SATURDAY 08 NOVEMBER 2025
SAT 00:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55gjfd)
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SAT 00:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct72wy)
A storm of science
As rescue and relief efforts in the Caribbean are ongoing after Hurricane Melissa, Unexpected Elements looks at the science of storms.
We explore how AI might help us better predict the weather patterns, and whether it could act as an early warning signal to help us prepare for natural disasters, and we look at what a sinkhole off the Coast of Belize has helped reveal about 6000 years of storm history in the Caribbean.
Giles Harrison, Professor of Atmospheric Physics at Reading University helps explain the unexpected link between bees and storm clouds. We also investigate whether storms with female names are more deadly, your letters have us contemplating banana varieties, and whether wind turbines could ever have an effect on the breeze.
Presenter: Alex Lathbridge, with Andrada Fiscutean and Leonie Joubert
Producers: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins with Eliane Glaser, Minnie Harrop, and Lucy Davies
SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55gn5j)
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SAT 01:06 The Newsroom (w172zwldvclg15x)
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SAT 01:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws50fx)
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SAT 01:32 The Global Story (w3ct7151)
Viktor Orban’s dilemma: Trump’s favour or Russian oil
The man Donald Trump has called a "great leader", and who has long provoked admiration in MAGA circles, suddenly finds himself in an unusual position – at odds with the US president on an issue of critical importance.
Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, is visiting the White House on Friday to try to resolve a dispute over Russian oil and gas. Orban wants to keep buying it, but Trump wants countries to wean themselves off Russian energy and help put the brakes on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Will Trump choose to keep an old friend close, or put pressure on Putin? We speak to Nick Thorpe, the BBC’s correspondent in Budapest, who has covered Orban since the 1980s.
Producer: Viv Jones
Executive producer: James Shield
Senior news editor: China Collins
Mix: Travis Evans
Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Suzanne Plunkett, Reuters.
SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55grxn)
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SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zwldvclg4y1)
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SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws5461)
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SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3ct6zk4)
India win their first Women's Cricket World Cup
Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma are celebrating India women’s first ever World Cup victory! Former India women’s captain Anjum Chopra tells us how she felt at the winning moment, what it was like to be in the commentary box and what it means to all the former players who have paved the way.
We also hear from Radha Gupta who is a member of the Bucket Hat Cult who are a loud and proud supporters’ group of India women’s cricket. She says being at the DY Patil stadium in Mumbai and witnessing the win was the ‘top moment of her life’. Plus she tells us what she hopes the win can do for women’s cricket in India.
And the team look at where it went wrong for South Africa in the final.
Photo: Harmanpreet Kaur of India lifts the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup trophy after her team's victory in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup India 2025 Final match between India and South Africa at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy on November 02, 2025 in Navi Mumbai, India. (Photo by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images)
SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55gwns)
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SAT 03:06 Outlook (w3ct6whr)
Outlook Mixtape: Earth, Wind and Fire
Archaeologist Becca Peixotto has been called an 'underground astronaut' because she squeezes through tiny gaps, some as small as 18 cms, in ancient underground caves. Becca's expeditions into the bowels of the earth have led her to uncover a new human-like species. She spoke to Maryam Maruf in 2017.
In 1979 Günter Wetzel and his friend Peter Strelzyk were increasingly frustrated by the restrictions on their freedom imposed by the Communist government in East Germany so they developed a daring plan to fly their families to the West. Risking imprisonment if they were discovered they designed, built and tested a series of hot air balloons in secret. Günter spoke to Matthew Bannister in 2015.
Loung Ung was said by her mother to be born 'with too much fire’. Separated from her family and trained as a child soldier, Loung Ung's defiant spirit helped her survive Pol Pot’s regime, which killed nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s population. Her story was originally told over two episodes of Outlook earlier this year.
Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: Emily Naylor
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707
(Photo: A transparent 60-minute cassette tape spooled halfway through and lying on a white background. It bears a slim white label with the words ‘THE OUTLOOK MIXTAPE’ written in black. Credit: Getty Images)
SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3ct744q)
Discovering the largest dinosaur ever
In 2012, a shepherd uncovered a bone belonging to a new species of dinosaur on a ranch in Patagonia, in Argentina.
A team from the Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio found more than 150 bones, belonging to six skeletons.
The Patagotitan, a type of titanosaur, was 40 metres long, 20 metres tall and weighed 77 tonnes.
Rachel Naylor spoke to Dr Diego Pol, a palaeontologist who led the dig.
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 the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue.
We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher.
You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
(Photo: The skeleton of the Patagotitan on display in London in 2023. Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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SAT 05:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct7zqw)
Don’t fear menopause
Annice Mukherjee is a hormone expert – she’s spent her career helping women deal with menopause. But when she develops breast cancer at 41, she becomes a patient rather than a doctor.
Annice writes a letter to her daughter about how her professional experience helped her deal with her personal health challenge, and about how her daughter can take control of her own hormone health.
She tells Namulanta that there’s more conversation around menopause than ever before - thanks to social media - but not all the information out there is reliable. Annice has practical advice for women on how to manage their hormone related symptoms, and tells her daughter’s generation not to fear menopause.
Letter writer: Annice
Dear Daughter is an award-winning podcast from the BBC World Service about love, life, family, and raising children. It is the brainchild of Namulanta Kombo, a mother on a quest to create a ‘handbook to life’ for her daughter, through the advice of parents from all over the world.
Each episode, a guest reads a letter they’ve written to their children (or their future children, or the children they never had) with the advice, life lessons, and personal stories they’d like to pass on.
Expect extraordinary true stories, inspirational advice for parents, and moving accounts of families, relationships and raising daughters.
Share your letter! What do you want to say to your kids? Or the next generation? Do you have thoughts on motherhood, fatherhood, or parenthood to share? Whether you are a mum or mom, dad or papa, grandparent, uncle, aunt, daughter, son or just want to write a letter, send us a Whatsapp message on +44 800 030 4404 or visit https://www.bbcworldservice.com/deardaughter
SAT 05:50 More or Less (w3ct6vzs)
Is RFK Jr right about China's diabetes rate?
The US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr is on a mission to make America healthy again.One of his health-promotion ideas is to reduce chronic illness, specifically diabetes. And has part of his campaign he said that: "a typical pediatrician would see one case of diabetes in his lifetime, over a 40 or 50 year career. Today, 1 out of every 3 kids who walks through his office door is prediabetic or diabetic. Twenty years ago, there was no diabetes in China, today 50% of the population is diabetic' Diabetes does carry a huge burden of health, but are his numbers right and how much of a problem is diabetes in the US and around the globe?We speak to diabetes expert and co-author of the Diabetes Atlas, Professor Dianna Magliano to find out more. Presenter: Tim HarfordProducer: Lizzy McNeillSeries Producer: Tom CollsStudio Manager: Rod FarquharEditor: Richard Vadon
SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55h7x5)
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SAT 06:06 Weekend (w172zw8f5dtqtm4)
Trump grants Hungary exemption from sanctions
President Donald Trump held talks at the White House with the right-wing Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban. Mr Trump granted Hungary a one-year reprieve from sanctions on procuring Russian oil and gas.
Also in the programme: Democrats in the US Senate block a measure that would ensure pay for essential federal employees during the ongoing government shutdown. An air traffic controller tells us what it's like working for no pay.
And the Nobel prize-winning scientist James Watson - who co-discovered the structure of DNA - has died at the age of 97. We'll hear a tribute to his work from one of his former students.
With Paul Henley today are Georgina Wright, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Aanu Adeoye, the West and Central Africa correspondent for the Financial Times in Lagos.
Photo: President Trump and PM Orban in the White House. Credit: Shutterstock.
SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55hcn9)
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President Trump grants Hungary an exemption from sanctions
President Donald Trump held talks at the White House with Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban. Mr Orban secured a one-year break from US sanctions for buying Russian oil and gas.
Also in the programme: US government shutdown continues after Democrats in the Senate block a measure to pay federal employees. We hear from a disgruntled air traffic controller.
And the Nobel prize-winning scientist James Watson - who co-discovered the structure of DNA - has died at the age of 97. We'll hear a tribute to his work from one of his former students.
With Paul Henley today are Georgina Wright, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Aanu Adeoye, the West and Central Africa correspondent for the Financial Times in Lagos.
Photo: Mr Trump with PM Orban and VP Vance. Credit: Reuters.
SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55hhdf)
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SAT 08:06 Weekend (w172zw8f5dtr23d)
Hungary secures break from US sanctions on Russian oil
Hungary secured a break from US sanctions on Russian oil following talks between President Trump and Viktor Orban at the White House.
Also in the programme: the ongoing work to recover the thousands of bodies buried under the rubble in Gaza. And the award-winning Irish photographer Richard Mosse on what drew him to document the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
With Paul Henley today are Georgina Wright, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Aanu Adeoye, the West and Central Africa correspondent for the Financial Times in Lagos.
Photo: President Trump greets Mr Orban at the White House. Credit: Shutterstock
SAT 09:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55hm4k)
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SAT 09:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct6rng)
Mamdani’s New Yorkers
Immigrant, Muslim and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, Zohran Mamdani is also, at 34, the city’s youngest mayor in a century.
Famed for his charisma, and with millions of views on social media, the Democratic candidate campaigned on a platform that included reducing the cost of living, free childcare and new taxes for millionaires and corporations. In our conversations, we bring together three American Muslims who tell us why they believe Mamdani’s election is so important.
“The majority stepped-up and said you know what, we see this narrative vision of exclusion and dehumanisation and hate and we’re going to choose something better,” Wajahat tells us. “The person who will help lead the city is a Muslim, brown skinned immigrant. And as a Muslim, brown skinned son of immigrants, that gives me immense joy and hope.”
In his victory speech, Mamdani made a point of thanking the voters he says have been left behind by the city, including immigrants. We hear from New Yorkers originally from Sierra Leone, Nepal and Columbia. And two friends, Brooke and Katherine, share the challenges they’ve experienced of living in one of the world’s most expensive cities.
Presenter: Luke Jones
BBC producers: Iqra Farooq, Luke Hastings and Ash Mohamed
Boffin Media producer: Richard Hollingham
An EcoAudio certified Boffin Media production in partnership with the OS team.
(Photo: Zohran Mamdani next to his mother after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race. Credit: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton)
SAT 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws5zdy)
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SAT 09:32 Americast (w3ct8byp)
The Democrats are back… but will it last?
For the first time since the presidential election there is renewed optimism among Democrats after a big election night on Tuesday. Alongside Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York and the governor races in New Jersey and West Virginia, the party also won important - albeit less glamorous - races in Pennsylvania and Georgia.
In this episode, Justin, Anthony and Sarah unpack how and where the Democrats won, and what it means for the party and next year’s midterm elections.
For Republicans, the inquest has already begun into a bruising night for the party that has raised fears ahead of the 2026 midterms and the party’s congressional majority. Donald Trump is blaming poor results on the ongoing government shutdown and his name not being on the ballot.
And we’re joined by Jim Messina, a Democrat strategist and former deputy chief of staff to Barack Obama. He gives his take on what he thinks lies behind Tuesday’s wins, what he thinks the party has learned since 2024 and whether he agrees with Prop 50 - the redistricting measures passed in California to redraw the state’s political lines to favour Democrats.
HOSTS:
* Sarah Smith, North America editor
* Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
* Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GUEST:
* Jim Messina, Former deputy chief of staff to Barack Obama
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SAT 10:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55hqwp)
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SAT 10:06 Not by the Playbook (w3ct878l)
Glass half full
They say there are two types of people, those who see the glass half-empty, and those who see it half-full. Which one are you? For this edition of Not by the Playbook all our guests see their glass not just half full but positively overflowing! For them, staying positive is a way of life. They'd tell you that with the right mindset you can achieve anything. Don't believe them? Well we have four female athletes whose unshakeable belief in themselves has given them life after trauma.
When cheerleading is mentioned it might conjure up an image of the super pretty, super popular "mean girl" in high school shaking pom poms, but the competitive sport of cheerleading is very different. Physically demanding, technically challenging and fiercely competitive. Makayla Noble knows all about it. She was a high school 'All-American' for three consecutive years and when on to take part in the 2019 Cheer World Championship and then one day in September 2021 whilst practicing everything changed.
They say ignorance is bliss, that sometimes you're better off not knowing what's round the corner. That's true for golfer Alison Johns. Alison recently returned from winning a gold medal at the World Transplant Games in Germany. It featured 2,500 athletes from 51 countries all of whom owed their lives to an organ transplant. Alison received a new liver in 2009.
Ten years ago Kelsy Boyer moved from the tranquil countryside of Pennsylvania to the snow-capped mountains of Colorado. Her aim was to secure a place on the US Snowboarding team for the 2018 Winter Olympics. As she attempted to qualify she suffered a concussion on the slopes. Untreated she very nearly died. Compelled to prevent others from suffering like she had, she started Save a Brain, a non profit aimed at educating not just athletes about the dangers of concussion
In October 2013, American Minda Dentler became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the super-endurance, Ironman World Championship ; a distance of over 250 km. Born into poverty in India, Minda has been telling Not by the Playbook how she overcame serious physical illness to realise her athletic dream in Hawaii.
Photo: Makayla Noble returns to the gym after her accident. (Credit Makayla Noble Instagram/@makaylamnoble)
SAT 11:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55hvmt)
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SAT 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zwldvclh7n6)
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SAT 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws66x6)
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SAT 11:32 Unspun World with John Simpson (w3ct78c3)
How is the Ukraine war impacting ordinary Russians?
This week John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC’s unparalleled range of experts across the world, explores war-weariness in Russia and the problem it poses for the Kremlin, examines the government shutdown in the United States, and analyses whether there will be any effective action from the upcoming climate conference in Brazil.
