in the first place? —— news staff. the world has been waiting to see whether us and uk governments might make a military response to attacks in syria. sunday was expressed their concern about how this has been reported. hillary lang had these words of warning. others were more convinced about the allegations and felt the bbc had a role to play. here's david walker... that pe for appalling images to be

shown also has a relevance to two reports this week from clive murray in mexico. they covered the surge in violence where the murder rate is at the highest level since records began. here is an excerpt, we want began. here is an excerpt, we want be showing the distressing footage broadcast at the time. meet louise, one of the hardest working man in acapulco. he is a body collector. his latestjob is a corpse, dumped in a residential neighbourhood. over the next few minutes on tuesday's news we saw a number of corpses, some bloodied, on the street, others in body bags. it was

too much for some members of the audience who made dozens of complaints, including this one... then commented... we were also left this telephone message from christine who felt it was not appropriate.” message from christine who felt it was not appropriate. i would have thought this warranted a different programme. it's beyond news. it's gone on forfar too programme. it's beyond news. it's gone on for far too long and programme. it's beyond news. it's gone on forfar too long and is programme. it's beyond news. it's gone on for far too long and is far too explicit. i am sick to my stomach by some of the reporting i have seen. i will go to bed with

nightmares, to be honest. i think you've gone too far. the following evening there was more from mexico, equally shocking stuff. a security camera captures the scene in downtown acapulco. so far, so ordinary. children playing on the floor. suddenly a man enters, pursued by another who wants to kill him. if you minutes later he does kill him and you see the fatal shot on camera. this prompted this response. strong responses to strong footage. to discuss them i'm joined by the editor of the news at ten. could you

tell us how these reports were commissioned? we wa nted commissioned? we wanted to investigate the extraordinary murder rates in some of the countries in latin america, particularly mexico. the drug cartels and wars. seven countries in latin america comprise about a quarter of the world's murder rates. that's what we set out to investigate and report on. what we found was that the story was that the numbers were real, and we were coming across an extraordinary amount of violence and murder on a daily basis where the team were in acapulco. viewers understand that telling a story like this is disturbing. but decomposing body bags, was that necessary? it was a tough story to put together, because the story we had was the extraordinary amount of violence and murder that was

happening in a resort like acapulco. the morgue, for example, some of the bodies had been there for six months, and blamed. it was overflowing and we had to find a way which we felt we could accurately reflect what is happening on the ground in acapulco. but at the same time, not alienating and disturbing the audience to an extent that people wanted to switch off. i accept that some people found this really ha rd, clive accept that some people found this really hard, clive and darren who did the story found it hard. it was difficult to get these pieces together. in a way that we felt was appropriate for the ten o'clock news. but at the same time the news has a rematch to report what's going on around the world, that's part of what we do. it's a tough watch, but it's an important story and important subject. i know some people had problems with it but we've also had a lot of feedback

saying it was really powerful and important. the fatal gunshot in the shop, caught on cctv, people felt this was a moment of death, he shot outside and comes back in. you see the gunmen shoot him. you don't see the victim, you see it fired. people thought that was a moment of death as he died half an hour later.|j understand why people feel like that coming he died from bleeding from the first child. it wasn't a moment of death as such, but i understand that people find that a difficult piece of the reports to watch. it is very disturbing, but what we were trying to convey is the everyday, regular, and brutal nature, in a corner shop, in a beach resort. we saw clive doing an interview with a morgue worker with body bags lying around behind him as a backdrop, was

that respectful? we filmed inside there, and to show the fact that the place was overflowing with bodies, some bodies had been there for six months. i think the broad thrust of the peace was very respectful as far as we could be to the victims. we named the victims we saw, we conveyed the fa ct the victims we saw, we conveyed the fact that they had families and told their stories through the paramedics and body collector who was involved in this story. i would push back at the idea that we used this as a backdrop, we were inside therefore justifiable editorial reasons. clive met a member of a drug cartel, how did that interview come about, it looks quite risky? it was definitely risky. that's brave journalism to interview someone like that. the interview came around to contacts, journalistic contacts we have in

mexico. they put us in touch with the people we want to interview. we consider it editoriallyjustified to talk to someone like that to get a sense of how cartels are run, and how the drugs war is being carried out. it is very risky, but we managed to get that interview sue journalistic contacts and intermediaries who took us to the cartel leader. thank you so much. before we go, coverage of the commonwealth games which end this weekend on the gold coast of australia. and a repeated concern, but the bbc ignores all other nations and cover international sporting tournaments. they have focused on the triumphs and failures of competitors from the home nations. brent contacted us on the same

theme. some of those medal winners from the uk were waiting in a pool on wednesday's breakfast. as they say on sports quizzes, what happens next? i'm going to have two jump in.

i've got a sound pack on. congratulations. i didn't see the step! sorry about that. well, that's given you all a good laugh. look before getting into a swimming pool. i hope you can still hear me. that incident was much enjoyed by the presenters and the news channel when it was replayed later. but the presence of bbc news staff in australia has made a splash. some members of the audience wondered whether the numbers of reporters was justified on a self—indulgent waste of money. robin had this to say. thank you for all your comments. if

you want to share your opinions or appear on the programme you can call us on appear on the programme you can call us on the number on screen. you can also find us on twitter and have a look at our website, the address is on screen. that's all from us. we'll be back next week. time for a look at the weather with ben grady, gloomy, this has become all too familiar this week. once again we are stuck with cloud. that's how it looks across north yorkshire. things did begin to brighten up through the afternoon, across the far south, a fuel rumours of sunshine between the clouds. as you

can see, we havejust sunshine between the clouds. as you can see, we have just seen one or two clearer spells from the south. those conditions will move further northwards as we go through this evening. a lot of low cloud, missed and murky in scotland. patches of fog and low cloud elsewhere. not a cold night, temperatures between five and 7 degrees in most places. then, the weekend, the prospect of something warm and brighter. it will turn increasingly breezy and there is still the chance for outbreaks of rain at times. this is how saturday shapes up. a great start in places, mist and fog, but a better chance that these guys will brighten with sunshine. not wall—to—wall blue skies, but expect to see some sunshine at times. heavy showers into the south later on, temperatures much higher than they

have been, particularly where we have been, particularly where we have been, particularly where we have been stuck with cloud. not looking too bad at all for the grand national tomorrow, temperatures 13 or 11! national tomorrow, temperatures 13 or 1a degrees. glimmers of brightness. sunday sees low pressure pushing in from the atlantic, that will strengthen the wind. particularly in northern ireland. we see outbreaks of rain splashing in, it's on and off, sporadic, much of scotla nd it's on and off, sporadic, much of scotland and eastern england stays dry with spells of sunshine. wind is fairly brisk, coming from a warm direction. temperatures still doing quite nicely, ten to 17 degrees. warmer still next week, we tap into this very warm air across the continent, expect those temperatures to rise. breezy and cooler up towards the north and west, but further south drizzly up to 22 degrees, perhaps as high as 24. ——

drizzly up to 22 degrees. this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 8pm: sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc, which he claims breached his privacy in his case against the bbc. he is suing the corporation for breach of privacy following coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years. she and herfather were poisoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a "staged event", carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. a think tank warns employers in england are falsely listing jobs as "apprenticeships" to get government subsidies. also ahead: the duke of edinburgh leaves hospital. he will continue to recover from surgery to his hip at windsor.