yes. phone rings sorry about that. don't worry. you went out to secure the deal. it must be something you were very excited about. no, the company submitted a proposal to the guptas, or the people who represented the guptas. he knew of all the conversations, what was involved in it. phone rings for god's sake. you are a very popular man tonight. one of the key things that seems to have been said about this, the problem with the account... there was more embarrassment on tuesday for the home office

after the guardian published a draft document it obtained containing proposals aimed at cutting the numbers of low skilled migrants from europe following brexit. the bbc followed up the story but one viewer rang us with his concerns over the journalistic ethics. how do the bbc and other media sources justify broadcasting information to the public from so—called leaked documents? they're not leaked, they are stolen. the media should be forced, by law, to divulge their informant‘s details so that they may be prosecuted and lose theirjobs, which they're obviously not fit to be in any way. it is theft.

we've had reaction this week to monday's panorama, showing distressing footage from an immigration removal centre, brook house, run by gas, which had been filmed secretly by a member of staff. bbc news picked up on the story last friday. the undercover investigation alleges some staff mock, abuse or even assault detainees. the incidents picked up by the hidden camera worn by another officer. callum tully has worked at brook house for two years and he approached panorama after becoming disturbed about the working practices he saw. viewers applauded the documentary and trachenson called it... the bbc‘s motto going back 90 years has been "nations shall speak

peace unto nation. " but which nations? the bbc is updating its provision of language services by adding several new ones, including one in pidgin. the language is spoken by 75 million people in nigeria and many more elsewhere in africa. at the beginning, many of us... the introduction last month of audio updates in pidgin with daily video bulletins due to be added in november, has already had an impact on social media and it is part of what the bbc world service is calling its biggest expansion since the 1940s, with 1,400 staff being hired, backed by £289 million of government funding.

12 new language services are launching. most controversially, they include one targeted at north korea, where, particularly at this time of heightened international tension over nuclear missile tests, it seems unlikely the bbc will be greeted with open arms. to talk about what the bbc‘s changing with its language services and why, i'm joined byjamie angus, the deputy director and editor of the bbc world service group. we mentioned korean and pidgin, talk me through what you're expanding and why? we are opening 11 new language services. some in india, some in african languages. and of course the korean service for the korean peninsula and korean speaking audiences around the world. we've done this because there has never been a greater need for the reliable and independent international news that the bbc provides. a lot of audiences want to consume that in their own language. in some countries where some news is freely available, but in many countries where there actually isn't very

much, or any, freely available reliable international news, it has always been part of world service's mission since the war. this is a continuation and extension of that. in deciding what languages you offer, a lot of countries, which are unstable and don't have independent news. i'm wondering how you decided in the end which ones to do. we talk a lot about audiences and news needs. those audiences who don't have a lot of other choices. a number of the new language services, we are opening a number of languages to cover ethiopia and eritrea because we see a lack of free access to independent and reliable news in that market. we've also got three additional nigerian languages. audiences watching newswatch might be thinking, "we pay a licence fee, where is the money for this coming from?" the extension for the language services is coming from new government investment. that was done because it was felt there wasn't a commercial case, you could never run these services on a commercial basis. there wasn't a case for the licence

fee payer to pay for that expansion. the licence fee payers pay for existing world service? they pay for a certain amount of it and the government has come in with an injection of money to finance the expansion of these language services. the bbc is supposed to be independent and when you are expanding into places like the korean peninsula with government money, doesn't it look political? the bbc historically has had grant and aid funding from the government over a long time to pay independence. we wouldn't take money from the government if it had editorial strings attached. the government understand that and they don't want the bbc service to be viewed with suspicion as the voice of the uk government. people understand internationally that the bbc‘s news services are independent and although the government had paid for the expansion of the services, crucially it was the bbc who decided which languages we added. although the government retains a role in deciding if any future services are closed, the bbc has editorial independence on what goes on those services.

