The programme originally used the same graphics and music as BBC World, though when
The World on
BBC Four was renamed
World News Today, all editions were given a separate set of graphics and music with three being simulcast in the UK (03:00 on BBC One & BBC News, 12:00 on BBC Two, 19:00 on BBC Four). Since April 2008, the programme used the standard title sequence of the BBC's English Regions, with some graphical alterations and with international images included. The first 30minutes of each broadcast are still simulcast on
BBC Four. As part of a channel refresh on BBC World News, five editions of
World News Today were replaced on 1 February 2010 with
GMT,
Impact Asia now
Impact,
The Hub (later replaced with
Global in 2013),
Business Edition (later replaced by
Outside Source and
World News Today but returned replacing an edition of
World News Today under the name
Business Live), and a standard edition of
BBC World News (replaced by
Outside Source in 2014). These five editions were again relaunched as
BBC News Now,
Verified Live and
The World Today with Maryam Moshiri in 2023 and 2024. While the successor to Beyond 100 Days, The Context continued.
2015 changes On 5 June 2015, a new edition was launched on the
BBC News Channel and
BBC World News at 21:00BST (summer) or GMT (winter) on Friday–Sunday. Half an hour was dropped in November for the return of
Business Edition. This replaced the
BBC News at Nine and a standard edition of
BBC World News on weekends.
2017 changes Since the inauguration of
Donald Trump as US president,
World News Today has not been broadcast on Monday to Thursdays. Additionally, beginning at the end of April,
World News Today was off air for a number of weeks, a change that was originally meant to be permanent but was later reversed, meaning that
World News Today continues to be broadcast at 19:00 UK time on Fridays and at 21:00 UK time Friday–Sunday. However, the 17 July schedules show that
World News Today would return to the Monday-Thursday at 18:00GMT (19:00BST) on BBC Four and BBC World News. Katty Kay and Christian Fraser announced on
100 Days+ that the programme would end on the Thursday. Between 22 December and 1 January,
Beyond 100 Days and
Outside Source were both replaced with an edition of
World News Today at 19:00 on BBC World News and at 21:00 on the BBC News Channel. On 1 December,
PBS America announced that the US network has acquired the rights to simulcast
World News Today, starting from 1 January.
2019 changes From 15 July 2019, BBC News and World News were integrated into the BBC's custom font (BBC Reith) and
World News Today was given a BBC Reith update. It was first seen at 12:00 on BBC World News and BBC News.
Cancellation in 2020 The final episode of
World News Today aired on 20 March 2020 at 22:00 GMT. It was eventually replaced by
The World Today with Maryam Moshiri which has a similar remit in 2024.Kacungria, Madera and Giannone still cover the slot as relief presenters when Moshiri is unavailable ==Presenters==