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About BBC World Service

The official BBC World Service news app by Zeno Media LLC offers the latest programmes and news headlines from the BBC World Service. You can to listen to the latest radio programmes using the free audio player or by using the telephone dial-up option (standard geographic mobile charges will apply. Please check with your provider for exact costs before calling).

- Read the latest news headlines from the BBC World Service website
- Listen to your favorite radio programmes free with the audio player, or by using the standard-rate telephone dial-up service.
- You can listen to the most recent editions of:
- The Global News Podcast
- Newshour
- HARDtalk
- Sport Today
- Business Daily
- Focus on Africa, and many more

For EU users only: If you choose to receive customized ads, a unique identifier (Google Advertising ID or Apple’s ID for Advertising) relating to your device will be stored by Zeno Media to provide you with the service and allow customized advertising to be served within the app.

No other Personal Data relating to you (such as a username or email address) is processed. Such information will only be processed in line with Zeno Media’s Privacy Policy, available at https://www.zenomedia.com/wp-content/themes/zeno/privacy_policy.pdf
Find out about your privacy rights and the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy.

Notifications may include alerts, sounds and icon badges. These can be reconfigured in Settings (notifications). Details of data this app collects, including the unique identifier relating to your device and your location data, is also found under Settings.

What's New in the Latest Version 4.10.16

Last updated on Feb 12, 2024

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Version History

4.10.16

Feb 12, 2024

4.10.14

Nov 20, 2023

4.10.13

Oct 19, 2023

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4.10.12

Sep 18, 2023

4.10.11

Aug 9, 2023

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4.10.10

Mar 24, 2023

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4.10.9

Dec 10, 2022

4.10.8

Nov 28, 2022

4.10.5

May 11, 2022

4.10.1

Jul 13, 2021

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4.9.27

Apr 18, 2021

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4.9.26

Feb 24, 2021

4.9.24

Oct 23, 2020

4.9.22

Aug 27, 2020

4.9.16

Mar 26, 2020

4.9.15

Jan 19, 2020

4.9.12

Oct 19, 2019

4.9.11

Oct 16, 2019

4.9.10

Oct 5, 2019

4.9.5

Jul 26, 2019

4.9.4

Jul 16, 2019

4.9.3

Jul 9, 2019

4.8.8

May 3, 2019

4.8.6

Apr 25, 2019

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4.8.5

Apr 16, 2019

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