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The Columbian Exchange
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the spread of animals, crops and diseases after 1492.
21/05/2026 00:01 GMT
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.
Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers
Britain has had six leaders in 10 years. Why might Keir Starmer be the next forced out?
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When Shiraz calls
Intimate conversations of two Iranian sisters - one in the UK, the other in Iran
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Grateful 'for a couple of hours of normal life'
Tari Lang on teenage love, fear and making yoghurt during 1960s Indonesian dictatorship
When Krishna Menon met Stalin
A rare meeting between an Indian diplomat and Joseph Stalin took place in 1953
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The craft of the cocktail
Three renowned bartenders on what it takes to create the perfect drink.
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US indicts Raul Castro of Cuba
The former president, along with five others, indicted on murder and conspiracy charges.
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Former Cuban president charged with murder in US
Raul Castro and five others were indicted on murder and conspiracy charges
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US indicts former Cuban president
Raul Castro and five others were charged with murder and conspiracy
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Are the Himalayan glaciers at a tipping point?
Melting Himalayan glaciers are increasing the risk to communities and the ecosystem
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Musk v Altman: Tech bros battle
Who actually wins after a courtroom battle between tech bosses Elon Musk and Sam Altman?
Montenegro votes for independence
In 2006, Montenegro achieved independence from Serbia in the final break-up of Yugoslavia
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The Media Show: Filming inside El Salvador’s mega-prison
Richard Madeley on his documentary about El Salvador’s high-security CECOT prison
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The art of the interview
We explore how presenters prepare for and conduct interviews
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'The Doping Olympics': a look inside the Enhanced Games
The controversial games where athletes compete with the aid of performance enhancing drugs
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Escape from Castro’s Cuba: ‘Singing saved my sanity’
A country girl's dream of singing led Candi Sosa into exile in the United States
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Outrage after Israeli minister taunts Gaza flotilla activists
A rights group representing the detainees said they had been physically abused
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Inside Space X's IPO plan
Elon Musk's Space X is going public, in, maybe, the biggest initial public offering ever
21/05/2026 15:01 GMT
M23 rebels announce first suspected Ebola death in South Kivu
We have the latest on the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel
We have the latest on the backlash to a video released by Ben Gvir
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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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El Niño is nigh, but so what?
El Niño is stirring in the Pacific Ocean and may well be one of the strongest yet.
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Is an invasion of Cuba imminent?
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the chances of a negotiated deal were ‘not high’
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AI, billions and the race to go public
AI giants including OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX explore potential stock market listings.
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Are US-China relations at a turning point?
John Simpson analyses whether there has been a shift in the US-China relationship
