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More Than The Score brings a new angle on sport from around the world, with big talking points and big interviews every weekday. The stories beyond the scoresheet. 🎧 Listen in the UK on BBC Sounds ( https://t.co/5caB4kWAyP) or internationally wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
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After months of fierce fighting, the Kremlin says Russian forces have seized the Ukrainian transport hub of Pokrovsk. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod
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Kremlin says it's taken the transport hub of Pokrovsk in the east of Ukraine
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Following 12 years of silence, Brazilian Laís Vitória was able to hear her mother's voice for the first time after undergoing a cochlear implant procedure. 🎧 Could a 5G helmet revolutionise American Football for deaf players: https://t.co/eAspgYbQF5
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A natural disaster in Indonesia has left hundreds dead and missing, as rescue workers battle to reach areas hit by an exceptionally rare tropical storm. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod
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Rescue workers in Indonesia are trying to reach survivors of deadly floods
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What's it like navigating the world as a disabled parent? 🎧 Two women from different parts of the world, united by a common passion share the stories of their lives
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Women from the US and Italy on the reality of motherhood and disability
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The backlash over Shein’s first brick and mortar store in Paris is just one in a series of controversies and complaints over the ultra-fast fashion retailer. 🎧 The inside story of Shein’s success, and the challenges it faces in its bid to go public https://t.co/HV71qqoRVV
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The inside story of Shein’s success, and the challenges it faces in its bid to go public
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Twin spirits: A lost bond that lives in dreams A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling 🎧
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How a twin brother lost at birth became one woman’s spiritual guide
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Videographer Hossein Pur-Akbarian has used a drone to capture flamingos walking across Maharloo Lake in Iran. 🎧 How drones can help protect wildlife: https://t.co/biJnHD8MnA
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The BBC has visited a camp where people are taking refuge after the fall of Sudan's El Fasher. Many have described witnessing atrocities when fleeing the besieged city. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod
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The BBC visits a camp where people are taking refuge after the fall of Sudan's El Fasher
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Ravi and George Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there https://t.co/QdX0cert7B
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In 1967, Ravi Shankar taught the ‘quiet Beatle’ George Harrison how to play the sitar.
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Can Trump’s Gaza plan turn a ceasefire into permanent peace? Global perspectives on one big story 🎧 https://t.co/PrISKGwAzG
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Many sticking points remain unresolved in the US-led peace plan for Gaza.
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India goes to the UN Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there 🎧
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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit led India’s first delegation to the United Nations
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Miss Universe 2025 has been chaotic and scandalous - but will it win back viewers? 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod
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Miss Universe 2025 has been chaotic and scandalous - but will it win back viewers?
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As armed gangs tighten their grip on Haiti’s capital, Haitians describe daily life under threat, local resistance, and why they still believe in a better future. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod
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Why many Haitians believe there’s a way out of the crisis in their country.
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What makes a basketball team worth $10bn? The daily drama of money and work from the BBC 🎧
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We look at the record-breaking sale of the LA Lakers
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In the west Indian state of Maharashtra, locals have found a unique way to reduce leopard attacks… Some people in one village now wear collars with sharp spikes while working in the fields to protect the neck and throat, which are the predator’s crucial attack points. 🎧
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Venezuela says the US president's warning that its airspace should be considered closed is illegal. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod
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Venezuela says the US president's warning that its airspace is closed is illegal
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Business Daily meets: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales 🎧The daily drama of money and work from the BBC
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The free online encyclopaedia is one of the internet's most read sites
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The Howard Hughes literary hoax🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there https://t.co/LOSk8HcshE
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In 1971 a conman fooled publishers with a fake autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes.
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Stories of innovation and advocacy for Diabetes Awareness Month - including a children's book about the condition. It's designed to help them understand it, and not feel alone. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod
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Stories of innovation, advocacy and education to mark Diabetes Awareness Month
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This is the moment when Indonesian botanist Septian Andriki finally finds the rare plant he's been searching 13 years for - Rafflesia hasseltii. The UK and Indonesian team penetrated deep forests and came head to head with tiger trails to find the "world's most beautiful
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