BBC: World News & Stories
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THE BBC APP: News, stories, audio, videos and live coverage from our trusted global network of journalists.
BBC STORIES: The latest, breaking news headlines, articles, podcasts and videos, including coverage of world News, UK News, elections, BBC Verify, BBC In-Depth and more. Stories and videos covering business, technology, health, culture, arts, travel, Earth, and more.
LIVE COVERAGE: Follow live news and live global sport updates.
BBC RADIO: Listen live to BBC World Service and Radio 4 while using the BBC app or background audio when switching to another app. Catch up on demand with some previously aired radio shows via the radio schedule page.
BBC PODCASTS: Listen to, save and follow on-demand podcasts such as The Global Story and World of Secrets. For offline listening, download episodes to your mobile device. Find current and past episodes from news, politics, culture, true, crime, history, science and sport.
BBC VIDEOS: Watch BBC News videos, BBC Sport videos and video stories about climate, sustainability, science, health, technology, entertainment and history.
BREAKING NEWS ALERTS: Turn on breaking news notifications from BBC News.
MORE FEATURES:
- Save articles, podcasts, and videos for later in app and on BBC.com
- Watch videos and listen to audio over cellular and wifi
- Share articles, stories, podcasts, and videos to social platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, and send via SMS and email
- Audio playback controls with sleep timer and live rewind
- Increase your font size for improved readability
- Dark mode available for a dark-background reading experience
- Opt-in or opt-out of breaking news alerts
ADDITIONAL INFO:
If you choose to receive breaking news alerts, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. You can choose to unsubscribe from breaking news alerts from BBC in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.
Our data processor AppsFlyer collects information on behalf of the BBC for attribution and analysis purposes. You can opt out from AppsFlyer tracking by filling out their ‘Forget My Device’ form: https://www.appsflyer.com/optout
The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy. To read BBC’s Privacy Policy go to https://www.bbc.com/pages/privacy-policy
If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at https://www.bbc.com/pages/terms-of-use
BBC STORIES: The latest, breaking news headlines, articles, podcasts and videos, including coverage of world News, UK News, elections, BBC Verify, BBC In-Depth and more. Stories and videos covering business, technology, health, culture, arts, travel, Earth, and more.
LIVE COVERAGE: Follow live news and live global sport updates.
BBC RADIO: Listen live to BBC World Service and Radio 4 while using the BBC app or background audio when switching to another app. Catch up on demand with some previously aired radio shows via the radio schedule page.
BBC PODCASTS: Listen to, save and follow on-demand podcasts such as The Global Story and World of Secrets. For offline listening, download episodes to your mobile device. Find current and past episodes from news, politics, culture, true, crime, history, science and sport.
BBC VIDEOS: Watch BBC News videos, BBC Sport videos and video stories about climate, sustainability, science, health, technology, entertainment and history.
BREAKING NEWS ALERTS: Turn on breaking news notifications from BBC News.
MORE FEATURES:
- Save articles, podcasts, and videos for later in app and on BBC.com
- Watch videos and listen to audio over cellular and wifi
- Share articles, stories, podcasts, and videos to social platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, and send via SMS and email
- Audio playback controls with sleep timer and live rewind
- Increase your font size for improved readability
- Dark mode available for a dark-background reading experience
- Opt-in or opt-out of breaking news alerts
ADDITIONAL INFO:
If you choose to receive breaking news alerts, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. You can choose to unsubscribe from breaking news alerts from BBC in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.
Our data processor AppsFlyer collects information on behalf of the BBC for attribution and analysis purposes. You can opt out from AppsFlyer tracking by filling out their ‘Forget My Device’ form: https://www.appsflyer.com/optout
The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy. To read BBC’s Privacy Policy go to https://www.bbc.com/pages/privacy-policy
If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at https://www.bbc.com/pages/terms-of-use
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403K reviews
John Parsons
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December 15, 2023
Lost a lot of functionality. Can no longer choose my interests. Europe?? Cannot scroll through the stories, have to go back to the main menu each time. It news in the social media style. You have to pick an item instead of the next one following like in a newspaper. Please do not update for the sake of updating. Wait until you have something which improves the experience.
314 people found this review helpful
Christopher Berry
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October 26, 2023
26-Oct-2022 ☆ one star The latest version appears to be a backwards step. No longer is it easy to navigate to news that is relevant and of interest. I was using the app a few times a day. Now, I will probably use it a lot less. 28-July-2015 ☆☆☆☆☆ five stars The new interface allows news that I would normally have to search to be listed in time order so I can scan and read very efficiently. If I had one request, it would be to grey out the articles I have already read.
8 people found this review helpful
J R
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October 28, 2023
Update has removed "my news". Leaving an unchangeable random selection of news. There is no way to change the news displayed or get a view of e.g. UK, Europe, US, Business etc. without finding a random article and working backwards from that into the menus. This is terrible. This can't seriously be an update??? It's like a 85% decimation of the app!!!
70 people found this review helpful
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BBC STUDIOS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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1 Television Centre 101 Wood Lane
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