BBC World Service East Asia Schedule Tuesday 8 March 2016

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Early
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 00:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—08/03/2016 GMT
  
  The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
3. 00:20GMT
  
  Sports News—08/03/2016 GMT
  
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
4. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 00:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
5. 00:32GMT
  
  The Documentary—Found in Translation
  
  How a young Japanese translator Miwako Ozawa met tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa
6. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 01:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
7. 01:06GMT
  
  Big Boss Interview—Migrant crisis: EU and Turkey delay decision as summit ends
  
  The EU and Turkey have delayed a decision on how to ease the migration crisis.
8. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 02:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
9. 02:06GMT
  
  Outlook—I was Attacked by a Leopard
  
  Sanjay Gubbi was called in to catch a leopard when it ran amok at a school in Bangalore (R)
10. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 03:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 03:06GMT
  
  The Inquiry—Why Are Wages So Low?
  
  Pay packets in developed economies have hardly grown in decades.
12. 03:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 03:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
13. 03:32GMT
  
  Discovery—Editing the Genome
  
  We have a powerful new tool to alter DNA. What medical uses should be off limits? (R)
14. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 04:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
15. 04:06GMT
  
  Newsday—The Ordeal of Yazidi Women Captured by 'Islamic State'
  
  IS Yazidi abuse; EU and Turkey outline planned migrant deal; Mauritania rap
16. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 05:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
17. 05:06GMT
  
  Newsday—Nike Suspend their Relationship with Maria Sharapova
  
  Sharapova Nike deal suspended; Missing Malaysia plane anniversary; Mauritania rap
18. 05:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 05:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
19. 05:32GMT
  
  The Documentary—Found in Translation
  
  How a young Japanese translator Miwako Ozawa met tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa (R)
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Morning
1. 06:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 06:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 06:06GMT
  
  Outlook—I was Attacked by a Leopard
  
  Sanjay Gubbi was called in to catch a leopard when it ran amok at a school in Bangalore (R)
3. 07:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 07:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 07:06GMT
  
  Newsday—Tennis Star Maria Sharapova Admits Failed Drugs Test
  
  Maria Sharapova drug test fail; US air strike in Somalia; Ritualistic behaviour in chimps
5. 08:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 08:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 08:06GMT
  
  Newsday—Deal to Slow the Flow of Migrants into Europe is Hailed as a Breakthrough
  
  Brussels deal breakthrough; Sharapova drugs test reaction; Life for women in Saudi Arabia
7. 08:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 08:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 08:32GMT
  
  Business Daily—Feminism in the Workplace
  
  Feminism: Its role in the workplace and how advertising has changed its meaning.
9. 08:50GMT
  
  Witness History—Spinsters' Rights
  
  Millions of women were left single after the men they would have married died in WW1.
10. 09:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 09:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 09:06GMT
  
  The Forum—The Element of Surprise
  
  How open are you to the unexpected? (R)
12. 09:50GMT
  
  Sporting Witness—Women's Boxing
  
  The story of Gail Grandchamp, who campaigned for the right of women to box in the USA. (R)
13. 10:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 10:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
14. 10:06GMT
  
  World Update—EU and Turkey agree migrant deal
  
  Turkey agrees to take back migrants in exchange for more money and other concessions
15. 11:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 11:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
16. 11:06GMT
  
  Outside Source—Concerns over EU-Turkey Migrant Plans
  
  Concerns over EU-Turkey migrant plan and MH370 unresolved two years on
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Afternoon
1. 12:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 12:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 12:06GMT
  
  Outlook—Al-Shabab Beach Attack Survivor
  
  Somali student Nasro Dahir Abubakar was on a beach in Mogadishu when militants attacked
3. 13:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 13:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
4. 13:06GMT
  
  Newshour—08/03/2016 GMT
  
  Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
5. 14:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 14:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 14:06GMT
  
  The Inquiry—Why Are Wages So Low?
  
  Pay packets in developed economies have hardly grown in decades. (R)
7. 14:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 14:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 14:32GMT
  
  Discovery—Editing the Genome
  
  We have a powerful new tool to alter DNA. What medical uses should be off limits? (R)
9. 15:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 15:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 15:06GMT
  
  Business Daily—Feminism in the Workplace
  
  Feminism: Its role in the workplace and how advertising has changed its meaning. (R)
11. 15:23GMT
  
  The Essential—The Why Factor: Why We Search for the Origins of Life
  
  Why do humans need to understand the infinite and the infinitesimal?
12. 15:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 15:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
13. 15:32GMT
  
  Sport Today—How do you solve a problem like Maria's?
  
