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Is overpreparation the problem for England at the Ashes? - BBC World Service #shorts
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- Is overpreparation the problem for England at the Ashes? - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior discusses Brendon McCullum's claims that England did too much preparation for their second Ashes Test against Australia.
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- What made the floods in South East Asia so deadly? - Asia Specific podcast, BBC World Service
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- 21:25
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- With close to a thousand people killed in flooding across the region, South East Asia’s late-2025 wet weather events were particularly devastating.
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And scientists say climate change is shaping weather patterns in a way that will likely make future rain and flooding events worse.
With a relatively high number of densely populated sinking cities, the region is one of the most flood-prone parts of the world, but there’s no shortage of bold ideas that could offset the problem in future.
Asia Specific host Mariko Oi is joined by the presenters of the BBC Climate Question podcast Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar.
00:00 Coming up
00:20 Intro
01:20 Did climate change affect Asia floods?
03:03 How warmer oceans mean more storms
04:20 Why SE Asia is hard hit by flood events
06:30 Groundwater extraction link to sinking cit...
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- Why does protecting traditions matter? - BBC World Service
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- 12:00
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Vases crafted thousands of years ago, temples built by past civilisations, natural parks with stunning waterfalls. These are all tangible things, there is a physical trace of them and many times they are protected and valued.
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But what about festivals, recipes or dances and skills that are unique to a certain part of the world? These cannot be stored, really. However they are passed on, become part of many people’s identities and are known as intangible cultural heritage.
UNESCO, the United Nations agency that focuses on culture and education has released its yearly list recognising these practices. But what does it actually mean to be included and why is it celebrated? We hear from Matthieu Guevel, Chief of Communications at UNESCO.
Plus we talk to three people whose cultural practices have been added to the list this year: Paola Maggiulli a British-Italian coo...
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- Ashes 2025: Matt Prior on Wood, wicketkeeping & winning - Stumped podcast, BBC World Service
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- 21:30
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Three-time Ashes winner and former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior joins the show
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We are joined by three-time Ashes winner and former England wicketkeeper Matt Prior. He reacts to Brendon McCullum’s comments that England were ‘overprepared’, tells us how the Ashes winning team he was involved in back in 2010/11 prepared and compares the wicketkeeping of Jamie Smith and Alex Carey. He also tells us what the England team will miss the most about Mark Wood after he has been ruled out of the series after a reoccurrence of his knee injury.
00:00 Introductions
00:50 Prior on England being 'overprepared'
04:45 Prior on warm up matches
09:15 Prior on Mark Wood injury
11:30 Prior compares the keeping of Jamie Smith and Alex Carey
15:30 Prior on the small details that England should do to win in Australia
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- Paramore's Hayley Williams on grandad’s lost music - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Hayley Williams’ grandad Rusty inspired her music career - but now she’s discovered his long-lost recordings from the 1970s, she wants Paramore’s biggest fan to get his big break.
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As the lead singer of Paramore, Hayley Williams has won three Grammy Awards and toured the world, but behind the scenes Rusty has always been her biggest supporter. He taught her to play drums and piano, and even followed Paramore’s tour bus across the US with his wife Sharon, his childhood sweetheart.
It turns out Rusty’s own attempt to make it as a musician was cut short. In the 1970s, he recorded an album which was rejected by a country music boss. Disillusioned, Rusty quit the music industry.
His songs lay hidden on a collection of tapes for 50 years, until granddaughter Hayley heard them and realised their potential. Now, at the age of 79 Rusty has released his debut albu...
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- A cybercrime kingpin in a US prison speaks - Cyber Hack: Evil Corp Ep4, BBC World Service podcast
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- 32:39
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Cybercrime kingpin Tank speaks for the first time. How did he evade arrest by the FBI and steal so much money from his victims?
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How did Vyacheslav Penchukov - aka Tank - dodge the FBI when they came to his home? And how did he and his alleged crime gang steal millions of dollars from their victims? We learn that Jabber Zeus boss Tank had friends in high political places in Ukraine – and a budding young business associate in Russia.
