SATURDAY 21 JUNE 2025
SAT 00:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd866p)
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SAT 00:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct72w4)
Some really cool science
This week, the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers at ice hockey’s Stanley Cup championship, which sent us skating into ice-related science.
First up, we hear about an ancient ice skate that’s been unearthed in Prerov, Czech Republic, which sends us pondering about the physics of ice-skating.
We then discover why licking a flagpole on a chilly day is a bad idea, before delving into the science of cryopreservation.
Next up, we speak to Dr Mark Drinkwater of the European Space Agency, who reveals how satellites can help us monitor and better understand our planet’s melting ice sheets.
Plus, what do you do if you want to play ice hockey but you live near the equator?
All that, plus many more Unexpected Elements.
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton, with Chhavi Sachdev and Sandy Ong
Producer: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell, with Margaret Sessa Hawkins and Minnie Harrop
SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd89yt)
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SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172zrs3syq8gfz)
What is behind the calmness in global markets?
Global markets, including the US, have been quietly calm, although there have been warning signs of looming risks and uncertainty after Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs announcement. What’s behind such market “silence”? Roger Hearing hears from Gillian Tett, the chair of the Editorial Board of the Financial Times and the Provost of Kings College Cambridge, who has been writing about this.
And how are businesses navigating global sourcing and supply chain risks and disruptions? A Global Sourcing Risk Index, produced by Proxima and Oxford Economics, shows how much business leaders still need to do.
Also, a group of economists, backed by the Vatican, are calling for a reshaping of the international financial system to help developing countries that are heavily in debt and struggling to finance important social issues in their countries like healthcare and education.
Throughout the programme, Roger Hearing will be joined by two guests on opposite sides of the world: Tony Nash, CEO and founder of Complete Intelligence, an AI-based financial forecasting firm in Houston; and Nga Pham, a journalist based in Taiwan.
SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd8fpy)
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SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rnt7tqb)
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SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh25zyszb)
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SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3ct6zjb)
De Villiers: South Africa's WTC victory 'stirred the emotions'
On this week’s Stumped with Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell & Charu Sharma, we hear from South Africa great AB de Villiers about their World Test Championship triumph, what this means for Test cricket and India’s Virat Kohli retiring from the longest form of the game.
Former England fast bowler Liam Plunkett chats about India's Test series in England, the third season of Major League Cricket and the legacy co-hosting the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup has had on cricket in America.
And the team preview England and India playing for the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy.
Photo: Temba Bavuma of South Africa celebrates on the team balcony with the ICC World Test Championship Mace alongside teammates following the side's victory on during Day Four of the ICC World Test Championship Final 2025 between South Africa and Australia at Lord's Cricket Ground on June 14, 2025 in London, England. (Credit: ICC via Getty Images)
SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd8kg2)
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SAT 03:06 Outlook (w3ct6wgy)
Outlook Mixtape: Rewind! Family histories discovered on tape
Three stories of children unspooling the mysteries of their parents’ past.
A decade after his father passed away, Wajid Yaseen was aching to hear his voice again. But finding an old cassette tape of his dad singing opened up way more than Wajid expected. He had stumbled across a treasure trove of audio cassette tape letters spanning continents and lifetimes, chronicling overlooked South Asian migrant histories in Britain.
Hannah Ha knew her mother could sing. When she took to the stage at karaoke, she always stole the show. But when a chance email revealed she had once been a recording artist called Phuong Tam in 1960s Saigon, Hannah was stunned. She embarked on a two-year hunt to track down her mother’s long-lost recordings – and her rock’n’roll legacy.
Tricia Davies Nearn’s father was killed in the Vietnam War when she was just two years old. Growing up without him, she knew there was something missing, even with a loving family around her. Her mother, an ardent fan of musicals, was careful never to play music from West Side Story, for example. It was only as an adult that Tricia would discover an extraordinary archive of tape recordings that would help her to understand why, and to get to know her father better.
Presented and produced by Zoe Gelber
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707
(Photo: Cassette tape. Credit: Getty Images)
SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3ct743x)
Making Jaws
It’s 50 years since the original Jaws film was released in cinemas across America. The movie premiered on 20 June 1975.
Directed by a young Steven Spielberg, who was relatively unknown at the time, it was considered Hollywood’s pioneering summer blockbuster.
The thriller broke records by becoming the first movie to gross over $100 million at the US box office and made millions of people afraid to go into the water.
Carl Gottlieb, who co-wrote the screenplay looks back, in a 2015 Witness History interview, at guiding the chaotic production into cinematic history. Produced and presented by Megan Jones.
With movie excerpts from the 1975 film which was a Universal Picture, a Zanuck/Brown production and directed by Steven Spielberg.
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more.
Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.
(Photo: A scene from the movie. Credit: Screen Archives/Getty Images)
SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd8p66)
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SAT 04:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct72w4)
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00:06 today]
SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd8syb)
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SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rnt85yq)
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SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh25zz56q)
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SAT 05:32 Trending (w3ct72tg)
Could your colleague be a North Korean in disguise?
Recently several videos from recruiters on LinkedIn have gone viral. The videos appear to show recruiters conducting routine job interviews over a video call, but something is up with the candidates. Their faces are blurred, and they appear to be using some sort of a filter. After some strange interaction with the recruiter, they drop off the call. But these creepy videos aren’t isolated incidents – many recruiters are reporting that this has happened to them multiple times. Who are these candidates really?
In this episode of BBC Trending we expose the phenomenon of North Korean IT workers applying for remote tech jobs in the US, and how this has become a significant revenue raising scheme for Kim Jong Un’s regime. The FBI believes thousands of North Koreans have made millions of dollars using fake, stolen of borrowed identities to work remotely.
We reveal the exploitative conditions the North Korean IT workers are forced to operate in, under near constant surveillance. And now, there’s evidence that the scheme is expanding into Europe, with those in the software development sector saying they are being inundated with North Korean applicants for work from home jobs.
Reporter: Beth Godwin
Producers: Beth Godwin and Julie Yoonnyung Lee
Editor: Flora Carmichael
SAT 05:50 More or Less (w3ct6vyz)
How to spot a suspicious statistic
Untruths sneak into our lives in all kinds of ways. Sometimes they’re outright lies. Blatant misinformation.
But in this episode, we’re going to talk about something else - those sneaky numbers and claims that bounce around our society and that aren’t exactly false, but are leading you down the wrong path.
That’s the subject of a book called May Contain Lies by Alex Edmans, a professor of finance at London Business School.
Tim talks to Alex about the statistical claims that might not be wrong, but aren’t right either – and how to make sure you aren’t fooled by them yourself.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Andrew Garratt
Editor: Richard Vadon
SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd8xpg)
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SAT 06:06 Weekend (w172zw842q1jhdf)
President Trump rejects Europe's diplomatic efforts on Iran
US President Donald Trump has dismissed efforts by European countries to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, as Geneva talks aimed at a negotiated solution to the Israel-Iran conflict failed to yield a breakthrough. He also warned Iran it has a "maximum" of two weeks to avoid possible US strikes.
Also in the programme:Pro-Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released on bail after spending more than three months in a US immigration detention facility; and we look at US public broadcasters, which are under attack from the Republican majority in Congress.
Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Latika Bourke, an Australian author and journalist for The Nightly Australia, in London and Vali Nasr, Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and former official at the US State department in Rome.
(Photo: President Trump departs White House for New Jersey, Washington, USA . He did not resond to the press questions about the ongoing conflict on between Israel and Iran- 20 Jun 2025. Credit:Jim Lo Scalzo/ EPA)
SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd91fl)
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SAT 07:06 Weekend (w172zw842q1jm4k)
Iranian missiles trigger air raid sirens across Israel
The Israeli military says it has launched a new wave of air strikes against Iranian missile storage and launch infrastructure.For an Iranian perspective, we are joined by Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat and spokesman for Iran in its nuclear negotiations.
Also in the programme: In an historic move, MPs have voted to back a bill legalising assisted dying in England and Wales; and, following talks in Geneva to to curb the recent spike in hostilities between Israel and Iran, a debate is unfoldoing within the Republican party and the president's MAGA movement over whether the US should get involved.
Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Latika Bourke, an Australian author and journalist for The Nightly Australia, in London and Vali Nasr, Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and former official at the US State department in Rome.
(Photo: A resident prepares to spend the night in an old reopened nuclear shelter under Tel Aviv's central bus station in the southern area of the city in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 20, 2025. Reuters/Violeta Santos Moura)
SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd955q)
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SAT 08:06 Weekend (w172zw842q1jqwp)
Israel says senior Iranian commander killed in latest strike
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says that the Israeli forces have targeted and killed Saeed Izadi, the head of the Palestine Corps of Iran’s Quds Force in a strike on an apartment in the central Iranian city of Qom.
Also in this hour: David Albright, an American nuclear physicist and weapons expert gives his assessment on Iran's efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon; And, BBC gains access to a harrowing account of the final days of Al-Awda hospital, described by the World Health Organisation as the “last functioning hospital in North Gaza”.
Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Latika Bourke, an Australian author and journalist for The Nightly Australia, in London and Vali Nasr, Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and former official at the US State department in Rome.
(Photo:A Houthi supporter holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Sana'a, Yemen, 20 June 2024/ EPA)
SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd98xv)
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SAT 09:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct6rmn)
Iranians and Israelis
Since Israel launched its attack on Iran, targeting the country’s nuclear capabilities, air strikes by both sides have killed and injured people in both countries.
We hear from three Iranians living abroad who tell us about their concerns for family and friends in Iran. Two friends – one Israeli and one Iranian – join us to explain their search for common ground.
We also bring together Israelis who share their experiences of Iran’s missile and drone attacks, and the rush to the shelters. “It’s a case of going to sleep and not knowing when you have to wake up again,” David in Jerusalem tells us. “One of the missiles fell in the street where my mother lives, and she’s a holocaust survivor by the way, so this is fairly traumatising for all of us here.”
Presenter: Luke Jones.
BBC producers: Gabriela Boccaccio, Isabella Bull and Laura Cress.
Boffin Media producer: Richard Hollingham
An EcoAudio certified Boffin Media production in partnership with the OS team.
(Photo: Efrat (left) and Ellie. Credit: Ellie Borhan)
SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh25zzn67)
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SAT 09:32 Pick of the World (w3ct7z4w)
Your theories on a mysterious humming noise
The sound is heard by some residents of the Scottish island of Lewis - but what is it? Plus, the German miniature railway duo delighting modelling fans all over the world, Nigerian chess star Tunde Onakoya on his record-breaking marathon, and the man who woke up in the future.
SAT 09:50 Over to You (w3ct6xvd)
Debating the rapidly changing international landscape
The World Debate broadcast last weekend considered the rapidly changing international landscape under President Trump. Is the world a safer or more dangerous place, it asked. We hear listeners' views on how the debate shaped up and we are joined in the studio by a BBC news editor who oversaw the broadcast.
Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
A Whistledown production for BBC World Service
SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd9dnz)
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SAT 10:06 Not by the Playbook (w3ct7z0c)
Play your cards right
Not by the Playbook comes from The Queen’s Club in London where Katie Smith is unboxing her pack of cards.
British para standing tennis player Nicky Maxwell has always had a sporting ace up his sleeve, including now as President of the International Para Standing Tennis Association, but his life in sport hasn’t been without its challenges. The former Harvard University sprinter shares what life was like as a para athlete in the US collegiate system and his Paralympic ambitions for para standing tennis.
The US queen of Mexico’s rodeo, Paola Pimienta tells us all about the Mexican tradition of charrería and its all-female synchronised team equestrian competition, escaramuza. It’s a traditional sport which can be adrenaline-fuelled, so what’s it like to take part and how has it helped Pimienta connect with her Mexican heritage?
After former England cricketer David “Syd” Lawrence was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last year, it led to a race against time to tell his story in an autobiography. It’s a life which has seen Syd become the first English-born black cricketer to represent his country in 1988, before injury brought an end to his international career at age 28. He’s now been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours. Cricket journalist Dean Wilson helped Syd put the book together and he talks about the process and Syd’s life both on and off the cricket pitch.
Every pack of cards needs a Jack so hear the story behind Jack Nicklaus’ record sixth Masters win, plus there’s a spade on hand for trip to the farm which supplies strawberries to Wimbledon.
Listen to Not by the Playbook on the BBC World Service every Saturday at 0900 GMT, or find it as a podcast wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Get in touch with us via email and use the hashtag #NBTP on social media.
Image: Magician Jeff Thomas, Manager of Hollywood Magic on Hollywood Boulevard does some magic with deck of playing cards, November 12, 2001 in Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)
SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd9jf3)
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SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rnt8xfh)
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SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh25zzwph)
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SAT 11:32 Unspun World with John Simpson (w3ct78br)
Where is the conflict between Israel and Iran heading?
John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC’s unparalleled range of experts across the world, analyses whether Israel’s attacks on Iran could lead to regime change, assesses the effectiveness of the G7 in dealing with international crises, and examines what the consequences might be of a global drop in human fertility.
