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MAY 17, 2024

Boeing CEO's $33m exit package

Shareholders of plane maker Boeing approved a pay package of nearly $33 million for outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun - the highest ever agreed by the company - at its AGM on Friday. Mr Calhoun, who will leave the company at the end of the year, was also re-elected to stay on the troubled company’s board. Cubans are enduring some of their bleakest economic times since the Cold War – amid worsening inflation, a scarcity of basic goods and a decades-long US economic embargo. The BBC’s Correspondent, Will Grant, looks at how the situation has impacted on one of Cuba’s most quintessential industries – sugar – to see how tough the situation has become. Plus as Mercedes workers in Alabama have voted against joining a union we look at the result means for workers and management. Rahul Tandon is joined by Peter Ryan, ABC's senior business correspondent, in Sydney and Han Lin, China Country Director of “The Asia Group” a Washington DC based consultancy, and NYU Shanghai professor based in Shanghai. (Image Credit: The Washington Post/Getty Images.)

MAY 16, 2024

Dow Jones hits record high

As the Dow Jones hits a record high Rahul Tandon looks at how a strong stock market is helping some people retire earlier than expected. Two months after a container ship crash saw the collapse of a road bridge in Baltimore, killing six workers, we explore the reasons why 21 seamen are still stranded on the vessel. And on the day that Singapore Airlines announces staff bonuses worth nearly eight months' salary we examine how they came to receive such a generous payout. (Picture credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.)

MAY 15, 2024

President Putin in China for two-day state visit

President Putin’s visit comes as Russia has become more economically dependent on China following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago; Rahul Tandon examines the economic benefits for both nations. The Ambassador-at-Large with Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chan Hen Chee, talks to us about the country’s future direction after its long serving Prime Minister steps down. India and Iran have signed a deal allowing a company to develop and control the management of an Iranian port for 10 years. We look at this will potentially bring new economic benefits to India. (Picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on development of Russia's military industrial complex .Credit: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS)

MAY 14, 2024

US President Joe Biden puts tariffs on Chinese-made products

Presenter Sam Fenwick discusses the impact of the tariffs on US China relations with guests from Canada and China. Analysts said the tariffs were largely symbolic and intended to shore up votes in a tough election year. Protests are taking place in Georgia over a new bill which requires organisations receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad to declare themselves as “foreign agents”, or face hefty fines and possible imprisonment. We hear how this could affect businesses in the country. Google is introducing AI-generated answers to search engine queries from US users in one of the biggest updates in years. We examine what this all means for Google and it’s rivals Microsoft's CoPilot and Open AI. (Picture: Credit

MAY 13, 2024

Melinda Gates leaves her namesake foundation - what's next for her?

Sam Fenwick dives deep into the philanthropic world - and how it's changing - amid the news that Melinda Gates is leaving the Gates Foundation. Why has she made the decision? And what's next for this philanthropic giant? Elsewhere, we explore the resurgence of "meme stocks", the science behind work rituals, and what to expect from the Australian budget (Photo: Polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan, Peshawar, where the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have worked. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

MAY 10, 2024

US Consumer sentiment sags to a six-month low

US Consumer sentiment sags to a six-month low. Americans cite high inflation and fears around unemployment A free bottle of wine has finally been claimed after being hidden in the privacy policy of a tax-focused think tank's website for three months. We hear more from the Director of consumer protection for Consumer Federation of America The Oscars have launched a global fund raising campaign to boost its finances following a decade long decline in its viewership Mandatory Credit: Photo by Adam Davis/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (14441942o) A customer walks past the fresh fruit section at a H-E-B supermarket in Austin, Texas, USA, 19 April 2024

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Relentless pursuit of connecting all the geo-political, environmental & social dots impacting the present & future of economy, globally with entertaining expert observation & analysis. Perhaps at times it could improve by giving a more in-depth analysis of the economical impact by key technological trends such as Generative Automated Intelligence (GAI). In covering the entertaining show of Musk being interviewed by the UK PM for example, the decoding of ‘In the future, people won’t need to work due to AI’ should be heard as: In the near future, where GDP growth is solely driven by systems & machines to process, plan, produce & profit, billionaires and corporations will NOT have a need for human employees to exponentially grow their wealth! What would be the new definitions for productivity and labor that could leads us through the necessary evolution/revolution of the present economical models & metrics???