Evil Corp is accused of being “the most pervasive cybercrime group to ever have operated” by law enforcement agencies and said to have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars.
Hosted by Joe Tidy, the BBC’s cyber correspondent – one of the few Western journalists to have met an alleged member of Evil Corp – and the BBC’s Eastern and Southern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford, who spent more than two decades reporting from ...
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- The Schools that Break Children - BBC World Service Documentaries
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- 33:03
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- #BBCEye investigates Chinese disciplinary schools found to collude with parents to abduct troubled teens, forcing them into military-style training to ‘fix’ them at a devastating cost.
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Every year across China, thousands of troubled teens attend disciplinary schools. These schools are part of a lucrative industry that promise anxious parents that military-style discipline will resolve everything from concerns over disobedience and depression, to gender and sexual identity.
Undercover footage reveals how the schools conspire with concerned parents to abduct unwilling students, often in broad daylight, by posing as the authorities.
Once inside the school, students say they are stripped of their phones and forced into months of strenuous physical activity. Many survivors talked about being beaten while some say they were subjected to sexual violence.
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- Boy bands vs girl bands: Who makes better music? - BBC World Service
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- 12:59
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Stray Kids or BlackPink? Spice Girls or Westlife? Music executives - like Simon Cowell - have been creating girl bands and boy bands for decades.
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And he’s about to launch a brand new competition on Netflix to find “The Next Act”. When we talk about these groups, we generally mean good-looking young women or men who’ve been brought together, and who don’t tend to write their own songs or play their own instruments. Their fans are stereotyped as being teenage girls and their mums.
Is there any truth to the belief that girl bands make better music because they are held to higher standards? The BBC’s music correspondent Mark Savage explains how pop bands have evolved over the decades. We look at the different pressures and stereotyping that girl and boy bands face and we hear from some of our BBC friends - do they prefer girl bands or boy bands and why?
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- Are girl bands better than boy bands? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service
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- 13:26
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Stray Kids or BlackPink? Spice Girls or Westlife? BTS or Katseye? Music executives - like Simon Cowell - have been creating girl bands and boy bands for decades. And he’s about to launch a brand new competition on Netflix to find “The Next Act”.
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When we talk about these groups, we generally mean good looking young women or men who’ve been brought together, and who don’t tend to write their own songs or play their own instruments. Their fans are stereotyped as being teenage girls and their mums.
Is there any truth to the belief that girl bands make better music because they are held to higher standards? The BBC’s music correspondent Mark Savage explains how pop bands have evolved over the decades. We look at the different pressures and stereotyping that girl and boy bands face and we hear from some of our BBC friends - do they prefer girl bands or boy bands and why...
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- Will Asian students still choose US for higher education? - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Will ICE deportations and US President Donald Trump’s restrictions on Chinese students discourage more Asians from studying in the United States?
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Has an American leader who cut aid and imposed tariffs changed US ties with Asia forever? Except for China, most Asian countries have been at pains to placate President Trump, with gifts of a gold crown, gold golf clubs and even a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. Does the special treatment suggest a region seeking to get closer to America under Donald Trump’s leadership, or is it edging away despite the flattery?
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- Why Cambodia and Thailand are fighting - BBC World Service
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- 8:57
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- More than half a million people have been forced to leave their homes in Cambodia and Thailand.
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This follows rising conflict over the two countries’ shared border. Now, this is not a new dispute. In fact it’s been going on for decades. But this year things have gotten worse. A ceasefire was negotiated by US president Donald Trump in October. But it hasn’t held. Trump now says he will ‘make a phone call’ to stop the fighting.
BBC reporter Panisa Aemocha, in Bangkok, chats us through the humanitarian needs of hundreds of thousands of evacuees. We also from the BBC’s South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head who’s at an evacuation centre, and from two young people who have fled their houses.
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- Tulisa: I wanted fame, but it almost destroyed me - Lives Less Ordinary podcast, BBC World Service
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- 33:34
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Tulisa Contostavlos rose to fame with the UK group N-Dubz and later became a judge on The X Factor, but the pressures of stardom almost destroyed her.
