain as their crops are suffering. They warn it could be a “huge problem”.

Meanwhile, in Iraq, drought continues to be a concern, as temperatures increase. Two Iraqis tell us how they are trying to cope.

(Photo: A green tree in a dry field of cut wheat during a drought in Rancourt, France, August 10, 2022. Credit: Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)


SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wdp6s)
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SAT 09:32 Pick of the World (w3ct41x3)
The woman who let a bird nest in her hair

The pick of the BBC World Service chosen by digital audiences: Our special relationship with birds and the woman who let a baby finch nest in her hair, the dad of quintuplets defending his decision to put his children on reins, a story of atomic espionage in The Bomb podcast - plus can a boss be both effective and kind?


SAT 09:50 Over to You (w3ct35sk)
Reporting protesters on the streets of Colombo

When thousands of protesters took to the streets of Sri Lanka, what were the challenges of covering this civil unrest? We talk to the BBC’s South Asia correspondent.
Plus another in our insightful and often revealing series How I Hear, about your everyday listening habits.
Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon


SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8qfpj)
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SAT 10:06 Sportshour (w172yg8mtxfw2fd)
Serie A: Season of success and sadness

We preview the new Serie A season as starts and hear a cautionary tale of the cost of chasing a footballing dream from former player Martin Bengtsson whose life has recently been turned into a film.

We're in the English West Midlands where fresh off the back of hosting the Commonwealth Games, Coventry is the venue for the 54th International Children's Games. 1,500 athletes will compete in seven different sports and there's cultural events too. It's been held all over the world since the late 1960s and is endorsed by the International Olympic Committee. We hear from organisers and those taking part.

Although the Commonwealth Games are over, you may have been inspired to get a bit more active... Maybe you've dug your running shoes out of the closet and you're thinking hard about using them in anger! Well prepare to gain that extra little inspiration you might need. Mara Yamauchi won Commonwealth gold and competed in the Olympics and now the marathon runner has a new book out "MARAthon Wisdom An Elite Athlete’s Insights on Running and Life".

Image: Alessandro Florenzi (L) and Giovanni Di Lorenzo of Italy celebrate after victory in the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Final between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium on July 11, 2021 in London, England. (Credit GES-Sportfoto/Getty Images)


SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8qkfn)
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SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tfwmpx21)
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SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wdxq1)
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SAT 11:32 WorklifeIndia (w3ct3jcr)
75 years of Indian independence: Reliving memories

In August 1947, India won its independence from British rule and split into two new states – India and Pakistan. The turmoil and trauma that followed marred the birth of the two newly independent nations.

Hundreds of thousands were killed, and an estimated 15 million were displaced, as Muslims migrated to Pakistan and Hindus crossed the border into India.
It’s often cited as one of the biggest movements of people in history.

The issue continues to be debated with a sharp clash of narratives, but it is the individuals and families on both sides of the border who still carry painful memories of the displacement.

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we revisit and relive some of those memories of pain, nostalgia, anguish and hope, and talk to those who are helping to preserve these stories for future generations.

Presenter: Devina Gupta
Contributors: Lady Kishwar Desai, author, chairperson, Partition Museum; Aanchal Malhotra, writer, oral historian; Saadia Gardezi, co-founder and Pakistan lead, Project Dastaan


SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8qp5s)
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SAT 12:06 The Documentary (w3ct43ms)
The Engineers: The future of cars

From the fuel that powers them to the drivers who drive them, engineers are innovating every aspect of the automobile, including solar-powered vehicles, full automation, clean fuel cars and electrification. Three engineers at the forefront of reimagining the car are on a panel hosted by Kevin Fong answering questions from an audience at the Science Museum in London, and on video link across five continents worldwide.

The panel:

Arjo van der Ham: Chief technology officer and co-founder of Lightyear, and engineer of one of the world’s first long-range solar cars
Jamie Shotton: Chief scientist of Wayve and innovator in AI and adaptable autonomous vehicles
Linda Zhang: Chief engineer of the Ford F-150 Lightning pick-up truck, the newly-electrified version of the USA’s most popular vehicle

The Engineers is staged in partnership with the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.

Producer: Charlie Taylor

(Image: Futuristic smart traffic automotive sensing system concept. Credit: Aerial Perspective Works /Getty Images)


SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8qsxx)
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SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172yfc34p1tbw6)
Rushdie stabbing widely condemned

There has been international condemnation of the stabbing attack on the writer Salman Rushdie in Erie, Pennsylvania. He is now on a ventilator with serious wounds. Mr Rushdie has lived under the threat of assassination since the fatwa imposed on him by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. We speak to two of Salman Rushdie's friends and supporters, and get reaction from Tehran.

Also in the programme: our Chief Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet remembers Afghanistan a year ago, as the Taliban took power; and why former US president Donald Trump's claim to have declassified the secret documents found at Mar A Lago is no defence to the charges he could face.

(Image: UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 12, 2022 / Credit: REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki)


SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8qxp1)
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SAT 14:06 Sportsworld (w172ygjv86grlpt)
Live Sporting Action

Delyth Lloyd presents coverage of the second Saturday of the Premier League season, where she’ll be joined by ex-England and Aston Villa defender Anita Asante and former Republic of Ireland and Tottenham defender Stephen Kelly to build up to live commentary of Arsenal against Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium.

We'll also be live in Munich to discuss all the action on day three of the European Games.

Plus, as 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams outlined her plans to retire from tennis after the US Open, we take a look back on her career and her impact both in and beyond the sport.

Photo: Daniel Amartey and James Justin of Leicester City and Emile Smith-Rowe of Arsenal battle for the ball during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Leicester City at Emirates Stadium. (Credit: Getty Images)


SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8rdnk)
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SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tfwmqr8y)
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SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wfrxy)
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SAT 18:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct42gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 today]


SAT 18:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct36fw)
Sydney Olympics’ vault fault

At the Sydney Olympics in 2000, one mistake with a piece of gymnastics equipment changed the course of a final. It wasn't properly acknowledged at the time and even now, is one of the biggest Olympic mistakes that barely anyone has heard about. Australian former gymnast Allana Slater describes how she spotted the error.


(Getty Images: Allana Slater competing on the vault)


SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8rjdp)
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SAT 19:06 BBC Proms on the World Service (w3ct43bx)
Gaming Prom: From 8-bit to infinity

This year, the Proms dips its toes for the first time into the vast ocean that is video games music. Although written originally for the small screen, games music has long been a success in the concert hall too. Orchestrations of 1990s classics from the Japanese masters of gaming sound regularly sell out large venues, Austin Wintory’s Grammy-nominated Journey has now become a fully-fledged symphonic poem, and Hildur Guðnadóttir’s and Sam Slater’s recent score for Battlefield 2042 has also made its way to the concert platform. The selection of games music for this Prom is curated by the young British conductor Robert Ames noted for his pursuit of fruitful exchanges between the classical tradition and contemporary music.

BBC Presenter Fiona Talkington and composer Jessica Curry introduce the concert.

Broadcast programme:
Koji Kondo - The Legend of Zelda, arr. Nic Raine
CHAINES - Tribute to Pokémon, Ecco and Secret of Mana
(Includes original compositions by Junichi Masuda, Hiroki Kikuta, Spencer Nilsen, Attila Dobos, András Magyari, David Javelosa and Andy Armer)
Austin Wintory - Excerpts from Traveller : A Journey Symphony
Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sam Slater - Selections from Battlefield 2042, arr. Robert Ames
Jessica Curry - Dear Esther/So Let Us Melt: I Have Begun My Ascent; The Leaving, arr. Jim Fowler

Performers:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Ames - conductor

(Photo: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robert Ames at BBC 'Gaming' Prom 2022, credit Mark Allan/BBC)


SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8rn4t)
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SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct390h)
Brad Pitt on life in Hollywood

Nikki Bedi is joined by award-winning British Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid, who talks about his new novel The Last White Man, and by reviewer Naima Khan from the Inclusive Mosque Initiative.

They hear from Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt about his latest film Bullet Train.

American author Tess Gunty on the influence of her Catholic upbringing on her writing.

Actor Daniel Kaluuya on the narrow divide between horror and laughter in Nope, his latest film with Jordan Peele.

And there’s some music played on the world’s spookiest instrument – the theremin (mostly heard on horror film soundtracks).

(Photo: Brad Pitt at the Premiere of "Bullet Train", 01 Aug 2022. Credit: Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic / Getty Images)


SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8rrwy)
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SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172yfc34p1v9v7)
Man charged with attempted murder of Salman Rushdie

The man suspected of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie at an event in New York on Friday has been charged with attempted murder. Hadi Matar, 24, has appeared in court and has been remanded without bail. The award-winning writer remains in a critical condition. We hear from A. L. Kennedy about Rushdie’s influence on her work as a writer, and expert on U.S.-Iranian relations Trita Parsi.

Also in the programme, a U.S.-based rights group says that a terrorism court in Saudi Arabia has jailed a women’s rights activist for thirty-four years over comments she posted on Twitter calling for reform; and – almost a year after the militant group seized power – Taliban fighters disperse dozens of female protesters in Kabul demanding rights to work and political participation.


SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8rwn2)
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SAT 22:06 Music Life (w3ct30k7)
Songwriting anger with Baby Queen, Powfu, Mae Muller, and Dylan Fraser

Baby Queen, Powfu, Mae Muller, and Dylan Fraser discuss why there’s always a little bit of “theft” in trying to sound like your heroes, why writing a song is multiple moments over extended periods of time, the snowball effect of starting in one place and ending in another, and how putting your phone down will inspire you.

Music Life this week – once again – covers the musical spectrum in one show. Baby Queen is a South African pop singer who got her record deal during the first lockdowns of 2020. Her music covers themes of insecurities and self-esteem, and this this year she made the longlist for BBC’s Sound of 2022 in the UK. Lo-fi Canadian singer, rapper and record producer Powfu’s lyrics talk about the perils of adolescence. His track Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) dominated TikTok in 2020, and achieved over a billion streams on the big music platforms. English singer-songwriter Mae Muller's soulful blending of pop and R&B is turning heads, and her lyrics are known for being frank and funny. Scottish musician Dylan Fraser's 2020 debut EP received 5 million global streams, and earned him fans including Sam Smith and Sir Elton John. He makes brooding alt-pop inspired by everyone from Nine Inch Nails to Joni Mitchell.


SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8s0d6)
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SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172yrwyldzh0fs)
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SAT 23:20 Sports News (w172ygh6cr8f3fh)
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SAT 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wgcnl)
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SAT 23:32 The Cultural Frontline (w3ct37rs)
Storytelling is my activism

On this week’s programme Anu Anand speaks to the theatre makers giving unheard and censored stories top billing.

Ron Simons is a multi-award winning theatre producer, as well as an actor and film producer. He’s won four Tony awards, the most of any Black Broadway producer. He explains why his mission is to put the stories and experiences of under-represented communities on stage, and make sure representation happens behind the scenes as well.

The Irish actor, director, producer and Hollywood star Gabriel Byrne is performing his own story. He’s created a solo show of his best-selling memoir, Walking With Ghosts, sharing moments from his childhood in Ireland, including how he turned to amateur dramatics after failing to become a priest or a plumber, right through to his major Hollywood career. Gabriel also tells reporter Paul Waters about the production that first enthralled him to the theatre.

Ming-wai Lit is the founder of Hong Kong theatre company Stage 64. It was created in 2009, and for a decade, put on plays to mark the anniversary of the violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests which took place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on the 4th June 1989. Mention of Tiananmen Square protests is censored in China, and in Hong Kong activists have been sentenced to prison for taking part in banned vigils. Ming-wai explains why she set up Stage 64 and the importance of theatre to tell these stories.

(Photo: Ron Simons. Credit: Jim Spellman/WireImage/Getty)

SUNDAY 14 AUGUST 2022

SUN 00:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8s44b)
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SUN 00:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct417t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:06 on Saturday]


SUN 00:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wghdq)
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SUN 00:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct42gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 on Saturday]


SUN 00:50 More or Less (w3ct3k50)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:50 on Saturday]


SUN 01:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8s7wg)
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SUN 01:06 The Science Hour (w3ct39zj)
Icelandic volcano erupts again

We talk to volcano scientist Ed Marshall in Iceland about working at the volcano which has burst into life spectacularly again after a year of quiet.

Also in the programme, we'll be following migrating moths across Europe in light aircraft to discover the remarkable secrets of their powers of navigation, and hearing how synthetic biology promises to create smarter and more adaptable genetically engineered crops.