Producer: Kate Cornell
Executive Producer: Benedick Watt
Commissioning Editor: Vara Szajkowski
SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd9n57)
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SAT 12:06 The Documentary (w3ct7zyw)
Australia's extinction crisis
Roughly a third of all global mammal extinctions in the last 500 years are thought to have occurred in Australia. At least 34 species have gone extinct since European colonisation, and over 2,000 species of mammals, birds and invertebrates are now listed as critically endangered or threatened. Without substantial and rapid change, this list is almost certain to grow.
In this BBC World Service documentary, Ruth Evans investigates Australia’s extinction crisis? What can and should be done to prevent further casualties and turn things around?
Producer/presenter: Ruth Evans
Editor: Penny Boreham
(Photo: A koala joey wrapped in a towel. Credit: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary)
SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd9rxc)
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SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172zss3tcxfxgz)
Erdogan slams Israeli strikes as Muslim countries explore diplomatic options
At a gathering of Muslim-majority states in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned Israel’s military strikes on Iran, accusing it of violating international law and risking “total disaster” in the region. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, also at the summit, warned that any US involvement in the conflict would be “very dangerous.”
Also in the programme: In the UK, the launch of a new scheme to map the DNA of newborn babies; and 50 years after the hit film Jaws was released, we ask if it's finally time for a PR makeover for sharks.
Photo: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks in Istanbul Credit: REUTERS/Umit Bektas
SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgd9wnh)
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SAT 14:06 Sportsworld (w172ztqk3ynyj0y)
Live Sporting Action
Lee James will be joined by guests to discuss the first week of play at the Club World Cup and the big movements in the Premier League with the transfer window back open.
There will be a brand new episode of our athletics podcast The Warm Up Track. Ed Harry and Ade Adedoyin speak to an Olympic gold medallist from last year’s Paris Games. We’ll also be On The Podium ahead of the new series of that podcast series.
Sportsworld will be at Headingley for day two of England and India’s first Test match. It’s round three of the golf’s Women’s PGA Championship and the semi-finals of the men’s Queen’s tennis championships.
We’ll also reflect on game six of the NBA Finals, the athletics Diamond League meeting in Paris and the British and Irish Lions final warm up game against Argentina before they head to Australia for their tour.
Photo: General view inside the stadium prior to the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group F match between Fluminense FC and Borussia Dortmund at MetLife Stadium on June 17, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Credit: Getty Images)
SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdbcn0)
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SAT 18:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rnt9rnd)
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SAT 18:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2600qxd)
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SAT 18:32 Trending (w3ct72tg)
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05:32 today]
SAT 18:50 More or Less (w3ct6vyz)
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05:50 today]
SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdbhd4)
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SAT 19:06 The Inquiry (w3ct722n)
Are we closer to a European army?
During a speech to the Spanish parliament earlier this year, the country’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez claimed there’s one thing that would guarantee lasting peace in Europe.
His idea is the creation of a new army drawn from the 27 countries whose governments already work together as members of the European Union.
The concept isn't a new one - and NATO already exists, the military alliance which includes EU member states and other European countries.
But talk of a new military force is reappearing as the continent becomes more vulnerable to threats. Its ally the US is increasingly unreliable and unpredictable too.
Other European leaders are also backing the idea
This week we’re asking - “Are we closer to a European army?”
Contributors:
Dick Zandee, Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Security and Defence Programme at the Clingendael Institute
Dr Ulrike Franke, Senior Policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations
Oana Lungescu, Distinguished fellow with the Royal United Services Institute and former NATO spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Director of the Europe in the World Programme at Egmont.
Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Producer: Daniel Rosney
Researcher: Maeve Schaffer
Editor: Tara McDermott
Technical Producer: Toby James
Production Coordinator - Tammy Snow
(Image Credit: FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP via Getty Images)
SAT 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2600vnj)
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SAT 19:32 Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast (w3ct7zyv)
Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2025
It’s the 70th anniversary of this unique BBC radio programme aimed at just a few dozen listeners: The team of scientists and support staff isolated at British research stations in the Antarctic midwinter.
Hosted by Cerys Matthews, the show features messages from family and friends at home, music requests from Antarctica and a specially recorded message from His Majesty The King.
For decades this show has been part of the traditional midwinter celebrations and has also been enjoyed by listeners around the world.
Midwinter celebrations at the British research stations include a feast, exchange of presents, watching the 1982 horror film The Thing (where an alien monster terrorises an Antarctic base) and listening - on short wave - to the BBC’s Midwinter Broadcast.
Producers: Martin Redfern and Richard Hollingham
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SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdbm48)
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SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct6ztc)
Dept. Q writer director Scott Frank
Nikki Bedi talks to Hollywood writer and director Scott Frank about his new detective series and is joined by cultural critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh.
They hear from and discuss:
US singer Miley Cyrus who talks about following in the footsteps of her godmother, Dolly Parton.
British actor Carey Mulligan reveals her first love – singing.
Nigerian British writer Ben Okri discusses the landmark French novel that shaped him.
New Zealand comedian and actor Rhys Darby shares his journey from soldier to screen star.
And there’s music from the Colombian trio, Los Pirañas.
Main image: Scott Frank
Photo credit: Netflix Studios
SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdbqwd)
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SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172zss3tcxgwg0)
Belarusian opposition activist freed
The Belarusian activist Sergey Tikhanovsky, husband of the exiled opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, was freed in a surprise release along with several other prisoners. Also in the programme: a resident of Tehran tells us why he hasn't left the city during the Israeli bombardment; and why the UK plans to map the DNA of new-born babies.
(Photo: Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana hugs her freed husband Sergey. Credit: Shutterstock)
SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdbvmj)
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SAT 22:06 Not by the Playbook (w3ct7z0c)
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SAT 23:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rntbcd1)
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SAT 23:32 This Is Africa (w3ct72d0)
LeeMckrazy
LeeMckrazy was born Linda Mnisi in Soweto, South Africa. He was introduced to music at a very young age by his mother, who sang in a church choir. He was also passionate about football and briefly combined the two when he played for a local Soweto team and sang in the Diepkloof United Male Voices choir.
After finishing his studies, LeeMckrazy released his debut album Intando Ka God in 2021, and was propelled to stardom by the popularity of Eloyi, a song that got over 1.3 million streams in its first week. His string of hits includes Jealousy, Kokotela, Ngibolekeni and Funk 99.
SUNDAY 22 JUNE 2025
SUN 00:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdc33s)
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SUN 00:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct6rmn)
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SUN 00:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2601gd5)
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SUN 00:32 The Documentary (w3ct7zww)
The copper kingdom
The world is electrifying and central to our decarbonisation drive is copper. The red metal is second only to silver as the best conductor of electricity and it is critical in the manufacture of wind turbines, electric cars and solar panels. Reporter Robin Markwell travels through Chile where the reserves of some of the world’s largest copper mines are starting to dwindle. Can supply keep pace with soaring demand?
(Photo: Two men stand in front of a Chilean copper mine. Credit: Reuters)
SUN 01:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdc6vx)
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SUN 01:06 The Inquiry (w3ct722n)
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SUN 01:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2601l49)
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SUN 01:32 Trending (w3ct72tg)
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SUN 01:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct7zrq)
South Africa’s unifying Rugby World Cup win
In 1995, post-apartheid South Africa hosted, and won, the Rugby World Cup. It was a hugely unifying moment for the country.
In 2013, Rob Bonnet heard Francois Pienaar, the captain of the victorious Springboks, explain what the triumph meant to the nation.
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive and testimony. Sporting Witness is for those fascinated by sporting history. We take you to the events that have shaped the sports world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes, you become a fan in the stands as we take you back in time to examine memorable victories and agonising defeats from all over the world. You’ll hear from people who have achieved sporting immortality, or those who were there as incredible sporting moments unfolded.
Recent episodes explore the forgotten football Women’s World Cup, the plasterer who fought a boxing legend, international football’s biggest ever beating and the man who swam the Amazon river. We look at the lives of some of the most famous F1 drivers, tennis players and athletes as well as people who’ve had ground-breaking impact in their chosen sporting field, including: the most decorated Paralympian, the woman who was the number 1 squash player in the world for nine years, and the first figure skater to wear a hijab. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the tennis player who escaped the Nazis, how a man finally beat a horse in a race, and how the FIFA computer game was created.
(Photo: Nelson Mandela with Francois Pienaar. Credit: Reuters)
SUN 02:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdcbm1)
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SUN 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rntbqmf)
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SUN 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2601pwf)
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SUN 02:32 Health Check (w3ct6vjf)
Future thinking
Thinking about the future comes so naturally to most people that we do not realise what a complicated and essential skill it is. Claudia Hammond and an expert panel of psychologists look into our ability to mentally travel to the future.
Catherine Loveday, professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Westminster, explains how our ability to mentally time travel into the future is useful for everyday tasks as well as fundamental to shaping our identity.
Daryl O’Connor, professor of psychology at the University of Leeds, discusses how thinking about the future motivates us in the present.
And Peter Olusoga, senior lecturer in psychology at Sheffield Hallam University, describes how professional sportspeople use visualisation and future thinking to improve sporting success.
Together they discuss how we hold ideas of the future in mind, whether unbounded optimism is the best way ahead – or not, and how to science-proof our goal setting and future planning.
If you are suffering distress or despair and need support, including urgent support, details of health available in many countries can be found at Befrienders Worldwide at befrienders.org.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Lorna Stewart
Sound engineer: Emma Harth and Sue Maillot
Production co-ordinators: Siobhan Maguire and Andrew Rhys Lewis
SUN 03:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdcgc5)
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SUN 03:06 The Documentary (w3ct7zyw)
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SUN 04:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdcl39)
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SUN 04:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct6trk)
Israel strikes Iran's nuclear sites
Pascale Harter introduces stories from Iran, Israel, India and Canada.
Israel's decision to launch strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites has brought more uncertainty to an already volatile region. Several hundred Iranian civilians have been killed in the attacks and thousands more have fled Tehran. Jiyar Gol has spoken to people from across Iran, revealing a country - and a regime - under pressure.
Meanwhile Iran has retaliated with its own strikes against Israel and has at times overwhelmed the country's 'iron dome' defence system. Hugo Bachega travelled to the town of Rishon LeZion, which was hit by an Iranian missile in the early morning, and speaks to locals about Israel's decision to instigate a new conflict.
When Air India flight 171 crashed into a residential suburb of the Indian city of Ahmedabad, Zoya Mateen reported from the scene in the immediate hours after the disaster. In the local hospital, she met families still holding out for good news.
And finally, the BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale has been in Canada where the G7 summit of world leaders gathered this week - and from which Donald Trump made an early exit. He reflects on the fractures beginning to show in these multilateral gatherings and what that could mean for future summits
(Image: Smoke rises from Tehran locations targeted by Israel. Credit: Khoshiran/Middle East Images via AFP/Getty Images)
SUN 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2601ycp)
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SUN 04:32 Unspun World with John Simpson (w3ct78br)
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SUN 05:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdcpvf)
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SUN 05:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rntc2vt)
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SUN 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh260223t)
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SUN 05:32 The Documentary (w3ct7zww)
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SUN 06:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdctlk)
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SUN 06:06 Weekend (w172zw842q1md9j)
US strikes Iran's nuclear sites
President Trump announces that the US military has 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear program after carrying out a series of strikes on the regime's key nuclear facilities. We get reaction from former Trump state department appointee Matthew Bartlett, and Feisal al-Istrabadi, who served as Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations under the country's post invasion transitional government.
Also in the programme: Belarusian opposition leader, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has been reunited with her husband, in Lithuania, following his surprise release from jail, and we speak to Greenland's minister for business and mineral resources Naaja Nathanielsen, about attempts to exploit its highly coveted rare earth minerals.
Presenter Paul Henley is joined Jennifer Parker, an Australian defence and maritime security expert and a former officer in the Royal Australian Navy in Canberra and Laurie Bristow, president of Hughes Hall, a college at Cambridge University and former UK ambassador to Russia and Afghanistan.
(Photo: US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation at the White House in Washington, following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities., USA - 21 Jun 2025. Credit: Carlos Barria/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
SUN 07:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdcybp)
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SUN 07:06 Weekend (w172zw842q1mj1n)
Netanyahu praises US 'righteous might' after Iran strikes
Israel's Prime Minister offered his personal thanks to President Trump after he announced the US had 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear program in targeted strikes against three facilities. Former Nato WMD and disarmament director, William Alberque, and Danny Citrinowicz, former head of Iran analysis for Israeli military intelligence, join the programme to break down where these strikes leave the strategic balance of the Middle East.
Also in the programme: A new documentary examines the experience of one Mississippi town grapples with its history of slavery, and Kenyan runner, Faith Kipyegon prepares to become the first woman to break the four minute mile record.
Presenter Paul Henley is joined Jennifer Parker, an Australian defence and maritime security expert and a former officer in the Royal Australian Navy in Canberra and Laurie Bristow, president of Hughes Hall, a college at Cambridge University and former UK Ambassador to Russia and Afghanistan.
