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

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

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The funding increase is about 8% up on the previous financial year, the government will announce on Thursday.

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

Jonny Dymond chairs a panel of leading politicians, businesspeople and civil society activists taking questions from a public audience ...

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 BBC World Service is facing funding cuts that risk giving Chinese and Russian propaganda more influence, MPs have warned.

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 ...