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  2. Timeline of the BBC World Service - Wikipedia

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    14 March – Portuguese for Brasil and Spanish for Latin America begin. 4 June – Portuguese for Europe programmes begins. 27 September – German, French and Italian programmes begin. November – The Empire Service is renamed the BBC Overseas Service. 1939. 14 May – Afrikaans language programming begins.

  3. BBC News Online - Wikipedia

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    4 November 1997; 26 years ago. ( 1997-11-04) Current status. Online. BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. It is one of the most popular news websites, [3] with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021, [4] as well as being used by 60% of the UK's internet users for news.

  4. Newsday (radio programme) - Wikipedia

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    Newsday is BBC World Service 's international hard news and current affairs programme. It acts as an afternoon programme for Asia, a breakfast broadcast in Europe and the UK and an overnight news programme for the Americas. It premiered on 23 July 2012. [2] It replaced The World Today and Network Africa, the programme that had a particular ...

  5. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton - Wikipedia

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    Occupation. Journalist. Years active. 1985–present. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton / oʊˈfeɪbiə ˌkwɪstˈɑːrktən / (born 4 August 1958) is a Ghanaian-British [1] radio journalist, correspondent, commentator and broadcaster. She works for National Public Radio, [2] reporting on issues and events related to West Africa. She grew up in Ghana, Italy ...

  6. Robin White (journalist) - Wikipedia

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    Robin White, MBE (born 1944), is a British journalist and broadcaster, who was for many years editor of the BBC 's programmes Focus on Africa and Network Africa, broadcast on the BBC African Service. He is well known for his interviews with politicians, which have included Charles Taylor, Foday Sankoh, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Obote, Olusegun ...

  7. The Diplomat (British TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Release. 28 February 2023. ( 2023-02-28) –. present. The Diplomat is a British political thriller series written by Ben Richards and directed by Jill Robertson and Jenny Paddon. [1] It stars Sophie Rundle as Laura Simmonds, a diplomat living in Barcelona, Spain, who works to protect several British nationals who find themselves in trouble. [2 ...

  8. Karin Giannone - Wikipedia

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    Karin Giannone. Karin Thandi Giannone ( / ˈkɑːrɪn dʒəˈnoʊni /; [2] born January 1974)is a South African -born British news presenter working in the United Kingdom. She is a London -based main presenter on BBC World News.

  9. List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists - Wikipedia

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    Mark Austin – former BBC journalist and sports correspondent for BBC News, from 1982 to 1986. He joined ITN in 1986 as sports correspondent. Now works for Sky News. Khalid Aziz – main presenter and reporter on Look North in Leeds during the 1970s and early 1980s. He left to join TVS on its inception in 1982.