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What is BBC News Persian? The BBC’s Persian service started in 1940. Today BBC News Persian reaches a total weekly audience ...

BBC Eye, from the BBC World Service, gains exclusive access to a Hong Kong triad as they conduct their smuggling operations ...

The government will increase funding of the BBC World Service over the next three years, the foreign secretary is to announce on Thursday. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will ...

BBC Monitoring provides a service of news and information to subscribers based on its monitoring of global news media. It is part of the BBC’s Global News Division, which also includes BBC World ...

A committee of MPs have said they are "deeply troubled" by uncertainty over the government's future funding for the BBC World Service. The government provides about 30% of the budget for the World ...

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 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 ...

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 ...