Producer: Kate Cornell
Executive Producer: Benedick Watt
Commissioning Editor: Vara Szajkowski
SAT 12:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55hzcy)
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SAT 12:06 World Questions (w3ct7506)
Greenland
Independence from Denmark, the costs of mining for rare earth minerals and Inuit people’s rights – some of the challenges facing the autonomous territory of Greenland. A former Danish colony, Greenland is the world’s largest island with a population of just 57,000 people. Jonny Dymond chairs a panel of leading politicians from Denmark and Greenland to debate the future of this fascinating Arctic region – and take some tough questions from the public.
The panel:
Naaja Nathanielsen – Minister of Industry, Raw Materials, Mining and Energy – Greenlandic Parliament.
Louise Elholm - MP in the Danish Parliament. Venstre party spokeswoman on Greenland.
Kuno Fencker – MP in the Greenlandic Parliament – opposition Naleraq party.
Ulrick Pram Gad – Senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
Producer: Helen Towner
Sound engineers: Nathan Chamberlain, Denis O’Hare and Joe Lawrence
(Photo: People protest under the slogan, "Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people", in Nuuk. Credit: Reuters)
SAT 13:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55j342)
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SAT 13:06 Newshour (w172zssdx2pn7pp)
Hungary to avoid US sanctions for importing Russian oil
US president Donald Trump has announced that Hungary will not have to face sanctions for importing Russian oil, following a White House meeting with Hungary's right-wing prime minister Viktor Orban.
It comes after the US effectively blacklisted two of Russia's largest oil companies last month, threatening sanctions on those who buy from them.
Also in the programme: 10 years after the Paris climate change conference agreed to limit global warming, we'll analyse what has been achieved by the agreement; we'll look at how Tunisian opposition leaders are supporting each other by going on hunger strike; and we'll hear from the woman who took up golf in her 50s and just hit three holes in one in a month.
[Photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Vice President JD Vance, at the White House in Washington DC on 7 November 2025. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]
SAT 14:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55j6w6)
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SAT 14:06 Sportsworld (w172ztqv6ng4v7n)
Live Sporting Action
Sportsworld will have live commentary of two teams battling relegation as West Ham host Burnley in the Premier League. We’ll also bring you updates from around the Premier League, and Lee James will do all that in the company of former Spurs and Fulham defender Stephen Kelly and the former Everton striker Natasha Dowie.
We’ll also ask whether anyone can score against Arsenal ahead of their match against Sunderland in Saturday’s late game, and if Liverpool are back as they head into Sunday’s match against Manchester City.
Away from the Premier League, there’s the second weekend of Rugby Union’s Autumn Internationals, with France against World Champions South Africa in Paris the standout game. In Rugby League, Australia look to complete the sweep over England in the Ashes. We’ll also be in Brazil for the Formula One Sprint race and Grand Prix qualifying and we’ll review the women’s tennis season as the top players battle it out in the Final at the WTA Finals in Riyadh.
Photo: West Ham United's Lucas Paqueta gets in between Burnley's Maxime Esteve and Josh Cullen during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Burnley FC at London Stadium on March 10, 2024 in London, England.(Credit: CameraSport via Getty Images)
SAT 18:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55jpvq)
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SAT 18:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct7zqw)
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SAT 18:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct7zsj)
Colonel Gaddafi’s son plays in Italy’s top football league
In 2003, Italian top-flight side Perugia made an unusual signing: Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
It was seen as a publicity stunt by headline-hungry Perugia owner Luciano Gaucci, with Gaddafi making just one Serie A appearance, as a substitute in a win against Juventus in 2004.
But Gaddafi made a big impression off the field and was renowned for his playboy lifestyle and outrageous spending habits.
Former Perugia teammates Jay Bothroyd and Zeljko Kalac spoke to Robert Nicholson in 2021 about one of modern football's most surreal episodes. The programme is a Whistledown Production.
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: Al-Saadi Gaddafi playing against Juventus. Credit:REUTERS/Max Rossi MR/RCB)
SAT 19:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55jtlv)
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SAT 19:06 The Inquiry (w3ct723g)
Is trouble brewing for the worldwide tea industry?
Matcha, a long-time popular drink in Japan, has gone global. Major chains now serve it, and coffee start-ups are competing to offer their own photogenic takes on the vivid green drink.
But the growing craze exposes bigger problems for the wider tea industry.
Tea is a delicate crop, highly sensitive to changing weather conditions. Around the world, farmers are reporting falling yields, altered growing seasons and a higher risk of disease due to climate change. Labour shortages and economic issues are also affecting supply chains, creating uncertainty for producers and consumers.
From drone technology helping to monitor remote fields to the extraordinary claim that tea could one day grow on the moon, scientists and growers are exploring bold new solutions.
Is trouble brewing for the worldwide tea industry?
Contributors
Katharine Burnett, Founding Director at the Global Tea Institute for the Study of Tea Culture and Science and Professor of Chinese Art History at the University of California, Davis, based in the United States
Cristina Larrea, Director of Agriculture, Food and Sustainability Initiatives at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, based in Canada
Harki Sidhu, Consulting Program Coordinator for India at the Rainforest Alliance, based in India
Liberal Seburikoko, deputy CEO at Ethical Tea Partnership, based in Rwanda
Presenter: Tanya Beckett
Producer: Matt Toulson
Researcher: Maeve Schaffer
Sound engineer: Craig Boardman
Production management assistant: Liam Morrey
Editor: Tom Bigwood
(Photo: Lady drinking tea. Credit: Redhead pictures/Getty Images)
SAT 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws75w7)
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SAT 19:32 Happy News (w3ct6tz5)
The Happy Pod: Atomic bomb survivors campaigning for peace
In this Happy Pod special we're in Munich, Germany for One Young World. We speak to survivors of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and their families as they turn their painful memories into a call for peace and the end of nuclear weapons. They're part of a group that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2024.
Also, the young Argentine harnessing artificial intelligence to spot wildfires, Zaynab Mohamed - the first Muslim woman elected to Minnesota's Senate at just 25, the 'TikTok Mayor' using social media to show life in charge of a tiny Spanish village, and the England football star, Georgia Stanway, who is using Euros success to change the game for the next generation of female players.
Presenter: Holly Gibbs
Music: Iona Hampson
(Photo: Credit: One Young World)
SAT 20:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55jybz)
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SAT 20:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct6zv5)
Writer, director and actor Dolores Fonzi
Oscar winning, Swiss Austrian film-maker Edward Berger and Irish actor Colin Farrell travel to Macau for their new casino thriller.
Nikki Bedi speaks to Argentinian actor and director Dolores Fonzi, about her legal drama Belén.
British-American music super-producer Mark Ronson recalls working with the legendary singer Amy Winehouse for the first time.
Pakistan born writer Dur e Aziz Amna discusses her latest novel A Splintering.
And American film director Sarah Friedland talks about her debut feature film Familiar Touch.
Nikki Bedi is joined by cultural critic Bidisha.
(Photo: Dolores Fonzi (2L) and actors Julieta Cardinali (L), Camila Plaate (2R), and Laura Paredes (R). Credit: Juan Herrero/EPA/Shutterstock)
SAT 21:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55k233)
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SAT 21:06 Newshour (w172zssdx2pp6nq)
Iran's worst drought in decades
The Iranian government says water supplies in the capital Tehran will suffer periodic cuts, as the country struggles to cope with its worst drought in decades. The announcement came two days after President Masoud Pezeshkian suggested Tehran might have to be evacuated, if shortages continue. His comments have prompted widespread criticism in Iranian newspapers and on social media, with the president accused of scaremongering and conducting "a narrative of despair." We speak to a resident in the capital and a former Environment Department official.
Also in the programme: Curtis Sliwa who came 3rd in this week's election for New York mayor tells us he was offered bribes to pull out of the race; and the woman who took up golf in her 50's and hit three holes in one in a month.
(Photo: Iranians picnic inside an almost dry river, which was once full, in the Fasham area, north of Tehran, Iran, 25 August 2025. Credit: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/Shutterstock)
SAT 22:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55k5v7)
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SAT 22:06 The Newsroom (w172zwldvcljkvm)
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SAT 22:32 This Is Africa (w3ct72dt)
Nasty C
Nasty C is arguably South Africa’s most successful rapper. Something of a child prodigy, he burst onto the scene when he was seventeen, and he was one of the first African hip hop artists to be signed to a major label. His thoughtful, relatable storytelling has continued to win him fans and acclaim at home and internationally.
In this episode, Nasty C reflects on his musical journey so far, including a childhood marked by the death of his mother when he was just a baby, and his early discovery that for him, writing lyrics was the easiest way to express his feelings.
Nasty C also talks about the profound impact becoming a dad has had on him, and explains why his new album is called Free.
SAT 23:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55k9lc)
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SAT 23:06 Not by the Playbook (w3ct878l)
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SUNDAY 09 NOVEMBER 2025
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SUN 00:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct6rng)
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SUN 00:32 The Documentary (w3ct8c8t)
In the shadow of the railway
After years of Chinese investment in Africa, the West is fighting back. Through the Lobito Corridor project, the US and European countries are investing billions in Angola’s Benguela Railway, which runs from southern Africa’s interior to Angola’s Atlantic coast. The aim is to build a quick and reliable supply chain to export African minerals to the West. These minerals power the chips in all our gadgets, so they are pivotal in the US’s tussle with China. Plus, the project promises huge economic gains for Angola. Marcia Veiga takes the train to find out if ordinary Angolans will benefit, or if it is another case of foreign powers extracting African resources for their own gain.
(Photo: Train between Lobito and Benguela in Angola. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/Getty Images)
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SUN 01:06 The Newsroom (w172zwldvcljy30)
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SUN 01:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct7zqw)
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SUN 01:50 Sporting Witness (w3ct7zsj)
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SUN 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zwldvclk1v4)
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SUN 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws8134)
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SUN 02:32 Health Check (w3ct6vk7)
Cloud seeding to cut air pollution in Delhi
Last week attempts at cloud seeding to reduce pollution in Delhi failed to produce any rain. We catch up with reporter Chhavi Sachdev to find out more about official’s latest and controversial attempt at tacking hazardous levels of air pollution in the city.
The Maldives have become the first country to ban smoking for younger generations with no one born on or after 1 January 2007 being able to buy tobacco products. Journalist Philippa Roxby comments on what this means for health.
What do the public know about the cancer risks of alcohol? Dr Sanjay Shete, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, explains his research comparing the real risks to public awareness.
A Finnish study has found that voting behaviours in elections are strongly linked to health, suggesting it may even be a stronger determinant than education. Plus, how walking over 5,000 steps a day may slow the cognitive decline in those with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Katie Tomsett & Hannah Robins
Image: A commuter walks near India Gate amid heavy smog pollution on October 29, 2025 in New Delhi, India. Delhi is once again blanketed by hazardous smog following the Diwali festival, as pollution levels spike to the "very poor" and "severe" categories, with air quality indexes far exceeding safe limits. The crisis, which is driven by firecracker use, emissions, and seasonal crop residue burning has prompted emergency measures like cloud seeding.
Image Credit: Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images
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SUN 03:06 World Questions (w3ct7506)
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SUN 04:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct6tsc)
Jamaica counts the cost of Hurricane Melissa
Pascale Harter introduces correspondents' and writers' dispatches from Jamaica, the USA, Uganda and Germany.
Hurricane Melissa was the worst storm in Jamaica's modern history. It's caused extensive damage across the island's western farmlands - levelling homes, cutting off communities and killing dozens of people. Nada Tawfik witnessed the wreckage in the parishes of Westmoreland and St Elizabeth.
Zohran Mamdani has won New York City's race for mayor in a contest that drew in young voters and sparked some heated debate about the future direction of the US Democratic Party. Is it a waste of time to choose the middle of the road, if more radical rhetoric like his seems to have such appeal? BBC North America editor Sarah Smith considers the political choices ahead.
The glacial ice of Uganda's Rwenzori mountains sustains unique ecosystems - but it's also melting fast, and may soon reach the point of no return. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham joined local scholars trying to measure the extent of climate change - and community groups trying to mitigate the effects on the region's foothills.
The Berlin Wall was a looming, concrete manifestation of the Cold War division between East and West – but it wasn't the only barrier built during this era. John Kampfner travels to a small German village once divided by a wall of its own, which dominated the lives of local people for decades.
Producer: Polly Hope
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(Image: Residents of Black River look for food on the streets after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, Jamaica Credit: RICARDO MAKYN/AFP via Getty Images)
SUN 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws88ld)
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SUN 04:32 Unspun World with John Simpson (w3ct78c3)
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SUN 05:06 The Newsroom (w172zwldvclkf2j)
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SUN 05:32 The Documentary (w3ct8c8t)
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SUN 06:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55l4t8)
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SUN 06:06 Weekend (w172zw8f5dttqj7)
Six weeks of US government shutdown
Longest US Government shutdown continues as senators struggle to reach a solution to end the deadlock. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are feeling the impact.
Also in the programme: the Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives in Washington for talks with President Trump; and the daughter of the late rock star Tom Petty, speaks of her father's imposter syndrome .
Joining Paul Henley at studio are the climate change journalist, Laurie Goering, and Tim Judah, The Economist's special correspondent for the Balkans.
(Photo: A person carrying food aid bags in Atlanta. Credit: Shutterstock)
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Typhoon Fung Wong hits Philippines
'Super typhoon' Fung Wong hits the Philippines, as the capital Manila braces for widespread damage. Also in the programme: Indigenous Mexicans demand that France returns an ancient Aztec manuscript; and is it embarrassing for a woman to have a boyfriend?
Joining Paul Henley at studio are the climate change journalist, Laurie Goering, and Tim Judah, The Economist's special correspondent for the Balkans.
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SUN 08:06 Weekend (w172zw8f5dttz0h)
US Government Shutdown: Day 40
As the US Government shutdown enters its 40th day, senators continue to work for a breakthrough to end the suffering of millions of Americans.