(Picture: Benjamin Netanyahu makes video statement following US strikes on Iran. Credit: Israel Government Press Office).
SUN 08:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdd22t)
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SUN 08:06 Weekend (w172zw842q1mmss)
Tehran warns of 'everlasting consequences'
Iran's foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi condemns the US strikes as "outrageous" and says Iran is reserving "all options to defend its sovereignty".
We get reaction from Foad Izadi, associate professor at the Department of American Studies at the University of Tehran; and Negah Angha, former State Department and National Security Council official under the President Biden’s administration.
Also on the programme: Afghan journalist Zahra Joya explains the news organisation she founded, Rukhshana Media, to honour a 19-year-old girl named Rukhshana who was stoned to death by the Taliban in 2015.
Presenter Paul Henley is joined Jennifer Parker, an Australian defence and maritime security expert and a former officer in the Royal Australian Navy in Canberra and Laurie Bristow, president of Hughes Hall, a college at Cambridge University and former UK ambassador to Afghanistan and Russia in London.
(Photo: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a special session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20, 2025. Credit: Reuters)
SUN 09:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdd5ty)
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SUN 09:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct6trk)
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SUN 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2602k3b)
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SUN 09:32 The Food Chain (w3ct70yk)
Thai food: Winning hearts and minds
Love Thai food? It might be thanks to a two-decade long policy on the part of the government of Thailand to promote its food culture abroad, with the express aim of increasing trade and tourism.
Ruth Alexander explores how food can be used as a foreign policy tool, influencing not just world leaders but seeking to win the hearts and minds of the public.
Academic Sam Chapple-Sokol at George Washington University in the US explains why gastro-diplomacy is such an effective tool for soft power.
Jan Wisansing, tourism policy consultant in Bangkok, explains the impact of the Global Thai scheme on international tourism to the country.
Ruth speaks to the owners of LumLum Thai restaurant in Copenhagen, Denmark, who have recently received a Thai SELECT award, an official endorsement from the government of Thailand.
And writer and historian Ali Domrongchai in the US talks about the impact of this approach on her own family’s Thai restaurant in Florida.
Producer: Beatrice Pickup.
Reporter: Gideon Long in Bangkok
(Image: A plate of pad thai, said to be Thailand’s national dish, with Thailand’s flag in the background. Credit: Getty Images/BBC)
SUN 10:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdd9l2)
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SUN 10:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct6xxn)
Making hospitals kinder for kids
Being in hospital can be frightening and lonely for children — but playful ideas are helping make the experience a little easier. In Scotland, professionally trained clowns are visiting paediatric wards to bring joy and distraction, while in the US, immersive video games are helping young patients come to terms with illness and long stays. We meet the people using creative ways to brighten up a stay in hospital for children and teenagers.
People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We release a new edition every week for most of the year. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. And please leave us a review on your chosen podcast provider.
Presenter: Myra Anubi
US reporter: Scott Miles
Producers: Craig Langran, Richard Kenny
Editor: Jon Bithrey
Sound mix: Annie Gardiner
(Image: Clown Doctors Dr Biscuit and Dr Groovy with presenter Myra Anubi, BBC)
SUN 10:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2602nvg)
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SUN 10:32 The Fifth Floor (w3ct70t1)
Ukrainian life under Russian occupation
Currently about a fifth of Ukraine is under Russian occupation. Olga Malchevska of the BBC News team has spoken to 3 people from different cities in this area. She tells us about the threats they face for being Ukrainian and the small acts of resistance they carry out. Plus, the free-roaming rhino who crashed a wedding party in Nepal, with the BBC World Service's environment correspondent Navin Singh Khadka.
This episode of The Documentary comes to you from The Fifth Floor, the show at the heart of global storytelling, with BBC journalists from all around the world.
Presented by Irena Taranyuk.
Produced by Caroline Ferguson, Alice Gioia and Hannah Dean.
This is an EcoAudio certified production.
(Photo: Irena Taranyuk.)
SUN 11:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgddfb6)
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SUN 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rntctbl)
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SUN 12:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgddk2b)
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SUN 12:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct6rmn)
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SUN 12:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2602xbq)
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SUN 12:32 Assignment (w3ct6rbm)
The Ketamine trail
Ketamine was designed as an anaesthetic but its use as a recreational drug is growing fast, particularly among young people. In the UK, it has doubled in less than 10 years but it can cause serious side effects. The supply chain for the drug starts with pharmaceutical manufacturers in India then involves criminal gangs in Europe who use front companies to legally import vast quantities of the drug before flooding it onto the illegal market in the UK. Paul Kenyon investigates the trade.
Reporter: Paul Kenyon
Producer: Paul Grant
Technical producer: James Bradshaw
Editor: Carl Johnston
(Image: Montage of road signs and lorry driving on motorway in fog at night. Credits: DigiPub/Getty Images)
SUN 13:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgddntg)
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SUN 13:06 Newshour (w172zss3tcxjtd2)
US strikes Iran nuclear facilities and joins war
The United States has carried out massive precision strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran. The bombings early on Sunday at Isfahan, Natanz and Fordo took place after more than a week of Israeli air strikes on Iran. Republicans are divided on Trump's actions and Iranian foreign minister has accused Donald Trump of betraying the American people as well as Iran.
(Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation alongside U.S. Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. U.S. June 21, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool)
SUN 14:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgddskl)
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SUN 14:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rntd5kz)
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SUN 15:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgddx9q)
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SUN 15:06 Sportsworld (w172ztqk3yp1jp5)
Live Sporting Action
Sportsworld has all the latest from the Club World Cup in the USA, as record winners Real Madrid prepare for their second game of the tournament.
Delyth Lloyd will also bring you reaction to the men’s tennis final at Queen’s, updates from the first cricket Test between England and India; and the latest from the final round of the Women’s PGA Championship golf in Texas.
There’s a chance to hear the latest edition of our athletics podcast The Warm Up Track and also On The Podium, featuring the best of the Paralympics.
Photo: General view inside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium during the first half of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group D match between Chelsea FC and Los Angeles Football Club at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on June 16, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Credit: ISI Photos via Getty Images)
SUN 19:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdfd97)
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SUN 19:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rntds9m)
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SUN 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2603rkm)
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SUN 19:32 In the Studio (w3ct6vtg)
Amoako Boafo: Creating space to celebrate Blackness
The Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo has attracted global fame for his bold and sensual portraits. He paints bodies and faces using his fingertips instead of a brush, capturing form through direct, tactile gestures.
When he went to art school in Vienna, he was struck by the extent to which Black subjects had been overlooked in global art. Determined to change the status quo, he drew inspiration from early 20th Century Viennese artists like Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele and added his own techniques to invent a fresh new style of portraiture.
Lucy Ash follows his preparations for a major new show at Gagosian in London. It involves a transformation of the gallery space into a full-scale recreation of a Ghanaian courtyard – just like the shared space in which he was raised. Boafo resurrected his Accra childhood with the help of his collaborator, Glenn De Roché, an architect famous for community buildings which use reclaimed materials and with an artist friend who produced a set of playing cards, especially for the event.
SUN 20:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdfj1c)
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SUN 20:06 Newshour (w172zss3tcxknlz)
US says Iran's nuclear sites 'devastated'
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US "devastated the Iranian nuclear programme" with its overnight strikes on three sites. However, he said the strikes were not about changing the regime led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. We'll bring you the latest news and reaction to the strikes; assess the damage done to Iran's nuclear programme; and the next steps in the war.
Also in the programme: We speak to the wife of the Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski who has been released after five years in prison; and Syrian rescue workers say at least fifteen people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a church in the capital Damascus.
(Picture: US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine hold a briefing at the Pentagon. Credit: Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS)
SUN 21:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdfmsh)
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SUN 21:06 Newshour (w172zss3tcxksc3)
UN Security Council holds emergency meeting over Iran nuclear strikes
The UN Security Council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the US airstrikes on Iran's nuclear sites. The UN chief, Antonio Guterres, said that diplomacy and dialogue must prevail to prevent the Middle East from falling into a cycle of retaliation. We'll hear from a former security official in President Trump's first administration and assess the extent of the damage to Iran's nuclear operation caused by the US attacks.
Also in the programme: We speak to the wife of the Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski who has been released after five years in prison; and Syrian rescue workers say at least fifteen people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a church in the capital Damascus.
(Picture: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses delegates during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Credit: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
SUN 22:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdfrjm)
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SUN 22:06 The Climate Question (w3ct701z)
Your Questions Answered
The Climate Question panel discuss how to make homes - and ships - better for the climate. Plus, what about our own carbon footprints? And are oceans or forests better at storing carbon?
Answering your head-scratchers are Justin Rowlatt, BBC climate editor; Akshat Rathi, senior climate reporter for Bloomberg News and host of Bloomberg's Zero podcast; and Caroline Steel, presenter of BBC CrowdScience.
Got a question for the next listeners' show? You can email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com or leave a WhatsApp message at + 44 8000 321 721
Host: Graihagh Jackson
Producer: Diane Richardson
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Mix: Mike Regaard and Tom Brignell
Editor: Simon Watts
SUN 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh26043t0)
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SUN 22:32 Pick of the World (w3ct7z4w)
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SUN 22:50 Over to You (w3ct6xvd)
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SUN 23:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdfw8r)
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SUN 23:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl3rntf894)
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SUN 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh26047k4)
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SUN 23:32 The Fifth Floor (w3ct70t1)
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MONDAY 23 JUNE 2025
MON 00:00 BBC News (w172zwwnmgdg00w)
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MON 00:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct6trk)
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MON 00:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxh2604c98)
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MON 00:32 Science In Action (w3ct6yfg)
Half a universe once lost now found
The universe is thought to consist of 70% Dark Energy, 25% Dark Matter, and just 5% Baryonic matter which is the atoms that make up you and me. At least, that’s what the models suggest. But a well-kept secret between astronomers and cosmologists for all these years has been that they have not actually ever seen almost half of that 5% normal matter because it is thinly dispersed as gas between the galaxies and galactic clusters. This week, two studies have been published putting that right.
Satisfactory model-match #1:
Liam Connor of Harvard University with colleagues from Caltech have been using a mysterious phenomenon called Fast Radio Bursts (FBRs) to infer what the intergalactic medium is in between, and how much of it there is.
Satisfactory model-match #2:
Konstanios Migkas of Leiden University and colleagues have been looking at the very faint x-ray signal from the intergalactic medium, removing the incidental x-ray sources such as black holes, and have managed to identify some structure - in this case a mind-bendingly huge filament of ionised gas stretching between two galactic superclusters - confirming the state of “Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium” (WHIM) as predicted for much of the universe.
Of course, there is not just the cosmological standard model (lambdaCDM) that these satisfy in science today. There is also the remarkably resilient Standard Model of particle physics. A report this week from the US National Academies recommends the US begins building the world’s next particle collider to follow the work of the LHC (and FCC) at Cern. It should, as University of Tennessee at Knoxville’s Tova Holmes tells us, collide not ordinary, stable, easy to manipulate particles like protons and electrons, but muons.
Finally, Shana Goffredi of Occidental College in California, has found a VERY odd spider. Diving to depths in the submersible Alvin, they have found that a species of small sea-spiders, Sericosura, actually farm bacteria on their exoskeleton. Why? Because they hang around methane seeps on the ocean floor, where a specialist bacteria can metabolize methane – something the spiders themselves can’t do. Not only do the spiders then graze on the bacteria they carry around, they even pass samples of the bacteria onto their offspring by leaving bacterial lunch-boxes in their egg-sacs.
Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Alex Mansfield, with Sophie Ormiston
Production co-ordinator: Jasmine Cerys George
(Photo Credit: Jack Madden, IllustrisTNG, Ralf Konietzka, Liam Connor/CfA)
MON 01:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpkz15)
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MON 01:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl43y3kc1k)
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MON 01:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg98b9k)
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MON 01:32 Discovery (w3ct5rmp)
Unstoppable: Olga González-Sanabria
In her last year of high school, Olga González-Sanabria went on a field trip to the University of Puerto Rico’s school of engineering – and immediately knew that was what she wanted to do. She followed her passion and after university was recruited by Nasa, where she carried out instrumental work, without which we would not have the International Space Station.
As the very first Latina woman working in engineering at Nasa, Olga’s career has not always been an easy ride, but is filled with remarkable achievements. Dr Ella and Dr Julia tell her story, and Olga herself gives us a first-hand account of her life so far.
Presenters: Dr Ella Hubber and Dr Julia Ravey
Producers: Ella Hubber and Julia Ravey
Assistant producer: Sophie Ormiston
Production co-ordinator: Elisabeth Tuohy
Editor: Holly Squire
(Photo: Olga González-Sanabria. Credit: Nasa Glenn Research Center)
MON 02:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpl2s9)
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MON 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl43y3kgsp)
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MON 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg98g1p)
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MON 02:32 CrowdScience (w3ct6sss)
How can we persuade more people to cycle?
