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The social lives of bacteria
The microscopic dramas of bacterial loners, crowd-lovers, backstabbers and do-gooders
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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.
More than the Score 04/07/2026
Unexpected questions and stories from beyond the scoresheet
The making of West Germany’s iconic 1990 football shirt
West Germany’s football shirt for the 1990 World Cup became a design classic
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Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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Rachel Kushner - The Mars Room
Harriett Gilbert talks with Rachel Kusher about The Mars Room.
05/07/2026 03:01 GMT
Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world.
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A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
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Essential insights and conversations on the stories shaping the Asia-Pacific region
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A review of the week with the latest news.
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The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
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Living longer, living better
We go to a festival in Norway that's celebrating ageing
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At the heart of global storytelling, with BBC journalists from all around the world
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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.
05/07/2026 11:01 GMT
How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world
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A History of the United States in 100 Objects
100 Objects #1: The Century Safe
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
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Stories on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.
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Positive news stories
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The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.
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Switzerland's population cap referendum
What’s behind Swiss concerns about immigration?
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From kitchen table to the Underworld: The poetry of Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh crafts a poem inspired by her daughter’s love of Greek myth
05/07/2026 19:01 GMT
The news you know, the science you don't.
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