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Tulisa was born into a family of musicians in Camden, London, but her childhood was impacted by her mother's severe mental health episodes that would often end up with her being held in psychiatric institutions. Tulisa escaped into music, and formed the successful group N-Dubz with a cousin and friend.
She later became the youngest ever judge on the TV talent show The X Factor, but her biggest challenge was working out how to survive in the spotlight. She found herself in the centre of a sex tape scandal, and was also the target of an undercover newspaper sting that almost derailed her career and her life.
Tulisa has released her latest book, Judgement, and reflects on resilience, redefining success, and finding her...
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- Foster families for albatrosses - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- This albatross chick is being fed by a foster mother, thousands of miles from its original home.
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The black-footed albatross normally lives in Midway Atoll, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. But their low-lying nesting sites mean they're under threat from rising sea levels.
So scientists have been removing eggs from their nests and taking them on an incredible journey to a safer place, 5,600 km (3,500 miles) away on Guadalupe off the coast of Mexico.
The eggs are placed in the nests of a different albatross species called the Laysan. They find birds who've lost their own eggs who then hatch and care for the chick as if it was their own.
Over 100 birds have been successfully raised by these foster parents. And now eight birds have found their way back to their new home in Guadalupe.
It's hoped they will sta...
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- Why much of Asia treats Trump like ‘an emperor’ - Asia Specific podcast, BBC World Service
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- 21:13
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Has an American leader who cut aid and imposed tariffs changed US ties with Asia forever?
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Except for China, most Asian countries have been at pains to placate President Trump, with gifts of a gold crown, gold golf clubs and even a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
Does the special treatment suggest a region seeking to get closer to America under Donald Trump’s leadership, or is it edging away despite the flattery?
Asia Specific host Mariko Oi is joined by the BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker and the BBC’s South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head.
00:00 Coming up
00:19 Introduction
01:30 Laura Bicker's favourite Trump moments
03:40 Jonathan Head's favourite Trump moments
05:50 How China approaches Trump on trade
07:35 Why Cambodia needs the US
09:12 How ordinary citizens in China view Trump
11:53 V...
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- Venezuela and the US have a tense relationship - BBC World Service
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- 12:33
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The Trump administration says it has killed dozens of people in strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, which it says are from Venezuela and are carrying illegal drugs bound for the US.
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The US hasn’t provided any evidence or details about those who have been killed. Experts have questioned the legality of these strikes.
President Trump has alleged the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro runs a criminal group called Cartel de los Soles. Maduro denies this and has accused the US of using its "war on drugs" as an excuse to try and remove him from power to access Venezuela’s huge oil reserves.
Mimi Swaby, a BBC Global Affairs Reporter who focuses on Latin America, explains the history between the US and Venezuela and why the US is launching strikes on boats.
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- Why Donald Trump wants a new Venezuelan leader - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service
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- 13:00
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The US attacked Venezuela and captured its President Nicolás Maduro, with Donald Trump vowing to "run the country" until there is a "proper" transition of power.
The Trump administration says it has killed dozens of people in strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, which it says are from Venezuela and are carrying illegal drugs bound for the US. The US hasn’t provided any evidence or details about those who have been killed. Experts have questioned the legality of these strikes.
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President Trump has alleged the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro runs a criminal group called Cartel de los Soles. Maduro denies this and has accused the US of using its "war on drugs" as an excuse to try and remove him from power to access Venzuela’s huge oil reserves.
Mimi Swaby, a BBC Global Affairs Reporter who focuses on Latin America, explains the history between the US ...
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- How a social media ban would have changed my teens - BBC World Service
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- 16:02
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Australia is banning social media for everyone under 16.
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The government says it’s to protect children from cyber bullying, harmful content and online predators. TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, X (formerly Twitter) - they’re some of the platforms that are going to be banned. Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has already started kicking under-16s off its apps. An estimated 150,000 Facebook users and 350,000 Instagram accounts are expected to be affected. The social media ban will come in to effect from December 10.