Cycling is good for our health, good for the planet, and it can be an efficient way of moving around busy cities. But despite all the rational arguments for it, in most cities the number of people who get on their bikes is low.
CrowdScience listener Hans wants to know whether it’s time to change our tactics. Could we persuade more people to cycle if we moved away from focusing on well-intentioned rational arguments and use messages that appeal to our desires and vanity instead? What does the science say? Presenter Caroline Steel is on the case.
She meets Winnie Sambu from World Bicycle Relief to learn about why people in countries like Kenya to choose the bike to get around. She heads out on a ride with psychologist Professor Ian Walker from the University of Swansea to find out what barriers there might be to persuading people to cycle.
She also takes a lesson from one of the world’s top cycling nations as she talks to Marie Kåstrup, a cycling campaigns expert who has advised the Danish government on inspiring cycling and sustaining it in the city of Copenhagen. Also in Denmark, Caroline meets behavioural scientist Dr Pelle Guldborg Hansen who shares his experience in the art of persuasion.
Presenter: Caroline Steel
Producer: Tom Bonnett
Series Producer: Ben Motley
MON 03:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpl6jf)
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MON 03:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct6xxn)
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10:06 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg98kst)
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MON 03:32 Pick of the World (w3ct7z4w)
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MON 03:50 Over to You (w3ct6xvd)
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MON 04:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqplb8k)
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MON 04:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl43y3kq8y)
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MON 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg98pjy)
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MON 04:32 The Conversation (w3ct708s)
Women in glass
Two women from Hungary and the UK talk to Datshiane Navanayagam about the intensity, skill and resilience required for modern glassmaking.
Mira Davida is a Hungarian glass artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. She specialises in flameworking, a technique that uses a high-temperature hand torch to shape borosilicate glass. Her sculptural works often draw inspiration from botanical forms and the natural landscapes of Sweden.
Phoebe Stubbs is a British glassblower with nearly two decades of experience. She is the founder of Gather, one of the last remaining hot glass studios in London. Phoebe combines traditional furnace glassblowing with contemporary design to create tableware, lighting and sculptural pieces.
Produced by Emily Naylor
(Image: (L) Phoebe Stubbs courtesy Phoebe Stubbs. (R) Mira Davida credit Oscar Nord.)
MON 05:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqplg0p)
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MON 05:06 Newsday (w172zspnh63jv18)
UN Security Council meets on Iran
The United Nations Security Council has been meeting in emergency session to discuss the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East after the US bombed Iran's nuclear facilities.
Following the weekend's attacks by the USA, officials in Tehran say that they would never surrender to bullying, as diplomatic efforts are made to head off any potentially retaliatory actions against US targets.
And we'll hear from Brad Lander, the leading New York politician who was arrested and handcuffed last week while trying to help someone detained by federal immigration officers.
(Photo: A satellite view of the Fordow underground complex after it was struck by the US, 22 June 2025; Credit: Reuters)
MON 06:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqplkrt)
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MON 06:06 Newsday (w172zspnh63jysd)
Iran calls US attacks blatant aggression
The repercussions from the US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities are continuing; the United Nations Security council met in emergency session on Sunday evening, with many warnings against Iran retaliating.
But speaking in Istanbul the country's foreign minister made clear he laid the blame for the crisis at Washington's door.
US President Trump, however, was clear that he considered the operation a success, and also suggested that regime change in Tehran could be on the agenda.
(Photo: UN Security Council meeting, 22 June 2025; Credit: Reuters)
MON 07:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqplphy)
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MON 07:06 Newsday (w172zspnh63k2jj)
Trump hints at regime change in Iran
What would, in US President Trump's words 'make Iran great again'? Mr Trump has suggested that regime change in Tehran could help.
This is something that many world leaders oppose and indeed many Trump supporters are wary of. But should Iran deliver on its promise to retaliate against American interests President Trump may feel compelled to strike Iran again.
We'll look at what the US attacks on Iran's nuclear sites mean for the country's nuclear development. Have the US bunker buster bombs destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities and what chance is there that Tehran will agree to rejoin the global nuclear monitoring programme?
And pictures are just in from the world's most powerful telescope located at the Vera C Rubin observatory in Chile
(Photo: US President Trump returns to the White House from Bedminster, 21 June 2025; Credit: EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
MON 08:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqplt82)
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MON 08:06 The Interview (w3ct7wzq)
Martina Navratilova: 'Women are still judged by a different metric than men'
Amol Rajan speaks to Martina Navratilova, one of the greatest-ever tennis players, about her life and career. The story of her rise to the top of the game is as remarkable as the number of tournaments she managed to win.
Born behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia in 1956, she was 11-years-old when she watched Soviet tanks roll in to the country as Moscow sought to reassert control and quash political reform.
Navratilova, who played in her first tennis tournament when she was eight, rose to both national and international prominence in the years that followed.
But in 1975, following the Czech government’s efforts to control her tennis career, she defected. Aged 18, Navratilova sought asylum in the United States, where she later became an American citizen. During the late 1970s and 1980s she dominated the international tennis circuit, and by the time she retired, she had won 59 major singles and doubles titles.
But throughout her life, Navratilova has generated headlines on the front pages of newspapers, as well as the back. She came out as being gay in 1981, a rare thing for high-profile athletes to do at the time, and quickly became a prominent figure in the gay rights movement. More recently, however, she has found herself at odds with some groups due to her views on transgender athletes.
She has also battled cancer on two separate occasions.
Thank you to the Amol Rajan Interviews team for their help in making this programme.
The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC. You can listen on the BBC World Service, Mondays and Wednesdays at 0700 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out twice a week on BBC Sounds, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Presenter: Amol Rajan
Producers: Ben Cooper, Joel Mapp
Sound: Dave O’Neill
Editor: Nick Holland
Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.
(Image: Martina Navratilova. Credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
MON 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg995jg)
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MON 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct6rxq)
India’s '10-minute' delivery craze
Groceries delivered to your doorstep in just 10 minutes? India’s online platforms are promising this instant delivery for millions of shoppers – items at your door in between 10 and 30 mins.
But behind the convenience lies a deeper story - exhausted gig workers, struggling family-run stores, and questions about the long-term sustainability of the business model.
We look at the real cost of India’s quick commerce, or Q-commerce, industry.
If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: businessdaily@bbc.co.uk
Presented and produced by Devina Gupta
(Picture: A Swiggy delivery rider and a rider for rival brand Zepto on their bikes with delivery boxes in Mumbai, India. Credit: Getty Images)
MON 08:50 Witness History (w3ct7466)
The Gratitude Train: France thanks America
In 1949, the Gratitude Train arrived in the United States, made up of 49 wagons filled with thousands of gifts from France.
The convoy was a thank-you to American families who’d sent food and supplies across the Atlantic, via a ‘friendship train’ in the aftermath of World War Two.
It was the idea of a French railworker called Andre Picard. In the same spirit as the friendship train, he asked families across France to make donations.
The response was 52,000 gifts that filled 49 rail wagons or ‘boxcars’, one for each US state, and to be distributed to American families. Some donations were valuable; a carriage used by King Louis XV. Others were handmade; a knitted scarf or a child’s painting.
June Cutchins tells Jane Wilkinson about the treasure her family received from the Florida boxcar.
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(Photo: Gratitude train boxcar unloaded in New York, 1949. Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images)
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Jaws and the Charleston church shooting
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
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It’s 50 years since the original Jaws film was released in cinemas across America. The movie premiered on 20 June 1975. Our guest is Jenny He, senior exhibitions curator at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. She tells us about the history of this blockbuster movie. We also hear from Carl Gottlieb, who co-wrote the screenplay.
Also, the story of the women who were forcibly detained in sexual health clinics across East Germany, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and the 1964 civil rights swimming protest that ended when acid was poured into the pool.
Finally, the horrific account of Polly Sheppard who was a survivor of the Charleston church shooting in South Carolina, USA in 2015.
Contributors:
Carl Gottlieb - Jaws co-writer.
Jenny He - senior exhibitions curator at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
Sabine - one of the women forcibly detained and abused in a sexual health clinic in East Germany.
Archive of William Norman Ewer - journalist who attended the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
Archive of JT Johnson and Mimi Jones -activists in a civil rights swimming protest .
Polly Sheppard- survivor of the Charleston Church shooting.
This programme contains movie excerpts from the 1975 film which was a Universal Picture, a Zanuck/Brown production and directed by Steven Spielberg.
(Photo: Steven Spielberg on the set of the film 'Jaws' in 1975. Credit: Archive Photos/Stringer)
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Laughter saved me: The comedian turning tragedy into comedy
The women in Krystal Evans' family have always been funny and her mother was no exception. But as well as being hilarious she also struggled with mental illness, and life in Krystal's childhood was chaotic. With very little money, the family would move from place to place. Krystal would miss months of school and often be left to take care of her younger sister alone.
When Krystal was 14, chaos turned to tragedy when a fire engulfed their mobile home in Washington State. Not everyone survived. Krystal buried the experience and tried to move on with her life, but years later, while working as a comedian, she decided to confront her memories of the fire - by turning it into a hit stand-up show: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp.
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What will Iran do next?
After the US's unprecedented strikes over the weekend, the future of Iran's nuclear programme remains uncertain. Israel has sent a new wave of strikes hitting, among other targets, Evin prison which is home to many political prisoners. The US President Donald Trump has indicated he would not rule out regime change in the country.
Also on the programme, our first glimpse through a powerful new telescope, set atop a mountain in Chile; and, how online conspiracy theories are poising a danger to cancer treatments.
(Photo: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in southern Tehran, Iran, 4 June, 2025. Credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency/Reuters)
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Will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz?
A narrow area of sea at the mouth of the Gulf has become the focus of global concern after the United States bombing of Iran.
While Iran's parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, there is no sign of disruption of the sea passage that carries a fifth of the world's oil. So is Iran likely to take action there, and what would the effect be?
Roger Hearing discusses whether Germany and Italy will repatriate their national gold reserves of $245billion from the New York Federal Reserve over fears about President Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking amid wider geopolitical unrest.
And we hear how the pursuit of shopping convenience is leading to exhausted workers and struggling family-run businesses in India.
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Tehran hit by a new wave of Israeli missile attacks
The Iranian capital has been hit by a new wave of Israeli missile attacks, with a prison that holds political detainees and a paramilitary headquarters among the targets. We have the latest on today's attacks and hear from Iranians.
The White House says Donald Trump was "simply raising a question" after he earlier floated the idea of regime change in Iran. Our North America correspondent talks about the reaction to President Trump's decision to join Israel's attack on Iran. We also bring together Americans to share their views about the developments.
Presenter: Mark Lowen in Tel Aviv.
(Photo: Israel's foreign minister shared footage that he said showed a strike on Evin prison. Credit: Masoud Kazemi)
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IDF warns Tehran strikes will continue in coming days
Israel says it is targeting Tehran with "unprecedented force", including attacks on "access routes" to the Fordo nuclear site and Evin prison. The Israeli military has also issued an "urgent" warning to people living in Tehran that it will continue to strike targets in the city in the coming days. We talk about the reaction with our colleagues at BBC Arabic, Global China Unit and BBC Persian.
The White House says Donald Trump was "simply raising a question" after he earlier floated the idea of regime change in Iran. We also bring together Americans to share their views about the developments.
We hear about a BBC investigation into violent gangs in Cape Town, South Africa.
Presenter: Luke Jones.
(Photo: A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRSC) shows members of the organisation placing flowers and petals on the Red Crescent vehicle which was attacked during the Israeli air strike on 19 June, in Tehran, Iran, 23 June 2025. Credit: HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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Unstoppable: Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner
Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber both have a love of science, but it turns out there’s a lot they don’t know about some of the leading women at the front of the inventing game. In Unstoppable, Dr Julia and Dr Ella tell each other the hidden, world-shaping stories of the engineers, innovators and inventors they wish they’d known about when they were starting out as scientists. This week, the inventor whose incredible capacity to solve problems inspired today’s most popular period products.
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner – known as Beatrice – grew up in a family of inventors, creating her first invention at just six years old. And she didn’t stop there – she continued to invent throughout her adult life, including a new and improved sanitary pad in a time when there was still a big taboo around periods.
However, as an African American woman during a time of racial segregation, Beatrice faced injustice and discrimination when trying to get her inventions patented. But if anything, this spurred Beatrice on, and at one point in time she held the most patents of any African American woman.
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Iran attacks US airbase in Qatar
Explosions were heard in the US-run airbase at Al-Udeid in Qatar as short-and-medium-range ballistic missiles, originating from Iran, targetted the site. There are no reports of US casualties. Also in the programme: after Israel targeted Iran's Evin prison, which holds many political prisoners, an Iranian-American journalist who was a prisoner there tells us about the jail; and scientists learn that killer whales like massaging each other with seaweed.
