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Do not fill this in! ==Programming and reporting== In November 2023, BBC News joined with the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]], {{ill|Paper trail media|lt=Paper Trail Media|de}} and 69 media partners including [[Distributed Denial of Secrets]] and the [[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project]] (OCCRP) and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Inside Cyprus Confidential: The data-driven journalism that helped expose an island under Russian influence - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130214812/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ |archive-date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=About the Cyprus Confidential investigation - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121093552/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ |archive-date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> to produce the '[[Cyprus Confidential]]' report on the financial network which supports the regime of [[Vladimir Putin]], mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 November 2023 |title=Cyprus Confidential: Leaked Roman Abramovich documents raise fresh questions for Chelsea FC: ICIJ-led investigation reveals how Mediterranean island ignores Russian atrocities and western sanctions to cash in on Putin's oligarchs |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2023/11/15/cyprus-confidential-leaked-roman-abramovich-documents-raise-fresh-questions-for-chelsea-fc/ |access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=14 November 2023 |title=Cyprus Confidential - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/ |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=www.icij.org}}</ref> Government officials including Cyprus president [[Nikos Christodoulides]]<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214203142/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> and European lawmakers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-23 |title=Lawmakers call for EU crackdown after ICIJ's Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114123/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours,<ref name=":72"/> calling for reforms and launching probes.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities, Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214002320/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Solutions |first=BDigital Web |title=Finance Minister perturbed over 'Cyprus Confidential' |url=https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114126/https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=knews.com.cy}}</ref> ===Television=== [[File:BBC News helicopter watching over the cuts protest.jpg|thumb|BBC News helicopter over London]] BBC News is responsible for the news programmes and documentary content on the BBC's general television channels, as well as the news coverage on the BBC News Channel in the UK, and 22 hours of programming for the corporation's international [[BBC World News]] channel.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} Coverage for [[BBC Parliament]] is carried out on behalf of the BBC at [[Millbank]] Studios, though BBC News provides editorial and journalistic content.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} BBC News content is also output onto the BBC's digital interactive television services under the [[BBC Red Button]] brand, and until 2012, on the [[Ceefax]] [[teletext]] system.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perraudin|first=Frances|date=16 September 2019|title=BBC to switch off Red Button information service in 2020|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/16/bbc-to-switch-off-red-button-2020|access-date=31 May 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714143124/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/16/bbc-to-switch-off-red-button-2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The music on all BBC television news programmes was introduced in 1999 and composed by [[David Lowe (television and radio composer)|David Lowe]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Column: David Lowe – the man who changed news music forever|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2015/11/03/column-david-lowe-the-man-who-changed-news-music-forever/?og=1|website=NewscastStudio|date=3 November 2015|language=en-US|access-date=31 May 2020|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726160751/https://www.newscaststudio.com/2015/11/03/column-david-lowe-the-man-who-changed-news-music-forever/?og=1|url-status=live}}</ref> It was part of the re-branding which commenced in 1999 and features '[[BBC Pips]]'.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=What is the music used in TV news programmes? {{!}} Classical-Music.com|url=http://www.classical-music.com/article/what-music-used-tv-news-programmes|website=www.classical-music.com|access-date=31 May 2020|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925114905/http://www.classical-music.com/article/what-music-used-tv-news-programmes|url-status=live}}</ref> The general theme was used on bulletins on [[BBC One]], News 24, BBC World and local news programmes in the BBC's [[:Category:BBC Regional News shows|Nations and Regions]].<ref name=":2" /> Lowe was also responsible for the music on Radio One's ''[[Newsbeat]]''.<ref name=":2" /> The theme has had several changes since 1999, the latest in March 2013.<ref name=":1" /> The [[BBC Arabic Television]] news channel launched on 11 March 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC Arabic-language television channel to be launched 11 March|url=https://www.arabmediasociety.com/bbc-arabic-language-television-channel-to-be-launched-11-march/|website=Arab Media & Society|date=16 February 2008|language=en-US|access-date=31 May 2020|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726160936/https://www.arabmediasociety.com/bbc-arabic-language-television-channel-to-be-launched-11-march/|url-status=live}}</ref> a [[BBC Persian Television|Persian-language channel]] followed on 14 January 2009,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Committee|first=Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8L81HYbAUfQC&q=bbc+news+a+Persian-language+channel+followed+on+14+January+2009&pg=PA101|title=Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual report 2007-08: report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence|date=2009|publisher=The Stationery Office|isbn=978-0-215-52627-4|language=en|access-date=21 October 2020|archive-date=24 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124132819/https://books.google.com/books?id=8L81HYbAUfQC&q=bbc+news+a+Persian-language+channel+followed+on+14+January+2009&pg=PA101#v=snippet&q=bbc%20news%20a%20Persian-language%20channel%20followed%20on%2014%20January%202009&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> broadcasting from the Peel wing of Broadcasting House; both include news, analysis, interviews, sports and highly cultural programmes and are run by the [[BBC World Service]] and funded from a grant-in-aid from the British [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]] (and not the [[Television licensing in the United Kingdom|television licence]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/news/story/2007/04/070426_adverttv.shtml |script-title=fa:آگهی استخدام در تلویزیون فارسی بی بی سی |work=BBC News |language=fa |date=26 April 2007 |access-date=4 January 2009 |archive-date=15 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915193131/http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/news/story/2007/04/070426_adverttv.