The BBC is the world’s most trusted international news broadcaster – committed to providing accurate, impartial, and independent news to audiences across the UK and around the world. The BBC World Service is the BBC’s international broadcaster, delivering a wide range of programmes and services on radio, TV, and digitally, globally.

Mainly through the BBC World Service, BBC News reaches a global weekly audience of around 418 million people (BBC Global Audience Measure 2025). The BBC World Service is one of the UK’s most important cultural exports – informing and inspiring the lives of people across the globe, helping them make sense of the world we live in.

The BBC World Service currently operates in 43 languages, including English, and has the global insight and expertise to give audiences a truly international news service, with BBC News journalists and supporting staff in 64 cities across 54 countries.