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World Service must be fully state-funded to counter disinformation, say BBC bosses

Ministers must cover full costs of championing western values abroad, senior BBC figures to argue

The Guardian - UK

Ahmed Rajab obituary

Other lives: Broadcaster and journalist with a broad knowledge of African politics and economics

The Guardian - UK

Benjamin Franklin foresaw the US’s descent into despotism

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Emily Thornberry says BBC World Service ‘must be preserved’

There are plans to cut the service by 130 jobs to save around £6 million for the next financial year.

The Independent UK

BBC World Service to axe 130 jobs as it seeks to save £6 million

Planned cost-saving measures include closing posts across the service in the UK and internationally as well as cutting roles in BBC Monitoring.

Evening Standard

BBC World Service facing ‘cognitive warfare’, says director-general Tim Davie

An inquiry is looking to establish whether increased Government support is needed.

Evening Standard

Chancellor allocates ‘increase in funding’ for BBC World Service in Budget

A BBC statement said the broadcaster ‘welcomed the funding’.

Evening Standard

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Labour MP suggests spending money on BBC World Service instead of fighter jets

In the Commons, Peter Prinsley, the MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, described the BBC as a ‘vital UK soft power’.

Evening Standard

Host of axed BBC show speaks out after broadcaster announces millions in cuts

THE presenter of axed BBC show HARDTalk has spoken out after the corporation announced more cuts to its news output ...

The National (Scotland)

Fresh round of BBC cuts 'a damaging assault on journalism', says union

A FRESH wave of BBC cuts will cause long-term harm to the organisation and is a "damaging assault on journalism", the National Union of…

The National (Scotland)

BBC World Service retreat ‘helping Russia and China push propaganda’

BBC director-general Tim Davie to warn world facing ‘all-out assault on truth’ as state-funded media operators broadcast unchallenged

The Guardian - UK

BBC lessons for girls in Afghanistan

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The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Tim Davie: We should take offence less and listen more to keep our free press safe

If you like elections, and for keen political observers they remain the most compelling of dramas, then 2024 is your year. About 70 countries are going to the polls, representing half the world’s population. One senses a period in which the geopolitical climate for the next few years will be…

Evening Standard

Kathryn Davies obituary

Other lives: BBC World Service current affairs presenter and a newspaper foreign correspondent in south-east Asia and the Middle East

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