BBC World, the BBC's 24-hour international news and information television channel, has provided continuous coverage of unfolding events in Iraq since the crisis first broke yesterday morning. The channel has abandoned its regular programming schedule and is providing extensive rolling news coverage of the situation in Iraq for its audiences around the globe.

Terrestrial broadcasters from around the world are simultaneously broadcasting BBC World's breaking news as it happens - extending the channel's reach even further. A potential of 68 million free-to-air terrestrial households now have access to the channel's additional continuous news output, on top of the channel's ordinary distribution of 254 million households globally.

BBC World is being co-presented live from around the world by Nik Gowing in Doha, Qatar, Lyse Doucet in Amman, Jordan, Jon Sopel in Kuwait, Annita McVeigh and Mishal Husain in Washington, The BBC World team in London.

BBC World's round the clock coverage includes live reports from the channel's network of BBC News correspondents, studio interviews with key international commentators and politicians as well as special in-depth documentary programmes detailing the history and context of the conflict. In addition, drawing on its unrivalled news strength, BBC News has put extra teams of reporters and crews in more than 30 key locations.