Also in the programme: the Syrian president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, arrives for talks in the US; and the man who cloned his dog.
Joining Paul Henley at studio are the climate change journalist, Laurie Goering, and Tim Judah, The Economist's special correspondent for the Balkans.
(Photo: Volunteers distribute food aid at a YMCA in Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Shutterstock)
SUN 09:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55lj1n)
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SUN 09:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct6tsc)
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SUN 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws8wb1)
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SUN 09:32 The Food Chain (w3ct70zc)
Turmeric: The golden spice
Turmeric has been revered for thousands of years, not just for its mellow taste but for its golden colour and its supposed health giving properties.
Rumella Dasgupta looks at its history, its uses in food and medicine and talks to scientists who have studied the spice. She finds out what they've learned about its fabled medicinal qualities and whether it's really worth paying for expensive turmeric lattes and turmeric supplements.
Featuring Dr Kathryn Nelson, Prof Amit Garg, Ragini Kayshap and Seema and Sarla Nagpaul.
If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk
Producer: Lexy O'Connor
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SUN 10:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55lmss)
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SUN 10:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct6xyg)
Making organ donation easier
Organ transplantation has long been seen as a miracle of modern medicine but each year thousands of people across the world die while waiting for this life-saving operation. We’ll find out how one medical technology company based in the UK is cutting wait times for liver transplants after inventing a machine which simulates the human body. We’ll also visit South Africa which has one of the lowest rates of transplants globally because of a donor shortage and a lack of awareness. There, we’ll meet Zane - a unicorn with a Zebra leg who’s teaching children about ‘sharing a spare’.
Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producer/reporter: Claire Bowes
South Africa reporter: Mpho Lakaje
Sound engineer: Andrew Mills
Editor: Jon Bithrey
(Image: Zane the unicorn meets a student at a TELL transplant awareness event in Midrand, S Africa, Mpho Lakaje/BBC)
SUN 10:29 Ceremony of Remembrance from the Cenotaph (w1730h5qtywrfwr)
National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph
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SUN 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws93t9)
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SUN 11:32 Dear Daughter (w3ct7zqw)
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SUN 11:50 More or Less (w3ct6vzs)
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SUN 12:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55lw91)
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SUN 12:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct6rng)
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SUN 12:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws97kf)
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SUN 12:32 Assignment (w3ct6rcf)
The real Yellowstone: A battle for the cowboy way of life
Nearly half of all land in the West of the United States is owned by the federal government. Some people are trying to change that; they argue that part of it should be used for housing, amid a nationwide shortage. But this debate about land and development has touched a nerve in the Western psyche, tapping into bigger fears that the old way of life is under threat. It’s about identity, trust, and the growing popularity of cowboy culture - driven in part by the TV series Yellowstone.
In an increasingly polarised United States, this debate about public land is uniting cowboys, environmental activists, conservatives, and progressives. Ellie House reports from Montana, a state where the prospect of a public land selloff is deeply unpopular, and where people feel like their cultures and traditions are at stake.
Producer: Josephine Casserly
Production co-ordinators: Katie Morrison and Gemma Ashman
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(Photo: Women parading flags on horseback at a rodeo in Bozeman, Montana, July 2025. Credit: Ellie house)
SUN 13:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55m015)
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SUN 13:06 Newshour (w172zssdx2pr4ls)
Philippines braces for super typhoon
For the second time in less than a week, the Philippines is bracing for another super typhoon.
Ferocious winds and torrential rain are hitting the country, with the storm said to be the size of western Europe
Also in the programme: As the US government shutdown hits 40 days, it becomes the longest in history - with senators meeting in a rare Sunday session; and - is Artificial Intelligence going to turn against us?
(Photo shows a man walking in the rain with an umbrella as Typhoon Fung-wong approaches, in Cauayan, Isabela, Philippines, November 9, 2025. Credit: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)
SUN 14:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55m3s9)
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SUN 14:06 The Climate Question (w3ct702s)
COP: Is this the world’s toughest event to organise?
Every year, tens of thousands of people — from world leaders to activists to celebrities— gather for one of the world’s most ambitious meetings: the UN’s annual climate summit, COP.
But what does it actually take to make it happen? How do you feed, transport and house 80,000 people, while trying to keep global negotiations on track?
The Climate Question hosts Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar talk to Helen Wright, who helped deliver COP26 in Glasgow and COP28 in Dubai, to find out what goes on behind the scenes.
From keeping the meeting rooms at exactly 21.5°C to managing thousands of journalists, politicians and protesters, Helen shares what it’s really like to build a temporary city devoted to climate action.
We also hear from Bloomberg’s Akshat Rathi on whether all that effort actually changes global climate policy — and what’s on the cards for COP30 to be held in the Brazilian Amazon.
Guests:
Helen Wright – Former Head of Delivery, COP26; now Event Director at Identity Group
Akshat Rathi – Senior Climate Reporter, Bloomberg News, and host of the Zero podcast
Production team: Jordan Dunbar, Nik Sindle, Diane Richardson, Grace Braddock
Sound Mix: Tom Brignell and Ben Andrews
Editor: Simon Watts
Got a question or a comment? Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com
SUN 14:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxs4ws9h1p)
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SUN 14:32 Happy News (w3ct6tz5)
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SUN 15:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55m7jf)
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SUN 15:06 Sportsworld (w172ztqv6ng7vww)
Live Sporting Action
Between them, Manchester City and Liverpool have won the last eight Premier League titles, but both have fallen behind leaders Arsenal this season. Sunday’s clash at the Etihad Stadium could have extra significance for the title race - and John Bennett and Sportsworld will have full commentary.
We also take a look at all the big football stories in Europe and in Major League Soccer, where the conference semi-final line-up will have been decided.
Sportsworld will also have reaction to Formula 1's Sao Paulo Grand Prix, with a thrilling finish to the Drivers Championship in prospect. Plus, there’ll be the latest from the opening day of tennis’ ATP Finals in Turin and the final round of the Abu Dhabi Championship golf.
Photo: General view of Bukayo Saka of Arsenal and Jeremy Doku of Manchester City during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester City at Emirates Stadium on September 21, 2025 in London, England. (Credit: AMA/Getty Images)
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SUN 19:32 In the Studio (w3ct6vv8)
Lara Dizeyee's Kurdish couture
Arts journalist Melissa Gronlund follows Kurdish designer Lara Dizeyee as she prepares a couture collection for Milan Fashion Week. The programme charts the challenges faced by those outside the fashion establishment, from financial hurdles to logistics, as Dizeyee tries to bring her vision to one of fashion’s most prestigious stages.
Dizeyee fled Iraqi Kurdistan as a child, grew up in the US, and later returned to Erbil. Her designs draw on traditional Kurdish dress - layered garments, capes, and ornate headpieces - reimagined as bold evening wear. Her work is celebrated in Kurdistan, across the diaspora, and in the Arabian Gulf. Yet despite her growing profile, she lacked the funds to stage a show on the scale Milan demands.
The programme follows her as she secures backing and races against time to source fabrics, sketch and sew designs, and collaborate with Kurdish artisans on jewellery and bespoke accessories. More than 30 outfits are completed and packed into suitcases carried by her extended family.
It all builds to the big day, as Dizeyee fits each model and navigates last-minute crises - models too short, earrings that won’t fit, designs that misfire. But as the models walk out in her reimagined Kurdish looks, the emotion in the room is unmistakable. Many in the audience are Kurdish and fly in for the event. And in that final moment, as the Kurdish flag is symbolically recreated on the runway, Dizeyee presents her culture to the world.
Presenter: Melissa Gronlund
Producers: Melissa Gronlund and Ashley Byrne
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Image: Lara Dizeyee and models wearing her couture at Milan Fashion Week (Credit: Andrea Zaniboni)
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SUN 20:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct72wy)
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SUN 21:06 Newshour (w172zssdx2ps3kt)
BBC Director General and News CEO resign
The director general of the BBC Tim Davie and the head of news Deborah Turness have resigned following criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing two parts of President Trump's speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021.
Also in the programme: Activists in Afghanistan say the Taliban authorities order women to wear burkas to be allowed into hospitals and government offices in the western city of Herat; and Sudan's rich artistic history.
(Image: BBC Broadcasting House in central London. Credit: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire)
SUN 22:00 BBC News (w172zwwyq55n2rb)
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SUN 22:06 The Newsroom (w172zwldvclmgrq)
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SUN 22:32 The Fifth Floor (w3ct70tv)
Does Kruger deserve a park?
Kruger national park in South Africa is one of the most well known nature reserves in the world. But the legacy of Paul Kruger, who the park is named after, is complicated. He founded the park to protect South Africa's wildlife, but he is also considered to be a relic of the country's racist past and considered by some as an architect of apartheid. Khanyisile Ngcobo is a reporter for BBC Africa and she tells us more about the name change debate.
Luiz Fernando Toledo BBC News Brazil tells the story of the successful conservation of the giant Amazon fish, the pirarucu. Its skin can be turned into leather, which is used to make high end fashion items. The fishermen who catch them do so in exchange for policing illegal fishing, which has pulled the fish numbers back from the brink of extinction. But despite their role in conservation, and providing the leather, these fishermen don't share in the economic benefits of this fish.
Have you ever thought about the history of toothbrushes or dental hygiene? Tejas Vaidya of BBC Gujarati went to meet an Indian man who owns the world’s largest toothbrush collection.
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 Faranak Amidi.
Produced by Caroline Ferguson, Rebecca Moore and Alice Gioia.
This is an EcoAudio certified production.
(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
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SUN 23:06 The Climate Question (w3ct702s)
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SUN 23:32 Assignment (w3ct6rcf)
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MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2025
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MON 00:32 BBC Inside Science (w3ct8txj)
Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?
Astronomers have new evidence, which could change what we understand about the expansion of the universe. Carlos Frenk, Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University gives us his take on whether the dark energy pushing our universe apart is getting weaker.
With the Turing Prize, the Nobel Prize and now this week the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering under his belt, Geoffrey Hinton is known for his pioneering work on AI. And, since leaving a job at Google in 2023, for his warnings that AI could bring about the end of humanity. Tom Whipple speaks to Geoffrey about the science of super intelligence.
And Senior physics reporter at Nature Lizzie Gibney brings us her take on the new science that matters this week.
To discover more fascinating science content, head to bbc.co.uk search for BBC Inside Science and follow the links to The Open University.
Presenter: Tom Whipple
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MON 01:32 Discovery (w3ct6swv)
The Life Scientific: Dame Pratibha Gai
Chemical reactions are the backbone of modern society: the energy we use, the medicines we take, our housing materials, even the foods we eat, are created by reacting different substances together. If we zoom in, it’s the atoms within these substances that rearrange themselves to give rise to new substances with the properties we need.
However, chemical reactions are far from perfect. They're often inefficient and their waste products can be harmful to the environment. Getting to grips with what goes on at the scale of individual atoms has long been a sticking point.
Dame Pratibha Gai has spent much of her career pioneering novel microscopes to bring this seemingly inaccessible atomic world into sharp focus. Now Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at York University, her microscope, known as the environmental transmission electron microscope, is housed in labs around the world. It allows scientists, like herself, to observe chemical reactions in real-time, in exquisite atomic detail, and tinker with them to create products that are not only better for all of us, but also the environment.
Presented by Jim Al-Khalili
Produced by Beth Eastwood
Revised for World Service by Minnie Harrop
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MON 02:32 CrowdScience (w3ct6stl)
Are near-death experiences real?
In your final moments, they say, you may walk down a tunnel of light. You might rise above your body, watching the scene below before passing into another world. Perhaps you’ll be met by glowing figures, see your life flash before your eyes, or feel a deep, unearthly calm.
These are the stories of people who’ve reached the edge of death and returned. They’re not rare, nor random, and they have a name: near-death experiences.
CrowdScience listener Steven in Chile first heard of them during a CPR class and wondered, are they fictitious?
Psychologist Susan Blackmore once had an out-of-body experience as a student in Oxford, UK — floating above herself before soaring over the rooftops and dissolving into the universe. That single moment changed everything. She’s spent her career trying to understand what happened, and she believes such experiences are explainable.
At the University of Michigan in the US, neuroscientist Professor Jimo Borjigin has done what few have dared: record the dying brain in action. Her studies show that even after the heart stops, the brain can produce powerful surges of coordinated activity, bursts that might explain the lights, the tunnels, and the sense of peace. She believes near-death experiences could become one of science’s most intriguing scientific frontiers for research into consciousness.
At University College London in the UK, neuroscientist Dr Christopher Timmermann is exploring similar states using psychedelics, pushing the boundaries between self and oblivion to identify what induces a near-death experience and what we can learn about our consciousness along the way.
Near death experiences, a paranormal mystery or explainable phenomenon?
Presenter: Caroline Steel
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MON 04:32 The Conversation (w3ct709l)
Behind the smiles of artistic swimming
Artistic swimmers are known for making perfect synchronicity look effortless. Datshiane Navanaygam talks to athletes from Spain and Slovakia to reveal why the sport is far tougher than it appears.
Silvia Solymosyová from Slovakia was the first artistic swimmer to reach 1 million followers on social media after videos of her dancing underwater went viral . She is a multiple World Championships finalist and double European Championships medallist in the sport. Silvia used to compete in the mixed duet with her brother and was inspired by her mother, who was also a professional artistic swimmer.
Emma Garcia is a Spanish artistic swimmer who currently Vice Chairs the Athlete Committee for European Aquatic. Part of her role involves supporting the mental health of European artistic swimmers and increasing the number of boys and men competing. She is the winner of over 30 medals for the sport.
Produced by Emily Naylor
MON 05:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgss7d)
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Spending deal to US government shutdown cleared
US Senators have taken a major step towards ending the longest government shutdown in American history, after backing a compromise deal. The breakthrough came after a number of Democratic senators agreed to support a Republican stopgap measure to extend government funding until the end of January and to back a larger package to fully fund several key agencies.
