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The climate changing power of 400 billion toasters
How can we to compete against a natural force with the power of 25 atomic bombs?
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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: Edith Heard
Epigeneticist Edith Heard on decoding the details of how X chromosomes are expressed
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Why don't we lay eggs?
Why give birth to live young when eggs seem so much simpler?
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The everyday tech helping to prevent disasters
The groups using tech to save lives after natural disasters like earthquakes and fires
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Gaza's Ceasefire Summer
Filming with Gaza families as they navigate shortages of essential supplies and services
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Women making sport greener
How the Olympics and Formula 1 are tackling carbon footprints and unwanted old kit
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Chicago's battle against synthetic drugs
A new wave of synthetic drugs is sweeping across the United States.
19/10/2026 05:01 GMT
New homemade, synthetic drugs sweep US
This new wave of drugs is raising fear of a worsening drug crisis.
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Homemade, synthetic drugs sweeping the US
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Arundhati Roy, author and activist: Writing is universal
Author and activist Arundhati Roy on her mother’s influence, writing and politics
19/10/2026 07:30 GMT
What China's solar panel obsession means for the world
How did China become dominant in solar power and what does it mean for the world?
Gerald Durrell's mission to save species from extinction
In 1959, the writer Gerald Durrell opened the gates to a new kind of zoo
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The chimpanzee who learned American sign language and monkeys in space
An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there
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Is Trump sacrificing Ukraine for cheaper diesel?
America’s pain at the pump could mean good news for Putin
19/10/2026 11:01 GMT
Why didn't they tell me I was black? Part 1
Lacey's white Texan family hid the truth about her background
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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'Cockroach' protests over changes to India's voter rolls
Opposition parties and youth activists unite to condemn electoral register update
19/10/2026 19:30 GMT
The Life Scientific: David Canter
David Canter on how he came to found the field of 'investigative psychology'.
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