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World Service Listings for 15 – 21 May 2021 Page 1 of 16 SATURDAY 15 MAY 2021 different types of sea turtle. But turtle numbers are declining ( Multiple strings of beads / Getty Images) due to poaching and loss of habitat. Njoroge Muigai of BBC SAT 01:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5vj09) Nairobi visited Watamu recently to meet the people working to The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. save the turtles. SAT 06:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5w3qy) The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Who becomes an Islamic extremist? SAT 01:06 Business Matters (w172xvqb392rwb0) BBC Indonesian's Silvano Hajid investigates the role of social Indian variant could worsen the Covid-19 pandemic media in recruiting young Indonesians to commit terrorist SAT 06:06 Weekend (w172xyt539x6j01) attacks through the story of a young man called Akbar. He was Air strikes in Gaza: "Everyone is terrified" The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 only 16 years old when he tried to join a group affiliated with pandemic's second year is on track to be "far more deadly" than so-called Islamic State in Syria. Violent clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinians have the first. As the spread of the disease in India shows little sign spread across much of the occupied West Bank, after days of of slowing there are increasing concerns that the so-called Image: The festival of Valle del Maiz in San Miguel de Allende, hostility in Gaza. We hear from Gaza poet Mosab Abu Toha. Indian variant could prove to be a key factor. We hear from Dr Mexico Julian Tang a Consultant Virologist at the Leicester Royal Credit: Kobby Dagan/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Also today: Nigeria's kidnapping business; and a growing Infirmary. Hong Kong is also trying to cope with a sudden rise Getty Images number of US stars consider a run for political office. Joining in coronavirus cases, some of them involving the Indian variant. Weekend to discuss these and other issues are academic Joana We hear from Dr Keiji Fukuda, the Hong Kong government's Cook, who studies terrorism and Joe Parkinson, Africa bureau Covid 19 advisor. The Bank of England chief economist, Andy SAT 03:50 Witness History (w3ct1wyh) chief for the Wall Street Journal. Haldane, has suggested there could be inflation in store, as the China's Democracy Wall BBC's Victoria Craig reports. And in the US, inflation is also a (Photo: An air strike in Gaza. Credit: Reuters) concern as we hear from economist Chris Low of FHN How a brick wall in Beijing became a beacon for those calling Financial. Plus, the BBC's Lucy Burton Plus examines the for change. But when Wei Jingsheng posted an essay impact of the coronavirus pandemic on church finances around demanding democracy in 1978, he was arrested and imprisoned SAT 07:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5w7h2) the world. And we hear from Jamiah Hargins, an entrepreneur for 18 years. He's been telling Rebecca Kesby why he thinks it The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. in Los Angeles who's trying to get urban dwellers to start up was worth it. micro-farms in small gardens and spaces in city settings. Plus, one of the signs that normality really has returned will be once (PHOTO: BEIJING, CHINA: China's prominent dissident Wei SAT 07:06 Weekend (w172xyt539x6mr5) we start to go out to things like the theatre. There are signs on Jingsheng (R) laughs as he talks to reporters at his Beijing Israeli air strike kills seven people in Gaza refugee camp Broadway that day may be approaching, as Kai Ryssdal from apartment 20 September 1993. Wei was arrested again shortly our sister programme Marketplace, explains. And we're joined after this and eventually released from prison on medical Palestinian officials in Gaza say seven people from two families throughout the programme by Sarah Knight from ABC in Perth, grounds in 1997. He currently lives in the USA. (credit were killed in an Israeli air strike which hit a densely-packed Australia. (Picture of coronavirus via Getty Images). MANUEL CENETA/AFP via Getty Images) refugee camp, as the conflict entered its sixth day. We speak to Gaza poet Mosab Abu Toha. SAT 02:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5vmrf) SAT 04:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5vw7p) Also today: Pakistan struggles to persuade people to take the The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Covid vaccine; and we explore a book set in a spaceship sometime in the future. SAT 02:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79y7qp) SAT 04:06 The Real Story (w3ct1hsc) Joining Weekend to discuss these and other issues are academic The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen Ransomware on the rise in the US