BBC World News
BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and ...
that was first broadcast on 13 June 2011. The programme is normally hosted by Karishma Vaswani in
Singapore
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. The programme began as a dual-presented bulletin from Singapore and London. During important news stories, the programme has previously been broadcast from Washington with either
Katty Kay
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or
Laura Trevelyan
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Hillary Clinton
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receiving the Democratic nomination, and
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
getting important votes in his presidential nomination for the Republican Party.
The programme is broadcast around the world on
BBC World News
BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and ...
, as well as
PBS
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affiliates in America, and is also shown in the UK on the domestic
BBC News
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channel throughout the night, with the 23:00, 00:00 and 01:00 GMT bulletins. ''Newsday'' is sometimes broadcast on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
as part of the channel's overnight simulcast of BBC News. It covers international news with a specific focus on Asia and its financial markets.
BBC World News
BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and ...
invested in a new Asia Pacific news HQ in Singapore with broadcasts commencing from Monday 3 August 2015 with a revamped studio and graphics and theme music composed by David Lowe.
Schedule
''Newsday'' is aired on weekdays on
BBC World News
BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and ...
. The programme acts as a morning programme for
Asia
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, an overnight broadcast in Europe and the UK and a late night news programme for the Americas. It features analysis and discussion of the top news stories of the day and also previews the exclusive reports, correspondent feature films and interviews.
On 18 June 2012, ''Newsday'' broadcast times were changed to 23:00–02:00 GMT (22:00–01:00 GMT in summer time) on Sunday to Thursday. It is shown from 00:00–02:00 on Monday to Thursday in the UK.
A look at major news events from the past are shown in "This Week in History" for UK and PBS viewers while commercial breaks are broadcast for international viewers.
During the UK's principle
COVID-19 pandemic
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periods, ''Newsday'' was not broadcast from 27 March 2020 to 20 July 2021; during that time the slot was temporarily replaced with additional half-hour ''BBC World News'' bulletins.
Presenters
The programme previously featured split presentation, with a presenter in London and a presenter in Singapore each introducing reports and interviewing occasional guests in-studio. The London presenter also presented links for UK viewers during commercial breaks, while the Singapore presenter goes on to present ''
Asia Business Report
''Asia Business Report'' is a business news programme produced by the BBC and is shown on BBC World News during the Asian morning hours. This programme used to be available exclusively in Asia-Pacific, South Asia and Middle East but, as of a 1 ...
'' at the bottom of each hour. During major events in North America the programme is also presented from Washington.
On occasion the programme is broadcast from other locations, such as in November 2013 when
Rico Hizon
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co-presented from Tacloban, Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. In January 2014 for a while Sharma presented from Singapore and Hizon from London. Madera reported from Poland during 2015 election. During the last week of May 2017, Hizon presented from London and Sharanjit Leyl from Singapore.
For a two-month period from February to April 2018, Leyl presented ''Newsday'' from London, with Hizon or Oi in Singapore. This was due to Sharma being absent for this period of time, as she was writing a book. On Sharma's return on 3 April 2018, she announced that she will present from Singapore in a few weeks time.
During coverage of continuous international events, such as the Summer Olympics, the Newsday broadcasts may be presented by only a single presenter from the Singapore studio, rather than split broadcasting with a newsreader in the London studio.