The BBC World Service has launched a temporary emergency lifeline radio programme for Iran in response to the ongoing turmoil ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Through an extended partnership with Zeno Media, BBC World Service and BBC News Hausa content is now available on Zeno’s global audio platform, Zeno.FM. Audiences around the world can now access BBC ...

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 BBC World Service has announced the creation of the Global China Unit, a new team that will focus on reporting stories on the country’s role in the world. The team will produce a range of ...

The BBC World Service is bringing its award-winning international journalism to UK audiences with Global Eye, a new weekly current affairs programme launching on BBC Two from Monday September 8th at ...

The International Development Committee of the UK House of Commons has launched a new inquiry on the future funding of the BBC World Service. BBC World Service provides news to radio, TV and digital ...