BBC World Service

BBC World Service

The BBC World Service is the largest international broadcaster in the world, delivering news, discussions, and spoken content in 29 languages across various platforms. These include analogue and digital shortwave, Internet streaming, podcasts, satellites, DAB, FM, and MW relays. In November 2015, it was announced that the BBC World Service would expand its offerings to include broadcasts in Pidgin and Yoruba for audiences in Nigeria, increasing the total number of languages to 31. A year later, in November 2016, the BBC revealed plans to add more languages such as Amharic and Igbo, marking its most significant growth since the 1940s. In 2015, the World Service reached an average of 210 million listeners each week through TV, radio, and online channels. The English-language service operates around the clock.

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#87

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#5

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  • 1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Ashlea Tracey |Alex Blake

    Image caption, Ole Skaar (left) and Erling Thomas Pettersen organised the trip from Norway to the racesAshlea Tracey & Alex BlakeTwo motorcycle fans from Norway, who hatched a "crazy idea after a couple of beers", have charted a ship for 145 fans to visit the Isle of Man TT. The MS Nordstjernen arrived in Manx waters on Monday after setting off from Bergen on Friday with enthusiasts from across the country onboard.

  • 1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Tanya Gupta

    Image source, West Mercia PoliceImage caption, Zach Pearson, aged 19, has been jailed for eight yearsA drug dealer has been jailed for eight years, bringing the county lines operation he was involved in to an end, police have said. Zach Pearson, 19, formerly of Washington Street, Kidderminster, was sentenced earlier after pleading guilty to drugs and firearms offences at Worcester Crown Court. County lines refers to the name of a phone number or "deal-line" used to run a drug-dealing network.

  • 1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Hafsa Khalil

    US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation banning travel to the US from nationals of 12 countries, which goes into effect on 9 June. The countries listed are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Nationals from a further seven countries - Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela - will face partial travel restrictions.

  • 1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Emma Glasbey

    Image source, OtherImage caption, Habibur Masum entered his pleas at Bradford Crown Court A man has admitted killing his wife as she pushed their baby in a pram through Bradford, but denied her murder. Habibur Masum, 26, stabbed 27-year-old Kulsuma Akter as she walked through the Westgate area of the city on 6 April last year. The baby was unharmed. Appearing at Bradford Crown Court, Masum, of Leamington Avenue, Burnley, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied a charge of murder.

  • 1 day ago | bbc.co.uk | Peter Davison

    Image source, Wiltshire CouncilImage caption, The road was resurfaced using biochar, a waste product from the biomass industryLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceA street dubbed the "worst road" in a town has become one of the first in the UK to be resurfaced while meeting net zero standards, according to a council. Ladyfield Road in Chippenham was resurfaced in October, after residents' vehicles suffered damage and discomfort by cracks and potholes.

BBC World Service journalists

Agustina Latourrette

Aiden James

Alice Muthengi

Amir Azimi

Andrea Kidd

Andrew Peach

Angela Sheeran

Anita Langary

Anna Doble

Arian Koci

Arja Haikonen

Ayuba Iliya

Ben Allen

Ben James

Beth Ryder

Cagil Kasapoglu

Camelia Sadeghzadeh

Caroline Bayley

Chakuchanya Harawa

Charlotte Gallagher

Chris Sibthorpe

Chris Winterburn

Christophe Pons

Claire Williams

Clare Salisbury

Claudia Hammond

Courtney Bembridge

Dan Damon

Daud Qarizadah

David Whitty

Debalin Roy

Ed Harry

Edward O'Driscoll

Emily Horler

Emily Thomas

Eric Johnson

Famil Ismailov

Fernando Duarte

Georgia Bell

Georgiana Tudor

Gill Farrington

Grace Tsoi

Grigor Atanesian

Gulshankumar Wankar

Hameed Qayoomi

Haniya Ali

Hannah Mullane

Harriet Orrell

Hazem Hassan Ibrahim

Heba Ayoub

Helen Noteyoung

Holly Jennings

Iqra Farooq

Irena Taranyuk

Isaac Fanin

Ishleen Kaur

Ivana Davidovic

Jackie Leonard

Jacob Evans

James Copnall

James Gregg

James Reynolds

Jane Thurlow

Jawad Samimi

Jenna Abaakouk

John Shea

Jon Manel

Jonathan Griffin

Josephine McDermott

Junaid Ahmed

Karen Hoggan

Karen Martin

Kat Collins

Khalid Karamat

Kirsty Manley

Kohinoor Sahota

Krupa Padhy

Lindsay Brown

Maggie Jonas

Maisie Lillywhite

Majlinda Zeqiri

Mal Siret

Margaret Sessa-Hawkins

Martin Webber

Matt Pintus

Megan Jones

Mercy Juma

Mia Thornton

Mike Williams

Munazza Khan

Natalia Golysheva

Navin Singh Khadka

Neal Razzell

Niki Kitsantonis

Nikita Mandhani

Nikolay Voronin

Oliver Conway

Oliver Farrimond

Olivia Otibah

Owen Thomas James Smith

Parisa Andrea Qurban

Peter Goffin

Peter Musembi

Phyo Hein Kyaw

Pip Murrison

Rajeev Gupta

Rebecca Henschke

Reena Kumar

Rhiannon Fitz-Gerald

Rich Preston

Richard Kagoe

Rob Young

Roisin Hastie

Ronald Ávila-Claudio

Samantha Fenwick

Shakir Hamid

Shea Conduct

Simon Hancock

Siobhán Leahy

Sophie Ikenye

Stephen Ryan

Steve Crossman

Takara Small

Tim Franks

Tom Bigwood

Tony Brown

Victoria Uwonkunda

Vincent Dowd

Vivienne Nunis

Waheed Paikan

William Lee Adams

Yama Bariz

Zac Sherratt