Lots of teenagers are unhappy about this social media ban. But what about Australians who are now over 16? Do they wish they’d had something similar? We chat to Felix, 20, Lia, 19, and Habibat, 21, to find out.
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- Power and Poverty: Inside South Africa’s inequality crisis - Global Eye, BBC World Service
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- 28:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- In this week’s episode of Global Eye, Nomsa Maseko reports from South Africa in the wake of the first ever G20 summit on African soil.
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In two exclusive #BBCAfricaEye reports, Ayanda Charlie hears from residents of the abandoned and hijacked buildings just a few kilometres from the summit location and, in the province of Free State, Claire Mawisa meets some families applying to become President Trump’s South African refugees.
00:00 Global Eye, Episode 14: Power and poverty in South Africa
02:05 Eye on Johannesburg's hijacked buildings
16:18 Eye on post-apartheid South Africa
17:11 Eye on Trump's white South African refugees
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- What do the oceans do for us? - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service
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- 25:24
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The ocean occupies 71% of the surface of our planet, and it's massively important for our survival too.
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What do you think of when you think about our oceans? Maybe you see a picture of our planet with a big patch of blue? Maybe you think about storms or dramatic ocean voyages? Maybe fish or coral reefs?
In this edition of The Climate Question, Hosts Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar explore how our oceans are even more important than you might imagine. They help put the brakes on climate change and regulate our weather - even in faraway deserts. They provide food, and even influence the rise of great civilisations, like Ancient Egypt.
They are joined by oceanographer and physicist Helen Czerski, author of Blue Machine, How the Ocean Shapes Our World.
Helen also chats about the challenges of trying to collect data at sea during huge storms.
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- How Australians feel about the social media ban and gaming - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Some Australian parents are questioning why teenagers are banned from social media but still allowed to game, especially when some students are even being given detention for playing games.
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Multiple countries in Asia say they'll follow Australia's lead on banning teenagers under 16 from social media, but is it the right approach? Malaysia's government is planning a similar ban on teenagers under 16 from creating social media accounts, and Indonesia has also expressed interest in Australia's policy.
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- 'Living in Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City was so tough ' - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City once had a density of more than one million people per square kilometre.
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"Living in Kowloon Walled City was so tough," says former resident Albert Ng.
The Walled City started as a Qing military fort in the 19th Century. After the First Opium War, Britain took control of Hong Kong Island, and then expanded its control into parts of mainland China. This led to the leasing of additional territories to the British for 99 years - but Kowloon Walled City officially remained under Chinese control.
However, neither side could govern it effectively, so over time, it became a lawless, overcrowded enclave. It was famous for prostitution, gambling drugs.
"The environment was really dirty, and there was open sewage. That was the only place that we can afford," says Albert. "We would jump from one building t...
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- "This is one of the most consequential times to be alive" - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- CO2 is so powerful, it has driven ice ages and mass extinctions, and science journalist Peter Brannen explains why our current CO2 emissions could define our history and future.
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In this episode of The Climate Question, Graihagh Jackson speaks to Peter Brannen, science journalist and author of The Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything.
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- Inez: her rise, her roots and her relentless drive - This is Africa podcast, BBC World Service
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- 24:27
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Dutch-Moroccan breakout star, Inez sits down with DJ Edu during her UK visit to share the story behind her rapid rise to fame.
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She opens about releasing her debut track with no idea what she was doing - only for it to go unexpectedly viral overnight racking up more than 100,000 streams. Inez also talks about her determination to do everything on her own terms, and the vital role her family plays in keeping her grounded as her career sky rockets.
Continuing with our This is Africa podcast where we delve into the stories behind the music. Fans of rising artists, inspirational creative journeys and global music this interview is a must-watch.
00:00 Introduction
01:24 Her Moroccan roots
01:40 Family move to Holland and
01:58 Not being able to speak Dutch
03:04 Embracing her Moroccan culture in Holland.
03:28 What is the Darija langua...
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- Was a WW1 toxic chemical sprayed on Georgian protesters by police? - BBC World Service
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- A BBC investigation has found evidence that suggests Georgian authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon against anti-government protesters in the capital, Tbilisi, in November 2024.