Imagine waking up to the smell of freshly baked bread. Doesn’t it make your mouth water? Now imagine the smell of a fish market on a warm day… still feeling hungry? CrowdScience listener Thanh from Vietnam is intrigued by the effects of smell on our appetite, and wants to know whether certain aromas can make us feel more full than others. Never averse to a food-based challenge, presenter Anand Jagatia takes us on a journey from the nose to the brain, where we find out what exactly happens when we get a whiff of various foods. He discovers how the digestive system prepares for a meal and the extent to which our stomach has a say in whether or not we want to eat, based on how appetizing the smells are around us. Anand also explores our cultural differences. In some parts of the world a stinky Limburger cheese is considered a delicacy, while in other places it could make people lose their lunch. We’ll find out why some of us get triggered in different ways than others.



(Image: Lava spews from the volcano in Fagradalsfjall. Credit: Getty Images)


SUN 02:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8scml)
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SUN 02:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tfwmrq7z)
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SUN 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wgqwz)
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SUN 02:32 Health Check (w3ct32wr)
“Virtual” hospital visits cut relatives’ distress

In the pandemic when intensive care units were full and visitors were not allowed some families kept in touch using phones and tablets. A new study in the UK shows that this “virtual” visiting did help to reduce the distress felt by relatives – and the practice still continues to keep families in touch when they live far apart.

Training relatives to give medicines at home to ease their loved ones’ symptoms at the end of life was pioneered in Australia. This week a specially-adapted version of the caring@home programme is being launched to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island families. The practice is catching on in the UK - we hear from Mark who helped ease his mother’s pain and nausea at the end of her life.

Dr Graham Easton from Barts and the London has news of a study from India showing how small differences in the beating heart could help to predict the risk of diabetes developing. He also warns that doctors need to stop fat shaming people to help them lose weight – and how blood pressure should be taken in both arms.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Paula McGrath

(Picture: A patient in an intensive care unit on a ventilator. Photo credit: Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images.)


SUN 03:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8shcq)
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SUN 03:06 The Documentary (w3ct43ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Saturday]


SUN 04:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8sm3v)
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SUN 04:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct329p)
No peace in Colombia's countryside

Max Pearson introduces stories from Colombia, Taiwan, Tunisia and Greenland.

Colombia’s new President, Gustavo Petro, has just begun his first term in office in a country that has seen years of civil war. In 2016, the guerrilla group known as FARC gave up their weapons in a peace deal. While there may be less violence now, dissidents and armed gangs have filled the void, with devastating consequences. Katy Watson explains how in rural areas especially, vulnerable children are being tempted with cash to join gangs, where they’re forced to take part in torture and even murder.

The recent furore over US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was entirely predictable. The Beijing government has always insisted that the island is part of China’s national territory, but many Taiwanese people consider their self-ruled island to be a separate nation. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reflects on how Taiwan's democracy has evolved and gained strength over recent decades.

As Tunisia adopts a new constitution, many of the original Arab Spring protestors believe it’s an erosion of their hard-won democratic rights and freedoms. The new framework – written by President Kais Saied - is seen by some as a power grab, giving him sweeping executive powers. But – as Anna Foster explains - there are others who feel the country’s dire economic situation requires a leader with a strong grip.

Tim Ecott travels to Greenland to see how the country is focusing on tourism as a sustainable way to develop the economy, rather than exploiting the island’s minerals. He meets Greenland dogs, musk-oxen and visits a Michelin-starred restaurant serving whale blubber and wild ptarmigan.

Producer: Sally Abrahams
Production Co-ordinator: Iona Hammond


SUN 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wgzd7)
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SUN 04:32 The Cultural Frontline (w3ct37rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:32 on Saturday]


SUN 05:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8sqvz)
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SUN 05:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tfwms2hc)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wh34c)
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SUN 05:32 The Documentary (w3ct43cc)
Inheritors of partition

In homes across the UK, partition is not history but a live issue for its young descendants. Over the course of a year, Kavita Puri follows three people as they piece together parts of their complex family history and try to understand the legacy of partition and what it means to them today. She connects with a young man who goes to the Pakistani village where his Hindu grandfather was saved by Muslims; a woman who has always thought of herself as British Pakistani but a DNA test reveals she also has roots in India; a woman with Pakistani heritage and a man with Indian heritage plan their wedding and realise that their families actually originate from within an hour of each other in the Punjab.

Five years after the award-winning series Partition Voices, Kavita Puri explores the 75th anniversary of the division of the Indian subcontinent through three stories from the third generation in Britain.


SUN 06:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8svm3)
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SUN 06:06 Weekend (w172ykwjshhd5zb)
US media: Rushdie off ventilator and able to talk

US media outlets are reporting that the internationally-acclaimed author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed during a literary event in New York State, has been taken off the ventilator and is able to talk.

There has been international condemnation of the attack on Salman Rushdie, with many writers, celebrities and politicians expressing their support for him.

Also, we hear about the wildfires that continue to wreak havoc in France.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Maria Margaronis, a British journalist of Greek descent and radio documentary maker; and Bilal Sarwary, Afghan journalist living in exile in Canada.

(Image: Salman Rushdie at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in England. Credit: David Levenson/Getty Images)


SUN 07:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8szc7)
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SUN 07:06 Weekend (w172ykwjshhd9qg)
Why did Per Wastberg resign from Amnesty Sweden?

The Swedish writer and human rights activist Per Wastberg explains why he left his position as the co-founder of Amnesty International in Sweden, after its latest report on the war in Ukraine.

Also, US media outlets are reporting that the internationally-acclaimed author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed during a literary event in New York State, has been taken off his ventilator and is able to talk.

Plus, a year in the life of a young Afghan gay man who's escaped the Taliban.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Maria Margaronis, a British journalist of Greek descent and radio documentary maker; and Bilal Sarwary, Afghan journalist living in exile in Canada.

(Image: One of Sweden's leading poets, essayist, biographers and novelists Per Wastberg. Credit: Colin McPherson/Corbis via Getty Images)


SUN 08:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8t33c)
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SUN 08:06 Weekend (w172ykwjshhdfgl)
William Nygaard on the Rushdie attack

We'll speak to the Norwegian publisher who was shot outside his home in Oslo in 1993 for publishing Salman Rushdie's book, The Satanic Verses.

Also, we are back in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a year after the city fell to the Taliban.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Maria Margaronis, a British journalist of Greek descent and radio documentary maker; and Bilal Sarwary, Afghan journalist living in exile in Canada.

(Image: Copies of Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Satanic Verses' on sale in the UK. Credit: Derek Hudson/Getty Images)


SUN 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6whgcr)
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SUN 08:32 The Food Chain (w3ct38n6)
What can we do about drought?

Water shortages are getting worse with climate change. In the Horn of Africa, long periods without a rainy season have created a dire situation. The World Food Programme says up to 20 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia could be pushed into hunger by the end of the year. Somalia, which has already witnessed decades of conflict, extreme weather and disease outbreaks, is being particularly hard-hit.

Experts believe droughts will become more frequent, longer and more intense, so what can be done to reduce their impact and the damage they inflict? Could there be a global solution to this global problem?

Ruth Alexander speaks to Michael Dunford, the United Nations World Food Programme’s regional director for East Africa; Dr Balgis Osman-Elasha, a climate change and green growth expert and regional co-ordinator for the African Development Bank, in Tunisia; and emeritus professor at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, Donald Wilhite, who founded the National Drought Mitigation Center in the United States.

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

(Picture: A woman standing next to her water containers and bottles of water. Credit: Getty/BBC)

Producer: Elisabeth Mahy


SUN 09:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8t6vh)
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SUN 09:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct329p)
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SUN 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6whl3w)
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SUN 09:32 Outlook (w3ct41dt)
Tarantulas, Gandalf and my dying brother's bucket list

Royd Tolkien is the great-grandson of JRR Tolkien - writer of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Growing up, Royd and his younger brother Mike were very close, but also very different - Mike was the adrenaline junkie who loved skydiving and bungee jumping, whereas Royd liked nothing better than a cup of tea in the garden. But that would all change after Mike died of Motor Neurone Disease in 2015. He left a bucket list of 50 daring tasks for Royd to complete after his death, and completing them gave Royd a reason to carry on. Royd has written a book about his experience called There's a Hole in my Bucket: A Journey of Two Brothers. He's also made a documentary, There's a Hole in my Bucket, which will be released later this year.

This episode was first broadcast on 9th August 2021.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: June Christie

(Photo: Royd Tolkien taking on his brother's bucket list, Credit: Royd Tolkien Productions)


SUN 10:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8tblm)
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SUN 10:06 Trending (w3ct43d8)
Russian QAnon and the Ukraine dilemma

Russian QAnon and the Ukraine dilemma QAnon is rooted in the deep divisions of American politics and helped inspire the storming of the US capitol in Washington. So why has this bizarre and baseless conspiracy theory also been attracting supporters in places like Moscow and Siberia? The third part of Trending’s mini-series about the global impact of QAnon investigates its growing popularity in Russia. But while some supporters have adapted QAnon ideas for a Russian context, this fledgling movement has now been thrown into disarray by the war in Ukraine.

Presenter: Olga Robinson
Producer: Jerry Sullivan
Editor: Ed Main


SUN 10:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6whpw0)
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SUN 10:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct423m)
The last Afghan Sikhs

Once Afghanistan’s Sikh population numbered more than 100,000 in the 1970's. Today, it’s estimated around only 100 Sikhs remain, following the return to Taliban rule. The BBC’s Kawoon Khamoosh speaks to those who have been forced to leave in recent years.

Producer: Nina Robinson


SUN 11:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8tgbr)
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SUN 11:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tfwmssz4)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6whtm4)
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SUN 11:32 The Compass (w3ct43dp)
Green Energy: Some Inconvenient Truths

Green energy: Transport

Allan Little looks at the challenges we face as we wean ourselves off gas and oil to renewable sources powering our cars, trucks, ships and aeroplanes. Green transport is crucial to a net zero future, but how transparent are the supply chains bringing the world the components we need? And how green is the electricity we are using to power electric cars anyway?

Cobalt and Lithium, two essential minerals crucial for electric car batteries are mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chile - and at great human and environmental cost. Transport accounts for over a third of our Carbon Dioxide emissions worldwide; there is no other option but to switch to electric vehicles. However motorists are often still sceptical about electric cars; they’re perceived to be expensive, difficult to recharge and unable to manage long distances.

One of the biggest motor companies in the world, Ford, has just launched its first Electric Truck – targeting America’s blue-collar workers with this rugged, powerful, green machine. Will it work? Apart from driving, it is being marketed as offering independence and freedom from the grid; at the flick of a switch the trucks can send electricity back the other way, and can power a home for days.

Image: A miner collects small chunks of cobalt inside the CDM (Congo DongFang Mining) Kasulo mine in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018 (Credit: Sebastian Meyer via Getty Images)


SUN 12:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8tl2w)
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SUN 12:06 BBC Proms on the World Service (w3ct43bx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:06 on Saturday]


SUN 13:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8tpv0)
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SUN 13:06 Newshour (w172yfc34p1x7s9)
Rushdie off ventilator and able to speak

The novelist Sir Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is now able to speak, two days after being repeatedly stabbed. We hear from a friend who defended him in court, and hid him in his home.

Also in the programme: Egypt's health ministry says forty-one people have been killed in a fire in a Coptic church in Giza; and we report from southwest France, where firefighting services are being pushed as never before by the summer wildfires.

(Image: Salman Rushdie at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in England / Credit: David Levenson/Getty Images)


SUN 14:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8ttl4)
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SUN 14:06 The Forum (w3ct38sq)
Gandhi: Architect of Indian independence

Mohandas K Gandhi’s decades-long campaign against British rule was the driving force behind Indian independence in August 1947.

The way he did it - through ‘satyagraha’, or non-violent resistance - made him one of the most famous and revered thinkers of the 20th century, and has inspired protest movements around the world.

Rajan Datar explores the experiences, ideas and people that turned Gandhi from a timid schoolboy and failed lawyer into a man bold enough to take on the might of the British Empire.

Plus, we ask whether he achieved the kind of Indian independence he really wanted, and find out why his legacy is the subject of intense debate in India to this day.

Producer: Simon Tulett

Contributors:

Tridip Suhrud, a professor at CEPT university, in Ahmedabad, India, and a Gandhi scholar who has translated many of his works into English, including the first critical edition of Gandhi’s autobiography, ‘My Experiments with Truth’;
Karuna Mantena, a professor of political science at Columbia University in the US, currently working on a book about Gandhi’s political thought;
Anil Nauriya, a writer on freedom struggles in India and Africa and a lawyer based at the Supreme Court in New Delhi.

