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The drama of Test cricket – Stumped, BBC World Service
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- The drama of Test cricket – Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 18:20
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- 5 years ago
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- As England attempt to salvage some pride ahead of the final Ashes Test against Australia in Hobart, the Stumped team look back on the drama of the Sydney Test.
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On this Stumped with Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell, we discuss the drama of Test cricket after England salvaged at least a little pride with a dramatic draw on the final day of the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney and Virat Kohli impresses on his return for India against South Africa.
Plus, we speak to the Australian school boy who, after finding himself bored of his card games during lockdown, decided to invent his own and focused on his biggest passion - cricket.
It’s been a difficult few years for Ollie Hely and his family after their mum lost her battle with cancer in 2020. Ollie has chosen to donate 50% of any profits from the cards to charity.
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- How to make electricity for your neighbours - People fixing the world, BBC World Service
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- 3:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Like many rural communities in Kenya, until recently the village where John Magiro lives had no connection to the national power supply.
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Running cables from the nearest large settlement was expensive - and nobody wanted to foot the bill.
John got tired of waiting for the national electricity company to do the work - so he built a miniature power grid for himself and his neighbours out of old scrap metal.
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- Bangladesh's Test match dream – Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 17:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As Bangladesh record a historic victory over World Test champions New Zealand in their own backyard, we reflect on their first victory over a top-5 Test playing nation.
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On this Stumped with Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell, we look back as Bangladesh shocked the cricketing world by beating the reigning World Test champions, New Zealand by eight wickets in the opening Test at Mount Maunganui. Former Bangladesh player Shahriar Nafees joins us to explain the significance of the victory - their first against the Black Caps in any form of the game.
As England's struggles continue in the fourth Test at the SCG, we discuss the current coaching set up, and if any changes will be made.Plus we discuss a dream return to Test cricket for Usman Khawaja as he hit 137 in the fourth Test against England, and we debate what the future holds for India bowler Shardul Thakur after his star performanc...
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- The photographer who spent 50 years fighting to protect indigenous people - BBC World Service
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- 4:34
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- In 1971 photographer Claudia Andujar began documenting the lives of a remote indigenous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Now in her 90s, Claudia went on to take thousands of unique images of Yanomami people.
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Her pictures helped the campaign for recognition of the Yanomami's rights over their own land, but that land remains under threat.
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Image: Susi Korihana thëri swimming, Catrimani, 1972- 1974. Infrared film. © Claudia Andujar
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- Is this the start of a golden era for Australian cricket – Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 18:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As Australia continue to dominate proceedings in The Ashes, Stumped ask if this is the start of something special Down Under, and discuss who is to blame for England's defeat.
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On this week’s BBC Stumped, Isabelle Westbury, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell discuss Australia’s dominance of the Ashes having won the men’s series in just twelve days and look at whether this is the start of a golden era for the country in both red and white ball cricket. They also ask who is to blame for England's defeat and how they can improve.
Charu has been watching the first Test match between South Africa and India and tells us who his standout players have been, why India seems unable to convert starts into big scores and whether Test captain Virat Kohli could retire soon.
Plus, the team are joined by England bowler Kate Cross to preview the Women's Ashes, tell us how their preparation has been...
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- The underwater sculpture forest highlighting climate change - BBC World Service
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- 2:41
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- This underwater sculpture forest in Cyprus by artist Jason deCaires Taylor aims to show our relationship with nature and climate change, and also provide a home for marine life.
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It features over 90 sculptures that include large scale trees based on the golden oak tree endemic to Cyprus and figures of children and businessmen. It aims to shift the focus on marine life and its fragile ecosystem and habitat loss. The project hopes to attract around 50,000 people to the exhibition annually.
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- The race to stamp out conspiracy theories - BBC World Service
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- 18:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Keeping climate change denial off Wikipedia is a constant battle. Several non-English Wikipedia pages, in particular, are promoting conspiracy theories and making misleading claims about climate change.
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Wikipedia is one of the world’s most popular websites and exists in over 300 languages. The fact that anyone with internet access can edit its pages is a key part of its success. But the website’s openness to the public is also the reason why it has become an unlikely battleground on global warming.
