Section: BBC (The United Kingdom)
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcasting statutory corporation. The BBC is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London The BBC is the world’s oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with about 23,000 staff.
The BBC is a corporation, independent from direct government intervention, with its activities being overseen by the BBC Trust ( formed on 1 January 2007). Trustees are appointed by the British monarch on advice of government ministers.
BBC has an office in Kyiv since 1993.
VIDEO: UN warning over Ukraine conflict
Nick Childs reports on the intensification of fighting in the east of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
UK says EU sanctions deal ‘closer’
European Union talks on tougher sanctions against Russia because of the situation in Ukraine are “moving in the right direction”, No 10 says. …read more Source:...
MH17 downing ‘may be war crime’
The downing of Malaysian airliner MH17 in eastern Ukraine may constitute a “war crime”, the UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine
There are reports of heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine, close to the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed. …read more Source:...
MH17 military mission ‘unrealistic’
Sending an international military mission to secure the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine would be “unrealistic”, Dutch PM Mark Rutte says. …read more Source:...
Dutch team heads for MH17 crash site
Dutch experts head to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, officials say, following an agreement with rebels. …read more Source:...
Strip Russia of World Cup – Clegg
Russia should lose the right to host the 2018 World Cup as part of sanctions following the Malaysia Airlines crash in eastern Ukraine, Nick Clegg says. …read more Source:...
EU sanctions ‘threaten terror’ war
Russia warns new EU sanctions against it over the Ukraine crisis will jeopardise security co-operation and the fight against terrorism. …read more Source:...
Russia angry at US ‘smear campaign’
Russia’s foreign ministry rejects accusations from the US that its troops have been firing on Ukrainian soldiers from within Russia. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Sloviansk: Going back to a ruined house
Many residents of Sloviansk are now returning home, after pro-Russian insurgents were pushed out of the eastern Ukrainian city at the beginning of July. …read more Source:...
