World News Today with Zeinab Badawi/Phillipa Thomas is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News and pre sented by Zeinab Badawi and Philippa Thomas. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to six editions a day aimed at different markets. There is now one weekday edition only, part-simulcast on BBC Four and BBC World News.