Despite the overwhelming body of science proving climate change is real and man-made, deniers are still active on Wikipedia. Whether it is by editing climate pages or spreading conspiracy theories, they have for a long time tried to reframe our understanding of climate change.
But a small group of dedicated volunteers is determined to keep the deniers at bay, setti...
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- Wayne Jenkins tells his side of the story - Bad Cops, Episode 7, BBC World Service podcast
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- 31:12
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The former leader of the Gun Trace Task Force, currently serving a 25-year sentence in a federal prison, gives his view of what happened. What do these crimes reveal about the city of Baltimore?
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In Baltimore, Maryland, an elite group of plainclothes officers called the Gun Trace Task Force gets hundreds of illegal guns off the streets every year. Secretly, however, these detectives are also robbing people, selling drugs, planting evidence and framing innocent people. When some of the officers go too far, it triggers an FBI investigation that reveals the Gun Trace Task Force as one of the most corrupt police squads in American policing history. Jessica Lussenhop tells the story of the rise and fall of this once-powerful unit of officers, and its leader Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. And she asks: why do good cops go bad?
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- Would my cat survive in the wild? - CrowdScience, BBC World Service
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- 29:53
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Cats started hanging out with humans thousands of years ago and nowadays these fluffy, lovable pets are found in many of our homes. But there is no doubt lots of them still have keen hunting instincts - witness all the birds and small mammals they kill each year.
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CrowdScience listener Rachel started wondering whether her cat, Eva, could fend for herself while watching her uncoordinated swipes at a toy on a string, and seeing her fall off the sofa. Even though Eva was once a stray, she now lives entirely indoors, and it is hard to imagine her holding her own back on the mean streets. But could this pampered pet recover her survival instincts? Or would she go hungry, or fall foul of other cats or predators?
Cat behaviour expert Roger Tabor is on hand with answers. His pioneering "cat-navs" shine a light on what cats get up to inside and outside the home; we meet one of his subjec...
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- Andrea Bocelli on faith and music - BBC World Service
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- 19:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Andrea Bocelli says he puts his success down to his talents, hard work, and his faith in God. A strong Catholic, Andrea has performed for three popes at the Vatican.
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His faith lead him to establish the Andrea Bocelli Foundation where he helps people in impoverished and disaster-stricken parts of the world. The multi-award winning Italian tenor has sold over 75 million records worldwide. Blind from the age of 12, singing was always his passion but he never could have dreamt his life would turn out as it has.
This Christmas, Heart & Soul on the BBC World Service present a special one-on-one interview with Andrea Bocelli, presented by Rome based journalist Colm Flynn. The programme will be recorded in the historic Italian city of Florence and will feature some of Bocelli's much-loved music, as well as the story of his life and faith. Listen to the programme here 👉 https://www....
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- Stumped’s best moments from 2021 – Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 18:07
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As 2021 draws to a close, the Stumped team look back in time at some of the most stand-out moments of the year in cricket.
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On this week's episode, Alison Mitchell looks back at some of our best interviews from 2021. This includes hearing from India all-rounder Jemimah Rodrigues who dominated with the bat in franchise cricket where she hit the highest individual score in the Hundred with an unbeaten 92 for the Northern Superchargers. She was also part of the India squad who were beaten by Australia in THAT record breaking 2020 World Cup final.
Plus, we speak to the star of a chocolate advert in India which reimagined gender roles in cricket and look back on the men’s T20 World Cup where we present our own awards.
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- A shocking tragedy occurs as the trial begins - Bad Cops, Episode 6, BBC World Service podcast
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- 23:14
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Conspiracy theories spread after a tragic death. The trial of the Task Force officers begins, but who will speak out?
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In Baltimore, Maryland, an elite group of plainclothes officers called the Gun Trace Task Force gets hundreds of illegal guns off the streets every year. Secretly, however, these detectives are also robbing people, selling drugs, planting evidence and framing innocent people. When some of the officers go too far, it triggers an FBI investigation that reveals the Gun Trace Task Force as one of the most corrupt police squads in American policing history.
