Vice is stepping up its international news coverage with two BBC hires.

Ben Hunte, the BBC’s first LGBT correspondent, and Sophia Smith Galer, the BBC World Service reporter who made a name for herself using TikTok, are joining Vice World News as senior reporters based in London.

Vice World News launched last year to build on the “meteoric success” of Vice News in the US and boost its footprint around the globe. It creates TV, digital and audio news programming for global audiences.