As of 2026-05-31, BBC News - UK & World Stories was tested in 175 Apple App Store storefronts — available in 1, unavailable in 174 (HK, PT, HN, PW, PY, HR, YE, HU, QA, ID, IE, IL, AE, IN, AF, AG, ZA, AI, IQ, IS, AL, IT, AM, AO, AR, AT, ZM, AU, AZ, RO, ZW, BA, BB, RS, BE, JM, RU, BF, BG, JO, RW, BH, JP, BJ, BM, BN, BO, SA, SB, BR, SC, BS, BT, SE, SG, BW, SI, BY, BZ, SK, SL, KE, SN, KG, KH, CA, SR, ST, CD, SV, KN, CG, CH, CI, SZ, KR, CL, CM, CN, CO, KW, KY, CR, KZ, TC, TD, CV, TH, LA, CY, LB, TJ, CZ, LC, TM, TN, TO, TR, LK, TT, DE, TW, LR, TZ, DK, LT, DM, LU, LV, DO, UA, LY, UG, MA, DZ, MD, ME, MG, EC, MK, US, ML, EE, MM, MN, EG, MO, UY, MR, UZ, MS, MT, MU, MV, MW, MX, MY, MZ, VC, ES, VE, VG, NA, NE, VN, NG, NI, NL, VU, NO, NP, FI, FJ, NR, FM, FR, NZ, GA, GD, OM, GE, GH, GM, GR, GT, GW, PA, GY, XK, PE, PG, PH, PK, PL).Roughly 7.1 billion people live in the 174 storefronts where it is unavailable. App unavailability does not by itself prove censorship.