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- Why the traditional kokoshnik headdress is en vogue - The Global Jigsaw podcast, BBC World Service
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- 31:44
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Why the traditional kokoshnik headdress is en vogue in Russia, and how it has become a poster image for the Kremlin’s vision of national identity.
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When President Putin talks not of tanks but of tiaras, it’s a signal that symbolism matters.
We unpick the dress code of the Russian “patriot” to explore a deeper idea at the heart of everything from fashion and music to entertainment and literature. We go on a mission to decode the “cultural code” that, in the eyes of Russia’s leaders, makes the nation unique - and morally superior.
00:00 Introduction
02:06 Fashion
06:44 The pioneers of the new style
11:38 The Russian cultural code
16:37 The bloggers
21:43 Culture as a tool of power
23:08 Censorship
26:12 Nostalgia for the past
28:49 Back to the USSR
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- Are new doctors studying climate change? - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Did you know that climate change is already having major health impacts around the world, and they are expected to get bigger as our planet gets warmer?
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In this edition of The Climate Question filmed in July 2025, Graihagh Jackson chats to two doctors from Malaysia and Egypt about the challenges the medical sector faces.
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- How reading changes the way your brain works - BBC World Service
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- 5:55
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Reading may feel like something that comes naturally, but it's taken thousands of years for our brains to develop the capacity to do it.
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That process has in turn transformed the brain's physiology. But reading on screens and smartphones could already be changing the way our brains work.
00:00 Why aren't we born able to read?
00:48 What is the origin of reading?
01:12 What impact does reading have on the brain?
01:39 How does reading different languages impact the brain?
02:43 How does reading impact the body?
03:18 How does reading on a screen affect us?
05:07 How can parents navigate new technologies?
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- The impact of RFK Jr's approach to vaccines - The President’s Path podcast, BBC World Service
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- 24:53
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- A special look at some of the latest healthcare decisions made under Robert F Kennedy Jr.
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Caitríona Perry, Sumi Somaskanda and Bernd Debusmann look at the state of US healthcare under RFK Jr.
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02:00 The impact on RFK Jr on vaccines
08:25 Is there public support for RFK Jr’s approach?
10:22 How are states responding to his advice?
10:52 How’s this all going down within the Republican Party?
13:15 Scepticism about public health advice after the pandemic?
13:46 The relationship between Trump and RFK Jr
15:55 How much power does the Department of Health have?
16:5...
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- Should more nations play day/night Tests? - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The ABC's Clint Wheeldon explains why pink-ball Test aren't just a 'gimmick'.
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- Is banning children from social media smart or extreme? - Asia Specific podcast - BBC World Service
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- 21:04
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Multiple countries in Asia say they'll follow Australia's lead on banning teenagers under 16 from social media, but is it the right approach?
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Malaysia's government is planning a similar ban on teenagers under 16 from creating social media accounts, and Indonesia has also expressed interest in Australia's policy.
Asia Specific podcast host Mariko Oi chats to BBC Australia correspondent Katy Watson and Indonesian influencer Indah G.
00:00 - Coming up
00:28 - Introduction
01:40 - Why is Australia doing a teen social media ban?
03:00 - What do tech companies think?
04:10 - What does the Australian government say?
05:15 - Indonesian perspectives on Australia's ban
07:30 - Experiences of exposure to social media
09:20 - What's the view of teens in Australia?
11:04 - How can a tech ban be enforced?
13:00 - The need ...
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- Footballers are getting younger - BBC World Service
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- 10:53
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Across the world, footballers are hoping to be picked for their national team to play at FIFA World Cup 2026, but in Europe's top leagues, teams are picking younger players.
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In the Premier League this season, just over half of players are 25 and under. The average age of footballers starting matches is now 26 years and 217 days, the youngest in Premier League history.
Being a young footballer is nothing new. But the amount of young footballers is rising. For some, like Arsenal’s Max Dowman, they are setting records. He’s the youngest Champions League player ever, debuting this season at 15-years-old.
