Mumbai: As the UK voted to leave the European Union, the BBC’s international services are bringing people around the globe a raft of special programming to help make sense of the result.
BBC World News presenters Ros Atkins and Philippa Thomas are broadcasting live all day from Westminster in London with David Eades and Karin Giannone presenting from Brussels. They are looking at what the decision will mean for the future of the European Union and for Britain’s place in the world. While our network of correspondents around the globe will be exploring the implications of the decision outside of the UK, with reports from among others Poland, Greece, Italy, Spain, France , Germany, Denmark and Russia. And for viewers in the US, Katty Kay will be presenting a special edition of her World News America show (2100 GMT Friday).
As the UK’s vote to leave the European Union impacts through financial markets worldwide, the BBC’s business teams are also reporting live on every twist and turn, analysing the falling pound and volatile equity markets, and explaining what that means. In the City of London and outside the Bank of England, Business Editor Simon Jack, Stephanie McGovern and Ben Thompson are tackling what it means for the UK, its inhabitants and its economy. They are joined by Tanya Beckett in Frankfurt, Michelle Fleury in New York, Karishma Vaswani in Singapore, Yogita Limaye in Mumbai, Lerato Mbele in Johannesburg and Mariko Oi in Tokyo to analyse what it means for the wider global economy.
And as BBC.com gains a record-breaking spike in traffic (by 11amGMT the site had received 88million page views) people will be able to access comprehensive coverage on line and via the BBC News App. The latest developments as well as in-depth analysis and quick video explainers can be found at bbc.com/eureferendum as this historic story develops.
To accompany the news coverage the channel will carry special editions of some of the BBC’s flagship political and current affairs programmes such Newsnight (1830 GMT on Saturday) and the Andrew Marr Show (0800-0900GMT). It will also show The Big Decision with Nick Robinson (1800GMT Friday) a live programme looking at the reaction across Europe – and EU Referendum: Cameron v Johnson – short documentary by Michael Cockerell which explores the history of the rivalry between Prime Minister David Cameron and former London Mayor and leave campaigner Boris Johnson (Tx TBC).
BBC World News and BBC.com, the BBC’s commercially funded international 24-hour English news platforms, are owned and operated by BBC Global News Ltd. BBC World News television is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, and over 433 million households and 1.8 million hotel rooms.
The channel’s content is also available on 178 cruise ships, 53 airlines and 23 mobile phone networks. BBC.com offers up-to-the minute international news and in-depth analysis for PCs, tablets and mobile devices to more than 85 million unique browsers each month.
