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The BBC is the world leader in global breaking news, providing trusted, accurate, impartial and independent news on TV, radio, online and social media to hundreds of millions of people worldwide each week. We have an unrivalled global network of world-class journalists based in more places than any other broadcaster and covering stories from the widest variety of locations.

Launched on December 2006, France 24 is the new 24/7 international news channel. Its mission is to cover international current events from a French perspective and to convey French values throughout the world. France 24 is a true news hub that broadcasts its programs over the airwaves and over the internet - in French - in English - in Arabic France 24 gives a French perspective to international current events through diversity of opinions, debate and confrontation of viewpoints. The channel provides keys to understanding ever more complex events through in-depth analysis. France 24 puts also culture at the forefront of its programming. The channel is available in its different languages on the main satellite positions and commercial feeds (satellite, cable, DSL) in Europe, the Near and Middle East, Africa, Americas and Asia. The internet is central to France 24 and the channel aims to make FRANCE24.com the leading video site for international news.

RFI (Radio France Internationale) is a French news and current affairs public radio station that broadcasts worldwide in French and in 13 other languages*. RFI is broadcast on 156 different FM frequencies, via medium and short wave relays, on 30 different satellite signals throughout the world and also on the internet and dedicated apps. RFI is also broadcast across the globe via more than 1000 partner radios. It draws on the expertise of its Paris-based editorial teams and unique global network of 400 correspondents to provide news bulletins and features offering listeners the means to better understand the world. Some 41,3 million listeners around the world tune into RFI every week (measured in 37 of the 150 countries where broadcasts are heard), and its digital platforms attract an average of 15.2 million visits a month (2017 average) while 19 million followers stay connected via Facebook and Twitter (July 2017). *English, Cambodian, Chinese, Spanish, Hausa, Mandingo, Kiswahili, Persian, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Vietnamese