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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

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

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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

Rashid Ashraf obituary

Other lives: Broadcaster in Urdu who worked for the BBC World Service for 45 years

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