The BBC World News Thread

BBC domestic channel might as well just constantly simulcast World anyway, for all the use it is to us.
Even right now, Sky News is in breaking news mode re the Isle of Wight tanker incident. They have a reporter live on the IOW and are speaking to different guests.
Meanwhile BBC News UK channel is showing a pre-recorded documentary called The Trump Effect, not even with a mention of the IOW on the flipper
It's so slow and detached for a rolling news channel, and why I go straight to Sky News for the very latest updates. You know you will get live, relevant rolling news.

Didn't you get the memo though - Sky News "looks like a Tesco Extra" and doesn't have wooshes and bangs and that's what matters for a news channel rather than whether you can tune in and be up-to-date on the day's main stories.
(To be clear if the emoji isn't clear enough, I'm very much being tongue-in-cheek with that post and know Sky News criticism here is more on the presentation than the content).

To be fair, both UK and World are appalling at weekends. In some parts of the weekend on World there is less than 10 minutes of live programming per hour. I don't even really know why - it can't be cheaper for World to produce all these documentaries (although I know some are recycled from BBC One and Two). But it is this inflexibility that is most infuriating - their stubborn inability to pull out of a pre-recorded programme to bring breaking news. It's not like all the presenters leave the building at half past.

Exactly!

And they are bound to show the pre-prepared BBC One bulletin in a few minutes, so still no ongoing rolling news on the breaking story on the so-called news channel 🙄

I've always felt that it would make more sense for both channels to just 'repeat' the half hour. They already have the presenters on hand (and on salary) and most of the stories are pre-packaged. It's not like weekend presenters need a break every half hour. Plus, it makes far more sense for a news channel and would allow them to go into breaking news quicker.

It's also not like anybody is actually tuning in to watch their 17th repeat of the same pre-recorded programme.

Looks like they put up the wrong screen at the start of the papers.

What does WMT mean in this instance?

Wireless Multiplex Terminal

Are there any news programmes still using gill sans place names or are they all reith?, just curious

BBC News. All the place names on BBC 1 bullitens. IIRC

Thanks, a fresh new title sequence with reith place names would be nice, even if they keep the connect layers

Question... why was Katty and Christian on world at 9pm Uk time. But not shown on the Uk news channel? I would have thought even due to the time difference as it’s an hour of news they could still simulcast both anyways.