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BBC boss warns of Russian and Chinese propaganda after World Service cuts

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76% Informative

BBC director general Tim Davie warns of rise in 'pure propaganda' from Russia and China .

Calls for more funding for its global services, a decade after the government stopped paying for most of the World Service .

Last year , the BBC ended its Arabic , Persian and Hindi radio services, among others, as part of a plan to save 28.5 m a year.

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80

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79

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52

Article tone

semi-formal

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English

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47

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short-lived

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