(Picture: A photo of Gandhi taken around 1940. Credit: Dinodia Photos/Getty Images)


SUN 14:50 Over to You (w3ct35sk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:50 on Saturday]


SUN 15:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8tyb8)
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SUN 15:06 Music Life (w3ct30k7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:06 on Saturday]


SUN 16:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8v22d)
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SUN 16:06 Sportsworld (w172ygjv86gvr35)
Live Sporting Action

Maz Farookhi presents LIVE commentary on Tottenham v Chelsea from the Premier League. Both have started their campaign in top gear, with Chelsea beating Everton 1-0 on the road and Tottenham thumping Southampton 4-1 at home.

Plus, we'll bring news of Nottingham Forest's first home game back in the Premier League, where they host West Ham United.

Photo: Callum Hudson-Odoi of Chelsea in action during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge. (Credit: Chelsea FC via Getty Images)


SUN 19:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8vf9s)
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SUN 19:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tfwmtry5)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wjsl5)
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SUN 19:32 Outlook (w3ct41dt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:32 today]


SUN 20:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8vk1x)
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SUN 20:06 The History Hour (w3ct39lk)
The nightclub that changed Ibiza

Max Pearson introduces first-hand accounts of the nightclub that changed Ibiza, some of the worst forest fires in history, the resignation of Richard Nixon, discovering the Hale Bopp comet and Sweden’s pronoun battle.

(Photo: Sunset over the sea in Ibiza with boats in the distance. Credit: BBC and Minnow Films)


SUN 21:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8vnt1)
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SUN 21:06 Newshour (w172yfc34p1y6rb)
Rushdie’s “defiant sense of humour” remains, son says

Author Salman Rushdie is still in a critical condition but “his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact”, his son says. Zafar Rushdie said his father had sustained life-changing injuries, but was able to speak to his family. We hear from Raphael Geiger – U.S. Correspondent at German magazine Stern – who had the most recent interview with Rushdie.

Also in the programme, dozens have died – at least forty-one according to the Egyptian authorities – in a fire at a church on the outskirts of Cairo; and a new study reveals climate change is increasing the risk of a California ‘megaflood’.

(Image: A general view shows UPMC Hamot Surgery Center, where novelist Salman Rushdie is receiving treatment after the attack, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Credit: REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki)


SUN 22:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8vsk5)
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SUN 22:06 Trending (w3ct43d8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:06 today]


SUN 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wk4tk)
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SUN 22:32 Pick of the World (w3ct41x3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:32 on Saturday]


SUN 22:50 Over to You (w3ct35sk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:50 on Saturday]


SUN 23:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8vx99)
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SUN 23:06 The Newsroom (w172yrwyldzkxbw)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


SUN 23:20 Sports News (w172ygh6cr8j0bl)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


SUN 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wk8kp)
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SUN 23:32 Outlook (w3ct41dt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:32 today]

MONDAY 15 AUGUST 2022

MON 00:00 BBC News (w172ykq61h8w11f)
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MON 00:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct329p)
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MON 00:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0h6wkd9t)
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MON 00:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct423m)
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MON 01:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl001q)
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MON 01:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4xzbp3)
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MON 01:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5pcb3)
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MON 01:32 Discovery (w3ct30bq)
Plant based promises, diet and health

Giles Yeo learns how to make a Thai green curry with Meera Sodha. This is a recipe without meat or prawns but with tofu and lots of vegetables. If we need to eat less meat and dairy to help prevent global warming- what difference will altering our diets make to our health. For a long time now people have been urged to cut down on red meat and processed foods but if you have been eating them all your life it takes an effort to develop new habits. Plant based products that can replace for example dairy milks, cheeses, sausages, burgers and meat based dishes such as lasagne can be helpful in making this transition but are they healthier?


MON 02:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl03sv)
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MON 02:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4xzgf7)
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MON 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5ph27)
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MON 02:32 The Climate Question (w3ct3kj9)
What do warmer waters mean for life below the waves?

The Ocean, it covers more than 70% of the surface if our planet, it provides us with food, medicine and even influences the weather.

For years its also helped to mitigate the effects of climate change. Since the 1970’s over 90% of atmospheric warming caused by green house gas emissions has been absorbed by our Oceans. But this comes at a cost.

Overtime their temperatures have risen and this has had disastrous impact on some of our most important ecosystems.
Join us on a dive into the world of warming waters to discover what this means for life below the waves.

Presenters Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell spoke to:

Dr Juli Berwald, Science writer and author of ‘Life on the Rocks’
Dr Jahson Alemu I. Marine Ecologist, Northeastern University College of Science
Dr Emma Camp, Coral Biologist, Future Reefs, University of Technology, Sydney

The team this week:
Reporter: Janhavee Moole from BBC Marathi service reporting in Mumbai.
Researcher: Imogen Serwotka
Producer: Lizzy McNeill
Series Producer: Jordan Dunbar
Production Coordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross & Siobhan Reed
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Sound Wizard: Tom Brignell.


MON 03:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl07jz)
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MON 03:06 Tech Tent (w3ct375g)
Esports at the Commonwealth Games

We meet the gamers vying for unofficial medals that the Commonwealth Games

Amazon warehouse workers in the UK protest

And we attempt a conversation with Meta's new chatbot

Plus as WhatsApp ditches an irksome feature we look at the new do's and don'ts in instant messaging

(Picture: Clive Rose/Getty Images)


MON 03:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5pltc)
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MON 03:32 Pick of the World (w3ct41x3)
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MON 03:50 Over to You (w3ct35sk)
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MON 04:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl0c93)
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MON 04:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4xzpxh)
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MON 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5pqkh)
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MON 04:32 The Conversation (w3ct37m7)
Women at the negotiating table

Women play a crucial role in peace building processes around the world, but their role is rarely recognised. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two women who build bridges between communities at war with each other.

Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer led the peace talks between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In 2014 she made history by becoming the first woman chief negotiator to sign a major peace accord with an armed group. She taught political science at the University of the Philippines and works on mediation initiatives with different international organisations.

Ameya Kilara is a lawyer and mediator from India whose work focuses on facilitating dialogue across the Line of Control in Kashmir. She’s currently working with the NGO Inter Mediate and is the Founder and Director of the South Asian Leadership Initiative, a programme dedicated to building peace in the region. She’s also a member of Women Mediators across the Commonwealth, a network supporting women-led peace building initiatives.

Produced by Alice Gioia

(Image: (L) Ameya Kilara, courtesy of Ameya Kilara. (R) Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, courtesy of Miriam Coronel-Ferrer)


MON 05:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl0h17)
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MON 05:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk13pn)
A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan

A year after seizing power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have said they're trying to find a solution to the issue of girls being barred from secondary school.

The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, has declared a thirty-day state of emergency in the country's most populous city, Guayaquil. It follows a bomb attack which killed at least five people and injured around twenty others.

And five days after Kenya's election, it is still uncertain who the next president will be.


MON 06:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl0lsc)
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MON 06:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk17fs)
Women’s rights annihilated in Taliban Afghanistan

Exactly one year after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, there are continuing concerns about the rights of women and girls in the country. A Taliban spokesman said many Islamic clerics remain strongly opposed to girls going to secondary school.

The US Secretary of State has denounced Iranian state institutions for inciting violence against the author Salman Rushdie; then gloating over the attempt on his life. Mr Rushdie remains critically ill after being stabbed at a literary event in New York state on Friday, though he is now able to breathe unaided.

And the Mexican authorities say a sharp rise in water levels at a flooded mine is complicating efforts to evacuate ten workers who've been trapped there for nearly two weeks.


MON 07:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl0qjh)
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MON 07:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk1c5x)
National holiday declared in Afghanistan

The Taliban have declared a national holiday in Afghanistan to mark one year since they seized power. New flags in the group's black and white colours are flying in the main square in the capital, Kabul.

A forest fire that flared anew in southern France has sent more people fleeing while overnight rain brought blazes elsewhere in the country under control.

And five days after Kenya's election, it is still uncertain who the next president will be.


MON 08:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl0v8m)
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MON 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct32lr)
Shon Faye: The transgender issue

According to research in the US and the UK, roughly one in 100 may be transgender. But the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political battleground isn’t driven so much by the numbers but more by conflicting ideologies. Stephen Sackur asks author and journalist Shon Faye if all the attention on issues of sex, gender and identity is making it easier to be trans or not.


MON 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5q6k0)
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MON 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct30xk)
Subscribe and fly: the travel industry’s latest trend

Travel isn't easy anymore. Between the cancelled flights, lost baggage and just the cost of it all, it's almost enough to turn people off altogether. But we'll hear how travel companies are using subscription services to keep those travellers travelling.

Leanna Byrne speaks to airline bosses Neil Thwaites, regional vice-president for California at Alaska Airlines and Kirby Gordon from FlySafair about how their subscription services are boosting business.

We also hear from Iñaki Uriz, the chief executive of Caravelo, a subscription platform for the airline industry on travel trends.

And finally, as some the biggest users of subscriptions services are millennials and gen Z, we speak to someone who calls themselves a "digital nomad".

Presenter / producer: Leanna Byrne.
Image: travellers at an airport in Thailand; Credit: Getty images


MON 08:50 Witness History (w3ct3bz3)
India's Partition - Part One

The partition of India led to millions of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs fleeing their homes amid horrific violence. This is the first of two programmes remembering that time.

Listen to the story of Saleem, who was only five-years-old when his family tried to escape to the new Muslim country of Pakistan.
This programme was first broadcast in 2010.

Photo: Wrecked buildings after communal riots in Amritsar, Punjab, during the Partition of British India, March 1947
Credit: Keystone Features / Stringer


MON 09:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl0z0r)
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MON 09:06 The Climate Question (w3ct3kj9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


MON 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5qb94)
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MON 09:32 CrowdScience (w3ct3j77)
Can smells fill you up?

Imagine waking up to the smell of freshly baked bread. Doesn’t it make your mouth water? Now imagine the smell of a fish market on a warm day… still feeling hungry? CrowdScience listener Thanh from Vietnam is intrigued by the effects of smell on our appetite, and wants to know whether certain aromas can make us feel more full than others. Never averse to a food-based challenge, presenter Anand Jagatia takes us on a journey from the nose to the brain, where we find out what exactly happens when we get a whiff of various foods. He discovers how the digestive system prepares for a meal and the extent to which our stomach has a say in whether or not we want to eat, based on how appetizing the smells are around us. Anand also explores our cultural differences. In some parts of the world a stinky Limburger cheese is considered a delicacy, while in other places it could make people lose their lunch. We’ll find out why some of us get triggered in different ways than others.


MON 10:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl12rw)
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MON 10:06 The Cultural Frontline (w3ct37rs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:32 on Saturday]


MON 10:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5qg18)
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MON 10:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct42gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:32 on Saturday]


MON 10:50 More or Less (w3ct3k50)
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MON 11:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl16j0)
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MON 11:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y0k4d)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


MON 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5qksd)
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MON 11:32 The Conversation (w3ct37m7)
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MON 12:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl1b84)
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MON 12:06 Outlook (w3ct34nm)
The classical concert pianist - who has only one hand

Nicholas McCarthy was 14 when he had a life-changing musical experience during a piano recital. Despite never having played any instrument before, he decided he wanted to be a concert pianist. But there was an even bigger obstacle to overcome - he only had one hand. His supportive parents bought him a keyboard and incredibly, within a few years, he became good enough to secure a place at a top UK music school. But there was one condition - he had to concentrate on the notoriously challenging scores of the left-hand alone piano repertoire. It would mean giving up the music he loved - composers like Chopin and Beethoven, but could also be the way to carve a career from the piano.

Attitudes to disability have altered in recent years, in both music and sports. The Invictus Games was started to support servicemen and women with their rehabilitation. In 2016, Aleem Maqbool spoke to one of the athletes competing - retired Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Ronnie Jimenez who was taking part in the hand-cycling event.

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(Photo: Nicholas McCarthy performing. Credit: Nicholas McCarthy)


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Afghanistan marks one year since Taliban took over.

It has been one year since the Taliban took control in Afghanistan. The anniversary comes during a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis, with many men unable to find work to feed their families; and concerns about women and girls being excluded from work or formal education. Also on the show, we look at Kenya’s presidential election, where William Ruto has been named as the country's next president, amid some controversy. (Photo: Jack Garland)


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Is China's economy in trouble?

China has cut its benchmark interest rate by a tenth of one percent which Craig Botham, Chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics explains why this is being seen as a further sign that China's economy could be in trouble.

State-owned Aramco announced record profits of nearly 50 billion US dollars for the second three-month period of this year. It comes as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to oil and gas prices trending much higher. Our correspondent Sameer Hashmi joins us live from Dubai.

It's exactly a year today since the Afghan capital Kabul fell to Taliban forces, marking the end of a 20 year experiment in western-style liberal democracy in the country. Since then the economy has collapsed, throwing tens of millions of people into abject poverty.