COP30, one of the world's most important climate conferences formally opens in Brazil today. It's the latest global summit held under the auspices of the United Nations to try to tackle climate change.
The BBC director general Tim Davie and the head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a BBC documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump. The US President has welomed the resignations.
Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai
(Photo: American Airlines planes line up on the tarmac at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Arlington., Virginia, U.S. Credit: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters).
MON 06:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgswzj)
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MON 06:06 Newsday (w172zspykwwr903)
Deal in sight to end US government shutdown
The longest government shutdown in US history could be on course to end, as Republicans and Democrats in the Senate agree a deal. We look at what needs to happen next to get the deal across the line.
More than nine hundred thousand people have been evacuated from their homes in the Philippines as a second typhoon hit the islands in a week.
The BBC director general Tim Davie and the head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a BBC documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump. The US President has welomed the resignations.
Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai
(Photo: Democratic US Representative from Georgia Nikema Williams helps distribute food aid bags during a free food distribution at the Young Family YMCA in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Credit: Erik S Lesser/EPA).
MON 07:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgt0qn)
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MON 07:06 Newsday (w172zspykwwrdr7)
Deal reached to end US shutdown
A deal has been reached in the United States to end what has now become the country's longest government shutdown. A breakthrough came about after a number of Democratic senators broke their party's blockade to vote with Republicans.
The BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump. It's been described as an extraordinary moment in the history of the BBC.
And as Syria's interim President Ahmed Al Sharra gets ready to meet President Trump in Washington, we have a report looking at the minority groups in Syria who fear for the future.
Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai
(Photo: The U.S. Capitol on the 40th day of the partial government shutdown, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Credit: Aaron Schwartz/Reuters).
MON 08:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgt4gs)
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MON 08:06 The Interview (w3ct7x0j)
Sir Salman Rushdie: Writing fiction in a time of lies
James Coomarasamy speaks to acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie as he publishes his first work of fiction since surviving a near-fatal attack in 2022, by a man armed with a knife, who is now serving 25 years in prison.
The Eleventh Hour, his new collection of novellas and short stories explores mortality, farewells and even the afterlife. They feature a rich cast of characters - a musical prodigy in post-Partition Mumbai, a ghost with a secret at a Cambridge college and a young writer caught in a Kafkaesque nightmare in modern-day America.
Sir Salman speaks candidly about the threats to free expression, the rise in book bans across the US, and the political climate shaped by figures like Donald Trump. He reflects on the pressures facing writers and readers in a time of disinformation and growing censorship.
We discuss fiction’s power to illuminate truth and why, after everything, he remains committed to the freedom to imagine.
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, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
Presenter: James Coomarasamy
Producer: Nigel Doran and Farhana Haider
Editor: Justine Lang
Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.
(Image: Sir Salman Rushdie. Credit: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
MON 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52hhr5)
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MON 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct6ryj)
What’s gone wrong with the Dutch power supply?
As the country shifts away from fossil fuels, thousands of homes and businesses have been left on waiting lists to connect to its electricity grid.
Has the Netherlands moved too fast in its switch to renewable energy, like solar, wind and hydropower?
Some commentators are calling it a “grid crisis” – so, could this affect economic growth?
If you'd like to get in touch with the programme, you can email us at businessdaily@bbc.co.uk
Presented and produced by John Laurenson
(Picture: A line of wind turbines in a field in the Netherlands. Credit: Getty Images)
MON 08:50 Witness History (w3ct7470)
Breaking the sound barrier
On 14 October 1947, American Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound.
Despite having two broken ribs, Chuck reached Mach
1.06 – a speed of more than 1,100km per hour.
He flew an orange, single-seated, rocket-powered Bell X-1, 13,000m above the Mojave Desert in California.
Produced and presented by Rachel Naylor, in collaboration with BBC Archives.
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 the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue.
We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher.
You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
(Photo: Captain Chuck Yeager standing next to the Bell X-1 at Muroc Army Air Force Base, California, in 1947. Credit: Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
MON 09:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgt86x)
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MON 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mwsn79)
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MON 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52hmh9)
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MON 09:32 CrowdScience (w3ct6stl)
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MON 10:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgtcz1)
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MON 10:06 The History Hour (w3ct71wp)
The largest dinosaur and creating Miffy
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service.
Our guest is Darja Dankina, who's a palaeontologist from the Natures Research Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania.
We start with the discovery of the largest dinosaur ever, uncovered by a shepherd on a ranch in Argentina in 2012.
Then, we hear from the daughter of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, who created children's show Thunderbirds in 1965.
Plus, the impeachment of US President Clinton in 1999.
How an American historical document typed out on a university computer in 1971 played a vital role in the digital revolution of electronic books.
Also, Colonel Gaddafi’s son being signed to Italy’s top football league in 2003.
Finally, we use BBC archive to hear how children's book character Miffy was created in 1955. In the programme Dick Bruna reads from Miffy Goes Flying with permission from Mercis Publishing bv.
Contributors:
Dr Diego Pol - palaeontologist who lead the dig for the Patagotitan.
Darja Dankina - palaeontologist from the Natures Research Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Dee Anderson - daughter of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
Joe Lockhart - Bill Clinton’s former press secretary.
Greg Newby - Project Gutenberg’s CEO and director.
Jay Bothroyd and Zeljko Kalac - former Perugia players.
Dick Bruna - Dutch author and illustrator.
(Photo: The Patagotitan. Credit: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
MON 11:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgthq5)
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MON 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mwswqk)
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MON 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52hvzk)
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MON 11:32 The Global Story (w3ct717b)
Why Trump is threatening to go 'guns a-blazing' into Nigeria
President Donald Trump has warned that he will target Nigeria if the government there "continues to allow the killing of Christians". For months, campaigners and politicians in Washington have been alleging that Islamist militants were systematically targeting Christians in Nigeria.
But how true are the claims that there is a persecution – or even a genocide – of Christians in the West African country? And how does Nicki Minaj come to thank him for his intervention?
We speak to the BBC’s global religion correspondent, Lebo Diseko.
Producers: Xandra Ellin and Cat Farnsworth
Executive producer: Annie Brown
Mix: Travis Evans
Senior news editor: China Collins
(Photo: People walk along a street flanked by St. Joseph Catholic Church and Kano Road Central Mosque in Kaduna, Nigeria, 4 November, 2025. Credit: Marvellous Durowaiye/Reuters)
MON 12:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgtmg9)
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MON 12:06 Outlook (w3ct6wqk)
How Paramore’s singer revived her grandad’s lost album
As the lead singer of American rock band Paramore, Hayley Williams has won three Grammy Awards and toured the world. Behind the scenes, her grandad Rusty has been her biggest supporter and musical hero, nurturing her childhood passion and later her career. Rusty is the one who taught Hayley how to play the drums and the piano. He even followed Paramore’s tour bus around the US in his car with Hayley’s grandmother, his childhood sweetheart Sharon.
It turns out this very sentimental member of Paramore’ s entourage was so supportive of his granddaughter’s ambitions in part because his own attempt to make it as a musician was cut short. In the 1970s, Rusty sent his demo recordings to a music boss in Nashville who wanted him to mould his soul-inspired songs into the country music genre. Disillusioned, Rusty ended up quitting the music industry, and got a job in a lumber yard and eventually ran a store installing car stereos. He focused on being a father and a provider for his family. For 50 years, his songs lay hidden on a collection of old tapes, gathering dust. That is until Rusty’s long-lost recordings were rediscovered, and the dreams he’d packed away and long forgotten were revived – with the help of his granddaughter. This time around, Rusty gets his big break - and releases his debut album, Grand Man, at the age of 79.
Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: Elena Angelides and Maryam Maruf
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707
(Photo: A collage of four photos on an orange background. Clockwise from left: a recent photo of Rusty and Hayley Williams; a photo of Frank in the 1970s playing a guitar; a photo of Hayley as a child with Rusty; a photo of Hayley singing on stage during Taylor Swift's Era's Tour in London. Credit: Rusty Williams/Getty Images)
MON 12:50 Witness History (w3ct7470)
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MON 13:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgtr6f)
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MON 13:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mwt46t)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
MON 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52j3gt)
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MON 13:32 The Conversation (w3ct709l)
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MON 14:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgtvyk)
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MON 14:06 Newshour (w172zssf8bzz0j5)
BBC admits "error of judgement" amid resignations
BBC Chair Samir Shah has apologised for an "error of judgement" in how a documentary edited a speech by Donald Trump. Also on the programme, the presidents of the US and Syria will speak at a historic meeting at the White House; and, red kite chicks from England have been sent to Spain in order to bring the species back from the brink of extinction.
(People walk outside BBC Broadcasting House after Director General of BBC Tim Davie and Chief Executive of BBC News Deborah Turness resigned following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump, in London, Britain, November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Jack Taylor)
MON 15:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgtzpp)
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MON 15:06 The Interview (w3ct7x0j)
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MON 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52jbz2)
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MON 15:32 Business Daily (w3ct6ryj)
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MON 15:50 World Business Express (w3ct886b)
Is the US government shutdown about to end?
Leanna Byrne looks at signs that the United States may finally be nearing an end to its record-breaking forty-day government shutdown. The Senate has voted to advance a bill to pay federal workers and reopen parts of the government but it still needs approval from the House.
Also, two of Africa’s biggest diamond producers Botswana and Angola, are in talks to take control of De Beers, the world’s most famous diamond company.
And in Japan, a surge in bear attacks prompting the government to roll out emergency measures and forcing companies, farmers, and local authorities to spend millions on safety precautions.
MON 16:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgv3ft)
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MON 16:06 BBC OS (w1730683hfvwzks)
Trump threatens legal action against BBC
BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday night, after a leaked memo criticised a 2024 Panorama programme about the US president. BBC chair Samir Shah has apologised for an "error of judgement" in how a documentary edited a speech by Donald Trump. President Trump has threatened to sue the BBC over the documentary. We break down what happened and hear about the reaction.
Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has opened the UN climate summit in Belém with a call for delegates to inflict defeat on climate change deniers. Our climate editor joins from Brazil and speaks to people attending the summit.
And we bring you details from a BBC investigation into how Johannesburg’s criminal gangs bribe city officials and police to maintain control of residential buildings right in the area where South-Africa will be hosting the G20 summit this month.
Presenter: Rahul Tandon.
(Photo: People walk outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, Britain, November 10, 2025. Credit: Jack Taylor/Reuters)
MON 17:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgv75y)
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MON 17:06 BBC OS (w1730683hfvx39x)
COP30: Does the climate summit still have a point
Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has opened the UN climate summit in Belem with a call for delegates to inflict defeat on climate change deniers. Our climate editor joins from Brazil and speaks to people attending the summit.
President Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC over a documentary that misrepresented his comments before his supporters stormed Congress in 2021. We break down what happened and hear about the reaction.
As the Syrian president meets President Trump in Washington today, we hear from Syrians both in the US and inside Syria about their hopes for renewed ties between the two countries—and how this could help Syria recover from years of war.
Presenter: Rahul Tandon
(Photo: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, 10 November, 2025. Credit: Adriano Machado/Reuters)
MON 18:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgvby2)
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MON 18:06 Outlook (w3ct6wqk)
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MON 18:50 Witness History (w3ct7470)
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MON 19:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgvgp6)
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MON 19:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mwtvpl)
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
MON 19:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52jtyl)
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MON 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct6z5w)
2025/11/10 GMT
BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
MON 20:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgvlfb)
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MON 20:06 From Our Own Correspondent (w3ct6tsc)
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MON 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52jypq)
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MON 20:32 Discovery (w3ct6sww)
The Life Scientific: Kevin Fong
There can't be many people in the world who've saved lives in hospital emergency rooms and also helped care for the wellbeing of astronauts in space – but Kevin Fong’s career has followed a singular path: from astrophysics and trauma medicine, to working with NASA, to becoming an Air Ambulance doctor.
Kevin is a consultant anaesthetist and professor of public engagement and innovation at University College London. He’s worked on the front line in hospitals, dealing with major incidents and helping shape policy; but he's also stayed true to his childhood passion for space, working on multiple projects with NASA and even going through the astronaut application process himself. As if that wasn’t enough, he’s also become a well-known figure in science broadcasting through his various radio and TV shows.
Speaking to Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Kevin admits it hasn't always been an easy path – but his passion for both space and medicine have got him through. And today, he's channelling his energies into ensuring we protect the NHS's most precious commodity: its staff.
Presented by Jim Al-Khalili
Produced by Lucy Taylor
Revised for World Service by Minnie Harrop
MON 21:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgvq5g)
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MON 21:06 Newshour (w172zssf8bzzvr2)
Syria's President meets Trump at the White House
Ahmed al-Sharaa - once designated a high-value terrorist target by the US - has, as the new president of Syria, met Donald Trump at the White House. But concerns run deep inside Syria over the level of sectarian violence.
Also in the programme: President Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1bn, but does he have a case? And at least nine people are killed in an explosion in the Indian capital, Delhi, outside the seventeenth century Red Fort.
(IMAGE: President Donald Trump shakes hands with Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 / CREDIT: Syrian Presidency press office via AP)
MON 22:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgvtxl)
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MON 22:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mwv6xz)
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MON 22:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52k65z)
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MON 22:32 World Business Report (w3ct76tp)
Counting the cost of the longest-ever US shutdown
We hear from a worker who hasn't been paid in weeks and examine the wider impact on America's economy.
And, what's happening on the opening day of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil.
