Asia Today

Asia Today

"Asia Today" is a programme produced by BBC News specifically for the continent of Asia. It is shown on BBC World News predominantly, but also on other international BBC channels, including BBC America.

The programme is presented by any BBC World News presenter on duty at the time of transmission and is shown from the BBC World News set. It is not just shown in Asia but across the world via BBC World News and is one of the many regionally specific programmes produced by BBC News and BBC World News, such as Question Time India, a version of Question Time from the UK.

The broadcast times for Asia Today are 0130 GMT (0700 Indian Standard Time and 0930 China Standard Time, i.e. morning in Asia Pacific) and 1330 GMT (1900 Indian Standard Time and 2130 China Standard Time, i.e. evening time across Asia). There was originally another edition of "Asia Today" broadcast at 1630 GMT, but was replaced by the 1600 GMT edition of "World News Today" since 23 July 2007 which has a section dedicated to news across Asia.

External links

* [http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/Programme.aspx?id=34 "Asia Today"] at BBCWorldNews.com


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