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Rising Above Partisan Divides, The BBC Will Help NZ Audiences Navigate The US Presidential Election Like Never Before
Friday, 3 May 2024, 4:27 pm | BBC
The BBC will bring multi-platform coverage plans of the 2024 US Presidential Election with live coverage and in-depth analysis. It will also launch BBC Verify US, a dedicated unit to counter disinformation in the run up to Election Day. More >>
LOUIS THEROUX Announces Special Guest for NZ Live Show
Monday, 23 September 2019, 5:02 pm | BBC
As final tickets go on sale, Louis Theroux has announced he will be joined by a very special guest on his show at Auckland’s Civic Theatre on Friday 10 January 2020. Megan Phelps-Roper, a former member of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, the ... More >>
Blue Planet II Live In Concert in 2020
Friday, 20 September 2019, 9:25 am | BBC
BBC Studios, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Auckland Live are proud to announce Blue Planet II Live in Concert for one special evening in Auckland on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 at Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre , Aotea Centre. Following the incredible success ... More >>
Introducing Jodie Whittaker - The Thirteenth Doctor
Monday, 17 July 2017, 10:59 am | BBC
The BBC today announced to the world that Jodie Whittaker will be the new Doctor Who. More >>
BBC Beer Branding
Friday, 22 July 2016, 12:39 pm | BBC
Auckland 22 July 2016 – The Birkenhead Brewing Company is a small boutique brewing company, based in Birkenhead, Auckland. Our four beer brands are named after our local Kauri forest in our suburb and the three major streets that feed into the centre ... More >>
Innovate 2015 Grand Prize Award Winner Named
Friday, 28 August 2015, 3:36 pm | BBC
Building a business is great – but it’s even better if your success can help others. This year’s Innovate winner is on track to change the lives of thousands. More >>
'The Boy with Tape on his Face' in BBC3 web pilot
Friday, 29 June 2012, 3:59 pm | BBC
BBC Three announces seven new web exclusive comedies produced for bbc.co.uk/bbcthree. Feed My Funny exclusives extend BBC Three’s reputation for breaking new comedy talent on TV, to the web. More >>
Andrew Marr Interview with President Obama
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 4:21 pm | BBC
ANDREW MARR: Mister President, could I start by going back to that extraordinary moment, a fortnight ago, when you knew that you had got Bin Laden? This was not simply presumably another difficult decision as an American, never mind as President, there ... More >>
Ecuador has announced it is expelling the US ambassador in Q
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 1:12 pm | BBC
The move follows the release on Monday by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks of a US diplomatic cable alleging widespread corruption within the Ecuadorean police force. More >>
US unarmed drones track drug gangs in Mexico
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 4:24 pm | BBC
The US has been sending unarmed drones over Mexico since February to gather intelligence on major drug cartels, the Mexican government has confirmed. More >>
Ivory Coast: Anti-Gbagbo protesters killed in Abidjan
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 11:56 am | BBC
Four people have been shot dead in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, after a march to protest about the killing of seven female demonstrators last week. More >>
Libya protests: Gaddafi's son admits 'mistakes'
Monday, 21 February 2011, 1:38 pm | BBC
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son, Sayf al-Islam, has admitted the country's military over-reacted when dealing with protesters. More >>
Tunisia's Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali 'seriously ill'
Friday, 18 February 2011, 2:55 pm | BBC
Former Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali is seriously ill in a Saudi hospital, reports say. More >>
Soldiers on trial charged with DR Congo mass rapes
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:44 am | BBC
Prosecutors say Lt Col Kibibi Mutware and the other soldiers, including three officers, raped at least 35 women. More >>
Egypt's Mubarak refuses to quit
Friday, 11 February 2011, 10:36 am | BBC
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has said he will stay in office and transfer all power only after September's presidential election. More >>
NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse in merger talks
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 1:17 pm | BBC
Two of world's leading exchanges, Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext, are in advanced talks about a merger. More >>
Gabrielle Giffords speaks and asks for toast, aide says
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 12:13 pm | BBC
The US congresswoman shot in the head in an Arizona attack has recovered enough to speak, asking for toast for breakfast, an aide has told US media. More >>
Bangladesh girl bled to death after lashing say doctors
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 10:36 am | BBC
A Bangladeshi girl who was publicly whipped for an alleged affair with a married man bled to death, according to a fresh post-mortem examination. More >>
Daniel Boyd pleads guilty to US terrorism charges
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 10:31 am | BBC
A US man has pleaded guilty in a court in the state of North Carolina to plotting terrorist attacks. More >>
BBC News report from Jayapura
Sunday, 14 November 2010, 10:23 am | BBC
The BBC has been granted rare access to West Papua by the Indonesian Government. However, it will come of no suprise that the highly controlled visit was only to Jayapura, and an aide from Jakarta accompanied the BBC crew at all times. More >>