Jessica Lussenhop tells the story of the rise and fall of this once-powerful unit of officers, and its leader Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. And she asks: why do good cops go bad?
Bad Cops is a podcast from the BBC World Service
Written and presented by Jessica Lussenhop
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- BSL signed: Stories from children of deaf adults - BBC World Service
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- 25:49
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- At a young age, CODAs take on the big responsibility of interpreting for their parents outside the home… in a world built for the hearing. That means they are often emotionally switched on, assiduously punctual, confident and, by necessity, mostly very organised.
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Humera Iqbal, associate professor of psychology at University College London, steps into their remarkable world, meeting CODA children as they chat and translate while their families are out and about getting things done. And she hears from adult CODAs to find out how the interpreting they did in childhood shaped them later in life.
This programme is signed in British Sign Language. You can turn the subtitles on and translate them into your own language.
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- Steve Smith’s second chance after Cummins Covid chaos – Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 18:07
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As the second men's Ashes Test gets underway in Adelaide, the team look back at the chaos that Covid-19 has wreaked on Australia's captain Pat Cummins.
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On this week’s BBC Stumped, Alison Mitchell, Sunil Gupta and Jim Maxwell discuss the chaotic start to the second men's Ashes Test, including the news that Australian captain Pat Cummins will miss the match due to being deemed a close contact of a Covid-19 case.
Plus, we're joined by the captain of Team USA, Monank Patel. He talks about their upcoming series against Ireland, who become the first full ICC member nation to tour the US, as well as the impact of being chosen to co-host the men's T20 World Cup in 2024.
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- Is the FBI's cover about to be blown? - Bad Cops, Episode 5, BBC World Service podcast
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- 23:13
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Agent Jensen suspects the Task Force may be onto her investigation. It's time to pull the trigger.
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In Baltimore, Maryland, an elite group of plainclothes officers called the Gun Trace Task Force gets hundreds of illegal guns off the streets every year. Secretly, however, these detectives are also robbing people, selling drugs, planting evidence and framing innocent people. When some of the officers go too far, it triggers an FBI investigation that reveals the Gun Trace Task Force as one of the most corrupt police squads in American policing history.
Jessica Lussenhop tells the story of the rise and fall of this once-powerful unit of officers, and its leader Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. And she asks: why do good cops go bad?
Bad Cops is a podcast from the BBC World Service
Written and presented by Jessica Lussenhop
Programme mixed by Neil Churchill
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- Iranian journalist who fears arrest - BBC World Service
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- 3:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Rana Rahimpour grew up in post-revolution Iran. Every morning in school she had to chant "Death to America".
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As a young journalist who wanted to report on her country without restrictions, she decided to move to the UK, where she now works at BBC Persian.
But the move has come at a high personal cost, leaving her and her children unable to go home to Iran for fear of arrest.
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- England's Ashes struggles and the rise of captain Cummins – Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 17:53
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As England’s Ashes campaign got off to a stuttering start, the Stumped team debate the decision to omit Stuart Broad and James Anderson from the first Test in Brisbane.
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On this week's episode, Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell react to the opening action from the first Ashes Test, where England have floundered. The team question why England decided to omit both James Anderson and Stuart Broad from their starting line-up, Pat Cummins’ successful start to his reign as Australia captain and discuss why all-rounder Ben Stokes has balled so many no balls, many of which haven’t been spotted by the umpires.
And we hear from Haris Aziz, an associate professor specialising in analytics and game theory at the University of New South Wales, whose radical theory could change the way coin tosses are conducted in the future.
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- Mothers reborn: The surprising benefits of lifelike dolls - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 4:04
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- In Poland, where fertility rates are among the lowest in the world, a group of women are taking control and becoming mothers to fake babies. Reborn dolls are hyper-realistic dummies, treated like real children, given a birthing ceremony and even a heartbeat.
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Yet they serve a deeper purpose, helping women through infertility, miscarriage and loss of a child, and hitting reset on the gender imbalance that often goes hand in hand with motherhood.
Polish artist Barbara Smolińska, who creates the dolls, features on this year's BBC 100 Women list.
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Produced and filmed by Claire Tailyour-Hayes.