Former Afghan finance minister, Khaled Payenda ran the finance ministry for the last six months of democratic rule right up to August of last year, he speaks to World Business Report’s Ed Butler.

Thailand’s economy has expanded at the fastest pace in a year, following the recent easing of Covid restrictions. Bruce Haxton runs tuk tuk tours, he speaks to us from Chiang Mai about how business has been for him.

(Picture: LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - AUGUST 10, 2022 - Large machinery lifts containers to international freight trains at the China-Kazakhstan Logistics base in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, Aug 10, 2022. Picture Credit: Getty Images).


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Afghanistan one year on

The Taliban have been celebrating the first anniversary of seizing power in Afghanistan. We speak to our correspondents about the past year and hear from Afghans who have fled and from those who are inside Afghanistan.

Deputy President William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.5% of the vote, according to the official results. The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of vote-rigging by Mr Odinga's campaign. We'll speak to our correspondents for the latest news and speak to people in Kenya.

(Photo: Taliban fighters celebrate the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022. Credit: Ali Khara/Reuters)


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Kenya election: William Ruto wins

Deputy President William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.5% of the vote, according to the official results. The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of vote-rigging by Mr Odinga's campaign. We'll speak to our correspondents for the latest news and speak to people in Kenya.

Also, the Taliban have been celebrating the first anniversary of seizing power in Afghanistan. We speak to our correspondents about the past year, hear from Afghans who have fled and from those who are inside Afghanistan still.

(Photo: Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and presidential candidate for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Kenya Kwanza political coalition, speaks after being declared the winner of Kenya"s presidential election, at the IEBC National Tallying Centre at the Bomas of Kenya, in Nairobi, Kenya. August 15, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya)


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MON 19:32 Sport Today (w172ygfkvkcbpfy)
2022/08/15 GMT

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MON 20:32 Discovery (w3ct30br)
Satellites versus the stars

If you look up into the night sky, there are around 7,000 active satellites orbiting the Earth. They’re part of our daily life – essential for things like the internet, the GPS in our cars and giving us weather reports. Seven thousand might not sound a lot in the infinite expanses of space. But the reality is that most satellites are found in a small slice of the solar system - called Lower Earth Orbit - and countries and satellite companies are planning to launch hundreds of thousands more in the next decade. So things are about to get crowded. In this week’s Discovery, Jane Chambers speaks to scientists, astronomers from the ALMA Observatory in Chile, space environmentalists and satellite companies like SpaceX about the benefits of this explosion in mega satellite constellations, as well as the unintended consequences to those who value a clear and unhindered view of the stars.

Picture: Radio Telescopes at ALMA Observatory in the north of Chile, Credit: Jane Chambers


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Ruto wins presidential poll in Kenya

Deputy President William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.5% of the vote, according to the official results. But a majority of the Electoral Comission say correct procedure was not followed in the tallying of results.

Also in the programme: our Chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet co-present from this special edition of Newshour from Kabul a year on the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. We talk about the drought and food crisis the country is facing; Afghan women’s education and role in society ; and we interview a Taliban leader.

(Photo: A supporter reacts to William Ruto’s victory in the presidential poll. Credit: Reuters).


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MON 23:32 World Business Report (w172yk5jxkbqvbb)
First broadcast 15/08/2022 22:32 GMT

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TUESDAY 16 AUGUST 2022

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TUE 00:06 The History Hour (w3ct39lk)
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TUE 01:06 Business Matters (w172ydpzfk02sw5)
India and Pakistan mark 75 years of independence

India and Pakistan may share a past, but more than seven decades after shaking off British rule, both countries have moved forward on their own paths. Sam Fenwick explores the differences and similarities between them, and memories of the partition with guests Madhavan Narayanan, freelance writer and former senior editor at Hindustan Times in India, and journalist Mehmal Sarfraz in Pakistan.

Travel companies are using subscription services to keep travellers travelling. The BBC's Leanna Byrne has been finding out from airline bosses about how this has boosted business.

Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, has been declared the winner of the presidential elections after a tight race against the opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. We talk to Ken Gichinga, chief economist from Mentorial Economics, in Nairobi.

One of the UK's largest graduate employers, Price Waterhouse Coopers, says it will no longer require new recruits to hold a first-class or a two-one degree, the two highest score levels students can achieve in a UK university. We discuss the relevance of grades for recent graduates with Michael Gralapp, international recruitment director at Banyan Recruitment.

Scotland has become the first country in the world to issue a law requiring public settings to provide free period products. Georgie Nicholson from social enterprise Hey Girls discusses the challenges in the fight against period poverty.

(Picture: Narendra Modi. Picture credit: EPA)


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TUE 02:32 The Documentary (w3ct43h6)
Afghan Stars now

A year on from the Taliban takeover of Kabul on 15th August 2021, Sahar Zand talks to some of the Afghans who featured in her 2019 World Service programme Afghan Stars, which told the story of a ground-breaking TV music talent show in Afghanistan, which was won for the first time by a female singer. The Taliban had singled out the programme for special criticism, as it both promoted music, which their spokesman considered ‘haram’ (forbidden), and because it promoted the voices of women, which, he had said, should not be heard in public. The current situations of the musicians and media personalities whom Sahar has traced are a mirror of what Afghans have experienced in the past twelve months.

Afghanistan's leading female pop singer Aryana Sayeed talked in the original programme about a Taliban pronouncement against her that she should be beheaded. She was in Kabul as the Taliban arrived, but managed to escape to safety on a US cargo plane. She has since become a symbol for Afghan musicians, being invited to perform at the European Parliament, and speak at a NATO event. Sahar meets her at a stadium concert she is giving in Hamburg.

Sadiqa Madadgar was one of the contestants in Afghan Star, who was criticised for singing a love duet with a male fellow contestant. She went into hiding when the Taliban arrived, but managed to flee to Dohar, where she spent nine months in a refugee camp.

Afghan Star producer Masood Sanjer still works for Tolo TV, which is still broadcasting in Afghanistan – however, he and his team have relocated to Istanbul, and operate from there. He talks about the current state of music, and musicians, in Afghanistan.

Image: Aryana Sayeed (Credit: Sherzaad Entertainment)


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TUE 04:32 In the Studio (w3ct3jj9)
Little Amal: The walk

Another opportunity to meet Little Amal, a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young 9-year-old refugee girl, created to represent all displaced children. She is travelling over 8000km, from Turkey, through Europe, ending in the UK.

The Walk is a unique and ambitious travelling art festival organised by Good Chance Theatre in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, that brings artists, cultural institutions and community groups together in the countries Little Amal visits. Her message is “Don’t forget about us”. But at a time when the world is still fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and when anti-immigrant sentiment is present in certain countries, The Walk doesn’t come without its challenges.

Join Cagil Kasapoglu as she meets the people involved, including Artistic Director Amir Nizar Zuabi and General Manager Sarah Loader, who travel with Little Amal across borders and seas.

Presented by Cagil Kasapoglu and produced by Rebecca Armstrong for the BBC World Service.


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TUE 05:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk40lr)
Kenya’s William Ruto wins presidential poll

Kenya's new president-elect, William Ruto, says he wants to unite the country after his narrow election victory. But more than half of the election commission's members have rejected the result, saying the proper processes weren't followed.

US officials have warned of an increase in violent threats to law enforcement agents following the search of Donald Trump's Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago.

And Iran has denied any link with Salman Rushdie's attacker, blaming the writer himself.


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TUE 06:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk44bw)
Protests in Kenya as William Ruto declared president

Kenya's new president-elect, William Ruto, says he wants to unite the country after his narrow election victory over Raila Odinga. But more than half of the election commission's members have rejected the result, saying the proper processes weren't followed.

More than one year since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, foreigners and Afghans who collaborated with US and Nato forces remain stranded in the country.

And reports that several major banks in the US have begun offering to facilitate trades in Russian debt in recent days, giving investors another chance to dispose of assets widely seen in the West as toxic.


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Kenya’s electoral commission split over election result

Kenya's new president-elect, William Ruto, says he wants to unite the country after his narrow election victory over Raila Odinga. But more than half of the election commission members have refused to endorse the result, saying proper processes were not followed.

It is now one week since Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Gaza.

And ten years since the Marikana massacre in South Africa, some families say they are yet to receive promised compensation from the government.


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TUE 08:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct3j2r)
Fighting fashion waste

Our desire for new clothes creates a lot of waste and much of it ends up in landfill. But a lot of that discarded material can be turned into something useful. We hear from the people in Ghana who are taking old clothes that are sent from Europe, and turning them into pillows, doormats and mops. In Italy, we visit the company making affordable clothes out of fabric that luxury fashion brands don't want. And we meet the Chilean entrepreneur who's turning clothes that are dumped in the desert into insulation for houses.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producer/Reporter: Craig Langran for the BBC World Service.
Photo: Kantamanto Market, Accra (Yayra David Agbofah)


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TUE 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct316l)
The electric transport revolution

New forms of electric transport are revolutionising the way we travel for both work and leisure.

Soaring gas prices around the world are encouraging people to look for alternatives such as electric bikes, kick scooters and mopeds.

Tara Holmes visits a new bike shop in the Peak District in England, and speaks to husband and wife team, Richard and Madeline Bowker, owners of Criterium Cycles, and gets the chance to try out one of their best-selling e-bikes. The global market for e-bikes today is worth $35billion.

From there, Tara travels to Nottingham to try out an electric kick scooter for the first time on a public road. She also speaks to Kfir Ben Shooshan, founder of Inokim, an e-scooter company based in Tel Aviv in Israel.

We also hear from people who believe the shift to electrification is happening too fast with safety concerns being ignored. Nikhil Inamdar reports from Delhi in India where two people from the same family died following a scooter battery explosion.

Professor David Greenwood, an electrification expert at Warwick University in the UK, offers some tips on how to avoid buying unsafe vehicles.

And, Augustin Friedel, an independent analyst and mobility expert from Germany reveals which countries are most encouraging new forms of electric transport and how this is being done safely.

Presenter/producer: Tara Holmes
(Image: A person riding an electric bike; Credit: Getty)


TUE 08:50 Witness History (w3ct3c3m)
India's Partition - Part Two

The partition of India led to millions of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs fleeing their homes during horrific religious violence. This is the second of two programmes remembering that time.

Lucy Williams spoke to Chandra Joashi, was only 12-years-old when his family was caught on the wrong side of the dividing line.

This episode was first broadcast in 2010.

Photo: Millions of families became refugees after the partition of India in 1947
Credit: Keystone-France / Contributor


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TUE 09:32 Discovery (w3ct30br)
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TUE 12:06 Outlook (w3ct3535)
Beautiful things help me deal with my ugly past

Ronnie Archer-Morgan is regularly seen on British TV as an expert on the Antiques Roadshow. He was born in the 1950s to a Sierra Leonean mother with severe mental health problems who subjected him to horrendous physical abuse throughout his childhood. As a way of coping, Ronnie sought pleasure in nature and museums, and developed a keen eye for beautiful things. After spending time in the care system where he thrived, he started DJing, worked as a celebrity hairdresser and lived a vibrant life in London before attempting to reconcile with his mother. He has written a memoir about his life titled 'Would It Surprise You To Know...?'.

Lewis Miller is a floral designer with a difference. He secretly leaves flower arrangements in rubbish bins and other surprising places around New York. He tells Outlook's Tara Gadomski why he likes to give a little something back to the city. This interview was first broadcast in September 2018.

If you've been affected by any of the issues in this episode, you can get help and support at Befrienders Worldwide or through BBC Action Line.

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TUE 14:06 Newshour (w172yfc3hyc70ls)
Kenya presidential election: latest

Kenya's Opposition leader Raila Odinga says the results of the country's presidential election are "null and void". He says the outcome, announcing William Ruto the winner is a travesty. We get reaction.

Also in the programme: Russia's Defence Ministry has admitted that one of its ammunition depots in Crimea has been hit by saboteurs; and how Australian scientists have released a group of critically endangered smoky mice into the wild.

(Photo: William Ruto (R) called Wafula Chebukati (L), the head of the electoral commission, a "hero". Credit: Getty Images)


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TUE 15:32 World Business Report (w172yk807r4vpk8)
Kenya Elections: Raila Odinga reject presidential results

Runner-up Raila Odinga has rejected the results of Kenya's presidential election saying that the figures announced on Monday were "null and void".

He alleged vote-rigging and accused the electoral chairman of bullying election counters who disagreed with him.

Chinese internet giants including Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent have shared details of their algorithms with China's regulators for the first time.

In the US Meta and Alphabet have successfully argued they are trade secrets amid calls for more disclosure.

Across Europe a combination of unusual summer heat levels and abnormal storms, have badly affected agricultural production which meteorologists say could become the continent’s worst drought in more than 500 years.