Please reconsider Devina Gupta

I applaud BBC World Service’s attempt to diversify their broadcasting staff but Devina is just not up to the task. Her accent and extremely error prone English are unintelligible most of the time. It’s painful to hear her struggle to keep the conversation across interviewees and the two guest contributors interesting and on track. She would do better in a news reading segment which requires much less impromptu/ extemporaneous commentary and hosting. I don’t listen to the episodes hosted by her.

Another great BBC Show

Glad to find another gem to keep me up to the minute on global issues. I could have done without the micro-aggression of the journalist covering the November 21 COVAX facility story. This is regarding his ending quip about what Tedros meant about multilateralizing the vaccine. He clearly meant the collective effort of access and distribution. Quips like that make me wonder if this is the underlying uneasiness of having an African in a position of authority. Just report the facts. This was my intro episode and could have been turned off but BBC has a great reputation and so will let it pass.

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List of all BBC World Service presenters

BBC World Service presenters are known to be the best all over the world when it comes to radio broadcasting. They provide top-notch journalism through their diverse morning to late-night programmes. Apart from their shows, they contribute to different online news sensitisation and awareness platforms for the good of the listeners.

BBC World Service presenters bring us world-class programs and content to inform, educate, and entertain millions of people around the world. What’s more, BBC news readers lead in providing impartial news, analysis, and reports in English and other 26 languages. Below is the exclusive list of all BBC World Service presenters worth knowing.

Who are the current BBC News presenters?

Below is a compilation of your favourite journalist airing on the BBC World Service radio station.

1. Bola Mosuro

For the last 15 years, Mosuro has been one of the dominant BBC female news presenters . She is among the BBC Breakfast presenters airing African news, sports, features, and music every weekday.

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2. Julian Marshall

Julian is an award-winning British journalist who joined the Service in 1977. He spent some period reporting from across Africa for the service. Since 1991, Julian has been among the BBC newsreaders of the service’s flagship news strand named “Newshour.” He is the recipient of two “Sony Gold” awards for the “Best reaction to a news event.”

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3. Dan Damon

Dan joined in 1974 and became a technical operator for the radio’s news production. In 2003, Dan became the main presenter of “World Update” BBC News at 10 on the BBC Service. The program airs on weekdays at 1000hrs, where Dan presents the program on location across the world.

4. Claudia Hammond

Claudia is an award-winning broadcaster , author, and psychology lecturer. Currently, Hammond is the host of the weekly global health show called “Health Check.”

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5. George Arney

Arney is one of the hosts of “ The World Today ” and “Outlook” on BBC Radio. Also, he worked as a correspondent in Sri Lanka from 1994 to 1996.

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6. Ros Atkins

Atkins is among the station’s world news reporters and also the host of “Outside Source.” He was a lead presenter for the coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela that won a “Radio Academy Gold Award.”

7. Paul Bakibinga

Paul is an Ugandan-born who joined the BBC announcers list in 1997 representing Africa. His voice is known to audiences for the African flagship program “Focus on Africa.” Also, Paul was the face of the station’s radio road-show that toured Southern Uganda in 2005.

8. Owen Bennett-Jones

Owen has more than 30 years working at the BBC. He has hosted several numbers of international current affairs programs. Owen works mainly on the radio but also has television experience.

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9. Claire Bolderson

Claire is one of the most experienced news anchors . She has been a presenter of the “Newshour” for more than 25 years. Besides, she is also a BBC political correspondent covering US politics and social trends.

10. Audrey Brown

Audrey is a South African journalist , cultural commentator, and curator. She has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Wales and a Bachelors' degree in Journalism and African History and Politics. Audrey is the presenter of the BBC morning program “Network Africa.”

10. Mark Coles

Mark is an award-winning presenter and reporter with over 25 years of experience. Currently, he presents programs for the World Service daily arts and entertainment program called “The Strand.” She is also the anchor of the world music program called “World of Music.”

11. Lesley Curwen

Lesley is another award-winning economics and business reporter . She has more than 20 years of radio and TV experience in current affairs, documentaries, and investigations. Lesley is the host of the “Business Daily” program on the BBC.

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12. Peter Day

Peter was born in 1947 in Norfolk and enrolled at Lincoln School and the University of Oxford. Later, in 1974, he joined BBC Radio News, and since 2000, he is the presenter of World Service “Global Business.”

13. Stephen Evans

Stephen is a presenter of “Business Daily” on the BBC World Service. He has reported on business trends across the world, including the West Africa run-up to the soccer World Cup. He also covered the trial of Arthur Andersen in Houston.

