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Why is Europe the fastest-warming continent?
We explore the mechanisms causing Europe's warming twice as fast as the global average.
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The Life Scientific: Jim Ashworth-Beaumont
Orthotist Jim Ashworth-Beaumont on how the body can adapt to life-changing injuries.
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Why can't I recognise faces?
Face blindness affects 1 in 50 people. But what’s the cause?
04/05/2026 02:01 GMT
The secrets of greywater
How relatively clean water can be reused to tackle water scarcity
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Mapping Epstein's global connections
How World Service journalists mapped Jeffrey Epstein's web of influence around the world
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Resolving conflict in relationships
Family mediators on finding calm and co-operation in conflict and putting children first
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Trump: US will guide stranded ships through Strait of Hormuz
The US military says it will support merchant vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz
04/05/2026 05:01 GMT
Trump offers 'Project Freedom' to help navigation in the Strait
Iran warns that US interference in the Strait of Hormuz would be a ceasefire violation
04/05/2026 06:01 GMT
US says it will try to free merchant ships stranded by Iran's blockade
Fifteen thousand US service personnel would be involved
04/05/2026 07:01 GMT
Sam Liang, Otter.ai CEO: AI captures everything
Zoe Kleinman speaks to Sam Liang about why human beings are imperfect listeners
04/05/2026 07:30 GMT
The city that’s banned meat adverts
Commericals for flights, petrol and diesel cars, and meat have gone from Amsterdam
Nuns killed in Algeria
In October 1993, two nuns were shot dead near their convent in Algiers
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The world’s first perfume archive and Dutch car-free Sundays in the global oil crisis
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Why is Russia shutting off the internet?
Why is the Russian government cutting off internet access to its citizens?
04/05/2026 11:01 GMT
Hip-hop, lies, and the ultimate prize, part 1
The Scottish rappers who fooled the music industry
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US military says it's helped two ships transit the Strait of Hormuz
But a huge number of vessels and crew remain stranded
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GameStop wants eBay for $55.5bn
US retailer GameStop has put in an offer to buy online marketplace eBay for $56bn
04/05/2026 15:01 GMT
US says military and cargo ships transit Strait of Hormuz
Iran says it stopped a US destroyer from entering the Strait of Hormuz
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Car driven into crowd in Germany
We get more details about the incident in Leipzig
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
04/05/2026 19:01 GMT
Inside Iran
On Tehran's streets, signs of tension, exhaustion, defiance - and resolve
04/05/2026 19:30 GMT
The Life Scientific: Jens Juul Holst
Physiologist Jens Juul Holst on how gut hormone GLP-1 paved the way for weight loss drugs
04/05/2026 20:01 GMT
Tensions spike in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran's military said it fired warning shots at American warship.
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Hostility fears escalate in the Persian Gulf
Fears grow after the US sailed two warships through the Strait of Hormuz
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