(Raila Odinga was running for president for the fifth time. Credit: REUTERS)


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TUE 16:06 BBC OS (w172yg1p97xl3ht)
Kenya Elections: Odinga to challenge result

On OS this week, five of the BBC's correspondents from five countries are presenting the programme.

We broadcast live from Jerusalem yesterday and today the BBC's Africa correspondent Catherine Byaruhanga will be hosting the show from the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

Catherine and her guests will be covering the aftermath of the presidential elections. William Ruto has been declared as the winner but the losing candidate, Raila Odinga, says he will challenge the victory.

We'll get reaction from supporters on both sides and hear from voters about the issues that matter to them.

(Photo: Raila Odinga during a press conference. Credit: EPA/Daniel Irungu)


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TUE 17:06 BBC OS (w172yg1p97xl77y)
Odinga says results are 'null and void'

On OS this week, five of the BBC's correspondents from five countries are presenting the programme.

We broadcast live from Jerusalem yesterday and today the BBC's Africa correspondent Catherine Byaruhanga will be hosting the show from the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Catherine and her guests will be covering the aftermath of the presidential elections.

William Ruto has been declared as the winner but the losing candidate, Raila Odinga, says he will challenge the victory.

We'll get reaction from supporters on both sides and hear from voters about the issues that matter to them.

(Photo: Raila Odinga. Credit: Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)


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TUE 18:06 Outlook (w3ct3535)
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TUE 18:50 Witness History (w3ct3c3m)
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TUE 19:32 Sport Today (w172ygfkvkcflc1)
2022/08/16 GMT

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TUE 20:06 The Documentary (w3ct43h6)
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TUE 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5vkdn)
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TUE 20:32 Digital Planet (w3ct31yr)
Misinformation on the midterms on social media

With the US midterm elections only a few months away Twitter has announced how it plans to “enable healthy civic conversation” on its platform i.e. how they plan to control political disinformation. Journalist Emma Woollacott who has written about the new measures for Forbes is on the show, as is New York Times Reporter Tiffany Tsu to tell us about political misinformation on TikTok.


Facebook evidence – should they have handed over private messages?
Should Facebook have handed over private messages between a mother and her teenage daughter about procuring abortion pills? The two are facing criminal charges. Bill Thompson examines why this happened – Facebook messenger data, unlike many other messaging apps, is not end-to-end encrypted. Should the company be able to hold onto so much data and what can our listeners do to ensure their conversations on messenger apps remain private.

Satellite pollution
In this week’s Discovery reporter Jane Chambers looks at the unexpected impact of satellites. There are currently around 7000 active satellites orbiting space and there are plans for many more to be launched in the next decade by internet companies and countries around the world. They are revolutionizing our lives but having some unintended consequences from disrupting million dollar astronomical research to the real danger of satellite collisions in space as orbits become increasingly crowded. She tells us what the satellite companies are doing to minimize the impact.


The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Bill Thompson.

Studio Manager: Giles Aspen
Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz

(Image: Hash tag over US election badges credit: Getty Images)


TUE 21:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl59wd)
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TUE 21:06 Newshour (w172yfc3hyc7vtp)
Kenya elections: Odinga rejects result

According to the official results, Mr Odinga narrowly lost to Deputy President William Ruto. Mr Odinga has accused the head of the electoral body of a "blatant disregard of the constitution".

Also on the programme: we head to Brazil where campaigning has begun in the presidential contest; and how the melting of glaciers in Greenland could actually offer solutions for green economy.

(Image: Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga. Credit: Reuters)


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TUE 22:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct3j2r)
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TUE 22:32 In the Studio (w3ct3jj9)
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TUE 23:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl5kcn)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


TUE 23:06 The Newsroom (w172yrwyyp8wkf7)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


TUE 23:20 Sports News (w172ygh6r0ktndy)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


TUE 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5vxn1)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


TUE 23:32 World Business Report (w172yk8tpgrkyyl)
Chinese tech giants hand algorithm data to government

Some of China's tech giants have shared details of their algorithms with Beijing for the first time. Tech reporter Kari Paul joins us from Oakland, California.

The first day of campaigning is getting under way in Brazil’s presidential elections, due to take place in October. Bloomberg economist Adriana Dupito explains the economic impact from São Paulo.

Inflation in Canada has hit 7.6%. We hear from economist Gurupdesh Pandher and Rachel Blais who is the director of Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre about the impact it’s having on people’s everyday lives in Canada.

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotechnology “de-extinction” company has linked up with the University of Melbourne, which earlier this year received a $3.6m philanthropic gift to open a Tasmanian tiger genetic restoration lab. CEO of Colossal, Ben Lamm tells us all about the exciting project.

(Picture: BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 14: Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. signage is displayed outside the company's offices on July 14, 2022 in Beijing, China. Picture Credit: Getty Images).

WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST 2022

WED 00:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl5p3s)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 00:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct390h)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:06 on Saturday]


WED 01:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl5svx)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 01:06 Business Matters (w172ydpzfk05ps8)
Tech giants reveal algorithm secrets to Beijing

Roger Hearing is joined by writer and journalist Karen Percy in Melbourne, and Founder of AI firm Complete Intelligence, Tony Nash, in Houston.

They discuss the tech giants in China that have shared details of their algorithms with Beijing for the first time.

The first day of campaigning is getting under way in Brazil’s presidential elections, due to take place on the Second of October. What is the impact on the economy?

The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, has confirmed his predecessor secretly held five parliamentary roles undertaken in the two years before losing power in May earlier this year. Meanwhile, in the US voters in Wyoming are expected to oust Liz Cheney from her seat in Congress in Republican primary elections taking place on Tuesday.

(Picture: BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 14: Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. signage is displayed outside the company's offices on July 14, 2022 in Beijing, China. Picture Credit: Getty Images).


WED 02:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl5xm1)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 02:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y587f)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5w8wf)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 02:32 The Compass (w3ct43dq)
Green Energy: Some Inconvenient Truths

Green energy: Renewables

Allan Little investigates the best way to capture, store and redistribute the renewable sources of energy freely available all over the world – wind, solar and hydro. The sun gives earth enough potential power in one hour to provide the total energy needs of the globe for a year – if only we could catch and store it.

From a purely economic angle, the costs of renewables are now cheaper than fossil fuels. So what is holding us back from harnessing the power of the sun and wind to secure our net-zero future? Vested interests in traditional energies for one, but also local controversies over the disruption involved in building big, renewable power stations; they’re often unwelcome and unwanted.

Allan heads to one of the windiest places on earth, the Shetland Islands, north-east of the Scottish mainland. A remote, beautiful, isolated collection of archipelagos, Shetland is leading the way for transitioning out of fossil fuels to on and off-shore wind farms, green hydrogen production and the laying of thousands of kilometres of cables under the sea to the mainland. But opposition is vocal and sustained; parts of the local community feel the environmental damage to the natural peatlands, which are natural carbon capture havens, and the physical change to Shetland’s landscape with vast wind farms being put up, are a step too far. They back green energy - but just not the vast amounts being planned.

Presenter: Allan Little
Producer: Anna Horsbrugh-Porter
A Just Radio production for BBC World Service

Image: An overhead view of a wind turbine, part of the Burradale wind farm, outside Lerwick in the Shetland Islands on September 8, 2021 (Credit: William Edwards/AFP via Getty Images)


WED 03:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl61c5)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 03:06 Outlook (w3ct3535)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Tuesday]


WED 03:50 Witness History (w3ct3c3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Tuesday]


WED 04:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl6539)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 04:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y5hqp)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5wjcp)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 04:32 On the Podium (w3ct42l8)
Jaleen Roberts: Medals and wellbeing

A champion on and off the track. Paralympic track and field star Jaleen Roberts was born with physical disability cerebral palsy. But she has never let it stop her. She shares her mental health journey to help others.
(CP description from Cerebral Palsy Alliance in US)


WED 05:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl68vf)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 05:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk6xhv)
Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney loses GOP primary in Wyoming

One of Donald Trump's fiercest Republican critics has lost the primary election in the state of Wyoming. Liz Cheney says she'll do everything she can to stop President Trump being re elected.

The result of the Kenyan election goes to the Supreme Court as Raila Odinga rejects William Ruto's victory.

The UN Secretary General heads for Ukraine to talk about continued fighting around Europe's biggest nuclear power plant.


WED 06:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl6dlk)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 06:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk717z)
Liz Cheney refuses to give up her position on Trump's politics

One of the few Republicans prepared to criticise Donald Trump, Liz Cheney, loses her bid to be re-elected as the party's candidate in Wyoming. Newsday will examine what it says about the strength of Trumpism in America.

Raila Odinga who came second in the Kenyan presidential election says the process was a travesty and is heading to court. According to the results, Mr Odinga narrowly lost to Deputy President William Ruto.

Plus why are thousands of Jewish people are leaving Russia?


WED 07:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl6jbp)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 07:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk7503)
Liz Cheney loses Wyoming Republican primary to Trump-endorsed rival

One of Donald Trump's fiercest Republican critics has lost her seat in the US Congress. Liz Cheney says she'll do everything she can to stop President Trump being re elected and vows to speak up against his possible re election.

The result of the Kenyan election might face the Supreme Court as Raila Odinga rejects William Ruto's victory. Four of the seven members of the electoral commission refused to endorse the result, saying it was "opaque".

And we look back at a week of independence celebrations for India and Pakistan.


WED 08:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl6n2t)
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WED 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct32r8)
George Monbiot: Surrounded by fear

Humans face a series of interlinked existential challenges. How do we feed a global population heading towards ten billion? Can it be done without degrading ecosystems and exacerbating climate change to a calamitous extent? Stephen Sackur interviews writer and environmental activist George Monbiot, who has spent decades addressing these questions and framing radical answers. Why are so many politicians and voters seemingly unwilling to listen?


WED 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5x0c6)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct31c3)
Tackling over-tourism in Greece

Victoria Craig whisks us off to the Greek island of Tinos to find out about a Greek government strategy to prevent over-tourism.

On this virtual vacation, you'll meet an artisan cheesemaker, some travellers, and a restaurant owner to find out whether the government strategy to promote travel to less well known destinations is working, or even welcomed. There are concerns the strategy could erode traditional ways of life on the Greek islands and in the Greek villages tourists don't often reach.

Presenter: Victoria Craig
Production: Stephen Ryan and Dimitris Zivopoulos
Image: Cheese making in Tinos; Credit: BBC


WED 08:50 Witness History (w3ct3c5w)
The last Viceroy of India

The daughter of the last British Viceroy in India, Lord Mountbatten, remembers the transfer of power in 1947. Lady Pamela Hicks accompanied her father as he attended celebrations in both Karachi and Delhi. She remembers encounters both with Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, and Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India. Lady Hicks spoke to Louise Hidalgo in 2012.


Photo shows Lord and Lady Mountbatten travelling by carriage and shaking hands with crowds in the streets of New Delhi on the 15th August 1947. Credit: Getty Images.


WED 09:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl6rty)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 09:06 The Compass (w3ct43dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


WED 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5x43b)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 09:32 Digital Planet (w3ct31yr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Tuesday]


WED 10:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl6wl2)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 10:06 The Documentary (w3ct43ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Saturday]


WED 11:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl70b6)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 11:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y6byl)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5xcll)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 11:32 On the Podium (w3ct42l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


WED 12:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl742b)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 12:06 Outlook (w3ct3y8r)
Cracking a $30m case of wine fraud

Fill your glasses, today we celebrate the work of the sommeliers of both wine and water.

In the world of fine wines some people spend tens of thousands of dollars on single bottles. But it is also an industry that has been plagued with fakes. Maureen Downey is a 'wine detective' who uncovered a multi-million dollar wine counterfeiting operation. She spoke to Outlook in 2018.

Michael Masha says that when he takes a bottle of 4000-year-old iceberg water to a party, it goes down much better than an expensive champagne. He's an Austrian water sommelier who discovered the trade when a serious health condition meant he could no longer drink wine. His story was first broadcast in 2017.

Joseph Dhafana was living in South Africa as a Zimbabwean refugee and down on his luck when he discovered he had a rare talent for detecting aromas in wine. He went on to take the wine-tasting world by storm and took the first all-black team to the World Wine Tasting Championships.

Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com

Presenter: Jo Fidgen

(Photo: Maureen Downey. Credit: Jonathan Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)


WED 12:50 Witness History (w3ct3c5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


WED 13:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl77tg)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 13:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y6lfv)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5xm2v)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 13:32 Digital Planet (w3ct31yr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:32 on Tuesday]


WED 14:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl7ckl)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 14:06 Newshour (w172yfc3hyc9xhw)
Donald Trump's fiercest Republican critic loses primary

Republicans in the State of Wyoming have voted overwhelmingly to remove Liz Cheney from Congress. She was defeated by Harriet Hageman, who supports Donald Trump's unfounded claims that there was voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. We speak to Mark Lotter, a former assistant of Donald Trump's at the White House, and get the latest from Washington DC with journalist John Gizzi.

