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World Update is a radio programme that was BBC World Service's morning news strand. Broadcast at 10:06 GMT, it was also carried by public radio stations across the United States. Between 2003 and 2020, the programme was presented by Dan Damon. On 25 June 2012, World Update became the first English-language World Service programme to come from Broadcasting House. In January 2020, the BBC announced that it would be discontinuing World Update.

World Update is a radio programme that was BBC World Service's morning news strand. Broadcast at 10:06 GMT, it was also carried by public radio stations across the United States. Between 2003 and 2020, the programme was presented by Dan Damon. On 25 June 2012, World Update became the first English-language World Service programme to come from Broadcasting House. In January 2020, the BBC announced that it would be discontinuing World Update.

Presenters

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Former

American journalist Vicki Barker was the main presenter from 1997 to 2003.

See also

BBC News BBC World News, The BBC's International Television Station

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