(Photo: Interceptor missiles are fired after Iran's armed forces say they targeted the Al-Udeid base in a missile attack, as seen from Doha, Qatar Credit: REUTERS/Stringer)
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Iran launches missiles at US airbase
Iran launches missiles at a US airbase in Qatar in response to strikes on its nuclear sites. This leads to airspace shutdowns in many Middle Eastern countries.
We examine whether Iran will now close the world's busiest oil shipping channel, the Strait of Hormuz.
Plus, Argentina's economy is expanding. Andrew Peach finds out what is driving the growth.
TUESDAY 24 JUNE 2025
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Donald Trump claims Iran and Israel have agreed to a "complete and total ceasefire"
President Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to a total ceasefire after what he called their twelve-day war. It follows Iran's missile attack on a US airbase in Qatar. We’ll look at the impact on aviation and shipping across the Middle East.
We explore how the speed of delivering groceries are changing shopping habits in India.
Plus, why are other countries envious of Argentina's growth figures?
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One week in Gaza
The daily realities and private thoughts of a young woman living through war.
Every morning, Hanya Aljamal sees the same man from her balcony. “He has this tiny garden in the middle of all this concrete stuff,” she says. “Just across the road, there’s a blown-up building. Yet he’s cultivating these little herbs and plants. And I look at that and it just looks like the purest form of resistance.”
Hanya has been living in a war zone for 20 months. In daily audio diaries, she describes what she sees and hears from her balcony and in her work for an aid organisation, from drones and kites to funeral marches and sun rises. Her insights and reflections offer a window into life in a place devastated by conflict.
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Joachim Trier: The making of Sentimental Value, part 1
Behind the scenes with director Joachim Trier as he makes the follow-up to his international hit The Worst Person In The World. Producer Stephen Hughes gets exclusive access to the set of Sentimental Value, following the film from pre to post production. In a series of candid interviews, the writer-director reveals the anxiety he feels every time he has to make a movie, and how he is helped by his loyal team: screenwriter Eskil Vogt and producers Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Mone Mikkelsen and Lars Thomas Skare. And it is a story with a happy ending, as Sentimental Value wins the prestigious Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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Status of Israel-Iran ceasefire unclear
Donald Trump has announced a complete ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but it's unclear whether there is an agreement to end the twelve-day war.
Iranian state TV has just said a truce has been agreed, but Israel says three waves of missiles have been launched by Iran in recent hours.
The conflict with Iran is likely to be high on the agenda at a NATO defence meeting taking place in the Netherlands.
(Photo: Missile launched from Iran towards Israel is seen from Hebron, 24 June 2025; Credit: Reuters)
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Iranian state media says ceasefire has begun
There were dramatic events in the gulf region after Iran launched a missile attack on a US air base in Qatar. There were no casualties but the event understandably ratcheted up tension in the region.
Soon after US president Trump announced that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran had been agreed. Iranian state TV has also announced that they have agreed to a ceasefire but nothing from Israel as yet.
The missile attack on Qatar caused the shutdown of the country's air space. In business we'll look at what that meant for the region's busy air traffic .
And as NATO leaders gather in the Netherlands, are the member nations prepared to up their spending on defence budgets?
(Photo: Emergency personnel in Be'er Sheva, Israel, 24 June 2025; Credit: Reuters)
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Trump says ceasefire is now in effect
Donald Trump has announced a complete ceasefire between Israel and Iran, claiming it is now in effect. But Israel has reported six waves of Iranian missiles targeting them.
Although the solidity of the ceasefire remains to be seen, President Trump may be feeling satisfied with how events have turned out. Iran's nuclear and capabilities have been severely degraded all without a single American casualty.
We'll hear from a veteran US republican about how his interventionist foreign policy may have gone down back home.
And we'll look at how events are being observed from the World Economic Forum in China.
(Photo:; Credit: EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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What to do with stray animals
From street dogs to feral pigeons, many towns and cities are having to deal with exploding bird and animal populations which can pose risks to health and safety. This week we take a look at ways we can control numbers in an effective and humane way. We visit a special pigeon loft in Germany, where pigeon eggs are swapped with dummy eggs to help manage the population. And we take a walk with tourists in Mexico, who are helping to socialise stray dogs while also providing funds for their care.
People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We release a new edition every week for most of the year. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. And please leave us a review on your chosen podcast provider.
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(Image: Layla Kudri with a couple of street dogs on a hike in Mexico, BBC)
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Game over? Sport sponsorship and the Dutch gambling crackdown
From 1 July 2025 there will be complete ban on untargeted advertising of online gambling in the Netherlands.
That's a dramatic reversal in policy from just four years ago, when the market was first regulated.
The move will have a particularly significant impact in the Dutch sports world, where federations and clubs have benefited from intense sponsorship spending in the few years it has been legal.
But now that flow of money is coming to an end. What impact will the new rules have, in sport and more widely? And how will the betting operators adapt?
Produced and presented by Matthew Kenyon
(Image: Tom Koops of Orion Stars playing in the Volleyball Play-off Finals match between Orion Stars and NovaTech Lycurgus on 8 May 2025 in Doetinchem, Netherlands. One of the sponsors of Dutch men's volleyball is Bet City - seen on Tom's shirt. That won't be allowed under the new rules. Credit: Getty Images)
TUE 08:50 Witness History (w3ct74ms)
The Czech Freedom Train
On 11 September 1951, the
9.55am train from Prague to Aš, in Communist Czechoslovakia was hijacked and driven to freedom in West Germany.
One hundred and eleven people were on board and 34 of them never returned, starting new lives on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
The remaining 77 returned to Czechoslovakia to face state security, the Státní bezpečnost, and many were jailed.
Rachel Naylor uses an archive interview with Karel Ruml, one of the hijackers, who went on to move to the United States.
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more.
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(Photo: A steam train in Czechoslovakia in 1960. Credit: Alamy)
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Matchmaking North Korean women with South Korean men
It took Yujin Han four attempts to defect from North Korea. Each time she was caught, she'd be sent through a re-education camp and eventually returned to her family. However, as soon as Yujin got back home, her grandmother would insist she try to flee again. Yujin had a relatively comfortable life in North Korea. It was actually once she landed in South Korea, she says, that she endured greater hardship. In order to survive, Yujin had to work multiple jobs including as a tollgate operator, a used-car salesperson and cosmetics vendor. But when she began working at a matchmaking agency, Yujin found her calling. Since then, Yujin has set up her own company and prides herself on her ability to successfully pair North Korean women with South Korean men. She has particular advice about how to date a North Korean woman and universal advice about the quest for love.
Please be aware that there are mentions of suicide in this episode.
Yujin's story has been featured in the documentary North South Man Woman.
Presenter: Jo Fidgen
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(Photo: Yujin Han sitting at her desk. Credit: Remont Films 2025)
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Israel-Iran conflict's impact on the global economy
US President Donald Trump has criticised both Israel and Iran, despite a ceasefire deal. But what does continuing tensions in the Middle East mean for oil prices and the wider global economy?
We’re in Tianjin, China, for the Summer World Economic Forum, where global leaders are meeting against a backdrop of slowing growth and rising trade tensions.
And Leanna Byrne speaks to tech specialist Takara Small as Google’s dominance in the UK comes under the spotlight by regulators who say it may need to change how the search engine works.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran
President Trump has hit out at Israel and Iran, accusing both of violating the ceasefire he announced. Israel says it has hit an Iranian radar but has "refrained from further attacks" after PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Mr. Trump. Iranian media are reporting explosions in two towns north of Tehran. Qatar's leader urged the Americans and the Iranians to resume nuclear talks immediately.
In Israel, OS presenter Mark Lowen is live from Tel Aviv with the latest on fast moving developments.
We will be joined by the BBC's Wyre Davies who has visited the scene of an Iranian missile attack on a residential building in Beersheba, Israel.
We bring together Iranians in the US in conversation. And we speak to tour guides and restaurant owners in Israel about the conflict's impact on the country's tourism industry.
Presenter: Luke Jones
(Photo: People look at an apparent remains of a ballistic missile following today's missile attack by Iran on Israel, in northern Israel, June 24, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Avi Ohayon)
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A delicate ceasefire between Israel and Iran is now in effect
A ceasefire appears to be taking hold between Israel and Iran after President Trump lashed out at both sides for violating the terms, and warned Israel not to carry out further attacks. The BBC's US partner CBS understands that Mr Trump was "exceptionally firm and direct with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about what needed to happen to sustain the ceasefire.
We hear reactions from people in Iran who have been speaking to the BBC's Persian Service.
Our reporters in different parts of the world discuss how their regions are responding to the conflict.
Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reportedly been forced to move his Venice wedding celebrations after residents threatened to fill the city’s canals with inflatable crocodiles to stop guests arriving. We speak to our Italy correspondent Sarah Rainsford who's in Venice.
And the BBC is launching a Polish-language news service to reach new audiences with content they can trust. We are joined by the Controller of the BBC's World Service Languages Fiona Crack.
Presenter: Luke Jones
(Photo: People spend time at the beach, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 24, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
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TUE 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct6z9l)
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TUE 20:32 Tech Life (w3ct6znw)
Digital twin cities
What are the advantages of creating a digital mirror of a city – or an entire island? We speak to a company making digital twins to create simulations of the real world. Then we hear from a real set of twins about their award-winning carbon capture project. And the company sending tiny satellites into space to help environmental researchers.
Presenter: Chris Vallance
Producer: Imran Rahman-Jones
Editor: Monica Soriano
(Image: A graphic of a person's hand holding a mini city on its fingertips. Credit: Getty Images.)
TUE 21:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpr8vv)
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TUE 21:06 Newshour (w172zss45n6wffg)
Israel - Iran ceasefire appears to be holding
President Trump made an angry intervention, accusing both sides of violating it when hostilities looked like they would restart.
Also on the programme: the Muslim socialist shaking up the Democrats in New York as they look to pick their next mayoral candidate, as well as Jeff Bezos's wedding and the Venetians who'd rather he was tying the knot elsewhere.
(Picture: President Trump speaking to reporters Credit: Reuters)
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Trump lands in Europe for NATO summit
US president Trump arrives in Europe for the annual NATO summit. He is demanding all member states to commit to spending 5% of national economic output on their militaries.
We hear how a social enterprise in Northern Uganda is connecting rural homes and transforming lives by turning agricultural waste into clean, renewable energy.
Plus, why are people protesting again a multimillion dollar celebrity wedding in Venice?
WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE 2025
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Donald Trump joins NATO leaders for summit on defence spending
President Trump joins NATO leaders in Europe for a summit about increasing spending on defence. He is demanding all member states commit to spending 5% of national economic output on defence budgets.
In New York, Democratic voters are heading to the polls to choose their nominee for mayor.
Plus, would you order lab-grown meat in a restaurant? You can in Australia after the product was approved for consumption.
Throughout the program, Andrew Peach will be joined by Marketplace's Kimberley Adams in Washington and David Kuo, co-founder of the Smart Investor in Singapore.
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WED 02:32 The Climate Question (w3ct701z)
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WED 04:32 World of Secrets (w3ct7zw9)
The Killing Call
The Killing Call: 2. Four and a half hours
Have you heard? Sidhu Moose Wala is dead. Social media is on fire across India – fans feel like they have lost a family member, the grief is overwhelming. The lyrics of his song The Last Ride sound like a deadly prophecy. Did Sidhu know danger was closing in? Then just hours after the killing there’s a shocking claim.
Presented by broadcaster and DJ Bobby Friction and investigative journalist Ishleen Kaur.
Season 8 of World of Secrets, The Killing Call, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service.
Archive audio credits: India Today, Times Now, Dunya News, NDTV, CTV, Bijender Sharma
Here’s a link to the BBC Eye two-part documentary films, which we recommend you watch after listening to this podcast: https://bit.ly/thekillingcall
If you are in the UK, you can watch on iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002f18y
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WED 05:06 Newsday (w172zspnh63qmvg)
New aid system in Gaza denounced
The United Nation's children agency UNICEF has spoken out against the aid distribution system that is run by the US-Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. It comes as Israeli troops reportedly killed forty-six Palestinians waiting for food aid in Gaza on Tuesday. We hear from the spokesman for the agency.
A Pentagon report says United States strikes on Iran's nuclear programme have only set it back by a few months. The Trump administration had claimed the bunker buster aerial assualt on Iran's key nuclear sites had "totally obliterated" the programme.
And Zimbabwe has moved forward with compensation payments to white farmers whose land was seized during the controversial land reform program that started over two decades ago. The deal has revived hopes of a final settlement after the government began reclaiming land from whites.
Presenters: James Copnall and Pria Rai
(Photo: A Palestinian carries a sack as he and others gather to collect aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
WED 06:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpscl0)
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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation denounced by UN
The United Nation's children agency, UNICEF, has denounced the Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. James Elder, a spokesman for UNICEF, said starving people shouldn't be forced to collect aid in combat zones. We'll look at how nearly 500 people have died so far trying to access food and get reaction to this criticism from Israel.