MON 23:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgvynq)
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MON 23:06 The Interview (w3ct7x0j)
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MON 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52k9y3)
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MON 23:32 The Conversation (w3ct709l)
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TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2025
TUE 00:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgw2dv)
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TUE 00:06 The History Hour (w3ct71wp)
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TUE 01:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgw64z)
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TUE 01:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mwvl5c)
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TUE 01:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52kkfc)
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TUE 01:32 The Global Story (w3ct717b)
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TUE 02:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgw9x3)
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TUE 02:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mwvpxh)
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TUE 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52kp5h)
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TUE 02:32 Assignment (w3ct6rcg)
Ukraine's Colombian soldiers
From jungle guerrilla warfare to frozen trenches: why did they leave and will they ever return? The story of the Colombian soldiers choosing to fight in the war in Ukraine. 'We heard the Ukranian President’s SOS call" says Castaño, a soldier in his early 30s who paid for his own flight from Colombia to fight in the war in Ukraine. He's not the only one, Colombians are said to outnumber any other nationality of those foreigners who have volunteered to fight. They've even promoted a Colombian to the rank of Sergeant so he can help process the huge numbers of Latino recruits who don't speak any Ukrainian. Some soldiers we meet have already made a huge sacrifice for a country that’s not their own and are learning to walk with new prosthetic limbs. But they're not just drawn to Ukraine to help, a range of factors in Colombia have pushed many soldiers to leave, not least low pay and a feeling that a job in the Colombian Army is no longer worth it.
Marco Pereira travels around Ukraine talking to Colombian soldiers to find out why they have chosen to fight in a punishing war so far from home.
Producer: Phoebe Keane
Voice overs by: Luis Fernando Campos, Felipe Arevalo, Federico Leal, Gerardo J. Escobar V.
(Image: An injured Colombian soldier, at home in Western Ukraine. Credit: Marco Pereira/BBC)
TUE 03:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgwfn7)
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TUE 03:06 Outlook (w3ct6wqk)
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TUE 03:50 Witness History (w3ct7470)
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TUE 04:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgwkdc)
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TUE 04:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mwvydr)
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TUE 04:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52kxnr)
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TUE 04:32 In the Studio (w3ct6vv9)
Chef Yoshifumi Yamaguchi
Exploring the culinary artistry of chef Yoshifumi Yamaguchi , a visionary bridging Kyoto and Kampala. As co-founder of Cots Cots, an artistic Japanese landmark in Uganda, he crafts authentic Japanese cuisine with a unique twist - infusing local Ugandan ingredients to create a vibrant fusion of tradition, innovation, and cultural exchange.
Behind the scenes, blending traditional Japanese techniques with Uganda’s rich local ingredients, Yamaguchi says he creates a dining experience that celebrates both heritage and innovation.
TUE 05:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgwp4h)
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TUE 05:06 Newsday (w172zspykwwv252)
Syria to join alliance against Islamic State Group
US officials say Syria has agreed to join the global alliance against Islamic State. The news came following a meeting between President Trump and Syria's President Ahmed Al Sharaa in Washington. Not long ago, Al Sharaa was the head of an al-Qaeda affiliate who had a 10 million dollar US bounty on his head. His new government has been fighting the remaining ISIS forces inside Syria. We get Syrian political reaction to the deal.
In the United States the Senate, with the help of Democrats, have passed a bill to end the longest government shutdown. We take a look at what the deal includes with a Democratic Congressman.
We turn to Tanzania where the Deputy Chairperson of Tanzania’s main opposition party CHADEMA, John Heche and several other senior party leaders, have been released on bail after almost two weeks in detention. The arrests followed protests over the exclusion of leading opposition figures in the presidential election at the end of last month.
Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai
(Photo: President Donald Trump, right, speaks with Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa, at the White House in Washington, Monday. Credit: Syrian Presidency Press Office via AP)
TUE 06:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgwswm)
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TUE 06:06 Newsday (w172zspykwwv5x6)
Syria to join coalition to defeat ISIS
The United States says Syria is joining the global coalition to defeat Islamic State jihadists, and is resuming diplomatic relations with Washington. The announcement came hours after Donald Trump met the Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, at the White House. Less than a year ago, Mr Sharaa led Islamist forces that ousted the Assad regime. We get the view of the Syrian disapora.
Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC, following criticism over how a speech the US President made was edited and used in a BBC documentary. The president's legal team has given the BBC until Friday to make a full and fair retraction of the documentary or face being sued.
And we speak to a Palestinian student who is part of a group of students to have just graduated from Al Aqsa University in Khan Younis.
Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai
(Photo: President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa, at the White House in Washington. Credit: Syrian President press office via AP)
TUE 07:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgwxmr)
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TUE 07:06 Newsday (w172zspykwwv9nb)
US deal reached with Syria
The Syrian President, Ahmed al Sharaa has been meeting with Donald Trump in the White House and says it will join a US led coalition to combat the Islamic State. We take a look at this historic visit, the shifting alliances and what this means for Syrian people.
We head to the United States where the Senate has agreed a compromise funding package to end the longest federal government shutdown in American history. Eight Democrats voted with Republicans to back the deal. We look at the friction this has created in the party.
And following top resignations at the BBC - after criticism in the editing of a BBC documentary about Donald Trump - the US president has threatened legal action.
Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai
(Photo: President Donald Trump, right, meets with Syria's President Ahmad al-Shara. Credit: Syrian Presidency Press Office via PA)
TUE 08:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgx1cw)
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TUE 08:06 People Fixing The World (w3ct6xyh)
Saving seabirds and squirrels
How do you save threatened species? This week we look at two novel solutions. In the UK, scientists are developing a unique contraceptive that will be fed in a nutty spread to grey squirrels, an invasive species that threatens the native red squirrel. And how scientists are moving albatross eggs thousands of miles from their low-lying home on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific to a Mexican island to try and protect the under threat Black-footed Albatross.
People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We release a new edition every Tuesday. 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
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(Image: Scientists remove albatross eggs in Midway Islands, Pacific Ocean, GECI)
TUE 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52ldn8)
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TUE 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct6s7k)
A fresh start for the carbon market?
We find out whether new rules could allow it to move away distance itself from previous accusations of "greenwashing" and fraud?
There have been previous false starts for a system which in theory allows for companies and countries to offset their carbon emissions by paying for projects which reduce or mitigate emissions elsewhere.
But new UN legislation - which has been a decade in the making – now clarified and ready for use those in the sector hope that the next few years will prove fruitful for the industry.
However, questions remain about whether overall the system will help to reduce global emissions.
Produced and presented by Hannah Bewley
(Image: Renwick Drysdale, managing director of akre)
TUE 08:50 Witness History (w3ct74nl)
Birth of the G7
In November 1975, a summit took place at Rambouillet, France, where the heads of six of the world’s most industrialised nations and their finance ministers came together.
The leaders of the US, France, Germany, Britain, Japan and Italy hoped to solve the ongoing economic crisis. The summit marked the birth of an institution now known as the G7. France’s former Finance Minister, Jean-Pierre Fourcade, was at the conference. He speaks to Ben Henderson.
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 the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue.
We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher.
You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
(Photo: The closing session of the summit at Rambouillet Castle. Credit: AFP via Getty images)
TUE 09:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgx540)
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TUE 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mwwk4d)
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TUE 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52ljdd)
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TUE 09:32 Assignment (w3ct6rcg)
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TUE 10:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgx8w4)
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TUE 10:06 The Arts Hour (w3ct6zv5)
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TUE 10:59 Armistice Day Silence (w3ct2zq6)
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Is social media dead?
For much of the 21st century, our social lives have been shaped, at least in part, on the internet. But in an age of influencers, generative AI, complex algorithms, and politically entangled technocrats, some users say social media is growing less, well, social.
So, is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else? We speak with New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka about what happened to social networks, and what their transformation suggests about the future of media.
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TUE 12:06 Outlook (w3ct6x57)
The award-winning Aboriginal author who gives her prize money away
Melissa Lucashenko was 14 years old when she first learned of her Aboriginal Bundjalung heritage. She didn't think much of it at the time, having 'absorbed the lessons of white supremacy' she says, but after leaving home as a young woman she began to discover her identity for herself. Seeking out elders in her community and eventually moving back to her ancestral lands, she 'learned what it meant to be Aboriginal' she says, all while writing prize-winning stories about modern Aboriginal life. Today she is one of Australia's most celebrated novelists - her latest novel Edenglassie won seven awards - but she gives most of her substantial prize money away. She tells Jo Fidgen why.
In January 2020, Dagmar Turner was woken up in the middle of her brain surgery and handed a violin. It was her idea. She was an amateur but committed violinist and was willing to go to drastic lengths to keep playing the instrument. Dagmar had been diagnosed with a brain tumour in her right frontal lobe. It was dangerously close to areas of her brain that were responsible for coordinating delicate movements in her left hand - essential for her musical talent. So she sought the help of Dr Keyoumars Ashkan - he was a respected neurosurgeon but also an accomplished musician, so he understood her love of music. Dr Ashkan agreed to perform an incredibly rare procedure where Dagmar would play the violin during surgery so that he and his team could remove only brain tissue that would not damage her music skills. This interview was first broadcast in 2020.
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TUE 14:06 Newshour (w172zssf8c01xf8)
India PM says those behind Delhi attack 'will not be spared'
Indian officials say at least twelve people have now died in Monday's car explosion in Delhi. Reports in the Indian media say that investigators suspect a Delhi-based Kashmiri doctor was in the driver's seat. There's also been an explosion near a crowded courthouse in neighbouring Pakistan today.
Also in the programme: voting is underway in Iraq to choose a new parliament as both Iran and the US vie for influence; the new research that suggests that speaking more than one language could delay the ageing process; and we speak to this year's Booker Prize winner.
(Picture: Security personnel and members of the forensic team work at the site of an explosion near the historic Red Fort in India. Credit: REUTERS/Adnan Abid)
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Crypto queen jailed for 11 years over $6 Billion bitcoin scam
Leanna Byrne gets reactions as a woman known as the Chinese crypto queen has been sentenced to jail in London for laundering billions in stolen bitcoin. Qian Zhimin was convicted of trying to launder more than sixty thousand bitcoins now worth around six and a half billion dollars.
In Germany, OpenAI faces a legal setback after a court ruled it infringed copyright by reproducing song lyrics without permission.
And Japan's SoftBank cashes out of Nvidia.
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TUE 16:06 BBC OS (w1730683hfvzwgw)
UK jails Chinese cryptoqueen
A mastermind of a vast Ponzi scheme in China has been jailed for over 11 years in London for her role in a cryptocurrency scam worth over 6 billion dollars. We're joined by our correspondent who's following Britain's largest ever seizure of cryptocurrency.
We walk around the BBC newsroom to talk to some of our reporters about the stories they are covering, including reports of Ukrainian forces retreating from settlements in the east of the country because of a Russian breakthrough in the area.
Our reporters provide the latest on deadly explosions in Pakistan and India.
Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney’s new biopic Christy has failed to break into the top 10 at the box office in its opening weekend. We discuss challenges of the industry with our reporter.
We've been hearing stories about interfaith relationships, after the US Vice-President JD Vance expressed hope that his Hindu wife will convert to Christianity. We bring two couples together in conversation about their experiences of converting to their religious faith for love.
Presenter: Rahul Tandon
(Photo: Police handout image of Zhimin Qianu who pleaded guilty to acquiring and possessing criminal property at Southwark Crown Court, London, on September 29th, 2025. Credit: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)
TUE 17:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgy431)
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House vote could end longest US government shutdown
Members of the US House of Representatives have returned to Washington for a vote that could bring the longest government shutdown in history to a close. Many public services have been suspended since October, with wide ranging impacts including US air travel and food benefits for 41 million low-income Americans. We hear the stories of people who have gone without SNAP food aid during the shutdown.
The BBC has spoken to a medic and a patient from el-Fasher's main hospital who fled the site shortly before one of the worst alleged RSF massacres as the Sudanese city fell. We are joined by our correspondent Barbara Plett Usher.
Prosecutors in Turkey have announced more than 140 charges against Ekrem Imamoglu, the imprisoned mayor of Istanbul who's widely viewed as the main rival to President Erdogan. We speak to our Europe online editor Paul Kirby.
Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has said that the FIFA World Cup next year will “definitely” be his last. We are joined by our sports reporter.
We've been hearing stories about interfaith relationships on OS, after the US Vice-President JD Vance expressed hope that his Hindu wife will convert to Christianity. We bring two couples together in conversation about their experiences of converting to their religious faith for love.
Presenter: Rahul Tandon
(Photo: Volunteers load boxes of food into cars at an event held by the Community FoodBank of New Jersey to deliver emergency food relief to Federal workers and SNAP recipients amid the US government shutdown in Leonia, New Jersey, US, 6 November, 2025. Credit: Mike Segar/Reuters)
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TUE 18:50 Witness History (w3ct74nl)
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TUE 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct6zbd)
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TUE 20:06 Assignment (w3ct6rcg)
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TUE 20:32 Tech Life (w3ct6zpp)
The King and AI
Seven pioneers of artificial intelligence gathered at St James's Palace to receive the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, presented by King Charles. Zoe Kleinman was there. In this week's edition you can hear Zoe talk to the 'godmother' of AI, Professor Fei-Fei Li, and Jensen Huang, the head of the world's most valuable company, Nvidia.
Also on Tech Life this week: how useful can robots be in space ? And the racing cars revving up in Abu Dhabi without any drivers onboard.
Presenter: Chris Vallance
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(Photo: A photo of King Charles at the prize ceremony in London. Credit: Reuters)
TUE 21:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fgym2k)
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TUE 21:06 Newshour (w172zssf8c02rn5)
El Fasher survivors in Sudan recount hospital atrocities
Survivors who fled El Fasher in Sudan have described witnessing atrocities as the city fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces last month. The RSF has denied killing nearly five hundred patients and staff at the Saudi Maternity Hospital after capturing the city from the army. We hear a special report from Barbara Plett Usher in Nairobi.
Also in the programme: German songwriters score a victory over AI; and Iraq goes to the polls.
