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Congratulations to our @bbcworldservice teams recognised at the 2026 PRIX EUROPA awards!
🏆 World of Secrets: Death in Dubai won Best European Audio Investigation of the Year.
🏆 No Justice, Just Kills received a Special Commendation in the Video Investigation category.
World of Secrets: Death in Dubai
📺Watch: youtu.be/OboT09uRw6M
🎧Listen: @BBCSounds & wherever you get your podcasts: bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w27vq…
No Justice, Just Kills
📺Watch in English: youtu.be/v4WycNKcfyU
📺Watch in Arabic: youtu.be/Ebk4ZHUrEqk
BBC News Press Team retweeted
'Thank You Sir Kev'
Sir Kevin Sinfield has raised more than £13m over 7 years for MND - Prince William leads the tributes in a special #BBCBreakfast documentary
@BBCOne Monday 26th October at 8pm and @BBCiPlayer
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Statement on BBC services in Afghanistan
bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statem…
Rachel Jupp appointed as Director, BBC News and Current Affairs
bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/r…
BBC News Press Team retweeted
"Thank you and I guess all I can do is this..."
Rory Stewart gives his first response to his viral Newsnight moment.
#Newsnight
A "brilliant, brave, empathetic reporter"
RIP
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq98…
BBC News Press Team retweeted
The BBC reached one billion website visits globally for the first time in 18 months in July
Andy Burnham becoming prime minister, widespread heatwaves and the World Cup are thought to be contributing factors to the boost in traffic
Press Gazette - Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: BBC hits one billion visits
pressgazette.co.uk/media-aud…
The @BBCWorldService will host the Trust is Earned disinformation forum in Lagos on 3 September 2026.
The day will feature a live BBC programme recording, an exclusive BBC Eye documentary screening, panel discussions, workshops and live demonstrations.
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BBC statement on the new restrictions imposed by the Pakistani authorities to limit the movement of international media
bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/statem…
The Mangione Trial podcast from @bbcworldservice is back from 11 August and will report from Luigi Mangione’s trial this September in New York.
Read more here: bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/t…
This weekend, journey to Turkey’s Aegean coast with historian @DrJaninaRamirez to explore ancient ruins and epic myths in ‘World’s Ultimate Adventures: The Land of Troy’🏛️🐎
Watch the full programme on BBC iPlayer or outside the UK on BBC News this Saturday at 2:30 & 15:30 and Sunday at 9:30 & 18:30 (all times GMT)
bbc.co.uk/reel/video/p0nwr0c…
BBC News increased its audience reach to 467 million every week (up 12% year-on-year). The BBC World Service delivered over 70% of the BBC’s international audience reach, attracting 355 million people weekly (up 14% year-on-year).
BBC reveals record-breaking global audience figures of over half a billion
Across BBC News, the BBC World Service and content distributed by BBC Studios, the BBC saw its international audience grow to 502 million people – up 11% year-on-year.
More ➡️ bbc.in/3SRrXhB
ALT 502 million weekly global audience is written in white text against the background of an image of a pair of hands holding a mobile phone.
🗣️ “Journalism that combines courage, discipline and public-interest reporting"
🏆 Congrats to @BBCPanorama and @HannahOGrady for scooping the 2026 Orwell Prize for Journalism, for its long-running investigation into UK Special Forces.
The investigation uncovered classified operations and found evidence of unlawful killings by the SAS.
On 9 and 10 July @BBCWorldService will be bringing the BBC Future of Journalism Festival to Nairobi, featuring leading journalists and media voices from across Africa and beyond for two days of panel discussions, workshops and live podcast recordings
Find out more ⬇️
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