Thailand has imposed restrictions on all travellers heading into Cambodia, as the two countries remain locked in a bitter border dispute. The ban applies to any vehicle or person trying to cross into Cambodia from checkpoints across several Thai provinces.
And members of the Nato military alliance are holding their annual gathering today in The Netherlands. Top of the agenda will be an increase in spending by all European countries, at the insistence of the United States.
Presenters: James Copnall and Pria Rai
(Photo:Palestinians gather to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. Credit: Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters)
WED 07:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpshb4)
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WED 07:06 Newsday (w172zspnh63qwbq)
UN criticises distribution of food in Gaza
The Israeli backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been strongly criticised for the way it delivers aid in Gaza by the United Nations. The UN's children agency says starving people should not be forced into combat zones to receive aid. We'll speak to one Gaza family who say this is the only way to get food now in the territory.
A new global study suggests that progress in vaccinating children against a variety of life-threatening diseases has stalled, or even gone backwards, in the past two decades. We'll look at the report findings with our Global Health Correspondent.
And world leaders are gathering in the Netherlands for the Nato defence alliance summit. The Secretary General of the alliance, Mark Rutte, has applauded Donald Trump for pushing Europe to spend more money on defence.
Presenters: James Copnall and Pria Rai
(Photo:Palestinians climb a vehicle as they gather to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters)
WED 08:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpsm28)
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WED 08:06 The Interview (w3ct7x6h)
Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space: A new era of defence readiness
James Copnall, presenter of BBC Newsday, speaks to Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, about the need for Europe to be able to defend itself.
In an interview recorded before the Nato summit on 24/25 June 2025, Mr Kubilius, a former Prime Minister of Lithuania, says peace in Europe cannot be taken for granted and that Europe can no longer rely on American military backing. Therefore, defence readiness must be a priority, meaning increased spending commitments from Nato members, and a unified, quick and clear approach across Europe to building defence capabilities. This, he believes, is the only way to deter the threat of further Russian aggression.
But some Nato member states may struggle to meet the proposed increased spending target of 3.5% of GDP on defence. A few still haven’t met the current goal of 2%, set more than a decade ago. However, other European nations are already boosting spending to 5% including countries living in close proximity to Russia, such as Poland, Estonia and Lithuania.
Overall, Europe still only accounts for 30% of Nato's total military spending, a figure that has prompted US President Trump to demand a much greater contribution from European members.
The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC. You can listen on the BBC World Service, Mondays and Wednesdays at 0700 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out twice a week on BBC Sounds, Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Presenter: James Copnall
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Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.
(Image: Andrius Kubilius. Credit: John Thys/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
WED 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg9gzbn)
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WED 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct6sc8)
From pro gamer to what?
We look at job security and long-term options for esports players after they hang up their controllers.
The industry is worth billions of dollars and players win big prizes, but many make more money as content makers, and plan to move away from esports long-term.
We head to an esports event in Birmingham UK to speak to professional gamers about their career prospects - and to young people who idolise these players and want to enter this field themselves.
Produced and presented by Will Chalk
(Image: Esports player Archie Pickthall at the 2025 RLCS Major 1 tournament in Birmingham UK. Credit: BLAST/Michal Konkol)
WED 08:50 Witness History (w3ct74q1)
The funeral train for Robert Kennedy
In June 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy was killed during his campaign for the American presidency.
There was nationwide mourning with huge crowds lining the tracks for his funeral train, as it travelled from New York to Washington DC.
In 2012, Simon Watts spoke to Kennedy's former press secretary Frank Mankiewicz and to his former bodyguard Rosey Grier.
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more.
Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.
(Photo: Robert Kennedy funeral train. Credit: Getty Images)
WED 09:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpsqtd)
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WED 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl43y3s3ts)
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WED 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg9h32s)
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WED 09:32 The Climate Question (w3ct701z)
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WED 10:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpsvkj)
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WED 10:06 The Documentary (w3ct7zyw)
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WED 11:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpsz9n)
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WED 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl43y3scb1)
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WED 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg9hbl1)
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WED 11:32 World of Secrets (w3ct7zw9)
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WED 12:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpt31s)
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WED 12:06 Outlook (w3ct6xcb)
How a falling man changed my life forever
In 2018, medical student Grace Spence Green was walking through an East London shopping centre when a man jumped from the third floor. He landed on her and broke her spine, leaving her paralysed from the chest down. The incident quickly made the news.
As Grace went through recovery, the hospital became a place of discomfort and dependence where she felt out of control. Through many difficult but also joyful moments, Grace slowly shifted her perspective, both on medical care and disability.
When Grace returned to everyday life, she realised that the world isn't built for her, and she had to learn how to react to other people's comments and questions. She returned to medical school and reached her goal of becoming a doctor. Now, she feels like her time as a spinal injury patient was the best placement she could have had as a medical student.
Dr Grace Spence Green has written a memoir about her experiences called To Exist As I Am.
Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: Florian Bohr & Andrea Kennedy
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707.
(Photo: Grace Spence Green. Credit: Alicia Canter)
WED 12:50 Witness History (w3ct74q1)
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WED 13:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpt6sx)
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WED 13:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl43y3slt9)
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WED 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg9hl29)
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WED 13:32 Tech Life (w3ct6znw)
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WED 14:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqptbk1)
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WED 14:06 Newshour (w172zss45n6yh3n)
NATO meets for 'consequential' summit
NATO leaders have been meeting in the Netherlands at a time when President Trump's 'America First' policies have strained the transatlantic alliance. We listen to some of President Trump's comments and ask what they might mean for the defence of Europe.
Also in the programme: our Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from the Iranian capital, Tehran; and an interview with British rock legend Sir Rod Stewart, who will be playing at the Glastonbury Festival this month.
(Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump at a press conference at the NATO summit; Credit: REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw)
WED 15:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqptg95)
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WED 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg9htkk)
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WED 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct76fl)
Anti-tax anger grows in Kenya
At least two people have been shot dead during protests in Kenya, which marks the first anniversary of deadly anti-tax demonstrations that left 60 people dead.
Security forces have barricaded key roads in Nairobi and fired tear gas. Keen to avoid a repeat storming of parliament, President William Ruto has appealed to protesters not to threaten peace and stability.
NATO allies agree to boost their military spending off the back of pressure from US President Donald Trump, but is Europe’s defence industry ready for wartime demand?
And what happens when E-sport stars call it quits? We look at life after the leaderboard in a billion-dollar industry.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
WED 16:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqptl19)
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WED 16:06 BBC OS (w173067tdr2wg58)
Nato members to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP
Nato members have committed to raise defence spending to 5% of their GDP within the next decade. Nato's Secretary General, Mark Rutte, said it would fuel a quantum leap in the alliance's collective defence. We speak to our correspondent in the Hague.
We also hear a conversation between European journalists about whether the public supports the defence spending.
With Donald Trump insisting that Iran’s nuclear programme has been set back by “decades”, we find out from BBC Verify what is known about the damage to Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians were reportedly killed by Israeli troops yesterday, while waiting to receive food from one of the few remaining aid points. We hear from a resident and get the latest from our correspondent.
Presenters: Mark Lowen in Tel Aviv and Luke Jones in London.
(Photo: US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive before the start of a plenary session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025. Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Pool via REUTERS)
WED 17:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqptpsf)
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Kenyan police clash with protesters
Kenyan police have been fighting running battles with protesters marking the anniversary of demonstrations in which at least 60 were killed. We hear from protesters and from our correspondent.
In his news conference, President Trump conceded that reaching a peace deal for Ukraine was more difficult than he had envisaged. He took a question from our colleague Myroslava Petsa from the BBC Ukrainian Service. She asked whether the US would be supplying Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine. Donald Trump said; “They do want the Patriots. We are going to see if we can make some available. They are very hard to get and we need them too. We were supplying them to Israel, they are very effective,” he replied, falling short of any commitment. We speak to Myroslava, and we bring together people in Ukraine.
Israel says Iran's nuclear programme has been set back by "many years" after US and Israeli strikes. We bring together three people from the Iranian community in Los Angeles to discuss the conflict and their lives in the US.
Presenter: Luke Jones.
(Photo: Demonstrators are shrouded in a cloud of teargas shot by police during a protest in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya, 25 June 2025. The protest marks the first anniversary of the Gen Z protests, which culminated with the storming of the national parliament. Credit: DANIEL IRUNGU/EPA/Shutterstock)
WED 18:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpttjk)
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WED 19:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl43y3tb92)
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WED 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg9j9k2)
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WED 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct6zcv)
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WED 20:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpv20t)
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WED 20:06 The Climate Question (w3ct701z)
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WED 20:32 Health Check (w3ct6vjg)
Childhood vaccination coverage stalls worldwide
There has been immense progress on childhood vaccination since 1974, with over four billion children vaccinated worldwide. So why now are we seeing vaccination rates stall, and decline? We look at what is driving this stagnation that is putting millions of children at risk.
The psychological impacts of war can persist for long after the events themselves. Reporter Stephanie Tam talks to the therapists aiming to break cycles of intergenerational trauma in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Being diagnosed with ME, or chronic fatigue syndrome, can be a long process that requires ruling out other conditions first, we discover how researchers are working towards identifying blood biomarkers of chronic fatigue syndrome. Also, on the show we hear from Dr Adele Goman who has unexpectedly found hearing interventions reduce the risk of falling.
Finally, Dr Phil Silva the founder of the Dunedin Study has died. We take a look at some of the key achievements of this landmark study that has been running for half a century. It follows the same group of almost 1000 people, all born within 12 months of each other in the early 1970s.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producers: Katie Tomsett & Hannah Robins
Studio Manager: Sue Maillot
(Image: Doctor injecting a vaccine. Credit: Karl Tapales via Getty Images)
WED 21:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpv5ry)
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WED 21:06 Newshour (w172zss45n6zbbk)
President Trump: "We're going to meet with Iran"
President Trump says the United States and Iran will hold a meeting next week, but that they do not need to sign an agreement. He also denied reports that the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities failed to finish the job. We hear from the BBC's Lyse Doucet, who's in Iran, and ask what chance there is that new negotiations could work.
Also in the programme: in Kenya, there are reports of several people having been killed and more than 400 injured at events marking the first anniversary of protests against attempts to raise taxes; and where old rockers go to roll - Rod Stewart on taking the tea-time slot at the Glastonbury Festival.
WED 22:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpv9j2)
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WED 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct76hv)
What could $250 million do for Lebanon’s economy?
Lebanon has secured $250 million in World Bank funding for post-war recovery, to help repair and rebuild critical public infrastructure and essential services.
Is the oil giant Shell taking over its rival BP?
Plus, Mexico is planning to sue Space X over rocket debris on the beach.
THURSDAY 26 JUNE 2025
THU 00:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpvk0b)
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THU 01:06 Business Matters (w172zrs4570vt7m)
Trump threatens Spain with double tariffs
President Trump issues a tariff threat after Spain rejects Nato's defence spending target.
Lebanon has secured $250 million in World Bank funding for post-war recovery, to help repair and rebuild critical public infrastructure and essential services.
Is the oil giant Shell taking over its rival BP?
Plus, Mexico is planning to sue Space X over rocket debris on the beach.
Presenter Andrew Peach is joined by Fermín Koop, the Latin America editor for Diálogo Chino and Jyoti Malhotra is editor-in-chief of The Tribune in India.
THU 02:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpvshl)
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THU 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zwl43y3v5hz)
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THU 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxhfg9k4rz)
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THU 02:32 The Documentary (w3ct7y7w)
Inside the US trans military ban
One of the first executive orders that President Donald Trump signed in his second term of office stated that being transgender is incompatible with the ‘rigorous standards necessary for military service’. It set the stage for a ban on trans people serving in the military, regardless of ability, rank or service history. Official figures say there are 4,240 transgender service members in the US armed forces, however research commissioned by the US Defense Department in 2016 estimated there could be up to around 10,000.
Over the past four months the BBC has been following the stories of two trans service people as the executive order took effect. Both have served 17 years in the military, and are now facing the threat of a dishonourable discharge.
Archive sources: NBC News, FOX News, CBS News, CNN, Chicks on the Right, Newsmax, 9 News, WKYC, ABC News, US Army's School of Advanced Military Studies
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THU 04:32 The Food Chain (w3ct70yl)
The story of your plate
What can we tell about a society from the plates, bowls and cups it uses?
In this programme Ruth Alexander learns about the history of pottery, from early earthenware to the porcelain discovered by ancient China, known as ‘white gold’.
Professor of archaeology, Joanita Vroom from Leiden University in the Netherlands explains why every pot has a story to tell.
Historian Professor Suzanne Marchand from Louisiana State University in the United States picks up the story of porcelain in the 18th century. Such was its value that it prompted numerous failed attempts, theft and even imprisonment of those who knew the secret recipe.
Ruth visits the Wedgwood factory and museum collection in North Staffordshire in the English Midlands. V&A curator Kate Turner explains how the company’s founder, Josiah Wedgwood, changed dinnerware tastes once again – catering to an emerging consumer class looking for affordable ways to decorate their home. Ruth tours the factory and meets Emma Glynn, Creative Director of Wedgwood to discuss the challenges in today’s market.
