Social media has come a long way from a place where you just connect with family and friends. Qasa Alom looks at how the BBC World Service uses social media in investigations, how BBC output is ...
The BBC World Service is front and centre of that debate. Today it remains the most trusted international news provider around the world. Across 43 languages, it’s thanks to the World Service that BBC ...
The BBC World Service has launched a temporary emergency lifeline radio programme for Iran in response to the ongoing turmoil ...
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the UK House of Commons will hold a scrutiny session on the BBC World Service at 10am on Thursday January 8th 2026, taking evidence from senior BBC officials ...
“There have been concerns from within the BBC that Russian and Chinese state media are spending an ‘eyewatering’ £8bn a year, compared with the World Service’s £400m budget … There is also evidence ...
The BBC hears harrowing accounts of assaults appearing to target the sect of former President Assad.
BBC World Service is expanding its news offer with the launch of a pilot Polish-language news website, BBC News Polska, and its content on social channels. Going live from June 24th, the website will ...
BBC World Service has been given a funding boost in the UK budget. The budget document said: “In 2025-26, the settlement provides an increase in funding to the BBC World Service, protecting existing ...
BBC World Service is launching BBC Global Women, a new commitment to highlight women’s storytelling across its global output. The BBC says that this new editorial priority will “enhance the BBC World ...
BBC World Service English has partnered with DMS Broadcasting to bring its news, current affairs and factual radio programming to audiences in the Cayman Islands. DMS Broadcasting is a radio ...
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has written to the Government to ask for reassurances over the future funding of the BBC World Service, following reports of potential ...