Also in the programme: continuing controversy over the presidential election in Kenya; and a new exodus of Jews from Russia as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.

(Credit: Republican candidate U.S. Representative Liz Cheney during her primary election night party in Jackson, Wyoming, Credit: REUTERS/David Stubbs)


WED 15:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl7h9q)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct32r8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


WED 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5xvl3)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 15:32 World Business Report (w172yk9n46cb69y)
Inflation: Can countries tackle it together?

Rising prices are affecting consumers almost everywhere across the globe. But the response from governments and central banks has varied greatly. So is there a common solution? As inflation in the UK tops 10%, nursery owner Sharon Birch tells us how tough it's been to manage. We're also joined by Walid Koudmani from X-Trade Brokers, who explains the policy challenges facing lawmakers from country to country.

Sophie Lund-Yates from Hargreaves Landsdown has the day's market update.

We go to Cuba, where the government has announced a drastic move aimed at reinvigorating the island's economy.

Also, talking football: it's less than 100 days until the World Cup kicks off in Qatar; and is Elon Musk really joking about buying Manchester United? We're joined by The Athletic's Joey D'Urso, and Sarah Needleman from the Wall Street Journal.

(Picture: A shopping trolley full of food, one of the key drivers of global inflation. Credit: Getty Images.)


WED 16:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl7m1v)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 16:06 BBC OS (w172yg1p97xp0dx)
Global tree losses from fires

This week on OS, five of the BBC's correspondents from five countries are presenting the programme.

We were live from Jerusalem on Monday, from Nairobi yesterday and today our Southern Europe correspondent Mark Lowen will be hosting the show from Rome.

Mark was recently in France, covering the forest fires, and we’ll be discussing the impact of heatwaves and drought in Europe and around the world.

We get the details on a new report which says about 16 football pitches of trees per minute were lost to wildfires last year.

We also bring together three Afghans who a year ago had to leave their country after Kabul fell to the Taliban.

(Photo: A wildfire burns near Pego, Spain, August 16, 2022. Credit: Reuters/Lorena Sopena)


WED 17:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl7qsz)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 17:06 BBC OS (w172yg1p97xp451)
'I lost my home to a wildfire'

This week on OS, five of the BBC's correspondents from five countries are presenting the programme.

We were live from Jerusalem on Monday, from Nairobi yesterday and today our Southern Europe correspondent Mark Lowen will be hosting the show from Rome. Mark was recently in France, covering the forest fires, and we’ll be discussing the impact of heatwaves and drought in Europe and around the world.

We get the details on a new report which says about 16 football pitches of trees per minute were lost to wildfires last year.

A year after a wildfire destroyed the western Canadian village of Lytton, we speak to Tricia Thorpe. She lost her home and farm.

We also bring together three Afghans who a year ago had to leave their country after Kabul fell to the Taliban.

(Photo: Trees damaged by wildfire are seen down the road from Tricia Thorpe's property, a year after a wildfire entirely destroyed the western Canadian village of Lytton, British Columbia, Canada, July 24, 2022. Credit: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)


WED 18:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl7vk3)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 18:06 Outlook (w3ct3y8r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 today]


WED 18:50 Witness History (w3ct3c5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 today]


WED 19:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl7z97)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 19:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y79xm)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5ybkm)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 19:32 Sport Today (w172ygfkvkcjh84)
2022/08/17 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 (w172ykq6drl831c)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 20:06 The Compass (w3ct43dq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 02:32 today]


WED 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5yg9r)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 20:32 Health Check (w3ct32ws)
Transplant hope as kidney blood groups swapped

A new Covid vaccine – which targets both the original virus and one of the latest Omicron variants – has been approved for use in the UK. About half of the 26 million older and vulnerable adults in the UK who are due a booster this autumn should get the new vaccine.

There’s news of British scientists changing the blood group of donated kidneys – which could boost the supply of organs for transplant. Professor Magdi Yaqoob says switching to blood type O means the organs can be transplanted into any patient. We hear from Ravi Singh whose life was transformed last month when he got a new kidney from a live donor. He wants everyone to discuss donating with their family and to carry a donor card.

The pandemic delayed hospital treatment for many – so to help deal with waiting lists some hospitals are trying out 'overlapping' surgery – with one senior surgeon supervising two operating theatres, and more junior surgeons carrying out the more straightforward parts. When it was tried in the US there were concerns around consent and safety but we hear how only doing 30 minute procedures means that a month’s worth of operations can be done in a day.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Paula McGrath

(Picture: Surgeons in an operating room with an organ transplant box. Photo credit: Plan Shooting 2/Imazins/Getty Images.)


WED 21:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl86sh)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 21:06 Newshour (w172yfc3hycbrqs)
Kenya officials accused of trying to subvert will of people

A bitter row within Kenya's electoral commission is deepening after its chairman, Wafula Chebukati, accused senior colleagues of trying to alter last week's presidential election result to force a re-run. Mr Chebukati declared William Ruto as the winner on Monday, but four of his electoral commissioners immediately disowned the result.

Also in the programme: A huge explosion rips through a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul; and Liz Cheney, critic of Donald Trump, loses her Republican seat in Congress after being defeated by Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman.

(Photo: Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto two days after the electoral commission declared him as the President-elect. Credit: EPA).


WED 22:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl8bjm)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct32r8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:06 today]


WED 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5ypt0)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 22:32 On the Podium (w3ct42l8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 04:32 today]


WED 23:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl8g8r)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


WED 23:06 The Newsroom (w172yrwyyp8zgbb)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


WED 23:20 Sports News (w172ygh6r0kxkb1)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


WED 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5ytk4)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


WED 23:32 World Business Report (w172ykbgkxz1gq8)
The US Federal Reserve releases its policy meeting minutes

The US Federal Reserve say rates will continue to go up in the short term but there is still a long road ahead. Author and economist Linda Yueh explains why and Susan Schmidt from Exchange Capital Resources in Chicago tells us about the impact on the markets.

Cuba says it will allow foreign investors into its wholesale and retail trade for the first time in 60 years. The policy aims to tackle shortages of basic goods, like food and medicine - but stops short of fully opening trade. We speak to Ricardo Torres, a Research Fellow at the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University in Washington who’s been a consultant to Cuban and foreign companies interested in Cuba.

Elon Musk’s tweets suggesting that he wanted to buy Manchester United caused markets to briefly jump by as much as 17%, before Musk clarified it was a joke. Alex Shaw, general editor at the cable sports channel ESPN in the UK, gives his analysis.

(Picture: WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve, July 27, 2022 in Washington, DC. Powell announced that the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point. Picture Credit: Getty Images).

THURSDAY 18 AUGUST 2022

THU 00:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl8l0w)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 00:06 The Documentary (w3ct43ms)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Saturday]


THU 01:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl8ps0)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 01:06 Business Matters (w172ydpzfk08lpc)
Are interest rates the key to reducing inflation?

Roger Hearing is joined by senior reporter at the Huffington Post Alexander Kaufman from New York and Moneeza Butt, partner at KPMG Pakistan in Karachi.

The US Federal Reserve say rates will continue to go up in the short term but there is still a long road ahead.

Elon Musk’s tweets suggesting that he wanted to buy Manchester United caused markets to briefly jump by as much as 17%, before Musk clarified it was a joke.

Since 2019 AirBnb has banned parties advertised on social media. Last year, they began trying "anti-party technology" in Australia and now the company plans to roll it out in the US and Canada as well.

(Picture: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2022. Picture Credit: Getty Images).


THU 02:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl8tj4)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 02:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y854j)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5z5sj)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 02:32 Assignment (w3ct303z)
Moldova - East or West?

Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, the former Soviet Republic of Moldova has recently been awarded EU candidate status.

In an echo of what happened in Ukraine, Moldova lost a chunk of its eastern territory to separatists in a short war 30 years ago. The separatists were backed by elements of the Russian army. Since then Transnistria has remained a post-Soviet “frozen conflict.”

In recent months almost 500,000 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Moldova – the highest per capita influx to a neighbouring country. Up to 90,000 have remained in Moldova, one of Europe’s poorest countries. The republic’s president has warned that President Putin has his sights set on her country. Tessa Dunlop travels to Moldova to hear what Moldovans think about the war in Ukraine and their country’s future.

Produced by John Murphy

(Image: Dr. Tessa Dunlop speaking to villagers from Chircaiesti, close to the borders of Ukraine and Transnistria. Credit: BBC/John Murphy)


THU 03:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl8y88)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 03:06 Outlook (w3ct3y8r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:06 on Wednesday]


THU 03:50 Witness History (w3ct3c5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:50 on Wednesday]


THU 04:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl920d)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 04:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y8dms)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen


THU 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5zf8s)
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.


THU 04:32 The Food Chain (w3ct38n7)
Liquid gold: The price of cooking oil

Vegetable oil is one of many foods that has seen big price rises in the last year.

Not only is it used for cooking and frying, but it’s also in many processed foods such as ready meals, sauces and even desserts.

Ukraine and Russia represent the majority of the world’s sunflower oil production, whilst unpredictable weather, poor harvests and lack of labour have led to higher prices in palm, soybean and rape seed oil at the same time.

In this programme we hear from food businesses struggling with the price of oil, starting with street food traders in Delhi, India. Felicity Hannah is joined by Kathryn Robinson, Head of Development at FBDC, a UK based company that helps food businesses reformulate their recipes; David Laborde, a French analyst at the International Food Policy Research Institute based in Washington DC, and David Wagner, Executive Chef at the City Line Bar and Grill Restaurant in Albany, New York.

Presented by Felicity Hannah.

Produced by Beatrice Pickup.

Additional reporting by Anish Ahluwalia.

(Image: chips cooking in oil in a deep fat fryer. Credit: Getty)


THU 05:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl95rj)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 05:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk9tdy)
Malaysia's top court starts hearings against former PM Razak

Former Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak final appeal against a twelve year sentence related to a massive financial scandal has got underway. Newsday will speak to the BBC's South East Asia correspondent.

Also: a rare confession on camera by a Russian soldier who was deployed to Ukraine. The men say all soldiers came under pressure from Russian commanders at times with orders to target and sometimes kill members of the public.

Newsday will hear from Australia's capital where demands for former prime minister Scott Morrison to quit as a member of parliament become louder.

And Newsday will examine just how much control Donald Trump has over the Republican party.


THU 06:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl99hn)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 06:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rk9y52)
1MDB Scandal: Court starts PM Razak's final appeal

Malaysia's top court denies former Prime Minister Najib Razak his request to enter new evidence in his final appeal against a 12 year jail sentence linked to a financial scandal.

Newsday will head to Kabul in Afghanistan to hear about a shocking bombing in a mosque.

Our correspondent in Ukraine, James Waterhouse, has a special report on the threat to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - which is under Russian control.

Also scientists are investigating whether the dinosaurs were wiped out by two asteroid strikes 66 million years ago.


THU 07:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl9f7s)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 07:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rkb1x6)
Former Malaysia PM launches final appeal to avoid jail sentence

Coming up today: Malaysia's highest court has begun hearing a final appeal from the former prime minister, Najib Razak, against a twelve year prison sentence. Newsday will hear from a journalist attending the trial.

We'll head to Kabul where the city is reeling from the deadly bombing of a mosque.

A rare confession on camera of a Russian soldier who was deployed to Ukraine.

Water surfing through the canals of Venice: Newsday asks why the incident has caused outrage and looks into the offer of dinner for anyone who can identify the two culprits.

And in sports news another billionaire offers to buy Manchester United but this time it's no joke.


THU 08:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl9jzx)
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.


THU 08:06 The Inquiry (w3ct39tc)
Can we control the weather?

This summer, countries across the world have experienced extreme weather events.

Flash floods have killed people in South Korea, Uganda, Australia and the US state of Kentucky, and heatwaves have broken records across Western Europe, North America and Japan.

However, countries across the world are developing ways to try to tame the weather. China, the UAE and the USA are at the forefront of research into methods of producing rain in drought-stricken areas.

And some scientists are thinking even bigger; investigating technologies which could cool the entire planet.

This week, the Inquiry asks: Can we control the weather?

Contributors:
Dr Rob Thompson, University of Reading
Professor Katja Friedrich, University of Colorado, Boulder
Professor David Keith, Harvard University
Professor Elizabeth Chalecki, University of Nebraska Omaha

Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Producer: Ravi Naik
Researchers: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty and Christopher Blake
Technical producer: Nicky Edwards
Broadcast coordinator: Brenda Brown


Image: Hands cradling a lightning storm (Credit: Getty Images)


THU 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh5zx89)
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THU 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct3122)
Rainbow washing

It might seem like a step forward when advertisers want to appeal to a historically marginalised community, but the use of the LGBT rainbow flag by companies and organisations has become a bone of contention.

