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I'm sorry if I ask this but......the 2 channels actually had separate overnights back in 1998? I didn't know that!

Yes, BBC News 24 produced its own overnight news programming to begin with - though BBC World did contribute World News segments at xx:15 during some hours. This was quickly deemed unnecessary and they merged 01:00-06:00 into the single BBC News overnight service from March 1998 (though with different back-half programming). Even during Europe Direct, which was the only simulcast programming at launch, World and News 24 opted-out for separate news bulletins.

Well let me say now that i won't be the first to break if they do demerge because this whole merger is nonsensical full stop-There is every justification not to have US and Singapore output on the channel, you're just not prepared to listen which is fine but don't say you weren't all warned if the channel closes completely a few years down the line.

You say I'm not prepared to listen, but I am - you just haven't actually given a justification for having no US or Singapore originated output on the channel. Similarly, you have not actually given a reason that a demerger is inevitable - you just keep saying that it is going to happen, but I just don't see where this pressure is coming from to force such a drastic reversal.