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- The woman deciding what you watch on Netflix - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 5:55
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- 5 years ago
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- As a director of original series at Netflix, Carolina García is responsible for bringing binge-worthy shows such as Stranger Things, Atypical, and Raising Dion to our screens.
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Born in Argentina, García moved to the US as a child and worked her way to the top of the entertainment industry. Named as one of BBC’s 100 Women for 2021, she reveals how to pick a hit TV show, what it felt like growing up as a Latino immigrant, and how she’s using her own experience to help Netflix address its own diversity shortfalls.
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- The goalball player empowering visually impaired people - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Turkish goalball player Sevda Altunoluk believes in empowering visually impaired people by encouraging them to compete in professional sports. Goalball is a sport in which teams of three visually impaired or blindfolded players throw a ball embedded with bells into their opponents’ net.
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Speaking to BBC 100 Women, she said it is important to light the way for visually impaired people who are less advantaged in the society.
Sevda has been top scorer at many international competitions, winning medals in European and World Championships. And she raised to the top of the podium in the Paralympics, winning gold with her team in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The Paralympic Committee called her "the world's best player", after she finished as the top scorer with a staggering 46 goals in Tokyo, and she is one of the BBC’s 100 Women for 2021.
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- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The responsibility of being a feminist icon - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 22:16
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- For many, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie became famous when her Ted Talk, ‘We should all be feminists’ was featured in Beyonce’s song Flawless, but her books have been translated into over 30 languages around the world.
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In an exclusive BBC 100 Women interview, the Nigerian writer talks about the responsibilities that come with being seen as a feminist "icon" by many. She also shares her thoughts on ‘cancel culture’ and what she sees as "language orthodoxy" around trans women.
And she tells the BBC’s Catherine Byaruhanga about her newest writing that deals with the very personal grief of losing her father in 2020 – her mother also died unexpectedly in the last year and she shares why she has chosen to be so open about this time in her life.
The BBC 100 Women team has a mission to address the under-representation of women in media. If you are interested in...
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- The double life of Sergeant Wayne Jenkins - Bad Cops, Episode 4, BBC World Service podcast
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- 23:12
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Sergeant Wayne Jenkins of Baltimore's Gun Trace Task Force earned a formidable reputation. But not all the drugs he seized made it to the evidence room.
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In Baltimore, Maryland, an elite group of plainclothes officers called the Gun Trace Task Force gets hundreds of illegal guns off the streets every year. Secretly, however, these detectives are also robbing people, selling drugs, planting evidence and framing innocent people. When some of the officers go too far, it triggers an FBI investigation that reveals the Gun Trace Task Force as one of the most corrupt police squads in American policing history. Jessica Lussenhop tells the story of the rise and fall of this once-powerful unit of officers, and its leader Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. And she asks: why do good cops go bad?
Bad Cops is a podcast from the BBC World Service
Written and presented by Jessica Lussenhop
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- The former child refugee helping people leave Afghanistan - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Many Afghans are still waiting to hear if they’ll ever make it out of Afghanistan after the Taliban took control there in August.
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Some of those people are being helped by Rehana Popal - in particular, translators, interpreters and others who worked with the international forces in the past and, following the British withdrawal from Afghanistan, have been left behind to face great dangers. She arrived in the UK as a child refugee in the 1990s and is now a human rights lawyer and the first Afghan woman to practise as a barrister in the country. She is one of the BBC’s 100 Women list for 2021, that shines a spotlight on inspirational and influential women around the world.
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- The unbroken camera of Roya Sadat - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 3:32
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Roya Sadat made her first film in 2003, just after the Taliban were removed from power, making her one of Afghanistan's first female filmmakers. In the past two decades she has created 20 films and just as many TV series and is also the co-founder of the Herat International Women's Film Festival.
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When Kabul fell in August 2021, Sadat was forced to pause production on a film which follows women working as negotiators with the Taliban. But she is determined to finish the project, despite not being able to return home. Roya Sadat is named as one of the BBC's 100 Women of 2021.
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Filmed by Sayed Rashed Sadat
Produced by Iante Roach
Executive produced by Majed Neisi
Commissioned by Maryam Erfan.