So why is football getting younger? BBC Sport reporter Jonty Colman gets into the game, the pressures, and why clubs are chasing down young talent.
We also hear from Chifundo Mbofana, a young semi-professional footballer in Malawi, who explains how ...
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- Ashes 2025: What makes the pink ball special? - Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 16:36
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- With the day-night Test match ongoing at the Gabba, we look at the nuances of a pink ball.
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With the ongoing day-night Test match between Australia and England at the Gabba, we debate the success of the format and ask if it could be seen as a gimmick if more countries don't start playing them.
We hear from Aaron Briggs, who is a data analyst for the ECB and did a PHD on the aerodynamics of swing bowling at Cambridge. He tells us what makes the pink balls so different.
00:00 - Introductions
00:35 - Clint Wheeldon on what he thinks of pink ball Tests
03:30 - Why do India not play more pink ball Tests?
05:30 - Aaron Briggs on what makes a pink ball different
08:04 - Does a pink ball swing more than a red ball?
11:03 - Why is visibility harder facing a pink ball?
13:01 - Challenges facing a pink ball
14:43 - Are pink ball Test...
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- This spider bite has an unexpected side effect - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The Brazilian Wandering Spider has a very powerful bite.
Dr Erika Berenguer, an ecologist from the University of Oxford explains how the venom of creatures found in the Amazon can have medical purposes.
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- The net tightens on Evil Corp - Cyber Hack: Evil Corp Ep3, BBC World Service podcast
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- 29:21
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Police and intelligence services across borders are poised for raids.
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There’s surveillance of suspects in the UK and Misha from the Ukrainian security services is finding out new information - alleged gang leader ‘Tank’ has another life as a club DJ and boxer, as well as an FBI suspect. But when will be the right moment to break down doors and make arrests? Do Evil Corp know they are being watched?
Evil Corp is accused of being “the most pervasive cybercrime group to ever have operated” by law enforcement agencies and said to have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars.
Hosted by Joe Tidy, the BBC’s cyber correspondent – one of the few Western journalists to have met an alleged member of Evil Corp – and the BBC’s Eastern and Southern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford, who spent more than two decades reporting from Moscow.
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- Details from Luigi Mangione's McDonalds arrest revealed - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The Mangione Trial podcast's Jordan Dunbar explains what's been revealed at the latest pre-trial hearing in the New York State court case.
Luigi Mangione is accused of murdering health insurance CEO Brian Thompson. He denies all the charges against him.
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- The darker side behind scam texts - BBC World Service
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- 11:47
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- You’ve probably had a call from someone pretending to be your bank - or even a family member - all to find out that it’s a scam.
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It’s part of a global, lucrative industry: the UN estimates that countries in east and southeast Asia lost an estimated $37 billion to cyber fraud in 2023, while the United States reported losses of more than $5.6 billion. But have you ever considered that the people behind these scams are sometimes victims themselves?
Across South East Asia, in countries like Myanmar and Cambodia, thousands of people from all over the world work in ‘scam centres’. Some are forced to be there - and say they faced torture and beatings. The BBC’s South East Asia Correspondent, Jonathan Head, has been to Shwe Kokko in Myanmar, where several centres are located. He tells us what it was like, how the scam industry operates and how the authorities are trying to...
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- The ‘fraud factories’ behind your scam calls - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service
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- 12:28
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- You’ve probably had a call from someone pretending to be your bank - or even a family member - all to find out that it’s a scam.
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It’s part of a global, lucrative industry: the UN estimates that countries in east and southeast Asia lost an estimated $37 billion to cyber fraud in 2023, while the United States reported losses of more than $5.6 billion. But have you ever considered that the people behind these scams are sometimes victims themselves?
Across South East Asia, in countries like Myanmar and Cambodia, thousands of people from all over the world work in ‘scam centres’. Some are forced to be there - and say they faced long hours, torture and beatings.
Five ringleaders of a cyber fraud syndicate have now been sentenced to death by Chinese authorities for their operations in northern Myanmar. The BBC’s South East Asia Correspondent, Jonathan Head, ...
