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Global News Podcast

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The day’s top stories from BBC News, including the latest on the Middle East conflict – bringing you developments from Lebanon, Israel, Gaza and Iran. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends.
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The Documentary Podcast

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A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the BBC. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues. From the debate over abortion in the US, to voices from the Middle East conflict, to climate change in Somalia, The Documentary investigates major global stories. We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world’s most creative people and explore personal approach ...
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Unexpected Elements

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The news you know, the science you don’t. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.
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Tech Life

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Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world. We meet the people with bright ideas for rethinking the way we work, learn and play, and get hands-on with the products they dream up. We hold tech giants to account for their huge power to affect our lives, and ask who wins, and who loses, in the technology transformation. Tech Life is your guide to a future being made, and remade, at lightning speed in front of our eyes.
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Focus on Africa

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Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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Heart and Soul

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Heart and Soul is a weekly half-hour programme that has the scope and understanding to explore different experiences of spirituality from around the world. Whether examining religious faith or any other belief-system, the programme talks to believers and non-believers, and tries to get beyond superficial notions of spirituality and religion.
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Learning English for China

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提高英语听力水平，掌握纯正英式表达，了解英国社会和文化的方方面面。BBC英语教学播客频道播出丰富、专业、实用的英语学习节目。 Improve your English listening skills, learn useful phrases and find out about life in the UK. This weekly podcast contains some of the best audio from BBC Learning English.
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Sporting Witness

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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 sportin ...
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Elements

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A close look at chemical elements, the basic building blocks of the universe. Where do we get them, what do we use them for and how do they fit into our economy?
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Heart and Soul: Father Adamski 26:28

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Peter Adamski seemed to have it all. At 19, he had met Kathy, the love of his life and the woman he would marry. In his 20s, he landed a prestigious job with the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, jetting around the world in first class for business meetings. He had a healthy baby boy, John, his wealth soared into the millions, and he owned th…
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Shipwrecks: Business Daily meets a treasure hunter 17:29

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Carl Allen is a multi-millionaire former businessman who ran a trash bag company in the US. He's now the owner of an island in the Bahamas, a philanthropist and deep-sea treasure hunter, scouring the seabed for sunken Spanish galleons, slave ships and long-lost treasure. He tells us about his relentless search for one Spanish galleon that’s fired h…
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Israel continues to strike Beirut as tensions rise 47:29

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More explosions tore through the Lebanese capital today as Israeli military says it hit Hezbollah targets in Beirut. Israel has also continued to warn people in southern Lebanon to leave their homes - including in the region of Nabatieh. It comes as the Israeli army says Hezbollah has fired 200 rockets into Israel today. One of the most senior lead…
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Excesses of Rain 34:16

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As we were putting the finishing touches to last week’s Science in Action, the US National Weather Service was warning of Hurricane Helene’s fast approach to the Florida coast – alerting people to ‘unsurvivable’ storm surges of up to 6 metres. But the category 4 storm powered, as forecast, far past the coast and into the rugged interior of Tennesse…
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Israel orders civilians to leave southern Lebanon as invasion continues 47:27

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The Israeli Defence Forces have struck targets in southern Lebanon and the capital, Beirut. Israel’s armed forces also ordered the evacuation of more than 20 villages in the south. Also on the programme: The UK agrees to surrender its control over the Chagos Islands, handing the archipelago to Mauritius; and the researchers sequencing the genomes o…
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Kenya's Deputy President faces impeachment 35:47

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Kenya's Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, who calls himself the “truthful man”, is facing impeachment. Before he was elected as a member of parliament in 2017 little was known about the man, who would in five short years, rise to become Kenya’s second-in-command. So who is he and why is he facing impeachment? Also how are Tunisian's feeling ahead…
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What decides our taste? 6:40

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What makes us like the flavours we like? Phil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-241003 FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️…
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The speech that inspired the Law of the Sea 9:09

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In November 1967, the Maltese diplomat, Arvid Pardo, addressed the United Nations with a remarkable speech that shaped the laws governing the sea. Pardo's message is immortalised in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which was adopted in 1982, and is now the fundamental legislation governing difficult topics such as deep sea minin…
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OpenAI value almost doubles to $157bn 49:24

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OpenAI's value surges to $157bn in funding deal where the maker of ChatGPT raised $6.6bn from a pool of investors that include Microsoft. We also hear from North Carolina, where damages caused by hurricane Helene could have serious implications for the tech-industry. And we take a look at the effect that the latest conflict in the Middle East is ha…
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Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary 41:16

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A bonus episode from the Lives Less Ordinary podcast. British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori spent years in one of Iran’s toughest prisons after being snatched off the street by security forces. He was falsely accused of espionage, but realised he'd become a pawn in a game of global politics.For more extraordinary personal stories from around the world, …
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Shipwrecks: Who owns the sunken treasure? 17:29

