📣 “I have to do this for my Mom.”

🇫🇷 Today on the @wiwibloggs.bsky.social YouTube channel, France’s #Eurovision 2025 singer Louane tells me about her entry — and reflects on the intense emotions she feels singing for her late mother, who inspired her Eurovision dreams.

Israel-Gaza ceasefire: What’s been agreed? Podcast Episode · What in the World · 16/01/2025 · 11m

After 15 months of war and long negotiations, the leaders of Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to stop fighting in Gaza.

We hear from people in Gaza and Israel, and also BBC journalists, including Lyse Doucet, Shaina Oppenheimer and Jeremy Bowen.

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From peanut farmer to President: Why the world is mourning Jimmy Carter Podcast Episode · What in the World · 30/12/2024 · 15m

🇺🇸 Peanut farmer, president, peacemaker — Jimmy Carter lived many lives. And in all of them he sought to serve others.

🍑 Happily discussing the life and legacy of Georgia’s only President on the BBC’s What in the World podcast.

🎧 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

Cultural appropriation of food: What is it? Podcast Episode · What in the World · 27/12/2024 · 9m

📣 “That's like trademarking the word kebab or sushi.”

🍜 Yen Bui fought a British restaurant to drop their trademark on "pho".

🎧 Hear her story + tips on avoiding cultural appropriation + trademark insights from BBC business reporter Charlotte Edwards.

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How to disagree without biting someone’s head off Podcast Episode · What in the World · 25/12/2024 · 13m

🗣️ Disagreements — online and at the family dinner table — can leave people feeling very attacked. So how can we disagree without being disagreeable?

🎙️ World debate champ Bo Seo and @jubileemedia.bsky.social’s Jason Lee explain the art of good conversation.

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Protecting Vietnam’s rare langurs | Wildlife adventure in Cuc Phuong National Park YouTube video by William Lee Adams

🌍 Vietnam is home to 5 critically endangered primates found nowhere else on Earth.

🐒 Was a thrill to see the red-shanked douc and the Delacour’s langur in #CucPhuong National Park, #NinhBinh.

📽️ Watch: youtu.be/P2jOhwsUIqg

#VietnamWildlife #WildlifeConservation #EndangeredSpecies

🇻🇳 Exploring Hanoi’s oldest food market with a top food influencer | BBC Travel Show YouTube video by William Lee Adams

🇻🇳 Had the best time eating my way through Hanoi with street food expert Lylla.

🍜 If you’re headed to Vietnam, be sure to give her a follow on Instagram — she is @curiousaboutvietnam — for tips, tricks and her many food tour options!

#VietnamTravel #FoodieAdventures #FoodTour

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Oh wow 🤩 Good spot!

🇻🇳 And we’re back: My Vietnam #TravelShow documentary returns to the BBC News Channel for the next two weeks

🥹 I was so grateful to spend time with my aunt, my brother’s forgotten caretaker, and to hear about their life during and after the war

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Please 🙏🏻

He who introduced me to #Eurovision ❤️

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I don’t see WIKTORIA or ACE WILDER on that list.

Vietnam travel documentary: Why I carried my brother’s ashes to Ho Chi Minh City YouTube video by William Lee Adams

🇻🇳 It’s difficult to describe succinctly why I wanted to take my brother’s ashes to Vietnam (and with a BBC film crew).

📻 Thank you to the team at “From Our Own Correspondent” for giving me the space to explain that out loud.

#BBCRadio4 #BBCTravel #VietnamTravel

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Liam Payne: Why One Direction fans are so heartbroken - BBC World Service YouTube video by BBC World Service

🌍 Music fans are mourning the loss of One Direction star Liam Payne.

📝 But why do celebrity deaths impact so many so deeply?

🎙️ We speak with a psychotherapist and a 1D fan to find out.

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Ukraine: From Eurovision debut to "Wild Dances" win (What Really Happened at Eurovision, Episode 3) YouTube video by wiwibloggs

🇺🇦 Ukraine: From Eurovision debut to "Wild Dances" win

🎧 What Really Happened at #Eurovision (Episode 3)

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Does Moo Deng have pretty privilege? - BBC World Service YouTube video by BBC World Service

🦛 Does Moo Deng have pretty privilege?

🤔 Simon Watt of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society unpacks the connection between conservation and cuteness.

🇹🇭 And BBC Thai reporter Panisa Aemocha tells us how Thailand has embraced its celebrity hippo.

#moodeng #conservation

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How do election polls work? Podcast Episode · What in the World · 11/10/2024 · 15m

🇺🇸 Why do election polls sometimes get it wrong?

📊 David Byler explains how pollsters try to learn from their mistakes

📈 Anthony Zurcher unpacks their role in the news cycle

🇮🇳 And Rupsha Mukherjee explains how polls work in India, the world’s biggest democracy

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I feel like we have a new outro incoming 😆

🇨🇾 So we’ve known it’s Theo Evan for Cyprus for a while. But now we know to expect the unexpected 💛 Time to hit slay!

#eurovision #esc2025 #eurovision2025 #theoevan #eurovisioncy #cyprus

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I fully respect that.

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So much positivity! It reminded me of when London hosted the Olympics 🥹

📻 This week on “Pick of the World”…

❤️ Lizzie Cernik on her Guardian column “How We Met”

🇺🇸 James Landale on Trump’s predictably unpredictable decision-making

🥪 And Izzy Greenfield on the evolution of the office lunch

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I’m still shocked those lyrics are in fact the lyrics

🇬🇧 Liverpool: Why are Scousers such great entertainers? | BBC Travel Show (Eurovision special) YouTube video by William Lee Adams

🇬🇧 Been reminiscing over how much I loved #Eurovision 2023. One reason? The gorgeous people of Liverpool, as captured below.

🎉 Why are Scousers such great entertainers?

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And by 2024 I meant 2023 😭

🤩 🙏🏻 Kiiiitos!

Eurovision lyrics game: Guess the song, singer and country (Episode 7) YouTube video by wiwibloggs

🚨 Time for some more #Eurovision shenanigans.

🤔 How many songs can you guess from the lyrics?

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