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- Are we in the age of trillionaires? - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Elon Musk could be about to become the world’s first trillionaire. That’s after a record-breaking pay package - that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) - was approved by Tesla shareholders.
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The electric car boss is already the world's richest man, but this would take his wealth to a whole new level. But who is Elon Musk and how did he make all this money? What in the world explain all, as well as breaking down what a trillion dollars actually is, and some of the team tell us how they'd spend such an eye-watering amount of money.
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- How Hong Kong student’s arrest amid fire impacts others speaking up - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The arrest of a young man demanding answers amid a deadly fire in Hong Kong has shone a light on how sensitive the aftermath of the fire is for China’s government.
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Hong Kong residents grieve for the more than 150 people killed in the city’s worst fire in decades. Almost six years after Beijing criminalised political dissent in the city with a sweeping national security law in response to mass protests, volunteers are organising and mobilising again - this time, not to demonstrate, but to help fire victims. But they’re being cautious not to be seen to be crossing any political red lines.
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- Did India just end poverty in Kerala? - BBC World Service
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- 8:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Kerala claims to be the first state in India to have ended extreme poverty.
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Over the past four years, various government departments have worked together to provide around 64,000 families living in extreme poverty with food, shelter, medical care and scholarships for their children. But what is extreme poverty and why are some people questioning this claim?
The BBC’s Shruti Menon, who is from Kerala, explains all. She also chats us through how extreme poverty rates across India have plummeted in the past decade.
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- Why there’s hope for Haiti - Global News Podcast, BBC World Service
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- 37:28
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Armed gangs now control much of Port-au-Prince and more than a million people have been forced from their homes.
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In this Global News Podcast special, Nick Miles and Nawal Al-Maghafi hear from Haitians on the front line, including a pro-democracy activist, a feminist campaigner supporting survivors of sexual violence, and a medic trying to keep emergency services going in a city under siege.
00:00 Intro
00:32 Meet the guests
01:12 What’s the biggest issues facing Haitians?
02:12 Children are also at risk
02:40 Nawal’s eyewitness experience
04:15 What support is available to children?
06:30 More of Nawal’s experience
11:55 Monique Clesca’s assessment on the future of Haiti
16:41 Pascale Solages on what Haiti needs
21:10 Are the locals thinking about the future?
25:13 Can there be unity in Haiti?
28:0...
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- Why are more planes losing GPS signal? - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- GPS interference or GPS ‘jamming’ is getting more common. It’s when radio signals on the same frequencies as GPS satellites are used to overwhelm and block legitimate navigation signals.
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It’s led to pilots having to make emergency landings or switch to older non-GPS systems. The issue has become so prevalent that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) held a conference on it last year. Several European governments also believe it is intention interference by Russia. BBC journalist Emilia Jansson explains GPS jamming in detail and how it is affecting the aviation industry,.
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- How China is controlling anger over the Hong Kong fire - Asia Specific podcast, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 17:25
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- As Hong Kong residents grieve for the more than 150 people killed in the city’s worst fire in decades, authorities are working to control and contain the anger.
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The arrest of a young man demanding answers and the reported arrests of two others have shone a light on how sensitive the aftermath of the fire is for China’s government.
Almost six years after Beijing criminalised political dissent in the city with a sweeping national security law in response to mass protests, volunteers are organising and mobilising again - this time, not to demonstrate, but to help fire victims.
But they’re being cautious not to be seen to be crossing any political red lines.
To unpack the story, Asia Specific's host Mariko Oi is joined by Martin Yip, the BBC Chinese Service reporter Martin Yip, and Danny Vincent, a senior journalist from the BBC World Service. <...
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- Ukraine’s underground schools - BBC World Service
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- 12:01
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Thousands of schools have been damaged in the war.
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According to the UN children agency Unicef, only a third of Ukraine's schoolchildren currently study in-person, due to the threat of missile and drone attacks as well as shelling. Russia has attacked energy infrastructure so there are also frequent power cuts across the country. In this episode we hear what life is like for students in Ukraine right now.