If an investment company changes its logo to a rainbow background is that a genuine attempt to support LGBT rights, or a cynical marketing ploy? In short, is it rainbow washing?

Jamie Love, marketing director of Edinburgh Pride tells us how potential event sponsors are vetted, plus Leticia King James who’s the vice president of diversity inclusion and belonging at logistics giant GXO explains why her company is sponsoring small, regional Pride events.

We also hear from Kathy Caton, founder of Brighton Gin who explains why a 365 day commitment to diversity is vital for companies marketing to the LGBT community. Julia Smith-Eppsteiner, a senior strategist at branding company Future Brand explains how accusations of rainbow washing can be avoided and Paul Thompson, co-owner of LGBT Capital explains just how lucrative the LGBT market is.

Presenter: Elizabeth Hotson
Producer: Elizabeth Hotson

Picture Description: Pride in London 2022, Picture Credit: Getty Images


THU 08:50 Witness History (w3ct3c1c)
The death of Jawaharlal Nehru

In May 1964 India's first prime minister and the man who led India to independence, Jawaharlal Nehru, died.

On the 50th anniversary of his death in 2014, Nehru's niece, the writer Nayantara Sahgal, shared memories of her famous uncle with Louise Hidalgo.

Photo: Indira Gandhi paying her respects at the body of her father, Jawaharlal Nehru.(AFP/Getty Images)


THU 09:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl9nr1)
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THU 09:06 Assignment (w3ct303z)
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THU 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh6010f)
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THU 09:32 Health Check (w3ct32ws)
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THU 10:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl9sh5)
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THU 10:06 The Forum (w3ct38sr)
The Art of War: Ancient Chinese guide to victory

The Art of War is one of the most important military strategy texts ever written, and it has become just as influential, perhaps even more so, in the worlds of business, sport, and politics.

Bridget Kendall learns what the 2,000-year-old treatise has to say about deception, spying, and ruthlessness, and asks why it has come to be viewed as a guide to success in life in general.

But has it been misunderstood? We discuss whether it’s better viewed as a guide to avoiding war and conflict, rather than a manual for how to fight.

Plus, we try to get to the bottom of who really wrote it and learn about the blood-soaked period of Chinese history in which it’s believed to have been created.

Producer: Simon Tulett

Credit: Excerpts from the text were based on translations from Michael Nylan's book (see below), published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.

Contributors:

Michael Nylan, professor of early Chinese history at the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States, and author of 'The Art of War: A New Translation by Michael Nylan';

Derek Yuen, a scholar of strategy and international relations from Hong Kong, and author of ‘Deciphering Sun Tzu: How to Read the Art of War’;

Peter Lorge, associate professor of pre-modern Chinese and military history at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, in the United States, and author of ‘Sun Tzu in the West’.

(Picture: Terracotta warriors - sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China who unified the country after the Warring States period. Credit: Getty Images)


THU 10:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct36fx)
The most controversial three seconds in basketball history

It's 50 years since the Soviet Union and the USA battled out the 1972 Olympic men's basketball final. It ended up being one of the most controversial matches in history. The Americans thought they were champions, but the Soviets won it at the death in very unusual circumstances. The USA team have never accepted their silver medals. Ben Henderson spoke to Ivan Edeshko, who made the game-winning ‘golden pass’ for the USSR.
(Photo from Bettmann via Getty Images: USSR players celebrate beating the USA in the 1972 Olympic men's basketball final)


THU 11:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drl9x79)
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THU 11:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y97vp)
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THU 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh608hp)
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THU 11:32 The Food Chain (w3ct38n7)
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THU 12:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlb0zf)
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THU 12:06 Outlook (w3ct34wd)
How I fell in love with blindness

Journalist Itto Outini was born to a poor and illiterate family in Morocco's Atlas mountains. After becoming parentless as a toddler, she was shunted between reluctant extended family members and suffered frequent violence. When Itto was 17 she was blinded by a relative and abandoned. Despite being homeless Itto taught herself braille and found huge comfort in books and learning. She fought for the education denied to her when she was sighted. Her memoir is called Blindness is the Light of my Life.

Women play a crucial role in peace building processes, but their efforts are rarely recognised. Professor Miriam Coronel Ferrer from the Philippines was the first woman to sign a major peace agreement with an armed group as she explains to Kim Chakanetsa. The full interview is available in this edition of The Conversation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct37m7

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Harry Graham

(Photo: Itto Outini. Credit: Courtesy of Itto Outini)


THU 12:50 Witness History (w3ct3c1c)
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THU 13:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlb4qk)
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THU 13:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4y9hby)
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THU 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh60hzy)
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THU 13:32 Health Check (w3ct32ws)
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THU 14:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlb8gp)
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THU 14:06 Newshour (w172yfc3hycdtdz)
Guterres meets Zelensky in Lviv

As the UN Secretary General António Guterres meets President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine, Russia accuses the West of provocation. Meanwhile, the government in Kyiv says international intervention is needed now - to stop disaster at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

Also in the programme: how a man accused of inciting the genocide in Rwanda ended up in court in The Hague; and why the Japanese government wants more young people to drink alcohol.

(Image: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media during a visit to the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022 / Credit: Reuters / Gleb Garanich)


THU 15:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlbd6t)
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THU 15:06 The Inquiry (w3ct39tc)
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THU 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh60rh6)
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THU 15:32 World Business Report (w172yk6cc8ynwhw)
US and Taiwan signal trade talks

Washington has announced it will hold trade negotiations with Taiwan in the coming weeks. China has warned the US against the move, stoking further tensions in the region. But some Taiwanese businesses say a new deal could help them. Economist and professor at National Taiwan University, Chung-Ying Lee, joins the programme from Taipei.

As the EU publishes its latest inflation data, breweries in Germany are among those struggling to stay afloat. Walter König of the Bavarian Brewers Federation tells us how high energy costs are causing a particular headache for his industry and consumers.

Emma Wall from Hargreaves Lansdown joins us for the latest markets update.

Archana Shukla reports from India, where lax workplace safety rules are costing thousands of lives and livelihoods.

Finally, some sobering news: Japan has issued a word of advice to young people about their drinking habits, but it's not what you might think.

(Picture: A fruit and vegetable market in Taiwan. Credit: Getty Images).


THU 16:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlbhyy)
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THU 16:06 BBC OS (w172yg1p97xrxb0)
Cost of living crisis in South Asia

We speak to people in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to hear how the cost of living crisis is affecting their lives.

UN chief Antonio Guterres is meeting Ukraine and Turkey's leaders to discuss finding a political solution to the war. They will also talk about efforts to increase Ukraine's grain exports and the risk of a catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. We'll speak to our correspondents to find out more.

(Photo: Men push a car as its battery is discharged next to a line where cars wait to buy petrol from a fuel station, amid the country"s economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 1, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)


THU 17:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlbmq2)
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THU 17:06 BBC OS (w172yg1p97xs124)
UN Secretary General in Ukraine

UN chief Antonio Guterres is meeting Ukraine and Turkey's leaders to discuss finding a political solution to the war. They will also talk about efforts to increase Ukraine's grain exports and the risk of a catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. We'll speak to our correspondents to find out more.

Also, we speak to people in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to hear how the cost of living crisis is affecting their lives.

(Photo: Turkish President Erdogan, Ukraine's President Zelensky and U.N. Secretary-General Guterres attend a news conference in Lviv. 18/08/2022 Credit: Reuters)


THU 18:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlbrg6)
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THU 18:06 Outlook (w3ct34wd)
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THU 18:50 Witness History (w3ct3c1c)
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THU 19:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlbw6b)
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THU 19:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4yb6tq)
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THU 19:32 Sport Today (w172ygfkvkcmd57)
2022/08/18 GMT

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


THU 20:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlbzyg)
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THU 20:06 Assignment (w3ct303z)
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THU 20:32 Science In Action (w3ct369d)
Deadly drought

East Africa has endured more than two years on continuous drought. The latest predictions suggest the drought is not likely to end any time soon. We look at why climate change and weather patterns in the Pacific and Indian oceans are largely to blame. Andrea Taschetto, chief investigator at the Centre on Climate Extremes at the University of New South Wales discusses the latest predictions

Drought has also been an issue in Europe, comparable with events nearly 500 years ago. Chantal Camenisch at the Institute of History at Bern University in Switzerland has been delving into European drought history and says despite the vast differences in living conditions there are many parallels with today.

When a dinosaur killing asteroid hit the earth did it have company? A suspected impact crater discovered off the coast of West Africa may have been caused at around the same time . Heriot Watt University geostratigrapher Uisdean Nicholson and University of Texas geologist Sean Gulick have been investigating.

And we have some of the answers to why T Rex had such small eyes for the size of its skull, Stephan Lautenschlager at the University of Birmingham has the gruesome answer.

Image: Woman carrying water in drought, Kenya
Credit: Getty Images

Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Julian Siddle


THU 21:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlc3pl)
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THU 21:06 Newshour (w172yfc3hycfnmw)
Ukraine's President accuses Russia of “nuclear blackmail” over Zaporizhzhia plant

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is accusing Russia of “nuclear blackmail” over tensions at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, Europe’s largest. His comments follow talks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is currently visiting the city of Lviv in western Ukraine.

Also in the programme, Tanzania has installed high-speed internet connectivity on the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain. And Japan is urging its young people to drink more.

(Picture: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Lviv, Ukraine on August 18. Picture credit: Getty images)


THU 22:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlc7fq)
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THU 22:06 The Inquiry (w3ct39tc)
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THU 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh61lq3)
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THU 22:32 The Food Chain (w3ct38n7)
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THU 23:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlcc5v)
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THU 23:06 The Newsroom (w172yrwyyp92c7f)
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THU 23:20 Sports News (w172ygh6r0l0g74)
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.


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THU 23:32 World Business Report (w172yk75t0kd4x6)
US and Taiwan to hold trade talks

Washington announces negotiations to ease trade barriers with the self-ruled island amid tensions with China. The talks will focus on areas such as e-commerce and agriculture. We hear more from Scott Kennedy, senior advisor in Chinese business & economics at CSIS.

The Trump Organization's former CFO Allen Weisselberg has admitted engineering a 15 year tax-fraud scheme at the company. He will be jailed for five months as part of a plea deal that also commits to testify against his former employer at an upcoming criminal trial. We talk to the BBC's Nada Tawfik and American legal analyst Jill Wine-Banks about the fallout of this settlement.

Pakistan has lifted the ban on the import of non-essential and luxury items as the government seeks a loan arrangement from the IMF. But Finance Minister, Miftah Ismail, has warned that they will be heavily taxed. We ask emerging markets macroeconomist Ammar Khan about the reasons behind this move.

Norwegian bitcoin miner and data centre operator firm Kryptovault is moving its operations north, inside the Arctic Circle, to save on its energy bill. The firm's Kjetil Hove Pettersen explains the decision.
The UK's National Farmers Union is warning consumers that weather conditions suffered this summer will translate into wonky vegetables on supermarket shelves. We talk to Tom Holder from the British Retail Consortium.

(Picture: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. Picture credit: Reuters)

FRIDAY 19 AUGUST 2022

FRI 00:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlcgxz)
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FRI 00:06 The Forum (w3ct38sr)
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FRI 00:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct36fx)
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FRI 01:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlclp3)
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FRI 01:06 Business Matters (w172ydpzfk0chlg)
Trump Organization's CFO pleads guilty on tax crimes

Allen Weisselberg, who has worked for Donald Trump for almost 50 years, will now have to testify against the Trump Organization after reaching a settlement, and pleading guilty to tax crimes. We hear more from the BBC's Nada Tawfik and American legal analyst Jill Wine-Banks.

The US is to begin talks with Taiwan to reduce trade barriers in fields like agriculture and e-commerce. The announcement comes amid tensions with China, which has been conducting military exercises since the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's unexpected visit to the self-ruled island. Scott Kennedy, senior advisor in Chinese business & economics at CSIS, tells us more.

Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is the biggest ever investment to fight climate change in the United States. Roger Hearing discusses its implications with guests Kimberly Adams, co-host of Marketplace's podcast 'Make Me Smart', joining us from Washington, and Simon Littlewood, president of AC Growth Delivered in Singapore.

The UK's National Farmers Union is warning consumers that weather conditions suffered this summer will translate into wonky vegetables on supermarket shelves. We talk to Tom Holder from the British Retail Consortium.