Produced by Beatrice Pickup
(Image: a potter throwing a plate on a potter's wheel. Credit: Getty Images/BBC)
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Iran nuclear sites 'severely damaged'
The head of the Central Intelligence Agency in the US has said strikes "severely damaged" Iran's nuclear facilities and set them back years. This contradicts an earlier leaked Pentagon report that downplayed the raid's impact. Today we are in Israel gauging the national mood and accessing what people are saying about the country's two-week war with Iran.
President Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, says he's hopeful a comprehensive peace agreement with Tehran can go on to be established. We hear from former Republican speech writer who tells us why US action against Iran was the right move.
And we report from Glastonbury Festival. It's one of the largest and longest running music festivals in the world taking place in Somerset, in the South West of England. The event draws more than 200,000 fans to enjoy performances on more than 100 stages. We hear from Emily Eavis, her family have been hosting the festival on their farm since the 1970s. She tells us why watching those attending the festival arrive is so special to her.
Presenters: James Copnall and Ione Wells
(Photo: A satellite image shows airstrike damage to the tunnel entrances of the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Research Center, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Isfahan, Iran. Credit: Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS)
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CIA: Iran's nuclear programme 'severely damaged'
The Central Intelligence Agency has said that there is credible intelligence that Iran's nuclear programme has been severely damaged by last weekend's US air strikes. But this comes off the back of a leaked Pentagon document suggesting that Iran's programme had been set back by only a few months. So what do people in Tehran think of the past two weeks? We go live to the the Iranian capital.
We are reporting from Israel today. Restrictions have been lifted, meaning schools have been reopened, flights are allowed to resume, and non-essential shops and medical treatments have restarted. We find out if people in the country now feel safer.
At least eight people are reported to have been killed and more than four hundred people injured during violent clashes between police and demonstrators in Nairobi and other Kenyan cities, as thousands took to the streets to mark the anniversary of deadly protests last year.
Presenters: James Copnall and Ione Wells
(Photo: A satellite image shows destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, after it was hit by U.S. airstrikes. Credit: blacksky/Handout via REUTERS)
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Israeli life resumes after ceasefire
Today we look at the latest reports from the United States and the Central Intelligence Agency says Iran's nuclear programme has been severely damaged. This follows Pentagon claims this week that the programme had only been set back by months.
We also report from Israel and look at whether people in the country now feel safer after this two week war. And we speak to a government spokesman to get his view of what Israel has achieved.
We report from Thailand and the country's decision three years ago to lift almost all controls on marijuana has created a huge industry producing and selling it, and made the South East Asian country a top destination for travellers wanting to consume it. But the rising number of mainly British travellers being arrested for smuggling large quantities of marijuana out of Thailand, and a collapse in prices caused by too much production, is forcing the government there to rethink its approach.
And a BBC investigation into ticket touts or scalpers, who are making huge amounts of money from big sports and music events.
Presenters: James Copnall and Ione Wells
(Photo: Israelis sit at a cafe, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Haifa, Israel. Credit: Florian Goga/Reuters).
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How crucial is the Strait of Hormuz to global oil supplies?
The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the most important energy corridors in the world. It is the only sea route from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, it serves as the primary maritime route for oil exports from the Gulf. Any disruption to traffic through the strait would have implications for oil markets and regional stability.
While some Gulf states have developed pipelines to bypass the strait, the volume of oil transported by sea is far greater, and for many countries, including key Gulf exporters, the waterway is essential to maintaining trade. China is the largest buyer of oil that travels through the strait, making it particularly exposed to any disruption.
Iran itself relies on the Strait of Hormuz to sell its oil and any blockage of the route would likely damage Iran’s own economy and could strain relationships with regional neighbours.
Despite past threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway has remained open, including during the tanker wars of the 1980s, but any disruption could have a big impact on global oil supplies.
Picture Credit: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Contributors:
Camille Lons, Deputy Head of the Paris office of the Council on Foreign relations
Elisabeth Braw, Senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Jacob P. Larsen, BIMCO’s Chief Safety & Security Officer
Petter Haugen, Partner, Equity Research Shipping, ABG Sundal Collier, Nordic Investment Bank
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THU 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct6s27)
When a home DNA testing company fails...
What happens to our data once it's been handed over to DNA testing companies?
One such firm, 23andMe, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
The company was set up to help people could track their ancestry - one of a number of similar sites using DNA data to create links and matches between users.
However the company has been dogged by privacy concerns over its use of customer information and was fined for a data breach that exposed UK customers.
What lessons can be learned now the company's been bought out of bankruptcy by its co-founder?
Produced and presented by David Reid
(Image: Woman swabbing her mouth for a DNA test. Credit: Getty Images)
THU 08:50 Witness History (w3ct74jc)
The opening of the Medellin Metro
When the Medellin Metro opened in 1995, the Colombian city had recently been called the “murder capital of the world” due to the high homicide rate caused by Pablo Escobar’s drug wars.
The network has grown to include a large cable car network which stretches to the neighbourhoods built into the sides of mountains that surround Medellin.
It has helped transform the city into a tourist hot-spot – something unimaginable 30 years ago.
Tim O’Callaghan has been speaking to Tomas Andreas Elejalde, who is the general manager of the Metro.
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more.
Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.
(Photo: The metro cable above the city of Medellin. Credit: Raul Arboleda via Getty Images)
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THU 09:32 The Documentary (w3ct7y7w)
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The Media Show: Iranian harassment of BBC journalists
Iranian authorities are accused of targeting journalists at BBC Persian by intimidating their family members in Iran. Correspondent Behrang Tajdin outlines the psychological toll, allegations of harassment and surveillance in London, and the broader campaign affecting relatives of BBC staff, which the National Union of Journalists has called “proxy punishment.”
Hong Kong’s diminishing press freedom is starkly represented by the case of Jimmy Lai, the founder of Apple Daily. The pro-democracy paper was shut down after raids and arrests under a national security law. Sebastien Lai describes his father’s continued solitary confinement and the implications for the rule of law in Hong Kong.
Netflix, known for revolutionising streaming, has announced a surprising shift: live TV channels in France via a partnership with TF1. Minal Modha, from Ampere Analysis, explains why France’s strong preference for linear TV and local content prompted the move.
Gossip website Tattle Life has lost a major libel case brought by a Northern Irish couple. The site’s anonymous founder, Sebastian Bond, has been unmasked. Persephone Bridgman Baker, partner at Carter-Ruck, discusses how the case brings attention to how anonymous online commentary can cross into harassment.
Presenter: Katie Razzall
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THU 10:32 The Global Jigsaw (w3ct7yv7)
What next for Poland?
Why are Poland's young voters turning to the right? With his veto powers, Poland’s president-elect Karol Nawrocki could halt the pro-EU government of Donald Tusk. Poland is a NATO member and backs Ukraine in the war with Russia. Scaling up security is an issue almost all Poles agree on, yet there are some signs of shifting attitudes - on foreign policy and immigration. We examine the gender gap among voters and the recent election discourse to understand how conflicting priorities and enduring conservative values are shaping the eastern flank of the West.
Contributors: Margaryta Maliukova
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THU 11:32 The Food Chain (w3ct70yl)
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THU 12:06 Outlook (w3ct6wxj)
A web of spies: Untangling my parents' secret past
Alistair Wood grew up in the UK, behind the very high walls of a Secret Intelligence Service training camp. His mother, who Alistair believed to have been a secretary, was one of a small handful of women to have operated behind the lines in post-war Berlin. His father, J.B. Wood, once one of Britain's most highly-regarded intelligence officers, was an absent and perplexing figure, who had suddenly left the secret service and disappeared from Alistair's life.
When Alistair was a young adult, his father briefly reappeared and brought with him clues to his hidden past, but it wasn't until news of J.B. Wood's death reached Alistair that he finally began to search for answers to a lifetime of secrets. He has written a book about that search called My Family And Other Spies.
Presenter: Asya Fouks
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(Image: Montage of photographs from Alistair Wood’s family. Credit: Alistair Wood)
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THU 13:32 Health Check (w3ct6vjg)
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Iran's supreme leader delivers first video message since US strikes
Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei has said the United States gained nothing from its attacks on the country's nuclear sites. Ayatollah Khamenei, in his first video statement since the end of the conflict, said it had been little more than showmanship by President Trump. The Iranian leader has been in hiding since Israel launched its attacks. He also said future attacks against Iran would come at great cost.
Also in the programme: Research that would enable scientists to build human DNA from scratch and a new beach resort for tourists - North Korean style.
(Photo: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a video message to the nation. Iran, 26 June 2025. Credit: Abedin Taherkenareh /EPA/Shutterstock)
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THU 15:32 World Business Report (w3ct75vh)
Syria and Lebanon's paths to economic recovery
With the World Bank awarding $150 million to Syria and $250 million to Lebanon in order to help the two Middle Eastern countries infrastructures redevelop after turbulent periods, we discuss what needs to be done to grow their economic confidence.
Ed Butler finds out how so-called ticket-pullers are employing teams of people to make millions of dollars through scalping tickets from top UK concerts.
And after years of liberalised rules on cannabis, how Thailand may be thinking of cracking down once more on legal weed.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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What did US strikes on Iran achieve?
Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei has said the United States gained nothing from its attacks on the country's nuclear sites. Iranian officials have acknowledged that Washington inflicted considerable damage, but Ayatollah Khamenei, said the strikes amounted to little more than showmanship by President Trump. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has said the missions were a "historic success". America’s top general, Dan Caine, said the massive bombs hit their targets, with pilots reporting the explosions were the brightest they’d ever seen. Our regional experts and correspondents have the latest.
Eyewitnesses and doctors in Gaza say at least 18 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a Hamas police unit. We speak to aid workers.
We also talk about the latest incidents in the occupied West Bank where the Palestinian health ministry says four Palestinians including a boy were killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday.
Presenters: Mark Lowen in Tel Aviv and Luke Jones in London.
(Photo: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025. Credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/REUTERS)
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Kenyan minister condemns protests as 'coup attempt'
Kenya's interior minister has denied that the police used excessive force during Wednesday's protests in which at least 10 people were killed, describing them as "terrorism disguised as dissent" and an "unconstitutional attempt" to change the government. Rights group Amnesty International has put the death toll at 16, saying that all those who died had gunshot wounds. We speak to protestors and our correspondent on the ground.
The Pentagon has hailed the US strike on Iran’s main Fordo nuclear site as a historic success but Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, says the United States gained nothing from its attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. We get the latest from our correspondents in Washington and Tehran.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon will attempt to become the first woman to run a mile in under 4 minutes. Our sports reporter explains.
Following the death of the British wingsuit champion, Liam Byrne, we speak to two wingsuit base jumpers about their sport.
(Photo: Kenya's Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Interior and National Administration, Kipchumba Murkomen speaks during a press conference where he termed Kenya's protests as terrorism and attempted coup, in Nairobi, Kenya June 26, 2025. Credit: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters)
Presenter: Luke Jones.
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THU 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct6z7b)
2025/06/26 GMT
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THU 20:32 Science In Action (w3ct6yfh)
Vera C. Rubin Observatory first images
A spectacular new 10-year telescopic survey of the universe gets underway in Chile. Also, a project to create human chromosomes completely synthetically.
Almost three decades ago Tony Tyson (now of UC Davis) and colleagues were standing in the control room of the world’s biggest (at the time) digital astronomical camera. It was
3am when he suggested astronomers could do better.
This week, the Vera C Rubin Observatory unveiled first images from the telescope he envisioned. Unprecedented in so many ways, expect many discoveries to come from this unique machine.
Another ambitious project known as SynHG kicks off this week, on the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first draft of the human genome, with a plan to develop the technology to potentially create a whole synthetic version. Jason Chin of MRC Laboratory of Molecular Laboratory in Cambridge and colleagues will be extending their previous work in synthetic biology to human DNA, whilst Joy Zheng of the University of Kent will be running a parallel project examining the ethical side of the objectives, and possibilities.
Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Alex Mansfield
Production co-ordinator: Jazz George
Photo Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory
THU 21:00 BBC News (w172zwwnzqpy2p1)
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THU 21:06 Newshour (w172zss45n7277n)
US Defence Secretary calls strikes most complex military operation in history
The White House has doubled down over its assessment of the Iran strike with the Trump administration slamming the leaked report that questioned how effective the US strike on Iran was.
Also in the programme: We speak to the Kenyan government following the killing of 16 protesters on Wednesday; and why is it so hard for women athletes to break the four-minute mile?
(Photo: US secretary of defence and the chairman of joint chiefs of staff holding a press conference. Credit: Reuters)
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THU 23:32 World Business Report (w3ct75xr)
US Economy takes a hit
In the US, the economy shrinks, jobless claims rise, and tariffs start to bite... Will steps toward an agreement with China help the situation?
There's been a tax shake-up in Africa’s biggest economy... Nigeria’s President signs off on sweeping reforms. But will they be felt on the ground?