  Ed Harry looks at the fallout from Maria Sharapova's failed drug test.
14. 16:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 16:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
15. 16:06GMT
  
  World Have Your Say—Sharapova Fails Drug Test
  
  Does Maria Sharapova have a good excuse for failing a drugs test?
16. 17:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 17:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
17. 17:06GMT
  
  Outlook—Al-Shabab Beach Attack Survivor
  
  Somali student Nasro Dahir Abubakar was on a beach in Mogadishu when militants attacked (R)
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Evening
1. 18:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 18:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 18:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—Legal fears over EU-Turkey Migrant Plan
  
  Kidnapped son of murdered Pakistan Governor rescued, Sharapova's sponsors cut ties
3. 18:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 18:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
4. 18:32GMT
  
  World Business Report—Bangladesh Bank Claims US Account Hacked
  
  The central bank has threatened to sue the New York Federal Reserve.
5. 19:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 19:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
6. 19:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—Belsen:'One Was Speechless'
  
  Death of British officer who liberated Belsen, Legal fears over EU-Turkey migrant plan
7. 19:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 19:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
8. 19:32GMT
  
  The Documentary—Found in Translation
  
  How a young Japanese translator Miwako Ozawa met tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa (R)
9. 20:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 20:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
10. 20:06GMT
  
  Newshour—08/03/2016 GMT
  
  Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
11. 21:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 21:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
12. 21:06GMT
  
  The Inquiry—Why Are Wages So Low?
  
  Pay packets in developed economies have hardly grown in decades. (R)
13. 21:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 21:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
14. 21:32GMT
  
  Digital Planet—Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel
  
  Easter Rising: the centenary of the Irish rebellion told through VR
15. 22:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 22:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
16. 22:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—Petrobas: Tycoon Sent to Jail
  
  Brazilian tycoon gets 19 years in prison; Slovenia demands visas on border from midnight
17. 22:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/08 22:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
18. 22:32GMT
  
  World Business Report—Bangladesh Bank Claims US Account Hacked
  
  The central bank has threatened to sue the New York Federal Reserve.
19. 23:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/08 23:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
20. 23:06GMT
  
  The Forum—The Element of Surprise
  
  How open are you to the unexpected? (R)
21. 23:50GMT
  
  Sporting Witness—Women's Boxing
  
  The story of Gail Grandchamp, who campaigned for the right of women to box in the USA. (R)
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Late
1. 00:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/09 00:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
2. 00:06GMT
  
  The Newsroom—WHO: 'Don't Travel if Pregnant in Zika Affected Areas'
  
  We hear from Dr Marcus Espinal about Zika in the Americas, US primaries
3. 00:20GMT
  
  Sports News—09/03/2016 GMT
  
  BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
4. 00:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/09 00:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
5. 00:32GMT
  
  The Documentary—An Eton Experience
  
  Each year some of the poorest pupils in Britain enter Eton school on full scholarships
6. 01:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/09 01:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
7. 01:06GMT
  
  Big Boss Interview—Nigeria to Stop Importing Petroleum
  
  Nigeria is to stop importing petroleum within 18 months
8. 02:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/09 02:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
9. 02:06GMT
  
  Outlook—Al-Shabab Beach Attack Survivor
  
  Somali student Nasro Dahir Abubakar was on a beach in Mogadishu when militants attacked (R)
10. 03:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/09 03:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
11. 03:06GMT
  
  The Interview—Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs - Meglena Kuneva
  
  Meglena Kuneva on Bulgaria's stance towards the European refugee and migrant deal
12. 03:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/09 03:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
13. 03:32GMT
  
  Digital Planet—Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel
  
  Easter Rising: the centenary of the Irish rebellion told through VR (R)
14. 04:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/09 04:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
15. 04:06GMT
  
  Newsday—WHO Advises Pregnant Women Against Travel to Latin America
  
  WHO travel warning due to Zika virus; Ethiopia faces worst drought; World Peace App
16. 05:00GMT
  
  BBC News—2016/03/09 05:00 GMT
  
  The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
17. 05:06GMT
  
  Newsday—The Biggest Issues for Children in Syria
  
  Bombs, Shelling, and air strikes are biggest issues for children say Save the Children
18. 05:30GMT
  
  BBC News Summary—2016/03/09 05:30 GMT
  
  The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
19. 05:32GMT
  
  The Documentary—An Eton Experience
  
  Each year some of the poorest pupils in Britain enter Eton school on full scholarships (R)

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