(Picture: Allen Weisselberg. Picture credit: EPA)


FRI 02:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlcqf7)
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FRI 02:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4yc21m)
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FRI 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh622pm)
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FRI 02:32 World Football (w3ct3hqg)
Ukraine, Afghanistan and Lewes FC

Shakhtar Donetsk's Director of Football, Darijo Srna, discusses the return of the Ukrainian Premier League, with matches to be played in Ukraine. And we're joined by the former Afghanistan women's coach, and current head of performance at Lewes FC, Kelly Lindsey.

Picture on website: The players of the Shakhtar Donetsk lined up during the Ukrainian national anthem ahead of a friendly match against AS Roma (Photo by Fabrizio Corradetti/LiveMedia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)


FRI 03:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlcv5c)
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FRI 03:06 Outlook (w3ct34wd)
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FRI 03:50 Witness History (w3ct3c1c)
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FRI 04:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlcyxh)
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FRI 04:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4yc9jw)
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FRI 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh62b5w)
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FRI 04:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct423n)
Hindus, hate and hashtags

Vishva Samani meets young Hindus in the diaspora who believe their faith is being misunderstood and who speak out against what they say is ‘Hinduphobia’. While some academics claim the term is used to silence dissent, online hate directed towards the Hindu community has increased.


FRI 05:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drld2nm)
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FRI 05:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rkdqb1)
Bali bomb maker could walk free before 20th anniversary

The bomb-maker responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings is set to walk free after his sentence was reduced due to model behaviour - Newsday will hear the anger of a man who lost five friends in the attack.

Newsday will also speak to the lawyer of an Indian woman who was raped - only to see her attackers walk out of jail to a heroes' welcome this week.

Also: we take the temperature among ethnic Russians in Latvia, close to the Belarusian border.

And get the thoughts of the author who correctly predicted Donald Trump's reluctance to leave power on the former president's current legal predicament.


FRI 06:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drld6dr)
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FRI 06:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rkdv25)
PM Albanese: Australians will be distressed by the release of Umar Patek

Umar Patek - the bomb maker responsible for the murder of 202 people in the 2002 bombing in Bali - could walk free from prison this year. Many Australians were among the dead. We'll go to Sydney, Australia for the latest response.

Stranded for a month on a piece of land between Greece and Turkey, migrants say it was 'hell on earth' - why didn't the authorities send help any sooner.. we hear from the UNHCR.

A senior military officer has told the BBC Ukrainian forces aim to recapture the city of Kherson within weeks, our correspondent reports from the frontline of the battle.

And Newsday will hear from a leading expert about how to keep your memory strong as you get older.


FRI 07:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drldb4w)
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FRI 07:06 Newsday (w172yf8n5rkdyt9)
Turkey and the UN visit Ukraine for peace talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made his first visit to Ukraine since Moscow's invasion of the country – Newsday will find out why Turkey has become the middle man between the two.

Justice and remorse - or the lack of it - are big themes for the programme today. The bomb-maker responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings is set to walk free - Newsday will hear the anger of a man who lost five friends in the attack.

We hear why the family of a man deported from the UK to Jamaica is taking legal action.

And about the music genre that has gone from the streets of South Africa to dance floors all over the world.


FRI 08:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drldfx0)
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FRI 08:06 HARDtalk (w3ct32g7)
Krišjānis Kariņš: Is Latvia still vulnerable?

Stephen Sackur is in Riga to speak to the Prime Minister of Latvia, Krišjānis Kariņš. Latvia is now an established member of the EU and NATO, but Putin’s Ukraine invasion has revived fears of Russian expansionism. Three decades on from the collapse of the Soviet Union, is Latvia still vulnerable?


FRI 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh62t5d)
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FRI 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct30s1)
Business Daily meets: La June Montgomery Tabron

Vivienne Nunis sits down with La June Montgomery Tabron, President and CEO of one of the world's biggest charities, the Kellogg Foundation. Last year the foundation distributed nearly half a billion dollars in grants.

La June is the first woman and the first African American to lead the foundation in it's 90 year history. In this episode she tells about growing up in a large family in Detroit and how she has transformed the Kellogg Foundation from a very male, very white organisation to one where half the staff are now people of colour.

Presenter: Vivienne Nunis
Production: Vivienne Nunis and Jo Critcher
Image: La June Tabron; Credit: Kellogg Foundation


FRI 08:50 Witness History (w3ct3bwv)
The Bard of Bengal

In August 1941, one of the greatest poets India has ever produced died.

Known as the "Bard of Bengal", Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize for Literature.

Farhana Haider spoke to Professor Bashabi Fraser, Director of the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies, in 2017.

Photo: June 1921, Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore in London. Credit: Getty Images


FRI 09:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drldkn4)
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FRI 09:06 Tech Tent (w3ct375h)
Can TikTok stars make it on the real stage?

This week Tech Tent speaks to TikTok stars Chloe and Tabby Tingey - aka the Sugarcoated Sisters - about transferring their act to the Edinburgh Fringe and a real life audience. Reporter Alaisdair Keane finds out how organising festivals is increasingly reliant on tech too. We also digest China's decision to force its biggest tech firms to share their algorithims with regulators in the name of data safety. And we talk death tech and digital zombies with Dr Debra Bassett.


FRI 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh62xxj)
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FRI 09:32 Science In Action (w3ct369d)
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FRI 10:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drldpd8)
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FRI 10:06 The Real Story (w3ct33p9)
Salman Rushdie and the fatwa

The Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie was recently stabbed on stage at an event in New York state more than three decades after Iran issued a fatwa calling for his assassination. He is currently recovering in hospital. The novelist spent years in hiding after his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, prompted accusations of blasphemy. So why did a novel provoke such an strong reaction? Ritula Shah looks back at the story of the author, the book and the fatwa.


FRI 11:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drldt4d)
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FRI 11:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4yd4rs)
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FRI 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh635ds)
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FRI 11:32 World Football (w3ct3hqg)
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FRI 12:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drldxwj)
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FRI 12:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct37zl)
Ukraine's stolen sunflowers

In parts of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, sunflower farmers report having their crops seized. Maria Korenyuk from BBC Ukrainian and Andrei Zakharov from BBC Russian have been investigating who is taking the sunflowers and where they end up.

Cool tips for hot work!
BBC Persian's Middle East correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard shares creative solutions to reporting with a mobile phone in Baghdad, when temperatures approach 50°C: just add ice-blocks and a supermarket freezer cabinet.

Venezuela's Tren de Aragua criminal gang
What began with a few railway workers demanding bribes in Venezuela’s Aragua State has evolved into one of the largest criminal gangs in South America. Tren de Aragua, or Aragua Train, now operates in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Chile, as BBC Mundo's Norberto Paredes reports.

The treasures of a sunken Spanish galleon
The Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Las Maravillas sank off the Bahamas in 1656, laden with treasure. BBC Monitoring’s Luis Fajardo in Miami tells us about the most recent exploration of the wreck, and explains why so many Spanish ships sank in that area.

In search of my mother
Widya is a Dutch Indonesian adoptee who, like many, wants to find her birth mother. Ayomi Amindoni and Dwiki Marta of BBC Indonesian traveled with her across Indonesia, uncovering a history of fake documents, false mothers and criminal networks.

(Photo: Ukrainian sunflower field. Credit: Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)


FRI 12:50 Witness History (w3ct3bwv)
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FRI 13:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlf1mn)
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FRI 13:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4ydd81)
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FRI 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh63dx1)
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FRI 13:32 Science In Action (w3ct369d)
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FRI 14:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlf5cs)
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FRI 14:06 Newshour (w172yfc3hychqb2)
Chinese-Canadian billionaire jailed in Shanghai

The Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, once close to senior Communist Party leaders, has been jailed for 13 years by a Shanghai court, for financial offences.

Also in the programme: we hear from the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres who is in Odessa in Ukraine, trying to keep grain exports flowing and to ensure the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; and as scientists in the US dramatically increase crop yields in soybeans by genetically boosting photosynthesis - could this GM technology be part of the solution to world food shortages?

(Image: Xiao Jianhua, a Chinese-born Canadian billionaire / Credit: CUHK (The Chinese University of Hong Kong))


FRI 15:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlf93x)
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FRI 15:06 HARDtalk (w3ct32g7)
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FRI 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172ykr0vh63nd9)
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FRI 15:32 World Business Report (w172yk32lck0kpt)
China cuts off factories as drought worsens

Authorities in China have turned to desperate measures as temperatures rise and river levels fall. A national drought alert has been issued, and factories have been shut down in an attempt to save energy. Journalist Arjun Neil Alim explains how it's affecting Chinese citizens and workers, as well as the country's economy.

In Pakistan, the economic situation is growing more severe. As Islamabad pleads for a bailout from the IMF, former banker Yousuf Nazar says the worst may be yet to come.

Swetha Ramachandran, investment director at GAM Investments, has the daily market update.

We'll hear about the world's first permanent disposal site for nuclear waste which is being built deep below the Finnish soil.

There's also bad news for Thailand's instant noodle lovers, as the popular staple food could be about to rise in price for the first time in more than a decade.

(Picture: A parched section of China's Yangtze river basin. Credit: Getty Images).


FRI 16:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlfdw1)
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FRI 16:06 BBC OS (w172yg1p97xvt73)
Nuclear plant's power 'belongs to Ukraine'

James Waterhouse presents the programme live from Kyiv, Ukraine, as we broadcast from five cities with five BBC correspondents in five days.

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has been talking about the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant while on a trip to Odesa. He says the energy it produces belongs to Ukraine and believes that diplomacy can ensure the safety of the plant. We'll hear what the UN leader told the BBC in an interview and get our correspondent to explain whether any diplomatic breakthrough looks possible.

We'll hear a group of Russians talk about the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's view that if Russians stay silent on the subject of the invasion, they are complicit in the evil of war.

And after model Linda Evangelista appeared on the front cover of Vogue for the first time since she said a failed cosmetic procedure left her "deformed", we'll explain the technique of so-called "fat freezing".

Picture: A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on August 4th, 2022 (REUTERS / Alexander Ermochenko)


FRI 17:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlfjm5)
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FRI 17:06 BBC OS (w172yg1p97xvxz7)
What is fat freezing?

James Waterhouse presents the programme live from Kyiv, Ukraine, as we broadcast from five cities with five BBC correspondents in five days.

After model Linda Evangelista appeared on the front cover of Vogue for the first time since she said a failed cosmetic procedure left her "deformed", we'll explain the technique of so-called "fat freezing".

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has been talking about the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant while on a trip to Odesa. He says the energy it produces belongs to Ukraine and believes that diplomacy can ensure the safety of the plant. We'll hear what the UN leader told the BBC in an interview and get our correspondent to explain whether any diplomatic breakthrough looks possible.

We'll hear a group of Russians talk about the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's view that if Russians stay silent on the subject of the invasion, they are complicit in the evil of war.

Picture: Unwanted fat is frozen in a clamp during cryolipolysis, a form of body sculpting (Getty Images)


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FRI 18:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct37zl)
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FRI 18:50 Witness History (w3ct3bwv)
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FRI 19:00 BBC News (w172ykq6drlfs3f)
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FRI 19:06 The Newsroom (w172yl7tt4yf3qt)
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FRI 19:32 Sport Today (w172ygfkvkcq92b)
2022/08/19 GMT

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FRI 20:06 Tech Tent (w3ct375h)
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FRI 20:32 CrowdScience (w3ct3j78)
What is white?

Have you ever wondered why waterfalls appear white when still water is transparent? Why clouds, or snow, appear white when they too are essentially just water molecules in different states? What makes something white, opaque or transparent? These are the questions CrowdScience listener Gerardo has been pondering ever since taking in the beauty of fallen water on a hiking trail in his home of Cantabria, Northern Spain. Presenter Marnie Chesterton, sets off on a quest to find out the answers to all of those questions and more. What even is white? Is it a colour, the absence of colour or all the colours of the rainbow combined? Is black really the opposite of white? And what colours do we mix to make white or black paint?

Image: White paint in pots and a paintbrush. Credit: Getty Images


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FRI 21:06 Newshour (w172yfc3hycjkjz)
Former British Islamic State member jailed for terrorism

A member of the so-called Islamic State terror cell known as The Beatles has been jailed for life after being convicted for his role in the murder of American hostages in Syria.

Also in the programme: Ukraine former chief nuclear inspector on the situation at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant; and Tina Brown on Salman Rushdie.

(Picture: Shafee Elsheikh, undated handout picture in Amouda, Syria, released February 9, 2018. Credit: Reuters)


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FRI 22:06 HARDtalk (w3ct32g7)
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FRI 22:32 World Football (w3ct3hqg)
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FRI 23:32 World Business Report (w172yk3x134qv34)
First broadcast 19/08/2022 22:32 GMT

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