A Winking Owl Productions film for BBC.
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- Letters from Afghanistan: 'Deprived of colour and sentenced to black' - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Afghan university tutor Aliya Kazimy says the "right to choose how you dress is a basic right". She has written to fashion icon Halima Aden, the first hijab-wearing supermodel, as part of the BBC 100 Women Letters from Afghanistan series.
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She shares how it feels to no longer be able to express yourself through your choice of clothes.
Aden, who grew up as a refugee, writes back with a message to the women who have seen their liberties curtailed. 'Women should be able to wear what they choose,' she says.
Aliya Kazimy and Halima Aden are both on the BBC’s 100 Women list for 2021.
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Video produced by Rebecca Thorn, with animations by James Mobbs and illustrations by Jilla Dastmalchi. ‘Letters from Afghanistan’ is a BBC 100 Women se...
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- Letters from Afghanistan: The schoolgirl 'left behind at home' - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Rohila (not her real name) is one of many secondary schoolgirls in Afghanistan who haven't been allowed back in the classroom since the Taliban took control in August.
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She has written a letter for the BBC's 100 Women Letters from Afghanistan series about what it feels like seeing her male siblings go to school while she is "left behind" at home, wondering if her dreams for the future are over.
Rohila is on the BBC’s 100 Women list for 2021 and her words have been brought to life through animated drawings. For her safety, we are not using her real name.
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Video produced by Rebecca Thorn, with animations by James Mobbs and illustrations by Jilla Dastmalchi. ‘Letters from Afghanistan’ is a BBC 100 Women series, produced by Georgina Pearce, Lara...
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- Letters from Afghanistan: 'I'm a prosecutor and I fear for my life' - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Masouma (not her real name) was a public prosecutor in Afghanistan before the Taliban took power in August. She worked for the judiciary gathering evidence and building legal cases.
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Now in hiding, she has written a message for the BBC 100 Women Letters from Afghanistan series about what it feels like to not be able to work for justice anymore.
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, one of Britain's most distinguished lawyers, wrote back to Masouma. As a director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute, she has been involved in helping more than a hundred female judges and their families leave Afghanistan over the past months.
Masouma and Baroness Helena Kennedy QC are both on the BBC’s 100 Women list for 2021.
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- Rebel Wilson on her 'year of health' during the pandemic - 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 22:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Rebel Wilson made her name in Hollywood as a comedy actress, starring in female-led comedy hit Bridesmaids and the box-office success Pitch Perfect trilogy - the second in the franchise became the highest-grossing musical comedy of all time when it was released in 2015.
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Now a producer and director, Wilson fought her way to the top in an industry dominated by men and ruled by beauty ideals. In an exclusive 100 Women interview with the BBC’s Nomia Iqbal, she reflects on what it means to be the "funny, fat girl", why she went on a "year of health" during the pandemic, and decided to speak openly about her fertility struggles.
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- Covid denial to climate denial - BBC World Service, The Denial Files
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- 17:33
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- An online movement infected with extreme pandemic conspiracies is now peddling falsehoods about climate change in countries all around the world.
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There are social media groups advocating that climate change is a “hoax” designed to limit our personal freedoms. And as debates over lockdowns and vaccines subside in many richer countries, they are looking for new territory, swapping in “climate science” for “Covid” in their viral conspiracy theories.
Researchers point out that a ready-made network of people who have fallen for misleading claims about global Covid-19 plots has created a receptive audience for lies about climate change.
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- Ramiz Raja on the future of Pakistan cricket – Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 17:58
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- 5 years ago
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- As the dust settles on the T20 World Cup, Pakistan Cricket Board Chair Ramiz Raja reflects on their run to the semi-final of the tournament and expresses his hopes for launching a dedicated women's PSL competition.
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On this week’s Stumped, Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma are joined by the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Ramiz Raja, to discuss their run in the men’s T20 World Cup.
He tells us that he spoke to captain Babar Azam about how to get India player Rohit Sharma out and what more needs to be done to ensure they win a final soon.
Plus, he shares his hopes for launching a dedicated women’s Pakistan Super League and explained how the decision by England and New Zealand to call off their tours made them feel 'used and binned'.