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Radio=== BBC Radio News produces bulletins for the BBC's national radio stations and provides content for local BBC radio stations via the General News Service (GNS), a BBC-internal<ref>{{cite web|author=Smith, Mort|title=Ceefax: The early days|date=23 October 2012|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20032531|publisher=BBC|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=11 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811184649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20032531|url-status=live}}</ref> news distribution service. BBC News does not produce the BBC's regional news bulletins, which are produced individually by the BBC nations and regions themselves. The BBC World Service broadcasts to some 150 million people in English as well as 27 languages across the globe.<ref name="About WS">{{cite web|title=About the World Service|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio/help|work=Help|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 March 2013|archive-date=18 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318055140/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio/help|url-status=live}}</ref> BBC Radio News is a patron of the [[Radio Academy]].<ref>The Radio Academy [http://www.radioacademy.org/about/patrons/ "Patrons"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107234239/http://www.radioacademy.org/about/patrons/ |date=7 January 2010 }}.</ref> ===Online=== {{Main|BBC News Online}} BBC News Online is the BBC's news website. Launched in November 1997,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4492820.stm|title=BBC News Interactive's new editor|access-date=11 April 2007|date=2 December 2005|work=BBC News|archive-date=6 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106140827/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4492820.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> it is one of the most popular news websites,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2022 |title=Top Websites Ranking for News & Media Publishers in the world |url=https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/category/news-and-media/ |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=SimilarWeb |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430115953/https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/category/news-and-media/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 June 2021 |title=New data shows BBC is the world's most visited news site |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/worldnews/2021/bbc.com/mediacentre/worldnews/2021/new-data-shows-bbc-is-the-worlds-most-visited-news-site/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=BBC News |language=en |quote=The BBC’s online news brands .. came in first place with a combined 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021. }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> as well as being used by 60% of the UK's internet users for news.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |title=News Consumption in the UK: 2022 |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/241947/News-Consumption-in-the-UK-2022-report.pdf |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=Ofcom |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019163415/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/241947/News-Consumption-in-the-UK-2022-report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The website contains international news coverage as well as entertainment, sport, science, and political news.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/|title=Help – About our site|access-date=11 April 2007|work=BBC News | date=28 November 2003| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070328040313/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/| archive-date= 28 March 2007 |url-status = live}}</ref> [[Mobile app]]s for [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]] and [[Windows Phone]] systems have been provided since 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC News iPhone and iPad app launches in the UK|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10738882|access-date=1 February 2015|work=BBC News|date=23 July 2010|archive-date=25 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125142437/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10738882|url-status=live}}</ref> Many television and radio programmes are also available to view on the [[BBC iPlayer]] and [[BBC Sounds]] services. The BBC News channel is also available to view 24 hours a day, while video and radio clips are also available within online news articles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/5286426.stm|title=Help – Your guide to the BBC News Player|work=BBC News|access-date=11 April 2007 | date=25 August 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070315183757/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/5286426.stm| archive-date= 15 March 2007 |url-status = live}}</ref> In October 2019, BBC News Online launched a mirror on the [[dark web]] anonymity network [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]] in an effort to circumvent censorship.<ref name="bbc_news_darkweb">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50150981|website=BBC News|title=BBC News launches 'dark web' Tor mirror|date=23 October 2019|access-date=25 March 2021|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319112027/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50150981|archive-date=19 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/10/24/773060596/bbc-launches-tor-mirror-site-to-thwart-media-censorship|title=BBC Launches Tor Mirror Site To Thwart Media Censorship|last=Zialcita|first=Paolo|date=24 October 2019|access-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191025202723/https://www.npr.org/2019/10/24/773060596/bbc-launches-tor-mirror-site-to-thwart-media-censorship|archive-date=25 October 2019|publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20930085/bbc-news-dark-web-tor-the-onion-browser-secure-censorship|title=BBC News heads to the dark web with new Tor mirror|last=Porter|first=John|date=24 October 2019|work=[[The Verge]]|access-date=25 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191024133650/https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20930085/bbc-news-dark-web-tor-the-onion-browser-secure-censorship|archive-date=24 October 2019}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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