BBC: World News & Stories

4.1
437K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone 10+
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About this app

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
Updated on
May 3, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 3 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.1
399K reviews
Chris Niles
May 4, 2024
Was a fantastic app to learn about world news and a different view of US news. With this update though the app itself is a horrendous experience. My main sticking point is that it constantly asks for login information every single time you open it up. When clicking on an external link that opens the app, you also get the login in screen and once you click past it the article itself never loads. Just that spinning circle of doom. Please change it back, I'm begging you
24 people found this review helpful
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Eric B
April 13, 2024
Used to be easy to use but notifications have been broken for quite some time. Tapping a notification article dumps you onto a page filled with headlines and rarely brings you to the actual article. Who has time to hunt around like that? in addition, with a recent update the app tries to load for 30 seconds and then claims there's no internet connection which is of course not the case. uninstall reinstall does not resolve issue. since it doesn't work I can't even give it 2 stars.
215 people found this review helpful
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Julie Rodgers
April 11, 2024
Update 4/11: black color does not save the app! Agree with all the previous comments relaying to the updated app. BRING BACK THE PREVIOUS VERSION. THIS NEW ONE SUCKS! All the problematic issues: spacing, no search tool, lack of my news, annoying return to the top when opening an embedded video, reduced news articles, etc, etc. Can't stand this app and it use to be my go to world news app. Ditching it today and using the website instead since that at least does not appear to have lost integrity!
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What's new

We're continuing to improve the BBC app with every new update. This update will make it easier to find live coverage, easier to sign in to the app, and an all-around better experience when watching videos.