Initially Russian forces captured large parts of Ukraine and nearly made it to the capital, Kyiv, but Ukraine pushed the Russian forces back. Now the fighting is mostly in the south and east of the country, but the whole country is affected.
Ukraine has started to build schools underground to allow children to carry on studying during rocket attacks, both purpose-built and by converting existing undergroun...
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- Ukraine war: Studying underground to avoid Russian attacks - What in the World podcast
- Runtime
- 13:47
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Thousands of schools have been damaged in the war. According to the UN children agency Unicef, only a third of Ukraine's schoolchildren currently study in-person, due to the threat of missile and drone attacks as well as shelling.
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Russia has attacked energy infrastructure so there are also frequent power cuts across the country. In this episode we hear what life is like for students in Ukraine right now.
Initially Russian forces captured large parts of Ukraine and nearly made it to the capital, Kyiv, but Ukraine pushed the Russian forces back. Now the fighting is mostly in the south and east of the country, but the whole country is affected.
Ukraine has started to build schools underground to allow children to carry on studying during rocket attacks, both purpose-built and by converting existing undergroun...
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- How are students in Sudan studying during the civil war? - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- In Sudan, where a civil war has been raging for over two years, millions of students have had their education disrupted.
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Over half of all schools are in conflict zones. Many schools are being used as shelters and many students have missed their exams. In some parts of the country there is no education at all.
BBC journalist Maha El Gaml explains how students are coping and a university student in Sudan tells us how his education has been affected by the war.
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- Russia's shadow war against the West - Global Eye, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 29:12
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Global Eye, a weekly programme from the #BBCWorldService, brings you forensic journalism from all corners of the world by the critically acclaimed #BBCEye investigative unit - and features expert global correspondents taking you to the heart of the biggest international stories.
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In this week’s episode, Elizaveta Fokht reports from Berlin on Russia’s shadow war against the West.
#BBCEye investigates allegations that police in the former Soviet republic Georgia, used chemicals mixed in water cannons against its own citizens during protests in 2024.
And is Germany joining a rise in European countries considering mandatory military service for both men and women? Anna Holligan reports.
00:00 Introduction: Global Eye, Episode 13
01:07 Eye on Georgia: Did police use a WW1 chemical weapon on citizen protestors last year?
15:48 Eye on German...
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- Why are some sugar drinks more expensive? - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 9:58
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Sugar taxes are in place in several countries including Mexico and the UK.
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And they’re evolving. Maybe you’ve noticed that some sweet fizzy drinks are getting more expensive? Buying drinks with added sugar has an extra cost, which is commonly known as sugar tax. It’s a way to discourage people from consuming too much sugar - something which can lead to poor health if consumed in excess. But do these sugar taxes work? Our BBC colleague Maria Clara Montoya has been looking into this with the help of Elisa Pineda, a public health expert from The George Institute for Global Health at Imperial College London.
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- How are doctors dealing with climate change? - The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service
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- 24:09
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Did you know that climate change is already having major health impacts around the world, and they are expected to get bigger as our planet gets warmer?
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These impacts range from heat stroke to the spread of tropical diseases; from hospitals losing power during extreme weather to the effect on our mental health.
In this edition of The Climate Question filmed in July 2025, Graihagh Jackson chats to two doctors from Malaysia and Egypt about the challenges the medical sector faces.
She hears how training for doctors need to be modernised and how listening to local communities is often the best way forward.
Plus, how the healthcare sector is starting to take action to address its own emissions problem – from powering hospitals with solar panels to using more carbon-friendly anaesthetics!
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Meet our doctors, Jem...
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- Is KPop Demon Hunters Korean soft power? - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- South Korea reigns as Asia's cultural superpower especially amid the latest global craze around KPop Demon Hunters. But is the Sony Pictures animation actually Korean?
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From K-pop to Squid Game, Oscar-winning films and Nobel Literature Prize winners, the Korean wave is still going strong. But how much further can it go? Are other countries in Asia catching up? And has South Korean soft power peaked?
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