BBC News is reaching 394m people worldwide every week, up 47m on the previous year, according to new global audience figures.

The World Service, which broadcasts primarily on radio in English and 42 other languages, makes up the majority of the BBC’s global news audience at 319m, up 41m year-on-year.

The World Service’s English-language news provision alone reaches a record 97m. Its foreign language news services have an audience of 259m, Global Audience Measure figures, released today, show.