World Service - Schedules, Monday 1 April 2024

Remembering Daniel Kahneman

Tim Harford on the great social scientist, who has died at the age of 90

01/04/2024 00:06 GMT

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Uncharted: Access denied

What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?

01/04/2024 01:06 GMT

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Could climate change lead to more volcanic eruptions?

We head to New Zealand to ask how a hotter planet will affect volcanoes.

Greener ways to feed the world

How lab-brewed dairy and urban food forests can tackle climate change and hunger

Berlin's techno scene gets UN heritage status

Why clubbing in Germany's capital is such a special experience

Your reaction to schedule and programming changes

As BBC World Service English announces schedule changes, what do listeners think?

01/04/2024 03:06 GMT

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The trailblazing women of the Dakar Rally

Ella Al-Shamahi meets two women who race in one of the toughest off-road rallies

Turkish local elections: Opposition stuns President Erdoğan

Main opposition party claims big election victories in Istanbul and Ankara

Opposition claims big city wins in Turkish local elections

President Erdoğan describes his party's worst-ever defeat as a turning point.

Turkish vote: President Erdoğan suffers heavy defeat

The main opposition CHP achieved its largest victory in almost half a century

Lila Rose: Could abortion be banned in the entire US?

Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America’s fiercest opponents of abortion rights

The growth of 'quiet luxury'

A fashion aesthetic where less is more, logos are out, and pieces are designed to last

Fifty years of Abba

In 1974, Swedish act Abba won the Eurovision song contest

01/04/2024 08:06 GMT

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Could climate change lead to more volcanic eruptions?

We head to New Zealand to ask how a hotter planet will affect volcanoes.

Seventy-five years of Nato and the Heimlich Manoeuvre

The 75th anniversary of Nato, Britain's Mirpuri migration, and the Heimlich Manoeuvre

01/04/2024 10:06 GMT

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Will AI take your job...or help you keep it?

Generative AI could make some jobs redundant, but create others we can't even imagine yet

How to talk to guerillas

Leyner Palacios grew up around volatile armed groups so he learned to negotiate with them

Fifty years of Abba

In 1974, Swedish act Abba won the Eurovision song contest

01/04/2024 12:06 GMT

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The trailblazing women of the Dakar Rally

Ella Al-Shamahi meets two women who race in one of the toughest off-road rallies

Gaza: Israel pulls out of al-Shifa hospital

Gaza's al-Shifa hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid

Lila Rose: Could abortion be banned in the entire US?

Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America’s fiercest opponents of abortion rights

China shows signs of economic recovery

The latest Chinese economic data shows some improvements in manufacturing

Germany partially legalises cannabis

A new law has come into effect in Germany legalising cannabis

Gaza: Al-Shifa hospital in ruins

Israel troops have ended a two week bombardment of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza

How to talk to guerillas

Leyner Palacios grew up around volatile armed groups so he learned to negotiate with them

Fifty years of Abba

In 1974, Swedish act Abba won the Eurovision song contest

01/04/2024 18:06 GMT

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2024/04/01 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.

Surviving ‘chemical detention’ in Belarus

Hundreds of people, including many women, live under a Soviet-era form of house arrest

Wild Inside: The Red Kangaroo

Explorations in the world of science.

al-Shifa hospital: dozens of bodies recovered

Medics say they're recovering dozens of bodies from remains of Gaza's biggest hospital

Lila Rose: Could abortion be banned in the entire US?

Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America’s fiercest opponents of abortion rights

The trailblazing women of the Dakar Rally

Ella Al-Shamahi meets two women who race in one of the toughest off-road rallies

01/04/2024 22:06 GMT

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How is the Baltimore bridge collapse impacting business?

A transport company explains how they are restructuring their work away from the port.

Seventy-five years of Nato and the Heimlich Manoeuvre

The 75th anniversary of Nato, Britain's Mirpuri migration, and the Heimlich Manoeuvre