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Not who you're looking for? Others named BBC News: news division of the publicly funded British Broadcasting Co · international news and current affairs television channel · news bulletin broadcast on BBC World News
The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC. The channel is based at and broadcasts from Broadcasting House in the West End of London from which it is anchored during British daytime, with overnight broadcasts anchored from Washington, D.C. and Singapore. It was launched as BBC News 24 on 9 November 1997 at 17:30, as part of the BBC's foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989.
“This photo was proudly taken... when I was a 16 year old volunteer fighting the US backed invasion of Iran”
“Iran says it has right to defend itself after Israeli strike kills two soldiers”
“The Second World War is often regarded as the BBC's finest hour. It certainly strengthened the position of 'the wireless' in national life. In no other major war can people's experience have been so pervasively mediated, and at the same time made bearable, by listening to the radio, while the BBC's international wartime role enormously enhanced its reputation around the world.”
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