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- How many red flags were missed? - Bad Cops, Episode 3, BBC World Service podcast
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- 23:16
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Years of complaints come to light. Victims of Task Force members share their stories.
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In Baltimore, Maryland, an elite group of plainclothes officers called the Gun Trace Task Force gets hundreds of illegal guns off the streets every year. Secretly, however, these detectives are also robbing people, selling drugs, planting evidence and framing innocent people. When some of the officers go too far, it triggers an FBI investigation that reveals the Gun Trace Task Force as one of the most corrupt police squads in American policing history.
Jessica Lussenhop tells the story of the rise and fall of this once-powerful unit of officers, and its leader Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. And she asks: why do good cops go bad?
Bad Cops is a podcast from the BBC World Service
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- Should I have children? - CrowdScience, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 36:05
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- "To be or not to be" was never your decision. No one alive today is an “exister” by consent - your parents made that call for you. But who can blame them?
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Animals are hardwired with strong impulses towards their procreative goals, and we humans, by and large, are no different. But for some conscientious people alive today, this most fundamental of biological impulses is butting up against a rational pessimism about the future...
With apocalyptic scenes of natural disasters, rising sea levels and global pandemics causing existential dread and actual suffering, it's understandable that CrowdScience listener Philine Hoven from Austria wrote to us asking for help her make sense of what she sees as the most difficult question she faces - should she have children?
In this episode, presenter Geoff Marsh helps Philine to predict what kind of a world her hypothetical c...
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- Australia’s cricketing crisis - Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 17:39
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Following the resignation of Australia Test captain Tim Paine, were Cricket Australia right to appoint him in the first place?
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On this week’s Stumped, Alison Mitchell, Geoff Lemon and Charu Sharma react to Tim Paine stepping down as Australia captain, debate how it was handled and what kind of captain Pat Cummins will be after his confirmation as Paine’s replacement.
We pay tribute to the career of former South Africa captain AB de Villiers after he announced his retirement last week.
Plus Alison speaks to South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp who will be playing in the final of the WBBL with Perth Scorchers. She shares her experience of joining the Scorchers after six years with the Sydney Sixers, and discusses the growth of the WBBL and equality for women in cricket.
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- The FBI uncovers a whole new level of crime - Bad Cops, Episode 2, BBC World Service podcast
- Runtime
- 23:13
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- One name stands out as the FBI gets to work. Why does a member of the Gun Trace Task Force have links to a major heroin ring? A whole new level of criminality is revealed.
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In Baltimore, Maryland, an elite group of plainclothes officers called the Gun Trace Task Force gets hundreds of illegal guns off the streets every year. Secretly, however, these detectives are also robbing people, selling drugs, planting evidence and framing innocent people. When some of the officers go too far, it triggers an FBI investigation that reveals the Gun Trace Task Force as one of the most corrupt police squads in American policing history.
Jessica Lussenhop tells the story of the rise and fall of this once-powerful unit of officers, and its leader Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. And she asks: why do good cops go bad?
Bad Cops is a podcast from the BBC World Service
Written and present...
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- The solar panel innovation supplying thousands with renewable energy - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 4:09
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- India relies heavily on fossil fuels like coal to generate electricity. The country's sunny weather makes it ideal for solar technologies, but land can be expensive and in limited supply.
Over the last few years, several companies have piloted a solution – covering stretches of canal in solar panels.
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Not only does the innovation minimise land use, the panels also reduce evaporation. But do the benefits outweigh the higher upfront costs? Researchers in California assess their potential.
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- Australia’s T20 triumph: What makes a winner? – Stumped, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 17:35
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As the Ashes draws nearer, former England cricketer turned sports psychologist Jeremy Snape outlines the key personality traits of a winner.
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On this week’s Stumped, Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell react to Australia winning the Men’s T20 World Cup and present the Stumped T20 awards for the best player, stand out moment, biggest surprise, and biggest disappointment of the tournament.
Plus, former cricketer turned sports psychologist, Jeremy Snape, joins the team to discuss what it takes mentally to be a winner and tells us about the different mindsets needed from a World Cup Final to a match with a fierce rivalry - like the Ashes.
