BBC: World News & Stories 12+

Live, Breaking, Sport & Video

BBC Worldwide

    • Free

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Description

THE BBC APP: News, stories, videos and live coverage from our trusted global network of journalists.

BBC STORIES: The latest, breaking news headlines, articles and videos, including coverage of world News, UK News, elections, BBC Verify, and more. More stories and videos covering business, innovation, culture, travel, Earth, and much more.

LIVE COVERAGE: Follow live news updates and live global sport in our Live section.

BBC VIDEOS: Watch BBC News videos, BBC Sport videos, and video stories about climate, sustainability, science, health, technology, entertainment, and history.

BREAKING NEWS ALERTS: Sign up for breaking news notification alerts from BBC News, delivered straight to your mobile device.

FEATURES:
• Log into your BBC Account to save articles and videos for later on the app and BBC.com
• Watch videos over both cellular and wifi
• Increase your font size for readability
• Choose dark mode for a dark-background reading experience
• Share stories and videos to social platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp, and send to friends via SMS and email
• Opt-in or opt-out of breaking news push notifications, you decide

ADDITIONAL INFO:
If you choose to receive push notifications, a unique identifier relating to your device will be stored by Airship on behalf of the BBC to provide you with the service. You can choose to unsubscribe from push notifications from BBC in your device’s ‘Notifications’ screen.

Our data processor AppsFlyer collects information on behalf of the BBC for attribution and analysis purposes. You can opt out from AppsFlyer tracking by filling out their ‘Forget My Device’ form: https://www.appsflyer.com/optout

The BBC will keep your information secure and not share it with anyone else in accordance with the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy. To read BBC’s Privacy Policy go to https://www.bbc.com/usingthebbc/privacy/

If you install this app you accept the BBC Terms of Use at https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms

What’s New

Version 2024.1.3

Welcome to the new BBC app. You’ll still find the same BBC News you’ve grown to trust, and now we’ve added even more from the BBC — all inside a single app with an updated look.

MORE STORIES: The app still includes BBC News, with the latest news articles and videos from our trusted global network of journalists. We’ve added more BBC stories and videos covering business, innovation, culture, travel, Earth, and much more.

MORE LIVE COVERAGE: We’ve made it easier to find live news and sport updates in our new Live section.

MORE BBC VIDEOS: Newly added BBC video stories about climate, sustainability, science, health, technology, entertainment, and history.

MORE NEW APP FEATURES:
You can now log into your BBC Account to save articles and videos for later on the app and BBC.com.

Ratings and Reviews

4.4 out of 5
509 Ratings

509 Ratings

Wahehejnr ,

Great App

Excellent features, reliable and accurate news from around the world

Scholar-trendy.0v ,

Playing videos

Getting videos to play is really difficult. You can be tapping on the play button for minutes, but the video just dies or doesn’t play. Please do something about it in the next update.

C4D007GH ,

Excellent

Very accurate with nice user interface, love the breaking news notifications

App Privacy

The developer, BBC Worldwide, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Used to Track You

The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

  • Location
  • Browsing History
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Location
  • Browsing History
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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