And after nearly four decades in charge… Vogue’s Anna Wintour is stepping back. What’s next for fashion’s most powerful woman?
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FRIDAY 27 JUNE 2025
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Has Iran weathered the storm of US and Israeli attacks?
John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, analyses whether the Iranian regime has successfully weathered the storm caused by the attacks by Israel and the United States, examines the state of the NATO alliance, and looks at the ferocious gangland culture of Cape Town in South Africa.
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Executive Producer: Benedick Watt
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US Economy takes a hit
In the US, the economy shrinks, jobless claims rise, and tariffs start to bite... Will steps toward an agreement with China help the situation?
There's been a tax shake-up in Africa’s biggest economy... Nigeria’s President signs off on sweeping reforms. But will they be felt on the ground?
And after nearly four decades in charge… Vogue’s Anna Wintour is stepping back. What’s next for fashion’s most powerful woman?
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Praise You: A forgotten love letter to black men
DJ Fatboy Slim’s Praise You is a song you might have heard in a Hollywood movie or danced to in a club - to this day, it is still his biggest hit. But there is something you won’t know - the singer behind it or the true meaning of the lyrics.
Civil rights activist Camille Yarbrough first released Take Yo’ Praise 50 years ago. It was written as a love letter to African-American men, inspired by a moment of spiritual awakening and family secret. After its release, radio stations refused to play it and she felt she was labelled a “troublemaker”.
When Fatboy Slim picked up an old copy of Camille’s song, he turned it into a hit. But there is an irony - it is now played by radio stations around the world, but the true meaning of the music has been lost.
Reporter Emily Webb goes to meet Camille in her New York apartment.
This programme includes discussion of sexual violence against a child.
Producer/presenter: Emily Webb
Executive producer: Rajeev Gupta
Editor: Chloe Walker
Production co-ordinator: Mica Nepomuceno
(Photo: Carmille Yarbrough. Credit: Emily Webb)
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Kenya describes protests as 'coup attempt'
The United Nations says it is deeply concerned by the violence that left sixteen people dead and hundreds injured in nationwide protests in Kenya. We'll hear from the mother of one of the victims. And we'll get a response to allegations of police brutality from a Kenyan government spokesperson.
Our business presenter Katie Silver will tell us about a trade deal between the US and China.
Our Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet brings us the latest from inside Iran, after the war with Israel.
And we'll hear from the trial of Hip-hop superstar Diddy too.
(Photo: Musa House, Nairobi, 26 June 2025; Credit: Reuters)
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Iran’s foreign minister says nuclear facilities seriously damaged
Hans Blix, the former head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, gives us his assessment of America's military strikes on Iran and what next for diplomacy and the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme.
After more deadly protests in Kenya on Wednesday, we hear from the country's human rights commission and what it has found out about the killing of sixteen demonstrators, allegedly by the police.
And after nearly forty years in charge, Anna Wintour steps down as editor of US Vogue. We'll be hearing about her legacy and what she might do next.
(Photo: Isfahan Nuclear Technology Research Center, Isfahan, Iran, 22 June 2025; Credit: Reuters)
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Rwanda and DRC to sign peace agreement
Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are expected to sign a peace deal later today following a diplomatic push by the United States. We’ll speak to Congolese Nobel Prize Laureate, Dr Denis Mukwege.
Hans Blix, the former head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, gives us his assessment of America's military strikes on Iran and what next for diplomacy and the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme.
We have a report from northern Iraq, the stronghold of a militant group that has waged a long-running insurgency against Turkey but now says it intends to disband and disarm.
(Photo: President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Felix Tshisekedi of DRC, 6 July 2022; Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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Is Zohran Mamdani the Democrats' new secret weapon?
Why has a mayoral race in New York sparked conversations across America about the future of the Democratic party, and the state of politics in the United States? Zohran Mamdani, who looks set to be confirmed as the Democrat’s new candidate for the Mayor of New York has already been labelled a ‘disruptor’ a ‘visionary’ and a ‘communist lunatic’ by Donald Trump.
Sarah, Justin and Marianna look at who he is, his politics, and what impact his victory might have beyond New York, America’s largest city.
We also speak to author (Moneyball, The Big Short) and financial journalist Michael Lewis about his new book ‘Who is Government’, about the inner workings of federal agencies in the US, about why the Democrats need to reinvent their party - and reimagine their next frontrunner.
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FRI 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct6rs6)
How are Gulf businesses responding to the Israel-Iran conflict?
We're in Dubai looking back on two weeks of uncertainty and concerns the world’s busiest oil shipping channel, The Strait of Hormuz, might shut.
The UAE is a major global trading hub and home to the biggest port in the Middle East.
We’ll be hearing how some countries are looking for alternatives to the Strait, such as pipelines or developing refineries.
And what could this mean for the future relationship between Gulf states like this one, and Iran?
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(Image: A small boat loaded with merchandise sails past a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Khasab in Oman's northern Musandam peninsula on 25 June 2025.Credit: Getty Images)
FRI 08:50 Witness History (w3ct743y)
Italian happiness trains
Between 1945 and 1952, ‘happiness trains’ transported 70,000 children from southern to northern Italy to live with wealthier families.
It was a scheme organised by the Union of Italian Women and the Italian Communist Party in an attempt to make the lives of southern Italian children better.
Ten-year-old Bianca D’Aniello was one of the passengers to travel from Salerno in the south to Mestre in the north where she was looked after by a family with more resources.
Bianca’s life in Mestre was miserable because of Italy’s fascist regime and the devastation her city faced in the wake of World War Two. Her journey was nerve-racking as she jumped on a train for the first time saying goodbye to her mum and siblings. What she didn’t realise was what life had in store for her in her new life.
Bianca speaks to Natasha Fernandes about how that ‘happiness train’ changed her life forever.
Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more.
Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.
(Photo: Children on board an Italian 'happiness train' kiss and wave goodbye to their parents. Credit: Instituto Storico Modena)
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FRI 10:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct72w5)
A roarsome episode
This week, Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae has been unveiled at London's Natural History Museum. This newly described herbivorous dinosaur has inspired us to take a stomp through the science of ancient animals, mass extinctions and fossils.
First up, we hear about a shepherd who recently found a South African dinosaur, which has helped shed light on the period between the Triassic and Jurassic.
We then take a look at some new theories that suggest the mass extinctions that wiped out ancient creatures may not have been as massive as we thought.
But one extinction definitely is currently underway, according to ecologist Professor Dave Goulson. And that’s the mass extinction of insects.
Plus, we find out the latest theory of why the Tyrannosaurus rex had such tiny arms, and we meet the rat ancestors that munched on dinosaurs.
All that, plus many more Unexpected Elements.
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FRI 11:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct6vnz)
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FRI 12:06 Outlook (w3ct6wgz)
Outlook Mixtape: Stitches, seams and movie scenes
A patchwork of stories on the power of a good outfit.
Sarah Tinney started one of Australia's biggest open-water swims as a way of dealing with grief. All of the swimmers dress up as Marilyn Monroe, her late mother's favourite film star.
Inspired by watching The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nepalese designer Prabal Gurung decided to try and make it in America. After launching his own label at New York Fashion Week in 2009, it all took off.
Wilson Maina grew up in Kenya listening to his grandfather’s many tall tales, and didn’t always believe them. So he was surprised that his grandfather’s story about a uniform that saved his life at the time of the Mau Mau rebellion, turned out to be true.
Ruth Carter made history when she became the first Black costume designer to win an Oscar for her work on Black Panther. Ruth has been working in film for over 35 years, but her fascination with clothes began as a young woman when she would modify her mother’s old clothes to make unique pieces.
Presenter: Asya Fouks
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FRI 14:06 Newshour (w172zss45n748xv)
More Palestinians killed waiting for food
More Palestinians are reported to have been killed waiting for food near an aid site run by Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
The head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation tells us that it is the victim of a disinformation campaign.
Also on the programme: Tonga's minister of health has a message for the hackers demanding a $1m ransom; and the Argentine-born composer, Lalo Schifrin, the man behind the Mission Impossible theme, has died at the age of 93.
(Photo: A Palestinian carries a sack as he and others gather to collect aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025. Credit: Reuters)
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Are US-China relations back on track?
The US and China have agreed a new trade deal. Will it finally improve relations between the world’s two biggest economies and speed up the flow of strategic minerals? Bisi Adebayo will be discussing why it is such a big deal.
In Brazil, the Supreme Court is taking on Big Tech firms after ruling that social media platforms can now be held directly responsible for users’ illegal posts.
And it’s the end of an era, as Microsoft finally waves goodbye to the dreaded blue screen of death after 40 years.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Live on the Israel-Gaza border
The US has approved thirty million dollars in funding for the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire while trying to collect aid from its aid distribution sites in recent weeks. Our presenter Mark Lowen is at the Kerem Shalom crossing on the Israel-Gaza border. He will connect with people inside Gaza about the situation on the ground. He also visited an Israeli kibbutz which was attacked in the October 7th attacks to speak to people there.
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Rwanda and DRC peace deal
The foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic Of Congo and Rwanda are in Washington where they are expected to sign a peace deal aimed at ending a conflict which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people this year. We speak to our BBC Languages colleagues to find out more.
Closing statements are underway in the trial of the music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs who was arrested last year, charged with sex trafficking allegations, which he has plead not guilty to. Our North America Correspondent Nada Tawfik sums up the day so far.
Presenter Mark Lowen joins for a debrief on the latest aid struggles in Gaza, from the Israel-Gaza border.
Our reporter Bernd Debusmann Jr. takes us through the 6-3 ruling by the US Supreme Court that will curb judges' power to block President Donald Trump's orders nationwide.
Presenter: Luke Jones
(Photo: The conflict in DR Congo intensified after the M23 captured swathes of territory Credit: AFP via Getty Images)
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FRI 20:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct6rmp)
Iranians living in the USA
Following the recent bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites by the United States, we talk to Iranians living in the US about their thoughts as they watch events in the Middle East from afar.
They describe feeling conflicted about the attacks carried out by their adopted homeland. They worry about friends and relatives who could be in danger back in Iran. But – perhaps unsurprisingly for an exiled community – they have strong views on the Iranian regime.
Shaheen grew up in the US but feels very connected to his Iranian heritage. He says, “Even though none of us like war, none of us want this war, at the very same time, it’s almost like there’s this weird piece of hope that maybe this will be the end of the Islamic Republic. And I think that’s a very complicated feeling to have.”
Fellow American-Iranian Mana thinks about the future of her people, “I feel not just guilt as an Iranian, but shame as an American, because I'm afraid that we just made their standard of living and what they're going to have after this ceasefire so much worse.”
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(Photo: Laila Massoudnia at a cultural event for creatives in LA. Credit: Laila Massoudnia)
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Why are twins special?
No one really cares that CrowdScience listener Sam has a younger brother, but they do care about his sister. In fact, they’re fascinated by her. That’s because Sam and his sister are fraternal twins.
He’s been wondering all his life why he’s treated differently. Could it be cultural? Twins have long appeared in classical mythology, revered literature, and playful comedies—captivating artists and audiences alike across time and continents. Or is there something more scientific behind our fascination? Why are twins special?
Anand Jagatia investigates with Karen Dillon from Blackburn College in the USA, who says it’s more complicated. Over the years we have created stereotypes of who and what twins are. Our perception has been warped by history and pop culture. As an identical twin herself, she knows firsthand how stereotypes can shape a twin’s identity.
Philosopher Helena De Bres from Wellesley College in the USA believes these stereotypes play on human anxieties. Their similarities and differences are derived from their biology, maybe our genes have more of an influence over our personalities and behaviours than we like to think?
And Nancy Segal agrees, Director of the Twin Studies Centre at California State University in the USA. She has spent her career studying twins. She’s found that nearly every trait, whether it be behavioural or physiological, has a genetic component to it.
Anand is sure to leave you thinking that Sam, his sister and all the other twins across the globe, really are special!
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(Image: Twin girls (8-10) wearing matching coats and pigtails. Credit: Jade Albert Studio, Inc via Getty Images)
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UN says international community must improve Gaza aid system
UNICEF spokesperson James Elder responds to allegations made by the head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Reverend Johnnie Moore, who told Newshour that the UN was being dishonest about reports of Palestinians being killed near GHF aid sites.
Also on the programme: Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo sign a peace deal in Washington, but concerns remain over long-term stability; and the “wedding of the year” as celebrities flock to Venice for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s celebrations.
(Photo: Palestinians gather to collect what remains of relief supplies from the distribution centre of the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, 5 June 2025. Credit: Reuters/Stringer)
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Trump trade: one step forward, two steps back
There's another twist to the tariffs tale... US President Donald Trump says he's stopping trade talks with Canada over a tax he's not happy about.
The US and China have reached a trade truce on critical minerals... but how critical is the deal?
And Glastonbury has a hippy roots, but it’s making serious money.... we’ll hear how it generates hundreds of millions for the British economy.
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