Newsday is a news programme on BBC World News that first premiered on 13 June 2011. The programme is co-hosted by Babita Sharma

Babita Sharma

Babita Sharma is a British television newsreader, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand each Monday-Wednesday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore....

 (Monday-Wednesday) and Kasia Madera

Kasia Madera

Kasia Madera is a British journalist and television news presenter, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand Thursday-Sunday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore....

† (Thursday/Friday) in London with Rico Hizon

Rico Hizon

Rico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist with BBC World News. He anchors Newsday and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 300 million households worldwide...

 and Sharanjit Leyl

Sharanjit Leyl

Sharanjit Leyl is a Singaporean Producer/Presenter, with BBC World News. She regularly anchors Asia Business Report and Newsday from the BBC's Singapore studio. She is also a reporter and producer on the shows along with World Business Report...

 in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. The programme is broadcast around the world on BBC World News, as well as PBS affiliates in America, and is also shown in the UK on the domestic BBC News Channel throughout the night, with the 2am and 3am UKT bulletins also shown on BBC Two

BBC Two

BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...

 and the 4am UKT bulletin also shown on BBC One

BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

. It gives international news with a specific focus on Asia and its financial markets.

Schedule

Newsday is aired from 0100-0500 GMT on weekdays on BBC World News. The programme acts as a morning programme for Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, an overnight broadcast in Europe and the UK and a late night news programme for the Americas. It features analysis and discussion of the top news stories of the day and also previews the exclusive reports, correspondent feature films and interviews.

In between commercial breaks for international viewers, UK and PBS viewers get news from around the UK "in brief" with the London presenter.

Presenters

Years	Presenter	Current role
2011–present	Babita Sharma Babita Sharma Babita Sharma is a British television newsreader, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand each Monday-Wednesday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore....	Main London presenter (Mon-Wed)
2011–present	Kasia Madera Kasia Madera Kasia Madera is a British journalist and television news presenter, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand Thursday-Sunday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore.... †	Main London presenter (Thu-Fri)
2011–present	Rico Hizon Rico Hizon Rico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist with BBC World News. He anchors Newsday and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 300 million households worldwide...	Main Singapore presenter (Mon-Thurs)
2011–present	Sharanjit Leyl Sharanjit Leyl Sharanjit Leyl is a Singaporean Producer/Presenter, with BBC World News. She regularly anchors Asia Business Report and Newsday from the BBC's Singapore studio. She is also a reporter and producer on the shows along with World Business Report...	Main Singapore presenter (Fri)
2011-present	Adnan Nawaz Adnan Nawaz Adnan Nawaz is a News and Sports presenter, currently working for the BBC. He can increasingly be seen presenting the news on BBC World News and has presented the sport on BBC News, the Corporation's rolling news channel in the UK, and on BBC World News since 2001...	Relief London presenter
2011–present	Chris Rogers Chris Rogers Chris Rogers is a British television journalist. He is currently working freelance with media organisations based in London.Rogers debuted on BBC Radio 5's youth programme, Vibe. Presenting Buzz FM in Birmingham in 1990, then in 1992 he presented on Hallam FM where he anchored the evening show 'No...
2011-present	Deborah Mackenzie Deborah Mackenzie Deborah Mackenzie is one of four presenters who regularly present the overnight shift on the rolling 24 hour UK news service the BBC News Channel, which is also shown on BBC One and BBC World News during this time.-Education:...	Occasional Relief London presenter
2011-present	Adam Parsons Adam Parsons Adam Parsons is an English television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC.Previously he was a Sports Correspondent for BBC News, appearing regularly on BBC One, BBC Radio and BBC News, the BBC's 24 hour rolling news channel. Since 2007 he was also a regular relief presenter on the...

†Kasia Madera

Kasia Madera

Kasia Madera is a British journalist and television news presenter, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand Thursday-Sunday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore....

has been on maternity leave since early October 2011.