BBC News Press Team

Official twitter feed of the press office for @BBCNews & Current Affairs and @BBCWorldService. Follow for announcements, programme info & more

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World of Secrets: Death in Dubai
📺Watch: https://t.co/0cg17DqprK
🎧Listen: @BBCSounds & wherever you get your podcasts: https://t.co/c9aTCirqA7

No Justice, Just Kills
📺Watch in English: https://t.co/aZkiyeughm
📺Watch in Arabic: https://t.co/wTo3CjFBwS

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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.

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

'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

https://t.co/oM8Vezud8M

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Statement on BBC services in Afghanistan

https://t.co/0g3bu5FmKE

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Rachel Jupp appointed as Director, BBC News and Current Affairs

https://t.co/t2mNo6IpFo

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"Thank you and I guess all I can do is this..."

Rory Stewart gives his first response to his viral Newsnight moment.

#Newsnight

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A "brilliant, brave, empathetic reporter"

RIP

https://t.co/eMEEJgKrSA

[Richard Frediani @BBCFrediani]

So proud #NTA ‘Our Girls:The Southport Families’

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

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

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Press Gazette - Top 50 English-language news sites in the world: BBC hits one billion visits

https://t.co/2ua6AJIUQD

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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.

https://t.co/kpdiPGc6A6

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BBC statement on the new restrictions imposed by the Pakistani authorities to limit the movement of international media

https://t.co/bSQenNCNoi

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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: https://t.co/B0AS1qFUfu

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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)

https://t.co/IjNXj5mjfk

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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).

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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 ➡️ https://t.co/7Nwqm3xwJt

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🗣️ “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.

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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 ⬇️

https://t.co/Lg3bB2FJsY