Additional note: This week's Stumped was recorded before Tim Paine announced his decision to step down as Australia Test captain.
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- Unrest in Baltimore and a tracking device - Bad Cops, Episode 1, BBC World Service podcast
- Runtime
- 23:02
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Civil unrest spreads across Baltimore after 25-year-old Freddie Gray dies in police custody. Meanwhile, a detective makes a troubling discovery when he arrests a major heroin dealer. It’s time to call in the FBI.
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In Baltimore, Maryland, an elite group of plainclothes officers called the Gun Trace Task Force gets hundreds of illegal guns off the streets every year. Secretly, however, these detectives are also robbing people, selling drugs, planting evidence and framing innocent people. When some of the officers go too far, it triggers an FBI investigation that reveals the Gun Trace Task Force as one of the most corrupt police squads in American policing history. Jessica Lussenhop tells the story of the rise and fall of this once-powerful unit of officers, and its leader Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. And she asks: why do good cops go bad?
Bad Cops is a podcast from the BBC World Serv...
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- From Scotland to Malawi: The communities living on renewable energy - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 4:04
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As the world slowly moves away from using fossil fuels for electricity, a tiny Scottish island has shown it’s possible to rely almost entirely on renewables.
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The community living on the Isle of Eigg were the first in the world to set up their own off-grid energy system powered by wind, water and the Sun.
Since it was launched in 2008, they have received visitors from several other countries wanting to learn more about the project.
Community Energy Malawi used their experience to set up a solar minigrid in Sitolo village, a community that previously relied on fossil fuels and firewood.
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- Title
- Four tactics used to dismiss climate change – BBC World Service, The Denial Files
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- 17:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Leading climate scientist Professor Michael Mann explains four key tactics used by climate change denialists in the modern disinformation war.
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Professor Mann first made headlines in 1998 when he published the pioneering “hockey stick graph”, which showed how carbon emissions caused by human activity are harming the planet. That’s when he started receiving threats from climate change sceptics.
Since then, mounting evidence has made it harder for the fossil fuel industry and its allies to deny the existence of man-made climate change.
So, Professor Mann argues, the “forces of inaction” have developed new strategies to try to prevent humanity from kicking its addiction to fossil fuels.
How much do these new forms of climate change denial threaten the fight to save the planet?
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- Azeem Rafiq: How could Yorkshire have better handled racism claims? – Stumped, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 17:32
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Following the Yorkshire cricket racism scandal, what is best practice when investigating complaints of abuse?
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On this week's Stumped, Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell examine the fallout from the racism scandal which has engulfed Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the sport over the last few weeks.
The team speak with John Mehrzad QC, who has been involved in conducting independent reviews in sport, to find out what is best practice when it comes to dealing with complaints of racism or harassment in sports organisations.
Mehrzad was the only lawyer on the cultural review of British Cycling, chaired the governance review of the British Equestrian Federation and chaired the review into UK Athletics’ handling of allegations concerning athletics coach Alberto Salazar.
Plus, we’re also joined by Derbyshire player Anuj Dal, who is Vice Chair of the Professi...
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- Brazil’s climate change disinformation war – BBC World Service, The Denial Files
- Runtime
- 19:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Brazil, where vast stretches of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down, has signed a pledge at COP26 to end deforestation by 2030. But do its leaders, including President Jair Bolsonaro, really believe in fighting climate change?
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Influential voices in Brazil are spreading baseless conspiracy theories that man-made climate change is a hoax. President Jair Bolsonaro has labelled government agency scientists “bad Brazilians” after they produced data showing an alarming rate of deforestation in the Amazon.
President Bolsonaro insists he is stepping up protection of the environment and has warned other countries not to meddle in Brazil’s internal affairs. Is the Amazon, one of the most important regions in the world for fighting climate change, safe in his hands?
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- The space telescopes inspired by lobsters - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- X-ray space telescopes can be used to study big events like the formation of black holes. But until recently, their field of vision has been relatively narrow - making it difficult to capture this unexpected activity.
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By mimicking the way lobsters' eyes work, scientists around the world have designed new telescopes that can survey much larger areas.