14. Harriett Sarah Gilbert

According to Wikipedia, Sarah was born on 25 August 1948. She is an English writer, broadcaster, and academic. She is a presenter on World Service, particularly on trends dealing with arts and book line up.

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15. Alan Johnston

Johnston is a British journalist working for the World Service station. He is among the politics presenters and also a correspondent in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Italy, and Gaza Strip. Alan was kidnapped in The Gaza Strip in 2007 by the militant group, but released after four months unconditionally. He is the host of the line up “From Our Correspondent.”

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16. Kirsty Lang

Kirsty was born in 1962, and she is an experienced British journalist and broadcaster. She is the host of the programme “Front Row”. Lang has a particular interest in foreign affairs and arts.

17. Max Pearson

Max was born in 1959. He is known to be one of the best presenters of “The World Today” and “Newshour.” Since the 1980s, he worked among the front-line news presenters with the BBC World Service.

18. Ritula Shah

Ritula was appointed as the lead presenter of “The World Tonight,” a position she holds until today. Shah is well oriented in global news agendas and British politics, which makes her the perfect candidate for her lead role.

19. Fergus Nicoll

Fergus is an author and a qualified journalist. Currently, he works at the BBC presenting Business Matters. He joined the Service in 1988 after working as a teacher in the northern part of Sudan, East Africa.

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20. Matthew Bannister

Bannister is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He is the presenter of the daily magazine programme on World Service' outlook.' He won a silver sony Radio award following his outlook service presentation of the Black in the USA.

21. Lyse Doucet

Lyse is an award-winning Canadian journalist. Whereby she is the BBC chief International correspondent as well as senior presenter. She has worked on the field for more than 30 years on the human cost of Syria and Gaza conflicts.

22. Russell Fuller

Since August 2013 Fuller is the BBC's tennis correspondent, regularly contributing to the year's main events, and leading the radio team at Wimbledon. Also, he presented a range of sports programmes and news on Radio 5, BBC World Service, BBC World TV, and contributing online.

23. Bridget Kendall

She is an award-winning BBC journalist and a master of Peterhouse, in New York City and Washington, DC. Kendall is a politics presenter covering about how politics and technology are changing the world of Journalism.

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BBC World Service presenters are known to be the best all over the world. They are a hardworking crew with so much experience in their careers. Get up-close and personal by listening to their entertaining shows today.

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List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters

This is a list of newsreaders and journalists currently employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio .

Television news presenters

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Presenters and journalists appear across BBC television, radio but also contribute to BBC Online .

BBC News provides television journalism to BBC network bulletins (on BBC One and BBC Two ) and programmes as well as the BBC News Channel available around the world and in the United Kingdom . BBC News runs BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service as part of its rolling news coverage, journalists and presenters also contribute to podcasts produced by BBC News for BBC Radio 4 , as well as solely for BBC Sounds .

The BBC has over 5,500 journalists [1] based both in the United Kingdom and abroad. BBC appointments can be short- or long-term; for example, reporter Peter Bowes revealed on BBC News (broadcast live on 8 September 2020) that Los Angeles has been his home for 25 years.

Many presenters listed here contribute to various BBC News programmes, and some are involved in other BBC projects. Additionally, certain BBC News presenters offer relief presentation for programmes airing on these channels. It's important to note that this list excludes presenters of broadcasts simulcast from the BBC News channel on BBC One overnight or during weekday mornings on BBC Two .

The presenters listed below often contribute to various BBC News programmes and may have roles in other departments within the BBC. Additionally, some BBC News presenters not listed here occasionally fill in on programs broadcast on this channel. Noteworthy exceptions are the presenters of the domestic programmes BBC Breakfast , BBC One bulletins, and BBC Newsnight simulcast on the domestic feed.

A significant change occurred on April 3, 2023, when the BBC consolidated its domestic and international rolling news channels into a unified operation. To spearhead news broadcasts on the merged channel during weekdays, the BBC appointed six (original) "chief presenters". This has since grown to twelve. Among them, nine are based in London, while two operate from Washington DC and one operates out of the BBC News studio in Singapore. [3]

Chief presenters

The programmes where the presenter is the lead presenter are shown here in bold. Chief presenters work across BBC One, BBC Two and primarily the BBC News Channel. The chief presenters broadcast on the channel between 12:00 and 8:00 London time during weekdays. Chief presenters will front BBC News coverage of editorially significant events on weekends. News broadcasts outside of these hours, and on weekends are fronted by other BBC presenters, many of which previously appeared on the domestic and international rolling news channels prior to their merger.

