BBC: World News & Stories

The BBC app brings together news, features and live coverage from the BBC’s journalists. Read about world and UK news, elections, business, technology, health, culture, travel and more.

Watch the BBC News channel live, follow global sports updates, or explore videos and on-demand documentaries. You can also listen to BBC World Service and Radio 4, and find podcasts covering topics such as politics, history, science and sport.

Save articles, podcasts and videos to revisit in the app. Podcast episodes can be downloaded for offline listening, and audio includes playback controls, a sleep timer and live rewind. Reading options include adjustable text size and dark mode.

Breaking news alerts are optional. Some content and subscription features, including documentaries and unlimited access to selected content, may require a paid subscription.

Improves performance and fixes bugs.