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- The T20 World Cup debate – Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 17:29
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- 5 years ago
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- Have India left it too late to make the final four of the T20 World Cup?
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On this week's episode, Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell debate where it’s all gone wrong for India in the men’s T20 World Cup, what incoming coach Rahul Dravid needs to do to rejuvenate the fortunes of the side and whether England or Pakistan should now be considered favourites to win the tournament.
Plus, we are joined by the General Manager of the Big Bash Leagues in Australia, Alistair Dobson, who tells us how Covid has impacted the WBBL, the significance of having Indian players in the competition and whether the WBBL could be considered the best T20 league in women’s cricket.
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- Title
- COP26: Deforestation and how you can help - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- More than 100 world leaders have promised to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, at COP26. Could projects like this help achieve that target?
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Projects like Restor can show communities how to create and manage new planting initiatives in areas devastated by cutting down trees. This bamboo plantation in Kenya has transformed arable land into a sustainable site that's benefitting local farmers and capturing more carbon.
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- What do Afghans wish for their country? - BBC World Service
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- 28:10
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- 5 years ago
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- If only - Lyse Doucet talks to poet, former ambassador and former Mujahideen fighter, Massoud Khalili. Now 74, he’s lived through many of the pivotal moments of 43 years of war in Afghanistan.
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He and Lyse reflect on the missed opportunities and the mistakes that haunt Afghanistan's recent history. And in the last of our ten part series, Lyse asks Afghans what they want for their country: their main wish, peace.
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- India's next cricket coach? - Stumped, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 17:26
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- After India cricket head coach Ravi Shastri announced his intention to stand down from the role after the T20 World Cup, could the legendary batsman Rahul Dravid be next in line for the coaching hot seat?
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The Stumped team react to the speculation that Indian legend Rahul Dravid looks set to replace Ravi Shastri as head coach of the national team after the T20 World Cup and discuss what Shastri’s legacy will be.
Plus, in 1994, a well-known chocolate brand created an advert in India which would become iconic - it saw a woman sat on the side-lines of a cricket match watching her male friend score a winning boundary and then running onto the field and dancing with delight. Fast forward to 2021, and the advert has been reimagined by swapping the gender roles and ending with the powerful message of #GoodLuckGirls as a tribute to women athletes. We speak to one of the stars of th...
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- Afghanistan at the T20 World Cup - ‘It’s more than cricket’ - Stumped, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 17:25
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Afghanistan cricket consultant, and former Ashes-winning England head coach, Andy Flower discusses the pride the players feel representing their country at the World Cup, and could he soon be coaching in the Indian Premier League?
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On this week's episode, Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell speak with Afghanistan cricket consultant, and former Ashes-winning England head coach Andy Flower about the pride that the Afghanistan players have playing for their country and his reason for wanting to be involved with the team. He also tells us his hopes to coach an IPL team in the future.
We also react to India's surprise defeat to Pakistan in their opening Super 12 stage match at the T20 World Cup and discuss the ramifications following South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock's decision not to make himself available for his country's game against the West Indies. His decision came after Cr...
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- An eyewitness account from the presidential palace as the Taliban encircle Kabul - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 26:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- He was the president’s chief of staff, she was the ambassador in Washington. Both were appointed by President Ghani: Matin Bek, the son of a warlord, Adela Raz, the daughter of an intellectual.
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They were Afghanistan’s ultimate power couple. Matin was in the presidential palace the day the capital fell to the Taliban. He describes the moment he realised, uncomprehending, that the president had fled. The palace, he says, was “the safest place in Afghanistan” that day.
Adela, in Washington, had just woken up when she realised that something was terribly wrong. “Get out now,” she told her husband. Matin’s assessment looking back on the past few years: “The government failed and I was part of it.”
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- Last chance to save the world’s ‘sinking cities’? - BBC World Service
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- 4:27
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- 5 years ago
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- Lagos, Jakarta and Mumbai are on the front line of climate change with increasingly intense rainfall and storm surges threatening their futures. Can decisions at COP26 save them?
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Swenja Surminski, a climate change resilience expert from the London School of Economics explains.
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