(Picture: Remnants of a shell that targeted the refugee centre, in El Fasher, Sudan, October 7, 2025. Credit: REUTERS)
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TUE 22:32 World Business Report (w3ct76bz)
Up in the air
We examine how the longest shutdown in the US history has affected the airline industry and hear from stranded passengers and furloughed air traffic controllers. And, on day two of the COP climate conference in Brazil, we talk to a South African minister on what it will take to help poorer nations fund the transition to clean energy.
(Photo by CAROLINE BREHMAN: EPA/Shutterstock. Description: Travellers wait nearby an arrivals board at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, USA, 10 November 2025.)
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WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2025
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Evil Corp
4. The insider
A cyber-crime kingpin in a US prison speaks for the first time. How did he dodge the FBI when they came to his home? And how did he and his alleged crime gang steal millions of dollars from their victims? We learn that Jabber Zeus boss Tank had friends in high political places in Ukraine – and a budding young business associate in Russia.
Hosted by Joe Tidy, the BBC’s cyber correspondent – one of the few Western journalists to have met an alleged member of Evil Corp – and the BBC’s Eastern and Southern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford, who spent more than two decades reporting from Moscow.
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Trump says he has an "obligation" to sue the BBC
It is the first time Trump has spoken publicly since his lawyers wrote to the BBC and said he would sue for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the corporation issues a retraction, apologises and compensates him over the way a section of his speech was edited in a Panorama documentary.
The tension between several South American countries and the US continue to grow, as the world's largest warship, a US vessel, has arrived in the region. And the governor of California has condemned US airstrikes on suspected drug trafficking boats
We'll hear the joy of a student who has graduated from university in Gaza - have continued her studies throughout two years of bombings and displacement
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President Trump reiterates his intention to sue the BBC
Appearing on Fox News's The Ingraham Angle, the president was asked if he would go ahead with the lawsuit, responding "well I guess I have to, you know, why not, because they defrauded the public, and they've admitted it".
BBC chair Samir Shah has previously apologised for an "error of judgement" over the edit in the Panorama documentary
The world's largest warship has arrived in the Caribbean - it belongs to the US and and was ordered by the president last month, with on onging strikes against alleged drug boats - and political tensions with Venezuela and Columbia.
You can hear from our diplomatic correspondent as we hear reports of the Ukrainian army withdrawing from certain places in the east of the country - after assaults from Russia.
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Trump speaks about his threat to sue the BBC
Mr Trump has demanded a retraction, an apology and compensation -- after a Panorama documentary edited parts of a speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021. The BBC has acknowledged an "error of judgement".
The world's largest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford, has arrived in the Caribbean amid ongoing strikes against alleged drug boats and tensions with Venezuela.
We'll hear the joy of a student who has graduated from university in Gaza - have continued her studies throughout two years of bombings and displacement
(Photo: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters; Credit: AP)
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WED 08:06 The Interview (w3ct7x79)
Maria Alyokhina, Russian punk activist: The price of political art was prison
Vitaly Shevchenko speaks to Maria Alyokhina, founding member of the Russian punk activist group Pussy Riot, about the power and the price of protest.
Pussy Riot came to the world’s attention with its Punk Prayer, an angry anti-Putin anthem performed in a Moscow church. Maria Alyokhina spent two years incarcerated in a penal colony as a result. It was worth it, she says, to show the world what life under President Putin was like.
She was freed under an amnesty ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, but her ongoing activism saw her living under surveillance and then house arrest, eventually fleeing Russia in a dramatic escape. Today, she continues to challenge Putin’s regime from outside her home country.
Thank you to the Ukrainecast team for its 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 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
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What is oshikatsu and can it boost Japan's economy?
The superfan culture involves doing everything you can to be closer to your idols - often through concerts, merchandise, and streaming support.
And now oshikatsu is being praised by some economists for helping pull Japanese retail sales out of a long slump.
Figures suggest the role of fan purchasing power has boosted Japan’s annual retail turnover by 2%.
But what is so different about the way of supporting our heroes that has created such growth?
Produced and presented by Rick Kelsey
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WED 08:50 Witness History (w3ct74qv)
Prosecuting Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials
In November 1945, the first major war crimes trial in history opened in the German city of Nuremberg.
Senior Nazis who had committed atrocities during World War Two were prosecuted by the victorious Allied powers of Britain, the USA, France and the Soviet Union.
In 2014, Louise Hidalgo spoke to Benjamin Ferencz, who helped unearth evidence of mass murder by the Nazi mobile death squads and prosecuted them in Nuremberg.
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 the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue.
We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher.
You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
(Photo: The defendants in the Nuremberg trials. Credit: US National Archives/via Reuters)
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WED 11:32 The Global Story (w3ct71g3)
Why is Trump threatening to sue the BBC?
The BBC has this week been rocked by a series of controversies, leading its Director General and Head of News to resign, and President Donald Trump threatening to sue the corporation over an edit it made to his January 6th, 2021 speech in one of its programmes, which the BBC admits was misleading.
How did the management of the world’s most trusted news broadcaster reach crisis point, and what does this tell us about today’s media landscape?
BBC culture and media editor Katie Razzall explains.
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This podcast was edited on 12 November 2025. We removed a reference to Donald Trump “threatening to remove BBC journalists’ access to his press conferences". This statement should have been attributed to a reported briefing by a senior White House official.
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The self-taught forensic artist who helps capture criminals
This interview contains references to violent sexual assault.
When Lois Gibson was growing up in small-town Missouri, she dreamed of becoming an artist. But life took her on a very different path - from dancing on TV in 1970s Los Angeles to surviving a violent assault that would change everything. Years later, she discovered that her gift for drawing faces could be used for something far greater than art alone: catching criminals. Using only the fragmented memories of witnesses, Lois taught herself to turn trauma into justice, sketching suspects so accurately that her portraits led to more than a thousand arrests. Her remarkable talent earned her a Guinness World Record and a lifetime of service with the Houston Police Department.
Mexican artist Julia Lopez, who passed away in 2025, was a world-renowned painter. But she very nearly didn't discover her talent at all. She grew up as a farm labourer in rural Mexico and worked as a maid after moving to Mexico City. But one day her life changed when she was spotted on the street by a wealthy fashion designer, who asked her to be a model. Before long Julia was modelling in the presence of celebrated artists including Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, and was soon inspired to pick up a paintbrush herself. Her artistic career went on to last for almost 70 years. Outlook's Clayton Conn went to meet her at her studio in 2018.
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(Photo: Lois Gibson stands in a darkened studio, dressed in all black, her long black hair framing her face, staring intensely into the lens, surrounded by sketches on the easel and walls. Credit: Guinness World Records)
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US aircraft carrier group arrives in Caribbean
The Democrat governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has criticised deadly US strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean. The US has now struck at least nineteen vessels, killing around eighty people. On Tuesday, an American warship (the USS Gerald R Ford) also arrived in the region. There's growing speculation that the US might attack Venezuela, where President Maduro has announced a nationwide military deployment.
Also in the programme: The Israeli military says its troops were attacked when they detained four Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank for taking part in a large scale arson attack on Palestinian villages; out of the latest atrocities in Sudan, we will bring you the survivors' stories; and bagpipe world record broken in Australia.
(Photo: Dozens of aircraft on the USS Gerald R Ford add significant combat power to US forces near Latin America. Credit: Getty Images)
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COP30: Amid protests, a call for a global carbon tax
In Brazil, Indigenous protesters have stormed the COP30 venue in Belém over broken land rights promises. Inside, climate talks continue with shipping under scrutiny. Leanna Byrne chats with the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation, who’s pushing for a global carbon levy despite US and Saudi opposition.
Also, a Chinese tycoon accused of running a vast scam compound in Myanmar is extradited to Beijing.
And Greek farmers protest soaring costs, delayed subsidies and livestock diseases.
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Epstein emails mentioning Trump released
US House Democrats have released new emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein that reference President Donald Trump. The documents appear to show Epstein mentioning Donald Trump several times in correspondence with long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and in separate correspondence with writer Michael Wolff. The US president has consistently denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein. We get more information from our correspondent in Washington.
We hear from young people in Delhi, where schools have been asked to run hybrid classes for some students because of the poor air quality.
We speak to our Jerusalem correspondent about recent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank and the opening of the key Zikim crossing into Gaza to allow aid in.
Global girl group Katseye say they have received multiple online death threats since they made their debut last year. We speak to our music correspondent.
After "Christy", a biopic starring Sydney Sweeney became one of the biggest box office flops, we speak to cinema owners about the decline in cinema attendances.
Presenter: Luke Jones.
(Photo: US President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (not pictured) at the White House in Washington DC, 7 November, 2025. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
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Two gay dating platforms removed from Apple app store in China
Apple has confirmed that it has removed two of China's most popular gay dating apps - Blued and Finka - from its app store in the country following an order from authorities. We speak to our reporter and hear from members of China's LGBT community.
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show. We speak to one of the BBC Verify journalists.
US Democrats have released emails from the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, one of which says Donald Trump spent hours at his house with someone the Democrats say was one of the late financier's victims. We get more details from our correspondent.
After Christy, a biopic starring Sydney Sweeney became one of the biggest box office flops, we speak to cinema owners about the decline in cinema attendances.
We hear a story of an Afghan child bride who became one of Europe's top bodybuilders.
Presenter: Luke Jones.
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WED 20:06 The Climate Question (w3ct702s)
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WED 20:32 Health Check (w3ct6vk8)
Canada loses measles elimination status
This week it was declared that Canada is no longer measles free and as a result The Americas have lost their measles elimination status. Claudia is joined by Vanessa Apea to understand why this vaccine-preventable disease is continuing to spread in North America.
COP30 is underway in Belém, Brazil, and ahead of the conference’s Health Day we hear from BBC’s Climate and Science reporter Esme Stallard what global health is on the agenda.
Reporter Dorcas Wangira is in Nairobi investigating a crackdown on helmet safety for motorcycle taxi riders.
Plus, can speaking more than one language slow down the rate at which you age? And why politicians in France are suggesting doctors prescribe working from home instead of signing people off sick.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Hannah Robins
Assistant Producer: Katie Tomsett
Image: People stand near healthy awareness posters related to the measles outbreak during a public health awareness campaign, at the Taber Health Centre, in the largely Mennonite community of Taber, Alberta, Canada, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot/File Photo
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New emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with Epstein victim
Emails released by US lawmakers say Donald Trump "spent hours" with a victim of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The White House has accused Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to push a fake narrative against the President.
Also in the programme: after dozens of Israeli settlers launched arson attacks on Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank, we'll hear about growing frustration within Israel's military; and the solar storms bringing spectacular light shows to skies around the globe. (Photo: Donald Trump poses alongside Jeffrey Epstein in 1997. Credit: Getty)
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Tariff relief for US consumers
We examine pledges to ease the tariff burden on some US grocery staples. How will a reduction in levies on coffee and bananas help the consumer?
We also find out why food prices are going down in India and hear from Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz on what's driving increased global inequality.
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THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2025
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Striking gas in Bolivia
In July 2024, Bolivia discovered the Mayaya Centro-X1 gas field - its largest find in nearly 20 years. With an estimated 1.7 trillion cubic feet of reserves, the announcement sparked excitement across the country, promising to help reverse a steep decline in domestic production and inject billions into the national economy.
South American based journalist Constance Malleret explores what this discovery means for Bolivia, not just beneath the ground, but above it. We hear from geologists working at the site, government officials spearheading the Upstream Reactivation Plan, and energy analysts questioning whether the country is leaning too heavily on fossil fuel optimism.
But striking gas also ignites debate. Bolivia has pledged to deliver 5,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2050 and build thousands of kilometres of transmission lines. Can these ambitions coexist with a new wave of gas expansion? Voices from the environmental movement say no, while government officials insist the two tracks are compatible.
Add to that the political tension. Supporters hail the discovery as a chance for Bolivia to reassert its role as a regional energy leader. Critics warn of over-dependence and urge reform, from scrapping fuel subsidies to attracting private investment. Left leaning politicians tend to want state-led growth. Those on the right call for market-driven solutions. And communities near the drilling zone face tough choices - welcome the promise of jobs or challenge potential threats to land and water.
(Photo: President Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia speaks during a celebration following the preliminary results of the presidential run-off election, in La Paz, Bolivia, 19 October, 2025. Credit: Claudia Morales/Reuters)
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THU 04:32 The Food Chain (w3ct70zd)
Food by drones?
From pizza delivery to emergency aid, are autonomous aircraft the future?
Ruth Alexander looks into whether drones are a feasible alternative to delivery drivers and traditional air drops.
We hear how fast food and groceries are being delivered into suburban back gardens in Helsinki and Dublin and to a waterside collection point in Hong Kong. Is this technology something we might see everywhere soon? Ruth looks at its advantages and limitations and finds out how drones are carrying essential food to remote communities in Madagascar.
Taking part were Danny Vincent, BBC Hong Kong reporter, Ville Lepalä, the CEO and co-founder of Huuva foodhall, Bobby Healy, the CEO of Manna Aero, Santanu Chakraborty, chief executive officer of Bal Raksha Bharat – Save the Children India and Hedley Tah from the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service, which is run by the World Food programme.
Produced by Rumella Dasgupta.
Image: A drone is flying against a stylised blue sky background. It is holding a white box which says Food Delivery on it in black letters. (Credit Getty Images/ sarawuth702)
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New Epstein emails released
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the emails were "selectively leaked" by House Democrats to "liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump".
Trump signs a bill to end the longest shutdown in US history
A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has come first in the country's parliamentary election.
(Photo: A protester carries a placard outside the US Capitol in Washington; Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)
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Democrats publish new Epstein documents
Democrat politicians in the US say emails released suggest Trump was aware of sexual abuse by the convicted paedophile, Epstein. The White House has accused Democrats of attempting to create a fake narrative.
The incumbent prime minister of Iraq, says voters have chosen "the path of reform and reconstruction" - after Mohammed al-Sudani's coalition tops parliamentary elections. We speak to one of his advisors.
