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The Chinese Fentanyl King
How did a graduate from China’s top university become an alleged drug kingpin in Mexico?
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Alex Rose: The engineer making athletics history for Samoa
Alex Rose won Samoa's first World Athletics Championship medal while working full-time
The start of the Mexican Wave
On 15 October 1981, fans stood up and sat down in sections at a baseball game in the US
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HIV fears due to Niger’s anti-gay laws
Organisations providing HIV services to gay men have had to close in Niger
19/07/2026 02:01 GMT
Silicon
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the biology, physics, and chemistry of Silicon
19/07/2026 03:01 GMT
Bangladesh's deadly measles outbreak
How an immunisation success story went into reverse - and hundreds died
19/07/2026 03:30 GMT
How might we spot nukes in space?
What’s the point of having a treaty banning nukes in space if we can’t spot them?
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Inside a major baby trafficking trial in Indonesia
Could adopted babies from Indonesia have been trafficked into Singapore?
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A review of the week with the latest news.
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The rise of eating alone
More of us live alone now, but are we becoming more comfortable with dining solo too?
19/07/2026 09:01 GMT
How to reuse and repair
The people finding new ways to keep old things in use
19/07/2026 09:30 GMT
Belarus's university in exile
How the Belarus government targets independent higher education by threatening students
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How much luck do you need to win the World Cup?
Investigating the role of random chance in football
19/07/2026 11:01 GMT
Older women and the challenge of IVF
Women share their experiences of fertility treatment
19/07/2026 11:30 GMT
Agony and ecstasy: A history of penalty shootouts
What makes a penalty shootout so dramatic?
19/07/2026 12:01 GMT
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
19/07/2026 13:01 GMT
Live Sporting Action
Delyth Lloyd presents build up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup final live from New York.
19/07/2026 17:01 GMT
Stories on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.
19/07/2026 17:30 GMT
Zain Duraie
Jordanian director Zain Duraie on her debut.
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BBC World Service cuts: What is being lost?
We discuss changes at the BBC World Service and the shows that will be lost
19/07/2026 19:01 GMT
A scientific odyssey
A new film adaptation of the Greek epic poem sends us on our own unexpected journey
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Euthanasia in Spain: Whose life is it anyway?
The fall-out from the death by euthanasia of Noelia Castillo in Spain earlier this year
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