Joana Cook, who studies terrorism and Joe Parkinson, Africa bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. A cyber-attack on an oil pipeline in the United States has SAT 02:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8sk00t) caused widespread disruption and alarm. The Colonial Pipeline (Photo: Gaza residents among the rubble. Credit: Getty Images) The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. stretches thousands of kilometres from Texas to New Jersey and was shut down as a result of the attack, causing fuel shortages and price spikes on America's East Coast. This is the SAT 08:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5wc76) SAT 02:32 Stumped (w3ct1lbd) latest in a long list of recent ransomware attacks on US The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Bamboo bats, Irish women's cricket and BJ Watling's retirement institutions and infrastructure, where groups have shut down crucial information networks or threatened to reveal trade Are bamboo bats the future of cricket? We hear from former secrets unless a fee was paid. SAT 08:06 Weekend (w172xyt539x6rh9) Thailand Under 19’s player, Doctor Darshil Shah who has co- US envoy arrives in Israel authored some research outlining the benefits of using bamboo President Biden has blamed a group based in Russia for the instead of willow. Colonial Pipeline attack; and while he did not hold Moscow Palestinian officials in Gaza say seven people from two families directly responsible, he has blamed it and other nations for were killed in an Israeli air strike which hit a densely-packed Plus we are joined by Ireland captain Laura Delany who looks conducting cyber-espionage against America on a regular basis. refugee camp, as the conflict entered its sixth day. The US ahead to their upcoming series against Scotland after 18 months Despite the advanced technological abilities of many US envoy, Hady Amr, has arrived in Tel Aviv to meet with Israeli without an international match. companies, and the investment of millions in digital security, and Palestinian leaders, and try to end the fighting. hackers are continuing to find ways to break into government The team also discuss the India squad announcement ahead of and commercial networks. So who are the hackers and how are Also in the programme: China’s first mission to Mars has their upcoming tour of England, BJ Watling's retirement and their methods evolving? And how can the Biden administration succeeded in putting a spacecraft safely on the red planet’s Pakistan's new parental support policy for players. ensure global cooperation in the fight against cyber-crime? surface; and a survivor of a Xinjiang detention camp describes Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of experts. her experience. Photo: Laura Delany of Typhoons plays a shot watched by Shauna Kavanagh of Scorchers during the Women's Super (Photo: US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israel & Palestinian Series match between Scorchers and Typhoons at Malahide SAT 05:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5vzzt) Affairs Hady Amr arrives in Tel Aviv. Credit: US Embassy Cricket Club in Dublin. (Photo By Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. Jerusalem/Twitter) Getty Images) SAT 05:06 The Newsroom (w172xyxfw79ylz2) SAT 08:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8skqhl) SAT 03:00 BBC News (w172xzjj7k5vrhk) The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service. SAT 05:30 BBC News Summary (w172xzkbp8skc86) SAT 08:32 The Conversation (w3ct1p6h) SAT 03:06 The Fifth Floor (w3ct20dw) The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service. Women fighting wildfires Mexico's apology to the Mayans Large scale wildfires have increasingly made headlines in recent Last week, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador SAT 05:32 Spitfire: The People’s Plane (w3ct0t1f) years. Fires have devastated areas of California, Australia, apologised to the indigenous Mayan people for abuses Spitfire: The People’s Plane Siberia and the Pantanal that used to be relatively unaffected. committed against them since independence. But with elections We speak to two women helping stop the spread of wildland looming, some are questioning the timing of the apology. The Phoenix fires, protecting precious ecosystems, national parks and BBC's Lourdes Heredia discusses this historic moment. people's homes. The Spitfire factory was a priority target for German bombers. Targetting Afghan girls The workers endured raid after raid. If vital Spitfires are going Being a professional fire fighter is out of the question for Olga Zuhal Ahad of BBC Afghan shares her experiences of reporting to continue to be built, then a plan is desperately needed. Serova who lives in Russia, where women are not allowed to on the bomb attack outside a girls' school last weekend which join the profession.