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BBC at 100: a trusted international news source, but it's important to remember whose values it reflects

As the BBC turns 100 we should celebrate its extraordinary history as a public service broadcaster bringing news and other programming to audiences around the globe. In 2020-2021 the BBC announced that its World Service achieved its highest-ever audience, with an average of close to 500 million listeners globally each…

The Conversation

The Observer view on the shortsighted cuts to the BBC World Service

Removing radio broadcasts in several languages will severely damage Britain’s ability to promote its priorities and values

The Guardian - UK

BBC World Service Terminates Arabic Radio after 84 Years

BBC has announced that it will close BBC Arabic radio after 84 years among other radios due to cost, inflation and licensing fees. Nearly 400 staff at BBC World Service will lose their jobs as part of a cost-cutting program and move to digital platforms, the broadcaster announced on Thursday,…

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BBC accused of endangering World Service Vietnamese staff

Cost-cutting plan to move staff from London to Bangkok will put them at risk of abduction, reporters say

The Guardian - UK

Over 380 job positions likely to be shut as BBC proposes changes

Around 382 job positions are likely to be scrapped in the BBC World Service as the network has proposed several changes, including the closure of “some radio services” in Arabic, Bangla and Persian, Reuters reported.

Newslaundry

Nearly 400 job cuts announced at BBC World Service

The BBC Arabic and BBC Persian radios will also close

Evening Standard

BBC to cut 382 jobs and close two radio stations

The corporation said the plans would “accelerate its digital offering and increase impact with audiences around the globe”

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Move to cut Last Night of the Proms after royal death ‘was difficult’ – BBC boss

Tim Davie also tells Royal Television Society’s London conference BBC is considering cuts

The Guardian - UK

The million-mile monarch: How Elizabeth II became ‘the’ Queen to the world even as Britain’s power waned

Mourning her passing, President Macron said ‘to you, she was your Queen. To us, she was The Queen’; Bel Trew, International Correspondent, explores her global legacy

The Independent UK

Prince Charles pays tribute to bravery of journalists working in conflict zones

The royals visited the BBC London headquarters to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the World Service

Evening Standard

Geordie star Kim Tserkezie opens up a whole new world of sport in her home city

The Newcastle-based actress presents a new BBC World Service show featuring hidden North East sports

Chronicle Live

BBC World Service to get extra £4.1m to support Ukrainian and Russian services

Additional funding ‘covers unexpected costs’ and will help tackle disinformation ‘in the face of propaganda’

The Guardian - UK

Shortwave radio in Ukraine: why revisiting old-school technology makes sense in a war

Shortly before access to the BBC News website was reportedly blocked in Russia a few days ago, the BBC announced that it was resuming the broadcasting of the BBC World Service via shortwave radio for four hours per day. It said that this was to ensure that people in parts…

The Conversation

Ninon Leader obituary

Other lives: Hungarian-born writer and broadcaster who worked for the BBC World Service

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