BBC World Service

News, views and highlights from the BBC's international radio station.

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AI firm Anthropic proposes coordinated "brake" to allow the slowing of progress on advanced artificial intelligence systems. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod https://t.co/RccVsQUwU9

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Can Serena Williams beat younger tennis players?

🎧 Helping you make sense of what’s happening in your world

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The young South African hip-hop artists translating hardship into hope.

🎧 A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling

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Why Italy’s anti-immigration government is issuing thousands of visas for migrant workers.

🎧 A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling

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Microsoft unveils a new quantum chip. It's a big moment for the company, as its quantum programme has faced criticism. Is the tech giant's strategy finally paying off?

🎧 Discover the ways technology is changing our lives https://t.co/P0DUEfFQsH

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Will James Bond survive its new owners and a new generation of cinema goers?

🎧 Global perspectives on one big story https://t.co/Vso5UTC7vb

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Could this year's World Cup ⚽ not only be the most political of all time, but also the most expensive?

🎧 The Global story https://t.co/pNPVHWWIgN

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Ukraine's President Zelensky has written to Vladimir Putin inviting him to a face-to-face meeting to negotiate an end to their war. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod https://t.co/1mei3wvIPf

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Francília and Luiza were going to be nuns but instead ended up marrying each other. They remain deeply Catholic and connect with others online who are questioning their sexuality.

🎧 The priest leading the way for LGBT rights in Poland https://t.co/e7d6ZCnGcj

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Israel and Lebanon ceasefire agreement is condemned as a "surrender and defeat" by Iran-backed group, Hezbollah 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod https://t.co/i8emsBWgz0

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How Beyonce went from talent show tween to music mogul.

🎧 A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling

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Protesting teachers urge the Nigerian government to rescue dozens of abducted learners.

🎧 Essential stories form Africa explained

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Why the UK banned two left-wing American commentators, Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur.

🎧 Global perspectives on one big story

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Tackling the latest outbreak and what it is like to catch the disease.

🎧 A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling

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How mass student demonstrations in May 1989 led to bloodshed in Beijing.

🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there

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More than fifty years after the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran war, survivors are still haunted by memories of the world’s first televised humanitarian disaster.

📺 Now, in exclusive interviews with BBC Africa Eye, some of the last surviving soldiers have spoken about that time - watch on YouTube https://t.co/rmAOfvkRV0

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The US House has passed a resolution directing Donald Trump to withdraw US forces from the Iran war, in a symbolic move that deals a political blow to the president. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod https://t.co/742CA1k88w

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Will political and tech leaders listen to the Pope's concerns about the AI revolution?

🎧 The Global Story https://t.co/WqKagYFVYq

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Hundreds of people took to the streets of Nanyuki in central Kenya to protest against plans to establish an Ebola quarantine facility at a nearby US military base. Two people were shot dead during the demonstrations.

🎧 Responding to Ebola: https://t.co/PAVez10gXf

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Kuwait’s foreign ministry describes Iranian drone attacks on the airport as an act of aggression. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod https://t.co/E22fKzR3DL