Other presenters

The list below reflects presenters' normal postings, but can be posted to cover other studios

The broadcasters mentioned below frequently contribute to various BBC Radio programmes and may hold roles in different departments within the BBC. Moreover, some BBC Radio hosts not listed here occasionally step in on programmes aired on this channel.

♦ = Presenter

The list provided indicates the usual assignments of correspondents. In instances of significant global events, like the Libyan crisis in 2011 or the Gaza conflict in 2023, foreign correspondents may be temporarily reassigned from their regular locations to cover these stories on a rotational basis. During such times, they are often labelled as "World Affairs Correspondents" or, if in Europe, as "Europe Correspondents." Subsequently, they return to their usual assignments. Additionally, this temporary reassignment may occur to cover holidays, primarily in July and August, as well as during Christmas periods. The BBC has a variety of specialist positions also including Regional Editors who are often shared across the world service output also.

Asia/Pacific

North america, middle east.

Only network correspondents are listed, but additional correspondents from national and regional news teams also report for the network.

Family & Education

Home & legal affairs, diplomatic and royal, social affairs, religious affairs, environment and climate, culture, arts and media, contributing editors.

Reeta Chakrabarti ♦

Special correspondents

Lucy Manning
Fergal Keane
Ed Thompson

BBC News employs a number of business and sports presenters to anchor sections of news programmes.

BBC Weather is delivered by a team of Met Office broadcast meteorologists to deliver forecasts across its range of television and radio services. Most forecasters work across all mediums and shifts.

Darren Bett
Katerina Christodoulou
Stav Danaos
Chris Fawkes
Alexis Green
Alina Jenkins
Sarah Keith-Lucas
Carol Kirkwood
Louise Lear
Lucy Martin
Susan Powell
Elizabeth Rizzini
Tomasz Schafernaker
Matt Taylor
Helen Willetts
Owain Wyn Evans
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RAJARs Q1 2024: Hit to BBC local radio continues as LBC’s Nick Ferrari is breakfast winner

Listening hours to BBC local radio in England down by 10% for second quarter in a row.

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Nick Ferrari did well in RAJAR Q1 2024 figures. Picture: LBC

The decline in listening hours to BBC local radio in England has continued at 10% for a second quarter after cutbacks to local content, according to RAJAR figures for Q1 2024.

The RAJAR figures show the BBC’s local radio stations in England collectively had a weekly reach of 4.8 million people in Q1 2024, down 10% year on year and 2% quarter on quarter .

The network’s total listening hours were 30.4 million, down 10% for the second quarter in a row. It also saw fewer average hours per listener, on 6.4 compared to 6.9 in Q4 2023.

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Talkradio saw a similar 9% drop in total listening hours, to five million, but most other stations in our quarterly selection (which we judge to have a large news and current affairs focus) saw growth by this metric. In March News UK announced it was pulling the plug on sister station TalkTV as a linear channel although it continues on radio and Youtube.

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BBC World Service saw the biggest growth in total listening hours, up 42% to 7.1 million in the UK. It also saw strong growth in its weekly reach, up 13% year-on-year and 14% quarter-on-quarter to 1.2 million.

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GB News Radio, still relatively new after its January 2022 launch, saw the biggest year-on-year growth in weekly reach of 43% to 455,000, albeit with smaller quarterly growth of 6%.

As a result the RAJAR Q1 2024 release saw GB News Radio lift off the bottom of the table for weekly reach in our quarterly ranking, overtaking LBC News in London for the first time.

Rivals LBC News, Talkradio and Times Radio meanwhile all saw year-on-year declines of 9%, 10% and 9% respectively.

LBC News, which launched in October 2019 , had a weekly reach in the UK of 990,000, Talkradio of 757,000 and Times Radio, which launched in June 2020 , of 503,000.

The average hours per listener were up quarter-on-quarter at several stations, most notably BBC World Service (4.6 to 5.8), Times Radio (8 to 8.8), GB News Radio (6.5 to 7.1) and BBC Radio 2 (from 10.2 to 10.6).

RAJARs Q1 2024 for speech radio breakfast shows

Among breakfast shows, Nick Ferrari on LBC saw the biggest quarterly RAJAR growth of 8% or 100,000 people to 1.4 million.

BBC 5 Live was down 14% on the previous quarter while Talkradio's breakfast show was down 3.4% to an average weekly reach of 317,000 people and GB News Radio's breakfast show was down 2.6% to 189,000. Radio 4's flagship Today was flat quarter on quarter with 6.6m listeners per week.

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