Get BBC News on your mobile

Find out how to get BBC News on your mobile

BBC News is available on mobile phones and other wireless handheld devices.

To get the latest news and sport from the BBC News website, go to bbc.com/news on your mobile device.

For easier access, save this link as a bookmark or a favourite and stay connected to the headlines throughout the day.

BBC News iPhone and iPad apps

The BBC News app is now available in the Apple app store, for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

The BBC News iPhone app offers the latest news from the BBC and our global network of journalists. Stories are arranged by geographic region and category includingBusiness, Technology, Science & Environment and Sport.

You can choose top news stories from a selection of the BBC's language services and re-order them to suit your needs. You can also listen to news programmes and bulletins from the BBC World Service including World Service live radio, and you can watch international news summaries from BBC World News television, updated 24 hours a day.

The BBC News iPhone app offers the following features:

  • Breaking news
  • Top stories and the latest news headlines
  • Features and Analysis
  • World Service live radio
  • International news summaries from BBC World
  • News video clips embedded within stories
  • News in languages including Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese
  • An 'Edit' menu where you can choose what news interests you
  • Offline reading, so you can read stories when you don't have a network connection
  • Share news stories by email, Facebook and Twitter
  • Font controls so you can increase or decrease the story text size
  • Refresh controls so you can get the latest stories and updates

The BBC News iPhone app is free. Like the BBC News website, outside the UK the app is funded by advertising.

Send pictures and videos to BBC News

You can send us pictures and short video clips of news events you have captured on your mobile phones.

Details on how to send us your pictures and videos

Listeners in the US

You can listen to BBC World Service Radio from your phone anywhere in the US (the service is free but please check your phone plan for any call charges).

BBC World Service in English is now available live to listeners in the US 24 hours a day, every day, by calling 1 - 712- 432 - 6580.

  • News from BBC Persian can be accessed by calling 1 - 712 - 432 - 6583
  • News from BBC Urdu can be accessed by calling 1 - 712 - 432 - 6584
  • News from BBC Somali can be accessed by calling 1 - 712 - 432 - 6582
  • News from BBC Arabic can be accessed by calling 1 - 712 - 432 - 6581

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