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

The World Service is provided in 43 languages across the world and has an average weekly audience of 313 million.

The government will increase funding of the BBC World Service over the next three years, the foreign secretary is to announce ...

The current funding agreement between the BBC and the government expires at the end of this month.

Britain said on Thursday it would increase funding for the BBC World Service over the next three years, citing the growing ...

BBC World Service funding may be frozen in real terms under a UK government deal, raising concerns about countering ...

Using generative AI technology, BBC World Service is exploring new ways to bring its journalism to audiences worldwide The BBC World Service programme Witness History will release five animated video ...

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 ...

“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 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 ...

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 ...