the bbc aren't professional diplomats. the north korean government has told the bbc via its uk embassy that it is not happy about this new language service. is it provocative to go ahead? we think there is a value in areas of geopolitical tension for there to be access to impartial and reliable and independent news. we think that helps de—escalate points of international tension. our view is actually the bbc will help in the long—term with access. there is a huge amount of concern about fake news on how it is being manipulated by countries to ferment into ethnic problems in different territories around the world. the bbc has an important mission to get into that space and make sure that free and impartial and accurate information is available as a gold standard, if you like. we think it helps de—escalate geopolitical tensions, not the other way around. what about the journalists providing the services,

obviously some will be based in london, but in places like north korea, where you have no presence on the ground, how dangerous it might be to provide a service tailored for a local market? we won't have an operational base in north korea, obviously, but the bbc does periodically get access inside north korea, albeit under restrictive and... you're monitored and surveiled by the authorities all the time. but the issues of who are the journalists providing that language service, who may be nationals from there? the objective of this service is not political. we do languages, not countries. it is a korean language service for all korean language speaking services. we're not setting the radio or digital sercvices up as a platform for dissidents or to destabilise the north korean government. if we did do that, in that political way, it would debase and devalue the bbc‘s international value around the world. it would be wholly counter—productive and we would not

do it. we are doing it on the same basis as other international news services, to provide independent, trusted, free news, but for our values as journalists and not as a political objective. jamie angus, thank you. a light—hearted story that has been fascinating but also disgusting some viewers this week. because it concerns a toilet mishap. it's about an unnamed woman from bristol on a first date, and what happened when she went back to his house and needed the loo. are you ready? here's her date, liam smith, taking up the story. unfortunately it wouldn't flush and she decided to throw it out of the window. my house is a bit quirky and the bathroom window doesn't open out to the outside garden. it opens to an air gap and there is a double glazed window between that and the outside garden. unfortunately, her business got stuck in the gap between the two windows. she was reaching into the window with a plastic bag over her hand to try and reach the poo

out of the window. fortunately at that moment she asked me help to get out and she was stuck. embarrassing, certainly. unpleasant, undoubtedly. newsworthy? some people had their doubts, including michael payne, who e—mailed... thank you for all your comments, if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs or appear on the programme, you can call us on: do have a look at our website. that's all from us, i'll be back in a fortnight and roger bolton will be here again next week to hear your thoughts

about bbc news coverage. hello, there. the weather is set to remain in a pretty unsettled theme through this weekend, all thanks to low pressure nearby. this is the picture as we start the weekend. an area of low pressure across the north sea. fairly tightly packed isobars across western parts of the uk, meaning quite windy here, even throughout the night and first thing saturday morning. most showers will affect western coastal areas. further east, lengthier dry interludes. on the cool side, 10—11 in towns. a little bit lower than that in rural areas. we start saturday on a fine note for some, with sunshine. plenty of showers in northern and western scotland and towards northern ireland. those showers affecting the north—west of england, northern and western wales and the south—west of england. i think the midlands eastwards tending to start dry, with sunshine.

temperatures around 12—13 degrees at 9am. but it won't be long before showers across western areas begin to migrate eastwards through the day. across central, southern and eastern areas, some could be heavy, with hail and thunder mixed in. slow moving as well here. further west, the showers are blown through quickly on a strong breeze. if anything conditions settle down in scotland, especially through the central belt. temperature wise, 16—19. nothing that special, but not bad in the sunshine. through saturday night the high pressure builds in. it turns drier, with lengthy clear spells, but it will be chilly. another system makes inroads across scotland, northern ireland initially, with strengthening winds. central, southern and eastern areas starting chilly, a little bit of mist and fog around, especially eastern england. that will clear away. then an increasing breeze, outbreaks of wind, begins

to push eastwards. it doesn't really reached the far south—east until after dark. so a day where conditions go downhill. 14—19 — temperatures nothing that great. this weekend it really will feel quite cool for the time of year. windy too and there will be some rain or showers, some of them heavy. beyond the weekend, it stays unsettled. this is the area of low pressure which will move through. it will still be with us on monday. very tightly packed isobars means it will be gale force winds, even severe gales across the south—west. plenty of showers rattling through. there will be sunshine in between, though it will still remain on the cool side. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is tom donkin. these are our top stories: hurricane irma continues to cut a path of destruction across the caribbean — lives and homes now lie in ruins.

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