BBC launches pay wall for users in America

It'll cost them £36 for a year's subscription

Those in the US must now shell out either $8.99 (£6.50) per month or $49.99 (£36) per year to access BBC News articles and stream the BBC News channel.

Alternatively, there's free usage still on offer, but this comes with adverts on select breaking new stories, BBC Radio 4 and the World Service.

CEO of BBC Studios Global Media & Streaming, Rebecca Glashow, described it as a "major milestone" that will "unlock new opportunities for growth".

This move has aspirations of raising funds for the corporation's services that will supplement revenue from the UK licence fee - costing households £174.50 each year.

BBC.com content is enjoyed by 139 million people internationally, including close to 60 million Stateside, and Glashow added that the Beeb wanted to "reimagine how we deliver" to that geodemographic.

"Our goal? To serve our audiences better than ever before - and unlock new opportunities for growth," she said. "Today, the next phase of that vision becomes reality. We're bringing more of the BBC's trusted, high-quality content together in one powerful, easy-to-access destination."

BBC News CEO, Deborah Turness, went on to share: "Through our partnership with BBC Studios we are growing our audiences in North America - providing more people with news they can trust at a time of dramatic global uncertainty."

Additional documentaries, podcasts and newsletters are set to be included in the subscription in the coming months, while the BBC app will also be affected by the paywall at a later date.

This comes after the White House publicly attacked the BBC over its coverage of Gaza.

Press Secretary for President Donald Trump, Karoline Leavitt, accused the BBC of taking 'the word of Hamas' when reporting on a shooting near an aid distribution site.