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Additional funds to tackle global disinformation

BBC World Service gets an additional £94 million funding boost but how will it be spent? Plus, as When Katty Met Carlos takes a summer break, we hear your thoughts on the series.

The BBC WS has been given continued additional funding of £94 million from the UK government - we ask how might it be spent and will it affect the BBC’s independence from government interference? Plus as When Katty Met Carlos takes a summer break, we hear your thoughts on the series so far.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon

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9 minutes

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Mon 17 May 202102:50GMT
BBC World Service except East Asia & South Asia

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  • Sat 15 May 202108:50GMT
    BBC World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Online only
  • Sat 15 May 202110:50GMT
    BBC World Service South Asia & East Asia only
  • Sat 15 May 202122:50GMT
    BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
  • Sat 15 May 202123:50GMT
    BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet, Online & Europe and the Middle East only
  • Sun 16 May 202100:50GMT
    BBC World Service South Asia & East Asia only
  • Sun 16 May 202107:50GMT
    BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
  • Sun 16 May 202109:50GMT
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
  • Sun 16 May 202117:50GMT
    BBC World Service News Internet
  • Sun 16 May 202121:50GMT
    BBC World Service South Asia & East Asia only
  • Mon 17 May 202102:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East Asia & South Asia

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  • Over to You

    The BBC World Service’s monthly listener feedback programme