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Argentina's elusive big cats
After decades of extinction, wild jaguars are once again roaming in Northern Argentina. It has been at least thirty five years since a wild jaguar cu…
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Michael Symmons Roberts' Christmas card poem
There’s a tradition among poets to write a poem to put inside the Christmas cards they send. So, the BBC World Service has commissioned one specially…
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United In Space – How we built the ISS
Personal tales of bravery, tragedy, daring and triumph, United in Space unveils the remarkable story of one of humanity’s greatest ever feats – build…
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Living in fear on South Africa's farms
In February, American President Donald Trump signed an executive order which said that South African Afrikaners - descendants of mainly Dutch settler…
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Close encounters with an avalanche
It is peak season for avalanches in the northern hemisphere and three survivors share their experiences of being cuaght up in one in the US and Pakis…
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BBC OS Conversations: Jewish Australians on the Bondi Beach attacks
The Australian government says it will crack down on hate speech following the deadly shooting that targeted a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach. People…
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Prayers through the checkpoints
Imagine being able to see your place of worship, but not be able to reach it. For many Palestinian Muslims in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusal…
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Elephant politics
Botswana is home to about a third of Africa’s remaining savanna elephants, over 130,000. But it is a burden as well as a blessing. It puts pressure o…
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Introducing The Bomb: Kennedy and Khrushchev
As the USA and Soviet Union race for supremacy in the 1960s, Premier Khrushchev sizes up his rival, President John F Kennedy. Presenters Max Kennedy …
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Stolen brides of Kazakhstan: The fightback
In plain sight, in a modern city, a colleague offers to drive you home after work. How would you respond? One woman in Kazakhstan accepted the lift o…
2 months, 2 weeks ago