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

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

MPs say the Beeb closed broadcast services expecting audiences to migrate online, but digital reach has fallen instead ...

Ministers have confirmed plans to give the BBC a modest increase in funding for the World Service as the corporation prepares ...

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has written to the Government to ask for reassurances over the future funding of the BBC World Service, following reports of potential ...

A committee of MPs have said they are "deeply troubled" by uncertainty over the government's future funding for the BBC World Service. The government provides about 30% of the budget for the World ...

The BBC's Russian service marks its eightieth anniversary this week. In eight decades, it has grown from a short wave radio service to a multimedia operation reaching upwards of 6 ...

BBC World Service is launching BBC Global Women, a new commitment to highlight women’s storytelling across its global output. The BBC says that this new editorial priority will “enhance the BBC World ...

BBC World Service programme Witness History is to release five video adaptations of recent episodes on YouTube, using AI tools that will animate content that is normally only heard. The first animated ...

Cross-party committee says service is ‘jewel in crown of UK’s soft power’ but is diminished by poor governance Ministers risk “opening the door to propaganda from hostile states” and diminishing ...