(Photo: Haley Robson, victim of late financier Jeffrey Epstein, speaks during a press conference; Credit: Reuters)
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Trump mentioned in new Epstein files
Democrat politicians in the US have released emails which - they say - suggest Donald Trump was aware of sexual abuse by the convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein. One of the messages sent by Epstein said the president "knew of the girls" -- but didn't elaborate further. The White House has accused Democrats of attempting to create a fake narrative.
US President Donald Trump has signed a bill ending the longest government shutdown in the country's history
(Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks inside the Oval Office; Credit: Reuters)
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THU 08:06 The Inquiry (w3ct723h)
Is the world ready for more climate migration?
From floods in Pakistan to droughts in the Horn of Africa, extreme weather events are already forcing millions of people to move. Most are displaced within their own countries but rising temperatures and sea levels could soon push many across national borders.
Yet international law offers little protection for those uprooted by the changing climate, and few countries appear ready for the scale of movement predicted in coming decades.
Charmaine Cozier explores how communities, governments and international systems could respond as the number of people displaced by climate change grows.
This week on The Inquiry, we’re asking: Is the world ready for more climate migration?
Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Producer: Matt Toulson
Researcher: Maeve Schaffer
Editor: Tom Bigwood
Technical Producer: Craig Boardman
Production Management Assistant: Liam Morrey
Contributors:
Amali Tower, founder and executive director of Climate Refugees
Dr Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Samoan climate journalist and professor of Pacific Island Studies at Portland State University, US
Alessio Terzi, professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, UK
Gaia Vince, writer, Anthropocene researcher and the author of Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval
(Photo: Kuakata Sea Beach Patuakhali District, Bangladesh. Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images)
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THU 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct6s31)
Drones: Who is making the new weapons of war?
From Ukraine and Russia to Gaza and Sudan, drones have become a key weapon of war. Which companies are making them, and profiting from this rapidly expanding but controversial sector within the defence industry?
We hear from a woman in Ukraine who used to own a flower shop in Kyiv, but who is now making drones to send to the front-line; and we hear from a Russian who left his homeland as a teenager and now, from Australia, is developing the technology that helps protect Ukraine from Russian attack.
And a former Norwegian paratrooper tells us how he can help protect soldiers from drones.
Produced/presenter: Gideon Long
(Photo: Participants in the 'Wild Drones' tournament, organised by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city of Kamianets, Ukraine, 5 October, 2025. Credit: Maria Senovilla/EPA/Shutterstock)
THU 08:50 Witness History (w3ct74k5)
Bataclan attack in Paris
On 13 November 2015, 90 people were shot dead by gunmen at the Bataclan theatre in France during an Eagles of Death Metal concert.
A further 40 people were killed in co-ordinated terror attacks by jihadists across the city on the same night.
Rachel Naylor speaks to British couple Justine Merton-Scott and Tony Scott, who managed to escape the venue by climbing out of a skylight.
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 the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue.
We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher.
You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
(Photo: A Parisian holds a flower towards the Bataclan on the anniversary of the attack in 2021. Credit: Kiran Ridley / Getty Images)
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THU 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mx2byl)
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THU 09:32 The Documentary (w3ct8cb2)
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The Media Show: Trump’s billion-dollar BBC threat
A day of turmoil for the BBC as Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness both resign, following a leaked memo alleging editorial bias and raising concerns over decision-making and governance. The Media Show is joined by a panel of insiders and commentators to assess where the BBC goes next. With former BBC communications chief John Shield, former BBC News executive Jamie Angus, journalist Jane Martinson, columnist Tim Montgomerie and Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair.
Presenters: Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Assistant producer: Martha Owen
Production co-ordinator: Ruth Waites
Technical co-ordinator: James Cherry
Sound engineer: Mike Campbell
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THU 10:32 Happy News (w3ct6tz5)
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THU 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mx2lfv)
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THU 11:32 The Global Story (w3ct719l)
The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
Donald Trump has spent this year trying to negotiate a deal to end the war in Ukraine. So far, Vladimir Putin doesn’t seem interested in the US’s proposals.
One man who has successfully negotiated with Russia – and with many of America’s adversaries – is Roger Carstens, former Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. From 2020 to 2025 he worked to free dozens of US citizens taken hostage and wrongfully detained around the world, including in Russia. Securing their release often required complex deals that took years to put together.
What does it take to successfully negotiate with Putin’s Russia?
Producer: Lucy Pawle
Executive producer: James Shield
Senior news editor: China Collins
Mix: Travis Evans
Photo: Roger Carstens. Credit: BBC
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THU 12:06 Outlook (w3ct6wyb)
The poet carving a place in a quieter world
Raymond Antrobus is an award-winning poet and educator. He grew up in east London to an English mother and Jamaican father. When he was a child, he remembers thinking his mum had an amazing superpower – she could hear things that he couldn't. Raymond always felt like there was something he was missing out on. It wasn't until his deafness was diagnosed when he was 6 years old and he started to experience the world through hearing aids, that he realised there was a whole set of social codes and nuances he'd never been party to before. But even after he entered this new sound world, Raymond struggled to fit in to it and through his teens and early working life often tried to hide his deafness. Searching for purpose he found a release through music by Busta Rhymes and his dad's dub and reggae records. He started writing his own words and throughout his life, writing helped him to navigate difficult periods and to understand tricky relationships including with his father whom he was dedicated to, but was a man fighting his own demons. Raymond never thought of his words as poetry until one day they were labelled as such by someone he least expected. Today, his poems are on the exam syllabus for teenagers in the UK and he's written two children's books.
Raymond Antrobus' recent memoir is called The Quiet Ear.
If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised in this episode, you can find support at befrienders.org
Sara Faith Alterman was eight when she accidently discovered that her prudish dad was secretly a globally successful writer of adult books. Growing up, it was never discussed, but when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his late 60s, he asked Sara to help him write again before it was too late. This interview was first broadcast in October 2020.
Sara Faith Alterman’s memoir is called Lets Never Talk about this Again.
Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Andrea Rangecroft
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp 44 330 678 2707
(Photo: Poet Raymond Antrobus stands in front of a tree wearing a white t-shirt and brown open shirt, with one hand wrapped around himself and the other hand holding his chin. Credit: Marco Giugliarelli for the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, 2025)
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France marks 10 years since Bataclan massacres
France is holding a series of ceremonies marking ten years since coordinated Islamist attacks in the capital, Paris, left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded. A survivor describes what happened that night and how he has rebuilt his life.
Also in the programme: The White House says that emails from the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were selectively leaked by Democrats to create a false narrative about President Trump; and why Type 1 diabetes is more severe in young children.
(Photo: The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, during a ceremony in tribute to the victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks. Credit: Ludovic Marin/EPA/Shutterstock)
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The US is facing an economic blindspot
Leanna Byrne looks at the fallout from America's federal government shutdown, which has finally come to an end, but with a warning from the White House that October’s jobs and inflation numbers might never be released. Also, the Starbucks workers going on strike on Red Cup Day. And why Scotland is issuing "kilt bonds"
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Ukraine war: Russia's attacks ramp up
With Russia stepping up its attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, we speak to our correspondent on the ground and find out how Ukrainians are fighting to hold on through another winter.
Scientists have uncovered why Type 1 diabetes is more severe in young people. We speak to parents about the daily challenges their children face with the condition.
We hear reflections from our Africa Editor, Will Ross, as he bids farewell to the BBC after 25 years. Much of his career was spent reporting across the African continent, bringing its stories to a global audience.
Nigeria's new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs of local power politics in the week it was supposed - but failed - to open its doors to the public for the first time. Our reporter explains the story, and we speak to two art historians.
Presenter: Rahul Tandon.
(Photo: President Volodymyr Zelensky poses for a picture with a service member while he visits a command position of the 128th Zakarpattia Separate Mountain Assault Brigade at a front line, Ukraine, 13 November, 2025. Credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters)
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Fossil fuel emissions rise again
New figures show that the world's burning of fossil fuels is set to release more planet-warming carbon dioxide than ever before this year. It's another sign that efforts to fight climate change by cutting emissions are moving far too slowly to meet international targets, as countries meet in Brazil for UN climate talks COP30. Our environment correspondent joins from Belém, Brazil. We also hear from people who lost their homes to natural disasters impacted by climate change.
The longest shutdown in US history is over, but many Americans could now lose vital health care benefits. We hear from those most affected.
Scientists have uncovered why Type 1 diabetes is more severe in young people. We speak to parents about the daily challenges their children face with the condition.
Presenter: Rahul Tandon
(Photo: A drone view shows coal being prepared for transport, along the Kanawha river outside of Charleston, West Virginia, 19 March, 2025. Credit: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
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THU 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct6z84)
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THU 20:32 BBC Inside Science (w3ct8txk)
Could technology replace animal testing in science?
This week the UK government set out its vision for a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumstances. Animal experiments in the UK peaked at
4.14 million in 2015 driven mainly by a big increase at the time in genetic modification experiments. By 2020, the number had fallen sharply to
2.88 million as alternative methods and technologies were developed. But since then that decline has plateaued.
Could we see the end of animals being used in science labs? Presenter Tom Whipple is joined by Dr. Chris Powell, Director of Cambridge BioPharma Consultants Ltd. and honorary visiting scientist at Cambridge University and Dr. Natalie Burden, head of New Approach Methodologies at the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs).
And as world leaders gather for the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, we speak to glaciologist Dr. Matthias Huss. In the past decade, his data has shown that a quarter of Swiss ice has been lost, with hundreds of glaciers having disappeared entirely. But part of one of those glaciers remains in the freezer of his basement...
Also Penny Sarchet, managing editor at New Scientist, brings us her take on the new science that matters this week.
To discover more fascinating science content, head to bbc.co.uk, search for BBC Inside Science and follow the links to The Open University.
Presenter: Tom Whipple
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France remembers the Paris attacks ten years on
The attacks were described by France's then President, Francois Hollande, as an "act of war" organised by the Islamic State (IS) militant group, and they left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded. We'll speak to a survivor and ask how they've changed France.
Also on the programme: a new documentary analyses Hitler's DNA for the very first time - we speak to the expert who studied his genetic make up; and Sri Lanka's cricket team continue their tour of Pakistan despite security concerns.
(Photo: France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a ceremony marking a decade since the November 2015 Paris attacks. Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock)
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THU 22:32 World Business Report (w3ct75yk)
European lawmakers dilute green rules
Lawmakers in Europe vote to limit green reporting rules for business. A boost for European competitiveness - or a backward step for the environment?
And we examine the reasons why Starbucks workers in the US are going on strike.
Starbucks employees participate in an open-ended strike, as part of a nationwide push for improved wages and benefits, in Manhattan, New York City. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2025
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Are Russian forces on the brink of seizing Pokrovsk?
This week John Simpson, in discussion with the BBC’s unparalleled range of experts across the world, analyses why Russia is so keen to capture the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, explores how difficult it will be to rebuild Gaza, and looks at how quantum computing could change the way we solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.
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FRI 04:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh583n)
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FRI 04:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mx4n41)
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FRI 04:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct6vps)
Finding my true self through Druidry
When Mhara was a teenager, she often felt lost and out of place. But discovering books about witchcraft and Druidry opened a door to another world, one filled with stories of transformation, enchantment, and connection to nature. Those ideas would stay with her for years.
As an adult, Mhara began to explore her identity as a queer, transgender woman and returned to the spiritual path that had first offered her hope. She discovered a thriving Druid community right on her doorstep in Anglesey, Wales - one of the last strongholds of Druidry after the Roman invasion and still considered sacred land today.
Presenter Mora Morrison joins Mhara on the island, visiting sacred rivers, ancient burial sites, and the headquarters of the Anglesey Druid Order. There, Mora meets Mhara’s mentor and friend Kristoffer Hughes, who has led the Order for 25 years.
Presenter / producer: Mora Morrison
Series Producer: Rajeev Gupta
Editor: Chloe Walker
Production co-ordinator: Mica Nepomuceno
(Photo: Mhara Starling, a Welsh witch and Druid. Credit: Kat Arnold Photography)
FRI 05:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh5cvs)
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FRI 05:06 Newsday (w172zspykwx3rwc)
BBC apologises to US President Trump
The corporation said the edit had given "the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action" and said it would not show the 2024 programme again. Lawyers for Trump have threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn
FRI 06:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh5hlx)
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FRI 06:06 Newsday (w172zspykwx3wmh)
A large scale Russian missile attack hits Ukraine
Critical infrastructure, a hospital and a school were targeted in the overnight Russian missile attack in Ukraine. In Russia, the military said it intercepted 200 Ukrainian drones that officials said had targeted industrial facilities and disrupted air travel.
The BBC apologises to President Donald Trump for the editing of a speech, he made on 6 January, 2021, but rejects his calls for compensation. Our correspondent in Washington DC will talk us through the latest.
Disney has released its first set of financial results since it controversially suspended - then reinstated - the talk show star Jimmy Kimmel.
(Photo: Apartment buildings damaged during an overnight Russian drone and missile strike. Credit: Reuters)
FRI 07:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh5mc1)
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FRI 07:06 Newsday (w172zspykwx40cm)
Kyiv under Russian attack
Emergency services said at least fifteen people have been injured and one has died in the assault in Kyiv. Critical infrastructure, a hospital and a school were targeted in the attack. In Russia, the military said it intercepted two hundred Ukrainian drones that officials said had targeted industrial facilities and disrupted air travel.
The BBC apologises to President Donald Trump for the editing of a speech, he made on January 6th 2021, but rejects his calls for compensation.
(Photo: A woman carries her baby as she comes back from a shelter inside a metro station after a Russian missile and drone strike; Credit:Reuters)
FRI 08:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh5r35)
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FRI 08:06 The Interview (w3ct8c40)
Brandi Carlile, singer-songwriter: I believe in the separation of church and state
‘I believe so profoundly in the separation of church and state, and in the dangers of theocracy creeping into the corners of a democracy’
BBC Music Correspondent Mark Savage speaks to US singer-songwriter, producer and performer Brandi Carlile about the personal and political stories behind her songs.