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There are more than three million vessels on the world's sea beds, and plenty of explorers looking for them. But if they find something valuable, do they get to keep it? We talk to an arbitration lawyer about the laws governing the sea, and hear from maritime archaeologists about the perils of rummaging around on the ocean floor, disturbing long-su…
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Can you taste a place? 28:55

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Is it possible to taste a place? A listener wonders whether the French concept of ‘terroir’ can apply to food and, if so, what the science behind it is. Ruth Alexander goes in search of the answer, exploring how growing conditions and practices can develop flavours unique to a location. She also hears about why the value you give to certain flavour…
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OpenAI value almost doubles to $157bn 26:29

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OpenAI's value surges to $157bn in funding deal where the maker of ChatGPT raised $6.6bn from a pool of investors that include Microsoft. We also hear from North Carolina, where damages caused by hurricane Helene could have serious implications for the tech-industry. And we take a look at the effect that the latest conflict in the Middle East is ha…
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Israel-Iran tension escalates 47:29

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President Biden has said the US does not support an attack by Israel on Iran's nuclear sites, while the UN secretary general has warned of the danger of a regional war across the Middle East. We speak to expert on why diplomacy is crucial at this stage. Also in the programme: Biden visits Hurricane Helene-ravaged areas; and the discovery of an unkn…
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Mpox widens its reach 26:29

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As mpox continues to spread to new places, we find out how the vaccine rollout is going and what more needs to be done to help both contain and better understand the virus. Also on the show; why the first medication approved to treat schizophrenia in decades has the world of psychiatry excited, and how finding out what doesn’t work in health care c…
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Lebanon conflict: A reporter’s witness account. 27:40

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Lebanon conflict: As Israel continues to attack, we learn the plight of foreigners stranded there We assess the state of security in Mali following last month's deadly attack in the capital, Bamako And outrage in Egypt after a video showing possible sexual harassment by male doctors goes viral. A medical association vows to investigate. Presenter: …
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Israel and Hezbollah clash inside Lebanon 48:28

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With reports of close combat between Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, we hear from both sides of the border. And how will Israel respond to Iran's barrage of missiles last night? We also get reaction from Tehran to Iran's decision to attack Israel directly; and we ask where this all leaves American influence in the region - is it…
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English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'point' 1:07

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If your teachers tell you to work on your English, they have a good point! And Georgie has a number of points to make about the word 'point'. Listen to Georgie now to find out more. TRANSCRIPT Find a free transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/english_…
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South Africa’s nuclear weapons 9:54

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In 1989, South Africa became the first, and only country to make and then dismantle nuclear weapons. The project was conducted at Kentron Circle, a secret weapons facility. André Buys was plant manager and systems engineer at Kentron Circle and was involved in making the weapons. He tells Gill Kearsley about his work on this once top-secret project…
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“你问我答”：近义词辨析：hit、bump、bang、smash 7:05

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有位听众来信问：英语中四个可以表示 “磕碰” 的单词 “hit”、“bump”、“bang” 和 “smash” 该如何区分？我们在生活中注意安全的同时，有时难免会 “磕碰”，需要用英语表达这种意外。听本期 “你问我答” 节目，学习如何准确地使用这些词语。By BBC Learning English
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Israel warns Iran of 'consequences' after unprecedented missile attacks 49:29

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The attacks come after Israeli troops invaded Lebanon, in a ground operation against Hezbollah. Thousands have crossed from Lebanon to Syria seeking shelter. What could this mean for these countries whose economies are already struggling? Also, what will Mexico's first female president do for the country's economy? Plus, Canada’s international trad…
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BBC Trending: The Baku initiative? 17:51

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In May, riots broke out in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia - a group of islands in the South Pacific. Protesters were calling for independence from the European nation that has ruled the archipelago for more than a century and a half. Amid the violence came an unusual claim - that Azerbaijan, a seemingly disconnected nation thousands…
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Shipwrecks: The search for the San José 17:29

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In the first of our three part series looking at the money behind shipwrecks, we start with what's been called "the most valuable shipwreck in the world". The San José is a Spanish galleon sunk by the British off the Colombian coast more than 300 years ago. The treasure onboard is estimated to be worth $18bn, which means plenty of people are lookin…
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Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel 26:26

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The attacks come after Israeli troops invaded Lebanon, in a ground operation against Hezbollah. Thousands have crossed from Lebanon to Syria seeking shelter. What could this mean for these countries whose economies are already struggling? Plus, Canada’s international trade minister talks about fears of ending up in a trade war with China.…
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Iran launches barrage of missiles at Israel 47:30

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Explosions have been heard across Israel after Iran said it had launched dozens of ballistic missiles towards the country. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it launched the missiles in retaliation for recent attacks that killed the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, as well as a senior Iranian commander. Also on the programme: reaction from Israel and …
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The big business of online charity donations 26:29

