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Additional funds to tackle global disinformation

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service gets an additional Β£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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ WS has been given continued additional funding of Β£94 million from the UK government - we ask how might it be spent and will it affect the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’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 2021 02:50GMT
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  • Sat 15 May 2021 08:50GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Online only
  • Sat 15 May 2021 10:50GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service South Asia & East Asia only
  • Sat 15 May 2021 22:50GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Americas and the Caribbean
  • Sat 15 May 2021 23:50GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet, Online & Europe and the Middle East only
  • Sun 16 May 2021 00:50GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service South Asia & East Asia only
  • Sun 16 May 2021 07:50GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Europe and the Middle East
  • Sun 16 May 2021 09:50GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
  • Sun 16 May 2021 17:50GMT
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  • Sun 16 May 2021 21:50GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service South Asia & East Asia only
  • Mon 17 May 2021 02:50GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except East Asia & South Asia

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