An LGBTQ icon, she sets out her fears about the threat to same-sex marriage in today’s United States, and the impact that has had on her own family. And she shares the strain her own sexuality put on her relationship with her mother while growing up in rural America. It was country music, she says, that brought them together.
Brandi Carlile has won eleven Grammy awards, been nominated for an Oscar, and worked with Elton John and Joni Mitchell. Now releasing her eighth album, she reveals she went into the studio with no songs prepared, only feelings and nostalgia, resulting in a deeply personal record reflecting on childhood memories, parenthood and politics.
Thank you to Mark Savage for his 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, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.
(Image: Brandi Carlile Credit: Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
FRI 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52w3ck)
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FRI 08:32 Business Daily (w3ct6rt0)
The ex-soldier building defence software
As war becomes more high tech than ever, artificial intelligence companies are making software which is increasingly being used on the battlefield.
Will Blyth served in the British military as an army major and has used this experience to build his own company, connecting hardware systems from different manufacturers deployed by armed forces.
Presented and produced by Rob Young
(Picture: Will Blyth. Credit: Arondite)
FRI 08:50 Witness History (w3ct744r)
When Maldives' ministers met underwater
On 17 October 2009, the Maldives’ top government officials donned their scuba gear for the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting.
Fish floated around while ministers communicated with hand gestures, white boards and special underwater pencils. Meanwhile on the surface, journalists jostled to see what was happening.
The watery meeting was filmed and photographed and subsequently broadcast across the world.
The President at the time, Mohamed Nasheed, wanted to show the world the impact climate change would have on his country if carbon dioxide emissions weren’t curbed. Graihagh Jackson speaks to him to find out if the stunt worked.
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 the death of Adolf Hitler, the first spacewalk and the making of the movie Jaws, to celebrity tortoise Lonesome George, the Kobe earthquake and the invention of superglue.
We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: Eva Peron – Argentina’s Evita; President Ronald Reagan and his famous ‘tear down this wall’ speech; Thomas Keneally on why he wrote Schindler’s List; and Jacques Derrida, France’s ‘rock star’ philosopher.
You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the civil rights swimming protest; the disastrous D-Day rehearsal; and the death of one of the world’s oldest languages.
(Photo: Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed presiding over an underwater cabinet meeting. Credit:EPA/Maldives Presidency).
FRI 09:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh5vv9)
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FRI 09:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mx57vp)
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FRI 09:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52w73p)
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FRI 09:32 BBC Inside Science (w3ct8txk)
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FRI 10:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh5zlf)
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FRI 10:06 Unexpected Elements (w3ct72wz)
A keg of beer-based science
A 150-year-old bottle of Arctic Ale is being uncapped, which got the team talking about all things related to yeast, beer, and opening things.
First, we hear about a rare condition where the body brews its own alcohol. Next up, we find out that small amounts of alcohol make male fruit flies more attractive.
We’re then joined in the studio by food historian Pen Vogler, who helps us travel back in time to explore beer’s origins.
Next, we discover how air pollution is affecting our brains, and delve into some surprising ways that yeast could help the climate.
All that, plus many more Unexpected Elements.
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton, with Chhavi Sachdev and Candice Bailey
Producers: Alice Lipscombe-Southwell, with Lucy Davies and Robbie Wojciechowski
FRI 11:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh63bk)
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FRI 11:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mx5hby)
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FRI 11:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52wgly)
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FRI 11:32 The Global Story (w3ct7152)
Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Files, and the scandal that won’t go away
**This episode contains themes of sexual abuse and grooming**
Calls to release all the Epstein files are growing, after Wednesday’s bombshell release of over 20,000 pages of documents related to the sex trafficking scandal. The private messages released by the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have increased scrutiny on what President Trump may have known about Epstein’s behaviour. The White House has told the BBC the documents ‘prove literally nothing’.
The furore continues to intensify, but there is one woman who has all the answers: Epstein’s long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell. So who is the disgraced British socialite and what is her role in the scandal?
Today we talk to the BBC’s New York correspondent Nada Tawfik, who has covered the case for over a decade.
Producers: Sam Chantarasak and Aron Keller
Executive producer and senior news editor: China Collins
Mix: Travis Evans
Photo: Ghislaine Maxwell with Jeffrey Epstein. US Department of Justice/PA Wire
FRI 12:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh672p)
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FRI 12:06 Outlook (w3ct6whs)
Outlook Mixtape: Heavens above
A galaxy of personal stories which might lead you to see the sky in a whole new way.
Javier Rua Restrepo was so captivated by the skies over Colombia's Tatacoa desert that he decided to build his own observatory there. Zoe Gelber went to meet him in 2023.
James Plummer Jr. grew up navigating poverty but ended up studying astrophysics at Stanford. After overcoming drug addiction James, now known as Hakeem Oluseyi, became one America’s best-known cosmologists. Hakeem spoke to us in 2021.
Hugo Sanchez is from El Salvador but lives in Canada now where he heads to remote places to see the amazing night-time displays of the aurora borealis, the Northern Lights. As he explained to Emily Webb in 2022, they help him to connect with a lost loved one.
Ann Druyan is the driving force behind the Voyager Golden Records aboard the Voyager 1 and 2 space probes. Ann was in charge of choosing the playlist and told us in 2022 how she decided on humanity’s message to our celestial neighbours.
Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com or WhatsApp +44 330 678 2707
(Photo: A transparent 60-minute cassette tape spooled halfway through and lying on a white background. It bears a slim white label with the words ‘THE OUTLOOK MIXTAPE’ written in black. Credit: Getty Images)
FRI 12:50 Witness History (w3ct744r)
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FRI 13:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh6btt)
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FRI 13:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mx5qv6)
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FRI 13:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52wq36)
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FRI 13:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct6vps)
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FRI 14:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh6gky)
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FRI 14:06 Newshour (w172zssf8c0bm4k)
Kyiv endures Russian bombardment
Ukraine says at least eight civilians have been killed in a major Russian drone and missile attack, which hit both energy facilities and apartment blocks. We speak to one Kyiv resident who says that living under constant threat makes every day like roulette.
Also in the programme: we ask the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, whether the international community is capable of taking action to stop the flow of arms to the Sudanese RSF group; and crime novelist turned national football coach Eydun Klakstein tells us why his Faroe Islands team have what it takes to make World Cup history.
(Pictured: Locals watch as emergency services work the site of a Russian strike on a nine-storey residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, 14 November 2025. Credit: MAXYM MARUSENKO/EPA/Shutterstock)
FRI 15:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh6lb2)
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FRI 15:06 The Interview (w3ct8c40)
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FRI 15:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52wylg)
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FRI 15:32 Business Daily (w3ct6rt0)
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FRI 15:50 World Business Express (w3ct88gl)
Billions wiped out as AI sector bears the brunt of tech sell-off
Leanna Byrne explores why global tech stocks have taken a hit this week, as investors dump AI favourites like Nvidia and Alphabet, wiping billions off market values.
Google is offering to adjust parts of its advertising system to comply with a European Union order tied to a $3.4 billion antitrust penalty.
And Dominos UK says Britain has reached “peak pizza” and is now turning to fried chicken in an effort to revive sales.
FRI 16:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh6q26)
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UN approves probe into el-Fasher massacre allegations
The UN Human Rights Council has unanimously approved a formal investigation into allegations of a massacre last month in the Sudanese city of el- Fasher. Some 2,000 people are thought to have been killed by the paramilitary RSF forces. We speak to our correspondent in Geneva about what was discussed in today's emergency session. We also get the latest about the situation on the ground in Sudan.
In India, Karnataka has become the first state to offer paid menstrual leave to all women in formal employment. We discuss the new policy with three Indian women.
The BBC has apologised to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his 6 January 2021 speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation. We get the latest from our correspondent.
The UK is moving to ban online pornography that depicts acts like strangulation or suffocation. We hear from those who welcome the proposal—and from critics who say it goes too far.
Presenter: Rahul Tandon.
(Photo: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers his statement during the Human Rights Council Special Session on the Human Rights Situation in and around Sudan's el-Fasher. Credit: SALVATORE DI NOLFI/EPA/Shutterstock)
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Mining firm BHP found liable for dam collapse in Brazil
A court in Britain has found the global mining giant BHP liable for the collapse of a dam in south-east Brazil in 2015, potentially paving the way for billions of dollars in compensation. Our correspondent explains.
In India, Karnataka has become the first state to offer paid menstrual leave to all women in formal employment. We discuss the new policy with three Indian women.
The BBC has apologised to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his 6 January 2021 speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation. We get the latest from our correspondent.
The UN Human Rights Council has unanimously approved a formal investigation into allegations of a massacre last month in the Sudanese city of el- Fasher. Some 2,000 people are thought to have been killed by the paramilitary RSF forces. We speak to our correspondent in Geneva about what was discussed in today's emergency session.
Presenter: Rahul Tandon
(Photo: The debris of the municipal school of Bento Rodrigues district, which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, in Mariana, Brazil, 10 November, 2015. Credit: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)
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FRI 18:50 Witness History (w3ct744r)
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FRI 19:32 Sport Today (w3ct6z3m)
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FRI 20:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh761q)
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FRI 20:06 BBC OS Conversations (w3ct6rnh)
Changing religion for love
How difficult is it to stay together when you have different religious faiths?
US Vice President JD Vance spoke recently about his interfaith marriage – he’s a Christian and his wife, Usha, is Hindu. They are raising their children as Christians, and the Vice President said he hopes that his wife will one day convert.
In our conversations, we bring together happily married couples with different faiths –Muslim, Hindu and Christian – to discuss how they navigate religion in their relationships.
We also hear from couples in the US and Malaysia, including Kylie, who converted from Christianity to Judaism. “My husband was very firm that he wanted to marry a Jewish woman,” Kylie tells us. “Looking back if I hadn’t gone on this journey, he probably wouldn’t have ever gotten married and that would have been very sad.”
Presenter: Rahul Tandon
BBC producers: Ben Davis and Angela Sheeran
Boffin Media producer: Richard Hollingham
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(photo/credit: Kylie and Daniel)
FRI 20:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52xkb3)
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FRI 20:32 CrowdScience (w3ct6stm)
Do tsunamis affect marine life?
Tsunamis destroy buildings, habitats and danger to everything in its path on land. But how do they affect life under the water? That's what CrowdScience listener Alvyn wants to know, and presenter Anand Jagatia is searching beneath the waves for answers. Anand meets Professor Syamsidik who is learning about how tsuanami waves are formed to help protect against future disasters. He runs the Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center at Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia. With him at this state-of-the-art lab is Dr David McGovern, expert in ocean and coastal modelling at London South Bank University. David tells Anand how the energy of a tsunami is spread across the entire water column. To explain the forces at play, Anand chats to Professor Emile Okal a seismologist from Northwestern University in the United States. Tsunami wave can move as fast as 800 kilometres an hour but, despite this, out at sea you might not notice it - but can the same be said for marine life? We follow the wave as it nears land and all that force is contracted and begins to show its might. Professor Suchana 'Apple' Chavanich from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand was one of the first people to swim off the Thai coast after the 2004 tsunami and remembers how coral reefs were battered.
In Japan, after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami as the water retracted it pulled with it tons and tons of debris into the water. The fishing communities of the Sanriku Coast lost almost everything, their equipment was destroyed and the water was heavily polluted. Anand meets Hiroshi Sato who set up the Sanriku Volunteer Divers, a team of people who dragged the debris out of the water. One of them was diver and journalist Bonnie Waycott who tells her story of witnesses the destruction first hand and trying to rescue the fishing industry with Hiroshi. Finally, we learnt that the effect of modern tsunamis carries far further than people might have imagined. On the west coast of the United States Professor Samuel Chan is an expert in invasive species at Oregon State University. He explains how modern infrastructure is contributing to some incredible migrations. Presenter: Anand Jagatia Producer: Tom Bonnett Editor: Ben Motley
Photo: USA, California, Sonoma County, Bodega Bay, tsunami evacuation panel - stock photo Credit: Brigitte MERLE via Getty Images)
FRI 21:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh79sv)
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FRI 21:06 Newshour (w172zssf8c0cgcg)
UK court finds mining firm liable for Brazil's worst environmental disaster
A court in Britain has ruled that the mining company BHP is legally responsible for the collapse of a dam in 2015 which caused one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters. The failure of the Mariana dam (in southeastern Brazil) unleashed a wave of toxic waste that killed nineteen people and polluted a major river. It was owned by a joint venture between the Brazilian firm, Vale, and BHP - which was headquartered in Britain at the time. Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian victims are seeking what could amount to billions of dollars in compensation. BHP says it intends to appeal.
Also in the programme: controversy in Turkish football; and we hear from a mystery person photographed during the Louvre heist.
(Photo: A view shows the BHP Group logo at their headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. CREDIT: REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo)
FRI 22:00 BBC News (w172zwwz2fh7fjz)
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FRI 22:06 The Newsroom (w172zwlf6mx6tkc)
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FRI 22:32 World Business Report (w3ct76p5)
US agrees to reduce Swiss tariff rates to 15%
Switzerland and the US have reached a trade deal which cuts tariffs on Swiss imports from 39% to 15%. What will Switzerland do in exchange for this deal? And what will this mean for Swiss cheese? Andrew Peach speaks to sellers of Swiss cheese in America about how the tariffs have been affecting their business.
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Cheesemaker Diego examines a wheel of cheese in the cheese cellar at the cheese factory in Sumiswald, Emmental region, Switzerland, 08 August 2025.)
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FRI 23:06 The Interview (w3ct8c40)
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FRI 23:30 BBC News Summary (w172zwxsj52xxkh)
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FRI 23:32 Heart and Soul (w3ct6vps)
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