Newsday (BBC News programme)
| Newsday | |
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| Created by | BBC News |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production location | Singapore |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Release | 13 June 2011 – present |
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Newsday, styled also as Newsday with Steve Lai is a news programme on BBC News that was first broadcast on 13 June 2011. The programme covers international news with a specific focus on Asia and its financial markets and is mainly presented by Steve Lai in Singapore. The programme began as a dual-presented bulletin from Singapore and London. During important news stories, the programme has previously been broadcast from Washington with either Sumi Somaskanda instead of the traditional London broadcast. Such news stories have included the death of Muhammad Ali, Hillary Clinton receiving the Democratic nomination, and Donald Trump getting important votes in his presidential nomination for the Republican Party.
The programme is broadcast around the world on BBC News (international TV channel), as well as PBS member stations in America, and is also shown in the UK on the domestic UK feed of BBC News channel. Newsday is sometimes broadcast on BBC One as part of the channel's overnight simulcast of BBC News.