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How does a company make profit in the charity fundraising space? We speak to Tim Cadogan, CEO of online fundraising platform GoFundMe. We hear about the solar-powered boats being used by indigenous communities in the Amazon. And it’s 30 years of the infamous Comic Sans font.We love hearing from you. Get in touch by emailing techlife@bbc.co.uk or se…
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US dockworkers go on strike 26:27

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Tens of thousands of dock workers in the US walk out in a dispute over pay and automation. Will Bain hears from our North America business correspondent Michelle Fleury, who's at the port of Newark. We also hear how the dispute could affect global supply chains, and the CEO of one of the world's biggest warehouse firms, Prologis, on how it could af…
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DR Congo appeals to the UN 28:25

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The newly appointed Foreign Minister of the DR Congo, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, tells Focus on Africa, the crisis faced in her country is an international not a regional one. We'll get the details from the BBC's Wahiga Mwaura. Also we'll hear from a member of Eswatini's opposition party after an alleged poisoning attempt on their leader. And why i…
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Israel launches ground invasion of southern Lebanon 47:26

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Israel has told the residents of more than twenty locations in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately. Its forces have been carrying out what it describes as limited, localised raids across the Lebanese border against Hezbollah. We hear from Peter Lerner of the IDF, Lebanese businessman and independent MP Neemat Frem, and Dina Esfandiary of the C…
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Saving a sinking city: Jakarta 26:29

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Jakarta is facing all sorts of problems - deadly floods, land subsidence, extreme pollution, notorious traffic and overcrowding. Indonesia’s outgoing president has come up with an extreme solution: moving the country’s capital a thousand kilometres away, to the middle of the rainforest. Will the new city be a futuristic utopia and a model for susta…
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Cambodia war crimes 9:09

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In 2009, a UN-backed war crimes tribunal opened in Cambodia to try the senior Khmer Rouge commanders responsible for genocide. An estimated two million people were killed during Pol Pot's regime in the 1970s. Aged 26, New Zealander Kerry Hamill was on a sailing trip with friends when he mistakenly found himself in Cambodian waters. He was taken to …
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Active and passive voice 6:17

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Learn about using the active and passive voices in this episode of 6 Minute Grammar. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The En…
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“地道英语”：Bide someone's time 等待时机 3:24

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当我们想做出意义重大的决定时，除了深思熟虑，有时，“bide our time（等待时机）” 也很重要。“Bide someone's time” 这个英语短语来源于一个现在已经不常用的单词 “bide（等待）”。听节目，跟主持人 Phil 和菲菲一起学习如何使用 “bide someone's time”。By BBC Learning English
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Israel launches "limited" ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon 49:17

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The Israel Defense Forces launches a "limited, localised and targeted" ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. We get the latest. US ports brace for shut down as dockworkers strike is set to halt container traffic along the east and gulf coasts. We look at the numbers. The markets haven't welcome the arrival of Japan's new Prime Min…
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Assignment: Panama’s water fights 26:53

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Panama is one of the wettest countries in the world. It also has a world famous shipping canal which earns it billions of dollars a year. With big money and high rainfall combined, it should be straightforward to meet the water needs of its four million plus people. But hundreds of thousands of Panamanians don’t have access to piped water. With a g…
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Rebuilding Canada's tourism industry 17:48

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It’s the second largest landmass in the world, famous for its lakes and spectacular forests, yet Canada’s travel industry has faced challenges since the Covid pandemic hit in 2020. International visitor numbers still haven't recovered, and extreme weather events like wildfires have destroyed some of its best-known resorts. Plus difficult diplomatic…
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Strike poised to shut down major US ports 26:29

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US ports brace for shut down as dockworkers strike is set to halt container traffic along the east and gulf coasts. We get the latest. The markets haven't welcome the arrival of Japan's new Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba. We find out why. And we take a look at the 10-billion merger of the last two remaining satellite TV providers in the US.…
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Israel thought to be on brink of Lebanon ground incursion 47:13

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The US State Department says Israel has informed Washington of its plans to go into Lebanon. We track the latest events, and here from retired Israeli military man Amir Avivi and Lebanese politician Michel Helou. Also in the programme: the trail of destruction left across North Carolina by Hurricane Helene, and love blossoms when a cruise ship is d…
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Protein: Powerhouse or piffle? 26:29

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Take a trip around the supermarket and you'll see shelves of products claiming to be 'high in protein'. Scroll through your social media and you'll find beautiful, sculpted people offering recipes and ideas for packing more protein into your diet. Science presenters Dr Julia Ravey and Dr Ella Hubber have noticed this too. They wanted to unpick the …
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Israel continues to strike Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthi targets 32:46

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Israel continues to strike Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthi targets, as speculation about an Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon grows. We hear live from the Middle East, where Hezbollah's deputy leader has made a defiant speech after the killing of Hassan Nasrallah. Also in the programme: as Austria's far-right Freedom Party wins the election, we hear h…
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